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Asphalt @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
On January 20, Asphalt Orchestra celebrated the opening of the New American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a premiere performance event choreographed specifically for the Charles Engelhard Court by Mark DeChiazza and Susan Marshall, featuring music by Frank Zappa, Stew and Heidi Rodewald, and the Laneville-Johnson Union Brass Band. Asphalt also presents a world premiere arrangement of Daniel Read’s Cavalry and William Hauser’s Sons of Sorrow (arr. Ben Holmes)—hymns from the Shape Note singing tradition, inspired by field recordings from the 1940s-60s.
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Goran Bregovic: Champagne
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Frank Zappa: Zomby Woof (arr. Peter Hess)
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Meshuggah: Electric Red (arr. Derek Johnson)
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Bjork: Hyper-ballad (arr. Alan Ferber)
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Press
“An iconoclastic 12 piece marching band… part parade spectacle, part halftime show and part cutting-edge contemporary music concert. The playing was coolly brilliant and infectious. And what a scene!”
— Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
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Upcoming Events:
- Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8:00pm
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Asphalt Orchestra brings its stage show "Unpack the Elephant" to Connecticut. Info & tickets here - Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Asphalt Orchestra celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Bang on a Can at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall! Info & tickets here