Trombonist Cole Bartels will premiere the recently commissioned work “La Yapa” for trombone and piano at the Hamel Music Center, University of Wisconsin Madison on November 17th @ 3PM.

The program also includes Four Themes on Paintings of Goya by Anthony Plog, Struggle by Evan Hause, Three Pictures by Dolores White, Caravaggio by John Stevens and a premiere by Steven L. Makela.

About the piece:

“La Yapa” represents something extra that is given as a plus for no ostensible reason. Sometimes parents and grandparents do it. The work proposes a sonic world with elements of traditional tango and improvisational and rhythmic textures alla Robert Muczynski. It is an intense trip through an imaginary space with the urban colors of El caminito in Buenos Aires.