DENNIS SULLIVAN CURATES

May 28-30, 2015​

Three nights of theatrically-driven contemporary music curated by percussionist/composer Dennis Sullivan, featuring Radical 2, thingNY, Iktus Percussion, The Adelphi University Percussion Ensemble, Thump & Wail, Vomit Fist, Naked Root Conducive, Dr. Rocktapus and Lyndsey Anderson/Ben Lewis/Owen Weaver. Works by Rick Burkhardt, thingNY,Thomas Meadowcroft, Steve Snowden, Lewis/Anderson, Ed Rosenberg, Dennis Sullivan, Kuehne/Steinbach, Vomit Fist, and Stuart Saunders Smith.

FULL SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 28:

Naked Roots Conducive
(Valerie Kuehne - Cello/Vocals, Natalia Steinbach - Violin/Vocals)
Naked Roots Conducive is an experimental and classically-driven musical duo whose eclectic style bridges the gap between the traditional and wildly original. The duo combines virtuosic strings, alluring vocals, and freakish dramatics into an enticing and mesmerizing performance.

The Adelphi University Percussion Ensemble
Performing Steven Snowden's "A Man With a Gun Lives Here" and Thomas Meadowcroft's "The Great Knot"

Ben Lewis / Lyndsey Anderson / Owen Weaver
Performing Lewis and Anderson's short play, "Veruca and Dex Take it Back"

Friday, May 29:

Thump & Wail
(Dennis Sullivan - Percussion/Voice, Ed Rosenberg III -Saxophone/Voice, Jane Sheldon - Voice)
Performing Rick Burkhardt's "Great Hymn of Thanksgiving," Dennis Sullivan's "Grind/Strangle/Thump," and a world premiere by Ed Rosenberg

Iktus Percussion and Radical 2
(Josh Perry, Chris Graham, Levy Lorenzo, Dennis Sullivan)
Performing Dennis Sullivan's "Apocalypse Ready"

Doctor Rocktapus
Performing a brief interlude of airness.

Vomit Fist
Nick "Vürdoth" Didkovsky – Guitar, Leo "Lurkrot" Didkovsky – Drums, Malcolm "Scrag the Screecher" Hoyt - Vocals
Vomit Fist is blackened grind core for your guts and face.

Saturday, May 30

Dennis Sullivan
Performing Stuart Saunders Smith's "By Language Embellished, I"

thingNY
(Gelsey Bell, Andrew Livingston, Paul Pinto, Erin Rogers, Dave Ruder, Jeffrey Young)
The band will perform new scenes from their upcoming collaboratively composed opera This Takes Place Close By, which centers around weather disasters and how we deal with them. The premiere production, directed by Ashley Kelley Tata, will run Sep. 24-27 at the 50,000 sq ft. Knockdown Center in Queens.