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Contemporary music knows few boundaries; commercial demarcations - jazz, pop, classical, techno, hip-hop, rock, new music - don't adequately describe the interwoven web of today's abundant musical creativity. We present concerts, workshops and artist talks, and commission new work. Performance/Theater We present innovative theatrical productions and support the creation of new work. Solo performance, interdisciplinary explorations, small ensemble pieces all have a home at Real Art Ways. Spoken Word We present readings by a wide range of authors, and larger community-oriented events evolving around the word aloud. |
[ live arts ] Live Music Wednesday, March 26, 7:30pm
 A new music ensemble that
performs innovative interpretations of contemporary music as well as
classical standards, Fireworks was founded in 2000 while its members
pursued graduate degrees at the Hartt School. Now in residence at
the university, Fireworks looks and sounds like a rock band but
performs with the sensitivity and virtuosity of a classical chamber
music ensemble. They break down the barriers of the genre to make it
accessible for audiences of all ages to experience new music in an
exciting way.Official site :: http://www.fireworks-ensemble.org/ Performance Saturday, April 5
 Like a more political,
in-the-flesh version of satirical newspaper The Onion, The Yes Men
are a group of "impostors" taking on corporate culture around the
world. They gained international attention for creating a faux
website for the WTO, then using that to book speaking engagements to
horrified crowds. Read a BBC story about it here.Prepare yourself at http://www.theyesmen.org/ and http://www.gwbush.com/. Word Saturday, April 12, 8pm
Check back soon for more info! Live Music Friday, April 25, 8pm
 Composer and pianist Omar
Sosa brings his unique fusion of Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz and various
world music influences to Real Art Ways' theater on Friday, April 25
at 8pm. Modern, urban music with a Latin jazz heart, Sosa's latest
CD, Sentir, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin
Jazz Album. Featured in his Trio at Real Art Ways will be
Afro-Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles and Cuban vocalist
Martha Galarraga.Tickets are $25 in advance / $30 at the door. Real Art Ways Members receive a $5 discount. For reservations call 860.232.1006 x222. "Reference points for Sosa's music include Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston and Herbie Nichols, among others. But he has synthesized attributes from each of these adventurous pianists into his own unique voice. Sosa has all the traits necessary to become one of the important figures in jazz," wrote Don Heckman in the Los Angeles Times (January 2003). Sentir also received the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Album of the Year award from the Jazz Journalists Association in New York. Mr. Ovalles and Ms. Galarraga are both featured on the recording. For more information on Sosa, visit www.melodia.com/omar Live Music Friday, May 2, 8pm
 This
all-saxophone ensemble has extended the horizons of music since
1977. Their genre-bending sound is rooted in post-bop free jazz,
avant-rock and 20th-century new music, as well as traditional and
popular styles of Africa, Asia, Europe and the US. Bruce Ackley
(soprano/tenor), Larry Ochs (tenor/sopranino), Jon Raskin
(baritone/alto/sopranino) and Steve Adams (alto/sopranino) make up
Rova, which since its founding, has released over two dozen
recordings of original music. This concert in the Real Room is in
support of two new recordings released in early 2003.Learn more about the Rova Saxophone Quartet's history, members, discography, side projects, etc at http://www.rova.org/. Ticket information coming soon. Above photo credit: Heike Liss Live Music Friday, May 9, 8pm
 Gary Lucas has played
guitar with everyone from Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley, and his
latest album has him stretching his virtuosity even further:
mid-century Chinese pop music. With special guest Min Xiao-Fen,
Lucas will play selections from The Edge of Heaven, his
acclaimed new album.Tickets are $25 in advance / $30 at the door. Real Art Ways Members receive a $5 discount. For reservations call the Real Art Ways Box Office at 860/232-1006 x222. For more information on Gary Lucas, visit his official website, http://www.garylucas.com/. For a limited time, click on this link to hear an exclusive 25-minute interview with Lucas from Northern California NPR station KQED. Scroll to the middle of the page. Information on Gary Lucas' The Edge of Heaven is also available on the All Songs Considered page on http://www.npr.org/. "Leave it to guitar wiz Gary Lucas to find another corner of world pop to cultivate for pure pleasure. This time he turns to the seductive sound of pre-and postwar Chinese film music, with a vocalist providing the necessary note of feminine longing." -- The New York Times "The centerpiece of his dreamy new disc...where his blissed-out steel-guitar musings take on a charm that has everything to do with the predominating melodic simplicity. Lucas may be the only cat alive who knew that Chinese music and the blues had something in common." -- Time Out New York "Lucas unleashes the music from its Asian moorings and brings it all back home to the blues...giving almost all these melodies an earthy, country-blues bent...You won't get much closer to paradise than that." -- Village Voice
In the Real Art Ways' Live Arts Archive, you can surf through past performances by Bob Ostertag, Waldemar Bastos, Basso Bongo and more. Look back for more events to be added to the archives. .: Real Art Ways :: Live Arts Archive |