Friday, March 2, 2018
8:00 p.m. – Longtime Robert Ashley collaborator, baritone Thomas Buckner, performs works written for him: The Producer Speaks (featuring Neely Bruce on Piano), Tract, and The Mystery of the River (arr. Tom Hamilton), plus a new work written for this celebration by Alvin Lucier entitled, Litany.
CFA Crowell Concert Hall
50 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Saturday, March 3, 2018
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – “Friends and collaborators tell stories about touring and working with Bob”
David Behrman, Tom Buckner, Alvin Lucier
Russell House
350 High Street, Middletown
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Talks about Robert Ashley’s life and work, by Kyle Gann,
Tom Hamilton, and Alex Waterman.
Russell House
350 High Street, Middletown
Kyle Gann, “Eventfulness is really boring”: Robert Ashley as Minimalist
Tom Hamilton, “Push RECORD Before We Change Our Minds: Music Production in Robert Ashley’s Operas
Alex Waterman, “you guys are all" or "there’s something about fourness”
Program order t.b.d.
8:00 p.m. – Performance: Crash
Crash is the last opera written by American maverick Robert Ashley who, throughout his five-decade career, radically redefined the operatic genre. Crash premiered to sold-out houses at the Whitney Museum Biennial in April 2014, just one month after the composer's death, and was given additional performances the next year at Roulette. The performance will feature voices Gelsey Bell, Amirtha Kidambi, Brian McCorkle, Paul Pinto, Dave Ruder and Aliza Simons. Music director, Tom Hamilton. Photos by Philip Makanna.
“Openly autobiographical, revealing, instantly lovable.” -- Steve Smith, New York Times
CFA Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
287 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Sunday, March 4, 2018
1:00 p.m. SHARP – “The Bank”, Episode III of Perfect lives
Varispeed: Gelsey Bell, Brian McCorkle, Paul Pinto, Dave Ruder, Aliza Simons
Movement House
200 High Street, Middletown
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