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UPCOMING EVENTS: Soup & Sound AROUND BROOKLYN 2021
PRESENTED with SUPPORT of the BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL, LINCOLN CENTER, and GREENWICH HOUSE MUSIC SCHOOL
Aug. 28 MELANIE DYER w/ poet BONITA PENN and bassist KEN FILIANO
live event at the Clifton Place Memorial Garden and Park (1031 Bedford Ave.–b/n Clifton & Greene). FREE! 6pm. SOUP & SOUND will bring Aunt Magda’s cold Hungarian cherry soup for you to enjoy!
*PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE GARDEN!
Melanie Dyer (viola), Bonita Lee Penn (poetry), Ken Filiano (bass). Dyer and Filiano are well known & loved by Soup & Sound’s music audience (and both play in WeFreeStrings on Sept 11 at Lincoln Center). Bonita Lee Penn is right in that spirit, a fabulous poet, orator, educator who comes to Brooklyn from Pittsburgh, PA. Real deal medicine. And Clifton Place Memorial Garden and Park is a jewel.
Sept 11, 7 p.m. WE FREE STRINGS + AMIRTHA KIDAMBI’S ELDER ONES: at Lincoln Center Hearst Plaza
*PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
WeFreeStrings–GWEN LASTER & CHARLES BURNHAM (violins), MELANIE DYER (viola), ALEX WATERMAN (cello), KEN FILIANO (bass), MICHAEL WIMBERLY (drums)
AMIRTHA KIDAMBI’S ELDER ONES: AMIRTHA KIDAMBI (voice/harmonium), MATT NELSON (saxophone), EVA LAWITTS (bass), MAX JAFFE (drums/electronics)
Sept 18 JAMES BRANDON LEWIS/CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN
live performance, time/location tba
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS (tenor saxophone), CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN (cello)
Sept 24 AMIRTHA KIDAMBI/DARIUS JONES
live performance, time/location tba
AMIRTHA KIDAMBI (voice, harmonium), DARIUS JONES (alto saxophone)
Sept 25, 5 p.m. INGRID LAUBROCK/TOM RAINEY
live performance, location tba
INGRID LAUBROCK (tenor & soprano saxophones), TOM RAINEY (drums)
Oct 2 M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
Oct 4 ROBERT DICK/URSEL SCHLICHT w/ ANDREW DRURY
This will be a video. We will announce how to watch and listen to it.
ROBERT DICK (flutes), URSEL SCHLICHT (piano, visiting from Kassel), ANDREW DRURY (percussion)
Oct 9 SAM NEWSOME’S CHAOS THEORY UNIT
time/location tba
SAM NEWSOME, CATHERINE SIKORA MINGUS, DON CHAPMAN, and CAROLINE DAVIS (soprano saxophones)
Oct 23 SARA SCHOENBECK solo & duo w/ ANDREW DRURY
SARA SCHOENBECK (bassoon), ANDREW DRURY (percussion)
Nov. 6 The DANCE CLARINETS play OLIVER LAKE
video–tba
OLIVER LAKE arranged five of his compositions for Big Band for this ensemble which is led by fellow BAG/St. Louisian, J. D. PARRAN. During the pandemic the band recorded the music and band member LEE ODOM made the video.
Performers include KEN MEYER, RANDOLPH MURPHY, ERIC JUBERG, DON SLATOFF, ISAIAH RICHARDSON JR., PETER HESS, MICHAEL MOSS, PAUL AUSTERLITZ, ALEXIS MARCELO, IVAN BARENBOIM, LEE ODOM, RICHARD COHEN, FRANK VACIN, D ZISL SLEPOVITCH, MARTY EHRLICH, ALEXIS MARCELO, BAM RODRIGUEZ, ISMAIL BAIZ, AND J. D. PARRAN. Special thanks to BRYCE SEBASTIEN.
co-presented in partnership with Greenwich House Music School
Nov. 13 SHOKO NAGAI/SATOSHI TAKEISHI
SHOKO NAGAI (piano, accordion, electronics), SATOSHI TAKEISHI (percussion)
Nov. 20 LAMEROL GATEWOOD
video
Painter LAMEROL GATEWOOD has a very musical approach to his work, and has deep ties with musicians from his hometown of St. Louis
Dec 4: ANDREW DRURY VIDEOS:
WARREN SMITH/ANDREW DRURY duo, filmed by SARA PETTINELLA
+ CONTENT PROVIDER (w/ INGRID LAUBROCK, BRIGGAN KRAUSS, BRANDON SEABROOK)
Andrew Drury’s Content Provider
Dec 11 RAS MOSHE BURNETT
video
RAS MOSHE BURNETT improvises in outdoor settings in Vermont and East New York, Brooklyn, and talks about his roots in both places, highlighting his grandfather, a musician came from Jamaica to East New York and who played with many of the greats in the 1930s and 1940s.
Soup & Sound AROUND BROOKLYN 2021 is made possible by public funds from the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Statewide Community Regrants Program, as well as from a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, both administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.
SOUP & SOUND ONLINE VIDEO SERIES from 2020/21–click here or search “Soup & Sound Online” on vimeo
SARAH HUGHES–3 SOLOS
SOLO MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING, VIDEO
An intrepid multi-reed instrumentalist from the Washington, DC area, SARAH HUGHES extends her canvas in three intimate solo improvisations by employing alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet, guitar, and violin. As if that weren’t enough her work sets itself amidst her exuberant watercolor paintings and in outdoor and indoor environments. She also makes her debut as a dancer and video maker.
DANA JESSEN/ELI STINE–THROUGH A FRAGILE TRAVERSE
ANIMATION, BASSOON, PERCUSSION, VOICE, ELECTRONICS
Chamber musician, improviser, and bassoon soloist DANA JESSEN collaborates with composer/programmer ELI STINE on a traverse through another world via animation, sound, and video.
Jessen is busy reimagining contexts and practices for bassoon performance, working with a wide range of luminaries along her way, including George Lewis, Pamela Z, Michael Gordon, Paula Matthusen, Frank Gratkowski, and her own ensemble Splinter Reeds. Stine works in a number of digital spheres, writing his own programs to create visual and sonic work that has been presented world-wide. Both are faculty at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio.
FAY VICTOR–MUTATIONS FOR JUSTICE
Composer/vocalist/bandleader FAY VICTOR nestles razor sharp political commentary in a lush bed of danceable grooves and wide open vistas of funk and free improvisation with a quintet featuring MAZZ SWIFT(violin), CHRIS WILLIAMS (cornet), LUKE STEWART (bass), and JASON NAZARY (drums). Victor encompasses a distinctive vocalizing, language, and performing approach with the foundation of the jazz vocal idiom, now encompassing an “everything is everything” aesthetic bringing in references that span the globe.
MARA ROSENBLOOM AFFINITY TRIO
Pianist/composer MARA ROSENBLOOM creates work that is lucid and deep with her improvising Affinity Trio featuring MELANIE DYER (viola) and SAM NEWSOME (soprano sax/percussion). Rosenbloom has spent the past decade in New York City, creating a distinctive body of work and establishing herself as a vibrant and respected part of the city’s diverse network of jazz & improvised music communities.
JUDITH INSELL–JUMP OFF THIS BRIDGE
Multi-media improvisations by the Jump Off This Bridge collective with JUDITH INSELL (viola), ELI ASHER (trumpet), VIRG DZURINKO (piano), LEONID GALAGANOV (percussion) and special guest JEFF SCHLANGER (musicWitness®: Visual Art)
Judith Insell, a New York native, has been an active member of the New York jazz, classical, and pop scene since the mid nineties. Lee Konitz, Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Antonio Hart, and Miguel Zenon are just a few of the many jazz greats with whom Ms. Insell has had the pleasure of performing and recording. Ms. Insell has also had an active career on the “pop” music scene performing and recording with artists Beyonce Knowles, India.Arie, Jessica Simpson, and “Joe.” As a member of the “Soldier String Quartet,” she was on an extensive world tour with rock legend John Cale throughout the nineties.
ANDREA WOLPER–2 SHORT VIDEOS:
12:10 to Smithtown
written and performed by Andrea Wolper / Ken Filiano, bass / Kenneth Jimenez, videography
Walk! Wait!
composed and performed by Andrea Wolper / Video by Sujata Subrmanian and Andrea Wolper
To call Andrea Wolper a “vocalist,” while accurate, doesn’t do justice to an artist whose performance spans a continuum from the American songbook to free improvisation and spoken word. A songwriter who has been awarded several composition residencies, she’s also the author of two books in different fields, a published poet and journalist, a political activist, a teacher. She is a gifted storyteller who has worked internationally as a bandleader, co-leader, or side person with numerous artists including Connie Crothers, Ron Affif, Kris Davis, Michael Howell, Jay Clayton, William Parker, and Ken Filiano to name just a few.
www.andreawolper.com
AYAKO KANDA & MIYAMA MCQUEEN-TOKITA
IMPROVISATION with VOICE and KOTO
AYAKO KANDA (voice) & MIYAMA MCQUEEN-TOKITA (koto)
A multi-faceted 63 minute improvisation by two intrepid explorers who uncover new sonic soulscapes via two ancient instruments, voice and koto. At 63 minutes this video is longer than many people will want to watch so feel free to skip around, or to watch a bit, put it aside, and return later. The music moves in a variety of different directions and will reward careful attention.
Performed by AYAKO KANDA (voice) and MIYAMA MCQUEEN-TOKITA (koto). Videography by M. YOSHIHISA. Recorded live at No Room For Squares, Shimokitazawa district of Tokyo.
JOSEPH DALEY: “COLORATIONS-EXPLORATIONS” featuring WARREN SMITH
performed by the Dance Clarinets, directed by J. D. Parran
video by Lee Odom
https://vimeo.com/499902070
This composition was commissioned by the Greenwich House Music School for performance by their resident Dance Clarinets ensemble. Composer Joseph Daley orchestrated it for a 25 member ensemble featuring Warren Smith on percussion, 18 clarinets of various ranges, plus rhythm section, all under the direction of J. D. Parran. Colorations was recorded (audio and video) one musician at a time, then edited and mixed into a video presentation by LEE ODOM, assisted by audio engineer ANDREW JORDAN. Special thanks to MICHAEL LYTLE who assisted in an earlier phase of the project.
Personnel: WARREN SMITH (vibraphone, glockenspiel, gongs, bass drum), J. D. PARRAN (ensemble director, alto clarinet), LEE ODOM (clarinet, video editor), PETER HESS (alto clarinet), PAUL AUSTERLITZ (contrabass clarinet), IVAN BARENBOIM (contrabass clarinet), RICHARD COHEN (clarinet), CLAIRE DALY (clarinet), MARTY EHRLICH (bass clarinet), STEVE ELSON (contrabass clarinet), ERIC JUBERG (clarinet), KEN MEYER (clarinet), MICHAEL MOSS (clarinet), RANDOLPH MURPHY (clarinet), ISAIAH RICHARDSON JR. (clarinet), DON SLATOFF (bass clarinet), D. “ZISL” SLEPOVITCH (basset horn), NANCY WOOD (clarinet), FRANK VACIN (contrabass clarinet), ALEXIS MARCELO (piano), BRYCE SEBASTIEN (bass), ANDREW DRURY (drum set).
Presented in partnership with Greenwich House Music School.
ANAÏS MAVIEL–SOLOS
CLICK IMAGE TO SEE VIDEO
Anaïs Maviel is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, writer and community facilitator whose work focuses on the function of music as essential to settling common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating utopian future. Involved at the crossroads of mediums –music, visual art, dance, theater, and performance art—she has been an in-demand creative force for artists such as William Parker, Daria Faïn, Shelley Hirsh, César Alvarez, Steffani Jemison and Is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to large ensembles, music direction of cross-disciplinary works, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act.
ANDREA WOLPER–THE EVENTUALITY OF ANDROIDS
Spoken word written and performed by ANDREA WOLPER. Video by KENNETH JIMENEZ. Music improvised by MAZZ SWIFT (violin), ADAM CAINE (guitar), KEN FILIANO (bass), MICHAEL TA THOMPSON (percussion). Conceived and edited by ANDREA WOLPER. Actor, JOANNE HENRIQUEZ
royal hartigan blood drum spirit
blood drum spirit in Ghana with Tijan and Isaac Dorwana on balafons. photo by Sara Pettinella
“filmmaker sara pettinella captures the ways blood drum spirit – pianist art hirahara, bassist wes brown, saxophonist david bindman, and drummer royal hartigan – connect creative music in the african american tradition to the global cultures of africa, asia, and the americas. this is accomplished through an exploration of west african rhythms, forms, song and drum melodies, asian gong music, and indigenous approaches to life and expression, all brought into a personal style they have developed over decades.”
ANDREW DRURY TENTET: WHAT IT ALL COULD BE
(IN PROGRESS)
*To watch the video go to www.vimeo.com and search “Soup & Sound Online.” This site is having a technical problem and for now we can’t provide the link here.
A rough draft, a 30 minute preview, of a longer music/film that will be released later in 2021. Featuring video, musical composition, and drumming by ANDREW DRURY with musical performance his tentet: JASON KAO HWANG (violin), STEPHANIE GRIFFIN (viola), TOMEKA REID (cello), KEN FILIANO (bass), THOMAS HEBERER (trumpet), KU-UMBA FRANK LACY (trombone), J.D. PARRAN (contra-alto clarinet/flute), BRANDON SEABROOK (guitar), ALEXIS MARCELO (piano).
Soup & Sound and Different Track Productions are programs of Continuum Culture & Arts, a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization. www.continuumculture.org
Soup & Sound Online is made possible by public funds from the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, both administered in Kings County by Brooklyn Arts Council.
