May 20, 2013
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
6:30pm
Czech Center New York
321 E 73rd Street, NYC 10021
SCHWARZER TOD AND THE USELESS EATERSby Quintan Ana Wikswo
text, film: Quintan Ana Wikswo
composer: Veronika Krausas
violin: Lynn Bechtold
translation into German: Dorothea Herreiner
first published in Denver Quarterly
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Produced by Ladies First 2013, Composers Concordance, Composers Concordance Records, the Bohemian National Hall, and the Czech Center.
Featuring journalists and writers, Ladies First 2013 showcases the writings of today. These diverse stories will be complemented by music, including many new works by some of NYC’s most respected and prolific emerging composers.
Writers include The Moth contributer Marika Hughes, AFP journalist Gersende Rambourg, Self Magazine contributer Corinne Ramey, ABC News producer Christine Romo, writer-producer-educator Adina Williams, and transdisciplinary writer Quintan Ana Wikswo, among others.
Ladies First is a refreshing new concept for a concert series; a collective highlighting female artists in multiple genres. Musicians and composers come together with artists, founders of non-profits, authors, and filmmakers, to create an evening of music and purpose.
With the intention of women empowering other women through art, the event is a celebration of local and global accomplishments. Lynn Bechtold, Milica Paranosic and Keve Wilson—the founders of Ladies First—are three women at the cutting edge of NYC’s contemporary music scene, and they are forging a new path in this creative concept of concert production.
Musicians:
Damien Bassman, percussion
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Dan Cooper, 7-string bass guitar
Marika Hughes, cello/vocals
Shinae Kim, piano
Gene Pritsker, guitar
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano
Keve Wilson, oboe
Anja Wood, cello
Monica Yunus, soprano
Camille Zamora, soprano
Performing works by:
Bob Aldridge, Lynn Bechtold, Svjetlana Bukvich, Dan Cooper, Antonin Dvorak, Herschel Garfein, Scott Gendel, Ge Gan-Ru, Marika Hughes, Veronika Krausas, Milica Paranosic, & Gene Pritsker
With contributing journalists/writers:
Peter Christian Hall, Gersende Rambourg, Corinne Ramey, Christine Romo, Quintan Ana Wikswo & Adina Williams
