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Interview: Bill Horvitz’s Long Walk

Posted: Friday, June 14th, 2013 1:47 pm.

On June 30th, guitarist and composer Bill Horvitz will return to Roulette for a dual celebration: in a celebration of the release of his new CD, The Long Walk, and the celebration of the life of his brother Phillip, whose loving memory serves as the heart and inspiration of the new album.

Interview: Peter Gordon on the Love of Life

Posted: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 1:16 pm.

Peter Gordon discusses his new work, Symphony #5, and reflects on the past, his current projects, and contemplates the importance of spreading the Love of Live in the age of YOLO.

Interview: C Spencer Yeh, A Brief Portrait of an Intermedia Artist

Posted: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 1:15 pm.

C Spencer Yeh discusses the two new works he will be presenting at Roulette for the Jerome Foundation Commission, and offers insights into the audio and visual dimensions that inform his very forward-looking art.

Interview: Andrew Lafkas on the Collective Process of Improvisation

Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 3:29 pm.

Concert bassist & composer Andrew Lafkas discusses his new work for the Jerome Foundation Commission, and shares his insights into the organic and communal dimensions that drive his music.

Interview Rinde Eckert & Ned Rothenberg on “Five Beasts”

Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 2:24 pm.

Eckert & Rothenberg discuss the history behind their collaboration, the intellectual foundations of this allegory of the human condition, and the power of art to tap into the unconscious.

Interview: Video Artist Sheri Wills on “King Lavra” by Jan Jirásek

Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013 11:10 am.

Video artist Sheri Wills discusses the unique collaboration behind the production of Jan Jirásek’s micro-opera “King Lavra,” and reflects on the musical sensibilities that inform her live video performances. “King Lavra,” which is based on an old Czech fairy tale about a King who hides a terrible secret beneath his long mane of hair, will be presented at Roulette on Thursday, May 23 at 8:00 PM.

Interview: Cantata Profana

Posted: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 5:05 pm.

Jacob Ashworth of Cantata Profana discusses the performance of Davies’ “Eight Songs,” influences & the affinity for for a certain delectable cookie.

Interview: Doron Sadja on “SENSATIONS” & the Artist as a Tinkerer Extraordinaire

Posted: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 11:27 am.

In this interview, Sadja discusses the ideas behind SENSATIONS, offering a glimpse into the thought process behind his multi-disciplinary approach, and talks a bit about his influences, of his unabashed love of top 40 pop music, and about the triple entendre behind the word “sensations.”

Wadada Leo Smith’s “Ten Freedom Summers” at Roulette, May 1 – 3

Posted: Monday, April 29th, 2013 2:28 pm.

Roulette is excited to welcome trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist in music, to our Brooklyn stage for three nights, beginning on Wednesday, May 1, for the New York premiere of his acclaimed work, Ten Freedom Summers

[April 25-27] Toni Dove’s Lucid Possession

Posted: Thursday, April 11th, 2013 4:48 pm.

LUCID POSSESSION is a live mix cinema performance featuring musicians, a video DJ, and stage-controlled robotic screens – premiering April 25/26/27 at Roulette.

Interview with Ginny Benson

Posted: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 10:09 am.

On April 9th at Roulette, video artist Ginny Benson will team up with composer G. Lucas Crane, performance artist Alaina Stamatis, and dancers Elle Erdman and Sam Shea for the world premiere of “Brave New World: Life After Death in the Post-Apocalypse Part I”, the first part in a multimedia collage series by Benson.

Interview with Michele Rosewoman

Posted: Friday, April 5th, 2013 1:13 pm.

On April 5th at Roulette, Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba take the listener on a journey spanning ancient Yoruba culture from Nigeria through Cuba as they pay homage to its contemporary manifestations.

Interview with Kevin James

Posted: Friday, March 29th, 2013 12:44 pm.

ETHEL, Speak Percussion and The [kāj] Ensemble perform 3 premieres in an intimate musical conversation with the last speakers of 3 nearly extinct languages….

Interview with Gelsey Bell

Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 1:09 pm.

Singer, songwriter, and scholar, Gelsey Bell premieres a full-length piece called Our Defensive Measurements, commissioned by Roulette and the Jerome Foundation.

Interview with Lea Bertucci

Posted: Friday, January 4th, 2013 12:27 pm.

Interdisciplinary artist Lea Bertucci presents the world premiere of two works: Respire and SEEP for her Jerome Foundation Residency at Roulette.

A BENEFIT FOR ROULETTE WITH MEREDITH MONK

Posted: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 4:07 pm.

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.