PRESS RELEASE: The International Street Cannibals Present "Schubert High" Chamber Music/Dance/New Music Concert on May 13 at the big space of St Marks in-the-Bowery, Manhattan

The evening will include performances of original settings and re-contextualizations of Schubert, along with the music of Wotan "Lefty" Barrett, Dan Cooper, John Feeney, and Gene Pritsker. During the course of the concert, we'll hear, among other things, striking settings of Schubert: a version of his Quartetsatz, in an augmented scoring, in which contrabass and African djembe undergird the texture; three novel musical settings of Schubert Lieder, performed by baritone Charles Coleman and pianist Taka Kigawa, in which an added third instrument is utilized for each, as the instrumental variable. As well, Orchestra of St Luke's concertmaster Krista Bennion Feeney will help render the Variations movement of the "Trout" Quintet, featuring Taka Kigawa on piano.

A world premiere of Dan Cooper's solo work for contrabass work will feature Orchestra of St Luke's Principal bassist John Feeney. Gene Pritsker will contribute an original work for string quartet, "All Our Gods Are Lazy", and offbeat renderings of  The Ramones' "Rock and Roll High School", and Alice Cooper's "School's Out".

Our audience will look on, as the the ISC's pom-pom accoutred cheerleading squad will make human pyramids, and spell out names of composers, tempo designations, terms for musical structures. Audience members will join in saying the "pledge of allegience". We'll run into some of Schubert High's faculty - like metal-shop teacher Mr Cooper, social studies teacher Mr Pritsker, and guidance councellor Ms Takeda; we'll hear Principal Learned's intercom announcements, and we'll see the school janitor Sal "Lefty" Barretto, mopping up in between pieces. As well, the audience will vote, between the choices of Charles "Krooner" Coleman, Taka Kigawa, and Cesare Papetti, for Schubert High's "most popular" student.

International Street Cannibals performers for the eve's event will include Charles Coleman, baritone; Krista Bennion Feeney, violin; Mioi Takeda, violin; Chala Yancey, viola, Dan Barrett, cello; John Feeney, bass; Taka Kigawa, piano, Cesare Papetti, djembe; and dancers Karen Harvey, Amanda Mottur, Megan Sipe, and Keeley Walsh. 

The evenings' choreography is done by Dance Director Megan Sipe.

Tyler Learned is Stage Director. Dan Palkowski is Video Director.