Composers Concordance: Radical Other
$20 in advance; $30 at the door
- David Taylor, bass trombone
- CompCord Ensemble
- Erick Hawkins Dance Company
Lucia Dlugoszewski — Disparate Stairway Radical Other
Gene Pritsker — Radical Static
Faye-Ellen Silverman — Reaching the End of the Dance
William Anderson — Selected works
Dan Cooper — Selected works
Bohuslav Martinů — Selected works
On Sunday, December 11th at 4pm at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, Composers Concordance presents virtuosic musicianship, cutting-edge choreography, and brazen new music compositions on a program entitled Radical Other.
Renowned bass trombonist David Taylor performs his solo composition Houdini's Lament / No Strings Attached, with words by Folger McKinsey. CompCord String Quintet performs featured works including Disparate Stairway Radical Other by Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925-2000); Radical Static by Gene Pritsker; and Reaching the End of the Dance by Faye-Ellen Silverman; as well as scores by William Anderson, Dan Cooper, and Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959).
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company, led by Katherine Duke, performs an array of choreographic works including Junoesque, which echoes sacred dimensions of imposing and curvaceous stature. Presence of Light exposes a sliver of a creature’s vulnerability, thrashing through one's own visceral world within the growing technological world. Show Me wrestles with the feelings that love poses, strikingly revealing no matter how much we continually evolve. Law of Contiguity references how sequential occurrences are housed in the mind.
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About Composers Concordance
Staying in rotation for 40 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.
Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, and Seth Boustead.
Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records, co-directed by Peter Jarvis. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
http://www.composersconcordance.comAbout David Taylor, bass trombone
Receiving B.S. and M.S. degrees from Juilliard, David Taylor started his playing career as a member of Leopold Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra, and by appearing with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez. Simultaneously, he was a member of the Thad Jones Mel Lewis jazz band, and recorded with groups ranging from Duke Ellington to The Rolling Stones. He has appeared and recorded with major jazz and popular artists including Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, and Aretha Franklin. Mr. Taylor has won the NARAS Most Valuable Player Award for five consecutive years, and has also been awarded the NARAS Most Valuable Player Virtuoso Award, an honor accorded no other bass trombonist. He has been a member of the bands of Gil Evans, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, George Russell, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus, Michelle Camillo, Bob Mintzer, Dave Matthews, the Words Within Music Trio, and B3+. In 1998 Taylor performed on four GRAMMY nominated CDs: The J.J. Johnson Big Band, Dave Grusin's West Side Story, the Joe Henderson Big Band, and the Randy Brecker Band. The latter two CDs were chosen for GRAMMYs. David Taylor is also on the faculties of the MSM and Mannes. He plays Edwards bass trombones exclusively.
https://www.davetaylor.net/About Erick Hawkins Dance Company
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company, founded in 1951, has been touring the world since the 1960s. With unwavering integrity and uncompromising working methods, Hawkins choreography is based on a collaboration of music, art, and dance. His dances are performed to live music, often composed especially for each dance, along with commissioned sets by artists and sculptors. Known for a fluid, effortless style of movement, each dance is energetic yet poetic, serene yet harmonious. The company continues today to develop dances based on Hawkins' pioneering movement theory.
https://www.erickhawkinsdance.org/