Alarm Will Sound will set the stage during the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival

From Vox Magazine:

They are a team of musicians driven by a rhythm coach and led by notes that have spanned generations. They are the members of Alarm Will Sound, a fine arts ensemble that stretches the musical boundaries of society by forging genres from many eras. In the group, modern electronic music meets an acoustic orchestra ready to take on classical works. Nine years ago, 20 students from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., made a faux pas in the world of Western music by not confining themselves to performances of music by classical composers. They expanded their student-led classical ensemble, Ossiaa, by forming Alarm Will Sound. The group is known especially for its renditions of music by electronic musician Aphex Twin, who synthesizes mixed tracks of techno-digital sounds. Alarm Will Sound uses traditional orchestral instruments to recreate his music.

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