Lowertown Listening Sessions

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Lowertown Listening Sessions invite curious listeners to enjoy adventurous sounds and insightful conversation with the music-makers of our time. Held at Studio Z, Zeitgeist’s performance space in Lowertown St. Paul, this monthly happy hour series brings guest artists from all genres of new music (jazz, classical, world music, folk, and more) for performances and informal discussion in an after-work setting with food and beverages from Lowertown eateries. 

Upcoming Sessions
Lowertown Listening Session: Seen/Heard Trio
April 30, 2018  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist presents a performance/discussion with special guests Seen/Heard Trio (Megan Ihnen, Mezzo-Soprano; Erika Boysen, Flute; Jennifer R. Ellis, Harp). 

Previous Sessions
Lowertown Listening Session: Zeitgeist-Composer Workshop
Aug. 11, 2016  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Join Zeitgeist for a glimpse into the 2016 composer workshop, featuring music by composer participants Yohannes Tona, Randy Bauer, and Reinaldo Moya. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Francesca Anderegg
Sept. 15, 2016  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Violinist Francesca Anderegg and pianist Brent Funderburk perform and discuss music from their newly released album Wild Cities. 
Lowertown Listening Session: EAR + NOSE
Oct. 14, 2016  •  6-10 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Composer Mary Ellen Childs presents EAR + NOSE, an immersive sound installation combining the worlds of scent and sound featuring live performance by Zeitgeist. Live performance and discussion at 7 p.m.
Lowertown Listening Session: Zeitgeist & No Exit Ensemble
Nov. 10, 2016  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist and No Exit Ensemble perform and discuss music by Minnesota composers Ann Millikan and Ohio-based composer James Praznik. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Dameun Strange
Dec. 15, 2016  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Award-winning Minnesota composer/sound designer Dameun Strange presents music from his new opera on the life of Alberta Williams King. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Horton, Clausen, Miller, & Porwoll-Lee
Jan. 6, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
A performance and discussion of It Goes Both Ways, a new collaboration between hip hop artist Joe Horton, composers Joshua Clausen and Scott Miller, and clarinetist Sarah Porwoll-Lee. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Lou Harrison's Varied Trio
Jan. 31, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist presents a performance and discussion of Lou Harrison's Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Lou Harrison
March 2, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist presents a performance and discussion of masterworks by 20th century composer Lou Harrison. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Percussion Music of Lou Harrison
March 14, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist presents a performance and discussion of percussion music by 20th century composer Lou Harrison. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Lou Harrison - Arts & Activism
March 28, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist presents a performance and discussion of masterworks by 20th century composer Lou Harrison. ​Singers from Aliro Voices will perform an excerpt from Harrison's vocal work La Koro Sutro, and Zeitgeist will host a discussion on Harrison's musical activism. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Kathy McTavish - Hole in the Sky
June 7, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Duluth composer Kathy McTavish discusses her immersive sound and video installation HOLE IN THE SKY ahead of its presentation at Northern Spark 2017. HOLE IN THE SKY is a collaboration between Zeitgeist and McTavish featuring electronic and acoustic music, video, and an interactive exhibition. ​
Lowertown Listening Session: Zeitgeist-Composer Workshop
Aug. 10, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Take a glimpse into the 2017 Zeitgeist-Composer Workshop, featuring music by composer participants Dameun Strange, Ted Moore, and Downrange Telemetrics (Becca Barniskis and Nick Jaffe). 
Lowertown Listening Session: Crocus Hill Ghost Story
Sept. 14, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Heather Barringer, Julie Johnson, and Cheri Johnson discuss the creation of Crocus Hill Ghost Story. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Zeitgeist & Eric Gonzalez
Oct. 5, 2017  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist hosts a performance and discussion of the music of recent Cleveland transplant Eric Gonzalez, including Found Again, Secure In Migration, a new work composed for Zeitgeist to premiere in their upcoming production Here and There.
Lowertown Listening Session: Dead King Mother
Jan. 30, 2018  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist hosts a preview and discussion of music from Davu Seru’s new work Dead King Mother, which tells the story of a near-forgotten event in North Minneapolis and United States civil rights history that has been with Seru since early childhood.
Lowertown Listening Session: Music & Activism of Julius Eastman
March 15, 2018  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Zeitgeist hosts a discussion on the musical activism of composer Julius Eastman as a preview to Zeitgeist's Early Music Festival. 
Lowertown Listening Session: Mary Jane Leach on Julius Eastman
March 21, 2018  •  6 p.m. at Studio Z  •  Tickets
Author, composer and performer Mary Jane Leach discusses her work recovering the music of Julius Eastman, creating the book Gay Guerrilla with Renee Packard, and the New York City new music scene in the late 1970s and 1980s. An introduction to Zeitgeist's Early Music Festival. 
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