Quartetto Tomassini takes the listener on an unforgettable journey with a unique sound that combines classical harmonization with a strong Latin beat and improvised sections. The group never plays a piece the same way twice and produces the smooth tube radio sound that enveloped the music of the Forties.

This dynamic lineup proves that it is possible to have it all with just four strings, delivering a solid base line, backgrounds with exquisite rhythm patterns and soaring melodies. Focusing on music not previously arranged for strings, the quartet creates music for all audiences spanning Latin, jazz, American standards and classical styles. Whether playing a concert hall, auditorium or smaller venue, Quartetto Tomassini’s distinctive sound has the power to transport the listener to places undiscovered.

http://www.quartettotomassini.com

Downtown music fixtures Dave Soldier and Jonathan Kane celebrate their dual 60th birthdays with performances by their duo Soldier Kane, maximalist blues drone with Jonathan Kane’s February and a screening of Dave Soldier’s Thai Elephant Orchestra documentary. 

“Any self-respecting fan of downtown music could tell you that a project involving drummer Jonathan Kane and multi-instrumentalist David Soldier is bound to be both intensely eclectic and a whole lot of fun.”

Time Out New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mMlGFjW_yw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFmsPcbb0xU

http://mulatta.org/SoldierKanePage.html

Zach Layton (guitar)
Ian Riggs (bass)
Bradford Reed (drums)

Join Yngvil Vatn Guttu (trumpet), Allen Fogelsanger (piano) and Tim O’Hara (bass) as they return to eastern standard time and prepare for the excitement of election day. The Pretzel Club improvises sound art and music, reflecting and directing the mood of the moment, and invites everyone to come relax in their warm and raucous energy and atmosphere

R. Strauss – “Morgen!” Arr. for Clarinet, Voice and Piano
Feat. Stem Music, Meagan Brus & Silvie Cheng

Camila Agosto - “For Clarinet and Electronics” (World Premiere)

Steven Long - music for solo clarinet (World Premiere)

Ke-Chia Chen - “Song of the Wanderer”
Feat. Grace Han, Piano

Nina C. Young - “Creeping Ivy”
Feat. Izzy Lepanto Gleicher, Flute

Marc Mellits - “Black” for two bass clarinets
Feat. Adrian Sandi, bass clarinet

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American guitarist/composer, Trevor Babb, is a versatile and adventurous musician based in New Haven, CT. He has devoted the majority of his professional energy to contemporary music and performs on classical guitar, electric guitar, and other plucked instruments.

Mr. Babb has received several awards and recognitions including a Fulbright Award, the Yale School of Music’s Eliot Fisk Prize, and top prize in the 2016 Denver Classical Guitar Competition. He has performed throughout the US and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. He has collaborated with the Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra, Caution Tape Sound Collective, New England Chamber Players, New Haven Guitar Quartet, Aeon Ensemble, and the Yale Band.

As a passionate advocate of new music, Trevor actively composes and performs his own music, and has given countless premieres by established and emerging composers. His forthcoming debut recording features original music for multiple electric guitar along with several premiere recordings by emerging composers. Many contemporary music festivals have hosted him as a fellow including the Nief-Norf Summer Festival, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop.

Mr. Babb holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. He also studied for a year at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in Geneva, Switzerland and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Yale School of Music. His principal teachers have been Nicholas Goluses, Benjamin Verdery and Dusan Bogdanovic.

www.trevorbabbguitar.com

Love Every Note is a New York based concert series and performance platform dedicated to preserving the pure essences of art and expression. Through performances and collaborative projects, we bring together those who share this dedication as a way to inspire artists and audiences alike.

Programs are curated on a regular basis, delving into the experimental world of multi-genre work, while also bringing to light new possibilities for the development and context of classical performance. Whether inspired by a line of poetry, a certain movement in the body, or a special moment in time, each program is cultivated based on an overarching idea, and then expanded upon to include traditional, experimental, cross-genre, and multi-media production elements.

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The Trump Card is one man (Matty Tuzynski) grappling, in a titanic struggle, against the monolithic King of Chaos that has in one year either charmed, baffled, or offended every living American: Donald Trump. What makes this person tick? How have we allowed him to come so close to The White House? Matty T. takes the audience on a sweeping journey through the American political experience and Trump’s past with the hope of understanding how power is sustained, myths are created, and what has become of The American Dream.

Matty Tuzynski is a solo performer living in New York City. He is impulsive and self-destructive which makes him good at his job. He has directed the The Vagina Monologues and performed in many shows at The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford including The Seagull, an adaption of Chekhov’s play written by Tuzynski.

Mike Daisey has created and performed critically acclaimed monologues for twenty years. Such works include The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, American Utopias, and The Trump Card which he is currently performing all over the US.

For advanced tickets:

http://thetrumpcardfirehouse.brownpapertickets.com/