June 18, Monday

12pm - CMF@Noon Series

The Highline, 10th avenue square and West 17th Street

Catch a sneak peak of the annual Chelsea Music Festival, with a mid-day open-air concert on the High Line. Join Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation violinist Fanny Clamagirand and fellow Chelsea Music Festival musicians in a display of world-class music that celebrates the beauty and open spaces of the High Line.

The Rubin Museum of Art

7:30pm- "ON SILENCE" Performance Event
On Silence, a collaborative event featuring musical and visual components, is a dialogue on the concept of silence in visual art and music, a nod to the 2012 centennial of composer and theorist John Cage. The evening’s series of performances, curated by Janna Dyk, will feature music by CMF 2012 Composer-in-Residence Somei Satoh as well as original compositions by Joshua Clayton, Brent Dickinson, James Hall and Aaron Kruziki, which derive from a thoughtful engagement with the topic, instigated by the reading of Silence, written by premier Japanese novelist Shusako Endo, and in consideration of excerpts from John Cage’s book of lectures by the same title.  The two texts create a diverse and uncanny conversation, one whose language here spans genres from classical to progressive jazz, ambient, experimental, and the avant garde, on the nature of silence, its effects, and implications.

The event at the Rubin Museum of Art is in conjunction with an art exhibition of over 20 New York artists' works, which will be exhibited at the NYCAMS Gallery in Chelsea, June 14-25, 2012, with an opening reception on Thursday, June 14, from 6-8pm.  The reception is free and open to the public.  Gallery hours are 10am-4pm, or by appointment.

PROGRAM

“Toki no Mon” for Violin, Piano & Percussion..................................... Somei Satoh (b. 1947)

Alex Shiozaki, violin
Nana Shi, piano
Ayano Kataoka, percussion

“That Strength and Beauty of Evil”........................................................James Hall (b. 1984)

Adam Hopkins, bass
Evan Mazunik, piano & keyboard
Jacob Teichroew, saxophones
Ziv Ravitz, drums & percussion

御前 (Presence)...........................................................................Joshua Clayton (b. 1979)

Margaret Anne Schedel, cellist, interactive media performer
Joshua Clayton, sound & visuals

INTERMISSION

Nothing More than Nothing can be Said.............................................Aaron Kruziki (b. 1983)

Aaron Kruziki, vox, keys, woodwinds
Travis Reuter - guitar
Zach Lane - bass
Jon Wert - drums

[Yoink!!]............................................................................Brent Everett Dickinson (b.1974)

Christopher Koch, sound engineer
Kyle Olson, percussion
Sugarhiccups, DJ

Immediately following the performances, all are cordially invited to continue the dialogue with artists and fellow audience members at the K2 Lounge, which will offer tapas, cocktails, and a cash bar for guests.