[Capdist-announce] Ensemble Bows Plays Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre December 3

[Steven Patterson]

*“Moss’ astute penchant for melding the outside parameters of jazz with
imaginative compositions and a wide-ranging improvisational platform
delivers the knockout punch.”  Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz *
On Saturday, December 9, jazz musician and composer Michael Moss returns to
Bridge Street Theatre’s intimate “Priscilla” Mainstage for a performance
with his latest group, Ensemble Bows for Strings and Piano. This new combo
will present a program of all-original compositions for chamber jazz
ensemble performed by an incredible roster of internationally acclaimed
musicians: Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Anthony Coleman (piano), James
Ilgenfritz (contrabass), Lenny Mims (cello), and Moss himself on clarinet,
bass clarinet, and a little bit on snake charmer!

In collaboration with some of New York’s finest musicians and improvisors,
Moss has extended the form of jazz and orchestral music through his
original compositions for this new ensemble. By undertaking an in-depth
study of harmony, orchestration and the 12-tone music of Arnold Schoenberg
during the pandemic, Moss has now realized his long-standing dream of
bringing orchestral elements into his realm. At this performance, Ensemble
Bows will be performing Moss’ “Superstring” (a chamber jazz “blowing tune”
with a “head” and a solo section in which players are backed by the group
playing a repetitive phrase which in Indian classical music is called a
nugma), “Abyss” (which expresses the pain and suffering of people who are
in religious groups scapegoated by other religious groups), “Elegy for
Danny” (a musical reflection of the arc of a life, inspired by Moss’
brother-in-law Danny's final approach to early death from cancer), and “Ain
Soph Aur” (a musical interpretation of the Jewish Kabbala).

Ensemble Bows will play Bridge Street Theatre, located at 44 West Bridge
Street in Catskill, for one-night-only, Saturday December 3 at 7:30pm. All
seats for the concert are $15 and can be reserved in advance by visiting
bridgest.org/michael-moss-2023/ or may be purchased at the door
one-half-hour before curtain time on the day of the performance. This
project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants
Program, a program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered
in Greene County by CREATE Council on the Arts, with special thanks to the
Town of Prattsville and the Prattsville Art Center for their support and
fiscal  sponsorship.

Photo by Lulie Lemberger


*Performance Calendar*

Bridge Street Theatre presents

*Michael Moss: ENSEMBLE BOWS *with Michael Moss (reeds), Alexis Marcelo
(piano), Adam Lane (bass), Lenny Mims (cello), and Ismael Baiz (drums)
Saturday December 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Bridge Street Theatre’s “Priscilla” Mainstage
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY

Tickets:
General Admission $15
Advance tickets online at bridgest.org/michael-moss-2023/
Tickets can also be purchased at the door one half hour prior to the
performance (subject to availability)



*Events at Bridge Street Theatre are supported in part by the New York
State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor of New York and
the New York State Legislature and by Public Funds from the Greene County
Legislature through the Cultural Fund administered in Greene County by the
CREATE Council on the Arts. *

*BIO: *Reed player/composer *Michael Moss* has been actively involved in
the music scene for many years, leading his own musical groups including
currently Bows Ensemble for Strings and Piano, ROOTS to SHOOTS, the
Accidental Orchestra—a 22-piece renaissance jazz orchestra, Mike Moss/4
Rivers, and Free Energy. Collaborations include electroacoustic composer
James Dashow, choreographer Judith Moss, storyteller Regina Ress, and
playwright Domnica Radulescu. Numerous grants include Meet the Composer
(NewMusicUSA), NYSCA, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), RESTARTNY
grant from LMCC for 2021 and CREATE Council on the Arts in 2022 and 2023.
His record label, Fourth Stream Records, has produced multiple LPs,
cassettes, and CDs including HELIX by the Accidental Orchestra, Intervals,
Free Play, Dream Time, and In Between Gigs (New York Free Quartet),
Pyramid, Upstream, Cross Current, Live at ACIA, etc.  Performances and
commissions are wide-ranging— Little Island, Bridge Street Theatre, Turks
and Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation, Isthmus Jazz Festival, New York
Loft Jazz Celebrations, Revelation Gallery and Westbeth Music Festivals.
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