MOONDOG On The Keys!
Sat, Nov 16
|Epsilon Spires
Join us for an extraordinary night of piano and vocal works by the maverick American Composer Moondog! Presented by his grand-student, trimbist Julian Calv, pianist Alex Stewart, and vocalist/percussionist Sarah Penna.
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Join us for a night of transcendent music featuring piano works by the maverick composer Moondog! Presented by trimbist Julian Calv, pianist Alex Stewart, and vocalist/percussionist Sarah Penna. Moondog's music forms an unexpected link between the resurgent science of counterpoint, Arapaho, Navajo, Blackfoot, and Sioux rhythms and song forms, the art of jazz improvisation, and the beginnings of a repetitive and minimalist aesthetic. Spanning Moondog's career, a variety of compositions will be performed with introductions about the music from Julian-- who studied with Moondog's only student, Stefan Lakatos.
Moondog (1916-1999) was born Louis Thomas Hardin Jr., and was a blind American classical composer, performer, poet, music theoretician, and inventor of musical instruments. His strongly rhythmic, contrapuntal pieces and arrangements influenced composers of minimal music – American composer Steve Reich has called him the "Grandfather of minimalism." He lived in New York City from the late 1940s until 1972, during which time he…
Tickets
MOONDOG On The Keys!
Admission for one to: The Music of MOONDOG! Doors open at 7:00pm, the music begins shortly after 7:15pm. Please let us know if you require special arrangements. Enjoy the program!
$25.00Sliding-Scale Ticket
Ticket for one to MOONDOG On The Keys! General admission is $25. Thanks to a generous grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, subsidized sliding-scale tickets are available for those who self-identify as experiencing financial hardship. In order to make this program accessible for all, we are offering tickets by sliding scale. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can to help support the artists and venue.
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