February 7 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Join us for an evening of contemporary experimental music! On Saturday, February 7, Joslyn Castle’s Carriage House will showcase Nebraska-raised composer Kory Reeder on his national tour, with the support of local experimental legends Stacey Barelos and Phil Smith. Whether you’re well-acquainted with Omaha’s experimental scene or eager to discover something fresh and exciting, this is a show you won’t want to miss.
When: Saturday, February 7
Doors at 6:30p, Music at 7p
Where: Joslyn Castle Carriage House
3902 Davenport St. Omaha, NE 681310
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 day of
All ages welcome
Described as “one of the most captivating composers in modern classical music” (Dallas Observer), Kory Reeder’s introspective and atmospheric music is performed frequently around the world in concert halls, festivals, basements, bars, and galleries with pieces ranging from symphonic and chamber works to field recording, text scores, and computer-assisted improvisations.
A dedicated collaborator with over 150 performed works, he has frequently worked with opera, theater, and dance programs, as well as noise, free-improv, and new media artists on projects ranging from video collaborations to 24-hour live performance art works. His music has been released on Edition Wandelweiser, where one may also find scores of his work, as well as Another Timbre, Full Spectrum Records, Sawyer Editions, Thanatosis, Harmonic Ooze, and others. Kory is from Nebraska and lives in Texas where he is an active performer and completed his PhD at the University of North Texas. For more, please visit www.koryreeder.com
Dr. Stacey Barelos is a sound artist, composer, performer, and educator whose work has reached audiences across five continents. As a performer, she specializes in 20th- and 21st-century music, with a focus on living composers. She co-founded Ludus Duo with Italian pianist Arianna Granieri to explore adventurous repertoire for multiple keyboards and toy instruments. In 2025, the duo will share their recent work at various venues in Athens, Greece. In 2023, she released her third solo album, Toy, Toy, Toy, featuring solo and collaborative works for toy piano. She regularly performs and leads workshops locally, regionally, and internationally—most recently at the Ex Nihilo Festival in Guanajuato, Mexico, and the University of Nebraska–Kearney New Music Festival.
Phill Smith is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and software engineer based in Omaha, NE. His solo performances and work with Screaming Plastic explore interactions between improvising performers and software systems. He has appeared as a drummer on albums by Pink Neighbor, Katie Sin, Justin Carter, Erik Jarvis, among others. His music has been described by KLANG as “high velocity, quasi-grindcore feedback music.”