DEVIANT SEPTET INC Information

Deviant Septet's commission of David Liptak's "Focusing" received a 2013 Serge Koussevitzky Foundation commissioning grant. Deviant Septet's members are Bill Kalinkos (clarinet, Executive Director), Mike Gurfield (trumpet, Artistic Director), Karen Kim (violin), Brad Balliett (bassoon), Doug Balliett (double bass), Mike Lormand (trombone), and Jared Soldiviero (percussion). In addition to the Septet, players perform with various contemporary groups like Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Signal, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble ACJW, Wordless Music Orchestra, and Talea Ensemble, and they collaborate with artists such as The National, David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Tyondai Braxton, St. Vincent, and John Zorn in addition to many others. For more about our members, see our members page . " ...a high-powered new-music ensemble called the Deviant Septet-which mirrors the stripped-down chamber orchestra Igor Stravinsky devised for his iconic "l'Histoire" -showed that music for small groups can still pack an outsize punch... Superb playing by all the Deviants added to the general happiness... "