Date(s): SATURDAY, June 20, 2026
Type of Show: Concert
Showtime(s): 7:30PM
Tickets: $10 +fee
Daniel Levin
Cellist Daniel Levin is “one of the instrument’s most brilliant contemporary practitioners” (The Wire). He was born in Burlington, Vermont, and began playing the cello at the age of six. In 2001, he graduated with a degree in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music and arrived on the New York City jazz scene shortly thereafter. Since then, Daniel has developed his own distinctive voice as a cellist, improviser, and composer. Ed Hazell noted upon release of Levin’s first record as a leader, “Cellist Daniel Levin is a major new voice on his instrument and in improvised music.”
Elements of European classical music, American jazz, microtonal and new music, and European free improvisation all figure prominently in his unique sound. He has performed extensively throughout the USA and Europe, and has recorded more than 20 albums as a leader or co-leader, which can be found on Clean Feed, HatOLOGY, Not Two, Trost, Riti, Mahakala, eyes & ears and various other record labels. Daniel is a REMIC Microphones and Glasser Bows Artist Endorser.
Laurent Estoppey
Saxophonist, composer, sound artist, Laurent Estoppey generates numerous collaborative projects involving multiple art forms between the United States and Europe. Living in Greensboro, NC Estoppey is a D’Addario Performing Artist, and uses Reserve reeds exclusively. He’s also a reference artist for Italian saxophone maker Rampone-Cazzani and an ambassador of Rovner products.
Matthew Rock
Matthew Rock (Pinehurst, NC) is a choreographer, performer, and educator whose work has been presented throughout the Eastern United States. His choreography has been featured at the 34th Annual Choreographer’s Showcase in Washington, DC, the Atlas Dance Festival, Wake Forest Dance Festival, and the North Carolina Dance Festival. He is the Artistic Director of MARO Movement and the founding director of Weymouth in Motion, a multidisciplinary dance festival produced from 2021–2022.
Rock’s work investigates societal structures and the human experience through a physically demanding, emotionally grounded movement language. As a performer, he has danced with companies in Washington, DC, and trained under nationally recognized artists including Jan Van Dyke, BJ Sullivan, Janet Lilly, Mark Haim, and Doug Varone.
Billy J. Hawkains III
Detroit native Billy J. Hawkains III is a multidisciplinary dancer, cross-disciplinary educator, choreographer, writer, and process-based creative whose work bridges performance, pedagogy, and cultural inquiry. Throughout his career, he has performed works by renowned artists including Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Doug Varone, Juel D. Lane, and Elizabeth “B.J.” Sullivan, among many others.
As an educator and creative, Hawkains is deeply committed to advancing embodied learning practices rooted in healing, self-discovery, cultural memory, and artistic liberation. Hawkains is also one of only four Safety Release Master Teachers in the world, personally certified by founder B.J. Sullivan through Safety Release Inc.. Through local and national residencies, workshops, mentorship, and creative collaborations across the United States, he continues to nurture and develop emerging and professional artists alike, carrying forward the ancestral knowledge, artistic rigor, and transformative practices that have shaped his artistic journey.
https://bio.site/billyjhawkains
