Guest Artists Maroney and Dresser in Concert March 18   by Charity Johnson ’99
			Mark Dresser Composers Denman Maroney and Mark Dresser will present a free, public concert of their works Sunday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Warner Concert Hall. Maroney has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yale Summer School of Music, New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Robbins Foundation and Meet the Composer, among others. An accomplished pianist, Maroney is known for his unique "hyperpiano" style, which involves manipulating the piano strings with various objects while playing the keyboard. Maroney and Dresser, a bassist, have performed and recorded extensively in collaboration with each other, and with other renowned musicians. Dresser’s compositions have been described by Downbeat magazine reviewer Harvey Pekar as "restrained, but moving: at times sinister, haunting, foreboding, ethereal." Their live performances have been praised by Carl Wilson of The Globe and Mail as moving "from strength to strength. Maroney’s array of techniques and toys made his prepared piano’s interior seem his native stomping ground… Dresser showed off the full palette of his distinctive bass style."
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