The first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts, Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare), winning seven national chamber music prizes. Experimenters at their core, Akropolis has collaborated with poets, a metal fabricator, dancers, pop vocalists, and more. In Akron, they’ll perform a mix of new and familiar works.

ABOUT AKROPOLIS REED QUINTET:

Celebrating their 13th year making music with “faultless detail and refreshing artistry” (I Care if You Listen) as a “collective voice driven by real excitement and a sense of adventure” (The Wire), Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare). As the first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts (May 2021), the untamed band’s 5 reed players and entrepreneurs are united by a shared passion: to make music that sparks joy and wonder.

WHAT THEY WILL PERFORM:

MELLITS Splinter (2014)

THOMAS Moods and Attitudes (2023)

JETHS Maktub (2013)

GERSHWIN (arr. Hekkema) An American in Paris (1928)