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REVELS SALON 2007-2008 Season Eclectic in Content, Social in Nature |
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October
19,
2007 Tatiana Sarbinska: Bulgarian Folk Song Traditions: dissonance, vocal styles and rhythms (in anticipation of the 2007 Christmas Revels) Tatiana Sarbinska is a world-renowned Balkan vocalist and teacher and was instrumental in shaping the Balkan material you will see onstage at Sanders Theatre this year as part of the 37th annual Christmas Revels. For many years, she was the featured soloist of the internationally acclaimed Pirin Ensemble. With Pirin, she toured extensively and made numerous recordings and TV films, earning "national treasure" status and renown as "the voice of Bulgaria." Her extensive repertoire includes music from all of Bulgaria's folklore regions. Tatiana was the recipient of the Washington Area Music Award (Wammy) for World Music Vocalist, 2004. Join us as we learn more about this exotic music genre as we speed toward the very first Balkan Christmas Revels in Cambridge! |
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November
16,
2007 Len Solomon: Building and Performing on Homemade Wind Instruments Len Solomon has been performing his one-man variety show, Leonard Soloman and the Bellowphone Show, for over 20 years. He interprets the great musical classics on some of the most bizarre homemade instruments ever seen or heard, and he rounds out the show with a polished ball-juggling routine. Solomon's classical music training is obvious, as is his craftsmanship and eccentric genius. He has entertained audiences young and old with his homemade instruments all over the world at festivals and on television. Solomon also has a regular gig with Revels, appearing as the "Phenomenon" in Revels Repertory Company's production of "There's a Meeting Here Tonight!" Come see how he does it -- and how you can do it, too! |
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January
18, 2008 Hankus Netsky: Musical Legacy of the Jewish Immigrants Hankus Netsky, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, is an instructor in jazz and contemporary improvisation at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he has taught for 23 years (serving ten years as chairman of Jazz Studies). He is founder and director of the internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble Klezmer Conservatory Band and serves as research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to research in and perpetuation of Yiddish music. Join us for this informative and joyous musical exploration of Jewish culture!
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 Ken Field and Birdsong of the Mesozoic Purchase tickets now For more on Salons |
February
15, 2008 Ken Field: Brass Bands, from Bourbon Street to Sesame Street Ken Field is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer of international acclaim. Since 1988 he has been a member of the internationally acclaimed electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with whom he has recorded eight CDs and currently leads the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, a New Orleans-inspired improvisational brass band. Year of the Snake, the group's debut release, was included on best-of-year lists from WNYC Radio (New York), the Gambit Weekly (New Orleans), and Radio Popolare (Milan, Italy). Field also composed a number of pieces for the children's television program Sesame Street. In September of 2007 Ken will be playing his sax for Revels at the 4th annual RiverSing fall celebration along the Charles River in Boston and Cambridge. Join us for this fun and fascinating evening!
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April
18,
2008 Christopher Janney: Integrating Music and Architecture Christopher Janney was trained as an architect at Princeton University and M.I.T in the 1970's. Believing that there was more to creating a dynamic urban environment than erecting buildings, Janney developed his own multi-media studio, PhenomenArts, Inc. in 1980. He has created numerous permanent interactive sound/light installations, attempting, on the one hand, to make architecture more "spontaneous" (Harmonic Runway, Miami Airport; REACH:NY, 34th St. subway, New York) and, on the other hand, to make music more physical (HeartBeat:mb with S. Rudner, M. Baryshnikov). His work has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, HGTV, Architectural Record, The New York Times and in a 30-minute award-winning documentary titled "Drum of Time." A book on his work, titled Architecture of the Air, is scheduled to be released in September with the inauguration of "Rainbow Cove Green and Red," two nine-story elevator/stair towers at Logan Airport, Boston, MA and an exhibition at The Boston Architectural College. A former student of Revels founder and renowned music educator John Langstaff, Chris designed integral light and sound installations for the 1987 Christmas Revels at Sanders Theatre.
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You are
invited to join us for the Revels Salon on the 3rd Friday of the
month from 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Tickets:
$20.00/event (includes wine and light refreshments) Location: The Commander's Mansion (a beautiful Victorian mansion built as a private home in 1865), 440 Talcott Avenue, Watertown, MA. Near the Arsenal Mall. Go to www.commandersmansion.com for more information about the venue and directions.
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