30 MayHomeBaked Journal: Interview with Judd Greenstein
Photo: Steve Taylor Also published on Urban Modes On May 23 ETHEL will be premiering quartets by this year’s HomeBaked composers (Anna Clyne, Matt Marks, Andy Akiho, and Judd Greenstein). Merkin Hall, 8PM as part of the 2011 Tribeca New Music Festival. HomeBaked is a new project for ETHEL, in which we support the work of innovative, emerging composers who [...]
Read More ...25 FebBluegrass and Bourbon in Kentucky
By Mary Rowell January 25, 2011, NYC “Another snow storm! Why today, when we have to fly to Lexington, Kentucky? Argh!” –Mary, at 7:30 a.m. As it turned out, we slipped out of JFK before the storm gained any momentum and, luckily, the ice and snow didn’t hit Perry County, KY, until [...]
Read More ...10 FebThe Beauty of What We Do Together
By Dorothy Lawson It’s been hitting me lately, how lucky we are in ETHEL–how brilliantly rewarding our musical lives together are. The experience of playing the “Present Beauty” program this season continues to evolve; it is more and more ecstatic. And we will soon be working with Robert Mirabal again, on “Music of the [...]
Read More ...10 FebETHEL’s HomeBaked: A Preview With Composer Matt Marks
By Cornelius DufalloPhoto by Timothy Sekk Republished from Urban Modes This season ETHEL is thrilled to launch a new and ongoing project called HomeBaked in which we support the work of innovative, emerging composers who are based in our hometown of New York City. In 2011 we’ll commission and premiere four new works by Matt Marks, Judd Greenstein, Andy Akiho, [...]
Read More ...16 JanPics from Arden, DE
By Cornelius. Also published on Urban ModesA few pics from ETHEL’s performance at Gild Hall in Arden, DE (1/1511). Dinner before the show. Yes, it’s true: Dorothy uses Windex to clean her instrument. This picture was taken by Joe del Tufo. Many thanks to the Arden Concert Gild – we had a blast! Arden is [...]
Read More ...19 DecCelebrating the Solstice With an African Beat
By Rik Fairlie ETHEL will mark the winter solstice on Dec. 21 with a polyrhythmic nod to Africa. The group will bring TruckStop®: Themba, a collaborative show that features Ron Kunene and his South African choral group, Themba, to the Winter Garden at New York’s World Financial Center. The free performance, one of ETHEL’s signature [...]
Read More ...10 NovComposer Interview: The Shamanic Side of Dohee Lee
By Cornelius DufalloAlso posted on Urban Modes Photo: Jason Lew Dohee Lee is a fascinating dancer, musician, and vocalist currently working in San Fransisco. She grew up on Jeju Island in South Korea, where shamanic traditions are very strong. Her current work fuses these ancient forms and traditions with contemporary elements. Dohee is writing a [...]
Read More ...25 OctETHEL Plays in a Big Red Dress
By Mary Rowell We ETHELs have performed in some unusual places. The Chicago Zoo. A sanitation plant. And now, in an immense red dress! How to describe the goings-on in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, this past weekend? In a word, sumptuous. ETHEL took part in the official re-opening concert for the city’s Muziekgebouw. We arrived for [...]
Read More ...27 SepA Lost Bag, Amazing Food (and Vodka!), and our Russian Debut!
By Ralph Farris Greetings, friends! We are having a fantastic time in Russia. Our hosts, CEC ArtsLink, are incredibly gracious, and they have made us feel so at home. We landed on Friday, Sept. 24, in St. Petersburg after a very quick layover in Zurich. A bit groggy, we got to baggage claim, and erf!! [...]
Read More ...21 SepA NACAP Graduate Goes on the Road With ETHEL
By Rik Fairlie If you wanted an example of how ETHEL and the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s annual NACAP tour can inspire Native American youth, you only needed to look in the back seat of the band’s rental car this year. There you would have found Russell Goodluck, a freshly minted high school graduate who [...]
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