Evan Smith: The Range of the Saxophonist
Evan Smith is one of the bright lights in Seattle’s new music and jazz scene. Omar Willey writes some thoughts on his performances at IMPfest and recently at The Box is Empty concert at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford.
The 5th Annual IMP Fest bows tonight in the U District
The Improvised Music Project bring IMPfest back to Seattle for its fifth year. This year: a new venue, and new guests.
Paul S. Williams: The Size of Life Itself
Andrew Hamlin pens a beautiful tribute to Crawdaddy! founder and mensch, Paul S. Williams.
Fado Comes to Seattle: Ana Moura visits Meany Hall Saturday
Ana Moura brings the newly revived spirit of fado to Seattle audiences.
Gender Rocked: A Conversation With The Women Behind These Streets
By the time of this writing, it would be pretty remarkable if you haven’t heard about Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley’s These Streets, the creative duo’s new rock music theatrical experience that is opening at ACT.The scale of their promotional effort is as impressive as everything else about the project. This is due, in no small part, to the women behind the project, with whom The Seattle Star’s José Amador had an opportunity to have a discussion.
Michelle Witt’s UW World Series: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Thoughts about the UW World Series so far under new leader Michelle Witt.
The Finest Work Songs: Jürg Koch and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
In the middle of an intense and challenging tech week, Koch was kind enough to provide some insights on collaboration in dance, choreography, and his version of Rite of Spring, which promises to be exciting on a number of levels.
Reclaiming Elitism
Thoughtful communities should always value judgment over opinion. Popularity is not a judgment and should never concern anyone thinking about what is beautiful. Push come to shove, I will always encourage what is beautiful over what is popular.
Welcoming the Return of the Light: Unsilent Night 2012
According to the “Unsilent Night” website, Phil Kline composed the piece in 1992, originally as a one-time way to bring back the experience of caroling and combine it “with his love of experimental music.” Because he was working with boomboxes, he wrote the piece to last 45 minutes, or the length of one side of a cassette tape.
The Finest Work Songs: Alan Lau and Susie Kozawa
On October 18th, Alan Lau and Susie Kozawa (longtime collaborators and working artists) will be revisiting a piece that they originally presented at the Seattle Art Museum in 1996. Lau’s part, initially a response to the Seattle Art Museum’s exhibit “In The American Grain,” will provide a reading poetry as well as words from four modernist American artists, while Kozawa will respond to Lau’s poetry as well as the space itself. Over e-mail, I asked the two to talk about their experiences with artistic collaboration, their experience with this piece, and with each other.
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