Composers Concordance Presents Music & Film @ Westbeth at Westbeth

"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction." — Stanley Kubrick


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Saturday, December 21st, 2024 at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Music & Film @ Westbeth, an event combining cutting-edge short films with contemporary music composition.


Performing live to films by Imelda O'Reilly, Joe Foley, Barbara Hammer, Guy Maddin, Salem Krieger, Winsome Brown, and Payton St. John are the renowned Neil Rolnick - computer, Gene Pritsker - guitar, Kathleen Supové - piano, and John Ferrari - percussion.

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"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction." — Stanley Kubrick


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Saturday, December 21st, 2024 at 7pm, Composers Concordance presents Music & Film @ Westbeth, an event combining cutting-edge short films with contemporary music composition.


Performing live to films by Imelda O'Reilly, Joe Foley, Barbara Hammer, Guy Maddin, Salem Krieger, Winsome Brown, and Payton St. John are the renowned Neil Rolnick - computer, Gene Pritsker - guitar, Kathleen Supové - piano, and John Ferrari - percussion.


Featured on the program are 'Under the Wolf's Cloak' with poetry by Imelda O'Reilly, choreography by Tara Lee Burns, film by Joe Foley and music by Gene Pritsker; 'Anima' with choreography-on-film by Payton St. John and music by Dan Cooper; Barbara Hammer's ‘Sanctus’ with music by Neil Rolnick; and 'The Unfolding Opium Poppy' with music by Dave Soldier to a film by Winsome Brown.


The concert will also be live-streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook Page.

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