A panel discussion with creative collaborators and friends of Terry Riley featuring: Molly Holm, Hank Dutt, Joel Davel and George Brooks (moderated by Sameer Gupta)

This event brings together all the guest artists who are joining the May 17th 'In C' performance by Bang on a Can All-Stars at Freight and Salvage!

Hank Dutt's long-running collaboration between Terry Riley and the Kronos Quartet began in 1978 at Mills College in Oakland, California, fostering a four-decade-long partnership that yielded over 27 commissioned works, four acclaimed studio albums, and a Grammy-winning recording.

For the past thirty years Geroge Brooks and Terry Riley have performed throughout Europe, the US and Asia as a duo, in trio settings with sitarist Krishna Bhatt and with a variety of larger ensembles. While touring with Riley and developing his unique voice as an artist, Brooks also became a mainstay of the Bay Area scene.

Molly Holm is a singer and composer who blends jazz, free improvisation, and the influences of North Indian Raga. Studying with Pandit Pran Nath and Terry Riley at Mills College and beyond, she was the featured vocalist in Riley’s Khayal. She has also worked with Zakir Hussain (Rapt, No Strings); Bobby McFerrin (the original Voicestra), and June Watanabe (E.O. 9066). Molly composed music for three of Marcus Gardley’s plays—most recently, A Thousand Ships, (Oakland Theater Project); and she collaborated with Linda Tillery on her score for black odyssey (Cal Shakes).

Joel Davel is a percussionist who employs his classical training toward his love of adventurous new music, jazz, rock, and electronic music. Joel performed on Terry Riley’s album Banana Humberto and toured with him in support of the album.

Talk About Terry, Riley!

Talk About Terry, Riley!