Akropolis Reed Quintet
November 7 Tuesday at 7:30 pm
EJ THOMAS HALL
Innovative Chamber Ensemble
One of today’s most sought-after chamber ensembles.
The first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts, Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare), winning 7 national chamber music prizes. Experimenters at their core, Akropolis has collaborated with poets, a metal fabricator, dancers, pop vocalists, and more. In Akron they’ll perform a mix of new and familiar works
Watch Akropolis Reed Quintet perform.
WHAT THEY WILL PERFORM
MELLITS Splinter (2014)
THOMAS Moods and Attitudes (2023)
JETHS Maktub (2013)
GERSHWIN (arr. Hekkema) An American in Paris (1928)
ABOUT AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET
Celebrating their 13th year making music with “faultless detail and refreshing artistry” (I Care if You Listen) as a “collective voice driven by real excitement and a sense of adventure” (The Wire), Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare). As the first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts (May 2021), the untamed band’s 5 reed players and entrepreneurs are united by a shared passion: to make music that sparks joy and wonder.
