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Songs for Unusual Creatures
Songs for Unusual Creatures | Saturday, April 26, 2014
2 pm Family Matinee | 7pm
$18 Adults/$15 Members/$10 Kids
. . . an exotic updating of "Carnival of the Animals," with freewheeling, postmodern eclecticism in place of Saint-Saëns's lush Romanticism . . ."
The New York Times
Quirky author and composer Michael Hearst, along with his five-piece band, presents Songs for Unusual Creatures: a highly-geeky A/V presentation of some of the most bizarre animals that roam the planet. From the Australian bilby to the deep-sea magnapinna squid, to the microscopic tarde, the creatures are brought to life with such odd-ball instruments as theremin, claviola, daxophone, and stylophone.
Music and Lyrics by Michael Hearst
Performed by:
Michael Hearst, Claviola, Theremin, and Daxophone
Ben Holmes, Trumpet
Allyssa Lamb, Vocals and Keyboard
Kristin Mueller, Drums
Jonti Siman, Tuba
Micheal Hearst
Photo: Hidemi Takagi
Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member of the band One Ring Zero, which has released nine albums, including the literary collaboration As Smart As We Are (The Author Project), featuring lyrics by Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, and Neil Gaiman, among others; Planets, a collection of new compositions to represent the solar system and beyond; and their most recent, The Recipe Project, in which the band has taken recipes from today's top chefs (Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, David Chang, etc.), set them to music, and sing them word for word. Michael's solo works include the albums Songs For Ice Cream Trucks and Songs For Unusual Creatures, the website Songs For Newsworthy News, and the soundtracks for the movies Magic Camp, The House Of Suh and The Good Mother. As a writer, Michael's work has appeared in such journals as McSweeney's, The Lifted Brow, and Post Road. His first children's book, Unusual Creatures, was recently published by Chronicle Books. Hearst also hosts a podcast series with Rick Moody called 18:59 and is a producer for the website Cassette From My Ex. He has performed and given lectures and workshops at universities, museums, and cultural centers around the world. He has toured with The Magnetic Fields, performed with The Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall, and has appeared on such shows as NPR's Fresh Air, A+E's Breakfast With The Arts, and NBC's The Today Show.
michaelhearst.com
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LocationHudson Opera House (View)
327 Warren Street
Hudson, , NY 12534
United States
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