About

Revel’s 9th Season explores our call to shine bright in response to the shadow of our mortality, with a nod toward the symbolism of the number 9, the number of Universal love, mysticism, wisdom, artistry, and the integration of the physical, intellectual, and spiritual. This opening "Brunch with KMFA" event features The Bel Cuore Quartet performing music from their new CD release, Splashing the Canvas, plus the “title track” of the series, Nick Sibicky’s Life and Afterlife. Revel Poet Laureate Nathan Brown kicks off this special celebration with a new poem commissioned in honor of Revel.

Event Details

Ticket Information

  • Cost: $10
  • Phone: Tickets via website

Presenter Details

  • Name: REVEL
  • About Revel

    Cellist Joel Becktell and pianist Carla McElhaney formed Revel, a multi-configuration “classical band,” to return the classical music experience to its radical roots, a place where musicians and their friends got together in intimate settings to let their hair down and revel in great music.

    Since their 2009 launch party at The Church House Recording Studio in East Austin, Revel has released a self-titled debut album of duo works for cello and piano, a trio album with violinist Cármelo de los Santos entitled Magic Hour, presented eight full seasons of concert series in Austin, produced five chamber music festivals, and has appeared by invitation on a number of concert series including Albuquerque’s Sunday Chatter and Chatter Cabaret (formerly Church of Beethoven), the Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, the Blanco Performing Arts Series, Music from the Western Reserve in Hudson, Ohio, and Costa Rica’s Credomatic Music Festival.

    Revel has performed for enthusiastic audiences at diverse venues such as Fuel Coffee House in Llano, Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Recording Studio in Wimberley, the Armstrong/Connelly Studio at Ballet Austin, New Mexico Tech in Socorro, Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, the Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose, the Krotona School in Ojai, and in private homes, inviting listeners everywhere to dispense with the standard protocol of the day, rebel against the straight-laced austerity of the modern concert hall, and “come as you are, clap when you feel like it, and revel in the music like no one is watching.”
     

Venue Details

  • Address: 10615 Metric Blvd.
  • City: Austin
  • State: TX
  • Zip: 78758