03/03 @ 8:00pm - To TILT: Orig. Music for TILT Brass [Part 2]

To TILT: Orig. Music for TILT Brass [Part 2]

On Wednesday, March 3rd, the 10-piece Brooklyn-based group TILT Creative Brass Band presents the second installment of its on-going series To TILT: Original Music for TILT Brass which focuses solely on repertoire written for the organization’s distinctive ensembles (CBB and 6-piece SIXtet) at ISSUE Project Room. The program features works by a stellar group of composer/performers including Downtown legend Anthony Coleman, trumpet virtuoso Dave Ballou, avant-cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, Gold Sparkle’s Charles Waters (featuring composer and world-class improviser Mick Rossi on piano), and TILT Director Chris McIntyre. TILT CBB features an extraordinary line-up of creative musicians including trumpeters Nate Wooley and Gareth Flowers, trombonists Curtis Hasselbing and Jacob Garchik, and and percussionist Kevin Norton.

More infomation (incl. mp3′s and composer bios) at http://www.tiltbrass.org/09-10_gigs/ipr_100303.html

PROGRAM
Anthony Coleman - Set Into Motion (2005)
Charles Waters - 3 Mysteries [Concertimento #12] (2007)
>>featuring Mick Rossi on piano
Taylor Ho Bynum - preharmonic, postchordal, revamped (2007)
Chris McIntyre - Foliation (for Suzanne) (2009)
Dave Ballou - Concerto for TILT (2003)

PERSONNEL

Creative Brass Band:

Trumpet – Nate Wooley, Gareth Flowers, Andy Kozar

French Horn – John Clark, Rachel Drehmann

Trombone – Curtis Hasselbring, Chris McIntyre

Bass Trombone – Jacob Garchik

Tuba – Ron Caswell

Percussion – Kevin Norton

Conductor – Greg Evans

Special Guest:

Mick Rossi – piano soloist on Waters

TILT Creative Brass Band

Brooklyn based TILT Creative Brass Band (TCBB) is a beautifully strange combination of military brass band and Downtown repertoire ensemble. The group has presented concerts since January 2003 at venues ranging from Whitney Museum to Barbes in Brooklyn. Since its inception, TCBB has fearlessly taken on works from the fringes of experimental concert music, tongue-in-cheek agitprop, and hybrid scores combining notation and improvisation. The group frequently presents entire programs of original works by its composer/performer members (Kevin Norton, Curtis Hasselbring, Nate Wooley, among others) and colleagues from the field, including legendary pianist Anthony Coleman (released on Tzadik), Doctor Nerve’s Nick Didkovsky, multi-instrumentist Charles Waters, and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum.

In addition, the Creative Brass Band is committed to presenting works from the experimental tradition, ranging from a Varése graphic score from the late 50′s and selections from James Tenney’s Postal Pieces to works by Fredric Rzewski (Les Mounton de Panurge) and early John Adams (Light Over Water). In June ’09, TCBB kicked off a new on-going series of programs called New York Noise which presents historical and current works by important composers from the Downtown community and its ancestors such as Elliott Sharp, Lois V. Vierk, and Rhys Chatham. In 2010, the group will present several programs at ISSUE Project Room and will record and release its current To TILT repertoire.

Mick Rossi
Pianist, percussionist, and composer Mick Rossi’s diverse accomplishments include: being among “the most courageous, gifted, and charismatic musicians” of the New York Downtown scene (AllAboutJazz); a long-time Philip Glass collaborator and member of the ensemble as pianist, percussionist, and conductor; and working with artists from Dave Douglas to Kelly Clarkson to Leonard Cohen. He recently conducted Book of Longing at the Sydney Opera House, and performed Einstein at the Beach at Carnegie Hall and Koyaanisqatsi at the Hollywood Bowl. Recent recordings include One Block From Planet Earth (OmniTone), and They Have A Word For Everything (Knitting Factory). His recent concert at Le Poisson Rouge presenting his latest and ninth recording Songs From The Broken Land (Orange Mountain Music) was featured in the NY Times.