I get quite a few press releases about very interesting new music events every day, but a concert series in a coat closet? This feels like a first. Chris Kallmyer has organized “four resident ensembles, 96 composers, 350+ new works, and over 400 concerts inside a coatroom, under the stairs in the lobby of the Hammer Museum” in Los Angeles. The performances take two minutes a piece and are performed for the gathered Saturday afternoon audience members two at a time. Also, it is free. For once, I really wish I lived in L.A.
The multi-week festival is in process and running strong through November, but living as I do in a far away zip code (not to mention my claustrophobia), I’ve been exploring things online. There’s plenty of interesting music/performances to check out:
but I have to say that Adam Overton’s unique contribution gets major props from me. I’ve had a thing for spoken wordplay like this–I don’t know why–ever since Daniel tried to teach me the basics of the fugue.