"I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat." –Wes Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)
For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On February 27th at 7pm, Composers Concordance brings together two exceptional guitar quartets to premiere new compositions and to celebrate the centennial of the iconic guitarist Wes Montgomery. Featured on the program are the ensembles My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama: Bruce Arnold, Greg Baker, Jane Getter, and Gene Pritsker - guitars, and Bodies Electric: William Anderson, John Chang, Adam Negrin, and Kyle Miller - guitars.
Newly commissioned by Composers Concordance, with the support of a grant from New York State Council on the Arts, 'Evanesce' by composer Jane Getter will be premiered. Send-ups to Wes Montgomery and Frank Zappa, by Bruce Arnold and Gene Pritsker, will also be featured, plus compositions by Willam Anderson, Greg Baker, Frank Brickle, Dan Cooper, Kyle Miller, Alba Potes, and Amanda Sedgwick.
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The Hourglass
The Rat NYC (11/1 - 11/2) | ||
Dvorak: Chamber Music Survey, Sullivan Qt
Bohemian National Hall NYC (11/12 - 11/12) CONCERT | ||
Goodbye Doctor
The Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre: A.R.T./New York Theatres (10/24 - 11/3) NEW PLAY
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3rd Gen- A survivor's Story
KnJ Theater (11/16 - 11/17)
PHOTOS
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Learning to Human
Theatre Row (11/6 - 11/6) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
PHOTOS
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Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 12/30) | ||
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Stag & Lion Theatre (10/9 - 10/27) | ||
Dreams on 81
The Secret Theatre (11/14 - 11/16) NEW PLAY | ||
The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective NYC (10/25 - 10/25) | ||
Tin Church
Chain Theatre (10/23 - 11/23) NEW PLAY
PHOTOS
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Cool Stories vol 9
Marjorie S Deane Little/The YMCA (11/22 - 11/22) COMEDY NEW PLAY | ||
Kiss Me While We Have the Chance
The Green Room 42 (10/28 - 10/28) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
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Kirill Yurovskiy: Sanctions in Modern Diplomacy
The Theater Center (7/3 - 11/17) | ||
The Room of Falsehood!
Under St Marks (10/10 - 1/1) | ||
Impossible but True
Brooklyn Tavern Theater (10/4 - 10/24) | ||
If You Hadn't, But You Did...songs of love, sex, and murder
Don't Tell Mama NYC (2/23 - 2/23) | ||
The Prom
John Cullum Theatre (11/15 - 11/24) | ||
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