Acoustic Chamber Group Tin Hat Quartet to Perform at Galvin
posted: Dec. 9, 2004

Forging a new acoustic sound that defies categorization while striking universal emotional chords, Tin Hat Quartet (formerly the Tin Hat Trio) brings freewheeling chamber music sound to the Galvin Fine Arts Center as part of the 2004/05 Performing Arts Series. The group will perform in Allaert Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. 

Hailed by the New York Press for the way it "mines a rare middle ground with a subtly insurgent slant" by "interweaving Old World Europe with postmodern America, south-of-the-border sensuality with concert-hall propriety, and odd-metered syncopation with deeply soulful grooves," Tin Hat stands poised on the cusp of an original American ethnic music of its own devise.

Featuring Rob Burger on accordion, piano, pump organ, harmonica, marxophone, Carla Kihlstedt on violin and viola, and Mark Orton on guitar, dobro, and banjo, Tin Hat is an acoustic chamber group that combines intriguing and challenging compositions with a striking command of tone and texture, and a playfully spontaneous approach to improvisation. 

After garnering widespread critical acclaim for 1999's Memory is an Elephant, 2000's Helium, and 2002's The Rodeo Eroded, the trio recently released their fourth album, Book of Silk.

Tickets for the concert are $12 for adults, $10 for faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens, $8 for students, $7 for groups, SAU students with current valid student ID are free. Tickets can be reserved online, or by calling 563/333-6251. 

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