Joshua
Fried, FF Alumn, at BAM, October 28, 2001
I want you to know: this Sunday afternoon, parts of my HEADSET SEXTET will be
at BAM--the Brooklyn Academy of Music--in the Bang On A Can Marathon concert.
In HEADSET SEXTET high-tech and headphones make performers do raw amazing things, to a throbbing synchronized musical backup. HEADSET SEXTET was the centerpiece of my Saturday night series last Spring at HERE Arts Center, where the staff dubbed it "an experimental gibberish operatic suite."
This time, a 10-minute excerpt will be performed by the Bang On A Can All-Stars, setting aside their usual reeds, keys, drumsticks and fretboards to vocalize, and move around a bit too. A few years ago they took a different excerpt on tour and it turns out they are every bit as splendid doing headphone-driven performance as they are playing their instruments.
I'm up at 2:45 pm but the whole 8-hour event is worth seeing!
BAM and Bang On
A Can present the Bang on a Can Marathon
http://bangonacan.org/marathon.html
Sun, Oct 28, 2-10pm
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217 All-day tickets $25
BAM 2001 Next Wave
Festival 718.636.4100
http://www.bam.org/asp/performance.asp?perfID=BangonaCanMarathon
Ticketmaster 212.307.4100
https://ticketing.ticketmaster.com/cgi/purchasePage.asp?event_id=3003318F841CBC6
DIRECTIONS: BAM
is one block from Flatbush Avenue. Nearby
street parking isn't too hard to find; parking is also
available next to the theatre. $10.00 fee (subject to
change).
By Bambus From
the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, 120
Morris, 120 Park Ave at 42nd St. Departs one hour prior to
performance. Call (718) 636-4100 to make reservations.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
By Subway: 2, 3, 4 D, or Q to
Atlantic Ave. B, N or R to Pacific St. D, M, N, Q or R to
Dekalb Ave. G to Fulton St. 2, 3, 4, or 5 Nevins St.
By Long Island
Railroad Take L.I.R.R. to Flatbush Ave.
terminal
Want to know more? See http://www.echonyc.com/~joshua