Peder & Hendrik: Performing Live from the NCMA (presented with Come Hear NC)

Peder & Hendrik is the collaborative performance practice of Erik Pedersen (Asheville, NC) and Nathaniel Hendrickson (Louisville, KY). Drawing on their collective experiences as musicians, visual artists, and storytellers, Peder & Hendrik create performances that rely on improvisation, chance, and physical comedy to playfully blur the lines between performer and spectator.

Live from NCMA begins as an artist lecture on Peder & Hendrik’s seven-year collaborative relationship before dissolving into an improvised audio-visual collaboration between the artists and audience. Through the use of digital and analog cameras, projectors, amplifiers, voice, and instruments, this event highlights the space between traditional performance and unrehearsed experimentation.

Whether you plan to attend in person or via livestream, audience participation is welcome and encouraged! Bring an instrument or an object that makes an interesting sound. Send performance prompts in the livestream chat or write them out on a big hand-painted sign like the one you brought with you to the Eras Tour. Or sit quietly. It’s fine.

No experience required, and all ages are welcome. All registered attendees receive a free digital audio recording of the performance.

Disclaimer: By participating in this event, you agree to have your sound and image recorded and distributed by Drum Machine Editions and the NCMA.

Zoom registration link for virtual 

Presented in partnership with

Photo: Whitney Gilchrist
Artwork: Azucena Trejo Williams