Music Program Presents
The Alone Together Concert
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Olin Hall
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Featuring Jason Hwong on violin, Marilyn Crispell on piano, Garfield Moore cello, and Thurman Barker on drums and percussion.
THE ALONE TOGETHER CONCERT is about demonstrating IMPROVISATION AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS. The goal is to use elaboration, extensions, and refinement in order to create art, first by performing solo. Next we demonstrate the intimacy between musician and their instrument; a process musicians go through throughout their career preparing for a performance. The natural acoustics changes from room to room and plays a role in the sound that the instrument produces. The artist has to learn to adjust to the acoustics at hand.
The second half of the concert we play together. "PLAY" in the real sense of chance - taking or competition or simply a game where we are playing around is precisely part of the improvisation process. However, we are not "winging it" or making things up out of thin air. The jazz musician will improvise within a very specific context and there are several devices that are used in the creative process such as repetition, breaks, and vamps and in addition to the four elements of music, melody, harmony tone color and rhythm in coming up with a composition. We are all equal in this experience, because the music is new to us, as is to you. We hope you enjoy the music.
The concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 845-758-7572, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Olin Hall