Steve Reich and John Adams will be among the composers whose works will be featured in the first-ever South by Southwest (SXSW) festival showcase from music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, titled Reich, Rags, & Road Movies: Music by Steve Reich & Friends. Reich will also participate in a discussion with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore tomorrow.
Steve Reich and John Adams will be among the composers whose works will be featured in the first-ever South by Southwest (SXSW) festival showcase presented by the classical and jazz music publisher Boosey & Hawkes.
The showcase, titled Reich, Rags, & Road Movies: Music by Steve Reich & Friends, will take place tonight at Austin's St. David's Episcopal Church (304 East 7th Street at San Jacinto Blvd.), from 9-11 PM, with Reich as the guest of honor. The program will include a performance of Adams's Road Movies by pianist Michelle Schumann of the Austin Chamber Music Center and violinist Ertan Torgu; Reich's New York Counterpoint by San Antonio's SOLI chamber ensemble, Electric Counterpoint (originally written for Pat Metheny) by guitarist C. E. Whalen, and Music for Pieces of Wood, Nagoya Marimbas, Drumming, and Clapping Music by So Percussion; as well as works by Michael Torke and Elliott Carter. For complete program and ticket information, click here.
Steve Reich will also participate in a discussion with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore tomorrow at 1:15 PM at the Austin Convention Center. For more information, click here.
Reich's latest Nonesuch release, Daniel Variations, is set for release on April 8.
