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Rolling into the Jalopy – July 30

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:19 +0000

Attention Brooklynites: The M6 will be appearing at the Fabulous Jalopy Theatre in Carroll Gardens on Friday, July 30! We’re on a shared bill with the equally fabulous Moira Smiley and VOCO. You’ll get a rare double dose of M6er Emily Eagen, who will be performing with both groups. And who knows – maybe M6 and VOCO will find ourselves on the stage at the same time at some point? Come hear to find out what happens… We’re on at 9pm.

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
315 Columbia Street (between Hamilton and Woodhull), Brooklyn

Map & Directions
By Subway: F or G train to Carroll St. (first car if coming from North/West). Walk 1 block up Smith St to 1st Place. Make left. Walk down past highway to Columbia St. Make left to 315 Columbia.

Friday, July 30, 2010
The M6 at 9pm
Moira Smiley & VOCO at 10:30pm
$10 all night

Put Your Hands in the Air for M6 @ La MaMa!

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:47:06 +0000

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our two shows at the La MaMa Moves! 2010 Dance Festival. We’re glad you were there for our first performances of a work-in-progress titled Basket Rondo, which was originally written for the Western Wind and is now being reworked for the M6.

For those who missed it, check out our program below.

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The Tank – Concert Program

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:56:47 +0000

We’re performing at the Tank tonight at 7:30! Here’s a look at the concert program to entice you to come.

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5/27 Ear Heart Music @ The Tank

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:52:17 +0000

Photo: The M6 Tank, designed during WWII

The M6 will be appearing at The Tank in NY as part of the Ear Heart Music series on Thursday, May 27, at 7:30PM. We’ve been working up some new repertoire for this concert, which will include Three Heavens and Hells, as well as selections from Book of Days and others — all music by Meredith Monk. Details below!

THE TANK SPACE FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

The Tank is a non-profit space for performing arts emphasizing new work by emerging performers, designers, writers, directors and producers.

The Tank has moved to the 45th Street Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen. Please join us at 354 W. 45th Street between 8th and 9th.

The Tank
354 W 45th St [map]
New York, NY 10036

Tickets $15.00
Presale tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Info Line 212-563-6269

12/22 Sing Theory @ The Stone

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:53:12 +0000

We’re gearing up for next week’s performance at The Stone, the East Village performance space established by John Zorn. Our concert is part of a series titled Sing Theory curated by David Garland, who says, ”The emphasis of my programming at The Stone during the last weeks of 2009 is on musicians who subtly, insistingly, and creatively expand the potential of song. By investing songs with both heart and brain, and by tapping into the alchemy of the understandable and the mysterious, these daring songwriters prove that the ancient combination of words and music can still yield surprises, open new vistas, and permit and promote profound communication.” Read more of what he has to say about the series on the WQXR blog.

Come on by Tuesday night, December 22, at 10pm! You know you’ll need a break from “Santa Baby” by then.

Sing Theory
22 concerts at The Stone, December 16th through 29th, 2009

The M6 will be performing Tuesday, December 22 at 10pm, singing Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk, as well as selections from Monk’s Book of Days, ATLAS, Volcano Songs, Facing North and American Archeology #1. (Detailed program below.)

The Stone - Corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC (map)
Admission: $10 per set
Students 13 to 19 admitted half price, children 12 and under free
No advance ticket sales, all admissions are at the door prior to each performance

PROGRAM

Book of Days
- Afternoon Melodies
- Jewish Storyteller/Dance/Dream
- Plague
- Eva’s Song

Explorers’ Junctures from ATLAS
Volcano Songs
- Boat Man
- Old Lava
Facing North
- Chinook
- Hocket
Calling #1 from American Archeology #1

Dolmen Music

Recording “Ascension”

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:19:16 +0000

We’re in rehearsals this week, preparing for the “Songs of Ascension” recording sessions! @Digifiddler Todd Reynolds, taking a break from playing, took this video on the fly of the Montclair State University Singers, conducted by Heather Buchanan. (Astute viewers will spot a couple M6ers scattered about…)

12/4 ISSUE Project Room: Darmstadt Festival

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:33 +0000

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.

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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

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)

In Search of Dolmen Music

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:42 +0000

If you’ve just heard about The M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation via Primal Song, the article about Monk in the November 9 issue of the New Yorker, welcome! In his official New Yorker blog, Unquiet Thoughts, Alex Ross singles out our video of excerpts from Monk’s Dolmen Music, reposted below, as being “particularly striking.”

Songs of Ascension @ BAM

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:18:33 +0000

Members of the M6 joined Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, the Todd Reynolds String Quartet, the Stonewall Chorale and additional singers for a five-night run of Monk’s Songs of Ascension at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2009 Next Wave Festival. Check out some video from New Yorker music critic Alex Ross’s new blog, Unquiet Thoughts:

Voice & Light Systems @ New Museum

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:36:36 +0000

This Thursday night, M6 members Peter Sciscioli and Emily Eagen will perform a suite from Facing North as part of Voice & Light Systems, a series at the New Museum created by Nick Hallett. Thursday’s performance also includes Hallett’s interpretation of a selection of songs from Meredith Monk’s Our Lady of Late, a cycle for solo voice and wineglass drone from 1972.

Peter also returns to the New Museum on Thursday, May 14, to sing Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung, performed with Hallett and others in the second installment of the Voice & Light Systems series.

As a teaser for Thursday’s performance, here’s Peter and Emily performing one of the duets from Facing North at Symphony Space last year!

Nick Hallett: Voice & Light Systems
Part of RE:NEW RE:PLAY Music / Performance

Thursday, May 7 @ 7:00 PM
New Museum Theater

New Museum
235 Bowery (just south of Houston)
R to Prince/F to 2nd Avenue
212.219.1222
Tickets: $12 Members, $15 General Public