02 AugIn Convergence Liberation: A Performer’s Perspective
“The composer’s job is to create a context for music-making to reflect the emerging consciousness.” Hafez Modirzadeh ETHEL performs music of Hafez ModirzadehBy Cornelius DufalloAlso published on Urban Modes Hafez Modirzadeh, a visionary saxophonist, theorist and composer, has been developing his own style of inter-cultural improvisation for three decades. His mentors and collaborators have included [...]
Read More ...11 JulChatting With Jennifer Choi, ETHEL’s New Violinist
As Director of Public Programming for Lincoln Center and as the former Director of Joe’s Pub, Bill Bragin has been applauding ETHEL’s work ever since the group’s inception. In the midst of organizing Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Festival, Bill graciously set aside an afternoon to get to know the newest member of ETHEL - violinist [...]
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 ...05 DecKurt Elling gets a Grammy® nod!
By Ralph Dear Friends, ETHEL is thrilled to announce that The Recording Academy® announced the 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards, and Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music of Coltrane and Hartman has been recognized in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category! Performing this timeless music with this fantastic group of musicians — first on [...]
Read More ...28 JulRIP Merce Cunningham
Hello Friends, Ralph here. It was in 2005 that I served (with the amazing Margaret Lancaster) as co-contractor for the Rose Theater, Lincoln Center production of “Ocean”, a Cunningham-Culver-Tudor piece that was premiered in 1996 at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. I had played the 1996 premiere as well. My old friend John Kennedy from my [...]
Read More ...16 JunETHEL on Brabant TV and More Pics from Mundial!
ETHEL’s TruckStop™: Mundial @ Club Paradox. Photo © Gert Gering. We had a GREAT time in Holland.Check out the latest pics in our Mundial photo album. It was such a pleasure to perform and create SO MUCH music… by Carlo Mombelli: Bass Spirits, Wisdom Door, Trance by Chance, Theory, Mr. Batiss, Zambesi by Simone [...]
Read More ...10 JunFrom Neil: ETHEL’s TruckStop™: Mundial
[Reposted from Neil's Blog: Urban Modes] ETHEL’s TruckStop™ Mundial Tillburg is not a large city, but it has a wonderfully rich and varied cultural scene that includes the excellent Mundial Festival and Muzieklab, a forward-thinking production company directed by Theo Andriessen and Gert Gering. These two organizations have joined forces to bring us together with [...]
Read More ...08 JunFrom Dorothy: Meet Muzieklab
Did we explain who Muzieklab is? This wonderful group, who have brought us to Holland and set us up in such style to do our favorite thing in the whole, wide world – make music with brilliant, inspiring colleagues – is an old hand at doing pretty much the same thing we have designed TruckStop™ [...]
Read More ...06 JunFrom Dorothy: The Music Is Growing So Fast!
We met Simone Soul today. Strong, gorgeous woman, about my height. Dreads and tattoo. Smart, resourceful, vibrant artist building her own career in Brazil – massively excited about this collaboration. She just completed a huge concert she produced herself in Sao Paolo involving 25 artists, and flew here via the UK, where she performed with [...]
Read More ...05 JunFrom Dorothy: Travel to Holland & Day 1 of TruckStop™: Mundial!
The travel day was surreal. I got up at 4 am to finish all the arrangements I need to make when I travel (home life continuity, and all), got the family to our 6 yr.-old’s birthday party by 11, took presents home and rushed off to Lincoln Center for a 3 pm concert with the [...]
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