The Egg

Ethel

Buy TicketsFriday, March 23, 8:00 PM

Musically omnivorous, prolific, and passionate, this band of four world-class, Juilliard-trained, “…extraordinarily skilled” (The New York Times) composer/musicians will keep you at the edge of your seat. "Ethel":http://www.myspace.com/ethelcentral incorporates rock, blues, classical, jazz and other popular genres to create a sound that defies categorization. In its eight seasons, Ethel has toured the world, at one time sharing the stage with pop/rock icons Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson and appearing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. A favorite at countless festivals and venues around the globe, as well as a ubiquitous presence on the New York music scene, Ethel continues to garner attention from major publications including The New York Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Billboard magazine, with their recent CD release LIGHT on Cantaloupe Records selected as # 3 on Amazon.com’s “Best of 2006: Top Classical Editor’s Picks” and #5 on WNYC’s “Best of 2006 Listener Poll.”

Ethel performs String Quartet No. 2: Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye by "Don Byron":http://www.donbyron.com Mr. Byron describes his inspiration for the piece: “In the last few years, I have gained confidence, inspiration, and spiritual grounding in gospel culture. Black religious music is the elephant in the room when any serious discussion of serious music takes place. So much of the great music of the sixties...” To read Byron’s full commentary on the piece, visit "Cantaloupe Music":http://www.cantaloupemusic.com/CA21037.html and (scroll down to Don Byron) To listen to Ethel's recording of "No. 3 from Four Thoughts on Marvin Gaye":http://www.myspace.com/ethelcentral

The second part of the program will be the CD Release performance of composer "Mary Childs’":http://www.maryellenchilds.com new work, Dream House. This 14-movement piece serves as a commentary on cycles of time, rhythms of work, and the intertwined nature of destruction and creation. The live performance will feature Ethel surrounded by time-lapsed and real-time video imagery as well as a montage of pre-recorded and manipulated destruction and construction sounds created by Neverwas. To hear Ethel's recording of "After Dust from Dream House":http://www.myspace.com/ethelcentral

Photograph by "Steve J. Sherman":http://www.stevejsherman.com

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This event is part of the "Key's American Music Festival":http://albanysymphony.com/keysmusic.htm presented in cooperation with the Albany Symphony Orchestra