THE CONFERENCE OF THE GUITARS
Works for multiple electric guitars by James Tenney, Dan Joseph, Elliott Sharp, Marco Cappelli, Paula Matthusen and Lisa Coons.
Performed by Dan Joseph, Marco Cappelli, and Elliott Sharp with DITHER:
Josh Lopes; James Moore; David Linaburg; and Taylor Levine.
An evening of contemporary music for multiple electric guitars. Conceived and curated by composer Dan Joseph, the program explores the growing repertoire of multiple electric guitar compositions with works by a diverse group of composers spanning three generations. Highlighted by a rare performance of the late James Tenney’s brilliant Septet for Six Electric Guitars and Bass, the program will also include a new interpretation of Elliott Sharp’s modular open-form work SyndaKit, the second New York performance of Joseph’s post-punk inspired quintet Particle Accelerator, Marco Cappelli’s conduction-based work Behind the Mirror, and recent quartets by composers Paula Matthusenand Lisa Coons. Composer/performers Joseph, Cappelli and Sharp will be joined in performance by the DITHER electric guitar quartet comprised of Josh Lopes, James Moore, David Linaburg and Taylor Levine.
More information about the artists:
DITHER: http://www.ditherquartet.com
Dan Joseph: http://www.danjoseph.org
Marco Cappelli: http://www.marcocappelli.com
Elliott Sharp: http://www.panix.com/~esharp
Paula Matthusen: http://www.paulamatthusen.com
Lisa Coons: http://www.myspace.com/lisarcoons