Thursday, December 5, 2024
7:30 – 9 pm EST
Scheuer Auditorium

The William Petschek Family Music Program

How can the idea of a 'cartoon' translate into musical form? A sketch, an outline, a simplification that gives that sense that not all of the details are filled in–these are all formal ideas that suggest how music might model cartoon-nature. Two composers who experimented their entire lives with leaving out important details are Julius Eastman (1940–1990) and Morton Feldman (1926–1987). Their works, Gay Guerilla by Eastman and Piece for Four Pianos by Feldman, both leave important details to the players to decide, and in this evening of world premiere arrangements, the players deciding are Brooklyn-based guitar ensemble Dither Quartet.

This concert, co-presented with Bang on a Can is held in conjunction with the exhibition Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston (November 8, 2024 - March 30, 2025). 

Tickets: $22 General; $15 Students and Seniors; $12 Jewish Museum members

Doors open at 7 pm; Includes Museum Admission