2014-2016
An
incomplete performance history in reverse chronological order
31 OCT 2016
New York City
TILTED AXES featured in the
2016 NYC Village Halloween Parade
Photo from the 2015 NYC VHP
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars has been invited back to perform at the NYC Village Halloween Parade. This time they return as a featured act. The VHP is the largest event of its kind in the nation with an annual estimated audience of 250,000. The event will be broadcast in the Tri-State Area.
They said, “You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are.”
The man replied, “Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar.”
And they said then, “But play, you must,
A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,
A tune upon the blue guitar
Of things exactly as they are.”
— Wallace Stevens
Composer & Director: Patrick Grant
Guitars: Gene Ardor, Bruce Arnold, Angela Babin, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Elisa Corona, Sudeip Ghosh, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Michael Joseph (Philadelphia), Howie Kenty, Anthony Mullin, Chad Ossman, Kevin Pfeiffer, Gene Pritsker, Sean Satin
Chapman Stick: Jeremy Nesse
Bass: Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
Percussion: John Ferrari, Cesare Papetti, Marlon Cherry
Standard Bearers: Jocelyn Gonzales, Harry Scott
Satellites: Reinaldo Perez, Leslie Stevens, & more TBA
TILTED AXES' appearance at The 2016 NYC Village Halloween is made possible through the support of The NYC Village Halloween Parade, Peppergreen Media, Korg USA & VOX Amps, the ASCAP Plus Awards, and Alchemical Studios.
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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Seattle, WA
Recording Project at Legendary London Bridge Studio in Seattle
This will become the office this coming Labor Day weekend, Seattle's London Bridge Studio, birthplace of recordings by Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, et al.
Patrick Grant will be a guest producer and a performer on a number of tracks during a 3-day lockout with GREAT players and good friends.
Project TBA
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AUGUST 2016
worldwide
TILTED AXES - Album Release
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Album Release ~ Electronic Press Kit
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
01. Shapes 1
02. Circulation in G Maybe
03. Tilted Axes Theme
04. Pedal Swells
05. Theme Variation
06. Rivera Court
07. Techno Tilt
08. Kneadle Variation
09. Asciae Obliquiae (Anthem)
10. Alamo Tilt
11. Polymetric Patterns
12. Beaubien Blues
13. Corridor 84 + Krimson Coda
14. Shapes 2
15. Tuanna Claonta
16. Harmonic Revolutions
17. The Sound of Burning Chairs
Electric Guitars:
Patrick Grant, Matt Grossman, Daniel Reyes Llinas, John Halo, Randolph Hudson III, Reinaldo Perez, Nick Didkovsky, Gene Pritsker, Howard Glazer, Anthony Mullin, Larry Simon
Chapman Stick:
Jeremy Nesse
Electric Bass:
Dan Cooper, Patrick Grant
Drums & Percussion:
John Ferrari, Cesare Papetti
Produced by Patrick Grant
Recorded at John Kilgore Sound NYC, Peppergreen Media NYC, and the Ferrari Factory NJ
Recording engineer for Kilgore sessions: Garry Rindfuss
Guitar and amp consultant for Kilgore sessions: Nick Didkovsky
Mixed at Mercy Sound Studios NYC
Mixing engineer: Garry Rindfuss
Mastered by Sheldon Steiger
Tilted Axes logo revamp by Eric Iverson
All titles by Patrick Grant except for Track 8 & Track 13 which include variations on material by Robert Fripp and used by permission of Discipline Global Mobile (DGM)
All titles published by Peppergreen Media (ASCAP)
Thanks & Acknowledgements: Aaron Friedman (Make Music New York), D'Addario Strings & Planet Waves, Danelectro, David Singleton (DGM), Electro-Harmonix NYC, Frank Sheldon, Korg USA/Vox Amps, James Gill (Mercy Sound), Jocelyn Gonzales (audio consultation), Michael Spudic & Cia Toscanini (ASCAP), Rivington Guitars NYC, Robert Fripp, Tony Geballe, Vasko Dukovski, and not to forget: Max & Melody
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JULY 10, 2016
Screening simultaneously in the USA, Serbia, Croatia,
& Slovenia ~ July 10, 1-6pm EDT
STREAMING II (for Nikola Tesla)
STREAMING II (for Nikola Tesla)
by Daniel Rothbart and Milica Lapcevic
with music by Patrick Grant
Sunday, July 10th | 1-6 pm EDT
Presented by
Francine Hunter McGivern | The Frank Institute @ CR10
STREAMING II (for Nikola Tesla) is a video work by Daniel Rothbart and Milica Lapcevic with music by Patrick Grant. Blending archival footage of Tesla’s hydro-electric power plant at Niagara with new winter imagery of the Niagara River Whirlpool and Falls, STREAMING II celebrates the 160th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth. Protean forms of water, from mist to torrent, intermingle with imagery of turbines and power lines, evoking themes of science, art, nature, and spirituality. USA and Serbia, 2016, 11:54.
Simultaneous screenings will take place at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, New York (USA), Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (SERBIA), the Musée national de Kragujevac (SERBIA), Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant (CROATIA), Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant (CROATIA), and the Univerza v Mariboru Library (SLOVENIA). Thanks to Manuela Graf of Cluster of Cultural Routes.
https://www.facebook.com/events/219931011733770/
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Detroit, MI
Robert Fripp &
The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists XIII
June 10, 2016
Friday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sainte Anne de Detroit Catholic Church
1000 Ste. Anne St., Detroit, Michigan
http://bit.ly/1RRIrgj
Tickets on sale now!
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2524561
ALSO - related performances in
St. Louis Park, MN - June 02
Madison, WI - June 03
Chicago, IL - June 04
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New York City
"New" Work for
Chamber Orchestra
fl-ob-cl-bssn-tpt-hn-perc-strings
Composers Concordance
World Premiere
It has been a 30 year journey to get a "world premiere" by an actual chamber orchestra (only non-MIDI electronic demos have existed up until this point), so, the news is, my Baroque Variations (1986) gets its debut next month on May 21st courtesy of Composers Concordance and their annual Generations Concert.
Pictured here is the original sketchbook (upper right), the first printing I made of it when I worked at Edition Peters Group (C.F. Peters) 1987-1989 (upper left), and the current Sibelius drafts in short score for the upcoming performance in the lower half. In the original sketchbook, you can make out address 1520 York (Ave.). This is because most of this piece was written when I was driving a car service by night while being a student by day. I often jotted down my pick-up addresses into the score as they came to me over the car radio.
Though it could be thought of as a "student work," it's more like my purging and parody of all things polyphonically imparted up until that point. I still hold the Fugue and Finale to be solid stand-alones and serve well to indicate where I'd be and what I'd be working on three decades later.
It is fitting that it appears on CompCord's annual "Generations" Concert where awards are given to the youngest and the oldest composers involved. Thankfully, I remain in neither of these two categories though the work presented does indeed cover the span of at least a single generation. A full circle experience.
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
250 West 65th St., New York City
More iNFO TBA
http://www.composersconcordance.com/
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New York City
Studio Work
Tracking, Mixing, Mastering
For the next 12 weeks:
studio work and project completions of all sorts, long time coming.
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São Paulo, Brazil
TILTED AXES: SÃO PAULO
The 3rd Música Estranha
International Exploratory Music Festival
TILTED AXES: SÃO PAULO & RIO DE JANEIRO - Now it's official and can be announced: The 3rd Música Estranha – International Exploratory Music Festival has invited Tilted Axes to create a series of events for these cities. It's very exciting to think of how things will sound with Brazilian musicians added into the post-progressive mix. Very.
Você toca guitarra e se vê em uma apresentação diferente e única, pelas ruas de São Paulo? Então acesse agora mesmo o link abaixo e veja como participar da oficina 'Tilted Axes: Música para Guitarras Ambulantes', proposta pelo compositor e músico americano Patrick Grant. Uma combinação inusitada de música contemporânea, música para teatro e performance de rua. Inicia-se em formato de workshop, culminando em apresentações.
Oficina nas manhãs de 24 até 27 de novembro, em São Paulo. Performances dias 28 e 29 de novembro, também em SP.
São somente 12 vagas. Inscrições gratuitas até 14 de novembro. É bom correr!
www.tiltedaxes.net
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New York City, NY
TILTED AXES
THE VILLAGE
HALLOWEEN PARADE
"Monster Riffs & Creepy Chords"
"The children of the night! What music they make!" - Dracula (1931)
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars (http://peppergreenmedia.com/tiltedaxes.html) has been invited to be a part of NYC's world famous Village Halloween Parade (http://halloween-nyc.com/) and for 2015 is bringing back the classic no-holds-barred big-time Tilt.
For more iNFO, send an email to: tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com
Performers
COMPOSER & DIRECTOR: Patrick Grant
GUITAR: Gene Ardor, Angela Babin, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Matt Grossman, John Halo, Michael Joseph (Philadelphia), Rob Knevels (Detroit), Daniel Reyes Llinas, John Lovaas (Chicago), Chad Ossman, Reinaldo Perez, Kevin Pfeiffer
CHAPMAN STICK: Jeremy Nesse
BASS: Dan Cooper, Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
PERCUSSION: Cesare Papetti (groove leader), Marlon Cherry, Gael Grant (Detroit)
TILT MANAGER & FRAMING DEVICES: Steve Carter
STANDARD BEARERS: Jocelyn Gonzales, Harry Scott
SATELLITES: Natalia de Campos, Leslie Stevens
Whether you've Tilted with us before or are interested in being a first time participant, send an email to tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com to receive more information about the event and on how you can apply.
New York's Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade and street pageant presented on the night of every Halloween in New York City's Greenwich Village. Stretching more than a mile, this cultural event draws two million in-person spectators, more than sixty thousand costumed participants, dancers, artists and circus performers, dozens of floats bearing live bands and other musical and performing acts, and a world-wide television audience of one hundred million. The Village Halloween Parade, initiated in 1974 by Greenwich Village puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee, is the world's largest Halloween parade and the only major nighttime parade in the United States.
The parade has been featured in many national magazines and travel guides, and has been a subject of study by leading cultural anthropologists. According to The New York Times, "the Halloween Parade is the best entertainment the people of this City ever give the people of this City."
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JULY 12, 2015
Detroit, MI
2015 Detroit All-Star Revue
One Night Only!
Photo: John Thiry - Editing: Eric Iversoon
WALK THRU WALLS
TILTED AXES DETROIT members Eric Iverson, Patrick Grant, Jude Closson, & Dean Western reform the original WALK THRU WALLS new wave band as part of the DON WAS DETROIT ALL-STAR REVUE 2015 CONCERT.
This year's revue honors 80s Detroit radio personality THE ELECTRIFYING MOJO whose on-air journey of musical and social development shaped a generation of music-lovers in Detroit and throughout southeastern Michigan and Canada and was of importance to the development of Detroit techno.
Presented by
The Concert of Colors
Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
8 PM
More iNFO HERE
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JULY 11-12, 2015
Detroit, MI
TILTED AXES DETROIT
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Concert of Colors 2015
On July 11, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will be performing and processing in the vicinity of the Wolverine Outdoor Stage from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. At approximately 6:45 pm, Tilted Axes will take the stage to officially premiere one of the new pieces commissioned by the Concert of Colors 2015.
On July 12, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will be performing and processing in the vicinity of the Wolverine Stage from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. A special finale is being planned for somewhere in the neighborhood.
Performers:
COMPOSER & DIRECTOR: Patrick Grant
GUITAR: Jeff Adams, Sean Biggs, Aileen Bunch (Philadelphia), Jude Closson, James Keith La Croix, Erik Grant, Eric Iverson, Bob Kaufman, Rob Knevels, John Lovaas (Chicago), James McGlinnen, Chris McGorey
BASS: Dean Western, Sarah Metevier Schadt (Chicago)
PERCUSSION: Skeeto Valdez (groove leader), Gael Grant, Jocelyn Gonzales (NYC)
TILT MANAGER & FRAMING DEVICES: Beth Landry
STANDARD BEARERS: Irina Goldman, TBA
SATELLITES: Emma McGlinnen, Diane McGorey
TILTMOBILE: Sally Omally Schroeder
Performer Bios
More iNFO HERE
The Concert of Colors is metro Detroit’s free annual diversity music festival. It is produced by the Arab American National Museum with partners Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ACCESS, Midtown Detroit Inc. and University of Michigan – Detroit Center. The goal of this five-day festival is uniting metro Detroit’s diverse communities and ethnic groups by presenting musical acts from around the world. Over its 23-year history, the festival has become a artistic highlight of metro Detroit’s summer festival season, and one of the few free-admission music festivals remaining locally.
World music, including the indigenous music of the Motor City, is the major focus of the Concert of Colors, but not the only focus. The festival also offers ethnic food and merchandise vendors and an annual Forum on Community, Culture and Race, which examines the role of arts and culture in overcoming racial and ethnic barriers.
The Concert of Colors was established by Ismael Ahmed – then head of the Dearborn, Michigan-based human services organization ACCESS – and New Detroit in 1993 as a one-day event at Chene Park on Detroit’s riverfront. The inaugural event drew a modest crowd to Chene Park, but by 1999, some 10,000 music lovers were coming out each year. The festival expanded to three days in 2001, when it was part of the official festivities for Detroit’s 300th birthday, drawing an audience of 100,000. In recent years, annual attendance at the Concert of Colors has been about 80,000.
TILTED AXES' appearance at the Concert of Colors 2015 is made possible through the extra support of The Dearborn Community Arts Council, GAMA - Discover Guitar, Korg USA & VOX Amps, Midtown Detroit Inc., United Sound Systems Recording Studios, Showtime Clothing Detroit, and the ASCAP Plus Awards.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a sponsored project of FRACTURED ATLAS, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Individuals may donate by credit card at the following link: DONATE
Concert of Colors Web Site
www.concertofcolors.com
@TiltedAxes
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APR 01, 2015
New York City, NY
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY
Music for a Theater Space
Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00 PM
Alchemical Theatre Laboratory
104 W 14th Street, New York City
House opens at 7:45 - $5 at door
Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas
TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers in TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS as a means to explore and experiment with new material. Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.
STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY is a performance inside of a theater. This gives the group an opportunity to use the space in a combination of mobile and stationary formations. They will perform new music as well as other pieces from the Tilted repertoire in the form of a narrative. This is the challenge.
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MAR 29, 2015
Brooklyn, NY
Equinox:Sounds
SHAPESHIFTER LAB
18 Whitwell Place
Brooklyn, NY
(646) 820-9452
6:30 - doors open
7:00 - "Duration" movement prologue by Annette Herwander
7:15 - The Downtown Avengers
7:45 - Long Shadows with Rima Fand &....
8:00 - Parias Ensemble performing works by:
Leo Brouwer, Patrick Grant, Dave Soldier, Kevin James, Ravi Kittappa & King Crimson
8:45 - The birth of Jessica Brainstorm with Sarah Small & ....
9:00 - New music duets by Vasko Dukovski & Ben Stapp
More iNFO on the FB Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/468097246672416
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MAR 21 & 22
Royal Oak & Detroit, MI
TILTED AXES DETROIT:
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Upcoming Tilted Axes: Detroit Shows
Previewed in the Metro Times...
Tilted Axes to return to Detroit — and Royal Oak?
By Michael Jackman
"...Tilted Axes? It's the brainchild of Detroit native and New York experimental composer Patrick Grant, a procession of electric guitars playing compositions in public places. Grant has brought the performance, which he's staged in Germany and New York, to Detroit's Cultural Center, and returned last year for the city's 313th birthday.
This year he's back, and his choices are even more interesting, in that he's chosen to participate in larger events that perhaps match the creative spirit of his endeavor.
The axes will be rocking in the Detroit area for three days this March, including March 22, at the Marche du la Nain Rouge (this iteration of Tilted Axes will become the decidedly Francophone "Haches Incliné"), adding to the insurrectionary spirit of the event. His schedule also includes the Bestest Concert Ever IV, on March 21, at the Royal Oak Farmers Market…" Read the full article HERE
Saturday, March 21 - 4th Annual The Bestest Concert Ever
5:00-8:00 PM - Royal Oak Farmers Market
316 E 11 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI
w/Horse Cave Trio, Motor Honey, Candy Band, Evenin' Gentlemen
Activities Include: Rockin the Red Carpet photos, Crazy Hair Salon, Zany Face Painting and a haute couture dress-up station. You can also get your hand immortalized in wax with Creative Arts Studios or play all the instruments you can imagine at the Mccourts Musical Petting Zoo. New this year is Gem Mining with the Miners Den!! Also play games with the Royal Oak High School Drama Club and Band Boosters!! Hungry and thirsty? There will also be some super yummy food available for purchase including Detroit BBQ, Treat Dreams and The Market Cafe. Milking It Productions will also be on hand with their famous AXL Pale Ale and BRIK Red Ale for the over 21 set.
$5 admission - kids welcome
FB event page: http://tinyurl.com/pfrlou8
Sunday, March 22 - Marche du Nain Rouge
1:00-3:00 PM - Midtown Detroit
Beginning at Traffic Jam & Snug (Canfield & 2nd Ave.)
Ending at the Detroit Masonic Temple, 500 Temple St.
Procession route map: http://tinyurl.com/k4ecvlg
Supposedly, for 300 years, on the Sunday after the Vernal Equinox, Detroiters have celebrated liberation from the Nain Rouge, the fiendish embodiment of all that holds us back. Revelers dressed in costume converge at or near Cass Park and hope for better things for Detroit’s future, celebrating whatever is good and working in the city: happiness, success and freedom from the antagonism of the Nain in the new year. Unfortunately, on occasion, the Nain Rouge is able to manifest, and reveals himself to the revelers, taunting them with tales of his evil machinations and plans meant to bring the city down. Just in case, revelers are advised to come in disguise, so the Nain can’t exact revenge.
More info at: http://marchedunainrouge.com/
Performers include: Patrick Grant (NYC), Paula Messner, Skeeto Valdez, Howard Glazer, Rick Matle, Jeff Adams, Bob Kaufman, Chris McGorey, Dean Western, Eric Iverson, Gael Grant, James McGlinnen, John Halo (NYC), John Lovaas (Chicago), Jude Closson, Rob Knevels, Sarah Metevier (Chicago), Erik Grant, Sean Biggs, and others TBA
"Music in urban spaces? We are the Urban Spacemen!" - from a 2012 interview
Tilted Axes: Detroit 2015 is powered by the help and support of VOX amps, KORG/USA, Discover Guitar, Peppergreen Media (ASCAP), Strange Music Inc., Candy Band, Showtime Detroit, The Metro Times, McCourt’s Music Royal Oak, & The Detroit School of Rock and Pop
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FEB 27 & MAR 1, 2015
New York City
TILTED AXES NYC:
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
TUANNA CLAONTA
TILTED AXES: TUANNA CLOANTA
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
St. Pat's For All - 2015 Concert
Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st St, New York City
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
St. Pat's For All - 2015 Parade
1:00pm - Assembly & Remarks
2:00pm - Parade Step-off
WHERE: Sunnyside/Woodside, Queens
- beginning at 43rd Street & Skillman Ave
- and ending at 56th Street & Skillman Ave.
POST-PARADE PARTY: @ Saints & Sinners
60th Street and Roosevelt Ave.
EVENT ORGANIZER: St. Pat's for All
www.stpatsforall.com
"...cherishing all the children of the nation equally..."
Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Easter 1916
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JAN 28, 2015
New York City, NY
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY
Music for a Theater Space
Wednesday, January 28th at 8:00 PM
Alchemical Theatre Laboratory
104 W 14th Street, New York City
House opens at 7:30 - $5 at door
Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Randolph Hudson III, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas
TILT CORE is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of NYC performers in TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS in 2014 as a means to explore and experiment with new material. Its smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger processional projects, Tilt Core is a more agile and easily presentable ensemble as well a its members serving as the creative catalysts for future Tilted Axes work.
STUDIES IN MOTION & VELOCITY is a performance inside of a theater. This gives the group an opportunity to use the space in a combination of mobile and stationary formations. They will perform new music as well as other pieces from the Tilted repertoire in the form of a narrative. This is the challenge.
Facebook Event Page
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Berlin, Germany
New music for film
BERLIN EAST SIDE GALLERY
A feature documentary by Karin Kaper & Dirk Szuszies
Original music by Patrick Grant
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the
East Side Gallery in 2015
The entire story of the longest surviving part of the Berlin Wall
World Premiere on 6th of January 2015 at Kino Babylon Berlin Mitte
Nationwide cinema release on 8th of January 2015
Original version with English subtitles
The longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall is the world's largest open air gallery, attracting millions of visitors from around the world since opening in 1990.
http://www.berlineastsidegalleryfilm.de/
https://www.facebook.com/BerlinEastSideGalleryFilm
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New York, NY
TILTED AXES
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE
The Sound of Burning Chairs
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars'
TILT CORE ~ THE SOUND OF BURNING CHAIRS
A Preview Performance of New Material
Wednesday, December 17th at 10:00 PM
Carta Azul Taqueria & Ceviche Bar
103 W 14th Street, New York City
FREE ADMISSION
Performers: Patrick Grant, Dan Cooper, Matt Grossman, John Halo, Randolph Hudson III, Jeremy Nesse, Cesare Papetti, Reinaldo Perez, & Daniel Reyes-Llinas
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars was created in 2011 by composer/performer Patrick Grant for Make Music New York's inaugural Make Music Winter solstice event. Since then, Tilted Axes has evolved as a project with multiple incarnations in New York, Detroit, and Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2015 the project will manifest itself in performances created in the USA, Europe, and South America.
After performing three years in a row for the December 21st Make Music Winter events, a conscious decision was made to sit this one out in order to prepare for the work ahead in 2015. We will be back!
TILT CORE, in its original intention, is an ensemble drawn from the larger group of performers as a means to explore and experiment with new material without the constraint of an immediate public performance. Its roster can, and should, change seasonally. Tilt Core’s smaller size comes from the concept of "the magic number seven plus or minus two" a.k.a. Miller's Law, the number of objects an average human can hold in working memory. This smaller size, 5-9 members, enhances Tilt Core’s musical and practical possibilities. Outside of the larger Tilted Axes projects, Tilt Core will be a more agile and easily presentable ensemble.
Why this performance then, if performing was never an intention? It is a preview through which all of the standard criteria of an official performance will apply. In whatever city Tilted Axes performs, we discover a local establishment where we can eat, drink, and hold our post-rehearsal discussions. "Where Tilted Axes Relaxes" is how it’s come to be known. In the case of Tilt Core, it’s been Carta Azul Taqueria & Ceviche Bar, directly across the street from the Alchemical Theater Laboratory where Tilt Core rehearses. The owners of Carta Azul, having gotten to know us well over the past couple of months, generously offered us their place to have an informal performance. In other words: it came to us. This performance will bring to completion this phase of Tilt Core 1.0. The project’s 2.0 incarnation will begin early next year.
So here we are, ready to rise to this performance challenge. If you are free, please join us and get a taste of everything Tilted that's in store for the New Year.
More iNFO at ~
http://www.peppergreenmedia.com
https://www.facebook.com/tiltedaxes
https://www.facebook.com/events/601320473327252/
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Düsseldorf, Germany
Tilted Axes Quartet @
NEW DÜSSELDORF POP
Am 27. September findet die dritte Ausgabe der NEW DÜSSELDORF POP im zakk statt. In den kommenden Wochen stellen wir Euch unser Workshop- und Konzertprogramm hier genauer vor.
Wir freuen uns, Euch alle am 27. September im zakk zu sehen!
More iNFO - Mehr iNFO
http://www.new-duesseldorf-pop.de/
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Düsseldorf, Germany
TILTED AXES:
DÜSSELDORF
Musik für Mobile E. Gitarren
More iNFO - Mehr iNFO
http://www.peppergreenmedia.com/TADDorf.html
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EVERYWHERE
International
STRANGE MUSIC DAY
International sTRANGE mUSIC Day Soirée NYC
@ SPECTRUM NYC
121 Ludlow Street
New York, NY
PDF Press Release
More iNFO HERE
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Detroit, MI
TILTED AXES
Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
DETROIT (313)
Presented by the
Detroit Historical Society
for the city's 313th Anniversary
The general application period for participants is now closed.
If you have any questions, please send an email to:
tilted313@peppergreenmedia.com
More iNFO HERE
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JUNE 21, 2014
Cornelia Street,
New York City
In (Key)
New Compositions in Celebration of Terry Riley's "In C" at 50 Years
A co-production of ComposersCollaborative Inc. & Peppergreen Media
In (Key) composers:
"The IN (Key) event sounds wonderful. I am so happy my '1964 daughter' is again pregnant with so many remarkable new children." - Terry Riley
NY TIMES Review - "IN (Key)" - Make Music New York
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/arts/music/on-the-hoof-in-the-city-for-a-day-of-music.html
"IN (Key)" Photo Set on FLICKR
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimba2/sets/72157645306395612/
Additional musicians, sponsors,
& other performance info TBA HERE
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New York City
Premiere
GRAND PRIX
2 violins, cello, piano, keyboard, & percussion
"Grand Prix" for 2 violins (Lynn Bechtold, Mioi Takeda), cello (Jennifer DeVore), piano (Vicky Chow), keyboard (Patrick Grant), & percussion (Roxan Jurkevich). It will be premiered June 13 at the Composers Concordance "Ladies First: Hit It!" concert at the Bohemian National Hall, NYC.
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MAY 23-25, 2014
Bellingham, WA ~ Portland, OR ~ Seattle, WA
Robert Fripp &
The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists IX
What is The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists?
One possible answer is a lot of people making a lot of noise with guitars. Sometimes they even perform in public, as in Spain, Italy, Argentina, and in the USA, in places like Boston, New York City, Bellingham, Portland, and Seattle.
Another possible answer is a specialized study in the self-organizing properties of complex wholes. How does Intelligence act in and through many individuals, coming together as one? What if a high level of Conscious or Creative Intelligence needed to enter this world, what kind of body or vehicle would it need?
The global challenges we face, to be addressed by current and following generations, are beyond the capacity of individuals to meet. Solutions are more likely to be found in groups and networks than in the efforts of individuals acting alone.
The quality of solution required, to problems now of global proportion, is creative; that is, at the level of genius. The solitary, individual genius is, by definition, solitary and individual. The question, then, is how may we cultivate and develop group genius?
Come share in the magic that is the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists!
Tickets now on sale:
Fri May 23, Bellingham WA:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/611567
Sat May 24, Portland OR:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/614157
Sun May 25, Seattle WA:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/614159
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Dessau, Germany
KURT WEILL FEST
"Tweetphonie"
Ahalt tweets in Space
Concert in the Bauhaus Dessau
Conductor: Antony Hermus
Anhaltische Philharmonic Orchestra Dessau
http://www.kurt-weill.de/pages_en/kwf_1_0_0_0.html
Here's an experiment of Bauhausian proportions: If you go to the web site below by March 2nd and tweet a melody of your own that's 140 notes or less, composers in Berlin, Paris, and New York (myself included) will turn them into orchestral miniatures that will be played by the Anhaltische Philharmonic Orchestra Dessau in two concerts on Monday, March 3rd, to be streamed live. It's part of the 2014 Kurt Weill Fest whose theme this year is "Revolution: Weill & the Media."
http://www.tweetfonie.de/
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Cuernavaca, México City
Guitar Circle of North America
directed by Robert Fripp
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New York City
EARLIDS
60x60 NY Minute Mix
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JAN 11-25, 2014
New York City
I am an Opera
Tickets are now on sale for the next run of "I am an Opera" by Joseph Keckler (the Village Voice named him Best Downtown Performance Artist, 2013).
Performances run from Jan. 11th through the 25th at Incubator Arts in NYC. http://incubatorarts.org/iamanopera.html
Written, composed, and performed by Joseph Keckler
Directed by Uwe Mengel
Video in collaboration with Ned Stresen-Reuter and Laura Terruso
Featuring musical arrangements by Dan Bartfield and Patrick Grant
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New York City
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