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Tue, Mar 22 2016 7:48 PM


T.D. Skatchit


Local invented instrument mainstays T.D. Skatchit create top-shelf electro-acoustic aesthetics via old-school hobo gumption. sfSoundGroup make their fancypants orchestral instruments sound like crap, on purpose.

T.D. Skatchit (Tom Nunn & David Michalak) – Skatchbox, the Bridgerodstrummer and Coupled String Zither. with Kyle Bruckmann – Double Reeds and John Ingle – Alto Saxophone

T.D. Skatchit features Tom Nunn & David Michalak playing the Skatchbox. Built out of cardboard boxes and played with combs, this recession era wonder conjures up a new universe of sound reminiscent of wind, birds singing, frogs croaking and other magical sounds. T.D. Skatchit has released 4 CDs on the Edgetone label. Tonight’s show features new work for skatchbox in collaboration with Kyle Bruckmann and John Ingle. Besides the Skatchbox T.D. Skatchit will play 2 new Nunn inventions; The Bridgerodstrummer and The Coupled String Zither.

The concert also features sfSoundGroup's wind section performing Larry Polansky's Catchaiku, Kyle Bruckmann's Following Orders and Matt Ingalls's Zenith Portals.

Cost: $15 General, $10 Members & the Underemployed
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Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
The premiere, at the 2013 Outsound New Music Summit, of Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire (made possible by the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commissioning program).