On Ensemble Works in Progress '04
Works In Progress '04 presents eight new pieces, the group's newest and most experimental music. Each piece explores the group's musical sensibilities from the inside-out --- a complicated mix of influences from the members' study of traditional Japanese aesthetics, to their affinity for eclectic, contemporary music. One member, trained in the traditional Japanese music of Kabuki, debuts a piece about homelessness in downtown Los Angeles. Another, with significant study of Japanese folk dance, presents a movement-oriented piece that bends and sometimes breaks the traditional dance vocabulary in an effort to understand the struggles of living in a modern, confused society. Another member's piece, an exploration of deeply internal musical sense, utilizes Japanese flute, bowed koto, and Tuvan throat singing.
When and Where:
Friday, December 3rd, 2004 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse located at 1130 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403. Doors open at 7:30pm and the concert starts at 8pm.
Tickets are $20 general, $15 for students and children 12 and under, and can be purchased by calling 310-350-8825.
Directions to the Theater:
From the 10 Santa Monica Freeway, exit Lincoln and head north 0.8 miles to Reed Park (formerly known as Lincoln Park). Free parking is available in the parking structure at the south-east corner of Lincoln and Wilshire. Theater is wheelchair accessible.
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