Music on MacDougal
Greenwich Village concert series at the Players Theatre
Likeness to Lily
A rare breed of style and soul, Likeness to Lily is a new species of modern music. This Brooklyn-based quartet's compact arrangements and lyrical savoir-faire evoke timeless tales of romance and reality, expressed by the classical melody of Susan Oetgen's voice, and the jazz-influenced harmonies and rhythms of pianist Tony Melone, drummer Evan Pazner and bassist Ian M. Riggs.
Program: Bazm-O-Razm:
A meditation on the timeless and troubled marriage of romance and war, Bazm-O-Razm is Likeness to Lily's multi-media song-cycle for soprano, flute, violin, cello, bass, piano and drums, featuring original drawings by artist Justin Waldstein, Iraq War photos by Pultizer Prize-nominee Alan Chin, and choreography by Sahar Javedani. Bazm-O-Razm was commissioned by the Brooklyn Philharmonic and was premiered on BP's Music Off the Walls series at the Brooklyn Museum in March 2008.
January 28th, 2009
Likeness to Lily & Phil Fried
8pm Tickets $20
by phone: 212-352-3101
Phil Fried: Man and Machine, Solo Bass with real time analog electronics.
Sequenza21 has described Phil's solo work as "entrancing."
Phil Fried, Minnesota composer/performer and 2008-09 McKnight Artist Fellow, was part of the exciting free jazz scene in the 1970's as a founding member of the New York City Artists Collective at 501 Canal Street. After a hiatus to study performance and composition he returned to composer/performing. Phil's studies include: a B.M in string bass performance with Julius Levine at Queens College, an M.A. in composition with Henry Weinberg, Hugo Weisgall l, and George Perle, and a Ph.D. in composition at the University Of Chicago with Ralph Shapey and Brian Ferneyhough. He also studied with Luigi Nono at Centre Acanthes in Avignon France.
Fried has performed solo at Roulette in NY, Chicago (most recently at the International Society of Improvising Musicians convention), and all over the mid-western states. As classical composer he has received a centennial commission from the Minnesota orchestra for Episodes, and a commission for the new music ensemble Zeitgeist for their 30th Anniversary concert and recording. One of his piano works, I remember the 60's..or was it the 70's,?is featured on a recent Innova label release, Melville's Dozen," by New Zealand pianist Nikki Melville. Phil is an active "blogger" on both classicallounge.com and on newmusicbox.org.
The main portal into all things Phil is: PhilFried.com.
