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Saturday,
April 24,
8 pm
St. Peter's
Church, Lexington Avenue & 54th Street
The
Sacred Music of Duke Ellington
Randall
Keith Horton,
conductor; Juilliard
Jazz Orchestra;
Classical
Productions Chamber Chorus;
Corona
Seventh Day Adventist Concert Choir
A swinging,
meditative, life-celebrating expression of Duke Ellington's personal faith.
Tickets: $30.
Call 212 675 7477
Sunday,
April 25,
3 pm
LaGuardia
Concert Hall, 65th St. & Amsterdam Ave.
Manhattan
School of Music Jazz Philharmonic
Justin
DiCioccio,
director; Dave
Taylor,
bass trombone
Cecil
Bridgewater,
trumpet; Donal
Fox,
piano
Big band jazz
meets the symphony!
Music by
Michael Abene [listen],
Cecil Bridgewater, Richard Sussman, and T.J. Anderson [listen]
Admission is free.
SYMPOSIUM
Culture
Clash: Making a Space for Improvisation in the Orchestra
Moderator:
Frank J. Oteri–Editor, NewMusicBox (American Music Center)
Panelists:
Anthony Davis, Donal Fox, George Lewis, Carman Moore, Michael Geller
Judson
Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South
Admission is free.
Monday,
April 26, 2004, 8:30 pm
Cornelia
Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street
21st
Century Schizoid Music:
James Emery/String Trio of New York
James
Emery, guitar; Rob Thomas, violin; John Lindberg, bass;
Frank J. Oteri, curator
[listen]
"The East Village Meets Mensa. The sounds they make...are extraordinary."
-Washington Post
Tickets: $10. Telephone reservations only 212 989 9319.
Tuesday,
April 27,
7 pm
Joe's Pub at
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.
Flux
Quartet
with Oliver
Lake
The fearless
string foursome are joined by saxophonist Oliver Lake in music by
Lake, John Zorn, and Leroy Jenkins (world premiere), and Elliott Sharp.
"A quintessentially American and aggressively 21st century ensemble that is both refreshingly and annoyingly ignorant of boundaries..."
-Los Angeles Times
Tickets: $20.
Telecharge: 212-239-6200 or telecharge.com
Wednesday,
April 28,
8 pm
Carnegie Hall,
Stern Auditorium, 57th St. & 7th Ave.
American
Composers Orchestra
Improvise!
Steven
Sloane,
conductor; Anthony
Davis,
piano; Chico
Freeman,
tenor saxophone
Alvin
Singleton: When
Given A Choice
(World Premiere)
Earle Brown: Event:
Synergy II
Anthony Davis: Wayang
V
(New York Premiere) [listen]
George Lewis: Virtual
Concerto
(World Premiere)
Duke
Ellington: Three
Black Kings [listen]
Tickets: $15 - $42. Carnegiecharge: 212-247-7800 or carnegiehall.org
PANEL
DISCUSSION (7:00 pm)
Reinventing
History: The Past, Present and Future of Improvisation and the Orchestra
Moderator:
Frank J. Oteri–Editor, NewMusicBox (American Music Center)
Panelists:
George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Alvin Singleton
Panel
discussion admission is free to ticketholders.
Thursday,
April 29,
7 pm
Joe's Pub at
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.
Anne
LeBaron, Harp
Anne
LeBaron
is joined by legendary violinist Leroy
Jenkins
and multi-instrumentalist Earl
Howard
for an evening of high-octane performance.
[listen]
Tickets: $20. Telecharge: 212-239-6200 or telecharge.com
10:30 am - 12 pm
SYMPOSIUM
Who's in
Charge?: Conducting (and Performing) Improvised Music
Moderator:
Derek Bermel–composer and clarinetist
Panelists:
Steven Sloane, Justin DiCioccio, Butch Morris, Anne LeBaron, Martha Mooke
Engelman
Recital Hall, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. at 25th Street
Admission is free.
1 pm - 2:30 pm
SYMPOSIUM
Off the
charts: Why Composing Improvised Music is Not an Oxymoron
Moderator:
Howard Mandel–President, Jazz Journalists Association
Panelists:
Vijay Iyer, Alvin Singleton, Anthony Davis,
Oliver Lake
Engelman
Recital Hall, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. at 25th Street
Admission is free.
Saturday,
May 1,
5:30 - 10:30 pm
Joe's Pub at
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.
Composer-Improvisers
Out Front! Marathon
Uri
Caine,
piano
Anthony Davis, piano
Fish
Love That [listen]
SoNu
(New York debut)
West coast
improvisatory ensemble-phenomenon soNu synthesizes serialism, world
music, and hip hop with music by Wadada Leo Smith and Anthony
Braxton. Virtuoso pianists Davis and Caine bring
composition/improvisation to new planes. And NY-based band Fish Love
That Fish explores the landscape between classical composition, pop
music, and multimedia improvisation.
Tickets: $30.
Telecharge: 212-239-6200 or telecharge.com
Last updated 3/28/04
