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About the Show
National Sawdust welcomes the huddled masses to see who the country will trust with its well-being for the next four years. To break the tension of watching the adventure progress on our 16’x9′ projection screen, Rider (sister restaurant) will be offering Hillary and Trump themed cocktails and food specials. With the east coast states set to report in their votes shortly after 6PM, we welcome guests at 5:30PM and close at 1AM after a collective sigh of relief once the results are announced and an acceptance speech has been made
Other Fall Highlights
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.
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.
CCO Presents: Sweat by Juliet Palmer
October 27, 2016 - 7:00pm 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.
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.
CCO Presents: Anaïs Nin and Odysseus’ Women, Louis Andriessen
October 15, 2016 - 8:00pm The desire of the mythical Ulysses and the desire of the legendary Anaïs Nin. Dutch director Jorinde Keesmaat brings in a U.S. premiere two distinctive works by Louis Andriessen together in one direction. The rarely performed Odysseus' Women (1995) for four female voices and synthesizer and the famous Anaïs Nin (2010).
Bridging the Gap I
December 4, 2016 - 4:00pm Featuring composers from the Manhattan School of Music – Richard Danielpour, Yunzhuo Gan, Paolo Marchettini, and Marjorie Merryman – and Manhattan School of Music's premiere ensemble TACTUS
National Sawdust and Manhattan School of Music Present: The House Taken Over
October 9, 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.
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.
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.
Theo Bleckmann & Shai Maestro: All Souls in the Dark
November 03, 2016 - 7:00pm Vocalist Theo Bleckmann and pianist Shai Maestro are performing “All Souls in the Dark”: turn off your cell phones, lay down, close your eyes and immerse yourself in the sounds, melodies and landscapes of these two master musicians in complete darkness. This is a refuge from the hectic and overstimulation we live in daily; a musical meditation of sorts. Pillows will be provided.
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.
