Événement

EFW Presents: Ava Mendoza / Susan Alcorn

Ava Mendoza creates edgy, challenging music....Not staid or vanilla, her playing is a profound testament to the state of contemporary guitar. Mendoza has deep roots, too, and that includes years of classical training, a rich knowledge of old-school blues and traditional fingerstyle, a profound awareness of no-wave punk and sonic weirdness, and significant exposure to the free jazz masters. She also has the ears and chops to assimilate her disparate influences and execute difficult music. Not an easy feat.
Tzvi Gluckin, Premier Guitar

"Employing pedal steel in an experimental-music context might sound like a gimmick, but a performance by Susan Alcorn will easily silence skeptics. Alcorn's improvisations use the instruments uniquely liquid sound to gorgeously poetic effect."
Time Out New York

Elysium Furnace Works closes out its 2022 season with a performance by two of the most talented, boundary-pushing artists playing modern guitar. Electric plectrist Ava Mendoza and pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn have collaborated in different ensembles over the years but have never performed before as a duo until now.