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Ian Rosenbaum – called by Atlanta Music Critic “one of the nation’s great percussionists” – joined The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two program in 2012 as only the second percussionist in the program’s history. The Chicago Tribune has said that he “play[s] with unfailing virtuosity, whatever the music,” and the New York Times has praised his “excellent” and “precisely attuned” performances.
VIA Records, the in-house record label of National Sawdust, releases Mr. Rosenbaum’s debut album Memory Palace, featuring the music of Timo Andres, David Crowell, Paola Prestini, Christopher Cerrone, and a new commission by Tawnie Olson.
Memory Palace
Crashing Through Fences: Timo Andres
G-Force by Paola Prestini
Meadowlark by Tawnie Olson
Celestial Sphere by David Crowell
Memory Palace by Christopher Cerrone
Other Fall Highlights
Birdman Live Scoring
November 5, 2016 - 10:00pm Experience the explosive Oscar winning FILM BIRDMAN, accompanied LIVE by composer Antonio Sanchez with his Grammy Award winning score that provides the heartbeat of the film. The Oscar winner for Best Picture by maverick director Alejandro Inarritu stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up action star trying to reinvent his career as a credible actor and director on the Broadway stage. For this special performance, the film will be accompanied live by renowned jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez playing his electric, GRAMMY winning score.
CCO Presents: Sweat by Juliet Palmer
October 26, 2016 - 8:00pm The Center for Contemporary Opera presents the world premiere ofSweat by the New Zealand-Canadian composer Juliet Palmer created with librettist Anna Chatterton. Sweat is a full-length a cappella opera composed for 5 singers and chorus. The opera is a kaleidoscope of characters and stories collected from factories around the world.
Make Music New York: Ariodante Open Rehearsal
December 21, 2016 - 12:00pm Open Rehearsal of Handel’s Ariodante. Directed R.B. Schlather; Conducted by Geoffrey McDonald. Composed in 1734 by George Frideric Handel.
AdHoc Presents: Xylouris White
November 18, 2016 - 10:00pm When Xylouris White recorded their second album, this most intuitive and inquisitive of duos did what comes naturally to them: expanded their horizons. For George Xylouris, the Cretan lute player who partners here with the Dirty Three’s preternaturally fluent Australian drummer Jim White, one aim was to extend a core metaphor of their ruggedly visionary debut album, 2014’s Goats. “Like goats walking in the mountain” is Xylouris’ poetic analogy for their approach: “They may not know the place, but they can walk easily and take risks and feel comfortable. Really, the goats inspired us.”
Jodie Landau | You of All Things
November 19, 2016 - 10:00pm Even if, in addition to writing, playing and singing his own material, Jodie Landau had not brought on board an established producer, three other L.A.-based composers, six chamber musicians, and an entire Icelandic women's chorus, you of all things would still be a most unusual debut album.
R.B. Schlather Presents: Ariodante Workshop Performance
December 21, 2016 - 7:00pm Open workshop of Handel’s Ariodante. Directed R.B. Schlather; Conducted by Geoffrey McDonald. Composed in 1734 by George Frideric Handel.
National Sawdust and Manhattan School of Music Present: The House Taken Over
October 8, 2016 - 8:00pm An opera based on the 1946 short story by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar featuring a score by composer Vasco Mendonça. It tells the story of a brother and sister living together in their ancestral home which is being "taken over" by unknown entities. Directed by Artist-in-Residence R.B. Schlather, The House Taken Over starts in a realist manner, slowly introducing a scene in which natural laws are distorted within a unique 4-D set.
YPC Presents: Transient Glory
November 4, 2016 - 7:00pm Transient Glory, the groundbreaking new music commissioning series created in 2001 by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, returns with the world premieres of six new works, representing a wide range of perspectives and styles, by six distinguished composers: Mason Bates (Sirens), Michael Gordon (Great Trees of New York City), Joan La Barbara (A Murmuration for Chibok), YPC alumna Jessie Montgomery (Danse Africaine), Robert Xavier Rodriguez (A Surfeit of Similes), and Charles Wuorinen (Exsultet).
Birdman Live Scoring
November 5, 2016 - 7:00pm Experience the explosive Oscar winning FILM BIRDMAN, accompanied LIVE by composer Antonio Sanchez with his Grammy Award winning score that provides the heartbeat of the film. The Oscar winner for Best Picture by maverick director Alejandro Inarritu stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up action star trying to reinvent his career as a credible actor and director on the Broadway stage. For this special performance, the film will be accompanied live by renowned jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez playing his electric, GRAMMY winning score.
Bresnick@70
November 6, 2016 - 7:00pm A celebration of Martin Bresnick's 70th birthday. Featuring performances from the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, Taimur Sullivan, Benjamin Verdery, Lisa Moore, New Morse Code and more.
Sxip Shirey’s Hour of Charm
October 3, 2016 - 8:00pm An abundant night of music curated by NYC composer/sound artist Sxip Shirey featuring Basil Twist. Basil is a third generation puppeteer now living in New York. He is the sole American to graduate from the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mezieres, France.
ECM Records: Sun of Goldfinger
December 3, 2016 - 7:00pm The mercurial trio comprising saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Ches Smith and guitarist David Torn explores the edges of the genre, infusing it with perspectives ranging from the minimalist to the cinematic to the metallic. The improvisation-based group effortlessly, seamlessly shifts from atmospheres into shattering mayhem to thrilling effect.
