James Petrine
Ticketing Coordinator
James has worked in a range of Live Music and Event Production roles throughout NYC and beyond before joining the National Sawdust team. James grew up in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, and after studying Event Management at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, arrived in Brooklyn almost three years ago. After getting his start with the artist management and strategy consultant group United for Opportunity, he has gone on to work in production and planning for live events such as Moogfest, MoMA PS1’s the Warm-Up Series, the Levi’s Commuter Workspace and more. Most recently James helped to manage the Box Office Operations of the performing arts venue SubCulture New York.
With a deep commitment to the varied and meaningful programming National Sawdust presents, James is excited to bring his experience to such a forward thinking organization. As he is first and foremost a passionate music fan himself, he’s right at home with the National Sawdust team.
James’ favorite events
Billy Jones Presents: CHAIRLIFT
Critically acclaimed pop duo Chairlift has released new music in the form of the infinitely danceable “Ch-Ching.” The R&B laced, vibrating drum infused pop track serves as the first musical offering from their forthcoming album Moth, which will be released in January 2016 via Columbia Records. Although the single is the first work to be released from Chairlift in three years, the duo – comprised of writer/producers and multi-instrumentalists Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly – has hardly been quiet. They collaborated with Beyoncé on her groundbreaking self-titled album via the track “No Angel,” which was written and produced by Caroline and co-produced by Patrick. Caroline released and toured Arcadia, a self-produced solo album under the alias Ramona Lisa and collaborated with SBTRKT, Blood Orange and others, while Patrick produced and collaborated with artists such as Solange Knowles, Wet, Kelela, and Tei Shi.
Jeffrey Zeigler Presents: Only Breath
Jeffrey Zeigler returns to National Sawdust with a program of new works for solo cello which will include two World Premiers by Brooklyn based composers JG Thirlwell and The National’s Bryce Dessner. Zeigler will also give the New York Premier of Tangled in Plastic Currents by Derek Charke as well as new arrangements of works by David T. Little and Douglas J. Cuomo.
VIA Ferus Festival: “Breath & Hammer” with David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg
David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg’s arrangements of ‘simple songs’ - “Breath & Hammer” - by composers such as New York-based visionary John Zorn, Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Cuban percussionist Roberto Rodriguez, as well as original compositions by Krakauer and Tagg, traditional South African music, and klezmer - creating a bridge of traditional sounds and the ever intermingling cross-cultural music of the future.
