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Tilted Axes To Perform at the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts at TNC on 5/26

TILTED AXES:

music for mobile electric guitars

Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 2024

presented by Theater for the New City

155 1st Avenue, New York City 10003

http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net

Sunday, May 26 at 6:00 pm in the Johnson Theater

FREE!   FREE!   FREE!   FREE!   FREE!

TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an ensemble created in 2011 and led by composer Patrick Grant.Now in its 12th season, 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 (stage manager), Jessica Dankowitz, Patrick Grant (director), Howie Kenty — Keytar: Dean Olsher — Electric Bass: Jeremy Nesse, Kevin Pfeiffer — Percussion: John Ferrari, Roxan Jurkevich— Choreography: Christopher Caines — Media Producer: Jocelyn Gonzales — Photo: Bob Krasner @bobkrasner @bobkrasnertoo

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 Theater for the New City, Make Music New York, Strange Music Inc., and Funkadelic 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 NY State Legislature, the ASCAP Plus+ Awards, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, but mostly through the generous support of you the public through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.

Thank you Crystal Field and all the good people at Theater for the New City!

http://www.tiltedaxes.com @tiltedaxes #tiltedaxes

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Tilted Axes: Winter Luminaria

Winter Luminaria with Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, December 21, 2022 presented by @nyufacultyhousing Happenings with Make Music Winter. Photos: Bob Krasner 

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9 Tilted Axes Workshops (Feb-Apr)

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Invitation: 9 Tilt Core Workshops for Tilted Axes (Feb-Apr)

This post is for electric guitarists that have expressed an interest in Tilted Axes and How It Works.

Send an email to the address below if you would be available to attend some upcoming Tilt Core Development Workshops. 

The focus of these workshops will be to:

1. Sharpen the skills we developed last year with old and new etudes that use unconventional scales, world rhythms, and unfamiliar forms.

2. Incorporate movement into playing. We will be working with guest choreographers. 

3. Develop performers for a current Tilt Core for Storyscapes, The Mars Project, and other multidisciplinary work.

Workshops will take place at the Alchemical Studios, 104 W 14th St., studio# TBA, on the following Wednesday nights, 7:00-10:00pm, dates are below.

You do not have to be present at all workshops. If interested, please indicate which ones are possible:

FEB 05
FEB 12
FEB 19

MAR 04
MAR 11
MAR 25

APR 08
APR 15
APR 22

The actual content and shape will depend on the responses received. However, the dates have been booked and are firm.

N.B. If you do not have a VOX Mini3 G2 or similar portable amp, you will be given an amp to borrow for the duration of the workshops.

Please get back with any questions:

tiltedaxes@peppergreenmedia.com

Read about our current and upcoming projects here:

http://tiltedaxes.com/tiltedaxes.html