Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine: Quantum Breaks II (with Peter Evans, Nick Jozwiak, Carlos Homs, and Tyshawn Sorey)
About This Event
Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine present Quantum Breaks II at Roulette, with trumpeter Peter Evans, drummer Nick Jozwiak, bassist Carlos Homs, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey in the lineup. Evans’s background in free improvisation and Sorey’s work as a composer and professor of contemporary music point to a program that balances notated material with open improvisational exchange.
About Quantum Breaks II
At Roulette, Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine bring **Quantum Breaks II** to a New York audience, positioning the project where contemporary classical writing and open improvisation overlap. The lineup includes trumpeter **Peter Evans**, drummer **Nick Jozwiak**, bassist **Carlos Homs**, and composer and multi-instrumentalist **Tyshawn Sorey**, whose work moves between concert music, jazz practice, and academia. The piece treats ensemble sound as a set of shifting systems rather than fixed roles, with structure emerging in real time. In a city that has long served as a proving ground for hybrid forms, the program reads as a document of that ongoing tradition.
About the Artists
Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine
Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine is a New York City–based classical and experimental project heard in settings that welcome risk, including Roulette. The group’s work draws on free improvisation and avant‑garde jazz practice, often in conversation with contemporary composition.
Aaron Burnett
Aaron Burnett is a New York City–based musician working at the edges of classical practice and improvisation. At Roulette, he leads Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine, a flexible ensemble heard in projects such as *Quantum Breaks II* with trumpeter Peter Evans, drummer Nick Jozwiak, bassist Carlos Homs, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey.
the Big Machine
the Big Machine is a New York–based ensemble led by Aaron Burnett, working at the edge of contemporary classical practice and the improvising tradition. The group has appeared at Roulette, including Burnett’s program *Quantum Breaks II* with trumpeter Peter Evans, drummer Nick Jozwiak, bassist Carlos Homs, and composer–multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey.
Peter Evans
Peter Evans is an American trumpeter whose work moves between contemporary classical contexts and the open forms of free improvisation. In New York City he has appeared at Roulette, including Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine’s *Quantum Breaks II* alongside Nick Jozwiak, Carlos Homs, and composer–multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey.
Nick Jozwiak
Nick Jozwiak is a drummer working in contemporary classical and improvisation contexts, with appearances at New York City’s Roulette. He has performed alongside Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine, trumpeter Peter Evans, bassist Carlos Homs, and composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey, including the Roulette program *Quantum Breaks II*.
Carlos Homs
Carlos Homs is a bassist working in and around New York City’s performance circuit, with appearances at Roulette. His recent credits include Aaron Burnett and the Big Machine’s *Quantum Breaks II*, alongside trumpeter Peter Evans, drummer Nick Jozwiak, and composer-multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey.