New Sounds Live: Newspeak & Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society with Vijay Iyer & Nicole Lizee
Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:29 pm | purchase tickets
A special Presentation of New Sounds® Live with WNYC’s John Schaefer
The eight-piece ensemble Newspeak performs a major new work by Darcy James Argue, winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll as Rising Star in the Big Band, Composer and Arranger categories. Argue’s 18-piece big band Secret Society will perform new works by Vijay Iyer, winner of the 2010 Jazz Journalists Association Artist of the Year Award, and the Montreal-based composer Nicole Lizée.
This concert is part of the Ecstatic Music Festival, which brings together more than 150 composers, songwriters and performers who are re-defining contemporary music.
Tickets:
3-concert New Sounds Live subscription: $60 (subscribers may purchase discounted $20 tickets to additional concerts)
4-concert Ecstatic Music Festival flex subscription: $80 for 4 concerts (subscribers may purchase discounted $20 tickets to additional concerts)
Single tickets (available after Oct 1): $25
EVENT ABBREVIATIONS:
AGRH = Ann Goodman Recital Hall,
KC = Kaufman Center,
LMS = Lucy Moses School
MCH = Merkin Concert Hall,
SMS = Special Music School,
YAP = Young Artist Program