Event Alert: Vaudeville Park's CMJ "Music as Art Music is Art" Oct. 20-23rd
Williamsburg arts collective Vaudeville Park takes CMJ to the Broken Land! The only CMJ-approved arts space starts its “Music as Art Music is Art” series by hosting two unique nights of chamber music by the composer collective “Circles and Lines”as part of a classical crossover into the 2011 College Music Journal Festival.
The Circles and Lines collective kicks of "Music Is Art" at Vaudeville Park this Thursday, Oct. 20th.
New works by Circles and Lines composers Angelica Negron, Noam Faingold, Conrad Winslow, Eric Lemmon and Dylan Glatthorn on Thursday, October 20th 2011 at 7:30 pm. The program features experimental ensemble Project 60/40, up-and-coming new music pianist David Friend, and Boston-based double bassist Peter Ferretti, among others.
The other nights, through Sunday, October 23rd, feature amazing music, both chamber music and dark synth/ cold wave, psych, shoegaze, singer songwriter and more, carefully curated w/ a “Satellite ‘Landstat 7′” install by Caleb Nussear. Artists from the Drag City and Shatter Your Leaves labels will perform showcases as well.
Admission is ½-off for anyone who has a CMJ badge, and entry to all VP CMJ “Music is Art” events is free.
Schedule:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th 2011
Vaudeville Park’s CMJ “Music is Art”* Night One*
curated by Eric Lemmon
7:30PM
$10 Cover
Vaudeville Park hosts two unique nights of chamber music, Thursday Oct 20th & Sunday Oct 23rd by the composer collective “Circles and Lines” as part of an innovative classical crossover into the 2011 College Music Journal Festival.
Angélica Negrón – The Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak
Conrad Winslow – All Rise
Dylan Glatthorn – Broken Ships on Empty Seas
Eric Lemmon – Prelude No. 26
Eric Lemmon – The Mass of St. Sécaire
Eric Lemmon – Closer for Solo Viola
Noam Faingold – Facebook Opera Scenes
Noam Faingold – Hymn to Romance
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST
Music is Art
*Night Two *
*Shatter Your Leaves*
(www.shatteryourleaves.com)
& *Drag City Showcase*
Plus special guests!
Doors 5:30pm,
$10 Cover
10:00pm Rachel Mason and Little Band of Sailors (Shattered Leaves, “batshit unhinged” psychotic epic glam rock with costumes, powerful vocals and surreal lyrics)
9:00pm Ed Askew (Drag City)
8:00 “Seaven Teares” Quartet by Charlie Looker (Extra Life, Dirty
Projectors, on “Shattered Leaves”), Amirtha Kidambi, Russell Greenberg,
Robbie Lee
7pm No Sky God (Shattered Leaves, folk rock project of guitarist James
Marceda and guitarist/vocalist Stu Watson; Captain Beefheart to Television influences)
6pm Yva Las Vegas (Latina amazing singer folk artist)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND
*Music is Art Night Three
*Rich Bennett and “Vaudeville Park All Stars” Showcase *
*OPEN BEER BAR, 6-8pm* sponsored by Brooklyn Breweries
Doors at 5:30pm
$10 Cover [image: aerh]
10pm Rich Bennet (dark, melodic, intelligent vocal lounge twin peaks meets rural desolate country)
9pm Baby Copperhead (scifi backwoods claw hammer banjo with Synths and sharp and engaging lyrics vocals)
8pm Eric Fitzgerald (Incredible signer, a la Boards of Canada Depeche mode, with sequenced video game synthesizers)
7pm -Dead Leaf Echo-( Spiritual sounding effects driven lush shoe gazer NYC favorite, spiritualized meets slowdive, and blur )
6pm Cassandra Jenkins (alternative country, sweet but dark and sincere)
*SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD*
Music is Art
*Night Four*
*Circles and Lines*
*& Closing Cocktail Reception for LandSat 7 *
by Caleb Nussear
$10
New Quartets for PUBLIQuartet and New Composer Artists Talk.
Featuring:
The Composers of Circles and Lines
-Jessie Montgomery
-Joshua Green
-Ryan Homsey
-Elias Constantopedos
Plus, *Closing Cocktail Party* Reception for Caleb Nussear’s LANDSAT 7 after music and talk.
Complementary Champagne for all guests!