Sunday, November 6, 2011
11:00am — 11:30pm
Throughout Lower Manhattan at various locations: MAP coming soon.
FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY

Members of thingNY and the groups Why Lie? and the Panoply Performance Laboratory have collaborated as a newly formed collective called VARISPEED to remake Robert Ashley’s seminal television opera, Perfect Lives. Presented by PERFORMA ’11, each episode has been newly arranged by a member of the group. These arrangements feature fresh takes on instrumentation, amplification, and melodic content, while still maintaining the formal, metric, and chordal frameworks of the originals. Perfect Lives Manhattan is not a imitative interpretation of Ashley’s Perfect Lives, but instead seeks to reanimate Ashley’s material in new ways, stemming from the Varispeed members’ own individual relationships with the piece.

Arranged and performed by Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto, Brian McCorkle, Dave Ruder and Aliza Simons.

HELP US VIDEOTAPE IT:
This is a free performance but we would really love to document it properly with HD video and a quality sound recording. Please consider giving a small donation via our IndieGoGo page to help us do this.

A Concert of works presented by the National Association of Composers/USA –Texas Chapter & Edmonton Society for New Music-Tonus Vivus / Canada

The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts & Humanities
Friday, September 16, 2011 8:00 PM, Jonsson Performance Hall

1. George Andrix (Canada)…….….Why Not ? for Violin & Piano

2. Dinos Constantinides…………….…Sonata for Violin and Piano

3. Carson Cooman ……………The Doors in the Sky for Violin solo

4. Piotr Grella-Mozejko (Canada)…..Notturno for Violin and Piano

5. John McGinn …………………..…Scratch Etude for Violin solo

6. Robert J. Morin (Canada)……..Twilight #1 for Violin and Piano

7. Michael Nesuda……………..Sakura, Sakura for Violin & Guitar

8. Wieslaw Rentowski………………………Solaire for Violin solo

9. Erin Rogers (Canada)………The Shape of Things for Violin solo

10. Jacek Sobieraj (Canada)………..Fairytale for Violin and Piano

Hubert Pralitz – violin
Bethany Wildes – violin
John R. McGinn – piano
Michael Nesuda – guitar

This concert is funded in part by the City of Richardson Arts Commission.

Pleased to join the lovely Sweet Soubrette! http://www.sweetsoubrette.com

Saturday, September 10, 2011
12:30pm-1:30pm

Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

Get tickets here: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/53355?utm_medium=api

Tinderbox Music Festival is an annual event showcasing a powerful and diverse lineup of established and emerging female artists producing innovative original music. Rooted in the vibrant New York City music scene, Tinderbox fosters community by providing opportunities to perform, collaborate, and connect. Tinderbox also donates 100% of its net proceeds to organizations involved in empowering the next generation of female artists including GIRLS WRITE NOW (http://girlswritenow.org/gwn/), an organization providing guidance and opportunities for NYC’s underserved high school girls to develop their independent voices and explore careers in professional writing, and the WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS (http://williemaerockcamp.org/), a non- profit music and mentoring program empowering girls and women through music education and activities.

For more information, visit: http://tinderboxmusicfestival.com/

SUN. JUNE 26  3:00PM  SECRET LOCATION
A FREE special event for supporters of thingNY. Thanks.

In House

A mobile sound installation meets house concert
The composers of thingNY have created a program of new musical meditations on the rooms of the common home. Blending improvisation with experimental and classical music, these new works will be performed in the kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms and bedrooms of historically- and culturally-significant homes as visitors roam through them.

For more information, visit: http://www.thingny.com/inhouse/

GET INVOLVED: Now you can host your own avant-garde house concert while supporting new music. Host a performance of In House at your house. That’s five new works of experimental classical music specifically performed for you, interpreting the architecture and decor of your rooms – be it a small apartment or a historic mansion. Gather your buddies. We’ll bring the sounds. Please contact Erin Rogers, Development Director, at rogers.erin@gmail.com to find out how to sponsor a performance.