@exceptet.music with How Things Are (@david.bernabo and @guaguanco127 of @how_things_are_made ) Monday, May 12 at 7pm Peirce Studio at the Trust Arts Education Center 805 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Exceptet is a seven-piece pocket orchestra built around a virtuosic array of “chattering, post-minimalist sound” (New Sounds).The NYC-based ensemble is on tour with their debut album, featuring a new commission by Rome Prize-winner Katherine Balch. Her composition, Tree Lines is an ode to old-growth trees, a phenomenon of nature that often live more than 400 years. Two works from longtime Exceptet collaborator Brendon Randall-Myers balance the program. FREE CONCERT (suggested $15 donation, no one turned away) @chuckfurlong