Devin Gray, Antony Pirog, and Dave Ballou

Name: Devin Gray, Antony Pirog, and Dave Ballou
Start: 2025-09-27T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-27T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Tonal Park

Schedule

Sat Sep 27 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Tonal Park | Takoma Park, MD

Saturday September 27th at 7:00PM at Tonal Park. Admission $20-$25, sliding scale. TICKET LINK COMING SOON.
Tonal Park is at 7014-C Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, MD. Enter through the WOWD entrance at 7014-B. Any questions, please email Transparent at transparentprods AT gmail DOT com; please don’t contact Tonal Park.
Join Transparent Productions at TonalPark studios for an evening of music from the trio of Devin Gray (drums), Anthony Pirog (guitar), and Dave Ballou (trumpet). This performance will celebrate the release of their new recording “Live at FEMA” on Out of Your Head Records.
DEVIN GRAY, born in 1983 in Portland Maine, is a drummer, composer-bandleader working in contemporary jazz. Since relocating to NYC in 2006, Gray has collaborated with many esteemed musicians. He currently divides his time between Brooklyn & Berlin, engaging with diverse musical scenes.
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Washington, D.C.-based guitarist ANTHONY PIROG is a musician who knows no stylistic limits. Educated in jazz but enthusiastically embracing diverse forms from indie/punk-informed rock to ambient experimentation, Pirog has emerged as one of the most noteworthy artists on the 21st century D.C. area music scene, defying predictability with live appearances in myriad configurations, from solo experimental sets to his genre-defying duo with cellist (and life partner) Janel Leppin, the hard-charging instrumental rock quartet New Electric, and his avant jazz trio with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Ches Smith. Pirog even led a performance of Terry Riley's landmark minimalist composition "In C," featuring an ensemble of 22 musicians, at D.C.'s Sonic Circuits experimental music festival in 2011. It's safe to say that no one knows precisely what to expect from Pirog, and that fact alone might make him noteworthy, but it's also helpful that he employs technology with uncommon intelligence, is guided by a surefooted artistic conception in each of his projects, and happens to possess killer chops.
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Trumpeter/Composer DAVE BALLOU can be heard in a variety of settings, from solo trumpet improvisations to large ensembles. His recordings can be found on the Steeplechase, CleanFeed, pfMentum and the Out of Your Head record labels. His compositions have been performed and recorded by the Meridian Arts Ensemble, Trumpeter Jon Nelson, French hornist Adam Unsworth, Saxophonist Ellery Eskelin, the TILT Brass Ensemble and the Rose City Brass Quintet. Ballou is a Professor of Music at Towson University teaching in the Jazz and Commercial Music Division.