Shriver Hall Concert Series: Emi Ferguson, flute & Ruckus

Description

Flutist Emi Ferguson and musical group Ruckus are the performers for the Paul & Barbara Krieger Early Music Concert.

Hailed by critics for her "tonal bloom" and "hauntingly beautiful performances," English American performer and composer Emi Ferguson stretches the boundaries of what is expected of modern-day musicians. Ferguson's unique approach to the flute can be heard in performances that alternate between the silver flute, historical flutes, and auxilary flutes, playing repertoire that stretches from the Renaissance to today.

Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative baroque ensemble with a visceral and playful approach to early music. Ruckus's core is a continuo group, the baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble aims to fuse the early-music movement's questing, creative spirit with the grit, groove and jangle of American roots music, creating a unique sound of "rough-edged intensity" (New Yorker). Its members are assembled from among the most creative and virtuosic performers in North American early music, and is based in New York City.

Ruckus memebers;

• Doug Balliett, bass
• Adam Cockerham, theorbo
• Elliot Figg, harpsichord/organ
• Coleman Itzkoff, cello
• Paul Holmes Morton, baroque guitar
• Clay Zeller-Townson, founder & baroque bassoon