CT's Own: Dream Collider: An Electroacoustic Viola Experience
Sunday, November 06, 2022
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wilton Library
Brubeck Room
Event Details
Please join us for an amazing performance by Wilton's own Nick Revel, a violist, improviser, composer, and educator who grew up K-12 in Wilton, CT. Following his debut album Letters to My Future Self, Nick Revel evolves the art of layering and sound design in his new genre-phasing collection of works, Dream Collider, on Sapphire Records. This dreamy collision of Revel's musical influences leans heavily on both pop-inspired electronic and ambient-style film music, pulling the viola into an updated sound world that is relevant and relatable to modern audiences. Revel says of Dream Collider, recorded and mixed in his home studio, “Born of my own emotional darkness and a yearning for joy during the height of the pandemic, this album provides a sonic fantasy of new worlds, a reprieve from suffering, and visions of realities beyond what is currently possible on Earth.”
When Nick Revel is not touring as founding violist of the GRAMMY™ Nominated PUBLIQuartet, he is composing, producing, and performing original solo pieces, audio engineering ensembles of various shapes and sizes, and teaching students of all ages. His recent compositions have won the Red Jasper Award Shortlist, the Catalyst Quartet's CQ Minute competition, fvebyfve's 2020 call for original scores, and placement on top podcasts like Doug Fearn's My Take on Music Recording. These works will appear on his forthcoming album Dream Collider, available on all major platforms. He has served as artistic and executive director of the Norwalk Youth Chamber Ensembles, co-creator of the New York String Studio, and on the board of the Seabury Academy of Music and the Arts in Norwalk, CT.
No charge. Registration strongly suggested. Pre-registrants should arrive by 3:50 to be guaranteed seating; wait-listed and walk-in registrants will be admitted after 3:50 if space is available. To register, please sign up online or phone 203-762-6334. For information, contact asato@wiltonlibrary.org.