CONCERT CALENDAR

Composers:

Luis Gianneo,

Carlos Guastavino,

Jai Jeffryes,

Machiko Ozawa,

Astor Piazzolla,

Gene Pritsker

 

Performers:

Machiko Ozawa - violin
Jai Jeffryes - piano

Composer:

Gene Pritsker

 

Performers:

Sound Liberation:

Adriana Valdés, David Banks,
Charles Coleman - voices
Franz Hackl - trumpet
Gene Pritsker - guitar/rap

Greg Baker - guitar
Amanda Ruzza - bass

David Cossin - drums
 

 

With Poets:

Erik T. Johnson,

Imelda O'Reilly,

Robert C. Ford

Composers:

Seth Boustead, Debra Kaye,

Henny Kim, Mark Kostabi,

Gene Pritsker,

Michelle Shocked,

Faye-Ellen Silverman,

Kathleen Supové

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Performers:

Adriana Valdés - soprano

Michelle Shocked - voice

Kathleen Supové - piano

Others TBA

 

With Poets:

Roger Aplon, Kelsea Brunner,  Robert C. Ford, Erik T.  Johnson,

Imelda O'Reilly, John Pietaro

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Composers:

Dan Cooper, Gene Pritsker, Laurie Towers,, Joseph Waters.

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Performers:

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Laurie Towers - electric bass

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John Pietaro - poet
 

Dan Cooper Quartet:

Evan Francis - flute / saxophone

Yayoi Ikawa - piano / keyboard

Dan Cooper - bass guitar

Tommy Campbell - drum set

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Sound Liberation:

Gene Pritsker - guitar/rap

Adriana Valdés - voice
Franz Hackl - trumpet

Jose Moura - bass

David Cossin - drum set

Poets: Robert C. Ford

& Erik T. Johnson

Special Guest Lara St. John - violin

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Composers:
Gene Pritsker,Jai Jeffryes,
Dan Cooper, Duke Ellington,
Amira B.,  Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone),
David Foster/ Harvey Mason


 

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Performers:

Amira B, David Banks,

Sonya Hensley - vocals,
Franz Hackl - trumpet,

Todd Rewoldt - sax,
Gene Pritsker - guitar/rap,

Jai Jeffryes - keys,
Jose Moura - bass,

Lee Jeffryes - drums

Composers:

Aaron Alter, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz,

Seth Boustead, Vicky Cheng,

Dan Cooper, Melanie Mitrano,

Amy X Neuburg, Gene Pritsker,

Emiliano Revert,  Marina Vesic,

Joseph Waters

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Performers:

Ljiljana Winkler - soprano

CompCord Ensemble:

Peter Oswald -  trumpet
Dennis Brandner - tenor sax
Jai Jeffryes  - piano
Troy Rinker, Jr. - contra bass
Lee Jeffryes  - drums

Composers:

Adam Holzman,

Anthony Branker, Dan Cooper, Jane Getter, Mark Kostabi,

Gene Pritsker, David Taylor,  Joe Zawinul

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Performers:

Adam Holzman - piano

Jane Getter - guitar

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Dave Taylor - bass trombone

Others TBA

Composers:

Natasha Bogojevich, Victoria Bond,

Dan Cooper,  Shanan Estreicher,

Mark Kostabi, Eugene McBride,

Gene Pritsker, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Roger Tréfousse, Plus 2 Winners of the

Generations Competition​

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Performers:

Bowers-Fader Duo

Jessica Bowers - mezzo soprano

Oren Fader - classical guitar

Composers:

 José Marin, George Frideric Handel, W. A. Mozart,

Mark Kostabi, Steve Sandberg, Gene Pritsker
 

Performers:
Gene Pritsker - guitar,
Arthur Dibble - cello da spalla

Jai Jeffryes - piano

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Guests:

Sishel Claverie

& Sonya Hensley - voice

Steve Sandberg

& Mark Kostabi  - piano

Composers:

Seth Boustead,

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz,

Dan Cooper, Lee McCLure, 

Peri Mauer, Audrey Morse,

Gene Pritsker, David See, Mark Zaki

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Performers:

Carmen Isabel Delgado - flute

Samuel Marchan - viola

Mara Navas - cello

Composers:

Dennis Brandner, Anthony Branker,

Svjetlana Bukvich, Dan Cooper,

Franz Hackl, George Gershwin,

Matt Herskowitz, Jai Jeffryes,

Ginka Mizuki,  Alon Nechushtan,

Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldier, Ann Warren

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Performers:

Matt Herskowitz - piano

Jai Jeffryes - piano

Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet

Franz Hackl - trumpet

Dennis Brandner - tenor saxophone

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Roxan Jurkevich - cajon

Composers:

Lynn Bechtold, Dan Cooper,

Gene Pritkser, Michelle Shocked, Mark Zaki.

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Performers:

Lynn Bechtold - violin

Funda Cizmecioglu - violin

Mark Zaki - violin

Tassos Papastanou - violin

Michelle Shocked - voice

Robert C. Ford - poet

Erik T. Johnson - poet

imelda O'Reilly - poet

Composers:

Jane Getter, Gene Pritsker, Harvie S

 

 

Performers:

Jane Getter &

Gene Pritsker - guitars,
Harvie S - bass,

Gerry Brown - Drums

Composers:

Gene Pritsker, Adam Holzman, Carman Moore, Dick Griffin,

Jan Hammer

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Sound Liberation Trio:

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Adam Holzman - moog

David Cossin - drums

Special guests

 Dick Griffin - trombone  Franz Hackl.- trumpet

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Featured Poets:

Robert C. Ford

John Pietaro

Erik T. Johnson

Kelsey Brunner

Performers:

Lara St. John - violin
Sonya Hensley, Adriana Valdés,

Charles Coleman, David Banks - voices
Franz Hackl - trumpet

Gene Pritsker- guitar/rap
Geoffrey Burleson - piano

Amanda Ruzza - bass

John Ferrari - drums

Poets:

John Pietaro, Imelda O'Reilly,

Erik T. Johnson, Robert C. Ford,

Kelsea Brunner

Composers:

Natasha Bogojevich,

Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper

Gene Pritsker

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Performers:

Lynn Bechtold - violin

Paul Cortese - viola

Mara Navas - cello

Charles Coleman - narrator

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Librettist:

Robert Shannon Fields

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Dancers/choreographers:

Kimani Fowlin 

Cleo Mack

Daniel Burkholder

Stacy Yoshioka

Rock Dance Collective

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Costumes

Milics Paranosic (ParaStyling)

 Ante Tonci Vladislavic

Composers:

John Clark,Dan Cooper,

Sophie Dunér, Craig Harris,

Lee Odom, Gene Pritsker,

Steve Swell

 

Performers:

CompCord String Quartet

+ bass & drums

Lynn Bechtold - violin

Agata Manka - violin

Orlando Wells - viola

Mara Navas - cello

Moppa Elliot - bass

Joe Abba - drums

Soloists

John Clark - horn

Sophie Dunér - voice

Craig Harris - trombone

Lee Odom - saxophone

Steve Swell - trombone

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Gene Pritsker - conductor

Composers:

Steve Sandberg, Gene Pritsker, Mark Kostabi, John McLaughlin,

Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

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Performers;

Steve Sandberg - piano
Gene Pritsker - guitar

Mellisa Slocum - bass

Max Pollak - drums

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Composers:

William Anderson, Dan Cooper,  Shanan Estreicher, Jai Jeffryes

Debra Kaye, Mark Kostabi,

Ginka Mizuki, Alon Nechushtan, Charles Neidich, Gene Pritsker, Eugene McBride,

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Performers:

Charles Neidich - clarinet

Jai Jeffryes - piano

Composers:

Lynn Bechtold, Charles Coleman,

Dan Cooper, Sophie Dunér,

Jay Elfenbein, Peter Jarvis,

Joshua Mirman, Gene Pritsker, Clemens Rofner, David Rothenberg

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Performers:

Centuries Trio:

Gene Pritsker - guitar,
Arthur Dibble - cello da spalla

Jai Jeffryes  - piano

Special Guests:

Sishel Claverie - mezzo soprano

Jay Elfenbein - viola da gamba

Sophie Dunér - voice,

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Composers:

 Timothy Brown,Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper,  Brad Hubbard,

Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye,

Gene Pritsker, Zachary Seely,

Judi Silvano.

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Performers:

Judi Silvano - voice

Charles Coleman - voice/conductor

 John Pietaro - poet / narrator

Roger Aplon - poet / narrator

Robert C. Ford - poet / narrator

Gene Pritsker - guitar/conductor

Franz Hackl - trumpet

Brad Hubbard - baritone saxophone

Debra Kaye - piano

Paul Carroll - percussion

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Composers:

Dan Cooper, Scott Hoefling,

Alon Nechushtan, Gene Pritsker, Steve Swell

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Performers:

CompCord LittleBig Band

Gene Pritsker  - conductor
Sax: Todd Rewoldt, Lee Odom, Scott Hoefling
Trumpets: Franz Hackl, Kevin Blancq, Philip Harper

Trombones: Steve Swell, Evan Amoroso
Alon Nechushtan - piano,

Amanda Ruzza - Bass, David Cossin - drums          

 

Soloist

Charles Coleman - voice

Sishel Claverie - voice

Robert C. Ford - Poet / narration

 

Gene Pritsker - Conductor

Composers:

William Anderson,

Bruce Arnold, Dan Cooper,

Jane Getter, Patrick Grant,

Kyle Miller,  Gene Pritsker,

Mel Powell, Dave Soldier

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Performers:

Bodies Electric

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My Guitar Wants

To Kill Your Mama

Guitar Quartets

Composer:

Gene Pritsker, Bruce Arnold,

Judi Silvano

 

Performers:

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Bruce Arnold - guitar

Judi Silvano - voice

Melissa Slocum- bass

David Cossin - drums

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Composers:

Adam Holzman, Jan Hammer,

, Gene Pritsker

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Sound Liberation Trio:

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Adam Holzman - moog

David Cossin - drums

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Feat, Poets

 Robert C. Ford,

Kelsea Brunner and

John Pietaro

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Composers:

Dan Cooper, Jay Elfenbein,

Jason Hwang, Ginka Mizuki,

Michael Poast, Gene Pritsker

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Performers:

CompCord Ensemble:

Jason Hwang - violin

Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Jay Elfenbein - bass

Damien Bassman - drums

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Composers:

Geoffrey Burleson,

Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper,

Melanie Mitrano, Gene Pritsker,

Steve Sandberg, Michelle Shocked,

Kathleen Supové, Maria Tegzes,

Christopher Vassiliades

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Performers:

Michelle Shocked,

Melanie Mitrano, Maria Tegzes,

Adriana Valdes - voices
Geoffrey Burleson, Steve Sandberg, Kathleen Supové,

Christopher Vassiliades - piano

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Composers:

Aaron Alter, William Anderson,

Seth Boustead, Kitty Brazelton,

Dan Cooper, Gilbert Galindo

Jane Getter, Denise Koncelik,

Eugene W. McBride, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldier

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Performers:

Todd Rewoldt - alto saxophone
Gene Pritsker - guitar

Jai Jeffryes - piano

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Composers:

Dan Cooper, John Clark,

Gene Pritsker, Steve Swell

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Performers:

Peter Oswald - trumpet

Franz Hackl - trumpet

John Clark - Horn

Steve Swell - trombone

Gene Pritsker - conductor

Special guest:

Ljiljana Winkler - soprano

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Composers:

Gene Pritsker, Mark Kostabi,

Dan Cooper, Matt Panayides,

J. S. Bach

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Performers:

Sean Satin, Matt Panayides,
Gene Pritsker - guitars;

Dan Cooper - bass guitar;
Erik T. Johnson, Imelda O'Reilly,
Robert C. Ford - poets;

Mark Kostabi - piano

Composers:

Gene Pritsker, Dan Cooper,

Mike Handelman, The Doors,

Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix,
Herbie Hancock

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Performers:
Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet

Gene Pritsker - Di.J.

Wayne Dumaine - trumpet

Amanda Ruzza -bass

David Cossin - drums

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Dan Cooper Quartet

Evan Francis - flute / saxophone
Yayoi Ikawa - piano / keyboard
Dan Cooper - bass guitar
Tommy Campbell - drum set

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The Mike Handelman Deconstruction

Mike Handelman - guitar/voice
Jeremy Blynn - drums
Ean Valte - bass

Composers:

Seth Boustead, Gene Pritsker, Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Jule Styne,

Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant, English Nursery Rhyme.

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Performers:

Lish Lindsey - flute

Eddy Malave - viola

Mara Navas - cello

Robert C. Ford - poet/narrator

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Hosts:

Seth Boustead, Gene Pritsker

Co-Hosts:

Charles Coleman, Robert C. Ford, Tony Capparelli

Composers:

Aaron Alter, Charles Coleman,

Dan Cooper, Debra Kaye,

Milica Paranosic/Brian DuFord, Gene Pritsker, Joe Waters
 

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CompCord Ensemble
Ljiljana Winkler - soprano
Beth Holub - viola
Todd Rewoldt - alto sax
Gene Pritsker - e. guitar
Lesi Mei - piano
Robert C. Ford - poet/narrator
Roger Aplon - poet/narrator

Composers:

Tasos Papastamou, Gene Pritsker

 

 

Performers:

Tasos Papastamou - violin, 

Erik T. Johnson - poet/narrator

Gene Pritsker - guitar

Composers:

Benjamin Louis Brody,

Dan Cooper, Rachel Drehmann, Bernhard Eder, Kirin McElwain, Machiko Ozawa, Zachary Paul,

Gene Pritsker, David Taylor

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Performers:

Benjamin Louis Brody,

Rachel Drehmann - horns,
Zachary Paul - violin

Kirin McElwain - cello

Others TBA

Composers:

Seth Boustead, Lynn Bechtold

Carlos Castro, Dan Cooper,

Gene Pritsker

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Films by:

Imelda O'Reilly

Cecilia Mandrile

Roxana Avila   

 

 

Performers:

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Jessica Bowers - mezzo soprano

Charels Coleman - baritone

Lynn Bechtold - violin

Christof Knoche - bass clarinet

Jai Jeffryes - piano

Troy Rinker - double bass

David Cossin - drums

Gene Pritsker - conductor

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Performers:

Paul Cortese - viola
Gene Pritsker - guitar./DiJ.

Special Guests

Roxan Jurkevich - percussion

Machiko Ozawa - violin

Composers:

Tessa Brinckman, Dan Cooper,

Gilbert Galindo, Wally Gunn,

Terry Longshore, mackxswell,

Gene Pritsker, Will Rowe,

Samuel Torres, Randall Woolf

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Performers:

Tessa Brinckman - flute

Terry Longshore - percussion

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I.

Album Release of CompCord

40 Anniversary CD Party

Saturday, April 19th at 8pm

Shapeshifter Lab

 

II.

40 Ounce

14th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon
Tuesday, April 23rd at 6pm
DROM
85 Avenue A NYC

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III.

1984

- CompCord Ensemble -
Saturday, April 27th at 7pm
LOFT393

 

VI.

Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves

Electronic Music Event
Sunday May 5th at 6pm
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen St, New York

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Composers:

Aaron Alter, Kitty Brazelton,

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, John Clark,

Dan Cooper, Shanan Estreicher, Peter Jarvis, David Mastikosa,

Joseph Pehrson, Gene Pritsker,

Carolyn Steinberg

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Performers:

Karen Bogardus, Tessa Brinckman, Lish Lindsey, Evan Francis,

Jeff Mitchell, Carmen Isabel Delgado - Flutes

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Guest flautist:

Kitty Brazelton & Zara Lawler

Sound Liberation Di.J. Qaurtet

Franz Hackl's IDO

Dan Cooper Quartet

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Composers:

John Clark, Dan Cooper,

Franz Hackl, Gene Pritsker

 

Performers:

Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet:

Gene Pritsker - Di.J.

John Clark - horn

Amanda Ruzza - bass

David Cossin - drums

 

Franz Hackl's IDO:

Franz Hackl - trumpets

Michael Wolff - keyboards

Kenny Davis - bass

Tony Lewis - drums

 

Dan Cooper Quartet:

Evan Francis - flute / alto saxophone

Yayoi Ikawa - keyboards

Dan Cooper - bass

Michael C. Vetter - drums

 

Poets:

Roger Aplon,Robert C. Ford,

Erik T. Johnson,Imelda O'Reilly,

John Pietaro, Ray Tuttle,

Kelsea Valentine

Composers:

Bruce Arnold, Lynn Bechtold,

Seth Boustead, ,Dan Cooper,

Jane Getter, John S. Hall,

Lila Meretzky, Gene Pritsker

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Performers:

My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama:

Jane Getter & Gene Pritsker- guitars

Miolina:

Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold - violins

John S. Hall - voice & ukulele

Lila Meretzky - voice

Shu-Wei Tseng - cello

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Poets:

Roger Aplon, Peter Carlaftes,
Robert C. Ford, Kat Georges,
John S. Hall,  Erik T. Johnson,
Jim Kempner, Imelda O'Reilly,
Puma Perl, John Pietaro,

Kelsea Valentine, Carlinius M.

Ruthie Adamson

AKA Wonky Wordsmith

Composers:

 Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, 

Denise Koncelik, Lisa Neher, 

Daniel Palkowski,  David Post,

Gene Pritsker,  Anton Rovner,

Bill Schimmel, Aleksandra Vrebalov

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Performers:
Daniel Palkowski - piano
Bill Schimmel - accordion

CompCord Guitar Quartet:
Oren Fader, Greg Baker,

Adam Negrin, Jay Sorce

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