Random Access Music
Thomas Piercy, Artistic Director
Saturday
November 7, 2026, at 7p.m.
Tenri Cultural Institute
43A W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
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Random Access Music (RAM) presents a concert of new music at the Tenri Cultural Institute.
Led by Artistic Director Thomas Piercy, the program features the world premiere of guest composer Theodore Wiprud's Hichiriki Quartet, Apparitions, for hichiriki and string trio.
The program also includes music from guest composer Andrea Casarrubios, and music by RAM composers Corey Chang, Gilbert Galindo, Daniel Hass, Zhihua Hu, Beata Moon, and Allen Schulz. Chang's "Scattered Pearls," Galindo's "(amor) después de la tormenta," and Schulz' "Duo" are also world premieres.
The music is performed by flutist Lish Lindsey, violinist Laurel Gagnon, violist Jay Julio, cellist Daniel Hass, pianists Corey Chang, Zhihua Hu, and Marina Iwao, and Thomas Piercy on clarinet and the hichiriki.
Random Access Music’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Lish Lindsey, flute
Thomas Piercy, clarinet/hichiriki
Laurel Gagnon, violin
Jay Julio, viola
Daniel Hass, cello
Corey Chang, piano
Zhihua Hu, piano
Marina Iwao, piano
Guest Composers
Andrea Casarrubios
"luzAzul" for clarinet, cello, and piano (2016/2025)
Theodore Wiprud
"Apparitions”
for hichiriki, violin, viola, and cello
(2026) (World Premiere)
RAM Composers
Corey Chang
"Scattered Pearls"
for violin, cello, and piano (2026) (World Premiere)
Gilbert Galindo
“(amor) después de la tormenta”
for flute and piano (2026) (World Premiere)
Daniel Hass
"Tracing the Figures of Love"
for clarinet, cello, and piano (2023)
Zhihua Hu
“Ruyi Niang - Inspired by Empress Wu's Homonymous Poem” for piano (2022)
Beata Moon
“Elegy” for viola and piano (2021)
Allen Schulz
“New Work” for flute and piano
(2026) (World Premiere)
PROGRAM NOTES
Theodore Wiprud
Hichiriki Quartet, Apparitions (2026)
My Hichiriki Quartet, Apparitions, exists because of Thomas Piercy’s unflagging advocacy for the instrument in the context of contemporary Western music. Commissioned by Tom, I undertook study of the instrument, building on my experience with Korean gugak instruments like the piri (a bamboo double-reed). Hichiriki proves to be quite different in its capabilities and its timbre, leading to music sounding distinct from what I have composed for gugak instruments. I decided to surround the hichiriki with just three string instruments, violin, viola, and cello, in the manner of, say, an oboe quartet. The subtitle “apparitions” occurred to me because of the unusual sound worlds this little double-reed led me into.
- Theodore Wiprud
Commissioned by Thomas Piercy and Random Access Music, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Ofô€€£ce of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.