featuring Chris Thile
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"…expands the frontier of an emerging style of what might be called American country-classical chamber music." —The New York Times
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Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music
Formed just two years ago, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile are already playing to sold-out crowds around the world. Composed of five young and fiercely talented musicians—Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Noam Pikelny (banjo) and Greg Garrison (bass)—the band has captured the attention of music lovers across genres. As the San Francisco Chronicle asks, “Why didn't someone think about mixing bluegrass, jazz and classical music together sooner? Chris Thile, former mandolinist and singer for the Grammy-winning band Nickel Creek, is doing it with his new outfit, Punch Brothers, and the result is totally mind-blowing.” The group’s first album, How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, received a Grammy Award nomination, and the band’s 2007 Nonesuch Records debut Punch—which featured Thile’s ambitious four-movement chamber suite, The Blind Leaving the Blind—received tremendous critical acclaim. Come hear this exhilarating group perform their own compositions as well as interpretations of bluegrass classics and pop and rock songs by the likes of The Beatles, The White Stripes and Radiohead.
Tickets: $38 adults, $36 seniors, $19 children, $30 UR employees, $8 UR students
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