WRACK skirts the boundaries of an ever-evolving
music tradition hovering at the crossroads of other traditions. It is both a chamber ensemble with a highly unusual instrumentation
and a book of compositions tailor-made for the personalities of its members. While the compositions' melodic and contrapuntal
content is reminiscent of European-American classical modernism, their modular structures and improvisational procedures are
heavily indebted to the innovations of the African-American Creative Music continuum. Oboist Kyle Bruckmann founded the project
in Chicago in 2002.The current members of WRACK are: bass clarinetist Jason Stein, bassist Anton Hatwich,
drummer Tim Daisy, and violist Jen Clare Paulson.
