The Reader's Chorus

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February 24, 2015

Broadcast of Upcoming Phenomena
- from -
The Velaslavasay Panorama

 

Sunday, March 01, 2015, 7:00pm
The Reader's Chorus live performance of 
Robert Lax & John Beer's
Black and White Oratorio
$12 General  / $10 VPES Members
Tickets Online at http://thereaderschorus.bpt.me/

 Note: I was Robert Lax’s assistant on the island of Patmos between 1996 and 1998. One night at dinner, Lax mentioned that he was interested in putting together a performance piece based on his abstract color poems ... poems that presented series of color words in rhythmic groupings.  
(John Beer's note taken from the cover page of Black and White Oratorio.) 
 

The Reader’s Chorus consists of composers and musicians, visual artists and filmmakers, writers and poets. The Chorus was initially brought together by poets Anthony McCann and Joshua Beckman last year to perform Robert Lax and John Beer's Black and White Oratorio, which previously had only been performed twice--once in Switzerland in the late 90s and then again in 2004, in Chicago. Inspired by this hallucinogenic poem, Sara Roberts and Jordan Biren recruited a dedicated corps to experiment with timbral combinations, rhythms, and the spatialization of voices. Since then, members have been creating new works for the Chorus to develop and arrange.

Personnel:
Casey Anderson, Jordan Biren, Kate Brown, John Burtle, Clay Chaplin, Tuni Chatterji, Corey Fogel, Morgan Gerstmar, Jen Hutton, James Klopfleisch, Todd Lerew, Manuel Lima, Heather Lockie, Sara Roberts, Mady Schutzman, Haruko Tanaka, Christine Tavolacci

Special Thanks to the Robert Lax Literary Trust

 

 

Friday, March 13th, 2015, 8:00pm
Italian and Angelino
Marco Fusi on violin
$12 General / $10 VPES Members
Tickets Online at http://marcofusi.bpt.me/

 

wasteLAnd music presents a concert of music from Italy and Southern California performed by Italian violinist, violist, and viola d'amore player, Marco Fusi. Marco Fusi will be in L.A. on a US tour and his concert will feature music by Italian Perluigi Billone and a collection of young Californians, including Scott Worthington and Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh.

wasteLAnd is a L.A. based concert series dedicated to promoting the composers and performers of Southern California. In addition to this, wasteLAnd seeks to help support passing performers of similar interest in their travels through Southern California.

 

Friday, March 20, 2015, 7:30pm
Mush! To The Movies!
Nanook of The North
preceded by
The Idea of North & Untitled (Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica)
$10 General
Tickets Online

 

Nanook of the North
US, 1922, 79 min., B&W, Digital Projection
Directed by Robert Flaherty
Silent with score by Timothy Brock

In this groundbreaking work, Flaherty essentially originated the common form of documentary in telling the tale of Nanook and Nyla - glimpses into the life of a protagonist as he faces challenges in nature. 

Preceded by:

The Idea of North
US, 1995, 14 min., B&W, 16mm Projection
Directed by Rebecca Baron

Untitled (Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica) 
Antarctica, 2005, 4.5 min., Digital Projection
Directed by Connie Samaras

*Free tickets available for current VPES Members with advanced RSVP to event@panoramaonview.org*
 

 

The Velaslavasay Panorama
1122 W. 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-746-2166
event@panoramaonview.org
www.panoramaonview.org