matt hannafin

For Works on Paper #2, Portland-based improviser and percussionist, Matt Hannafin, will perform four solo works (by Stephanie Lavon Trotter, Philip Glass, John Cage, and Antoine Beuger) exploring materials intrinsic to the experience of books and reading: paper, a table, the written and spoken word, and the ambience of the room in which you sit. With a single exception, all sounds in the performance will derive from just those simple elements. Tonight’s performance continues Matt Hannafin’s years-long obsession with reducing, simplifying, and clarifying both his musical approach and his instrumentation, extracting maximal effect from minimal means. Artist’s Bio  Matt Hannafin (percussion, voice, electronics) is a New York–born, Portland-based percussionist active in experimental music, improvisation, and Iranian classical and traditional music. His teachers included composer La…