MUSIC OF INVENTION: 2006-07


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A JOINT PRESENTATION OF
  • The Black Box of Asbury Park and
  • The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art
    501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
  • Thursday 10-19-06
    Cygnus Ensemble with guest vocalist Haleh Abghari
    Anderson's playing is of a very high order of dexterity, virtuosity, and brilliance, and is indicative of the tremendous advances made in guitar technique over the past four decades.
    -- Fanfare magazine more
    Thursday 11-9-06
    Monica Mcintyre
    and Friends
    From the second Monica McIntyre's bow hits the cello, it starts to sing...She pulls, tugs, strums, and riffs, building powerful chords and melodies in perhaps the most unorthodox manner seen in a cellist yet.
    --Greg Trout, Magnaphone Magazine more
    Friday 12-8-06
    Car Music Project
    If Harry Partch had been a mechanic, then it looks like these guys would have been his race team. Gives new meaning to the phrase garage band, don't you think?
    --dev.soundscapes.com more
    Friday 1-12-07
    Carlton Wilkinson Ensemble
    Composer, songwriter, pianist, music theorist, university educator, music journalist and producer of the Music of Invention series, with special guests more
    Friday 2-9-07
    Special Guest TBA
    . . . Friday 3-9-07
    Douce (Gisburg, Painson)
    [T]he group's expansive, seductively twisting melodies, its bright keyboard sounds and Gisburg's extraordinary range and agility give the band a distinctive, irresistible sound.
    -- The New York Times more
    Friday 4-13-07
    Harry Partch Ensemble
    The extent to which an individual can resist being blindly led by tradition is a good measure of his vitality.
    -- Harry Partch


    [T]he most original and powerful contribution to dramatic music on this continent.
    -- Jacques Barzun, critic
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    Friday 5-11-07
    Stanley Alexandrowicz, guitar, Sungji Kim, soprano
    Repertoire of startling originality and rare beauty, brought to light in flawless performances more




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