Gig Alert: Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire at National Sawdust[br]fraction of The Stone Commissioning Series
Tickets: $30. Show at 7PMWhen a composer is commissioned to write a new piece of music,that commission usually comes from a performing ensemble or a grant-giving foundation. It doesn’t usually reach from another composer. But during his nearly four decades of being a central player on the New York new music scene, composer John Zorn has rarely done the usual thing. Now, or he’s commissioned new works from the famous guitarist Mary Halvorson and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Both works,commissioned by John Zorn, will beget their world premieres at National Sawdust tonight. Here's Mary Halvorson's 2015 work, or "Sadness":
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