TILT Brass: Music of John King at Roulette

John King, composer, guitarist and violist, has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Red {an orchestra}, ETHEL, the Albany Symphony/”Dogs of Desire”, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet/Diamond Project, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballets de Monte Carlo, as well as the Merce Cunningham Dance Co. His string quartets have also been performed by the Eclipse Quartet (LA) and the Mondriaan Quartet (Amsterdam). His quartet Crucible has premiered many of his compositions at The Stone (June 2007) and The Kitchen (April 2009).

PROGRAM
Kosmos (World Premiere) with live electronics
for Crucible Quartet
Conrad Harris, Cornelius Dufallo – violins
John King – viola
Yves Dharamraj – cello

Astral Epitaphs 
for TILT Brass
Chris McIntyre, Jen Baker, Will Lang – trombones
Thomas Bergeron, Garreth Flowers, Timothy Leopold – trumpets
> featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun director

Work written for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s final concerts at the Park Ave. Armory

(climax in) The Deserts of Love
For large ensemble and soprano, featuring Melissa Fogarty. A poetic reduction of the Arthur Rimbaud text.

More info on roulette.org
Event on tiltbrass.org