IN RESIDENCY JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2020
PS21 Presents Live and Livestreaming Concerts: Sandbox Percussion, Calidore String Quartet, and Modern Music Fest. In response to the pandemic, PS21 is committed to making it possible for our artists to perform live and continue to earn their livelihoods. We are excited to be working with Sandbox Percussion, the Calidore String Quartet, Conrad Tao, Timo Andres, Conor Hanick, Adam Tendler, and Miranda Cuckson and have reconfigured their concerts for live and livestreamed on-site performances, including talks with the artists and real-time interactions with our on-site audiences. Seating in our 350-seat outdoor Pavilion Theater will be distanced and safely limited to 50. Each concert will run approximately one hour.
Modern Music Fest
In response to this precarious economic moment, PS21 has created a recital series for musicians and other performers . We are providing paid, short-term performance engagements and residencies for artists whose livelihoods are threatened by closures and cancellations.
Pianists Conrad Tao, Timo Andres, Conor Hanick, Adam Tendler, and violinist Miranda Cuckson are some of the talented young performers we have asked to take part in our MODERN MUSIC FEST recitals and residencies, August through September 2020. Each program in this series will consist of a pair of short, stand-alone concerts, featuring works from rich, adventurous repertoires.
Modern Music Fest Concert Schedule:
August 21, 7 pm — Timo Andres, piano
Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata
Frederick Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Timo Andres: Old Ground
August 22, 7 pm — Adam Tendler, piano
John Cage: Cheap Imitation, Part I
Christopher Cerrone: Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Meredith Monk: Ellis Island
Nico Muhly: Off the Grid / A Hudson Cycle
John Glover: the scent of their roses does not remain
Darian Donovan Thomas: In Place
Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together
Philip Glass: Mad Rush
August 28, 7 pm — Miranda Cuckson, violin
J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Elliott Carter: Statement: Remembering Aaron
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 9 for violin and electronic sounds
Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes I
August 29, 7 pm — Conor Hanick, piano
Galina Ustvolskaya: The Piano Sonatas
September 4, 7 pm, September 6, 4 pm — Conrad Tao
Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Pianist Adam Tendler wrote about the liberating effect of his residency at PS21 during this isolating time:
“Thank you for the opportunity to visit PS21, both to perform and also to work during the residency. Both of those aspects of my time in Chatham, including the quiet isolation, were incredibly helpful to my spirit and to my deadlines! I left feeling replenished, fulfilled, and inspired to move onto the next thing. I also felt a little sad, because the experience was simply so positive, the facilities and gear so top-notch, the people so fantastic, and surroundings so perfect, that it was a wistful goodbye. But hopefully we can continue to scheme, plot and plan for future “somethings.” Everyone I talked to who experienced PS21 on Saturday night was blown away by the facility and its potential.”
