Mar
13
to Mar 18

José Asst's Meredith Monk in World Premiere of 'Cellular Songs' at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Meredith Monk has spent more than five decades exploring and expanding the capacity of that most essential instrument: the human voice. Returning to BAM after the ecstatic hymn to compassion On Behalf of Nature (2014 Next Wave), Monk and the four women of her peerless vocal ensemble present a new work, continuing their investigation of the interconnected, ineffable relationship between humans and the natural world.

Pairing voice with movement, instrumentation, and a site-specific video installation, Cellular Songs contemplates the fundamental unit of life and its relation to the universe. Drawing inspiration from biological processes—layering, division, replication, mutation—Monk looks to underlying systems in nature that can serve as a prototype for human behavior in our tumultuous world.

Music and direction by Meredith Monk
Costume design and scenography by Yoshio Yabara
Lighting design by Joe Lavasseur
Sound design by Eli Walker

Commissioned by BAM

Full program via BAM Website here - > https://www.bam.org/theater/2018/cellular-songs

Meredith's history @ BAM  > https://www.bam.org/artists/meredith-monk

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Nov
30
9:30 PM21:30

José plays music from LQQK @ Club Cumming X WWTNS 'Cumming for Puerto Rico'

José performs music from LQQK at Club Cumming November 30 @ 10pm.

TICKETS HERE -> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wwtns-presents-cumming-for-puerto-rico-tickets-39795248660?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button

 What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to be teaming up with Alan Cumming and Daniel Nardicio at Club Cumming for a fundraiser to support the relief efforts in Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricanes Maria and Irma.

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Oct
20
to Oct 21

Asst. to Meredith Monk, Dancing Voices, Lincoln Center

"The “body sings and the voice dances” in this program that captures the kinetic energy and pioneering philosophy of Monk’s six-decade exploration of the human voice as an instrument, transmitted and luminously present in this multidimensional, multiperceptual work."

For more information please visit Lincoln Center's website directly. 

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Oct
4
to Oct 7

Assistant Producer, CUNY Prelude Festival 2017

José works alongside Madeline Barasch and Sean Leo as they produce the CUNY Prelude Festival curated by Andrew Kircher.

Weren't able to make it to the festival - watch our video archive here! http://howlround.com/livestreaming-the-prelude-2017-festival-martin-e-segal-theatre-center-new-york-wed-oct-4-fri-oct-6

For full festival lineup please visit http://preludenyc.org/

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Apr
5
to May 5

New Release - Visual Cover of 'Somebody to Love' by Queen

José has recorded a version of Queen's 'Somebody to Love.' The visual cover premiered at 12pm EST on Logo New/Now/Next

José covers 'Somebody to Love' by QUEEN. Watch in 4K!

Donate to kickstart 'LQQK' - José's first visual EP.

Upcoming:

April 5th - May 8th: Kickstarter to fund LQQK, José's 1st Visual EP

April 28th: Performance at the Party by Ostbahnhof, Lot 45

May 4 - 6th: Performance at Connecting Unicorns at Schwuz in Berlin, Germany 

Conceived and Conceptualized
 by José Rivera Jr.
Co-directed
by Charlie Purdom
DP Wayland Bell

Performed by (in order of appearance)
   Dior Vargas   
   José Rivera Jr. 
   Rify Royalty
   Paige Hackworth
   Alexa Andreas
   Andrew Chung
   Derek DiMartini
   Rebecca Marie Hidalgo

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by
   Cesar Gonzalez
    at Studio G, Brooklyn

Band
   Albert Goold (Keys)   
   Andrew Forman (Guitar)
   Corey Metrick (Drums)
   Steve Conroy (Bass)

Background vocals
   Chris Ignacio
   Cesar Gonzalez
   José Rivera Jr.
   Rebecca Marie Hidalgo
   Torian Brackett

Gratitude
   to QUEEN
   to Queers
   to Mom
   to Josette and Cesar Hidalgo
   to Wendy Richard
   to Francisco & everyone at Studio G BK that made recording this massive track so simple and FUN.
   to Jamie Helen Sanin
   to Pizza
& to you for listening and watching. Thank you so much.  ❤

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