Southern Exposure New Music concert includes four world premieres

uary concert Exposed Wiring V brings together a wealth of talent

C Street Brass, Cameron Britt, Sharon Harms, Kenneth Meyer and University of South Carolina music faculty come together onFriday, January 29 for the next Southern Exposure concert in the series. The free concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the USC School of Music Recital Hall (813 Assembly St). These free concerts are often standing room only and early arrival is suggested for seating.

Exposed Wiring, music created for live performance with electronics, is curated in part by USC composer and electronic/computer music whiz Reginald Bain. This special evening includes four world premieres by acclaimed composers, three of whom have Carolina connections: Bain, former USC composition professor Jesse Jones, Washington University in St. Louis’ Christopher Stark, and Duke University’s Cameron Britt.

USC faculty performers include Joe Eller (clarinet), Scott Herring (percussion), Robert Jesselson (cello), Clifford Leaman (saxophone), Jennifer Parker-Harley (flute), Joseph Rackers (piano), and William Terwilliger (violin).

Composer Ben Broening of Richmond University will man the electronics in a performance of his sextet, “like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.”  Acclaimed soprano/guitar duo Sharon Harms and Kenneth Meyer will be premiering Jones’s “The mystery which binds me still.” Percussionist and USC grad Britt journeys down from Durham, N.C. to join in the fun as both a performer and featured composer. Finally, Pittsburgh’s C Street Brass, praised for their “fantastic and imaginative approach to brass music” (trumpeter Chris Botti) commandeer the stage, returning to Columbia for an extended encore.