Erin Rogers - Composer/saxophonist

thingNY will be playing a set along with some other great bands in an effort to save and preserve this 43-year-old Lower East Side cultural institution. Tickets are available now and include all-night admission + food and drink. We’ll play some of our favorite works, plus some of our favorite SPAM and a selection from our opera that was and will be again: ADDDDDDDDD. Check out the Preservation page for a listing of the other artists.

6pm – 11pm

The University of the Streets – 130 E 7th Street (at Ave. A), New York, NY
Tax-deductible tickets start at $25 each, or  2 for $40. Get them here: http://www.universityofthestreets.org/preservation

Sat, Dec 19th

You’re invited to a very special event!
SAT. Dec. 19 @ 7pm
thingNY presents SPAM
University of the Streets – 130 E 7th Street at Avenue A (see below for subway directions)
Limited seating: get discount advance tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88612
Ensemble thingNY boasts the largest commission ever in the history of email submitted SPAM. Hundreds of new works written specifically for thingNY by the likes of Kyle Gann, Kathy Supove, Pauline Oliveros, Joseph Nechvatal, Tania Leon, various peers, friends, fans, our moms, the Bloomberg Administration, our stalkers, unsubscribers and mailer-daemons.
$10/$15
http://www.thingNY.com

Time Out New York called us an “inventive new music cabal”

“If I was forty years younger I would run away and join you.” – Doug Yule (of the Velvet Underground)

“Truly a thing of great beauty, and wonder. Thank god there are groups like thingNY (or maybe you’re the only one)” – Art Jarvinen (composer/author)

subway directions to University of the Streets:
L train to 1st Ave, walk South to 7th St, East to Avenue A
6 train to Astor Place, walk East to Avenue A, South to 7th St
R/W trains to 8th St, walk East to Avenue A, South to 7th St
F/V trains to 2nd Ave, walk North to 7th St, East to Avenue A

THINGNY WANTS YOUR SPAM

Dear Friend,

We are thingNY, a collective of composer-instrumentalists based in New York City. On Saturday, December 19, 2009, we will be presenting a concert called SPAM, based on responses we get to this very email. Congratulations! If you’re reading this email, you’ve been selected to write us some music – even if you’ve never written music before. It could be a few words, a notated score, a set of instructions, a drawing, a video of your dog, your favorite photo of Leonard Nimoy, or anything else you can imagine. It could even be something that takes a second or two to perform.

Please send your new work to thingNY@gmail.com or post on our blog and be sure to include your name and where you’re from. Any reply that we receive by Saturday, November 19th has the potential to be included in whole or in part. You are, of course, welcomed and encouraged to attend the performance, which will be held at the University of the Streets in New York City. Please forward this email to your friends, family, and acquaintances – let’s make this a great show! We look forward to receiving your composition, and we promise we will do our best to satisfy your artistic desires.

Best wishes,

Paul, Jeff (violin), Isabel (cello), Gelsey (vocals), Erin (saxophone), Alejandro (clarinet)

Season Opener: Around the World in 24 Hours Festival
New York avant-garders, thingNY take the stage of the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (along with over a dozen other acts from around the world) as part of a 24-hour marathon of performances curated by The Internationalists. thingNY’s performance will feature painted scores, video projection, sonic theatre, empty bottles, punishments, eskimos, and both newly-penned and gently used works by composers Brad Baumgardner, Hans Buetow, Morton Feldman, Art Jarvinen, David Lang, Luis Menacho and Stephen Rogers.

thingNY goes on around 11pm
(marathon runs from 5pm on Nov. 7 to 5pm on Nov. 8)

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thompson Ave. Long Island City, Queens, NY
admission: $24 (full festival line-up), $12 (all shows after midnight)
www.theinternationalists.org for more info

Alejandro Acierto, clarinet
Gelsey Bell, soprano
Isabel Castellvi, cello
Michael Hanf, percussion
Andrew Livingston, bass
Paul Pinto, conductor
Erin Rogers, saxophone
Jeffrey Young, violin