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Tilted Axes: Strawberry Solstice — June 21, Make Music New York

Tilted Axes: Strawberry Solstice

music for mobile electric guitars

June 21st, 12 noon to 2pm — Richard Tucker Park, NYC

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2024 — FREE PERFORMANCE!

It’s a musical procession for the first day of summer and the full strawberry moon.

We begin and end at Richard Tucker Park, W 66th Street and Broadway. The event is a foray into the neighborhood with stops at places of interest.

Tilted Axes perform exciting original compositions and a couple of unique arrangements of seasonal tunes, sonic structures comprised of burbling polyrhythms, and contemplative grooves for deep listeners. They will premiere a new piece, “Strawberry Solstice” and well as some surprises, it’s a tilted tradition.

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an ensemble created and led by composer Patrick Grant.The project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by the traditions of urban street bands, avant-garde theater, and ancient music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change the conversation.

Electric Guitars: Gene Ardor, Jessica Dankowitz, Patrick Grant (director), John Halo, Liz Hogg, Howie Kenty, Diego Retana, Dmitri Shapira — Keytar: Dean Olsher — Electric Bass: Jeremy Nesse, Kevin Pfeiffer, Sarah Metivier Schadt — Percussion: Vince Caiafa, Roxan Jurkevich — Choreography: Christopher Caines — Production Support: Alex Lahoski, Keith Steimel, Leslie Stevens — Media Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales

Tilted Axes is a project of Peppergreen Media andis powered by Vox Amplification courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners Make Music New York, Strange Music Inc., Astor Place Hair Stylists, Sunlight Studios, and PianoPiano NYC.

Taking New Music Out Into The World — The 12th season of Tilted Axes is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Governor and the NY State Legislature, the ASCAP Plus+ Awards, and NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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We’d like to thank The Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.

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Tilted Axes: The Longest Night — Winter Solstice NYC

“Tilted Axes: The Longest Night” from 5:00-7:00pm at The Hugh plaza, 601 Lexington Avenue at E 53rd Street (Citicorp Building).

Part of Make Music New York — Make Music Winter 2023

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, led by composer and performer Patrick Grant, is an orchestra of guitarists who perform original, untethered music via portable mini-amps accompanied by percussionists. The project is informed by urban street band traditions, avant-garde theater and ancient music, and creates interactive spectacles that spark community conversation. The program includes three numbers — “Standing Still,” “Tiltinnabulation,” and Philip Glass’ “Knee Play 3” from Einstein on the Beach — with participatory handbell roles to transform the audience into music makers, no experience necessary. Presented in partnership with BXP.  

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is a project of Peppergreen Media andis powered by Vox Amplification courtesy of KORG USA. We thank our performance partners Strange Music Inc., and Alchemical Rehearsal Studios.

Taking New Music Out Into The World — The 12th season of Tilted Axes is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Adjunct Development Fund, but mostly through the generous support of you the public through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.

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Philip Glass’ “Knee Play 3” performed by Tilted Axes

On Solstice Eve 2022 #TiltedAxes had the honor to premiere their arrangement of “Knee Play 3” from “Einstein on the Beach” for the composer himself, Philip Glass, outside his East Village home. Moments like this remind me of the power of possibility. The video was taken by Saori Tsukada who was so gracious in helping us make this happen.

“I love hearing the music played on the streets of NYC. You were great. Thank you.” — Philip Glass

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Happy Autumn! Tilted Axes Article in AM New York

By Bob Krasner — “For some, the sight of a marching band of electric guitars was just another day in New York City, for others, it’s what makes the city special (you can add us to that group).

Composer Patrick Grant took Tilted Axes, his core group of nine musicians — including himself — with their Vox amplifiers (a longtime sponsor) on a walking tour of the East Village, stopping to play in various spots but never stopping the music.

The music, all composed by Grant, consisted of some pieces that were played as composed and others that followed strict rhythmic or harmonic rules but gave the players leeway to improvise. Sponsored by Make Music New York and grants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The New York State Council on the Arts, the group can expand to 20 players…“

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Tilted Axes Launched Its 10th Season at Make Music Autumn

Tilted Axes Begins Its 10th Anniversary Season With a Return to Astor Place as part of Make Music Autumn

On September 19th, between 1pm-4pm, Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars returns to Astor Place and environs with a procession and performance as part of the inaugural Make Music Autumn. Tilted Axes is a group of guitarists and percussionists lead by classically trained post-rocker Patrick Grant. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. For this occassion they have partnered with the iconic Astor Place Hair Stylists who also serve as their base. The performance spectacle will begin at the plaza sculpture The Alamo (a.k.a. The Cube). From there they will perform in-procession around the neighborhoods that have been key to their origin: The East Village and Greenwich Village. They will stop along the way at various landmarks to perform special compositions significant to the location. Bringing the event full circle, they will return to Astor Place Plaza to complete their performance.

Meet the core members of Tilted Axes 2021:

Angela Babin — e. guitar

John Halo — e. guitar

Jeremy Nesse — chapman stick

jc (jon clancy) — percussion & composer

Elisa Corona Aguilar — e. guitar & composer

Howie Kenty — e. guitar, composer & asst. music director

Dan Cooper — 7-string e. bass

Patrick Grant — e. guitar, composer, & artistic director

Caitlin Cawley — percussion

Kevin Pfeiffer — axe alternate

Christopher Caines — movement director

Jocelyn Gonzales — media producer

Tilted Axes is powered by Vox Amplification & Blackstar Amps courtesy of KORG USA. Our Tilted@10 anniversary season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The ASCAP Plus+ Awards, the NYU Tisch Adjunct Development Fund, Alchemical Studios, but mostly through the generous support of people like you. Thank you for helping us keep our performances and events free to the public whenever and wherever possible. Join our Tilted Team at http://www.tiltedaxes.com.

A huge thanks to James Burke of Make Music New York, Rachel Brandon of The Village Alliance, but especially Big Mike Saviello of Astor Place Hair Stylists. For this event Big Mike will be curating artwork on the street in front of the shop. Check it out!

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Blackstar Joins Vox Amps As Tilted Sponsors

We are thrilled beyond thrilled that Blackstar has joined Vox as a sponsor of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars this 2021-2022 season. They are outfitting our central unit Tilt Core with a new line of gear from the new Vox Go amp series and with Blackstar USB power banks. No more batteries. This is graciously done through Korg USA who distributes this gear internationally. We are happy to represent as Korg USA Artists.

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