
12/04 @ 8:00pm – Darmstadt “Essential Repertoire” Festival (Meredith Monk/M6, Jon Gibson, Phill Niblock)
Admission: $20 door, $15 advance
DARMSTADT: “Classics of the Avant Garde” presents its second annual ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE festival
This year’s festival celebrates the 30th anniversary of the seminal New Music New York concerts curated by Rhys Chatham and held at The Kitchen (then on Mercer Street), which put the still-burgeoning Downtown Scene – at the crossroads of minimalism, interdisciplinary performance, and various strains of post-punk – under a mainstream spotlight and redefined the presentation of experimental music.
DARMSTADT’s cross-section of composers involved in the original festival includes “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Connie Beckley, David van Tieghem, Jill Kroesen, Jon Gibson, Ned Sublette, Peter Gordon, Peter Zummo, Petr Kotik, Phill Niblock, and a performance of Meredith Monk’s Dolmen Music by the M6. Invited composers have been asked to present compositions of theirs from the 1970s, if not the actual pieces presented at the original Kitchen concerts. The festival will be held from December 3 through 5 at ISSUE Project Room. All concerts begin at 8pm. Tickets will be $20 at the door/$15 advance (available online at http://www.issueprojectroom.org or for cash purchase at Other Music.)
Friday, December 4 at 8pm
Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music (1979); Performed by the M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation
Jon Gibson – Criss Cross (1979) and other works; Performed by the composer
Phill Niblock – “Four Arthurs” (1978) superimposed with “Two Octaves and a Fifth” (1975); performed by the composer with Leslie Ross (bassoon) and Christa Robinson (oboe)
We’re thrilled to be invited by Darmstadt “Classics of the Avant Garde”, the Brooklyn-based contemporary music series led by Zach Layton and Nick Hallett, to perform Dolmen Music at this year’s Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room on December 4. Check out our video of excerpts from Dolmen Music on YouTube.
Info on the full three-concert series here, and details about our performance below.
——
DARMSTADT: “Classics of the Avant Garde”
presents its second annual
ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE festival
“Yes, we’re prone to hyperbole on occasion, but trust us when we say that Darmstadt’s Essential Repertoire series…is one of the most significant musical presentations of the season” –Time Out New York
Friday, December 4 at 8pm
The M6, Jon Gibson, Phill Niblock
ISSUE Project Room
At the Old American Can Factory
232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn
718-330-0313 [map/directions]
Admission: $20 door, $15 advance
Tickets available at ISSUE Project Room or at Other Music
This year’s festival celebrates the 30th anniversary of the seminal New Music New York concerts curated by Rhys Chatham and held at The Kitchen (then on Mercer Street), which put the still-burgeoning Downtown Scene – at the crossroads of minimalism, interdisciplinary performance, and various strains of post-punk – under a mainstream spotlight and redefined the presentation of experimental music.
DARMSTADT’s cross-section of composers involved in the original festival includes “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Connie Beckley, David van Tieghem, Jill Kroesen, Jon Gibson, Ned Sublette, Peter Gordon, Peter Zummo, Petr Kotik, Phill Niblock, and a performance of Meredith Monk’s Dolmen Music by the M6. The festival will be held from December 3 through 5 at ISSUE Project Room. All concerts begin at 8pm. Tickets will be $20 at the door/$15 advance (.)
Meredith Monk – Dolmen Music (1979); Performed by the M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation
Jon Gibson – Criss Cross (1979) and other works; Performed by the composer
Phill Niblock – “Four Arthurs” (1978) superimposed with “Two Octaves and a Fifth” (1975); performed by the composer with Leslie Ross (bassoon) and Christa Robinson (oboe)