Fame & PdotC release video for "Blurry Pictures" featuring Felly

Check out the newest video from Fame & PdotC X Felly!

Ralph Farris' new ensemble "Firewood" to take part in Gallim Dance residency at The Met

Ralph Farris' new ensemble, "Firewood", a "superband" of Juilliard-trained virtuoso violist-composers: Farris, Stephanie Griffin, Jessica Meyer and Lev Ljova, will make their first performances as part of the World Premier of Gallim Dance's Stone Skipping, at The Metropolitan Museum's Temple of Dendur on October 28 and 29, 2017.

The work is part of Gallim Dance Artistic Director Andrea Miller's residency at The Met in collaboration with composer Phil Kline as well as Juilliard's dance program. Miller's residency marks the first for a choreographer at The Met, where she plans to create "new works designed to engage with the Museum’s galleries and great spaces." Stone Skipping, composed by Phil Kline, is planned as a site-specific work for The Temple of Dendur and will provoke a "conversation with the temple [exploring] its multifaceted journey from Egypt to New York City, as well as from temple to artifact, [evoking] our own human experience and environmental footprints."

Tickets and info here.

Upcoming Yosvany Terry Tour Dates

Yosvany Terry puts his Afro-Cuban Sextet on the road at the end of January with three dates in the Virginias. The band is made up of Yosvany Terry (alto & soprano saxophones, checker), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet), Manuel Valera (piano), Yunior Terry (bass), Ludwig Afonso (drums), and Mauricio Herrera (percussion). The tour is ponsored in part by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Jazz Touring Network, which is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts' Regional Touring Program. Click the links below for ticket info.

Yosvany Terry

Afro-Cuban Sextet

January 26 - Carnegie Hall - Lewisburg, WV

January 27 - Jefferson Center - Roanoke, VA

January 28 - Modlin Center for the Arts - Richmond, VA

Andy Clausen scores upcoming film "5 Doctors"

Andy Clausen wrote original music for the upcoming picture 5 Doctors, premiering at the Austin Film Festival in October. The film tells the story of Spencer, a struggling comedian and hypochondriac convinced that he’s dying from a bizarre array of symptoms. The score features performances by Jake Sherman, Jason Burger, Alex Wintz, Spencer Eugene Stewart, Gregg BelisleChi, Riley Mulherkar and Andrew Gutauskas.

The Great Song Cycle Begins!

The Great Song Cycle

August 2 – Portland, OR House Concert
August 6 – Eugene, OR Eugene Saturday Market
August 6 – Cottage Grove, OR The Axe & Fiddle Public House
August 12 – Arcata, CA The Sanctuary
August 17 – Petaluma, CA Kala Brand Factory Tour
August 19 – Oakland, CA The Octopus Literary Salon
August 20 – San Francisco, CA Red Poppy Art House        
August 24 – Aptos, CA Santa Cruz Coffee Company
August 25 – Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Coffee Company
August 25 – Capitola, CA Zizzo's Coffeehouse & Wine Bar
August 28 – Carmel, CA Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula
September 6 – Newport Beach, CA TBD
September 8 – Los Angeles, CA TBD

Ralph Farris to receive honorary degree

Denison University has announced that Ralph Farris, together with his fellow members of ETHEL, will receive an honorary degree at next year's commencement exercises. Farris is a founding member of the adventurous string quartet, currently in-residence at Dennison. ETHEL was founded n 1998, and known for performing works by its own members as well as those by Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, John Zorn, Steve Reich, Don Byron and Terry Riley. Read more here.

Gardens In My Mind is out today!

Joanna Wallfisch's third album, Gardens In My Mind is out today on Sunnyside Records. Grab a copy on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp or directly from Sunnyside Records.

And don't miss the Album Release Concert at National Sawdust on July 31st at 7pm. TICKETS