Fulcrum Point New Music Project

This Friday!

Join Fulcrum Point New Music Project for an electrifying night of new music:

Neuromaze: Joyful Sparks
Music of Ginka Mizuki & Gene Pritsker

📍 Theater Wit
🗓 Friday, April 24
⏰ 7:30 PM

This 90-minute program blends jazz, classical, rock, and theater into something fresh, unexpected, and genuinely fun. Expect bold sounds, high energy, and a concert experience that doesn’t feel traditional.

Featuring guest artist Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet, alongside an incredible lineup of performers.

If you’ve been wanting to try something new (or just want a great night out), this is it.

Grab your tickets and join us!

https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

Meet Michiyo Suzuki on April 24th 7:30-9pm at

Clarinetist Michiyo Suzuki is a versatile clarinetist based in New York City, known for expressive playing in contemporary, classical, crossover, experimental, and microtonal genres. Her technical precision and musicality enliven diverse repertoires, from classical to electro-acoustic and microtonal works. She studied with renowned clarinetist Charles Neidich at Purchase College Conservatory, earning an MFA, and continued in the DMA program at SUNY Stony Brook. In 1996, she debuted at Carnegie Recital Hall as a winner of the Artist’s International award. She has performed extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, appearing with ensembles such as the Grammy-nominated Absolute Ensemble (as a core member), NY Licorice Ensemble (as a cofounder), Composers Concordance, ST-X Xenakis Ensemble USA, and Newband. Through the Absolute Ensemble, she has collaborated with legendary figures including Joe Zawinul and Marcel Khalife. With Newband, she mastered the fingerings needed to perform on Harry Partch’s 43-tone microtonal octave scale, demonstrating her expertise in extended techniques and alternative tunings. Her recordings include credits on the Babylon Berlin (Original Television Soundtrack), Cloud Atlas (Original Soundtrack, 2012), and numerous albums from the groups she has participated in. Recently, Ms. Suzuki has bridged performance and composition as Ginka Mizuki, but remains focused as an interpreter and collaborator. She often premieres new works and joins innovative projects that blend genres and cultures. When not performing or composing, Ms. Suzuki enjoys being a foster parent to two cats, Chicken & Noodle, practicing the tea ceremony (certified associate professor of the Omotesenke), training in Shotokan karate (3rd degree black belt), and baking bread and Japanese sweets.

Tickets here: https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

Thank you for joining us this past Saturday at it was a joy to share music with this community.

Congrats to Victoria for a beautiful program, and to all the musicians for bringing it to life.

Give them a follow and stay tuned for what’s next!

Meet Elena Abend

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Venezuelan pianist Elena Abend’s solo appearances include Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Corcoran Gallery, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, Chicago Cultural Center, the Pabst Theater, Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, Music Institute of Chicago, Four Seasons Arts Concert Series in Berkeley, Teatro Nacional, Teatro Municipal, Teatro Teresa Carreño in Venezuela and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Ms. Abend has been a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, Green Bay Symphony, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, UWM Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra as well as all the major orchestras in Venezuela.

Chamber music collaborations include the Marlboro and Ravinia Music Festivals, Frankly Music, Present Music, Milwaukee Musaik, Chamber Music Milwaukee, Chicago Rembrandt Players, as well as guest artist with the Fine Arts Quartet, the Mendelssohn Quartet, Philomusica Quartet, and KAIA String Quartet. She has recorded for Albany Records, the Avie label, INNOVA Recording and numerous recordings and editing projects for Hal Leonard’s G. Schirmer Instrumental and Performance Editions. Her most recent recording is for the Urtext Online label as soloist with the Snow Pond Chamber Players. As a member of the Elision Duo, she performs regularly with husband clarinetist Orlando Pimentel. Recent performances include recitals in Milwaukee, Oakland, Berkeley and Chicago promoting Latin American repertoire and music from unknown American and Latin American composers.

Ms. Abend is chair of piano studies at UWM and has been faculty at the Collaborative Piano Institute and the Chamber Music Intensive program at the New England Music Camp.

Join us on March 14 to hear her perform.

Tickets link here: https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming