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Present Music's performance "French Connection" may have come and gone but Milwaukee's French connection is just starting thanks to the Alliance Française de Milwaukee.
Classes for Fall are now in session but you can still sign up at afmilwaukee.org
While you are there, find out how you can be part of their trip to Morocco in March 2023. "Here's looking at you kid."
We would love to give a hearty THANK YOU to all our supporters for coming to our 2022-2023 season opener "French Connection."
It was such a remarkable event and the Milwaukee Art Museum was the perfect setting. Please enjoy these photos courtesy of Alvin Connor.
We'd also like to thank our sponsors who helped us bring this performance to you: New Music USA Shepherd Express United Performing Arts Fund - UPAF Wisconsin Arts Board National Endowment for the Arts Urban Milwaukee Warehouse Art Museum Wisconsin Public Radio Alliance Française de Milwaukee WMSE 91.7FM WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
It's SHOWTIME folks!!!
TONIGHT Present Music kicks off the 2022-23 season at Milwaukee Art Museum with French Connection, featuring Jean Cocteau's iconic 1946 film La Belle et La Bête (aka Beauty and the Beast) with live music from The Philip Glass opera.
Here is a peek into last night's rehearsal, just as the performers finish the first complete run-through. One thing is for sure...it takes stamina to play this music for over 90 minutes!!! We can't wait to share it with you
Also Urban Milwaukee just put out a very detailed preview of tonight's show. Check it out right here: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/09/09/classical-present-music-rethinks-beauty-and-the-beast/
🎟️presentmusic.org/events
Join Present Music for a very French 🇫🇷 evening at the Milwaukee Art Museum!
* Experience Jean Cocteau's iconic 1946 film La Belle et La Bête (aka Beauty and the Beast) with live music from The Philip Glass opera
* Visit the Always New Posters of Jules Chêret exhibit at MAM open exclusively for French Connection ticket holders between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm
* Mingle at the cash bar between 6:30 and 7:30 pm in Windhover Hall at MAM
* Enjoy free admission to MAM between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm with French Connection ticket purchase
* Enter our raffle at the performance and earn a chance to win a membership with MAM, membership with the French Alliance, or a gift card for the French Restaurant Pastiche
Sunday, September 11th 7:30 pm at the Milwaukee Art Museum
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A “JACQUES” OF ALL TRADES?
A poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist, and celebrities’ celebrity? No, not Andy Warhol, but maybe his French antecedent.
Jean Cocteau was not just a dilettante, dabbler and dandy who courted the Bohemian elite of Paris. He was also one of the most prolific masters of the 20th Century, whose expressions in a variety of mediums reflected a frantic personal manifesto: “to escape himself, by whatever means necessary. He invents. He transfigures. He mythifies. He creates. He fancies himself an artist.”
Cocteau knew almost nothing of filmmaking when he made La Belle et La Bete at age 57. And in the wake of WWll, resources for film were scarce in France, and he had to rely mostly upon an accumulated bag-of-tricks to create this film’s uncanny aura. Even the usual ‘happily-ever-after’ became chiaroscuro illusion for him. When the Beast finally reverts to a handsome prince, the Beauty’s ambivalent response is “I’ll have to get used this…”.
Present Music screens "La Belle et la Bête" with the chamber opera by Philip Glass at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Sept. 11th at 7:30 p.m.
In conjunction with Milwaukee Art Museum's exhibition, Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret*
*In addition to their regular hours between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, Milwaukee Art Museum will have their Jules Chêret French Poster exhibit OPEN between 6:00 and 7:30 pm the evening of our performance! Guests can visit earlier in the day for free, or visit the French poster exhibit just before the show with purchase of ticket: presentmusic.org/events
There will also be a cash bar between 6:30 and 7:30pm in Windhover Hall.
📣 September 11th is the final date for subscription packages. Get yours now!!! Presentmusic.org/events
That same evening, Present Music will be bringing you French Connection at Milwaukee Art Museum at 7:30pm.
Read all about it here: https://mailchi.mp/presentmusic/frenchconnection-subcriptions
A TALE AS OLD AS TIME
French author Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve’s original 1740 Beauty and the Beast was actually an update of the “animal groom story”, a fairytale trope of love’s transformational powers found in many cultures over thousands of years.
SO WHAT if your betrothed looks like Chewbacca from Milwookie?? He might be a real peach! You know the saying, one beastly suitor is worth a bushel of fair princes. Those guys are always a letdown compared to the furry thrill of the unknown.
BECOME ENCHANTED yourself on Sept. 11th at the Milwaukee Art Museum, as Present Music premieres a new version of Philip Glass’ chamber opera score, accompanying the classic 1946 film by Jean Cocteau.
With members of the The Philip Glass Ensemble.
French Connection
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Thank you Shepherd Express for the wonderful review of our upcoming concert French Connection.
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/classical-music/present-music-makes-a-french-connection/
In addition to their regular hours between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm, Milwaukee Art Museum will have their Jules Chêret French Poster exhibit OPEN between 6:00 and 7:30 pm the evening of our performance! Guests can visit earlier in the day for free, or visit the French poster exhibit just before the show with purchase of ticket: presentmusic.org/events
There will also be a cash bar between 6:30 and 7:30pm in Windhover Hall.
PM will screen Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête alongside Philip Glass’ opera plus music by young French composer Christophe Chassol.
French composer and audio-visual maverick Christophe CHASSOL demonstrates his method of "ultra-scoring", which takes visual and sound objects from "reality" and weaves them into a narrative connecting listeners to a more expansive, ecstatic panorama of "life".
Chassol comes from a jazz background (from his days at the Berklee College of Music in Boston), but has a wide, almost anthropological array of influences-- ranging from comics, horror movies and documentaries to artists like Maurice Ravel, Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal, and author Herman Hesse.
On Sept. 11th, as part of French Connection at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Present Music will premiere a new arrangement of excerpts from his magnum opus "Big Sun".
TICKETS: Presentmusic.org/events
"When Philip Glass was a young student of Nadia Boulanger in Paris, he became enamoured of the films of Jean Cocteau. This production of La Belle et la Bete is the perfect meeting of two minds; the master minimalist and the master surrealist, half a century apart. It's a magical experience!" - Eric Segnitz, Co-Artistic Director
Members of the The Philip Glass Ensemble perform with Present Music, bringing this piece to life with full orchestration at the Milwaukee Art Museum, September 11th at 7:30 pm, as part of French Connection, in conjunction with MAM's exhibition, Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret.
TICKETS: Presentmusic.org/events
Enjoy this 2013 video of Minimalist composer Philip Glass at the Edinburgh International Film Festival discussing his reimagination of Jean Cocteau's classic 1946 film, La Belle et La Bete.
*Free admission to MAM starting at 10:00 am the day of the performance with Present Music ticket purchase.
Video rights: Edinburgh International Festival, Beat The Dutch Films and Pomegranate Arts
Subscriptions available until September 11th!
Be swept away by Crosscurrents this season — where will they take you?
Join us for a year full of unlikely and provocative pairings from world-class artists, composers, and guest performers: Brazilian heat meets Nordic cool, Zulu song meets Native American drumming, New Zealand soul meets Korean street theater. An artistic tsunami encounters the heart of a troubadour, and masters of Surrealism and Minimalism collide.
You’ll only find this kind of adventurous programming at Present Music concerts, including 4 major world premieres. Check out our current season, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers! — David Bloom & Eric Segnitz, Co-Artistic Directors
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With each subscription, receive a promo code that allows you to get up to 2 additional half-price tickets for any performance during the season!
Our first show of the season, French Connection (September 11th) will be in conjunction with the Milwaukee Art Museum's exhibition, "Always New: The Posters of Jules Chéret."
Free admission to MAM starting at 10:00am the day of the performance with Present Music ticket purchase.
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~ Eric Segnitz, Co-Artistic Director
Our 40th season might be behind us, but Present Music is always hard at work, even in the glorious days of Summer. Here are some pics from inside the studio with Carla Kihlstedt, recording her wonderful score "26 Little Deaths."
Special Event 📣:
The Warehouse invites YOU to attend the opening of it’s major William Kentridge exhibit THIS FRIDAY, July 8th, between 4:00-8:00.
“See for Yourself” is open and free to the public, but you must register for the opening event at their website: https://www.thewarehousemke.org/kentridge-events/william-kentridge-see-for-yourself-opening-reception
The Warehouse and Present Music will collaborate on a special concert on November 16th at the Milwaukee Art Museum, wedding the the animation of Kentridge to the music of South African composer Philip Miller. Tickets and special season subscription rates at presentmusic.org
Our name might be Present Music, but we are always planning for the future. So we'd like to announce the lineup for our 2022-2023 season "Crosscurrents!" Individual tickets and subscriptions are now available for purchase: https://www.presentmusic.org/events
Now, let's see if our futures coincide. Have you ever wanted to be a part of one of the nation’s leading ensembles specializing in the commissioning and performance of new music? If the answer is yes, we are hiring! Click here for more info: https://www.presentmusic.org/hiring
Last night was pure magic at the Jan Serr Studio for night 1 of "26 Little Deaths." We can't wait to do it again tonight!
One of or audience members said: "Wow! Just saw the show and it was clever, fresh, genuine and just overall fantastic! Carla Kilhstedt is a multi-talented gem accompanied by the stellar core musicians of Present Music."
Tonight's show will be livestreamed. Tickets are still available:
IN-PERSON: https://psoatickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1880
LIVESTREAM:
https://psoatickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1896
Carla Kihlstedt was on Tom Crawford's WMSE 91.7FM The Rock Ride radio show yesterday. They chatted about our upcoming show "26 Little Deaths," how she got connected to the Edward Gorey House, and her process in writing the piece, which will be making it's world premiere June 23 & 24 at the Jan Serr Studio .
https://www.wmse.org/program/the-rock-ride/
Carla's Interview begins at: 1:45:15
Carla & Tom discuss Present Music and "26 Little Deaths" at 1:47:48
In-Person and Livestream tickets available at: psoatickets.universitytickets.com/w/default.aspx?cid=171
Photo by: Joseph Navas, Organic Photography
Carla Kilhstedt will be on WMSE today at 4:30pm CT with Tom Crawford chatting about the Present Music season finale "26 Little Deaths," Kilhstedt's new 26-song suite for singing violinist and chamber ensemble inspired by Edward Gorey’s abecedarium, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.
For a chance to win a pair of tickets...LISTEN LIVE at: WMSE.org
In-Person and Livestream Tix still available
June 23 & 24
at Jan Serr Studios
BUY NOW: https://psoatickets.universitytickets.com/?cid=171
Many thanks to Edward Gorey House for sharing our upcoming event 26 Little Deaths on June 23rd & 24th!!!
In-Person & Livestream Tickets Available NOW:
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Cape Cod artist Carla Kihlstedt's two-night performance of 26 Little Death featuring the You-Know-Whoms. June 23-24 if you're near the Serr Studio in Milwaukee. If not, then a live stream on 6/24. More info at this link: https://www.presentmusic.org/events
May 29th is the birthday of Ben Patterson, the nearly-forgotten Black founding-member of the early 60's Fluxus movement, along with such luminaries as John Cage and Yoko Ono.
Trained as a classical bassist but unable to find work in an American orchestra, Patterson began composing to "open people's thinking-- not with shock but with surprise, so they become more aware and sensitive to the world around them". This approach included the embrace of banal, ordinary sounds-- such as the humble medium of paper.
Here, the paper-trained musicians of Present Music let 'er rip with a pandemic version of his inimitable "Paper Piece":
https://vimeo.com/539850671
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It's SHOWTIME folks!!! TONIGHT Present Music kicks off the 2022-23 season at Milwaukee Art Museum with French Connection, featuring Jean Cocteau's iconic 1946 film La Belle et La Bête (aka Beauty and the Beast) with live music from The Philip Glass opera. Here is a peek into last night's rehearsal, just as the performers finish the first complete run-through. One thing is for sure...it takes stamina to play this music for over 90 minutes!!! We can't wait to share it with you Also Urban Milwaukee just put out a very detailed preview of tonight's show. Check it out right here: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/09/09/classical-present-music-rethinks-beauty-and-the-beast/ 🎟️presentmusic.org/events
Join Present Music for a very French 🇫🇷 evening at the Milwaukee Art Museum! * Experience Jean Cocteau's iconic 1946 film La Belle et La Bête (aka Beauty and the Beast) with live music from The Philip Glass opera * Visit the Always New Posters of Jules Chêret exhibit at MAM open exclusively for French Connection ticket holders between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm * Mingle at the cash bar between 6:30 and 7:30 pm in Windhover Hall at MAM * Enjoy free admission to MAM between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm with French Connection ticket purchase * Enter our raffle at the performance and earn a chance to win a membership with MAM, membership with the French Alliance, or a gift card for the French Restaurant Pastiche Sunday, September 11th 7:30 pm at the Milwaukee Art Museum 🎟️presentmusic.org/events
Here's a Thanksgiving: Circle Unbroken sneak peek sent in from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelical by our featured composer Raven Chacon. Can you imagine how it's going to look and sound when we give the place the Present Music touch this Sunday? Don't wait, buy your tickets now and come see for yourself! Thanksgiving: Circle Unbroken Sunday November 21st 🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️ : https://www.presentmusic.org/events 🖥️ Also available to stream online November 24-28 🖥️
We've got some more behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of "Voiceless Mass" by composer Raven Chacon. Thanksgiving: Circle Unbroken Sunday November 21st 🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️ : https://www.presentmusic.org/events 🖥️ Also available to stream online November 24-28 🖥️
We've got some more behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage of "Voiceless Mass" by composer Raven Chacon. Thanksgiving: Circle Unbroken Sunday November 21st 🎟️ TICKETS 🎟️ : https://www.presentmusic.org/events 🖥️ Also available to stream online November 24-28 🖥️
Here's a peek 👀 at Krists Auznieks piece "Untimed," commissioned by Present Music, which will be making it's world premiere TONIGHT at the Jan Serr Studio. Join us in person or on the livestream. Tickets are still available for both Oct 14 & 15, but limited seating is going fast! www.presentmusic.org/events
It's show day!!! 🤩 Our 40th anniversary season kicks off TONIGHT with "Keeping Time". Check out this gorgeous excerpt of "Negative Space" composed by Leila Adu, featuring Milwaukee vocalist Donna Woodall! Get the full gamut of Adu's work as well as the *world premiere* of "Untimed" by Latvian composer Krists Auznieks by joining us in-person at the Jan Serr Studio or via livestream. Tickets are still available for both Oct 14 & 15, but limited seating is going fast! www.presentmusic.org/events Thanks to ensemble member Derek Johnson for capturing the video at rehearsal.
ICYMI: The incredible Milwaukee-based movement artist Maria Gillespie 😍 is choreographing two new dance works for our season opening concerts this Thursday and Friday!! In-person and livestream tickets still available for "Keeping Time" at Jan Serr Studio: www.presentmusic.org/events Gillespie's dances, "ricochet between vulnerability and strength with razor-sharp shifts in intensity and intent." ~ LA Times "Gillespie holds back nothing, either as a performer or as a choreographer." ~ Orange County Register 👀 a preview of her dance work "Migrations of Gesture" playing below CREDITS: Choreography: Maria Gillespie Composer: Barry Paul Clark We can't wait to celebrate our 40th Anniversary Season with you so so soon!
FRIDAY! Join us for our virtual season finale concert, NEON LIFE! Many many thanks to everyone, from the musicians to the video and audio architects, to our amazing supporters that allow us to continue doing this new music making thing. 👏👏👏 CHEERS to hanging in there with us throughout this unprecedented year! We'll see you at the show... +++ $10 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-life-tickets-116647713451
🤩 JOIN US for our season finale concert this FRIDAY, June 11 at 7:30pm CDT! 🤩 From gritty to majestic, funky to eloquent, this concert has everything it takes to close out this unprecedented season in proper Present Music fashion. --- Filmed in high-definition video and audio at Turner Hall, the concert video includes four original new short films created exclusively for this concert by Tankthink, produced by the ever creative Wes Tank. Featured composers include: Aviya Kopelman (whose piece, Neon Lights, is featured below), David Lang, Daniel Kidane, Tansy Davies, Henry Threadgill and Louis Andriessen. --- JOIN US! Tickets start at just $10: www.eventbrite.com/e/neon-life-tickets-116647713451
Present Music is Milwaukee’s internationally acclaimed new music ensemble. Celebrating 38 years of new music, Present Music commissions, performs, records and tours the music of living composers. In the past quarter century, more than 65 new works, by composers from around the world, have come into existence because of Present Music. PM works closely with many of the world’s most exciting and significant composers while supporting the talents of emerging voices. It nurtures the next generation of composers through its education program, the Creation Project.
Present Music is a member of the United Performing Arts Fund, which provides major financial support. This season is supported by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by CAMPAC and by the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individuals. PM has won the ASCAP/Chamber Music America’s Adventurous Programming Award an unprecedented six times and can be heard on nine compact disc recordings on the Argo, Albany, Aoede, Northeastern, Naxos, and Innova labels. Present Music engages artists and audiences in imaginative and provocative experiences with new music through ensemble performance, education, and commissioning.
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