ADVANCE: $10
DAY OF SHOW: $15
DAY OF SHOW: $15
Gene Pritsker's chamber opera
"William James' Varieties of Religious Experience" album release concert
w/ Zentripetal String Duo , The International Street Cannibals , Greg Baker and presented by Composers Concordance Records
w/ Zentripetal String Duo , The International Street Cannibals , Greg Baker and presented by Composers Concordance Records
Sun., March 04, 2012 / 9:30 PM
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9:30 PMShow Time:
10:00 PMDescription:
Composers Concordance Records presents
the album release concert for
Gene Pritsker's chamber opera
"William James's Varieties of Religious Experience"
Performed by:
Lynn Norris (Soprano)
Chanda Rule (Gospel Voice/Mezzo Soprano)
Marc Molomot (Tenor)
Charles Coleman (Leo Tolstoy/Baritone/Conductor)
Chester Layman (Narrator )
Kim Pritsker (Narrator)
Gene Pritsker - guitar
Greg Baker - guitar
Dan Barrett - cello
Larry Goldman - bass
This event will also showcase music from upcoming Composers Concordance Records releases, including:
Zentripetal String Duo (Lynn Bechtold, violin; Jen DeVore, cello)
Non Western Omelet by The International Street Cannibals (Dan Barrett, cello; Dan Cooper, bass; Max Pollak, tap and body percussion)
Composers Concordance present 'Song Cycles' (Lynn Norris, soprano; Luis Andrei Cobo, piano)
Subversion by guitarist Greg Baker (Greg Baker and Gene Pritsker, guitars)
"This new recording is beautiful—musically and dramatically." … "Delicate, taut, and incisive writing. Beautiful interplay between instruments and voices, between the rhythm/melodies/harmonies and the text. ‘Synaptic’ guitar picking; a really elegant solo improvisation on Track 5."… "I ’m uplifted by this new Pritsker CD—impressed by the authenticity of music that “had to come out”, had to be composed, had to exist." … "T his opera by Gene Pritsker honors that Jamesian notion. The opera—and this recording—are a welcome invitation to self-discovery, to mutual respect and tolerance for the spirituality (or lack thereof) of others, and to joyous, mindful living in community. Look for the CD when it’s released in February. Very worth your listening!"
-Doug McNair, Chamber Music Today, Jan. 2012
This event is sponsored by Composers Concordance Records and The New Spectrum Foundation
******************************* TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase "Table Seating" tickets. By purchasing a "Table Seating" ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seatingbegins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase "Standing Room" tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
All ticket sales are final. No refunds or credits.
the album release concert for
Gene Pritsker's chamber opera
"William James's Varieties of Religious Experience"
Performed by:
Lynn Norris (Soprano)
Chanda Rule (Gospel Voice/Mezzo Soprano)
Marc Molomot (Tenor)
Charles Coleman (Leo Tolstoy/Baritone/Conductor)
Chester Layman (Narrator )
Kim Pritsker (Narrator)
Gene Pritsker - guitar
Greg Baker - guitar
Dan Barrett - cello
Larry Goldman - bass
This event will also showcase music from upcoming Composers Concordance Records releases, including:
Zentripetal String Duo (Lynn Bechtold, violin; Jen DeVore, cello)
Non Western Omelet by The International Street Cannibals (Dan Barrett, cello; Dan Cooper, bass; Max Pollak, tap and body percussion)
Composers Concordance present 'Song Cycles' (Lynn Norris, soprano; Luis Andrei Cobo, piano)
Subversion by guitarist Greg Baker (Greg Baker and Gene Pritsker, guitars)
"This new recording is beautiful—musically and dramatically." … "Delicate, taut, and incisive writing. Beautiful interplay between instruments and voices, between the rhythm/melodies/harmonies and the text. ‘Synaptic’ guitar picking; a really elegant solo improvisation on Track 5."… "I ’m uplifted by this new Pritsker CD—impressed by the authenticity of music that “had to come out”, had to be composed, had to exist." … "T his opera by Gene Pritsker honors that Jamesian notion. The opera—and this recording—are a welcome invitation to self-discovery, to mutual respect and tolerance for the spirituality (or lack thereof) of others, and to joyous, mindful living in community. Look for the CD when it’s released in February. Very worth your listening!"
-Doug McNair, Chamber Music Today, Jan. 2012
This event is sponsored by Composers Concordance Records and The New Spectrum Foundation
******************************* TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase "Table Seating" tickets. By purchasing a "Table Seating" ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seatingbegins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase "Standing Room" tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
All ticket sales are final. No refunds or credits.
Artists
"William James' Varieties of Religious Experience" album release concert
Composer/guitarist/rapper/Di.J. Gene Pritsker has written over four hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. All of his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hiphop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble who have released cd's on Col-legno and Innova Records. Gene's music has been performed all over the world at various festivals and by many ensembles and performers, including the Adelaide Symphony, The Athens Camarata, Brooklyn and Berlin Philharmonic. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies.
The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music Connoisseur, described Pritsker as "dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre". Raul d'Gama Rose writes in All About Jazz: "Barring the obvious exceptions, much of 21st century composition appears to be thinning in significance, but this might be about to change. Gene Pritsker is one of a very spare handful of composers effecting this change."
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hiphop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble who have released cd's on Col-legno and Innova Records. Gene's music has been performed all over the world at various festivals and by many ensembles and performers, including the Adelaide Symphony, The Athens Camarata, Brooklyn and Berlin Philharmonic. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies.
The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music Connoisseur, described Pritsker as "dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre". Raul d'Gama Rose writes in All About Jazz: "Barring the obvious exceptions, much of 21st century composition appears to be thinning in significance, but this might be about to change. Gene Pritsker is one of a very spare handful of composers effecting this change."
Zentripetal String Duo
Zentripetal made its debut in 2006, when violinist Lynn Bechtold & cellist Jennifer DeVore decided to explore the violin/cello duo repertoire and to premiere new works for the combo. Longtime collaborators, the two have been performing together since they were students at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. To date, the duo has performed at the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, Galapagos, the Goethe Institut NYC, the JCC, the Players' Theatre, the Roerich Museum, the Renee Weiler Concert Hall at Greenwich House, & the Yeshiva University Museum, as well as on the Vox Novus Series, & on series in New Jersey & Pennsylvania. They are finishing up their first CD, which will be released in 2012 on Composers Concordance Records, distributed by Naxos.
Photo ©JoshPashman
Photo ©JoshPashman
The International Street Cannibals
Our name was inspired by Montaigne's essay, "Of Cannibals," penned in 1580. His cannibals had a point, as it turns out, and the Western world could learn a thing or two from those scary transgressors. In the spirit of those outrageous outsiders seen anew in Montaigne's literary light, the International Street Cannibals challenge assumptions about the concert space – and Art itself. With superb craft and inspired musicianship, the Cannibals are keepers and messengers of Art and community.
The International Street Cannibals are a collective of instrumentalists and singers, composers, videographers, audio technicians, dancers, puppeteers and visual artists. Our performers come from The Metropolitan Opera, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, the London Philharmonic, The STX Ensemble, The American Ballet Theater, the New York City Opera, and The Absolute Ensemble. We are artists from everywhere, of every style and philosophy.
The International Street Cannibals showcase new composition and the finest of the classical repertoire – and, like true cannibals, we are no strangers to the outrageous: A belly dancer will grace a performance in The Holding Tank concert series, while boxers in the ring are also artists-in-concert in our STRIKE! series.
http://streetcannibals.com/
The International Street Cannibals are a collective of instrumentalists and singers, composers, videographers, audio technicians, dancers, puppeteers and visual artists. Our performers come from The Metropolitan Opera, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, the London Philharmonic, The STX Ensemble, The American Ballet Theater, the New York City Opera, and The Absolute Ensemble. We are artists from everywhere, of every style and philosophy.
The International Street Cannibals showcase new composition and the finest of the classical repertoire – and, like true cannibals, we are no strangers to the outrageous: A belly dancer will grace a performance in The Holding Tank concert series, while boxers in the ring are also artists-in-concert in our STRIKE! series.
http://streetcannibals.com/
Greg Baker
Greg Baker is an active guitarist performing and recording in settings from solo classical and electric guitar to chamber music to genre bending rock infused aggression. As a solo artist, his recordings include Scars, Wounds, and Lacerations - The Guitar Music of Gene Pritsker (2008) and Latin American Guitar Music (2002). His chamber recordings include Guitar with Flute, Mandolin, Violin and Recorder (1995).
Greg Baker is a member of Sound Liberation - an eccentric rock/hip-hop/classical/jazz/world- music/techtronic influenced band. Sound Liberation regularly performs in North America and Europe. The band’s new album, Open Up Your Ears and Get Some is on the Austrian Col Legno label. The band’s first self-titled album is available at itunes.
Greg Baker is a part of the New York area music scene and has performed in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, live on WNYC radio, and in a multitude of grungy downtown clubs. He has worked with and given NY premieres of music by many composers that include Gene Pritsker, Arthur Kampela, and Thea Musgrave.
Greg Baker won Artists' International’s Young Artist Auditions Chamber Music Award in 1994 and studied with Brazilian guitar master Carlos Barbosa-Lima. In addition he is a published arranger with Dover Publications. Greg Baker holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Teachers College, Columbia University. He currently lives and teaches in Northern New Jersey, in the great U.S. of A.
Greg Baker is a member of Sound Liberation - an eccentric rock/hip-hop/classical/jazz/world- music/techtronic influenced band. Sound Liberation regularly performs in North America and Europe. The band’s new album, Open Up Your Ears and Get Some is on the Austrian Col Legno label. The band’s first self-titled album is available at itunes.
Greg Baker is a part of the New York area music scene and has performed in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, live on WNYC radio, and in a multitude of grungy downtown clubs. He has worked with and given NY premieres of music by many composers that include Gene Pritsker, Arthur Kampela, and Thea Musgrave.
Greg Baker won Artists' International’s Young Artist Auditions Chamber Music Award in 1994 and studied with Brazilian guitar master Carlos Barbosa-Lima. In addition he is a published arranger with Dover Publications. Greg Baker holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Teachers College, Columbia University. He currently lives and teaches in Northern New Jersey, in the great U.S. of A.
presented by Composers Concordance Records
Directors: Joseph Pehrson, Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper
Associate directors: Milica Paranosic, Luis Andrei Cobo, Patrick Grant, Astrid Steiner
Composers Concordance Records presents thematically related recordings of modern music produced with the latest developments in studio precision. CCR is developing new concepts of what an album can be, bringing new music and new mediums together to a new level of cross genre transcendence. Our goal is simple:...good music recorded well pushing the boundaries of sound and composition. www.composersconcordancerecords.com
Associate directors: Milica Paranosic, Luis Andrei Cobo, Patrick Grant, Astrid Steiner
Composers Concordance Records presents thematically related recordings of modern music produced with the latest developments in studio precision. CCR is developing new concepts of what an album can be, bringing new music and new mediums together to a new level of cross genre transcendence. Our goal is simple:...good music recorded well pushing the boundaries of sound and composition. www.composersconcordancerecords.com