Come celebrate the new year with us on Jan 31st. Connect with community, engage with creative musical minds and be warmed by delicious homemade soup at our Melting Pot program!

Soup is prepared by local community cooks and members of the congregation, with ingredients sourced from donations of local vendors, making it a truly collaborative, locally-based soup!

JAN 31. 2026 - We Welcome Back: Ryder Cooley and Bradford Reed!

In Grains of Euphora, Bradford and Ryder combine strings, reeds, keys, bows and steel to create euphoric, mesmerizing plateaus of sound, intertwined with pizzicato ostinatos and improvisatory elements as the musicians respond to the energy of the room.

The electro-acoustic duet blends the dreamy sounds of bowed saw with harmonic overtones of pencilina, a zither-like instrument designed by Bradford. The music segues into traditional reedy melodies and drones on the accordion, then back again to the whispery moans of the saw interspersed with rhythmic pulses on the Pencilina. Traversing a broad sonic palette, Grains of Euphora can be categorized as simultaneously symphonious and rambunctious.

Bradford Reed is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and inventor of the Pencilina, an electro-acoustic double necked string instrument inspired by the sounds of Indonesian Gamelan music and appearing similar to the Korean Kayagum. His projects have included King Missile III, The Blue Man Group as well as TV and film scoring. He currently plays with The Dirt Whisperers and Order of The Illusive.

Ryder Cooley is an interdisciplinary artist, accordionist, singing saw player and founder of the band Dust Bowl Faeries.

Doors & Soup @ 6pm
Music @ 7pm

* The Melting pot is a free, pay-as-you-wish event!

(suggested 25$)
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The Melting Pot! Presents: Grains of Euphora

The Melting Pot! Presents: Grains of Euphora