Nu Mu festival: Dr Julian’s Yes Yes, Post-Modern 1 new music ensemble from Long Island University

7:00 pm (45 min) – “Post-Modern 1”: New music ensemble from Long Island University performs experimental works by living composers including Stephan LaRosa, Matt Wilson, and Kali Malone.  Performers: Stuart Heim/Aaron Abrams (electronics), Sofia Lanese(guitar), Benedetto Zangri(bass), Justin Krauss (drums), Ray Schwan (bass) Jeff Lederer (bass clarinet, director) 8:00 pm: Julian Gerstein’s “Dr Julian’s Yes Yes”: Brattleboro’s own Julian Gerstein presents the premiere of a new ensemble that plays original music steeped in jazz and sparkling with rhythms and instruments from the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Arabic world. Paul Austerlitz and Jeff Lederer (multiple woodwinds), Don Anderson(trumpet), Andrew Wilcox (piano), Wes Brown (bass), Ben James (drums), Julian Gerstein (percussion). 9:30 pm: NU MU Afterparty at Midnight’s, 2 High Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301, NU MU heads to Midnights for afterparty with performance by student emo-gaze band “Cannon Fodder”.