Jacob Richards' BATTERY is a high-energy solo drum set and electronics project at the intersection of jazz, electronic music, and world percussion. Drum triggers allow Jacob to simultaneously play deep and generative synth textures and chords while playing drums. The music elaborates on simple song forms, including jazz standards and video game music, to create complex rhythms over a bed of electronically synthesized sounds. BATTERY explores the boundaries between human and machine through improvisation and the organic qualities of the drum. For 12MM, Jacob will be premiering new works for solo drum set and electronics.
Project Embrace is a local SLC non-profit dedicated to bringing free medical resources to people in need, both locally and abroad. Abhi Harikumar, the executive director of the organization, will be presenting Project Embrace’s newest short documentary, SANGAM, a film about healthcare accessibility in rural India. The film is directed by Sai Nitish Paladugu, co-written by Abhi Harikumar and Emma Quinn Reid, with music composed by Blake Alonzo. SANGAM is the film debut of Project Embrace’s community storytelling initiative. In tandem with the allocation of free medical supplies, they seek to center community voices and humanize the systemic issues in healthcare. This film centers the heroes in local care work that communities rely on to stay healthy, and the bridges being built between rural villages and institutional healthcare.
Halee is compelled to use music as a means of asking questions without needing answers. To follow sonic curiosity the way some start walking into the woods, without a path, not really sure where it leads, just curious enough to keep going. Attempting humility and lostness; the not-knowing as a means of comforting and self soothing. Every note is a step in a direction, every musical piece a thorny bramble, a river, a gentle breeze, an ancient stump, I’m just here to listen, to learn, and to let it move through me.
12 Minutes Max is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Paul Reynolds: artist, librarian, and patron of the arts. The 12 Minutes Max program is a curated monthly performance series featuring experimental short works by local artists in many different disciplines, including dance, music, film, and more. Each piece is followed by a Q&A with the artist. 12MM is modeled after the program originated by On the Boards in Seattle.
