Princeton Arts Fellow Jason Treuting (second from left) and members of So Percussion. Photo by Janette Beckman
On Dec. 3, The Lewis Center for the Arts will present Amid the Noise, a re-orchestration of a multimedia work composed by Princeton Arts Fellow Jason Treuting with video by Jenise Treuting.
The work will feature five undergraduate student musicians, Treuting’s ensemble So Percussion, the Princeton Laptop Orchestra led by Jeff Snyder, members of the newly formed Princeton Percussion Ensemble, Cenk Ergun on laptop, Beth Meyers on viola and Grey McMurray on guitar.
Treuting has performed and recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Andy Warhol Museum, Zankel Hall, Lincoln Center, DOM in Moscow and Le National in Montreal. In addition to his work with So Percussion, Treuting performs improvised music with Simpl, a laptop ensemble led by artist/composer Cenk Ergun; Alligator Eats Fish with guitarist Grey McMurray; Little Farm, with guitarist/composer and Princeton Professor Steve Mackey; and quartets QQQ and Big Farm.
Treuting’s work has been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition and WNYC’s Soundcheck and Evening Music. His first album with So Percussion, Amid the Noise, was chosen as a top ten album of the year by All About Jazz and “Spring” from QQQ’s Unpacking the Trailer was selected as track of the week by USA Today. Treuting received his Bachelor in Music and the Performer’s Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, and subsequently his Masters in Music along with an Artist Diploma from Yale University.
Jenise Treuting, who created the video for this piece, has made videos for many other So Percussion projects, including Music Trains and Imaginary City. Treuting earned her B.A. in mass communication from California State University before moving to Japan, where she earned a master’s degree in journalism from Doshisha University in Kyoto.
The undergraduate students who make up the core of the ensemble for the concert are Divya Farias ’15, Noah Fishman ’16, Logan Roth ’15, Spencer Hadley ’17 and Nikhilesh Sigatapu ’15.
So has produced 16 albums and several collaborative projects, tours nationally and internationally and runs several educational programs. So has commissioned notable American composers, including Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, Martin Bresnick and others, to build a new repertoire. So has been featured at many major venues in the U.S., including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews ’53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. More information is online at arts.princeton.edu.
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