Robert C. Ford
Birth Place: Doylestown, PA
Latest News on Robert C. Ford:
Composers Concordance to Present ALI BABA & THE 40 THIEVES Electronic Music Event (Apr 13, 2024)
CompCord @ 40 Festival to Continue With '1984' (Apr 4, 2024)
COMPCORD @ 40 Festival to Continue With 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon (Apr 1, 2024)
Composers Concordance to Present ALI BABA & THE 40 THIEVES Electronic Music Event (Apr 13, 2024)
CompCord @ 40 Festival to Continue With '1984' (Apr 4, 2024)
COMPCORD @ 40 Festival to Continue With 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon (Apr 1, 2024)
Robert C. Ford BIO
Robert C. Ford, aka Wall $treet Poet, is a poet and performer based in New York City. He frequently collaborates with Composers Concordance, an eclectic contemporary music organization, and other world class performers for both recorded and live music featuring his words self-narrated or brought to life by accomplished jazz and opera singers.
In 2021 Ford released to critical acclaim The Music Between Us, an album of his poetry reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic, cancel culture and other then-current events, set to music by Charles Coleman (Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra), Mark Kostabi (Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion, Ramones Adios Amigos, Ornette Coleman) and Gene Pritsker (Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul), on Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution. A follow-up album Footprints of Steel, with composers Carli Muñoz (Beach Boys, Eddie Gómez), Gene Pritsker and Jay Rodriguez (Groove Collective, Miles Davis) is expected to be released in the summer of 2024. He also wrote lyrics for Not All Apples Are Blue Color, a 2021 anti-Barbie anthem and video by Take a Pick (Brian DuFord, Milica Paranosic) encouraging people to overcome negative body image, and The Difference Unhappiness, a lyrically solemn but musically upbeat jazz tune on Sound Liberation's 2023 album Better Now, featuring the powerhouse soprano vocals of Adriana Valdés accompanied by Gene Pritsker (guitar), Franz Hackl (trumpet--Outreach Music Festival), and Gerry Brown (drums--Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Clarke, Return to Forever).
Ford has performed at renown NYC venues such as Birdland Jazz Club, The Bitter End, Chelsea Table + Stage, DROM, Greenwich House, Joe's Pub, Nublu, Pangea, Pianos, Le Poisson Rouge, Queens New Music Festival and Theatre 80 as well as Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY), Jazz Club ZWE (Vienna, Austria) and San Diego State University/NWEAMO Festival. In September 2022, he was one of four featured poets to perform at the storied Players Theatre (NYC) with Grammy-award-winning artist Suzanne Vega as part of The [Greenwich] Village Trip Festival.
His poetry set to music has received airplay on jazz and eclectic radio stations including WFMU 91.1 FM (Jersey City, NJ), WPRB 103.3 FM (Princeton, NJ), WRUU 107.5 FM (Savannah, GA) and WMSE 91.7 FM (Milwaukee, WI).
He is a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) with 25+ registered songwriter credits.
Ford's work has appeared in several publications, including Maintenant, the highly acclaimed annual journal of contemporary Dada writing and art, with recent cover art by Chuck Connelly, Mark Kostabi and Fred Tomaselli, published by Three Rooms Press.
His poetry has been featured in short films by the Mexican director Octavio Maya Rocha, including Ascending Volumes, inspired by a painting by Mark Kostabi, and The Call - NYC, where an artist, a musician and a poet bring light to the darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic through their art.
Robert C. Ford News
Composers Concordance to Present ALI BABA & THE 40 THIEVES Electronic Music Event
On May 5th at Rockwood Music Hall, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival will conclude with an electronic music event tilted: 'Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves'. Taking on this Arabic folk-tale, that uses the number 40 in its titled, CompCord challenged composers to make electronic music inspired by the story.
CompCord @ 40 Festival to Continue With '1984'
The 'CompCord @ 40' festival continues with a concert featuring new music compositions which reflect upon the year 1984, when the Composers Concordance series was founded in New York City by composers Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish.
COMPCORD @ 40 Festival to Continue With 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon
On April 23rd at DROM NYC, the 'CompCord @ 40' festival will continue with the 14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
12th Annual CompCord Festival COMPCORD @ 40 to Begin Next Month
Composers Concordance, founded in 1984, is celebrating its 40th season with a four-concert festival all about reaching this amazing milestone.
Composers Concordance & Joe's Pub to Present Vivaldi's Hot House Sound Liberation Feat. Lara St. John
Composers Concordance & Joe's Pub present Vivaldi's Hot House Sound Liberation feat. Lara St. John. A genre-defying concert featuring a repertoire of music inspired by past composers, reinterpreted with jazz, metal, hip-hop, and more.
Composers Concordance Presents Violins & Poems WAR
On February 3rd at 6:30pm at The Delancey, Composers Concordance presents Violins & Poems 'War'. A concert where violinists & poets meet to explore the subject of war.
Composers Concordance to Present CompCord Ensemble at The NWEAMO Festival
Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble at The NWEAMO Festival, featuring a program of new chamber music and premieres. Live stream available on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.
CompCord Ensemble Comes to The NWEAMO Festival This Month
On January 27th at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble @ The NWEAMO Festival. Learn more about the performance and how to stream it here!
Composers Concordance Presents Steps Trio in January
On January 13th at 7pm at Gallery MC, Composers Concordance presents Steps Trio: Carmen Isabel Delgado - flute, Samuel Marchan - viola, and Mara Navas - cello, on a program of exciting new chamber music, including several premieres.
Low Key Chamber Concert #29 'Guitars & Poems' Comes to Greenwich House in December
On December 20th at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Low Key Chamber Concert #29: 'Guitars & Poems'. The program combines chamber music for guitar with poetry performed by the poets themselves.
Composers Concordance to Present GENE AND THE BRASS in December
On Friday, December 1st at 5:30pm, Composers Concordance will present a concert of brass music by composer Gene Pritsker and his friends. Joining Gene for this event are trumpeters Peter Oswald and Franz Hackl, John Clark on horn and Steve Swell on trombone.
Composers Concordance Brings Eclectic Bands to Pangea This Halloween
On Halloween, Tuesday October 31st at 7pm, Composers Concordance brings together three bands, each with distinctive voices and vibes, for an evening of high-velocity music, as well as great food and drink at NYC's hip East Village venue Pangea. Learn more about the concert and find out how to get tickets here!
Composers Concordance to Present Interpretations Of Kostabi Paintings
Composers Concordance will present Interpretations of Kostabi Paintings. Composers, poets, and performers collaborate on new works inspired by the paintings of Mark Kostabi. Live stream available on Composers Concordance's Facebook page.
Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Trio to Perform as Part of Spectrum's Amplified Ambitions Series
Join Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation Trio at Spectrum's Amplified Ambitions Series on October 6th, 2023 in Brooklyn, NY. Experience eclectic trio compositions featuring guitar, moog bass, and drums, accompanied by modern poetry. Don't miss this unique and ambitious performance.
Composers Concordance Presents �¿Gene Pritsker & Bruce Arnold Featuring Judi Silvano Double CD Release Concert
Join Gene Pritsker & Bruce Arnold featuring Judi Silvano for a double CD release concert on October 8th at Silvana's in Harlem, NY. They will perform music from their new albums as well as other compositions and improvisations. The concert will be live streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook page. Don't miss this free event!
Sound Liberation to Present BETTER NOW Album Release Concert in September
Join Sound Liberation for a concert celebrating the release of their album 'Better Now'. Explore their genre-bending sound and musical vision.
Composers Concordance Hosts �¿ CompCord Ensemble Meets Hot Wrk Ensemble
On Saturday, June 24th at 6pm, Composers Concordance presents its fourth annual concert event at the historic Howland Cultural Center - the first building in the City of Beacon, New York to receive the distinction of being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
COMPCORD ENSEMBLE MEETS HOT WRK ENSEMBLE to Play Howland Cultural Center in June
On Saturday, June 24th at 6pm, Composers Concordance will present its fourth annual concert event at the historic Howland Cultural Center - the first building in the City of Beacon, New York to receive the distinction of being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Random Access Music (RAM) to Present the 2023 Queens New Music Festival in May
Random Access Music (RAM) will present the 2023 Queens New Music Festival. The 2023 festival, under the Artistic Direction of Thomas Piercy, will present concerts from May 4th to May 7th at the Secret Theatre in Woodside, Queens.
Composers Concordance to Present A TO Z ELECTRONIC in 11th Annual CompCord Festival
On May 13th Composers Concordance will present A to Z Electronic, the third concert of its 11th annual festival, entitled 'What's In a Name?'.
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