(PDF of release attached)


End date 5/27/12
Press Contact: Beth Fleenor*
The Frank Agency
206.491.0516
beth@thefrankagency.org
*CDs, photos, and more information available upon request


WAYNE HORVITZ & THE ROYAL ROOM COLLECTIVE MUSIC ENSMBLE HIJACK THE STONE

May 21 - 26, 2013

The Stone (NYC)
Avenue C & 2nd
$15

Information: www.theroyalroomseattle.com / www.waynehorvitz.net  

 
In December 2011, music maverick Wayne Horvitz opened the Royal Room - a new project room in Seattle's up and coming Columbia City neighborhood. Built with intention to act as a hub of intersection for the Seattle creative community, and a destination for international artists traveling through the city, the Royal Room has quickly become the Northwest's most diverse and high caliber, casual music environment.

Along with the club, Horvitz also started a house band - the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble - comprised of some of the city's absolute finest and most creative players. The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble performs Horvitz's compositions, combining “Conduction” and spontaneous arrangement & orchestration, created by Horvitz in real time.

This month, Horvitz brings his Collective Music Ensemble to a week-long residency at the Stone - John Zorn's renowned creative music gallery in the East Village. With decades of collaborative history, and immense work to support artists and makers in their respective communities, it seems fitting that these two spaces finally intersect.

May 21-26 Wayne Horvitz and the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble will hijack the Stone - and fill it with cross-country energy and collaborative power, hinged by the lusciousness of Horvitz's hard-hitting large ensemble works. 

In conjunction with their residency, the ensemble is releasing a limited edition live recording, created at the Royal Room*. The band will make a studio recording winter 2014.

*live recording will be available to the press by May 7

 

THE PLAYERS

Beth Fleenor (clarinet) 
Kate Olson (soprano sax)
Briggan Krauss (alto sax)
Craig Flory (tenor sax)
Sam Boshnack, Al Keith, Steve O’Brian (trumpets)
Naomi Siegel, Jacob Herring, Willem de Koch (trombones)
Geoff Harper (bass)
Eric Eagle (drums)
conducted by Wayne Horvitz


SPECIFICS

5/21 Tuesday
8 & 10 pm        Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests


5/22 Wednesday
8 pm                The Westerlies Play Horvitz
			Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar (trumpets) Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch (trombones)

10 pm              Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests
 

5/23 Thursday
8 pm                Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests

10 pm              Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day
			Wayne Horvitz (piano) Geoff Harper (bass) Eric Eagle (drums)
			Members of the RRCME (various)


5/24 Friday
8 pm                Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests

10 pm              The Westerlies Play Horvitz
			Zubin Hensler, Riley Mulherkar (trumpets) Andy Clausen, Willem de Koch (trombones)


5/25 Saturday
8 pm                Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day
			Wayne Horvitz (piano) Geoff Harper (bass) Eric Eagle (drums)
			Members of the RRCME (various)
10 pm              Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests


5/26 Sunday

8 and 10 pm    Wayne Horvitz & the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble with Special Guests

 

MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Wayne Horvitz is a composer, pianist, and electronic musician. He has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. He has performed and collaborated with Bill Frisell, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Robin Holcomb, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Philip Wilson, Michael Shrieve, Bobby Previte, Marty Ehrlich, Skerik, William Parker, Ron Miles, Sara Schoenbeck, Peggy Lee, Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, and Dylan van der Schyff among others. He has been commissioned by the NEA, Meet The Composer, Kronos String Quartet, Seattle Chamber Players, Mary Flagler Cary Trust, PGAFF, BAM and others. Collaborators include Paul Taylor, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Gus Van Sandt and Gordon Edelstein. He has produced CDs for Eddie Palmieri, Fontella Bass, Robin Holcomb and Bill Frisell among others. He is the 2001 recipient of the Seattle Artist Trust Fellowship, 2003 and 2006 recipient of the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture fellowship, 2002 recipient of the Rockefeller Map Grant for JOE HILL, 16 Actions for Chamber Orchestra, Voices and Improviser, and the 2008 NEA American Masterpieces grant for These Hills of Glory for string quartet and improviser. Ensembles include The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, The HMP Trio, The New York Composers Orchestra, The 4 Plus 1 Ensemble, Sweeter Than the Day and The Gravitas Quartet

 

MORE ABOUT THE ROYAL ROOM

In 2009 musician and composer Wayne Horvitz approached longtime Seattle bar, restaurant and venue owners Tia Matthies and Steve Freeborn about partnering on a new project in Seattle. After two years of planning and development the Royal Room opened in historic Columbia City in December 2011.

With permanent backline, recording and video, a grand piano and a generous stage, the venue has been designed to serve the musicians and artists who will be performing. The restaurant and bar has a comfortable neighborhood feel that welcomes patrons of all ages and varied tastes, from an after work happy hour to late in the evening. Thursday through Monday evenings feature local artists with no cover charge, allowing fans and regulars alike to enjoy the music. Tuesday and Wednesday nights are reserved for national and touring acts.

The music featured at the Royal Room covers a wide range of styles, with an emphasis on creative programming and development. This allows artists to work on projects in a collaborative community space. To that end, the club has been designed to accommodate in house recordings, off hour rehearsals and residencies of four to twelve weeks.

 

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