Angelika Niescer & The Name of The Next Song

Angelika Niescer visits Ibeam from Germany in preparation for an upcoming recording.  ”The Name of the Next Song” is an excellent series which will continue throughout the month of August.  Thanks for your continued support.

Here’s a recent review by the New York Times

August 13, 8:00 pm, $10 Suggested Donation

Angelika Niescier Trio (Cologne, Germany)
Angelika Niescier – Saxophone
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
Thomas Morgan – Bass
www.myspace.com/angelikaniescier

Joe Hertenstein’s HNH
Joe Hertenstein
Thomas Heberer
Pascal Niggenkemper
www.myspace.com/hnhsound

“HNH create the shape of a performance from scratch, even when playing a written melody. They avoid clichés as a group as well as on their own. Time-play, texture-play and harmonic improvising are equally available at any moment.” Kevin Whitehead (from album linernotes on cleanfeed records)

Aug 14, 21, 28 | $10-20 suggested donation

the name of the next song
Curated by Zach Dunham and Monroe Street

IBeam Brooklyn is pleased to announce the name of the next song, a new mini-series of performances featuring artists whose work engages with popular music and/or mass media forms. Over the course of three weekends in August, a diverse roster of performing artists will present a variety of projects, ranging from electro-acoustic song music to contemporary dance to new media. A unique juxtaposition of many artists who never before shared a bill, the name of the next song brings together artists active in numerous communities within New York’s downtown scene with the aim of provoking new conversations between art music and pop. The name of the next song presents a forward-looking perspective on the new possibilities opened up by these forms − a perspective inspired in many ways by the songs of composer Arthur Russell, one of which has lent this series its title.

The name of the next song is curated by Zach Dunham and Monroe Street of School/Schoolco. School is a song-based ensemble whose work is oriented around a questioning, or “unlearning,” of conventional notions of song-form, subjectivity/identity, and “high” and “low” art. The organizational branch of School, Schoolco, is a newly formed artist-resource group which presents concerts and music/art educational workshops both in and outside of New York. For more information, visit www.schoolco.org.

Saturday, August 14  9 PM
School (acoustic)
Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone
Kurt Weisman
David Garland
Saturday, August 21  9 PM
Opsvik & Jennings
Woody Sullender
Saturday, August 28  9 PM
Army of Strangers
School (electric)
EmmaGrace Skove-Eps
Sound Design Installation by  Daniel Fishkin will be on view throughout the series.