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Check out “the Backstage Productions” (BSP) concert series in Upstate, NY.

Text by Damon Banks

THE WOODSTOCK QUANTUM ENSEMBLE and HOLLAND HOPSON/JAMES KEEPNEWS to perform at BSP in Kingston NY on Friday, June 3rd at 7:30 PM.

An exciting night of creative electro-acoustic improvised music will be unleashed in Kingston, NY when The Woodstock Quantum Ensemble and the duo Holland Hopson/James Keepnews take the stage at Backstage Productions (BSP) on Friday, June 3rd at 7:30 PM. Admission will be $15 at the door and $10 for students and seniors with valid ID.

The Woodstock Quantum Ensemble is the brainchild of guitarist Johnny Asia. This freewheeling, improvisation based ensemble utilizes electric and acoustic instruments to channel “sounds of the universe” through thematic composition, sonic landscapes and global rhythms. This incarnation features Gus Mancini (reeds), Damon Banks (electric bass) and Joakim Lartey (percussion) This group will be making its debut recording in the fall of 2011.

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Music listings – 5/16 through 5/22

1. Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra

Date: Monday, May 16, 2011
Time: 7:30 & 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Contemporary Jazz/improve

During the ‘70- and ‘80’s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger , Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world.

The Stone is proud to host a new series of CMS workshops in 2011: a new improviser’s workshop orchestra gets underway EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IN 2011 led by composer/pianist/vibist Karl Berger. Conducted in the tradition of the legendary Creative Music Studio (www.creativemusicstudio.org), original compositions, themes by the likes of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and world musical melodies will be utilized for orchestral explorations and contrasting solo/duo/trio flights. This series supports the Creative Music Studio Archive Project.

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Music listings – 5/2 through 5/8

Will be up dated later!

1. Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra

Date: Monday, May 2, 2011
Time: 7:30 & 10pm
Venue: The Stone (is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street)
Ticket: $10
Genre: Contemporary Jazz/improve

During the ‘70- and ‘80’s, the Woodstock-based Creative Music Studio was considered the premier study center for contemporary creative music. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger , Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, CMS brought together leading innovators in the jazz and world music communities. Unprecedented in its range and diversity, CMS was an acknowledged phenomenon in the international music world.

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Music listings – 4/25 through 5/1

1. Elliot Sharps’ Carbon

Date: Monday, April 25, 2011
Time: 9pm & 11pm
Venue: Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Ticket: donation
Genre: post-rock/experimental/improve

Elliott Sharp – 8 string guitarbass, soprano saxophone, electronics, Shelley Burgon – electric harp, Marc Sloan – electric bass and Joseph Trump – drums & percussion. – A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock, and techno music. Read more.

2. FRANK PEROWSKY BIG BAND

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