Name: Faculty Artist Series: Stern/Andrist Duo
Start: 2025-05-04T15:00:00
Location: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

University of Maryland School of Music

Based out of San Francisco, guitarist Travis Andrews and percussionist Andy Meyerson perform as The Living Earth Show (TLES). They are the heart of one of the United States' premier contemporary chamber ensembles and manage TLES as a groundbreaking production company and uncompromisingly original record label. TLES collaborates with artists from around the globe on multidisciplinary programs that reflect and respond to our world through innovative chamber music that challenges, engages and inspires. Deemed “outstanding” (San Francisco Chronicle), “transcendent” (Charleston City Paper) and one of The Washington Post’s “22 performers to watch,” Andrews and Meyerson are at the forefront of American experimental instrumental music. For this evening of new work, TLES joins forces with the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra in composer Danny Clay’s Possible Paths to Play On , which features contributions from more than 100 community members.

UMD Wind Orchestra with The Living Earth Show

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Stern/Andrist Duo traverses characteristically French, American and German idioms in a program that combines deep pathos, exotic atmosphere and high-octane entertainment. This performance features works by Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Pinchas Schoenfeld and Robert Schumann.