2019-2020 Season (Portland, OR)
March 14-15, Saturday & Sunday, 7:30PM
The American Promise
Presented by Big Mouth Society
Following the success of such innovative programs as Radical Softness, The Glorious Cuntata, Made in America, and Sirens, Interrupted!, BMS is pleased to present the critically acclaimed chamber ensemble, The Broken Consort, to create the world-premiere performance of The American Promise, a logical and timely sequel to our Made in America program.
What did George Washington hope for when he signed the founding documents? What did migrants from all around the world seek in this “promised land”? What did our soldiers fight for in various wars? How did these hopes and promises evolve and change over time, taking us to our current moment? Promises are worth crossing the Rio Grande for, but they are also so fragile and breakable.
TBC tracks the rise, fall, and evolution of American ideals and promises of the last 250 years, using materials from concerted music, folk music, popular music, poetry, newspaper articles, iconography, and live improvisation. Our historically informed musical experts will be performing on handmade instruments from the baroque, classical, and modern periods from all around the USA.
In a time of chaos and despair, we hope to offer a thoughtful review, and a hopeful path forward. Please join us in this project to think deeply, act kindly, and change bravely.
Performers:
Niccolo Seligmann, viola da gamba, dulcimer, fiddles, and more
Julie Bosworth, voice and fiddle
Emily Lau, voice and percussion
Peter Lim, harpsichord, oboe, recorders
October 12 Sunday, 2015
Arizona Early Music Society
"Burgos, 1275"
Grace St. Paul
3 p.m.
Tucson, AZ
October 13 Monday, 2015
Temple Emanu-El
Interfaith Lecture-Recital
7 p.m.
Tucson, AZ
October 14 Tuesday, 2015
The Academy Village
"Burgos, 1275"
The Academy Village,
Tucson, AZ
11:30 a.m.
Cultural Outreach to Nogales, Sonora
Nogales, Mexico
3-6pm
October 17 Friday, 2015
Music @ 501
"The Essential Broken Consort"
8pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tulsa, OK
October 18 Saturday, 2015
Workshop with AGO musicians
Tulsa, OK
October 19 Sunday, 2015
Early Music for Church Services
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tulsa, OK
November 9 Wednesday, 2015
"Songs of Chivalry and Courtly Love"
Featuring Christopher Preston Thomspon & Peter Walker
Cronton Public Library
Cronton, NY
January 12-14 2015
Creative Retreat
Youthsquake Studios,
NYC, NY
Janurary 15 2015
"POP", unplugged
Featuring Maggie Finnagen, Christopher Preston Thompson,
Niccolo Seligmann, and Brian Kay
The Cornelia Street Cafe
NYC, NY
6 P.M.
May 31 2014
Provincetown, MA
20 Summers
"Rich and Strange"
In collaboration with Arneis Quartet
February 21 - 22 2014
Cambridge, MA
"Half Empty": A Post-Valentine's Concert
January 17 2014
Houston, TX
Houston Early Music Society
"3Ms: Muses, Modes, and Magic!"
November 14 2013
New York City, NY
Gotham Early Music
"Burgos, 1275"
September 6 -7 2013
Cambridge, MA
"3Ms: Muses, Modes, and Magic!"
In collaboration with 1000 Virtues Dance Company
June 11 2013
Boston, MA
Jam Party
April 14 2013
Atlanta, GA
"Sonorousness"
Concert and Workshop
March 8 2013
Cleveland, OH
Cathedral Concert Series
"Burgos"
February 2-3 2013
Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
Arizona Early Music Society
Phoenix Early Music Society
Arizona State University
"Walking with the Giants"
September 10-15 2013
Miami, FL
Artist-in-Residence of the Cushman School
September 5 -6 2013
Boston, MA
"Walking with the Giants"
"Made in America"
May 4 (Wednesday) 2016
New York City, NY
Church of the Transfiguration
7:30PM
May 5 (Thursday) 2016
New York City, NY
Gotham Early Music Midtown Series
St. Bart's
1:15PM
Free will offering
May 6 (Friday) 2016
Baltimore, MD
St. David's Concert Series
St David's Episocpal Church
7:30PM
Tickts at door, $15+
October 2 2015
Presented by St. David's First Friday Concert Series as Ensemble-in-Residence
"POP! Unplugged"
7:30pm
4700 Roland Ave
Baltimore, MD
Februrary 1-7 2015
Presented by Arizona Early Music Society
&
Tucson Desert Song Festival
"Made in America"
5 February 2016 | Friday 7:00 p.m Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
6 February 2015 | Saturday 7:00 p.m
First United Methodist Church
Phoenix, AZ
7 February 2016 | Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
2331 E. Adams St.
Tucson, Arizona
Ticket and info:
2017-2018 Home Season (Portland, OR)
July 29th, Saturday, 4PM
@ Holocene
Big Mouth Society's Annual Rainbow Soiree
*World Premiere of
Radical Softness & The Glorious Cuntata
September 28th, Thursday, 3PM @ All Classical Portland
Thursdays @ Three live Broadcast
September 30th, Saturday, 7:30PM @ Nordia House
October 1st, 2PM @ Hallowed Halls
Presented by Big Mouth Society
"Made in America":
Tracing American Musical Idioms through the early 1900s
March 3rd, Saturday, 7:30PM @ NW Dance Project
March 4th, Sunday, 2PM @ Hallowed Halls
Presented by Big Mouth Society
Sirens, Interrupted!