Portland Ovations brings the performing arts to the streets during the October 7th First Friday Art Walk with a performance along Congress Street by Asphalt Orchestra.
Asphalt Orchestra, a radical new street band that pulls innovative music from concert halls, rock clubs and jazz basements and delivers it to the masses by performing on the streets and beyond, is made up of some of New York City's most exciting rock, jazz and classical players. Since debuting at the 2009 Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival in New York, Asphalt Orchestra has performed at London's
Barbican Centre, the TED Women conference in Washington D.C. and throughout the East Coast and Canada. With a repertoire featuring Bjork,
Frank Zappa,
David Byrne and
Annie Clark,
Yoko Ono, Goran Bregovic and even Swedish metal band Meshuggah the Philadelphia Inquirer was correct in stating, "not your mother's marching band."
Garnering praise from The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Economist,
New York Magazine and described as, "an iconoclastic 12 piece marching band...part parade spectacle, part halftime show and part cutting-edge contemporary music concert," by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times, Asphalt Orchestra should fit right in with the vibrant creative crowds of Portland's First Friday Art Walk.
If you miss the Portland Ovations presentation, Asphalt Orchestra will be in residence at the Olin Arts Center at Bates College (
www.batestickets.com) from October 6th through the 8th.
About Portland Ovations
Each year since 1931, Portland Ovations brings a dynamic season of exceptional performing artists from around the world to Maine including classical music, jazz, opera, dance, theater, and Broadway national tours. In addition to live performances, Ovations brings the exhilaration of the performing arts out into our community with season-long educational and outreach activities known as Ovations Offstage. A Maine-based non-profit, Portland Ovations contributes to the cultural, social and economic well-being of our community by presenting an array of high quality performing artists from around the world and creating diverse educational experiences that bring the enjoyment, energy and enrichment of the arts to all.
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