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RoCA's Artist pARTy!
Featuring
FORRO IN THE DARK
Performance: February 13, 2010 8pm - 11pm
Tickets: $30 non-members, $25 members (Includes refreshments)
Tickets at 845-358-0877 or Lynnstein@aol.com
RoCA hosts its Valentine to the creative spirit and all that keeps it burning bright with its biennial Artist Party Saturday, February 13, 2010 8pm - 11pm.
Music by FORRO* IN THE DARK, NYC's best party band, whose syncopated rhythmic songs can barely contain the energy within them. Rolling Stone calls the foursome "Fierce," and the Village Voice refers to them as "A Brazilian Dance floor Sensation, Injected With NYC Artiness".
Come dance, eat, and drink, but mostly dance at the RoCA party that has become the most highly anticipated blowout among the people that create, support, and love the arts.
Forro in the Dark's newest CD, Light a Candle, is available on
Nat Geo Music @ http://forrointhedark.com
*Forro (pronounced fo-ho) is the hip swiveling, dance floor-filling party music of Brazil's Northeastern state.
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The Tito Castro Tango Ensemble
Performance: Sunday December 6th , 2pm
Tickets: $20 non-members, $15 members
Emerson Gallery: December 6th , 2pm
Performers:
Tito Castro, Bandoneon; Pancho Navarro, Guitar;
Tomas Lacroze, Bass; Franchinito Iwaki, Violin.
This incredibly accomplished ensemble of world musicians, led by legendary bandoneon player Tito Castro, will perform an afternoon of passionate tango music. The performance will transport audiences through a 105-year journey of one of the world's most captivating music and dance genres. The performance will honor many of the genre's legendary greats such as Eduardo Arolas, Anibal Triolo, Enrique Santos Discepolo and the world famous Carlos Gardel.
Come and enjoy this opportunity to listen and feel the spirit of the Milagros of Argentina in an intimate café style seating.
Dancing is encouraged! |
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Erik Friedlander: Block Ice and Propane: Taking Trips to America
Performance: Sunday, October 4th , 2pm
Tickets: $20 non-members, $15 members
Emerson Gallery: October 4th , 2pm
"One of today's most ingenious and forward-thinking musical practitioners." -Billboard
This collection of cinematic cello compositions by jazz/new music phenom Erik Friedlander (John Zorn, Laurie Anderson) was inspired by years of family road trips with all the trimmings: campers, tourist traps, picnic tables, truck stops, lonely highways, and stark panoramas. In Block Ice & Propane , these new compositions are paired with family and "road cycle" projected images. These images are created by his father, celebrated photographer Lee Friedlander, and combined with engaging short tales about the kind of travels familiar to so many of us.
Development support for Block Ice & Propane provided by the Walker Art Center; the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA); and Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University. Additional support provided by the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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 Left to right: Barbara Benary, John Morton, Lisa Karrer.
Photo by Rachel Shim |
Morton, Benary and Karrer: Rockland’s Composer Evening
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 @ 8:00 pm. $12
RoCA proudly presents Rockland composers John Morton, Barbara Benary and Lisa Karrer as they perform selections from their newest repertoire.
John Morton received two NYFA fellowships, has been profiled on NPR Weekend Edition Sunday. He is currently creating a sound installation for NY Central Park.
Barbara Benary is a classical string player and ethnomusicologist specializing in Indian and Indonesian music.
Lisa Karrer tours and collaborates internationally as director, composer, vocalist, performance and video artist, and her multi-arts solo performance "Schismism: Natural Law" will premier at the Living Theatre, NYC in October 2008. |
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www.ladentown.org/bbenary | www.simons-karrer.com |
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Musette Explosion: French musette swing trio
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 @ 2:00 pm. $10
"Will Holshouser plays as much accordion as there is to be played." -The Village Voice
"Matt Munisteri’s guitar solos sparkle like Moet Chandon." -Off Beat
Join accordionist Will Holshouser, guitarist/banjoist Matt Munisteri and tuba-ist Marcus Rojas as they put their own stamp on romantic waltzes and fiery swing tunes. Putting the emphasis on rhythm and improvisation, they bring an American attitude to this jazz-influenced French repertoire. |
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willholshouser.com | mattmunisteri.com | marcusrojas.com |
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ethos Percussion Group
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 @ 8:00 pm. $15
"...remarkably disciplined and cohesive...spellbinding...ethos had the audience up and cheering". -The Washington Post
Experience a night of compelling percussion music. Inspiring audiences throughout the country, ethos performs exceptional music, integrating global instruments and playing styles into conventions of Western chamber music. They have played at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, the Bermuda Festival, London's Wigmore Hall and Percussive Arts Society International Convention. |
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www.ethospercussiongroup.org |
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Performance Artist Sarah Kipp
Febuary 10th, 2008 @ 2:30 pm, no charge
Sarah Kipp performs her spoken word work The Man in the Window. Kipp projects images of herself from the past onto her face and body, creating a psychological map of her life. |
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Artist's Pasta Dinner with Slavic Soul Party!
Saturday, January 26, 2008 @ 7:30 pm. $20
Come dance to the ten-piece brass band SLAVIC SOUL PARTY! Melding Gypsy, Eastern European, Mexican & Asian with Jazz and Soul. Party installation designed by Don Nace, Ed Radford, Rob Shepperson and Lynn Stein.
Enjoy pasta, wine, beer, great music , great company and conversation! Spouses, significant others and friends are all welcome.
Please RSVP; lynnstein@aol.com |
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Event: Gameboy Music Club @ RoCA
Date: November 18, 2007, 2pm
Where: Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Tickets: $10 at the door
Curators: Lynn Stein and Peter Artin
Donkey Kong, Tetris, Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, and yes, even PONG. On Sunday, November 18th, 2007, RoCA will be hosting an afternoon of the coolest music trend in geek culture today, The Game Boy Music Club, a concert created with and inspired by those old games that we obsessed over for thousands of hours locked in our bedrooms. more > |
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