Rage Thormbones + Popebama

Date: November 29, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm

Two duos with unnecessarily nonsensical names play some weird and hard music for y’all. The amount of gear for this set is reason alone to come by. Also, we’re doing my piece Wormhole which is a deep adventure in hopping between electronic and acoustic universes with a ton of small instrumental baggage. I’m really proud of this set and this group, so don’t miss this!

Scholes Street Studio
375 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY
Tix: $10

the show:
popebama
erin rogers – Wormhole
dennis sullivan – Gamma Chamber

RAGE THORMBONES
CATHERINE LAMB – PERIPHERY [FOR TWO]
CHARLIE SDRAULIG – ALIKE AND APART
ADI SNIR – STRAINER

groups:
(popebama is erin rogers, saxes & other stuff; dennis sullivan, percussions & other stuff too)
[RAGE THORMBONES IS WESTON OLENCKI AND MATT BARBIER PLAYING TROMBONES SOMETIMES]

about:
Following St. Peter’s veneration in 33, Popebama formed 2000 years later in a swarm of warm honey and wooden harmonicas, collecting sounds of years past and forging textures of tomorrow. Erin Rogers (saxophones), and Dennis Sullivan (percussion), NYC-based composer-performers, apply text, electronics, and high-energy instrumental writing, to communicate to worlds beyond measly Earth (though we love Earth and the rich soil). Specializing in works conceived by Rogers, Sullivan, and composers such as Paul Pinto, Matthew Shlomowitz and Eric Wubbels, with upcoming works by Jenna Lyle, Daniel Silliman, and Andrew Greenwald, the duo has performed on the Permutations, Home Audio, Avant Garasement and Sound Traffic Concert Series, with featured appearances at the Edmonton Fringe Festival (Canada), Diabolical Records (Salt Lake City), and the Inaugural VU Symposium (Park City, UT), most recently performing for an ecstatic crowd at the 2017 New Music Gathering (Bowling Green, OH). Popebama will be featured at the inaugural SPLICE Festival at the University of Western Michigan.

RAGE THORMBONES is a collaboration between trombonists Matt Barbier and Weston Olencki. RAGE has recorded for HatHut and Populist Records, fulfilled residencies at Harvard, Stanford, NYU, and has plans to finally release some albums soon. Weston lives and works in New York and Matt in Los Angeles. They are best friends.

Facebook event HERE

October 29, 2017

Thomas Paine in Violence – Closing Night

Date: November 18, 2017
Time: 8:30 pm

I’ll be playing piano and singing for most of November. If you’re in the neighboring apartment, I apologize. Otherwise, I promise you’re going to love this new look.  There are 10 chances to catch Thomas Paine in Violence presented by HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.  Tickets start at $25. Get them HERE!

HERE Presents
Thomas Paine in Violence

TICKETS:
Mon. Nov. 6 – 8:30pm
Tue. Nov. 7 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 9 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 10 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 11 – 8:30pm
Sun. Nov. 12 – 8:30pm
Wed. Nov. 15 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 16 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 17 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 18 – 8:30pm

HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.
Thomas Paine in Violence is an electronic psychedelic opera-sermon set in a radio station in the afterlife of the Founding Father and international activist. Joan La Barbara portrays Paine struggling to broadcast a message of economic justice amidst a whirlwind of lightning-quick singing, autotuned shock-jockery, gadgets, voices, instruments, and sonic chaos.

Created, Written, and Scored by Paul Pinto
Directed by Rick Burkhardt
Scenic Design by Carolyn Mraz
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Philip White
Choreographed by Chloe Treat
Sound Engineered by Gus Callahan
Production stylist Aliza Simons
Stage Managed by Alex B. West
Starring: Joan La BarbaraChristian LuuAndrew MayerPaul Pinto, Eddie Rodriguez Jr., Erin Rogers, Mélanie GeninAndrew Livingston, Pat Muchmore, Kate Sloat, and Jeffrey Young

Additional words by Rick Burkhardt
Electronic score developed with assistance by Miguel Frasconi
Huge thanks to Ne(x)tworks, thingNY, The Industry, and Experiments in Opera for developmental support.


Photo by Benjamin Heller, graphic design by Katie Dean

October 19, 2017

Thomas Paine in Violence

Date: November 17, 2017
Time: 8:30 pm

I’ll be playing piano and singing for most of November. If you’re in the neighboring apartment, I apologize. Otherwise, I promise you’re going to love this new look.  There are 10 chances to catch Thomas Paine in Violence presented by HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.  Tickets start at $25. Get them HERE!

HERE Presents
Thomas Paine in Violence

TICKETS:
Mon. Nov. 6 – 8:30pm
Tue. Nov. 7 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 9 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 10 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 11 – 8:30pm
Sun. Nov. 12 – 8:30pm
Wed. Nov. 15 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 16 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 17 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 18 – 8:30pm

HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.
Thomas Paine in Violence is an electronic psychedelic opera-sermon set in a radio station in the afterlife of the Founding Father and international activist. Joan La Barbara portrays Paine struggling to broadcast a message of economic justice amidst a whirlwind of lightning-quick singing, autotuned shock-jockery, gadgets, voices, instruments, and sonic chaos.

Created, Written, and Scored by Paul Pinto
Directed by Rick Burkhardt
Scenic Design by Carolyn Mraz
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Philip White
Choreographed by Chloe Treat
Sound Engineered by Gus Callahan
Production stylist Aliza Simons
Stage Managed by Alex B. West
Starring: Joan La BarbaraChristian LuuAndrew MayerPaul Pinto, Eddie Rodriguez Jr., Erin Rogers, Mélanie GeninAndrew Livingston, Pat Muchmore, Kate Sloat, and Jeffrey Young

Additional words by Rick Burkhardt
Electronic score developed with assistance by Miguel Frasconi
Huge thanks to Ne(x)tworks, thingNY, The Industry, and Experiments in Opera for developmental support.


Photo by Benjamin Heller, graphic design by Katie Dean

October 19, 2017

Thomas Paine in Violence

Date: November 16, 2017
Time: 8:30 pm

I’ll be playing piano and singing for most of November. If you’re in the neighboring apartment, I apologize. Otherwise, I promise you’re going to love this new look.  There are 10 chances to catch Thomas Paine in Violence presented by HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.  Tickets start at $25. Get them HERE!

HERE Presents
Thomas Paine in Violence

TICKETS:
Mon. Nov. 6 – 8:30pm
Tue. Nov. 7 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 9 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 10 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 11 – 8:30pm
Sun. Nov. 12 – 8:30pm
Wed. Nov. 15 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 16 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 17 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 18 – 8:30pm

HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.
Thomas Paine in Violence is an electronic psychedelic opera-sermon set in a radio station in the afterlife of the Founding Father and international activist. Joan La Barbara portrays Paine struggling to broadcast a message of economic justice amidst a whirlwind of lightning-quick singing, autotuned shock-jockery, gadgets, voices, instruments, and sonic chaos.

Created, Written, and Scored by Paul Pinto
Directed by Rick Burkhardt
Scenic Design by Carolyn Mraz
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Philip White
Choreographed by Chloe Treat
Sound Engineered by Gus Callahan
Production stylist Aliza Simons
Stage Managed by Alex B. West
Starring: Joan La BarbaraChristian LuuAndrew MayerPaul Pinto, Eddie Rodriguez Jr., Erin Rogers, Mélanie GeninAndrew Livingston, Pat Muchmore, Kate Sloat, and Jeffrey Young

Additional words by Rick Burkhardt
Electronic score developed with assistance by Miguel Frasconi
Huge thanks to Ne(x)tworks, thingNY, The Industry, and Experiments in Opera for developmental support.


Photo by Benjamin Heller, graphic design by Katie Dean

October 19, 2017

Thomas Paine in Violence

Date: November 15, 2017
Time: 8:30 pm

I’ll be playing piano and singing for most of November. If you’re in the neighboring apartment, I apologize. Otherwise, I promise you’re going to love this new look.  There are 10 chances to catch Thomas Paine in Violence presented by HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.  Tickets start at $25. Get them HERE!

HERE Presents
Thomas Paine in Violence

TICKETS:
Mon. Nov. 6 – 8:30pm
Tue. Nov. 7 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 9 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 10 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 11 – 8:30pm
Sun. Nov. 12 – 8:30pm
Wed. Nov. 15 – 8:30pm
Thu. Nov. 16 – 8:30pm
Fri. Nov. 17 – 8:30pm
Sat. Nov. 18 – 8:30pm

HERE Arts Center in association with thingNY.
Thomas Paine in Violence is an electronic psychedelic opera-sermon set in a radio station in the afterlife of the Founding Father and international activist. Joan La Barbara portrays Paine struggling to broadcast a message of economic justice amidst a whirlwind of lightning-quick singing, autotuned shock-jockery, gadgets, voices, instruments, and sonic chaos.

Created, Written, and Scored by Paul Pinto
Directed by Rick Burkhardt
Scenic Design by Carolyn Mraz
Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Philip White
Choreographed by Chloe Treat
Sound Engineered by Gus Callahan
Production stylist Aliza Simons
Stage Managed by Alex B. West
Starring: Joan La BarbaraChristian LuuAndrew MayerPaul Pinto, Eddie Rodriguez Jr., Erin Rogers, Mélanie GeninAndrew Livingston, Pat Muchmore, Kate Sloat, and Jeffrey Young

Additional words by Rick Burkhardt
Electronic score developed with assistance by Miguel Frasconi
Huge thanks to Ne(x)tworks, thingNY, The Industry, and Experiments in Opera for developmental support.


Photo by Benjamin Heller, graphic design by Katie Dean

October 19, 2017