an eclectic chamber hip-hop/rock/experimental/jazz opera by Gene Pritsker
MONEY
An eclectic chamber hip-hop/rock/experimental/jazz opera by Gene Pritsker
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MONEY I & II - The Teaser
Composed by: Gene PritskerPerformed by: Sound Liberation Chamber PlayasB3+ Brass TrioMelanie Mitrano, SopranoChanda Rule, r&b/rock voiceAstrid Steiner, VJ
MONEY I - Need
MONEY I - Need
MONEY I - Need
Various musical genres of MONEY:hip-hop rock jazz new music (classical)
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About MONEY & reviews
Money is an hour and a half hip-hop/chamber opera written by composer Gene Pritsker. It is an eclectic theater piece with the subject of money being its binding force. The music of this opera is a combination of electronic, chamber, hip-hop, rock, improvisation, etc. It is a culmination of Mr. Pritskers diverse spectrum of styles, which are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.In Money I take a diverse array of poetry, raps, speeches, essays and quotes about money and set them to an eclectic musical context. Part 1 is for 2 singers, 2 rappers a mixed chamber quintet and samplestra (pre-recorded electronics). The Samplestra a surveys the subject of money as it applies to mortality, criminal enterprise, sex, art and most of all greed. Part 2 is for baritone, female rock voice, 2 rappers, male actor, female actor, trumpet, French horn, bass trombone, 2 electric guitars, cello, contra bass & drum set. I continue where Money 1 left off and look at money as it applies to gambling, politics, and love.-Gene PritskerNever had I heard Pritsker try to put all these elements together in one composition. Here, in Money, he does, and it is the apotheosis of his form. This is the best Pritsker work I have ever heard. We can only hope that Gene Pritsker, in his perfection of this very personal and idiosyncratic form and the strength of his exceptional talent, can reach the very pinnacle of the compositional mound. - Joseph Pehrson, The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2006Pritsker dissolves the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if its done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre.- Joseph Pehrson, The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2001Genes rap songs are clever, complex - Barry L. Cohen,Etnafest: MONEY, opera hip hop The composer and rapper Gene Pritsker has managed to successfully merge elements of art music with the metropolitan hip hop, while maintaining a significant general usability. Absolutely impeccable performance.....The response of the public was certainly enthusiastic......Several minutes of applause at the end of a show that has managed to involve all viewers- Giorgio Romero, Soqquadro.org"..refreshing, exciting, in-your-face real, and the music tracks were like nothing this reviewer has ever heard before (totally fascinating) and, clearly, superior to and occupying a different level than what is commonly heard in rap genre pieces as one walks the streets of the city, rides its subways, or just tries to get some sleep as a boombox with wheels passes by ones bedroom window late at night. -John de Clef Piñeiro, The Music Connoisseur
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video linkshttp://vimeo.com/2976796Lottery Ticket - #6 in selectionhttp://vimeo.com/3000872http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blxxwMaGrwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VTzI1EUxTI
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Past Performances
November 6th, 2006 (Premiere:)at the Flea Theater, NY as part of Music with a View festivalMay 29th, 2007Players TheatreNYAug. 5, 2007Outreach Festival SportzentrumSchwaz, AustriaMay 21st, 2008 Etna FestivalCatnania, Sicily
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Sound Liberation, an eclectic chamber ensemble/band, was formed in 1996. The band has gained exposure in the New York city area and has generated a loyal core following playing such notable venues as Joe's Pub, Wetlands, Knitting Factory, The Blue Note, Downtime, New Music Cafe, Cutting Room,, Le Poisson Rouge and many other performing spaces. Recently the group performed at the Outreach Festival '06 and again in '07 in Schwaz, Austria. Also in '07 Sound Liberation performed at the Estonian House and presented Gene Pritsker's Opera Money at the Players Theatre and Flea Theatre in New York. In May of '08 'Money' was performed at the Etna music Festival in Catania, Sicily and Sound Liberation played in Ragusa, Sicily. In July '08 they performed at the Blaine jazz Festival in Blaine, Wa. In May of '09 Sound Liberation presented 2 nights at the Flea theater, performing Gene Pritsker's one hour VRE Suite written for the Sound Liberation Quintet and a concert with B3+ of music from their albums on Col-Legno records. In past years the group was part of the Peekaboo Festival of New Music and Theater and has toured Newfoundland, Canada in April of '99.In August of '09 the Song No Truth, from the recent album, was featured in the Universal Home Videos motion picture 'The Wedding Bothers'. The band played a very publicized concert at New York's Le Poisson Rouge in January '10, the New Yorker wrote: "Pritsker, a rule-breaking composer-guitarist (and rapper) who impresses funk and rock beats onto classical structures, fronts this eclectic jazz-type combo of singers and instrumentalists"The band has released their 2nd album 'Open Up Your Ears and Get Some' on Col Legno Records (www.col-legno.com) and had an album release concert at Drom in New York in November '08. In July 2010 Innova Records will release Gene Pritsker's 'VRE Suite' written for the quintet portion of Sound Liberation. In April Sound Liberation will perform at The Shrine in Harlem, playing a concert presented by Hip-hop Saves Lives. They will have 2 pre release show for the VRE Suite: May 24th at Cornelia Street Cafe, presented by 21st Century Schizoid which will also feature various chamber music of Gene Pritsker and June 25th at DROM with special guest IDOSound Liberation's musical philosophy, developed by band founder Gene Pritsker, is based upon "ending the segregation of sound vibration (i.e. musical Genres)". The group incorporates its philosophy by performing compositions that encompass a diverse range of musical genre, heavily influenced by hip-hop and rock rhythms. This enables one to hear elements from classical music to Jazz to music of various cultures at a Sound Liberation show.The members of Sound Liberation include: Gene "Noizepunk" Pritsker (composer, guitarist, rapper), David "Criminal Cello" Gotay (rapper, cellist), , Greg "B-man" Baker (guitarist), Charles "Das Krooner" Coleman (singer), Chanda Rule (voice), Mat Fieldes (bassist), David Rosenblatt (drummer) as well as guest performers such as: James "The Prophet" Gotay (rapper), Franz Hackl (trumpet), Dave Taylor (trombone), John Clark (horn), Vessko Gellev (violinist), Dan Barret cellist/conductor), Mychio Suzuki (clarinetist), Margaret Lancaster (flutist), Melenie Mitrano (voice) and many other outstanding musicians throughout the years.
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Composer/guitarist/rapper Gene Pritsker has written over three hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles, etc. All his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hiphop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble who have released cd/s on Col-legno and Innova Records. Gene's music has been performed all over the world at various festivals and by many ensembles and performers, including the Adelaide Symphony, The Athens Camarata, Brooklyn and Berlin Philharmonic. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated such Hollywood movies as 'Perfume, Story of a Murderer' and The International' The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2001, described Pritsker as "dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre". Other organizations he is associated with include: Composers' Concordance, Absolute Ensemble, The international Street Cannibals. Some of Gene Pritsker's music is published by: Falls House Press, Gold Branch Music, Periferia Sheet Music & Calabrese Brothers music and recorded by: Col Legno, Enja, Eutrepe, Wergo, Innova and Capstone record labels.2010 highlights include violinist Anne Akiko Meyers records Variations on Sakura, Sakura for Koch Records and performs the piece at Le Possoin Rouge for her CD release concrt. Gene was the composer-in-residence at William Paterson University where he had numerous premieres and performances of his music. A January performance at Le Poisson Rouge with his band Sound Liberation. A tour of the piano concerto Reinvention's with The Absolute Ensemble and soloist Simone Dinnerstein. Performances in the U.S., Canada, Germany and Greece. Also a new violin concerto; 'The Modes' for Miltos Papastamou and Absolute premiered in July at the Athens Music Festival. The Premiere of Genes solo drum set piece Opposite Extreme of Benevolence by percussionist Peter Jarvis as well as the recent publication of this piece in the anthology: 'Drum set Music for the Concert Stage'. A performance of 'Essentially Tragic' for solo electric bassoon, chamber orchestra & Samplestra performed by Matthias Kronsteiner and the Tactus Ensemble at Manhattan School of Music as part of the inaugural Contemporary Performance Program Concerto Competition. A set of Genes music at Galapagos as well as a premiere of a new dance piece written for the occasion, in February. Numerous concert and premieres with The International Street Cannibals, Absolute Ensemble and The Composers Concordance. Innova Records release of The VRE Suite a one hour composition for the quintet portion of Sound Liberation which is generating amazing reviews. The US release of Absolute Zawinul, a CD of Genes orchestrations of the Music of Joe Zawinul as performed by the Absolute Ensemble with Mr. Zawinul (the last recording he did). The launching of Composers Concordance Records, Distributed by Naxos. Gene is a co-director. First release: "Ballets & Solos'. Genes compositions 'A Challenge to the Dark' for chamber ensemble and 'Dead Souls' for solo guitar will be included. 'Human Condition' from Sound Liberations last album 'Open Up Your Ears & Get Some' will be featured in Episode 1 on the new season of Road Trip Nation on PBS. 2009 highlights include: 'Reinvention #3' for bandoneón, piano and chamber orchestra premiered at the '09 Bremen Musikfest by the Absolute Ensemble. A concert and a CD release called 'solo-duo-trio-quartet-quintet: the chamber and electronic music of Gene Pritsker'. The premiere of the 'VRE Suite', a one hour composition for Sound Liberation, also a recording of this work. A concert of Gene's music at the Blaine Jazz festival in Blaine, WA, including the premiere of ''Unsubstantiality of Things' for mixed sextet. The song 'No Truth' featured in the motion picture 'The Wedding Brothers'. Gene at the Austrian Outreach festival where he had a duo concert with tubist Jon Sass and a premiere of an arrangement of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' for the Outreach Outreach Orchestra. A concert of Genes Music at the Austrian Cultural forum in New York as part of their Jazz Fest. 09 A European CD release of Genes orchestrations of the Music of Joe Zawinul as performed by the Absolute Ensemble with Mr. Zawinul (the last recording he did). In '08 Gene had a new piano concerto: 'Reinventions' for piano and chamber orchestra based on J.S. Bach's piano Inventions premiered at the '08 Bremen Musikfest on Sept. 13th with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and Absolute Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. His chamber/hip-hop opera Money was performed at the Etna Festival in Catania, Sicily. His band Sound Liberation released a new CD on Col-Legno records called 'Open Up Your Ears and Get Some'. The band played a CD release concert in New York's Drom in November, and performed at Joe's Pub and at the Blue Note. They also performed in Ragusa, Sicily in May. Gene has many performances/premiers at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Vise, Come in to My Kitchen, Sarangi Surround and Corruption in Conference for Moog and Concert band performed by Adam Holtzman and Stadtmusik Schwaz concert band, Gene conducting. In the 2006 -07 season Gene premiered two chamber operas; Money 1 & Money 2, at the Flea Theater and at the Players Theater in New York, He also performed these 2 operas at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, At the 07 Outreach Festival Gene had many performances, including his Bassoon and samplestra piece; Electrically Tragic Premiered by Martin Kuuskmann and various performances with his band Sound Liberation and The International Street Cannibals a group that combines chamber music and boxing.In September '07 Three Poems From Flowers of Evil, on poetry of Baudelaire was performed by the The Absolute Ensemble, The Latvian State Choir and himself as Di.J. at the 07 Bremen Music Festival. Also at this concert Genes orchestrations from the movie Perfume were performed. Gene is very excited to have had the opportunity of working with the legendary Joe Zawinul, he has arranged/orchestrated Zawinuls music for the Absolute Ensemble to be recorded and released on Biirdjam records in 09 and to be toured around the world in upcoming years. In recent years Absolute has been performing arrangements Gene did of Frank Zappas music as well as many of his own compositions, including Lost Illusion, a concerto for bass, orchestra and samplestra (pre recorded electronics) this piece was also performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Mat Fieldes on various basses and Kristjan Jarvi conducting.
Melanie Mitrano is an active performer, teacher, composer, lecturer and writer who specializes in new musicand crossover repertoire. Both her vocal and compositional styles range from classical to Broadway to jazz. She is especially committed to hybrid music, which combines elements of several musical styles at once. Melaniehasthe distinction of being the first woman to receive a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston, and also holds an MM and BM in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music. Her critically-acclaimed debutCD, Songs in Transit, was released on Capstone records in 2006. It features repertoire which unites musical theater, blues, jazz, hip-hop and world music styles within a classical framework. Such notable American composers as Lee Hoiby, Tom Cipullo and Lori Laitman, as well as Pulitzer-Prize-winning composers David Del Tredici and Paul Moravec are heard accompanying the singer at the piano. Dr. Mitrano has worked with manyother esteemed composers, including György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, and John Harbison. InManchester, England, she gave the world premieres of selected 20th-century Lieder at the second Perspectives on Anton Brucknerconference; andtouredJapanand Taiwan, premiering the choral music of Earl Kim. She was a founding member of the Boston-based Auros Group for New Music and has sung with similar groups in the New York area, including Speculum Musicae, Ensemble 21, The Crosstown Ensemble, The Downtown Chamber Players, andFriends &Enemies of New Music. With Absolute Ensemble, she recorded the film score for the award-winning movie Perfume, directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Dustin Hoffmann and Alan Rickman. Her voice appears in the film and on the EMI movie soundtrack. She will soon be heard in the Manta Ray Pictures film Anomaly, written and directed by independent filmmaker Terry Wickham. Melanie has sung under the auspices of American Opera Projects, and made her solo Carnegie Hall debut in 2004. That same year, she won first place in the New Jersey NATS Artist Award Competition, and second place in the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Art Song Competition. She has sungin conjunction with theComposers Concordance and theGuild of Composers, under whose sponsorship she made her Merkin Hall recital debut in 1996; and premiered student and faculty compositions at Yale, NYU, NEC, Colombia University, MIT, The New School of Music, and the Symposium for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College. Dr. Mitrano premiered the role of Harriett Shelley in Allan Jaffes new American opera, Mary Shelley, presented at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. With Sound Liberation, she appeared in the premiere of Gene Pritskers techno-rock opera Moneyat the Flea Theater and The Players Theater in Manhattan. In May 2008, she gave the Italian premiere of this work at Etnafest in Catania, Sicily. As a composer, Melanie performs her original works in a variety of venues. Her classical song cycle, Phobias and Infatuations, has been performed in recital at Symphony Space, and also featured on a concert of the New York Womens Composers in 2006. She was recently a guest composer/performer with the Diane Moser Composers Big Band at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair. A newdisc of her jazz compositions is slated to be released by Parma Records in 2009.Dr. Mitrano began her teaching career at Connecticut College in New London; and from 1996-2001, served on the faculty of New Jersey City University as Coordinator of Vocal Studies. A dedicated educator and frequent clinician, she has lectured at several NJMEA state conferences, high schools, and universities, including the Mannes College of Music, Western Connecticut State University, Kutztown University, BrooklynCollege, and the University of New Hampshire. She has served as an adjudicator for the NJ NATS Festival of Singing and the National Federation of Music Clubs. Since 1999, Dr. Mitrano has been a member of the editorial board of The New Music Connoisseur, a Manhattan-based journal dedicated to the advancement of contemporary music. Her articles have been published in NMC, as well as Tempo Magazine, the MENC international edition of Spotlight on Teaching Chorus, andtheNATSJournal of Singing. Currently, she maintains a busyprivate voice studio in New Jersey, and persues a free-lance performing career.
This is Bass Trombone, French Horn, and Trumpetas you have never heard, seen, or experienced before. Taylor/Clark/Hackl are creating their own brass trio literature. The tension initiated by the blending of improvisation and composed passages defies every attempt to categorize it. B3+ develops into much more than its individual partsit is music at its purest. It is as simple and as complex as that. You will hear an exciting meeting of Bartok, Pastorius, Schubert, Bach along with early classical music, jazz standards, free jazz, original music, authorized and non-authorized interpretations of pop tunes, and Welsh hymns. John, Franz and Dave began to play their instruments at an early age, and their open minds and searching ears got busy right away. Sometime later they earned advanced degrees from the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and Manhattan School of Music. Real-world degrees were subsequently earned as they worked with great musicians all over the world. B3+ is where the experiences and ideas accumulated in orchestras, recording studios, jazz clubs, big bands, late-night jam sessions, and on long bus rides from gig to gigall get a chance to bubble and stew and become something unique. Think: Gunther Schuller meets P. Diddy meets Yo-Yo Ma meets Gil Evans meets Michael Jackson. Get the picture? To find out more about John, Dave and Franz, please go to their websites:John: www.hmmusic.comDave: www.davetaylor.netFranz: www.outreach-schwaz.at
I would love to send you the full DVD ifyou are interested in this project. Gene PritskerComposer/guitarist/rapper1510 York Ave. #2bNew York, NY 10075212.663.8826e-mail: Soundiberation_nyc.rr.comhttp://www.genepritsker.com/
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