Join In at Long Play’s FREE IN FORT GREENE SERIES!
It's almost here, just TWO MORE DAYS in Fort Greene Park on Saturday at 4:30pm, will you be able to join in?
Michael Gordon is a master of the elemental, building massive structures out of simple materials. Field of Vision, his new outdoor installation for 36 percussionists from the University of Michigan, led by Doug Perkins combines movement and the intense punctuations of metals and drums into an emotionally shattering ritual of dramatic precision and grace.
This is a FREE performance! It will take place near the monument in the center of Ft Greene Park.
In addition to Field of Vision, there are also artist talks at the Center for Fiction, including:
There are Black Composers in the Future (Sat May 6, 2pm) A wide-ranging discussion of the past, present and future or contemporary music with George Lewis, Hannah Kendall, Jessie Cox, and Donna Lee Davidson. This is a free event!
Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards in Conversation (Sun May 7, 3pm) In advance of the reunion concert of Very Very Circus, his renowned ensemble from the early 1990s, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Henry Threadgill sits down for a conversation with the writer and scholar Brent Hayes Edwards. They will read selections from Threadgill’s autobiography, Easily Slip into Another World (published this month by Knopf), and discuss the genesis of Threadgill’s infectious music for Very Very Circus as well as his long career as an acclaimed contemporary composer and bandleader.
Annea Lockwood and Sam Green in conversation (Sun May 7, 5pm) A conversation with composer Annea Lockwood and filmmaker Sam Green, discussing Lockwood’s belief in the importance of listening with the environment rather than to it (a subject which is showcased in Green’s film 32 SOUNDS, now screening at the Film Forum).
AND FREE CONCERTS from 1-6pm at the BAM Cafe, including performances by Eliana Glass, Adam O'Farrill, Patricia Brennan, and June McDoom.
We would love to see you for the festival and thank you so much for promoting our efforts! Please let me know if you're planning to join us. And bring your friends!