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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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Patrick Grant Receives Composer Compositions Award from NYSCA

GRATITUDE: We’re happy to get news yesterday that composer Patrick Grant received a Composer Compositions award from NYSCA to create #newmusic for Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars in 2023. The group, its composers, and I look forward to bringing this new work to a new public in the coming year. Thank you NYSCA, thanks to our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas! #gratitude #nysca #tiltedaxes New York State Council on the Arts

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars’ 2023 season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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STRiNGS & THiNGS: Patrick Grant – “First Axe”

NEW SHOW — STRiNGS & THiNGS: “This time, on our series called “First Axe” – stories about first guitars – we’ll hear from the founder of Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars. That’s composer, performer and producer Patrick Grant. He’ll take us back to his teen years in Detroit for the brief but noisy life of his first department store axe.” https://www.stringsandthingsshow.com/

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Tilted Axes: Culture Lab LIC — April 30

Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is an orchestra of guitarists and percussionists led by post-rock composer/performer Patrick Grant. They perform original music untethered via mini-amps strapped over their shoulders. 

Tilted Axes can perform anywhere there are people, excelling in untraditional venues. Its roster of musicians can change from performance to performance, city to city. The musicians learn a common repertoire created by diverse composers and rehearse it in workshops. 

The project takes on aspects of spectacle informed by municipal band tradition, avant-garde theater, and world music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change community conversation.

More iNFO TBA — Culture Lab LIC

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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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