New Music Raleigh is kicking off their second season with a concert on Sunday September 12 at Murphy School Theater (224 Polk St.) in Raleigh. Crumb is very pleased to be supporting these adventurous badass musicians. Many of you made it out to their last concert which featured a burning hot performance of Steve Reich’s Different Trains. The new season starts with works by Paul Lansky, John Luther Adams, and Raleigh’s own Cameron Britt. Tickets are $10 (cash only) at the door. Crumb will be selling tasty treats before the show and during intermission and Joe Van Gogh will be serving coffee.
From the press release: “Every artist is influenced by their surroundings, whether it be the vast Alaskan tundra or the busiest street corner in Tokyo. Composer John Luther Adams recently said, “My music is going inexorably from being about place to becoming place.” NMR’s September 12 show features selected works that directly compare space and place in music, journeying from a feeling of openness to the influence of urban, electrified places.”
More information is available at NewMusicRaleigh.org
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The Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival is coming to Raleigh from July 2 -11 featuring performances from the Brussels Chamber Orchestra, the Pierre Anckaert Quintet, Will Scruggs, the Mallarme Chamber Players, Gavriel Lipkind, and members of the North Carolina Symphony. The Festival has master classes, concerts, events for children and much more! The full schedule of events is here.
Crumb will be baking for the July 5 Gala at the Captrust building, the July 7 event at Marbles, and the final concert on July 11. Our friends from Joe Van Gogh will be joining us with locally roasted coffee on some of those dates. Come out and show your support for great musicians. Some events are free and some require tickets which can be purchased here.
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New Music Raleigh is giving an incredible concert on April 27, a rare chance to hear Steve Reich’s masterpiece Different Trains and the world premiere of Lick by Brett William Dietz. The best part, for all you loyal Crumbots, is that Crumb will be there selling awesome cups of cake during the madness and coffee will be provided by Joe Van Gogh. Read the press release from NMR in it’s entirety below. Buy a ticket, see some great music, eat some cake. What more do you want from life?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Music Raleigh to Present Steve Reich’s Different Trains
April 6, 2010 (Raleigh, NC) — On April 27th, New Music Raleigh, a brand new performing arts
group, will return to Meymandi Theater at the Murphey School for a performance of Pulitzer
Prize winning composer Steve Reich’s Different Trains. The program will also feature the world
premiere of Lick by Brett William Dietz and Trilogy by Dave Maric. The concert begins at
7:30pm and tickets will be available at the door for $10.00.
New Music Raleigh is a collective of the area’s most dynamic classical musicians, dedicated to
performing the works of living composers. By presenting this living music in unique venues and
through collaboration with other artists, NMR offers a fresh musical perspective to Raleigh by
providing captiviating yet casual concerts in which the audience and performers are connected. In
its first year of existence, NMR has proven to be one of Raleigh’s most forward-thinking arts
organizations, performing with indy rock band Lost in the Trees in addition to giving modern
edgy composition a voice in the city. New Music Raleigh’s upcoming projects will feature more
cross-genre collaboration, intimate audience experiences, and exceptional musical performances.
Steve Reich was recently called “our greatest living composer” (The New York Times),
“America’s greatest living composer.” (The Village VOICE), “…the most original musical thinker
of our time” (The NewYorker) and “…among the great composers of the century” (The New
York Times).. From his early taped speech pieces It’s Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966)
to his and video artist Beryl Korot’s digital video opera Three Tales (2002), Mr. Reich’s path has
embraced not only aspects of Western Classical music, but the structures, harmonies, and
rhythms of non-Western and American vernacular music, particularly jazz. “There’s just a
handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical
history and Steve Reich is one of them,” states The Guardian (London).
In April 2009 Steve Reich was awarded the Pulitzer prize in Music for his composition ‘Double
Sextet’.
For more information contact Shawn Galvin at 202-297-3833 or shawn@newmusicraleigh.org
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