BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240616T210000Z DTEND:20240616T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Rockport Chamber Music Festival: The Westerlies DESCRIPTION:The Westerlies\, "an arty quartet mixing ideas from jazz\, new classical\, and Appalachian folk" (New York Times) are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet\, and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella\, The Westerlies navigate a wide array of venues and projects with the precision of a string quartet\, the audacity of a rock band\, and the charm of a family sing-along.\n\nFormed in 2011\, the self-described "accidental brass quartet" takes its name from the prevailing winds that travel from the West to the East. The Westerlies explore jazz\, roots\, and chamber music influences to create the rarest of hybrids: music that is both "folk-like and composerly\, lovely and intellectually rigorous" (NPR Music).\n\n \n\nThe ensemble has produced numerous critically acclaimed albums of genre-defying music. 2022 saw the release of the Songbook Vol. 2 and Live at TOURISTS on Westerlies Records\, the ensemble's in-house record label. The previous year was a prolific year for the ensemble\, with the release of Fireside Brass: A Westerlies Holiday (Westerlies Records)\, Songbook Vol. 1 (Westerlies Records)\, and Bricolage (Westerlies Records)\, a collaborative album of improvisations with pianist/composer Conrad Tao. 2021 also saw the release of This Land\, the ensemble's collaboration with GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann. Sought-after collaborators\, The Westerlies are also featured on recordings by Fleet Foxes (Nonesuch)\, Big Red Machine (Jagjaguwar)\, Vieux Farka Tour (Six Degrees Records)\, Common (Lakeshore) and Dave Douglas (Greenleaf). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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The Westerlies\, &ldquo\;an arty quartet&hellip\;mixing ideas from jazz\, new classical\, and Appalachian folk&rdquo\; (New York Times) are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet\, and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella\, The Westerlies navigate a wide array of venues and projects with the precision of a string quartet\, the audacity of a rock band\, and the charm of a family sing-along.
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Formed in 2011\, the self-described &ldquo\;accidental brass quartet&rdquo\; takes its name from the prevailing winds that travel from the West to the East. The Westerlies explore jazz\, roots\, and chamber music influences to create the rarest of hybrids: music that is both &ldquo\;folk-like and composerly\, lovely and intellectually rigorous&rdquo\; (NPR Music).
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The ensemble has produced numerous critically acclaimed albums of genre-defying music. 2022 saw the release of the Songbook Vol. 2 and Live at TOURISTS on Westerlies Records\, the ensemble&rsquo\;s in-house record label. The previous year was a prolific year for the ensemble\, with the release of Fireside Brass: A Westerlies Holiday (Westerlies Records)\, Songbook Vol. 1 (Westerlies Records)\, and Bricolage (Westerlies Records)\, a collaborative album of improvisations with pianist/composer Conrad Tao. 2021 also saw the release of This Land\, the ensemble&rsquo\;s collaboration with GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann. Sought-after collaborators\, The Westerlies are also featured on recordings by Fleet Foxes (Nonesuch)\, Big Red Machine (Jagjaguwar)\, Vieux Farka Touré\; (Six Degrees Records)\, Common (Lakeshore) and Dave Douglas (Greenleaf).
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\n LOCATION:Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street Rockport\, MA 01966 UID:e.2981.30850 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T033217Z URL:https://business.capeannvacations.com/events/details/rockport-chamber-music-festival-the-westerlies-30850 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR