Chances With Wolves
Events with Chances With Wolves
Spring Revolution: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Mar 10, 2016 - 7:00pm Brooklyn-based composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue and his innovative 18-piece big band Secret Society set will be 40-minute piece "Tensile Curves," which was was written in honor of, and performed at, Newport's 60th anniversary in 2014.
Jeff McErlain presents Mikel Rouse
April 29, 2017 - 10:00pm Hemisphere is part of an ongoing series of pieces that combine new and old work to create a new perspective on the history of the work itself. Part assemblage and part memory, images and sounds are filtered through live performance to create an alternate reality: the slipperiness of memory.
Beth Morrison Projects Presents: Persona by Keeril Makan & Jay Scheib
Oct 23, 2015 • 8pmBeth Morrison Projects (National Sawdust group-in-residence) is the producer of this new work, which it co-commissioned with the venue. Composed by Rome Prize-winner Keeril Makan, with music direction by Evan Ziporyn and a libretto and direction by Jay Scheib, one of American Theater’s “Top 25 Directors Likely to Shape American Performance Over the Next 25 Years,” Persona is a provocative, highly cerebral, and artistically complex depiction of human frailty, cruelty, and identity.
Magos Herrera 1st Thursdays presents: Aaron Goldberg with Leon Parker
Feb 4, 2016 - 9:30pm
Described by the New York Times as a "post-bop pianist of exemplary taste and range," Aaron Goldberg has made his name as one of jazz’s most compelling pianists, both as a bandleader and frequent collaborator with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Guillermo Klein, among others.
Described by the New York Times as a "post-bop pianist of exemplary taste and range," Aaron Goldberg has made his name as one of jazz’s most compelling pianists, both as a bandleader and frequent collaborator with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Guillermo Klein, among others.
Jeremy Flower Presents: The Real Me
Jan 8, 2016 - 7pm
Debut record release of composer & multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Flowers's "The Real Me". A catalog of realizations made while getting older, like reading diary entries from someone that finally understands all the axioms preached by an older generation are full of truth featuring vocalist Carla Kihlstedt with a core group of Guitar, Bass, Drums and Electronics which live within a chamber ensemble of winds, brass, and strings.
Debut record release of composer & multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Flowers's "The Real Me". A catalog of realizations made while getting older, like reading diary entries from someone that finally understands all the axioms preached by an older generation are full of truth featuring vocalist Carla Kihlstedt with a core group of Guitar, Bass, Drums and Electronics which live within a chamber ensemble of winds, brass, and strings.
Opening Night: Discover The Space Vol. 1
At 7:30pm, members of the National Sawdust family of artists join forces for an evening that explores the acoustics of the new hall. Curator Theo Bleckmann will be joined by ACME, one of the venue’s groups-in-residence, in a new work commissioned by National Sawdust. Other collaborations will include National Sawdust curator Jeffrey Zeigler with Gyan Riley (guitar) and Eve Gigliotti (mezzo-soprano) performing Paola Prestini’s OLIVIA. Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly, a National Sawdust advisory board member, perform with Tanya Tagaq and Jeffrey Zeigler. Stephen Gosling will perform music by Paola Prestini. Chris Thile will perform solo.
