| TOWER | June 16 & 17, 2012
Following in the footsteps of artistic luminaries Meredith Monk and the Kronos Quartet, Sympho has been commissioned by the Oliver Ranch Foundation to create an immersive, site-specific concert experience for The Tower, a monolithic eight-story, 80-foot tall sculpture and performance venue designed by Ann Hamilton. This concrete structure, which is 24 feet in diameter and located in the heart of California’s wine country, will embrace both performers and audience on its two parallel staircases, yielding a sonic environment designed to surprise and delight the ear and eye.
The event will feature music from the breadth of the Western tradition, as well as newly-commissioned work from composers Christopher Bono, Paul Haas, and Bora Yoon, played by Sympho under Haas’ direction. Stage Direction and Visual Design by Ruth Pongstaphone. Further details and ticketing information coming soon.
June 16 and 17, 2012
Oliver Ranch
Geyserville, CA
THE GREEN LAMA | January 29, 2012
On Sunday, January 29 at the Rubin Museum of Art, Sympho presented the world premiere of The Green Lama, a multimedia work by Paul Haas and John Hadfield, performed by the MAYA trio and Haas. The music was performed alongside projections of the second issue of the 1940s cult comic book The Green Lama, in which the wealthy playboy Jethro Dumont battles the ills of a great American metropolis using magic powers he acquired during a ten-year sojourn in Tibet. Narration (and WQXR host Elliott Forrest) was joined by Law and Order's Linus Roache as the voice of the Green Lama and Brian Cox—who appeared opposite Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus—as master crook Willie the Sleeper. The program will also featured works by Toru Takemitsu, Kinan Azmeh, Robert Paterson, Ravi Shankar, John Hadfield, and Sayat Nova.
The concert was be presented by the Rubin Museum as part of their Hero, Villain, Yeti!: Tibet in Comics exhibition. Sympho collaborators MAYA— the trio of percussionist John Hadfield, harpist Bridget Kibbey, and flutist Sato Moughalian—are known for the performance of new music, music of different world cultures, and the incorporation of improvisations into their performances.
MAYA Trio
(John Hadfield, Percussion; Bridget Kibbey, Harp; Sato Moughalian, Flute)
Paul Haas, Laptop
Elliot Forrest, Narrator
Linus Roache, The Green Lama
Brian Cox, Willie the Sleeper
PAUL HAAS & JOHN HADFIELD The Green Lama (World Premiere)
Works by Toru Takemitsu, Paul Haas, John Hadfield, Kinan Azmeh, Robert Paterson, Ravi Shankar, and Sayat Nova
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
ARCO
Premiere:
New York City
February 16, 2011
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
Paul Fowler | Paul Haas | Bora Yoon, Composers
Ruth Pongstaphone, Staging Director and Visual Design
Bora Yoon, Soprano and Multi-Instrumentalist
Paul Fowler, Laptop and Voice
Charles Perry Sprawls, Bass-Baritone
New York Polyphony, Vocal Quartet
Sympho, Orchestra
Paul Haas, Conductor
TWEETHEART
Premiere:
New York City
May 22,2010
Church For All Nations
417 West 57th Street
Paul Fowler | Grayson Sanders, Live Electronica Artists
Christina Arethas, soprano
Maria Elena Armijo, mezzo-soprano
Eric Jordan, bass
Benjamin Sloman, tenor
Mark Alan Johnson, video installation
Rachelle Beckerman, lighting design
SymphoNYC, orchestra
Paul Haas, artistic director and conductor
FLECTION
Premiere:
New York City
May 5 and 6, 2009
Le Poisson Rouge
SymphoNYC, Chamber Orchestra
Paul Fowler, Live Electronica Artist
Paul Haas, Conductor
BAM Next Wave Festival
Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln
A collaboration with Daniel Bernard Roumain
Brooklyn, NY
October 29, 31, and November 1, 2008
SymphoNYC, Chamber Orchestra
Paul Haas, Conductor
Daniel Bernard Roumain, Violin Soloist
Emeline Michel, Singer
Wynne Bennet, Prepared Piano and Keyboards
Daniel Beaty, Actor and Playwright
Brooklyn Academy of Music
REWIND
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San Francisco
January 19, 2008
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin Soloist
Mason Bates, Live Electronica Artist
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
March 8 and 9, 2008
Des Moines Symphony
Philippe Quint, Violin Soloist
Paul Fowler, Live Electronica Artist
TRACES
Premiere:
New York City
March 26 and 27, 2008 at 8 pm
Angel Orensanz Center
172 Norfolk Street
SymphoNYC, Chamber Orchestra
Nurit Pacht, Violin Soloist
Paul Fowler, Live Electronica Artist
Romain Erkiletlian, Video Installation Artist
Paul Haas, Conductor
