Hinge Quartet: Student Composers Concert

Friday / April 17, 2026 / 8:00 p.m. (EDT)

Studio 106

132 Ipswich Street (Richard Ortner Studio Building), Floor 1—Studio 106

Boston

02115

United States

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Admission

FREE

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Hinge Quartet performs world premieres by Boston Conservatory at Berklee composition students alongside music by spectralist legend Philippe Hurel and Dan VanHassel’s reimagining of Meshuggah’s “Clockworks.”

Program Information

Repertoire

MESHUGGAH / DAN VANHASSEL: Clockworks (2016/2023)

GWENDOLYN CLORES: free-flowing (2026)*

LUIS ANGEL SALAZAR TAMAYO: Introspection (2026)*

MIKAYLA FRANK-MARTIN: In-Flux (2026)*

MORIMA: Rat (2026)*

PHILIPPE HUREL: Localized Corrosion (2010)

*World premiere by Boston Conservatory student composer

About the Artists

Hinge Quartet is Philipp Stäudlin (saxophones), Dan VanHassel (electric guitar), Matt Sharrock (percussion), and Keith Kirchoff (piano). Lying somewhere between a chamber ensemble and an avant-garde rock band, the Hinge Quartet combines cutting-edge contemporary classical and experimental music with seamless multimedia integration. They are the Contemporary Ensemble in Residence with the Composition/Contemporary Classical Music Performa departments at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Ensemble

Philipp Stäudlin, saxophones
Dan VanHassel, electric guitar
Matt Sharrock, percussion
Keith Kirchoff, piano

Concert Services Staff

Assistant Director, Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov

Boston Conservatory thanks audience members for viewing this program information online. This paperless program saved 200 sheets of paper, 21 gallons of water, and 18 pounds of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions.