Although the program includes works by some familiar composers – Philip Glass and Igor Stravinsky for instance – this is “not your grandfather’s chamber music,” says Cordis, the contemporary chamber group performing at Berea College’s Gray Auditorium Sept. 26, beginning at 8 p.m.

For one thing, there’s the unique instrumentation.  Although the ensemble is built upon cello, concert cimbalon, piano and percussion – one-of-a-kind creations such as the electric mbira, melodic, and the world’s longest playing cylinder-driven music box also can weave their way into a Cordis performance.  The band’s current program “Cinema of Sound” also includes compositions by member Richard Grimes, who plays the electric cimbalom. 

Cordis (Latin for “from the heart,”) began in New York City’s West village in the spring of 2001.  Now based out of Boston, the band released its debut CD, “Here On Out” in 2007.

This special presentation sponsored by the Berea College Music Department is free and open to the public.

For more information and to hear samples of music by Cordis, visit www.cordismusic.com