In Situ: American Modern Ensemble Awards Night
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Friday, April 29th 7pm
Every season, AME holds three competitions for American composers of ALL ages. Winners receive performances, with recordings and cash awards.
AME Awards Night features winners: Katherine Balch, Hillary Purrington, Vincent Gover, Nicholas Omiccioli, John Fitz Rogers, Gabriella Smith, as well as music by Robert Paterson and Whitney George.
Special Guest Soprano, AMY JUSTMAN
Sato Moughalian, flute
Keve Wilson, oboe
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet
Charles McCracken, bassoon
Blair McMillen, piano
Matt Ward, percussion
Esther Noh, violin | Victoria Paterson, violin
Jessica Meyer, viola | Arash Amini, cello
Roger Wagner, bass
Robert Paterson, conductor
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In Situ: Eric Andersen sings Albert Camus
Apr 16, 2016 - 9:30pm Eric Andersen’s concert will be a highlight of the upcoming NYC retrospective “CAMUS: A STRANGER IN THE CITY” a series of events from March 26 - April 19 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the French writer's one and only trip to the U.S.A in 1946.
Okkervil River
June 20, 2016 - 8:30pm The new Okkervil River album is called Away. I didn’t plan to make it and initially wasn’t sure if it was going to be an Okkervil River album or if I’d ever put it out. I wrote the songs during a confusing time of transition in my personal and professional life and recorded them quickly with a brand new group of musicians.
In Situ: The Revolution Vol. 4
June 29, 2016 - 10:00pm THE REVOLUTION is an emerging musical series that highlights artists and musicians that not only represent the core of independent pop culture in 2016 but who are standing in the breeding ground of an evolution within their genre.
In Situ: The Revolution Vol.2
Apr 23, 2016 - 10:00pm THE REVOLUTION is an emerging musical series that highlights artists and musicians that not only represent the core of independent pop culture in 2016 but who are standing in the breeding ground of the evolution within their genre. The Revolution Vol. 2 brings you three Brooklyn based artists; J. Hoard, Hailey Niswanger, and Arthur Moon.
1B1 Presents: Percussion Evening with Glenn Kotche
May 12, 2016 - 7:00pm Glenn Kotche, NS artist-in-residence and rhythmic anchor in Wilco – one of the most beloved rock bands on the planet – premiers his NS commission for percussion and string ensemble featuring Norwegian Grammy-award winning NS group-in-residence, 1B1.
In Situ: Fellow Travelers
Mar 20, 2016 - 4:00pm National Sawdust will host a piano-vocal showcase of scenes from Fellow Travelers, the first full-length opera by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce. Fellow Travelers premieres at Cincinnati Opera on June 17 with eight performances through July 10, directed by Kevin Newbury (Bel Canto, Kansas City Choir Boy, Doubt). At National Sawdust, a cast of five singers headed by tenor Aaron Blake and baritone Joseph Lattanzi will perform nearly an hour of excerpts from the eagerly awaited two-act work
In Situ: Aerial East Record Release
May 10, 2016 - 10:00pm May 10th will be the celebration of the long anticipated release of Rooms and the first and only concert dedicated to performing the record as close to the original as possible with a full band including strings and clarinet.
The Last Samurai, An Evening of Music and Reading
July 30, 2016 - 7:30pm Helen DeWitt's first novel, The Last Samurai, was published in 2000 by Talk Miramax Books and subsequently in nineteen other countries. Timo Andres is a composer and pianist who frequently performs with the new music ensemble ACME and is one sixth of the Sleeping Giant composers’ collective.
Kaze (The Wind) by Mari Kimura/Harmonic Constellations by Michael Harrison
June 09, 2016 - 7:00pm This event celebrates two world premieres, two CD release launches and a debut of our original wearable motion sensor named µgic (pronounced mu-zik).
Martha Mooke: Dreaming In Sound
May 05, 2016 - 10:00pm Dreaming in Sound is an immersive large scale work by electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke. Scored for electric viola and electronic processing in multi-channel audio distribution with interactive video (created by pioneering software artist Scott Draves). Dreaming in Sound is inspired by the sleep stage REM and the concept of lucid dreaming which evokes the chaotic state vs. orderliness of the dream realm.
In Situ: Digital City
June 04, 2016 - 10pm National Sawdust invites you to DIGITAL CITY, an improvisatory electro-acoustic evening that weaves the listener through layers of pulsating grooves and radiant harmonies. Featuring music by Ricardo Romaneiro in performance with members of Sandbox Percussion, Jacqui Kerrod (harp loops), Vasko Dukovski (bass clarinet), Leo Leite (sound engineer), NoisioN (analog synths) & David Zisa (modular synth). Accompanied by live visual projections by Mau.
Paul de Jong
June 30, 2016 - 10:30pm Paul de Jong, formerly of the Books presents his new solo performance, with his 2015 debut album ‘IF’ on Temporary Residence Ltd as a musical starting point. De Jong shines new light on his signature musical blend of odd spoken word samplings, mashed studio recordings and live instruments.
