New music ensemble loadbang
NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL at WILLIAMS FEATURES WORKS by REICH, LANG, RILEY, RZEWSKI, COLEMAN
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – I/O Fest ’16, this year’s three-day festival of new music at Williams College, takes place Thursday, January 7, through Saturday, January 9, and will feature performances exploring works by composers including Steve Reich, David Lang, Terry Riley, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and John Cage. The festival includes concerts, a lecture, several world premieres, performances by the I/O Ensemble and IOTA, and New York City-based contemporary music quartet loadbang. All events are free and open to the public. Neither tickets nor reservations are required.
Michael Musillami Trio (photo Christopher Capozziello)
MICHAEL MUSILLAMI TRIO to PLAY HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
(LAKEVILLE, Conn.) – The Michael Musillami Trio with Special Guests performs at the Hotchkiss School on Friday, January 8, at 7pm in Katherine M. Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center. Veteran jazz guitarist and composer Michael Musillami and his flagship trio, featuring bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller, will perform music from their new Playscape Recordings album, “Zephyr,” released last October 6. The trio will be joined by pianist Peter Madsen, tenor saxophonist and 2016 Grammy nominee Jimmy Greene, alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon & soprano saxophonist, Jason Rigby.
Painting by Julio Granda
VISUAL and PERFORMING ARTS on DISPLAY at DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD ARTS CENTER
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Out of the Studio, an exhibition featuring works by eight local painters, sculptors, and burlesque dancers, opens at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts on Friday, January 8, with a reception at 4pm. The reception, hosted by the artists themselves featuring live music and an appearance by Gypsy Layne Cabaret & Company, will run through Saturday, January 30. The exhibition features works by visual and performing artists Mario Calouri, Peg Dotchin, Julio Granda, Jim Horsford, Sean McCusker, Nicole Rizzo, Michael Rousseau, and Stefanie Weber.
Bully
BULLY BRINGS ORIGINAL POP-PUNK SOUNDS to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Bully, the Nashville-based rock quartet that is the brainchild of Alicia Bognanno and is already earning comparisons to 1990s pop-punk bands like Hole, the Breeders, and Veruca Salt, brings its melodic hardcore confessionals to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, January 8, at 9pm. As lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer and engineer of her band’s debut album, “Feels Like” (StarTime/Columbia) – which just garnered a 3½-star review from Rolling Stone Magazine — Minnesota native Alicia Bognanno is a multiple threat. Bognanno’s visceral approach to songwriting trades in steely observations, raw-nerve confessions, and intense anger directed almost exclusively at herself, although a few bystanders and bad exes might get caught in the crossfire. It’s no wonder Bognanno is being touted as her generation’s answer to Courtney Love and Liz Phair. Bognanno is her own bully.