csf’s urban culture project presents spoonbender orchestra at la esquina opening october 3
Spoonbender Orchestra, Directed by Jeffrey Rukaman
Live performances: October 3, 4, 9 & 10 – all at 7:30pm; $10
+ Gamelan Genta Kasturi: Traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance performance
Performance: October 18, 7:30; free; Performance + workshop: October 19, 2pm; free
La ESQUINA | 1000 West 25th Street | 816.221.5115
More about current and upcoming Urban Culture Project programming.
SPOONBENDER ORCHESTRA is a Kansas City-based collective of musicians and artists dedicated to the discovery and performance of new music. Known for blending unorthodox instrumentation into panoramic soundscapes, the ensemble combines found objects, “discarded” technologies, cellos, kotos and glass bells into nocturnal stories where the sounds themselves become characters. Spoonbender Orchestra will feature the gongs and bronze chimes of Indonesian gamelan music as they premiere new work by composer Jeffrey Rukaman.
GAMELAN GENTA KASTURI, the region’s first gamelan orchestra, will perform traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance in two concerts October 18 and 19, 2008 at La Esquina. Gamelan is the preeminent orchestral music of Indonesia, Incorporating deep bronze gongs, finely tuned metallophones, bamboo flutes and kendang drums. Read full press release.
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