Category Archives: Events

Recommended workshop & concert: KARL BERGER’S IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA

Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra will come to Manhattan’s upper west side to perform at the beautiful El Taller space at 2710 Broadway ( corner of 104th St ) on Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Following a critically-acclaimed run at The Jazz Gallery, and before that at The Stone, Karl Berger’s Orchestra of 20 or more professional string, horn, and percussion soloists continues to turn improvisational ideas developed in the 7:30 pm workshop/rehearsal into a fully formed 9:00 pm orchestral performance. Using his “Music Mind” concept, Karl introduces a new approach and experience of harmonizing improvised sound.

Conducted in Karl’s inimitable style, developed at the legendary Creative Music Studio, this orchestra of extraordinary improvisers explores original themes, melodies from the world’s folk traditions and compositions written by legendary improvisers such as Don Cherry or Ornette Coleman, as well as musical ideas that arise spontaneously. One of the orchestra’s trademarks is Ingrid Sertso’s uncanny vocalization and poetry.

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Recommended Event: 2012 ISTANBULIVE IV at Lincoln Center (NY)

Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Time: 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Venue:Damrosch Park Bandshell’s Lincoln Center (W. 62nd Street, b/w Amsterdam & Columbus Aves, NY)
Ticket: free
Genre: from Turkish pops to traditional music to Jazz

Presented by Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede Supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism

Istanbulive is back for a fourth year this summer.  Istanbulive IV will debut at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on Saturday July 28, 2012. In order to make this year’s Istanbulive the best to date, the producers invite you to participate in their $10,000 donation campaign at Kickstarter.com. The additional funding will help cover the extensive production and marketing expenses

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Event recommendation: Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris Conduction® Workshop/Atelier @ the FIREHOUSE SPACE (NY).

Date: Saturday, June 9 and June 16, 2012
Time: 2pm
Venue: The Firehouse Space (246 Frost St., East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Genre: Jazz workshop

Over the last 25 years, Butch Morris has opened the door to a new understanding of musical language. It is called Conduction®. Employing 5,000+ musicians in 23 countries and 65 cities, Conduction® has amply demonstrated its capacity for cultural diplomacy, compelling and inspiring musicians and audiences alike.