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(718) 622-3005                                                                April 8, 2009

Look & Listen Proudly Announces:

The Eighth Annual

Look & Listen Festival

New Music in Art Galleries!

“Among the most appealing choices season after season is the short, but eventful Look & Listen Festival… a diverse range of new works are served up in the intimate settings of local modern art galleries.”

-Time Out New York

May 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd 2009

Hosted by OK Harris and Project Space

Performers Include:

Bang On a Can All Stars, Chamber Players of the League of Composers/ISCM,

Todd Reynolds, AM/PM Saxophone Quartet, So Percussion, Jade Simmons,

Svet Stoyanov, Split Second & David del Tredici

Composers Include:

Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, David del Tredici, Louis Andriessen,

Martin Bresnick, Tania León, David Lang, Paul Lansky,

Paul Leary, Arnold Dreyblatt, Todd Reynolds & J.S. Bach

Guest Hosts Include:

John Schaefer, Lara Pellegrinelli & Karissa Krenz

 

Friday, May 1^st at 8 p.m., OK Harris Works of Art, 383 W. Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10012

John Schaefer interviews composers Martin Bresnick and Paul Lansky, among others and hosts opening night in a program featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars and the Chamber Players of the League of Composers/ISCM with music by Bresnick, Lansky, Aaron Copland, Arnold Dreyblatt and Louis Andriessen, as well as ambient music by David Gordon.

 

Saturday, May 2^nd at 8 p.m., Project Space, 250 W. 26th St., 4th floor, New York, N.Y. 10001

Lara Pellegrinelli interviews composer/performers Paul Leary, Todd Reynolds and Jason Treuting and hosts the evening’s concert that includes performances by the AM/PM Saxophone Quartet, Todd Reynolds and So Percussion in a dazzling program of works by Leary, Meredith Monk, Reynolds, John Cage, and ambient music by Joshua Hilson, as well as visual art by Leon Berkowitz.

 

Sunday, May 3^rd at 3 p.m., Project Space, 250 W. 26th St., 4th floor, New York, N.Y. 10001

Karissa Krenz interviews composers David Del Tredici, Tania León and David Lang and hosts the afternoon concert performed by piano duo Split Second and David Del Tredici (performing his own work) alongside Concert Artists Guild virtuosi Jade Simmons and Svet Stoyanov. Ambient music by Suzanne Farrin.

 

For tickets call 718-622-3005, visit www.lookandlisten.org or purchase at the door.

Look & Listen seeks to expand and engage audiences of 20th and 21st Century art by presenting new and established works in stimulating and provocative environments. The Look & Listen Festival is an annual event that provides a novel context for experiencing music by presenting new music in art galleries. In so doing, the Festival provides a visual context for music and an aural context for visual art. This cross-pollination between the aural and the visual enhances the appreciation of both, captivating audiences and artists alike.