CELLIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER/COMPOSER, CREATOR
Featuring Philip Glass, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Jon Batiste, Tenzin Choegyal, Stephen Colbert, Jason Isbell, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Nathaniel Rateliff, featuring the Scorchio Quartet and Patti Smith Band.
‘ThisTree’ is happening NOW at the Prototype Festival
at HERE arts in New York City, January 6-12, 2019
directed by Ellie Heyman
ThisTree….Dappled late-afternoon light bathes a clearing in the hand crafted forest. Sounds of nature gently reverberate. Radical cellist/singer Leah Coloff emerges, trailing a 25 ft. cape of tattered denim. Tracing the secrets of her family history, Coloff, a cross pollination between Laura Ingalls Wilder and Patti Smith, glides between idyllic childhood memories, unanswered questions and her wild ride through fertility treatments. ThisTree weaves autobiographical storytelling, Regular 8 home movies, and Coloff’s signature blend of blues, rock and non-traditional cello playing, supported by an all-female band, to investigate the vantage point of being the last branch on the family tree.
Produced for PROTOTYPE by HERE, a co-production of Beth Morrison Projects and HERE. Commissioned and developed through the HERE Artist Residency Program and a developmental residency at Bethany Arts Community. It is being supported by HERE’s Fund for Women Artists, generously created by Jennifer Suh Whitfield and Benjamin Whitfield.
Read more about the PROTOTYPE Festival: https://nyti.ms/2SC3F7q
Chamber 16 FREE concert at Lincoln Center!
Brahms’s Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano and the Second String Sextet in G Major.
Thursday November 13, 6pm Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center
111 Amsterdam Avenue NYC 10023
Another opportunity to play the lovely Brahms Trio with Mary Bopp and Eric Umble .
Fishman Space Oct 22-Oct 25, 7:30 pm
In this multimedia oratorio by composer Ted Hearne, four singers inhabit a fever-dream assemblage of media to explore the hysteria surrounding Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
The primary-source libretto was culled from Iraq/Afghanistan War Logs. One of the most intense,beautiful and terrifying pieces I have been a part of. The NY Times review describes the power and simplicity of this multi-media experience. http://nyti.ms/1tAjjQb
Composed by Ted Hearne
Libretto by Mark Doten
Directed by Daniel Fish
Vocalists:
Mellissa Hughes Soprano
Samia Mounts Soprano
Isaiah Robinson Tenor
Jonathan Woody Bass-Baritone
Ensemble:
Nathan Koci Music Director/ Conductor/ Keyboards
Courtney Orlando Violin
Anne Lanzilotti Viola
Leah Coloff Cello
Greg Chudzik Bass
Ron Wiltrout Drums
Produced by Beth Morrison Projects
Mary Bopp – piano
Sam Hutcheson – baritone
Sharon Gunderson, Claire Smith – violin
Julie Goodale, Katherine Sinsabaugh – viola
Scott Ballantyne, Clay Ruede, Leah Coloff – cello
St. Peter’s Church
619 Lexington NYC 10022
$20.00
Spectrum 121 Ludlow, floor 2
between Delancey and Rivington: 2 blocks from the F,M,J and Z trains at Essex/Delancey stop. Ring bell for 2.
Last month, I had the pleasure to be a part of Milwaukee’s Present Music ensemble for their Season Finale concert, MULTITUDE.
It was not just a concert, but truly an event with the evening ending in the audience dancing! The founder, artistic director, and conductor, Kevin Stalheim has created an anomaly and phenomenon; Present Music manages to regularly bring to their concerts audiences of 600 and they commission pieces that go on to be established repertoire for new music groups around the world.
“Hearne’s “Warning Song” (2006), “Snowball” (2008) and three postmodern cabaret/art songs from his Delusion Story (2011) completed the program. All are mind-bending, transcendent mash-ups of genres. The greatest, most unforgettable performances of the night were by Leah Coloff, who sang Hearne’s most searing songs while ferociously playing the cello part.” ~ John Schneider, Shepherd Express
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