The New York Art Ensemble and The Flea Theater Present the Seventh Annual
A Five-Concert Marathon of Cutting-Edge New Music at The Flea Theater
For ticket reservations: visit Theatermania.com or call 212-352-3101
The New York Art Ensemble launches its Seventh Annual Tribeca New Music Festival, a 5-concert series of cutting-edge new music, Wednesday May 7 through Sunday May 11 at The Flea Theater. The Festival will highlight important trends and artists affecting today’s new music scene.
Program includes:
#1) Wednesday May 7 at 7pm
ETHEL performs “Speech into Music” – Scott Johnson, Steve Reich, JacobTV
Formed in 1998, and comprised of four world-class, Juilliard-trained composer/musicians: Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Mary Rowell (violin), ETHEL presents the three major “speech music” composers and the works that launched the technique.
#2) Thursday May 8 at 7pm
Sirius Quartet: In Between – The Music of Gregor Huebner and Mike Block
The Sirius String Quartet, which includes 2002 Grammy-nominee violinist and composer Gregor Huebner, performs works from their new CD In Between—The Music of Gregor Huebner, a melding of classical European tradition with a powerful American jazz sensibility, and Mike Block’s Gadjo, a piece inspired by the energy and rhythms of Flamenco music from southern Spain.
#3) Friday May 9 at 7pm
Theo Bleckmann: Songs for Voice, Loops, and Toys
The highly versatile and gifted vocalist/composer Theo Bleckmann will perform Songs for Voice, Loops, and Toys, a solo voice program of a cappella, electronically processed, and improvised all-vocal music.
#4) Saturday May 10 at 7pm
New Kids on the Block: Generation-Y
Six 20-something composers who have distinguished themselves through their excellent new works will take center stage in this evening's performance. Featuring premieres by composers Anna Clyne, Robert Farren, Joseph Hallman, Farhad Hudiyev, Daniel Stewart, and New York Art Ensemble 2008 Young Composer Competition winner Stephen Feigenbaum.
#5) Sunday May 11 at 7pm
Monsters: Mary Rowell and Geoffrey Burleson
New York Art Ensemble “Monsters” violinist Mary Rowell and pianist Geoffrey Burleson will lead the rest of the band in the performance of new works by Robert Aldridge, John Appleton, Eve Beglarian, Kenji Bunch, Preston Stahly, and a blast from the past from the late Vincent Persichetti.
Tickets to all events are $15 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors.
The New York Art Ensemble is a nonprofit organization that seeks to challenge, inspire, entertain, educate, and connect the public to the best of new American music. It presents eclectic programming that reflects the energy and diversity of America's contemporary musical environment and features professional musicians of the highest level.
For further information about New York Art Ensemble concerts, go to www.nyae.org or contact NYAE at 212-234-4325.
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