Music with a View

The Flea Theater is delighted to announce the fourth season of Music With A View, a free music series devoted to the discovery of new, fresh sound created and performed by contemporary musicians. The series is curated by Kathleen Supové.

Music With A View was developed to complement our successful Dance Conversations @ The Flea. Both programs present works-in-progress by artists experimenting with new ideas and new forms. Each Music With A View event features the works of 2 – 3 emerging and/or mid-career composers and each performance will be followed by an open discussion
between the artists and the audience, moderated by musician Kathleen Supové and other leaders in thefield of music.

Winter/Spring 2010 Season
NOTE: The concerts are all on Sundays at 3 p.m.

FEBRUARY 7
“Singer/songwriters?”
Grace McLean
Sasha Bogdanowitsch
Wynne Bennett
Matt Marks
Guest Moderator: Kitty Brazelton

The February concert is a showcase for composers working in the medium of song, but doing it in quirky, unusual, and innovative ways. These artists straddle the boundary between classical and alt pop.

Check out our February composers:
Sasha Bogdanowitsch
Matt Marks
Grace McLean

MARCH 28
“Couples and Collaborations”
Kenji Bunch-Monica Ohuchi Bunch
John Supko-Due East
Jim Altieri
Guest Moderator: Derek Bermel

Compelling, virtuosic works have often come from close collaborations between composers and first-rate performers, who are dedicated to achieving the seemingly impossible. These composers and the artists performing their work are no exception. We’ll present ambitious works for solo piano, string quartet, and flute-percussion duo.

MAY 2
“Mini-Marathon”
Ranjit Bhatnagar
Ken Ueno/Du Yun
Paula Matthusen
Rocco di Pietro
Neil Rolnick
Guest Moderator: Cornelius Dufallo

Bring your picnic basket to this one! We’re brimming with musical presentations that have theatrical components, and to say that they are all personal and experimental would be an understatement. Furthermore, artists at different stages of their careers are featured in the midst of their continuing explorations—-no sitting on laurels here!

JUNE 6
“Family-Friendly”
Michael Evans/Susan Hefner
Nick Didkovsky
Elan Vytal
After-Concert Discussion/Demonstration by the Artists and Questions
from the Audience!

In this special year-end concert, we turn it up to 11!! We have
presented all Music with a View concerts at the family accessible time
of Sunday 3PM this year, but this one is especially tempting to
audiences of all ages. These artists all possess imagination, an edge,
and energy in overabundance. There will be dance, electric guitar, and
a young people’s story with turntables called “Prospect Bear.”

Music With A View was created to respond to a need for a lab-like space in which working artists can engage in a meaningful dialogue with the audience. It is dedicated to nurturing new works and to the free exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions between artists and audience. Expect the works presented to be in various stages of development—raw, half-baked or fully developed. Admission is free.

Kathleen Supové

Curator

Kathleen Supové has commissioned, premiered and performed countless works by emerging and important composers and, in always being at the forefront of seeking out new voices, she has established herself as an integral part of recent music history. Her concerts are presented under the name of The Exploding Piano, often initially at The Flea Theater. This past season she was a featured artist at such defining events as the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco and the Pianists At The Edge series at University of Pittsburgh. She has commissioned a body of works for piano and electronics, as well as works for Yamaha Disklavier. In 2001, Ms. Supové became a Yamaha Artist. Her most recent CD, INFUSION, appears on the Koch International Classics label. She has appeared with The Lincoln Center Festival, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Bang On a Can Marathon, Music at the Anthology, Composers’ Collaborative, Inc., and at many other venues, ranging from concert halls such as Carnegie to theatrical spaces such as The Kitchen to clubs such as The Knitting Factory, The Stone, and The Cutting Room. She also performs in the concert theater piece, Removable Parts, along with composer/vocalist/actor Corey Dargel; it will be touring North America this season and will appear on the Under The Radar Festival. Visit www.supove.com and www.myspace.com/supove.