Shelley Burgon pedal harp
Trevor Dunn contrabass
Burgon and Dunn's repertoire consists of both strictly notated compositions as well as purely improvised music - a repertoire that walks the line between chamber music and extended technique. Utilizing instruments that are typically buried by thick orchestration, Burgon and Dunn make the most of their distinct setting by exploring subtle and sometimes barely audible properties of sound. Their dynamic range is as vast as their sonic palette. Between haunting, minor melodies one may hear bass strings played with mallets and harp strings pummeled with a metal rod.