River to River Festival
River to River Festival
New Amsterdam is proud to have partnered with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to co-present two events of the 2017 River to River Festival: Amir ElSaffar's "Not Two" Album Release Show and excerpts of A Marvelous Order, created by Judd Greenstein, Joshua Frankel, Will Rawls, and Tracy K. Smith.
June 15, 17, 18
7-7:30pm
excerpts from
A Marvelous Order
by Judd Greenstein, Joshua Frankel,
Will Rawls, and Tracy K. Smith
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Multimedia opera about the battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobsover the fate of New York City, featuring singers Dashon Burton, Eliza Bagg, Tomás Cruz, Lucy Dhegrae and Christopher Herbert. Live instrumentation by NOW Ensemble and conducted by David Bloom.
Presented in partnership with Times Square Arts and Times Square Advertising Coalition’s Midnight Moment, where the electronic billboards in Times Square will display Frankel’s animations during the month of May 2017.
June 16
6-8pm
Amir ElSaffar's
Not Two
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Album-release concert for the Rivers of Sound Orchestra’s debut album, Not Two, bringing together 17 musicians from a broad spectrum of traditions, ranging from Iraqi maqam to American jazz. Using resonance as its governing principle, the music incorporates elements of maqam modal music of the Middle East with jazz and other contemporary practices to create a unique microtonal environment that moves beyond the notions of style and tradition into a realm of uninhibited musical communication.