About this Event
Benjamin Miller formed The Sensorium Chamber Orchestra to perform In C at Trinosophes on Terry's birthday June 24, 2018. Their annual concert celebration continues to this day. As an avant-garde composer, Miller uses his own variable sense of direction to pursue pantonal, through-composed work via a large ensemble format. Sensorium also performs music by Eric Satie and Josef Matthias Hauer.
This Sound & Movement collaboration with Aimee McDonald's Terpsichore Collective will perform Eric Satie's Gnossienne No. 1, Miller's After After, and a 30' version of Terry Riley's In C. Free to the public. Tuesday, November 17th 6:00 to 6:45 pm.
Josh Cook – vibraphone
Don Henig bass – clarinet
Dominic Bierenga – soprano sax
Scott Lockard – guitar
Eric Bernreuter – trombone
Martin Schiller – 5-str. bass guitar
Ken Kozora – cornet
Benjamin Miller – alto sax & guitar
Tim Holmes – alto flute & F mezzo sax
Matt Campbell – double bass
Jon Jackson – marimba
Miller formed his first large ensemble while living in NYC; The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. This 12 member group performed Terry Riley's In C several times – most notably at The Issue Project Room in 2009, garnishing an interview with The Village Voice. Miller composed and recorded two 1-hr symphonies for this group.
In 2007, Miller composed and recorded Glow White for Glenn Branca’s In-Search-of-The-Lost-Chord-Contest for The New York Times website. Glow White was 1 of 8 accepted submissions.
About Aimee McDonald and Terpsichore Collective
Aimee McDonald is based in Michigan, USA, and is Artistic Director of Terpsichore Collective and producer of Dancing in Summer, The Festival, which is three days of events featuring professional showcases, master classes, film screening, and an open choreographers showing. Aimee headed Terpsichore's Kitchen from 1998-2009, producing the annual Dancing in Summer choreographic showcase, as well as a series of showings and performances. Her work has been shown in the United States, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Montreal.
In 2023, after an extended hiatus from the stage due to motherhood and recovery from an auto accident, she returned as both choreographer and dancer for live stage work and screendance projects. Since relaunching the reimagined company in April 2023, her works have been shown in Terpsichore Collective produced showings, Detroit Dance Collage Festival, Detroit Dance City Festival’s professional showcase, RAD Fest, Ann Arbor Dance Network Launch Event at Ypsi Freight House, Shape//Matter Showcase, the Fieldworks dance festival presented by New Industry Dance in South Bend Indiana, Roots Choreography Showcase in Cleveland, Ohio, annual NACHMO S.E. Michigan concerts, and at Dance Uprising’s choreographers showing in Ann Arbor, as well as at Dancing in Summer, The Festival, and at Terpsichore Collective’s annual autumn concerts.
As Artistic Director she oversees the ChoreoLab Project, connecting emerging to accomplished choreographers with dancers and rehearsal space, and providing a produced performance platform to showcase their works. She has danced for numerous independent choreographers. With Terpsichore Collective she has performed works by guest artist, Peter Sparling, and is honored to be performing Martha Graham’s seminal work Lamentation on the Terpsichore 2026 season program.
Aimee’s work often explores orientation of the self and seeking belonging in place and time. In building the sense of different worlds she often designs and constructs costumes and utilizes fabric to bring color, texture, and connotation of character and era to her works.
In moving into the area of Screendance/Dance for Camera, she has worked with Peter Sparling, Cara Hagan, and Mitchell Rose. In 2024 she co-directed with Teri Sarris the documentary Local Movement: Five Decades of Dance in Ann Arbor, commissioned by the Ann Arbor District Library. She is a founding member of Ann Arbor Dance Network. Aimee received her BFA in Dance from the University of Michigan and is also a GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Master Trainer.
Event venue & nearby stays
Main | Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, United States
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