Elysium Furnace Works

Coming to Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, July 18!

"Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock possesses one of the most fetchingly original styles out there—throaty, gutsy, bravely lyrical­—but recently, her composing and arranging have proven as engaging as her soloing...Laubrock’s variety and intricacy would be irrelevant if the music were not so continuously creative, dramatically surprising and sometimes even suspenseful in an almost Wagnerian manner."
— Paul de Barros, DownBeat

"Drone-based, ringing and metallic, with an underlying (welcome) sense of grime, of the machinery having been around long enough to accrete some amount of grit, enough to cause the occasional stutter or abrasive rubbing. In all instances, Cecilia Lopez shows great patience and restraint, evincing no interest in going full-throttle overboard, something I half-expected given the back-of-the-garage aesthetic that pervades the atmosphere. Impressive and uncompromising. Here's looking forward to more."
— Brian Olewnick, Just Outside

Elysium Furnace Works epic 2026 season continues with a bracing encounter between two major figures in contemporary music: saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock and multimedia artist and composer Cecilia Lopez. In this startling collaboration, Laubrock and Lopez will sculpt otherworldly soundscapes rich with electro-acoustic invention.

Ingrid Laubrock and Cecilia Lopez will perform at the gorgeous, 19th c. VBI Theatre of Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, located at 12 Vassar St. in Poughkeepsie, NY, on Saturday, July 18 at 8 PM. Advance tickets are on sale at https://ilcl.eventbrite.com until midnight Friday 7/17.