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GOLDEN HORNET & KMFA PRESENT

THE OFFICIAL SXSW

ATX COMPOSERS SHOWCASE

March 16th from 8PM-2AM | Parker Jazz Club

This official SXSW event brought to you by Golden Hornet and KMFA Classical 89.5 presents an array of local new music artists and contemporary classical talent during the height of the city-wide festival.

The showcase features six ensembles throughout the night, fostering exposure to local groups leading the charge on revitalizing classical music for the modern age. The lineup this year includes Density512, Kompas Trio, Invoke, Graham Reynolds, Mother Falcon, and Tetractys.

Offered to SXSW badge holders and non-holders alike, the intimate concert will be held at the Parker Jazz Club, where audiences can enjoy cocktail seating and a full bar as they listen to the ensembles throughout the night.

Featuring performances by:
8 pm Density 512
9 pm  Kompas Trio
10 pm Invoke 
11 pm Graham Reynolds
12 am Mother Falcon
1 am Tetractys

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Event Details

• Date: March 16, 2022
• Time: 8:00 PM-2:00 AM
• Venue: Parker Jazz Club
• Website: https://www.goldenhornet.org/atxcomposers

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• Name: Golden Hornet

In the 1990s, Golden Hornet co-founders Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski were both composers struggling to find spaces, presenters, and funding to support their original chamber works. During their search, they found that many other young and emerging composers were facing the same challenges. At the time, both Reynolds and Stopschinski were also bandleaders in the burgeoning rock and punk scene of Austin, TX -- of Golden Arm Trio and Brown Whörnet respectively -- and they decided to team up to solve this challenge. By applying the collective creation and self-production methods of the rock genre to the world of classical music, they were able to form a thriving community of living composers. Through Golden Hornet, numerous new works have emerged over the years from full-size symphonies performed in warehouse spaces to collaborations with Tosca String Quartet, Austin Lyric Opera, local high school orchestras, and composers like Glenn Kotche. 

Every year, Golden Hornet present four core programs. First, the String Quartet Smackdown results in sixteen new, original string quartet compositions from composers of all backgrounds. Second, the SXSW Official ATX Composers Showcase supports and celebrates six new music ensembles focused on contemporary works by local composers and connects them with a national and international network of music industry representatives. Third, their Young Composer Concert provides opportunities for local composers ages 8 to 18 to develop artistically and professionally through a six-month program. During this program, they compose an original piece of music, and collectively produce a public concert featuring a professional ensemble. Fourth, their always changing, but high-caliber, concert endeavor results in a performance that is of significant quality and relevance and is defined by its touring potential.

Golden Hornet's methods continue to be informed by the extensive experience and network of Artistic Director Graham Reynolds and by their central values of inclusion, accessibility, collaboration, innovation, and excellence. In 2008, Golden Hornet received an official 501(c)3 designation and has since grown in both capacity and consistency, and by the end of 2019, will directly serve an audience of over 1,400 individuals in the Austin area alone, plus more than 1,600 nationally and internationally.

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