Recorded June 27, 2014 at ISSUE Project Room, composer Pat Spadine’s of Ashcan Orchestra premieres his two-act chamber opera "Apollo's Accidental Answer" in it's entirety for the first time.
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Pat Spadine, Ashcan Orchestra
In this interview from Clocktower Radio, Eve Essex talks to composer Pat Spadine about his story-driven, genre-defying, deliciously sensual, multimedia "opera", Apollo's Accidental Answer, which appears in its final form at ISSUE Friday, June 27, 2014.
Composer Pat Spadine's Ashcan Orchestra perform their two-act chamber opera Apollo's Accidental Answer in it's entirety for the first time. Re-imagining of the ancient myth of Cassandra, the work presents an eyewitness account of the evolution of the universe, over a sculptural backdrop of televisions.
ISSUE Radio: The Ashcan Orchestra
Using a medley of instruments from children's hand bells to found objects, The Ashcan Orchestra led by composer/performer Pat Spadine perform live at an ISSUE show in November 2012. The D.I.Y. ensemble adopts ideas of grander ends from humble beginnings.
Mind Over Mirrors in Residence
Mind Over Mirrors with Zelienople + The Ashcan Orchestra
Actors Fund: 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn
Hailing from Chicago, Zelienople have been etching out a place for themselves in the Windy City for fourteen years. In a rare New York appearance Zelienople teams up with Mind Over Mirrors to perform a live soundtrack to Donald Prokop’s film Gone. P. Spadine's Ashcan Orchestra open the evening.