Unusual Suspects

Bio:

Nathan Koci is a NYC-based multi-instrumentalist and composer originally from Charleston, South Carolina. Performing on the horn and accordion, as well as other brass and keyboard instruments, Nathan is an enthusiastic advocate of music by living composers, and is the Co-Artistic Director of Charleston’s New Music Collective. Diversity equals comfort for Koci, performing in musical settings from jazz to theater to free improvisation to garage bands and old Cuban folk songs. In addition to performing, Nathan has written music for theater, dance, and chamber performances. He has recently relocated to the New York area to continue his musical career, which has thus far included working with Bang on a Can, Compagnie Ormone, Ensemble Modern, Garage Cuban Band, MacArthur Dance Project, New Music Collective, The Opposite of a Train, PURE Theatre, Red Light New Music, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Yes is a World, Your Bad Self and Zaha. Bassist-about-town Eleonore Oppenheim is quickly establishing herself as a multi-genrelist extraordinaire and a go-to player for a wide variety of different styles and projects. She has performed with an eclectic mix of other artists including (but not limited to) the Philip Glass Ensemble, Victoire, Dan Zanes and Friends, Meredith Monk, Signal, and the Instruments. She also performs as a soloist, playing pieces written for her by some of the most promising and adventurous young composers of her generation, in addition to writing for some of her own groups (Passenger Fish, Morris Minor, and of course Unusual Suspects). Unusual Suspects represents the collaboration of two like-minded artists who have little respect for the boundaries of genre and are equally fearless in their musical undertakings. ....

Member Since:

September 12, 2009

Members:

Nathan Koci- accordion, Eleonore Oppenheim- bass

Influences:

Our ears are like tiny sponges.