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Prize winner of international competitions, Polish cellist Magdalena Sas performs across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and appeared in renowned concert halls such as Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, BOZAR in Brussels, Witold Lutoslawski Studio in Warsaw, NCPA in Mumbai. She is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship, and a graduate of music conservatories in Poland, Belgium, and Austria. In 2011-12 she was a member of the acclaimed European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) in Vienna, she is also a recent graduate of the prestigious Global Leaders Program, an Ivy League curated Executive Education program for impact-focused Art Entrepreneurs. Dr. Ryan Loken, Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Minnesota Duluth, is recognized throughout the region for his expertise as an educator and multi-disciplinary collaborator. Recent solo performances have featured works by Francisco Perez, John Luther Adams, Emma O’Halloran, and other contemporary composers. Loken performs regularly with regional orchestras, including the Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Itasca Symphony Orchestra, and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he was a guest artist at the Oregon Fringe Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where his ensemble, MinusOne Percussion, performed John Luther Adams’s “Strange and Sacred Noise,” creating immersive musical experiences alongside fellow artists. Everybird is the duo of Holly Shaw (harp) and Christian McShane (guitar, cello, vocals). Originally from Appalachia, Shaw has studied and performed music for harp across the United States. McShane is 1/2 of the experimental soundtrack band if thousands, and frequently collaborates with Charlie Parr and Alan Sparhawk (Devil’s Flying Machine, Abandoned Buildings). He studied composing at the University of Wisconsin and has shared the stage with Low, Trampled by Turtles, Paul Metzger (of TVBC), Haley (Bonar), Cloud Cult, Sin Ropas, All the Pretty Horses, A Whisper in the Noise, and many others. Their music is a hypnotic combination of atmospheric, classical, experimental, improvisational, folk, and rock. What does that sound like? Come to the show and see for yourself!
