Featuring: Tarab Cello Ensemble,
The Respect Sextet
Event Information: 212-505-FISH
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Program: Tarab Cello Ensemble
Caleb Burhans - The Things Left Unsaid
Michael Midlarsky - Rain
Gregory Mertl - Lover Calls
Nicolas Scherzinger - 8
Dennis DeSantis - Cog
Bio:
Recognized for its artistic creativity, Tarab Cello Ensemble is dedicated to the commissioning and performance of twenty-first century American music for eight cellos, with the goal of establishing a vital contemporary repertoire for this instrumentation. Since its inception in 2000, the ensemble has premiered more than twenty works, from such composers as Larry Bell, Caleb Burhans, Garrett Byrnes, Dennis DeSantis, David Liptak, Brad Lubman, Gregory Mertl, Joe Michaels, Sam Pellman, Martin Scherzinger, Aaron Travers, and Dan Trueman. Its repertoire also includes such compositions as Pierre Boulez' Messagesquisse, Arvo Pärt's Fratres, Augusta Read Thomas’ Blizzard in Paradise and Luciano Berio's Korot.
Tarab Cello Ensemble has presented concerts in Michigan, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Mexico, and France, with broadcast performances on public radio stations WMUK (Kalamazoo, MI), WMBR (Cambridge, MA), WXXI (Rochester, NY), WCNY (Syracuse, NY) and WGDR (Plainfield, VT). Tarab has appeared as guest ensemble in residence at Princeton University, Patel Conservatory in Florida and the University of South Florida. Recently the ensemble premiered Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s Silueta como Sirena for voice, eight cellos, and orchestra in New York City with the Riverside Symphony Orchestra and additional performances in Mazatlán and Culiacán (Mexico) with the Orquesta Sinfonia Sinaloa de las Artes.
Formed in 2001, The Respect Sextet is a powerhouse ensemble dedicated to performing a wide variety of improvisational musics. Relying on their explosive energy, rare telepathy, outstanding musicianship, and a deep friendship, Respect pieces together free improvisations, original compositions, free jazz classics, television commercial jingles, text pieces, jazz standards, game pieces and more into "a whirling collage," shouts Exclaim! Magazine, "that ransacks and reshapes the entire jazz tradition, from New Orleans march to Misha Mengelberg, Sun Ra to Charlie Parker."
Their new CD, Sirius Respect: The Respect Sextet Plays the Music of Sun Ra and Karlheinz Stockhausen, will be released in April, 2009, on Mode Records' Mode / Avant series.
The group comprises Josh Rutner (reeds, radio, toys), Eli Asher (trumpet, toys), James Hirschfeld (trombone, toys), Malcolm Kirby (bass), Red Wierenga (piano, keyboard, accordion) and Ted Poor (drums).
The Respect Sextet:
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian. This show is General Admission, first come, first serve. Seating is Limited. A purchased ticket does not guarantee you a seat. There is a two item minimum for all seated performances.
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