Avant Music News

From ETHEL Central:

ETHEL w/ Quartetto Gelato
Saturday, January 16 @ 8:00PM
Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
*World premiere*
This concert helps launch the new venue’s inaugural season.

Amplified alt-classical NYC string quartet Ethel fuses genre-defying world, blues and classical music, and plays it all with rock-concert intensity. Virtuosic showpieces, relaxed humor, romantic tenor arias, the sizzling energy of tangos and gypsy folk songs, and a World Accordion Champion – this is Quartetto Gelato. This performance will feature the music of Latin America from the quartet’s latest recording CD “Musica Latina”. For more info, visit http://performance.rcmusic.ca/performance/index/year/2010/month/01/day/16/time/2000/venue/koerner.

ETHEL Album Recording
January 21 – 25
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

A private recording of new works composed by children of Native American reservations; as part of ETHEL’s TruckStop® project. Since 2005, ETHEL has served as the Native American Composers Apprentice Project’s (NACAP) Ensemble-in-Residence resulting in several workshops, tours, and performances with children of Native American reservations. From the Navajo and Hopi tribes to schools throughout Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, ETHEL has explored indigenous communities, music, and people that warrant an album recording. CD release date TBA.

ETHEL Educational Concerts/Residences in New Jersey
Monday, February 1 @ 9:00AM – 2:00PM
ETHEL continues its outreach program with a visit to New Jersey schools in New Providence.
9:00AM New Providence High School Auditorium ?35 Pioneer Drive, New Providence, NJ
12:30PM Salt Brook School Gym ?40 Maple Strett, New Providence, NJ
2:00PM A.W. Roberts School Gym ?80 Jones Drive, New Providence, NJ

ETHEL Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert
March 3 @ 7:30PM
Pregones Theater, Bronx, New York

ETHEL continues to provide free concerts as part of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series. For more than 30 years, Carnegie Hall has brought FREE concerts to neighborhoods throughout all five boroughs of New York City. The Neighborhood Concert Series presents concerts for all ages in collaboration with museums, colleges, libraries, community centers, churches, and cultural organizations, with music reflecting the diverse sounds of the City and Carnegie Hall’s quality programming. For more info, visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/art_neighborhood_concerts.html.

ETHEL New Sounds® Live
March 11 @ 7:30PM
Merkin Hall, New York City, New York
*World premiere*

The New Sounds® Live series, hosted by WNYC’s John Schaefer, returns to Merkin Hall for another adventurous season offering new ways to hear the ancient language of song. A collaboration with the string quartet ETHEL and Dutch avant-pop composer Jacob TV in a program sure to surprise and inspire. For more info, visit http://kaufman-center.org/press/releases/2009-2010-season-at-merkin-concert-hall/.

ETHEL Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert
May 13 @ 8:00PM
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Queens, New York

ETHEL continues to host free concerts as part of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series. For more than 30 years, Carnegie Hall has brought FREE concerts to neighborhoods throughout all five boroughs of New York City. The Neighborhood Concert Series presents concerts for all ages in collaboration with museums, colleges, libraries, community centers, churches, and cultural organizations, with music reflecting the diverse sounds of the City and Carnegie Hall’s quality programming. For more info, visit http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/explore_and_learn/art_neighborhood_concerts.html.

ETHEL Lincoln Center Out of Doors
July 28th (Time TBA)
Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, New York City, New York
*World premiere*

ETHEL makes its Lincoln Center Out of Doors debut with ETHEL FAIR: The Songwriters. Soaked in ETHEL’s unique style and sound, the group collaborates with four singer-songwriters and presents original and revamped works. Guests TBA.