For its 50th Anniversary, Earth Day 2020 will be a worldwide 24-hour virtual event. ‘COASTAL REQUIEM‘, a short film by Diane Tuft, will be premiered at some point between 12:00PM and 2:00PM EDT.
Patrick Grant created the sound design and score for this film, inspired by classical music, and performed by the brilliant cellist Sterling Elliott.
Tune in Wednesday, April 22nd for this and other digital events at www.earthday.org. #earthday #earthday50
Dear friends and supporters,
We hope that everyone reading this is safe and healthy.
There are two streaming events that are coming up that we wanted to tell you about that can be watched remotely.
EARTH DAY 50 VIRTUAL KICK-OFF
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars is proud to be a part of the Earth Day 50 Virtual Kick-off this Sunday April 19, via a new video commissioned by 350NYC. The event is presented by Earth Day Initiative and March for Science NYC from 4pm to 10pm EDT. The line up includes Al Gore, Senator Elizabeth Warren, actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ian Somerhalder, and others with exhibitions by 350NYC, Climate Clock, and many more. Together we can build a better world.
To join the stream, RSVP to the Virtual Stage HERE: http://www.earthdayinitiative.org/virtual-kick-off
#350nyc #TiltedAxes #TogetherWeCan #ClimateActionNow
THE DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS
Patrick Grant is nominated for Outstanding Classical Composer and Tilted Axes is nominated in the same field for Outstanding Small Ensemble. We are honored to be included with so many talented friends and colleagues. The 29th Annual Detroit Music Awards ceremony will be held online for the first time ever at 8pm EDT, also on Sunday, April 19. Tune in for some fantastic surprise appearances and special, never before seen, performances as Detroit celebrates its music community.
To watch the awards, follow this link: https://bit.ly/2Vv0fpw
TILTED TIMES
In our last update, we announced some upcoming performances and new grant funding. As with so many others, our live performances and site specific events have been put on hold during this current crisis. We will be updating you soon with news of rescheduled performances and new projects.
On a brighter note, we would like to welcome Nora Elbayoumy to Peppergreen Media in her administrative role. Nora comes to us via Alchemical Studios where she works as the Technical Facilities Manager and we look forward to utilizing her Stage Managing skills for our future productions.
Thank you, stay safe, be well,
Guitarkadia Issue April 6, 2020: “It’s not a parade, it’s a procession!”
Flashback to #TiltedAxes‘ 2011 origin.
LINK >> https://bit.ly/2JEXYCG
Coming to video for Earth Week 2020: a new video from Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars commissioned by 350 NYC to be premiered as part of the March for Science NYC/Earth Day Initiative’s EARTH DAY 50 Virtual Kick-Off on Sunday, April 19th.
“Our aim is to convince the media to carry more climate science in their content!”
Stay tuned for more information: https://www.marchforsciencenyc.com
#EarthDay50 @earthdaynewyork @sciencemarchnyc @marchforscience #ClimateAction #ClimateStrike #DigitalStrike
As most of you know, NYC is banning gatherings of above 10 people in response to COVID-19. The March for Science NYC is currently putting together contingency plans for a virtual Day of Action on April 19th.
Details to come from the M4S organizers when they are formed. If it is possible and practical, I look forward to making a musical contribution of some sort in support of the event and the fine organizations involved. For now, the priority is everyone’s health.
Outstanding Small Ensemble – Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Outstanding Classical Composer – Patrick Grant
The Detroit Music Awards FINAL BALLOT is now open! If you are a registered member of the DMAs, please consider the impactful music that Tilted Axes Detroit has created for our community when casting your vote.
Voting closes at 11:59pm on March 22nd.
Thank you!
From Tilted Axes creator Patrick Grant:
“I’m happy to announce that I will be a crafty member of the Associate Staff at this Guitar Circle event. If you are able to participate this coming October, I look forward to seeing you there!” -PG
To find out more about how you can become a participant of An Introduction to the Guitar Circle with Robert Fripp go to this web site:
Dear friends,
I wanted to share news of recent nominations and an award that were received in the past week.
Part of my identity as an artist has been that of being a passionate cultural ambassador for my home town of Detroit and of the bounty of musical innovation that continues to pour forth from its people.
I’m honored that I have been able to create a number of large-scale multidisciplinary musical events there with friends and musicians I know.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars as a project is a mystery to a lot of people. Is it rock, world, or classical music? Actually, if you take a step back, it is all of these things and more tied together in kind of Gordian knot. It also combines art, science, and theatricality in all of its presentations.
The work we do in Detroit continues to resonate via Phase 2 nominations in the Detroit Music Awards. If you are, or know a registered member of, the Detroit Music Awards, please take a moment to find out more about Tilted Axes and of the continued positive impact we’ve had on a number of Detroit communities since 2013.
Please vote! – Patrick Grant
Detroit Music Awards Phase 2 Voting is Now Open to All Registered Members!
https://www.detroitmusicawards.net/
Phase 2 voting closes Sunday, March 1st at 11:59pm
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
1. Outstanding Live Performance: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
2. Outstanding World Artist/Group: Tilted Axes
3. Outstanding World Songwriter: Patrick Grant (Tilted Axes)
4. Outstanding Small Ensemble (Classical): Tilted Axes
5. Outstanding Classical Composer: Patrick Grant
Thank you, Detroit and Third Man Records Cass Corridor, The Henry Ford, Marche du Nain Rouge, “Promenade” at the Detroit Institute of Arts, “Moonwalk” at the Michigan Science Center, 27th Annual Concert of Colors)
February 10 – “On behalf of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, we are pleased to notify you that you have been awarded a Creative Engagement grant for your proposed project in 2020.
Congratulations!
Your work helps to bring projects of tremendous artistry to Manhattan’s diverse communities and ensures our borough’s vibrancy. We are proud to play a role in its support.”
More iNFO TBA at http://tiltedaxes.com/
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
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