Composed by Brittany J. Green Premiered by Mind on Fire - July 8, 2021 Danced by Ayan Felix Shot by Ivy Williams Edited by Jason Charney "r_upTure (2021) draws its musical material and text from a Python program by the same name. The Python program was designed to build a musical system that filters out non-common pitches between chords in a given progression. As the program runs, however, the system begins to rupture, adding in non-common pitches and chord extensions. Several resultant iterations of the program were used as source material and appear as layered strands throughout the piece. The text narrated throughout the piece is a recitation of the program's code.The rupturing of both the program and the piece draws from modes of resistence and rupture theorized in the works of Black Feminist theorist bell hooks, creating a sonic space that imagines how structures can be ruptured and redefined." - Brittany J.

Anywhere Everywhere (2021) Performed by Mind On Fire featuring Taylor Boykins, mezzo-soprano I partnered with Mind On Fire(Baltimore, MD) to release seven short films on their Patreon channel from November through December of 2021. We adapted a work I had written and premiered a year earlier with Loop38 (Houston, TX). The piece is about the quasi lonely feelings of being in new places or being stuck in the same place. Then it's about how all places are the same because you feel the same way in them. Then it's about how this ultimately makes everything feel connected and meaningful. Maybe it's also about nostalgia and sehnsucht. Along with their instrumental parts, I had the performers record videos of their lives that I edited into the final film. They are interspersed with my own videos, some from as far back as five or six years ago and from everywhere I've ever been since then.

Gladly Beyond, for alto flute, viola, and double bass (2016)

Performed by Ledah Finck (viola), Stephanie Ray (alto flute), and Yoshiaki Horiguchi (double bass)

Recorded at the Peabody Institute by Anastasia Kupstas
2019

This work was performed frequently by Trio Jinx between 2016 and 2018 and owes much to the interpretation of that ensemble. It was loosely inspired by e.e. cummings' poem "somewhere i have never travelled" ...gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence...

CREATED BY

Jackie! Zhou

RISING VOICES SEASON

Season 3

Trapped in a cycle of work and self-isolation, burnt out Kelsey’s reality starts to blur until an irregular order for pickup disrupts everything.

MUSIC BY 

Dan Deacon

Work for flute and guitar. Stephanie Ray, flute and Jeremy Lyons, guitar. Written for Noreen Friedman and Bob Wysong. Based on themes from the opera Lily.

A live interpretation by Pique Collective of a Halas and Bachelor cartoon using characters by Gerard Hoffnung

Musicians from all of the country came to Baltimore and had this incredible jam session at Liam Flynn's! Video by Devin Trent

WTMD and Classical Revolution Baltimore are partnering to present Classical Music for People With Short Attention Spans: The Sequel. It’s the “Cliffs Notes” of classical music — all of the parts you know and love in 5 minutes or less each.

This show will take a look at how composers have incorporated different types of folk and popular music into classical pieces from the 1700’s through present day- featuring unexpected, cross-genre collaborations from the Baltimore music scene like beat-boxer Shodekeh Talifero, and more.

This show will be broadcast live on air, with a studio audience. Featured performers include the Baltimore vocal artist Shodekeh and more TBA!

Classical Revolution Baltimore is a collective of musicians that perform chamber music in bars, clubs and public places to encourage more people to listen to classical music.  Since their inception in 2011, Classical Revolution Baltimore has performed for thousands of people, many of them new classical music listeners and has organized over 85 performances including collaborations with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum, The Baltimore Boom Bap Society, Shodekeh and Eze Jackson.  Their work has been featured in the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, City Paper and TEDxMidAtlantic.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show runs from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 1 Olympic Place in Towson. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. All ages are welcome!

Sponsored by Boordy Vineyards and Coney Island Brewing Company.

Artwork by Sara Lautman.

Do you love classical music, but can’t sit through a whole 90-minute symphony from start to finish? This show is for you.

On Friday, February 16th, WTMD and Classical Revolution Baltimore are partnering to present Classical Music for People With Short Attention Spans. It’s the “Cliffs Notes” of classical music — all of the parts you know and love in a few minutes or less.

The arrangements vary, too, from more traditional classical ensembles to electric guitar and beatboxing. This show will be broadcast live on air, with a studio audience. Featured performers include Pique Collective, Outcalls and the Baltimore vocal artist Dominic Shodekeh Talifero.

Here are some of the pieces we’ll be presenting:

Mozart, Lacrimosa (from Requiem)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 Mvt. 2 (from King’s Speech and Mr. Holland’s Opus to name a few)
Verdi, Drinking Song (from Skittle’s Singing Rabbit commercial)
Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
…and many more!

Classical Revolution Baltimore is a collective of musicians that perform chamber music in bars, clubs and public places to encourage more people to listen to classical music. Since their inception in 2011, Classical Revolution Baltimore has performed for thousands of people, many of them new classical music listeners and has organized over 85 performances including collaborations with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, BSO OrchKids, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore Boom Bap Society, Dominic Shodekeh Talifero, Eze Jackson, and Alash Ensemble. Their work has been featured in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore magazine, Baltimore City Paper and TEDxMidAtlantic.

Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show runs from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 1 Olympic Place in Towson. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

(Artwork by Matt Bovie)