nj arts maven: Special Promotion: 2 for 1 Offer! World Premiere Percussion Performance Featuring Britton-Rene Collins and The Rhythm Method

Britton-Rene Collins: On Time

Sunday, May 15, at 2 pm

Free for children under 18*

Special Promotion: 2 for 1 Offer!

With your ticket to Britton-Rene Collins, you will receive a free ticket to the upcoming concert, The Rhythm Method, on Sunday, May 29, at 2 pm. The Morris Museum will contact ticket buyers after May 15 to make arrangements. This offer does not apply to previous purchases. While supplies last, seating based on availability.

A world premiere percussion event featuring award-winning virtuoso, Britton-Rene Collins. Collins has been commissioned by the Morris Museum to compose a new work on the theme of time which she will perform in a program of other solo percussion works.

Her new work, Elapse, will be accompanied by other composers, including Bach. This concert is part of a two-concert series, On Time, which includes a concert on May 29 by Brooklyn-based string quartet, The Rhythm Method, featuring another work commissioned by Live Arts at the Morris Museum by local composer, Kailyn Williams which will further augment the exhibition, Cache of Kinetic Art: Timeless Movements. Museum admission is included with each concert and concert guests are invited to come early and see the Museum exhibitions.

Tickets: General Admission is $40.00. Member tickets are $35.00. Become a Member today.

*Limited children tickets available, please call the box office for inquiries: 973-971-3706

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About the Artist

Britton-René is a winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and was awarded the Ambassador Prize for exceptional musicianship and demonstrating an active passion for creating social change through her music.

A Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Chicago International Music Competition, Britton-René has performed as a soloist in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She has made several concerto appearances, including the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Valdosta Symphony, and the Meridian Symphony. In addition to her active solo career, Britton-René enjoys life as a chamber musician and is a percussionist with New York City-based Excelsis Percussion Quartet. She is also the co-founder of Vision Duo alongside violinist Ariel Horowitz.

The Rhythm Method: On Time

Sunday, May 29, at 2 pm

Brooklyn-based string quartet The Rhythm Method returns to the Morris Museum after their debut during the 2021 season of Lot of Strings with a multifaceted program exploring themes of time. This musical journey literally takes the audience through time and space; beginning outside of the Bickford Theatre with Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music, equal parts sculpture and composition, and continues in the theatre with works by Marina Kifferstein, Paul Pinto, and the world premiere of a Live Arts commission by local composer, Kailyn Williams.

Tickets: General Admission is $40.00. Member tickets are $35.00. Become a Member today.

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Bickford Theatre COVID Guidelines

All patrons 12 years and older must provide proof of full vaccination, currently 2 shots of either Pfizer or Moderna, or one of Johnson and Johnson, and corresponding ID. All sales are final. All patrons are required to wear a face mask in the Bickford Theatre. For assistance, call the box office at 973-971-3706.

A Cache of Kinetic Art: Timeless Movements

On View through August 28, 2022

A Cache of Kinetic Art series,Timeless Movements explores broad themes of the human experience and how time manifests in nature through 35 works of kinetic art. Created by 26 artists, these art objects are expressions of measuring, marking, embracing, and resisting time.

Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by Will and Mary Leland.

The Morris Museum gratefully acknowledges generous operating support from the following funders: