Society of Composers at Berklee presents their fall semester concert. The concert celebrates and embraces diversity and inclusion at a time when people are becoming more divided than ever. Compositions span a wide variety of themes and styles, and are performed by Berklee students with additional special guests from the community. All compositions are premieres,… Continue reading Society Of Composers (Berklee College) Fall Concert 2016
Studebaker: The Great Independent
From the speedway comes their stamina . . . from the skyway comes their style You’re out of date without an eight Smart to be seen in . . . smarter to buy Your thrifty one in ’51 Studebaker-the great independent The common sense cars Craftsmanship with Flair First by far with a post-war car
Grizzles by Lou Cohen
Lou Cohen, born 1937, has composed music since age 11. He studied mathematics at MIT, and has studied music privately. Composition teachers include John Cage, Ernst Levy and Alan Kemler. He studied harpsichord and early music performance practice with John Gibbons. Performers: Dirk Adams, Polly Hanson, Clara Kebabian, Jesse Kenas-Collins, Joshua Jefferson, Andrea Pensado, Melanie… Continue reading Grizzles by Lou Cohen
From The Hat Trio
The trio performed at Mobius in Central Square under the auspices of OpenSound series….
From The Hat Quartet
The quartet performed at Mobius in Central Square under the auspices of OpenSound series….
From The Hat Trio = flandrew fleisenberg + Clara Kebabian + Joshua Jefferson
The trio performed at Mobius in Central Square under the auspices of OpenSound series….
From The Hat Duo = Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø + Jesse Kenas-Collins
Spending the past couple of years playing in improvised groups around Boston, Jesse Kenas-Collins has come to value both the sonic and social importance of such work. Improvising with others functions both as art and on some level as a form of group therapy. Exploring improvisation as a soloist is an even more fragile experience… Continue reading From The Hat Duo = Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø + Jesse Kenas-Collins
Beam splitter = Audrey Chen + Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø
AUDREY CHEN is a Chinese-American musician who was born into a family of material scientists, doctors and engineers, outside of Chicago in 1976. Parting ways with the family convention, she turned to the cello at age 8 and voice at 11. After years of classical and conservatory training in both instruments, with a resulting specialization… Continue reading Beam splitter = Audrey Chen + Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø
flunk = flandrew fleisenberg + lou bunk
Gordon Marshall once said: Marcel Duchamp: funny phony. flandrew fleisenberg: Einstein of drums. fleisenberg is a player of objects. Drums only fall peripherally into his spectrum, while he is mostly fascinated in coaxing out the inherent material characters of “mundane things”. These wide manipulations of external implements draw an aural architecture within the performance space… Continue reading flunk = flandrew fleisenberg + lou bunk
Respect Your Elders: Bavarian Beauty
In Germany they say Bey Em Vey. And they get out of the way… The Driver’s Car The Ultimate Tanning Machine Vive la différence Bavarian Cream