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For the Birds: A chamber suite with music, poetry, comedy, tragedy, artistry Uniting the new music of Zeitgeist with the verbal creativity of humorist and writer Kevin Kling and the music of composer Victor Zupanc, For the Birds is truly a show for everyone. This tour de force joins storytelling with musical interludes, songs and poetry in a one-hour musical and theatrical event. “Crow” delves into family relations. “Canadian Geese” explores marriage and loss. “Rooster” reveals our less noble tendencies. And “Hummingbirds” reminds us not to forget to live. Through the combination of Kling’s insightful words, Zupanc’s colorful musical setting and Zeitgeist’s exuberant performance, For the Birds illuminates our human need for inspiration and imagination, and it offers a space to contemplate ourselves as individuals, families, communities and a species. For more information on bringing For the Birds to your venue, please contact Heather Barringer at 651-755-1600 or heather[at]zeitgesitnewmusic.org. Take flight on wings of fancy and delight with For the Birds. > Listen to the track "Hawk" from For the Birds |
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Concerts & Residencies Whether our audience consists of first-time listeners or seasoned fans, Zeitgeist offers concerts and residency activities that will invigorate their experience. Come check us out! • Engaging chamber music concerts featuring |
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Converging Traditions Seeking to expand the boundaries and sounds of new music, Zeitgeist offers a rare concert experience in Converging Traditions. In this concert of world premieres, composers Paul Elwood, a renowned banjo player, and Chinese pipa player Gao Hong strum along with Zeitgeist. This unique concert finds the common ground between traditional Chinese music and the bluegrass sounds of Appalachia. A banjo champion, Colorado-based Paul Elwood regularly performs in the realms of bluegrass, free improvisation and new music. Gao Hong is a member of the Carleton College music faculty and is a master of the Chinese pipa, a pear-shaped lute. |
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Pine Eyes Composed by Martin Bresnick "The becoming of a fully-sentient and caring
human being is a journey that we all make." A dark and delightful evening--length multimedia work based on Carlo Collodi's beloved The Adventures of Pinnocchio, Pine Eyes is a rich mixture of music, words, and film—a compelling adventure for the imagination that will captivate audiences of all ages. |
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Shape Shifting: Shades of Transformation "A once in a lifetime experience." Shape Shifting gathers the talents of Zeitgeist, composer Scott Miller, poet Philippe Costaglioli, and videoartist Ron Gregg to create an evening-length artistic response to the promising yet perilous nature of change. Sound immerses the listener in a lush electronic environment while poetic and musical interaction evokes sensuous landscapes and timeless truths in English, French, and Catalan. Enveloping all, transcendent images create a world of abstraction and dream out of everyday realities and overlooked environmental spaces. |
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Sound Stage By Paul Dresher "Forget the drum circle. Forget the hurdy-gurdy.
This beats all...It's a musical jungle gym—every square inch
playable...80 minutes of non-stop performance...a cross-pollination
of music, visual art and theater limited only by the imagination." With a 17-foot tall double pendulum, magnificent music, vivid lights, and deadpan wit, Sound Stage is a brilliant celebration of making music from the ground up—way, way up! Perfect for families—audience welcome to play the instruments after the show! |