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Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars takes on aspects of spectacle informed by the tradition of urban street bands, avant-garde theater, and ancient music. It takes music out into the world and seeks transformative situations meant to change the conversation through music & movement. They will perform original music by Grant, Aguilar, Halo, Kenty, Metivier, Shapira, plus Monteverdi, Glass, & sonic surprises TBA.

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A musical procession for the first day of summer. We begin and end at Richard Tucker Park, W 66th Street and Broadway. The event is a foray into the neighborhood with stops at places of interest including Strawberry Fields, Central Park.

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Oct14

Art in Odd Places 2023: DRESS (Uniform, Armor, Identity. Express, Provoke, Conform.) is the 18th edition of the NYC festival featuring 35+ local, national, and international artists exploring dress as a medium, and rethinking 14th street as a runway to present, walk, and pose. Featuring conceptual garments, live performances, visual installations, workshops, and more in public spaces. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. For more information about AiOP's history and artists' project descriptions and schedules, visit the website: dress.artinoddplaces.org

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Tilted Axes: Summer Solstice Performance! "SUNBURN" — 6/21 NYC

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Cooper Square, New York City

TILTED AXES: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars celebrates the Summer Solstice with music & movement in Cooper Square Plaza with a performance of their latest spectacle SUNBURN, a set of sonic structures comprised of polyrhythmic patterns, post-rock riffing, and contemplative drones. They will move about the plaza and its environs as a procession and perform on-site in different formations on Wednesday, June 21, from 7:00-9:00pm as part of the city-wide festival Make Music New York.

This event is presented in partnership with NYC DOT Public Space Programming.

NEW MUSIC: This round of Tilted Axes Composer Creations are by John Halo (Three Speeds), Sarah Metivier Schadt (Sarah TBD), and Dmitri Shapira (Front Is Back). The group will also perform original music as always and will feature tilted arrangements of Monteverdi, Glass, Piazzolla, Satie, and Hendrix.

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Dmitri’s music is mature, beautiful, and slightly spiritual...his music, bent notes, other sounds and handling of melodies, come deeply from within.”

— Ran Blake, pianist and composer

Dramatic shifts between harsh and low strumming reflect in scurrying hand positions. Shapira bridges his interpretations with restless musical questioning.”

— Jon Babu, Northeast Performer