OFF CAMPUS EVENT

Mat Muntz is a composer, bassist, and experimental bagpiper. Rooted in jazz improvisation and extending through microtonality, non-Western instrumentation, and experimental performance practice, Mat’s work seeks to imbue the volatile and bizarre with an expressive, human immediacy. His music has been described by The Wire as “rare and rewarding” and by The Guardian as “filled with a wild, distorted energy.”

Since 2018, Mat has pioneered an experimental practice on the obscure and distinctive Croatian bagpipe known as primorski meh. An ongoing exploration of the instrument’s unique intonational, timbral, and technical possibilities is documented in a growing body of solo, ensemble, and electroacoustic music – documented on the recordings meh. (2020), ghostly.ridiculous (2021), The Vex Collection (Carrier Records 2022), and Phantom Islands (Orenda Records 2023).

In celebration of the 2/24/23 release of Phantom Islands, Mat will present a program of solo music for primorski meh, featuring new compositions, improvisations, experimental preparations, and deconstructed folk repertoire (with special guest Astrid Kuljanic on vocals).

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