Composer/guitarist/improvisor/author Alan Licht will conduct the Digger Choir, augmented by invited guest artists, to perform vocal arrangements of John Stevens’ “Sustained Piece”, Alan Licht’s “Your Back Pages”, and “O Superman” by Laurie Anderson.
The concert will feature untrained vocalists as well professional singers performing in various stations in the space, not on a stage. The pieces will emphasize equanimity between the performers (and the audience) but also each performer’s individuality. The Stevens’ piece is rarely, if ever, performed.
The evening’s title is in homage to the English Civil War-era agrarian movement and the late 60s San Francisco street theatre “life actors” – social activists (which included actor Peter Coyote and the late Emmett Grogan).