Erin Lesser, flute

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:30pm CDT

McClintock Choral and Recital Room

Praised for her “spellbindingly beautiful” (Time Out New York) and “fresh and engaging” (New York Times) performances, Erin Lesser has collaborated with composers including Steve Reich, Marcos Balter, Tyshawn Sorey, John Luther Adams, Kate Soper, Pierre Boulez, and David Lang, as well as experimental groups Medeski Martin & Wood and the Dirty Projectors. A member of Wet Ink Ensemble and Alarm Will Sound, Lesser is a founding member of the Argento Chamber Ensemble and won the 2008 National Flute Association chamber music competition with her flute and percussion duo Due East. Her program features new works for flute by composition students Megan DiGeorgio, Benjamin Penwell, Gen Tanaka, and Konstantinos Baras.