Jason Kao Hwang & Spontaneous River at The Brecht Forum

On Saturday, April 14th, 8pm, Neues Kabarett will present Jason Kao Hwang’s improvising string orchestra, Spontaneous River, performing his Symphony of Souls at the Brecht Forum. The Brecht is located at 451 West Street (the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Argosy Foundation. This concert will celebrate composer/conductor/violinist Mr.Hwang’s acclaimed 2011 CD, Symphony of Souls, produced by David Soldier for Mulatta Records.

Symphony of Souls is a spontaneous flow of notated passages and conducted improvisations. As Dr. Thomas Stanley writes in the liner notes, “The orchestra is then summoned to explore soul as both a nexus of dialog and as the motive force compelling action and interaction. “I felt in this one unified sound, I could hear the voice of each soul,” Jason recalls, “The music was a whole tree, but you could hear each individual leaf in motion.”...

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On Saturday, April 14th, 8pm, Neues Kabarett will present Jason Kao Hwang’s improvising string orchestra, Spontaneous River, performing his Symphony of Souls at the Brecht Forum. The Brecht is located at 451 West Street (the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets. This concert is made possible with the generous support of the Argosy Foundation. This concert will celebrate composer/conductor/violinist Mr.Hwang’s acclaimed 2011 CD, Symphony of Souls, produced by David Soldier for Mulatta Records.

Symphony of Souls is a spontaneous flow of notated passages and conducted improvisations. As Dr. Thomas Stanley writes in the liner notes, “The orchestra is then summoned to explore soul as both a nexus of dialog and as the motive force compelling action and interaction. “I felt in this one unified sound, I could hear the voice of each soul,” Jason recalls, “The music was a whole tree, but you could hear each individual leaf in motion.”

Jason Kao Hwang’s Spontaneous River

Composer, Conductor, Violin:
Jason Kao Hwang

Drum set:
Andrew Drury

Violin:
Julianne Carney, Mark Chung, Rosi Hertlein, Elektra Kurtis, Gwen Laster, Amanda Lo, Jesse Montgomery, Skye Steele, Curtis Stewart, Mazz Swift, Midori Yamamoto, Helen Yee

Viola:
Leanne Darling, Nicole Federici, Stephanie Griffin, Josh Henderson, Jessica Pavone, Eric Salazar, Brian Thompson

Guitar:
Cristian Amigo, Marco Cappelli, Bradley Farberman, James Keepnews, Dom Minasi, Tor Snyder, Hans Tammen

Cello:
Martha Colby, Loren Dempster, Gil Selinger,
Tomas Ulrich, Alex Waterman

Bass:
Ken Filiano, François Grillot, James Ilgrenfritz,
Clifton Jackson, Max Johnson, Pascal Niggen Kemper

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