CONCERT | An Evening of AMBIENT MUSIC with Neil Alexander, Craig Chin, and Adam Holquist
As part of the 2026 Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series, Curated by vocalist, composer, and WRCA Board member Judi Silvano, Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is pleased to present …
Thursday, April 16, 7 – 9 pm
An Evening of AMBIENT MUSIC
with Neil Alexander, Craig Chin, and Adam Holquist
@ Wallkill River Center for the Arts
PLEASE NOTE, the concert series is free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $20/person. Due to the intimate nature of concert locations and limited seating, advance registration is recommended but not required. To reserve your seat, register by purchasing a FREE ticket – at bottom of event page.
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About the performers:
NEIL “NAIL” ALEXANDER
Prolific master pianist, synthesist, keyboardist and composer Neil “Nail” Alexander has had a career spanning more than 4 decades.
He remains passionately involved in multiple performance and production projects – including NAIL, Cloudburst, Mr. Gone, X Ensemble, Supercluster – across multiple genres – including jazz, rock, funk, blues, electronica, ambient and contemporary chamber music. Neil has toured worldwide across the US, Mexico, Canada and Europe.
Neil has been involved with Modern Dance Choreographers for 40 years, teaches master classes in electronic music production and heads the Ableton Hudson Valley User Group. In 2015 Neil was awarded Individual Artist of the Year by the Orange County Arts Council and is endorsed by Moog Music.
He has worked with The Mahavishnu Project, Rez Abasi, Judi Silvano, Gunter Hampel, Joe Lovano, Marty Balin, Corey Glover, and more.
Recent recordings include “Check Your Vibration”(Nail Jung), “Solos/Duos/Trios”(Neil Alexander), a solo piano performance of the “Rite of Spring”(2013), and NAIL Live at the Blue Note, NYC.
CRAIG CHIN
ERRANT SPACE – AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES is a project of composer/recordist Craig Chin. Its goal is spatio-temporal dilation through sound. Performances are site-specific, spontaneous compositions influenced by both the physical characteristics of the space they are performed in and the occupants of that space.
Craig creates soundscapes that are simultaneously unobtrusive and interesting, creating an atmosphere where the environment and audience are enveloped in a sort of subliminal soundscape.
Brian Eno coined the term Ambient Music in the 1970’s, defining it as music that “must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.” This is the essence of the Errant Space philosophy.
Craig produces the monthly Errant Space Podcast featuring experimental and electronic musicians and curates several music series, including a monthly electronic and experimental night and the Space Out, Outside series. He also has a weekly radio show, The Space Program, on Vassar College’s Station WVKR.
ADAM HOLQUIST
ONEWAYNESS – podcast focused on the arts, politics, and current events – is Adam Holquist, a composer, musician, sound designer, and multimedia creator from Erie, Pennsylvania.
He uses guitars, pianos, analog and digital synthesis, spoken word and field recordings, and a variety of hardware and software tools to create atmospheric and textural music which draws influence from a variety of sources.
Since 2011, he has given hundreds of live performances and released over 40 albums and EP’s. His work has been featured on both terrestrial and streaming radio stations, charted on Zone Music Reporter’s weekly Top 100 ambient music airplay charts, and reviewed by publications in the US and abroad.
Adam has created original music and sound design for theatre, independent films, art installations and also serves as curator of the ElectroFLUX Experimental Music Series, presenting creative music from local to international artists.
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WRCA’s 2026 concert series has been made possible thanks to the following:
Wallkill River Center for the Arts programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
