The duo performed at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. Lloyd Thayer puts the ‘multi’ in multi-instrumentalist, playing a mind boggling assortment of stringed instruments including but not limited to: Dobro and Weissenborn lap steel guitars, Turkish Oud, Saz and Cumbus, Indian Chaturangui and Mohan Veena, Ragmakamtar, Ukulele and more. A recovering street… Continue reading Boiler House Jazz Series Presents: Lloyd Thayer + Junko Fujiwara
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Society Of Composers (Berklee College) Fall Concert 2016
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
Inuksuit Boston Premier at Arnold Arboretum
Composed by Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams and performed in major cities around the globe, Inuksuit’s Boston Premier featured 90 New England-based percussionists dispersed throughout the conifer collection of the Arnold Arboretum. Inuksuit is deeply influenced by John Luther Adams’ belief that music can contribute to the awakening of our ecological understanding. Kadence Arts… Continue reading Inuksuit Boston Premier at Arnold Arboretum
Bowerbird Presents: Either / OR Performing “For Philip Guston” By Morton Feldman
Bowerbird presented the NYC based ensemble Either / OR in their performance of “For Philip Guston”, Morton Feldman’s late period masterpiece for piano/celesta, flute, and percussion. Upon hearing this expansive 4+ hour work, noted music critic Alex Ross wrote, “What makes Guston fundamentally and wondrously beautiful is its harmony. Feldman’s whole career was a search… Continue reading Bowerbird Presents: Either / OR Performing “For Philip Guston” By Morton Feldman