Interview with Carl Maguire

From Roulette:

Pianist/composer Carl Maguire comes to Roulette on June 6th with the premiere of That Truly Happens : an extended work commissioned by Roulette for his new strings and percussion band with Stephanie Griffin, Alex Waterman, and Dan Weiss. Funding for That Truly Happens has been generously provided by the Jerome Foundation. Carl Maguire is active as a performer and collaborator with a variety of New York creative artists. Since 2001, Carl has led Floriculture. The band plays exclusively Maguire’s compositions, which call on the musicians to integrate extended sections of exact notation with improvisational passages to create a vivid and compelling aural landscape. Donald Elfman says “These are exceptional players, but each man’s every note is at the service of making brilliant, involving music.”

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