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ICP Orchestra U.S. Tour

Han Bennink in Austin Texas April 2006
Han Bennink

From the ICP Orchestra:

The world-renowned Amsterdam-based Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra celebrates the release of its recent CD East of the Sun with a 13-date US tour, May 2 – 17, 2015. Performances include:

Saturday, May 2 – Monday, May 4: Constellation, 3111 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL
Tickets: $15 – $20; http://constellation-chicago.com
Mix of performances including ICP Orchestra, mixed groups of ICP players and Chicago players and ICP players with dancers.

Tuesday, May 5: Trinosophes, 1464 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI
8:00 p.m.; Tickets: $10 – $20
http://trinosophes.com; 313-737-6606

Wednesday, May 6 –
Friday, May 8: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
8:00 p.m. each night; Tickets: $25 / $20 students/seniors advance; $30 / $25 students/seniors at door.
http://roulette.org/events; 917-267-0363

Saturday, May 9: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY
8:00 p.m.; Tickets: $10 / $5 members
http://www.albrightknox.org/; 716-882-8700

Monday, May 11: Caspe Terrace, 33158 Ute Avenue, Waukee, IA
7:30 p.m. ; Tickets: $35 / $30 advance
abe@trilixgroup.com; 515-279-6452

Thursday, May 14: The North Door, 502 Brushy Street, Austin, TX
8:00 p.m.; http://www.ndvenue.com/
Presented by Epistrophy Arts – http://epistrophyarts.tumblr.com/

Friday, May 15: Outpost Performance Space, 210 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, NM
7:30 p.m.; Tickets: $25 / $20 members and students
http://outpostspace.org; 505-268-0044

Saturday, May 16: The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Avenue South, Columbia City, WA
7:00 and 9:30 p.m.; Tickets: $20 / $18 Earshot members & seniors / $10 students & veterans
Presented by Earshot Jazz: http://www.earshot.org/Events/Promo_Pages/promo_2015_05_ICP.html; 206-547-6763

Sunday, May 17: Redeemer Lutheran Church, 5431 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR
8:00 p.m.; $15 suggested price (but tickets sold on a sliding scale).
Presented by Creative Music Guild: http://creativemusicguild.org
Tix available at http://icpinportland2015.brownpapertickets.com

The 9-piece Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra has earned worldwide acclaim for its inventiveness, musical genius, and unpredictable stage antics. The group includes world-class improvisers Han Bennink on drums, Michael Moore on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ab Baars on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Tobias Delius on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Thomas Heberer on coronet, Wolter Wierbos on trombone, Tristan Honsinger on cello, Ernst Glerum on bass, and Mary Oliver on viola, violin, vocals.


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