Erin Rogers - Composer/saxophonist

TUNE IN to SubtracTTTTTTTTT – a new opera by thingNY written for the strengths (+ limitations) of the LIVE STREAM paradigm.

6pm EST, APR. 24th, 25th and 26th

LIVE STREAM options:
Zoom (via thingNY website) – this is the most interactive of the 3 platforms
Youtube
Facebook

IN 2010, THINGNY RELEASED OUR FIRST RECORDING, AN OPERA ABOUT EXCESS CALLED ADDDDDDDDD. AFTER A SLEW OF SHOW POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THAT OPERA’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL THIS MONTH, THE BAND GOT TOGETHER ONLINE AND STARTED MAKING A SERIES OF ISOLATION ETUDES, SONGS, SCENES, AND SCENARIOS REFLECTING ON HOW A PROCESS OF SUBTRACTION IS REDEFINING OUR MUNDANE. EXPLORING THE STRENGTHS OF LIVE STREAMING AS A DISTINCT ART MEDIUM, SUBTRACTTTTTTTTT IS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED TO TOY WITH THE ABILITIES, SHORTFALLS, AND COMICAL INCONSISTENCIES OF BANDWIDTH BROADCAST.

TUNE IN to SubtracTTTTTTTTT – a new opera by thingNY written for the strengths (+ limitations) of the LIVE STREAM paradigm.

6pm EST, APR. 24th, 25th and 26th

LIVE STREAM options:
Zoom (via thingNY website) – this is the most interactive of the 3 platforms
Youtube
Facebook

IN 2010, THINGNY RELEASED OUR FIRST RECORDING, AN OPERA ABOUT EXCESS CALLED ADDDDDDDDD. AFTER A SLEW OF SHOW POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THAT OPERA’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL THIS MONTH, THE BAND GOT TOGETHER ONLINE AND STARTED MAKING A SERIES OF ISOLATION ETUDES, SONGS, SCENES, AND SCENARIOS REFLECTING ON HOW A PROCESS OF SUBTRACTION IS REDEFINING OUR MUNDANE. EXPLORING THE STRENGTHS OF LIVE STREAMING AS A DISTINCT ART MEDIUM, SUBTRACTTTTTTTTT IS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED TO TOY WITH THE ABILITIES, SHORTFALLS, AND COMICAL INCONSISTENCIES OF BANDWIDTH BROADCAST.

TUNE IN to SubtracTTTTTTTTT – a new opera by thingNY written for the strengths (+ limitations) of the LIVE STREAM paradigm.

6pm EST, APR. 24th, 25th and 26th

LIVE STREAM options:
Zoom (via thingNY website) – this is the most interactive of the 3 platforms
Youtube
Facebook

IN 2010, THINGNY RELEASED OUR FIRST RECORDING, AN OPERA ABOUT EXCESS CALLED ADDDDDDDDD. AFTER A SLEW OF SHOW POSTPONEMENTS, INCLUDING THAT OPERA’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL THIS MONTH, THE BAND GOT TOGETHER ONLINE AND STARTED MAKING A SERIES OF ISOLATION ETUDES, SONGS, SCENES, AND SCENARIOS REFLECTING ON HOW A PROCESS OF SUBTRACTION IS REDEFINING OUR MUNDANE. EXPLORING THE STRENGTHS OF LIVE STREAMING AS A DISTINCT ART MEDIUM, SUBTRACTTTTTTTTT IS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED TO TOY WITH THE ABILITIES, SHORTFALLS, AND COMICAL INCONSISTENCIES OF BANDWIDTH BROADCAST.

thingNY presents a borough double-header in the Bronx and Queens, performing works for resonant spaces. All performances are free and open to the public.

March 14, 2020

12pm
Gould Rotunda
Bronx Community College
2155 University Ave,
The Bronx, NY 10453
FREE

7pm
Our Lady Of The Cenacle Parish
136-06 87th Avenue
Richmond Hill, Queens, NY 11418
FREE

Skylighght is a duet collaboratively composed and performed by vocalist Gelsey Bell and saxophonist Erin Rogers.  The two performers move through space wordlessly, directing sound in pathways that dance across the walls, ceiling and floor, weaving through instrument and vocal caverns resulting in a rainbow of sounds and expressions.  You Must Read a Lot of Jung by Dave Ruder brings all six members of thingNY to the floor.  Slow, soft, and spacious, scored for voice, violin, clarinet, tenor sax, cello, and cymbal, Jung works over themes and ideas from previous thingNY pieces written by members of the ensemble.

Each program is approximately 70 minutes long:

Gelsey Bell & Erin Rogers – Skylighght
Dave Ruder – You Must Read a Lot of Jung

thingNY is:
Paul Pinto, percussion
Gelsey Bell, voice
Dave Ruder, clarinet
Erin Rogers, saxophone
Jeffrey Young, violin
Andrew Livingston, cello

thingNY presents a borough double-header in the Bronx and Queens, performing works for resonant spaces. All performances are free and open to the public.

March 14, 2020

12pm
Gould Rotunda
Bronx Community College
2155 University Ave,
The Bronx, NY 10453
FREE

7pm
Our Lady Of The Cenacle Parish
136-06 87th Avenue
Richmond Hill, Queens, NY 11418
FREE

Skylighght is a duet collaboratively composed and performed by vocalist Gelsey Bell and saxophonist Erin Rogers.  The two performers move through space wordlessly, directing sound in pathways that dance across the walls, ceiling and floor, weaving through instrument and vocal caverns resulting in a rainbow of sounds and expressions.  You Must Read a Lot of Jung by Dave Ruder brings all six members of thingNY to the floor.  Slow, soft, and spacious, scored for voice, violin, clarinet, tenor sax, cello, and cymbal, Jung works over themes and ideas from previous thingNY pieces written by members of the ensemble.

Each program is approximately 70 minutes long:

Gelsey Bell & Erin Rogers – Skylighght
Dave Ruder – You Must Read a Lot of Jung

thingNY is:
Paul Pinto, percussion
Gelsey Bell, voice
Dave Ruder, clarinet
Erin Rogers, saxophone
Jeffrey Young, violin
Andrew Livingston, cello

Solo show @DMG – please come!

Sunday, February 16th
Downtown Music Gallery
13 Monroe St
New York, NY 10002

Part of the DMG FREE Weekly In-Store Performance Series.

6pm: NICK FRASER / TONY MALABY / BRANDON LOPEZ – Drums / Tenor Sax / ContraBass
7pm: CHERYL PYLE / ROBERT DICK – Flute Duo
8pm: ERIN ROGERS – Solo Sax

More info HERE

nienteForte presents yes::no (Carlos Cordeiro, cl + Roberta Michel, fl), performing The Secret Lives of Tadpoles at Hotel Peter and Paul.

May 21, 2020 // 7:30pm
Hotel Peter and Paul
2317 Burgundy St,
New Orleans, LA 70117

More info:
https://nienteforte.com/nfseason10/

Forget Buxtehude! Hypercube performs works by Charlotte New Music Festival composers
Friday, June 26, 2020 @1pm EST

You can watch the live concert on either:
YouTube Live – youtube.com/c/charlottenewmusic
Facebook Live – facebook.com/CharlotteNewMusic
Facebook Event HERE

Straight from Queens, NY to your living room, Hypercube presents 6 new works by Charlotte New Music Festival composers; expect hints of jazz, folk, chorale, hyper modernism, drone, lyricism and the occasional smoking hot lick. Hypercube is thrilled to be a part of the Charlotte New Music Festival for the second time!

Since 2014, Hypercube has built a reputation for high-energy performance and impressive execution. The quartet of saxophone, electric guitar, accordion/piano and percussion, spans electric and acoustic worlds redefining the boundaries of chamber music.

Thrilled to be on the composition faculty for the Nief-Norf Summer Music Festival from June 15-21!

Deadline for applications is Mar 15 – apply HERE

June 15-21, 2020
Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Natalie L. Haslam Center
University of Tennessee
1741 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37916

Hypercube travels south to play Eric Wubbels’ Voided Cross at the Nief-Norf Summer Music Festival.

Saturday, June 20th, 2020
Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Natalie L. Haslam Center
University of Tennessee
1741 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37916