Artists linked by a common interest in spontaneous expression come together for a night of performance engaging improvisation, new techniques, and inventive soundscapes. Solomon Kim (cello), Yo Vinyl Richie (turntable), and Kevin Ramsay (daxophone) will perform a set of freely improvised music. Sam Boston and Emma Mistele will perform table music using handmade electronic instruments.
📅 DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 10, 2026 ⏰ 7:30 PM
⏳ RUN TIME: 90 minutes
📍 LOCATION: Harvestworks, 596 Broadway, Suite 602, New York, NY 10012
Artists linked by a shared interest in sonic expression come together for an evening of performance rooted in improvisation and experimentation. Cellist Solomon Kim, turntablist Yo Vinyl Richie, and daxophonist Kevin Ramsay will perform a set of freely improvised music. Through attentive listening and responsive interplay, the trio will combine acoustic and electronic elements, extended techniques, and timbral exploration to construct an evolving sonic environment.
NYC-based musicians Sam Boston and Emma Mistele, both graduates of Wesleyan University, will present an additional set that further explores collaborative improvisation, emphasizing communication, form emerging in real time, and the expressive potential of sound itself.
The night will highlight the possibilities within risk, intuition, and real-time collaboration to create music that is unrepeatable and artistically resonant. Drawing from diverse practices and influences, the performers will weave together contrasting textures and perspectives into a cohesive yet unpredictable experience.
BIOS
Kevin Ramsay is a composer, producer, recording/mixing/mastering sound engineer, and musician on several critically acclaimed international albums. Brooklyn-born and based, Ramsay’s work focuses primarily on theoretical and practical aspects of sound recording and reproduction, with unpredictable pairings of acoustic and electronic instruments. Kevin’s current works explore new ways to capture, mix, and process immersive audio for playback on multichannel sound systems.
Yo Vinyl Richie, born in the Bronx and currently living in New York City, is a composer and turntablist whose passion for the turntable began at an early age. Inspired by DJ competitions and parties as a child, he honed turntablism techniques and embraced the turntable as his primary instrument, both solo and in collaboration with others. Richie has showcased his artistry at esteemed venues such as Roulette, The Kitchen, Princeton University, and Queens Town Hall. He is currently a Harvestworks TIP resident and a recipient of the NYSCA 2025 grant as a composer.
Solomon Kim is a composer and cellist working across the improvisation–composition continuum. In Solomon’s compositions, relationality—connectedness to others, to self, and to ideas larger than the individual—comes into dialogue with the singular, real-time act of performance. Solomon is a graduate student at Wesleyan University.
Emma Mistele is a piano player and composer from New Jersey living in New York. She performs with Sam Boston in their handmade electronics project Table Music, an unstable network of oscillators, microphones, and motors resonating through the table on which they are played. She recently completed the M.A. in Music at Wesleyan University (2025).
Sam Boston is from Connecticut. He builds instruments, tools, and sometimes sculptures. He likes resonating objects, long-duration events, and attempts at repetition. His work is about what you want it to be about.
LINKS
Video
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIazskkM8E
- Vimeo (Emma Mistele): https://vimeo.com/emmamistele
- Bandcamp (Table Music – Sam Boston): https://samboston.bandcamp.com/album/table-music
Websites & Social Media
- Solomon Kim (website): https://solomonkim.me
- Solomon Kim (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/solomoncomposes
- Yo Vinyl Richie (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/yovinyl
- Emma Mistele (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/emma_mistele
- Sam Boston (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/sboston2