Thursday, January 10, 2013 @ 7:00 pm
Full Description:
Join Roulette for a dinner, performance, and champagne reception with composer, singer, and "Magician of the Voice" Meredith Monk in this special benefit for Roulette. Also tonight, we'll be honoring ASCAP Vice President and Director of Concert Music Frances Richard.
7:00 PM - PRE-CONCERT COCKTAIL RECEPTION
8:00 PM - DINNER AND PERFORMANCE
For the occasion of Roulette's first annual benefit, Monk will be performing a sneak preview of her newest evening-length work, On Behalf of Nature. In this work, Monk offers a poetic meditation on the environment. Using her recent, highly acclaimed composition Realm Variations for vocalists and instrumentalists as a point of departure, she employs contrasts in range from high to low to create an expansive sound world of different musical realms. Within this world, Monk evokes the Buddhist notion of the existence of different realm categories—the idea of joining heaven and earth by way of human beings.
A pioneer in “extended vocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance,” composer, singer, director/choreographer Meredith Monk creates works that thrive at the intersection of music and movement, image and object, light and sound in an effort to discover and weave together new modes of perception. Her groundbreaking exploration of the voice as an instrument, as an eloquent language in and of itself, expands the boundaries of musical composition, creating landscapes of sound that unearth feelings, energies, and memories for which there are no words.
TICKET CATEGORIES
$5,000 Ensemble
Includes prime seating for 10 guests; full page advertisement in the Benefit Playbill; funding recognition in the Roulette Spring 2013 Program, Website and all marketing materials for one year; invitations to special events, pre-concert talks, performances, and member events throughout the performance season.
$2,500 Chamber
Includes prime seating for 6 guests; half page advertisement in the Benefit Playbill; funding recognition in the Roulette Spring 2013 Program, Website and all marketing materials for one year; invitations to special events, pre-concert talks, performances, and member events throughout the performance season.
$1,000 Quartet
Includes seating for 4 guests; quarter page advertisement in the Benefit Playbill, and limited edition tote bags designed by Christian Marclay.
$500 Duo
Includes two tickets for cocktails and dinner, and limited edition tote bags designed by Christian Marclay.
$250 Solo
Includes one ticket for cocktails and dinner, and a limited edition tote bag designed by Christian Marclay.
$50 A Capella
Includes one ticket for balcony general admission seating, and pre-concert reception with cocktails and light snacks.
ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED.
Please call (917) 267-0368 with any ticketing inquiries.
Special thanks to Hopeland, Brooklyn Brewery, and Cima da Conegliano Prosecco from Vignaioli Selection
Image By Jesse Frohman.
