Robert Morton, in associationwith Concrete Timbre, Inc., presents Jazzy! Last Saturdays Salon # 6, the sixth of an eight-concert series of original contemporary music, sound, words, & images by professional composers wanting to develop their art by working outside their comfort zone to create challenging new compositions, in an intimate setting at The Drawing Room (56 Willoughby St. between Jay and Lawrence) in Downtown Brooklyn on September 26, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. The Last Saturdays Salon series began in January 2015 and continues on the last Saturday of the month through November, 2015. Ann Warren is the Producing Artistic Director and Whitney George is Musical Director.
Jazzy! features the return of many Concrete Timbre affiliated artists and features original contemporary music, inspired by jazz, from composers: John Fio, Whitney George, Stepanie Greig, Manuela Lechler, Monique Mizrahi, Chris Kadis Moscato, Kyoko Oyobe, and Ann Warren. The music is played by: Kyoko Oyobe (Piano), Manuela Lechler (Alto Sax), Monique Mizrahi (Charango), Hugh Ash (Trumpet), David Whitwell (Trombone), and Joe Tucker (Vibraphone & Percussion).
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at Tixato.
The Last Saturdays Salon series is designed to provide ongoing opportunities for professional composers to create challenging new compositions in a supportive environment so artists can develop their art by working outside their comfort zone, and to present them in intimate space where performers and audiences can comfortably interact.
Future performances of Last Saturdays Salon take place the last Saturday evening of the month at 8:00 p.m., (October 31, 2015 and November 26, 2015) at The Drawing Room (56 Wiloughby Street, between Jay & Lawrence, in Downtown Brooklyn. Subway A, C, F, R to Jay Street, 2,3, 4,5 to Borough Hall).
Concrete Timbre is a composer-driven performance collective. The foundation of our art is to add to the contemporary music canon with bold interdisciplinary performances by creating opportunities for composers to work in multidisciplinary settings that often defy categorization.
For more information, please visit www.ConcreteTimbre.com.
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