Due East - Greg Beyer, percussion and Erin Lesser, flute - will perform music from their recent Albany Records release, "Simultaneous Worlds." The music on this recording features six compositions by young composers who are on faculty of Schools of Music throughout the United States. Jeff Herriott, Carl Schimmel, David Maki, John Allemeier, Mark Engebretson and Alejandro Rutty all composed these works specifically with Due East in mind, and the music is unique and highly varied - at times lyrical, rhythmic, powerful, playful and soulful.

DUE EAST actively promotes new music, and has commissioned several works. They have given American premieres of works by David Lang and Alejandro Viñao, and world premieres of numerous works through organizations such as Wet Ink Musics (NYC), Composer’s Concordance (NYC), Columbia University Composers Ensemble, Princeton University Composer’s Ensemble and New York University’s First Performance.

DUE EAST won first prize in the 2008 National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition. The duo has performed in Brazil, Europe, Canada and the USA at venues such as the Warsaw Crossdrumming Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the SEAMUS conference, Bargemusic, the National Flute Association Conventions in Kansas and New York and the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions in Texas, Tennessee and Ohio.

"Simultaneous Worlds" is available on Albany Records, iTunes, and Amazon online.