| What |
"The Listening Room" at dancenowNYC |
| When |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
8:00pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
219 W 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
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| Other Info | Daniel Charon will be giving a seven-minute preview of a new piece, "The Listening Room," which features music by me, at the dancenowNYC festival. I've been working with Daniel on the piece for a few months, and it's looking great thus far. Should be a lot of fun! |
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Okay, kids–the time is now. “Dance For a Small Room,” a new work that is the result of almost eight months of collaboration between Ellen Cornfield and myself, premieres this weekend at the Abrons Arts Center. The work features the full company of Cornfield Dance in addition to two guest artists from the Jose Limon Company. Full details may be found on the “Events” page.
In addition to the electronic score, the work features the talents of several wonderful musicians who accompany the performance onstage throughout the work. I’ve been working with these folks (Ben Syversen-trumpet, Michael Eaton-tenor saxophone, Don Undeen and Morgan Price-bass clarinet, John Lindaman and Jeff Litman-guitar, and Madelyn Burgess-electric bass) all week in rehearsal, and their efforts continue to astound me. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
Here are a few excerpts from the score–enjoy:
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Hope to see you there!
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First off, thanks for those of you who came to the Latin Hustle show a few weeks back–the response was overwhelming and beautiful. There are some nice pitchers that various friends took of the show, which hopefully I’ll be able to post soon.
Aaaaanyway, I’ve pretty much been writing music almost nonstop since then, in preparation for the upcoming performances of “Dance for a Small Room” with Cornfield Dance (see the Events page for more information on that). So here, with little fanfare, is some very new music that you will be hearing as part of the new piece. It’s super-new (less than 24 hours old!), so please forgive the fact that it cuts off, seemingly right in the middle. That will be fixed later. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Added an ending, sort of.
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Sorry for the lack of posts in the last week or so–I’ve actually (ye gods!) been writing music of late. Ellen and I have been working on a new piece for a while now, and it’s taken an unusually long time to take shape. We’ll be workshopping a segment of this new piece with Cornfield Dance at an event at the Alvin Ailey studios in a few weeks (more details on that will be forthcoming as soon as I have them). For the time being, though, here is the music I’ve been working on for this piece so far. I’m not sure how I feel about this music yet–I like it, but in a “we’ve just met” sort of way. I think I need to live with it a bit more. Anyway, here are about eight minutes of what will eventually become “Dance For a Small Room.” Enjoy!
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