Patrick Grant
Latest News on Patrick Grant:
Tilted Axes Will Perform at the LES Festival of the Arts 2024 (May 3, 2024)
GANGRENE, USA: THE MUSICAL Premieres in Toronto (Apr 30, 2024)
TILTED AXES: The Longest Night to Play Make Music Winter NYC (Dec 2, 2023)
Tilted Axes Will Perform at the LES Festival of the Arts 2024 (May 3, 2024)
GANGRENE, USA: THE MUSICAL Premieres in Toronto (Apr 30, 2024)
TILTED AXES: The Longest Night to Play Make Music Winter NYC (Dec 2, 2023)
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PATRICK GRANT is a Detroit-born composer/performer living in New York City and creates music for a wide range of media. In the 90s he worked on the production team for composer John Cage and began producing his first recordings at the studios of Philip Glass. He spearheaded the compositional element of an international project for the Millennium which had him working with Billy Joel and Quincy Jones. Interest in world music brought him to Bali three times to study the gamelan which manifested itself in his work through the use of alternative tunings, ensembles with multiple keyboards, and in his work with Robert Fripp (King Crimson, Brian Eno, David Bowie) & The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists. He was host of the internationally acclaimed podcast Strings and Things and remains musically active in his hometown of Detroit and in cities over three continents. In 2017 he joined the NYU Tisch School of the Arts as an adjunct professor in the Film School.
He has created scores for theatrical visionaries The Living Theatre and Robert Wilson, and music for installations at the Louvre and the musée du Quai Branly in Paris. His music has been applied visually through seven collaborations with the artist Kehinde Wiley, scores for feature documentaries, and music tech seminars.
ISince 2012 he has consistently received ASCAP Plus Awards for continued musical excellence. Recently, he performed as music producer and co-arranger of NYFA Fellow Joseph Keckler's "I am an Opera" for a month of sold-out shows at Dixon Place in NYC.
He is the creator of International Strange Music Day (Aug. 24th) and the 'electric guitar procession' as a genre. he has been granted rights from the Beatles' publishers to create a set of variations on Strawberry Fields Forever for chamber ensemble and rock band.
His music has been performed extensively by theater troupes in Brazil, appearing in the major cities and international festivals there. With radio producer Jocelyn Gonzales he created the MMiX Festival of Interactive Music Technology in NYC, an event co-sponsored by Ableton (LIVE 8), Cycling ’74 (Max/MSP), and WNYC Radio.
He music directed the European premiere of his electronic realization of the Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett opera “Neither” in Vienna. In 2010, Grant returned to Europe and Brazil for new works in concert, theater, and multimedia and created H2Opus: Fluid Soundscapes by Multiple Composers for Make Music New York 2010. Grant also produces content for the new music blog The MMiXdown.
He has created musical scores for the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company in San Francisco (a piece called "the strangest and most ravishing dance of the year" by the SF Chronicle and nominated for Best Dance Score of 2003 by the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards). His work often involves elements found in the natural and physical sciences (Genome: The Autobiography of a Species).
He has been commissioned by the CUNY Graduate Center (BIG BANG 1.0), jointly by the artist Kehinde Wiley (for soprano Shequida), Deitch Projects (Rumors of War), and The Columbus Museum of Art (Historical Black Music Rollercoaster), and the Modern Museum of Fort Worth.
His works have been performed at the Bang on a Can Annual Marathon, MATA - Music at the Anthology, by Gamelan Son of Lion, The CUNY Graduate Center's Science & the Arts series, and the Forum Freies Theater in Germany.
As a presenter, Mr. Grant has produced scores of new music concerts in the alternative spaces of New York City, in art galleries, theaters, factory lofts and clubs, since 1988. He formed his own ensemble, the protean Patrick Grant Group, in 1998.
He is founder and artistic director of Strange Music Inc., an organization dedicated to releasing recordings and presenting compelling new work with performances and installations in New York and around the world. He formed Peppergreen Media in 2011 as a way of broadening music's reach into other media.
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VIDEO: David Davila's TALES FROM HIGHWAY 281 at Intar Theatre's Roots & New Music Festival
by Stage Tube - Nov 19, 2012
Patrick Grant News
Tilted Axes Will Perform at the LES Festival of the Arts 2024
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an ensemble created in 2011 and led by composer Patrick Grant. Now in its 12th season, the project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by the traditions of urban street bands, avant-garde theater, and ancient music.
GANGRENE, USA: THE MUSICAL Premieres in Toronto
A rock n' roll affair à la Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Robert LePage, Gangrene, USA: The Musical is a Faustian horror-comedy spectacle brought to you by producer, Chantelle Han of Barbet Productions, production company behind the award-winning feature film thriller, Peppergrass.
TILTED AXES: The Longest Night to Play Make Music Winter NYC
TILTED AXES: The Longest Night at Make Music Winter NYC features music for mobile electric guitars. Presented by Make Music New York & BXP, the event takes place on Dec. 21 at 601 Lex. Ave. (53rd St.) in The Hugh Plaza (Citicorps Center).
MAKE MUSIC WINTER To Include A Dozen Musical Parades Across NYC
Make Music Winter — the free, outdoor musical celebration with exuberant and participatory processions and performances throughout New York City — has announced the lineup for its winter solstice programs on Thursday, December 21.
Tilted Axes: Memento Mori Announced At The NYC Village Halloween Parade
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars NYC Village comes to Halloween Parade.
Tilted Axes to Open Fall Season with Balawan at Indonesian Consulate Street Festival
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will celebrate the beginning of autumn with music & movement as part of the NYC Indonesian Street Festival in a performance of their latest spectacle EQUINOX. Get all of the performance information here!
Tilted Axes: SUNBURN Solstice Performance Celebrates New Music
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars celebrates the Summer Solstice with music & movement in Cooper Square Plaza with a performance of their latest spectacle SUNBURN, a set of sonic structures comprised of polyrhythmic patterns, post-rock riffing, and contemplative drones.
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?'.
Tilted Axes to Pop-Up With GREEN FORTE In Brooklyn in May
TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will celebrate spring with music & movement in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with a pop-up performance of their latest spectacle GREEN FORTE, a set of sonic structures comprised of polyrhythmic patterns, post-rock riffing, and contemplative drones.
Tilted Axes To Celebrate Earth Day 2023 With NOW. HERE. THIS.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will celebrate Earth Day 2023 with music & movement in two NYC boros with two performances of their latest spectacle NOW. HERE. THIS.
Tilted Axes & California Guitar Trio Collaborate to Present CITY TRIPTYCH
On Sunday, April 2nd, at 12 noon, TILTED AXES & CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO combine forces to perform in various locations around Union Square, NYC.
TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS to Present SPRING THING This Month
On Monday, March 20, 5:00pm-6:00pm, TILTED AXES: MUSIC FOR MOBILE ELECTRIC GUITARS will present SPRING THING, a musical performance and procession in Cooper Square Triangle Park and East Village environs.
WINTER LUMINARIA With Tilted Axes Comes to Sasaki Garden
Winter Luminaria with Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, presented by NYU Faculty Housing Happenings with Make Music Winter, will take place in Sasaki Garden on Wednesday, December 21 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Tilted Axes to Open The Village Trip Festival 2022 With A Musical Procession
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will open The 2022 Village Trip Festival with a musical procession beginning and ending at St. John's in the Village from 2:30pm to 4:00pm on Saturday, September 10th.
Tilted Axes Opens Its Spring Season In New York City
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars opens its spring season in New York City
Innovative Guitar Group Tilted Axes Creates REEL TO REAL For The 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival
To mark the opening of the 60th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, the festival has commissioned a series of musical processions from Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars. Tilted Axes: Reel To Real is named to mark our return to live events in 2022.
Tilted Axes Performs In Herald Square For The Winter Solstice
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presents a participatory winter solstice event at the exact minute winter begins in NYC.
TILTED@10 Celebrating 10 Years Of Tilted Axes to Take Place in December
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will present Tilted@10 - a solstice weekend of performances celebrating 10 years of Tilted Axes. These performances consist of two musical processions in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars to Present UNLIKELY CHARACTERS
On October 23rd, between 11am-1pm, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will present a new performance procession entitled Unlikely Characters in partnership with the 15th Annual HONK NYC! Festival in NYC's East Village.
Tilted Axes Presents FABRICATION A New Performance Created For NYC's Garment District
On October 10th, between 2pm-5pm, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will present a new performance procession entitled Fabrication in partnership with Theaterlab in NYC's Garment District.
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