Boston Court Bold – Film-May 28, Fusion-June 5, Folk-June 6
Three concerts coming to Boston Court in Pasadena fill out its 2010 Spring Music Series.
“Pandora’s Box”, the 1929 German classic film that stars Louise Brooks-the mysterious film sensation whose career was limited to less than a handful of screen appearances-will be screened at 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 28 at Boston Court with a specially prepared score by Tom Peters using a bowed electric double bass connected to a computer for looping electronics. This is Peters’ third score for a silent film, all of them premiered at Boston Court. Tickets are $15.
People Inside Electronics presents “Vicious Circles and Deadly Elements” its second concert of truly inventive electroacoustic music at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, June 5 at Boston Court. Special guests guitarist John Schneider and pianist Vicki Ray joins the PIE ensemble Aron Kallay, piano; John Payne, narrator; Quintan Ana Wikswo, video; Andre Alexis, text; Andrea Moore, vibraphone; Alexandre Francois, Elaine Chew, designers of multimodal interaction for musical improvisation (Mimi) of the Yamaha Disklavier program; Isaac Schankler, Disklavier; Alma Lisa Fernandez, viola; Tim Loo, cello; Yuri Inoo, percussion; David Welfermann, electronics.
The music of Pierre Jodlowski, Veronika Krausas, Ben Hackbarth, Mimi, Ingram Marshall, and Morton Subotnick will be performed. Karen Cooksey will conduct the Subotnick piece. Tickets are $25; students, $10.
Nevenka Eastern European Folk, the women’s folk chorus, performs at Boston Court at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 6. Formed in 1976, the group brings into focus the complex harmonies and rhythms typical of Balkan music. Nevenka’s repertoire includes songs from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Russia, Greece and Georgia as well as Ladino Sephardi
and Rom (Gypsy) songs. Tickets are $18.
Tickets for these concerts, which are presented in the Marjorie Branson Performance Space at Boston Court can be purchased by calling (626) 683-6883 or online at www.bostoncourt.com. Boston Court is located at 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena.
By Bill Peters
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