Name: Sandbox Percussion on Andy Akiho's Seven Pillars: An Interactive Live Zoom Event
Start: 2020-11-08T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-11-08T21:00:00+00:00
Location: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century

Description

Over the next week, Sandbox Percussion, composer Andy Akiho, and engineer Sean Dixon will be in residency at PS21 for the recording of Akiho’s 75-minute work Seven Pillars for a commercial release in 2021.

The work, which was supposed to premiere in April at the Mondavi Center in California but was canceled due to COVID-19, consists of seven ensemble movements and one solo for each member of Sandbox. The piece is designed such that each movement flows continuously into the next without pause.

Sunday at 2 pm, our Executive Director Elena Siyanko will introduce Sandbox Percussion in a Zoom event, where the musicians will take you behind the scenes of their recording and post-production process, play some unreleased excerpts from their sessions, and give a sneak peek into the multi-year process of commissioning, composing, learning, and finally recording this huge work. Brain Olewnick, Kinderhook-based new music writer and visual artist will join us as a special guest.

After registering, you will be sent a Zoom link before the event.

Date & Time

Sun, Nov 8, 2020 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Venue Details

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037

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A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region. Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

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