Darmstadt "Classics of the Avant Garde" presents
EMILY MANZO
Thursday, July 24th, 8pm @ ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
'A night of vocal music from many genres',
Emily Manzo, celebrated pianist of new music and half of folk-duo Christy & Emily, plays along with a gaggle of her favorite singer-composers: Daisy Press (virtuosic soprano and champion of new
works), Judith Berkson (of Platz Machen), Nick Hallett (!), Aaron Diskin (of Golem, Lycaon Pictus), Rachel Cox (of Oakley Hall), Pat Sullivan (of Oneida, Oakley Hall), Christine Edwards (of Christy & Emily), Katie Eastburn (of Young People), and the band Wilde Turkey. Expect original tunes and covers of songs by Anton Webern, David Garland, Charles Ives, Neil Young, George Gershwin, and a surprise or three...Emily Manzo has premiered piano works by John Luther Adams, Susie Ibarra and Rodney Sharman and has played in ensembles conducted by Tim Weiss and Tania León. She currently resides in New York where she performs regularly as a classical solo and chamber musician, as well as with her folk-rock band, Christy & Emily, which released the album Gueen's Head on The Social Registry label last year. She is a founding member of Till by Turning, an ensemble dedicated to developing educational resources for new music. She is also a mentor, piano instructor and band member for the viBe SongMakers, one of several workshops run by viBe, a local nonprofit and performing-arts education program for teenage girls.
For more information, visit
www.emilymanzo.com.232 3rd street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
8pm $10