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Coming Soon

 

 


COMING SOON...

If all goes well with funding of the performances, Peggy Firestone, Jeremy Williams and the Ensemble plan to present four more plays.

They are:

TALES OF THE VETALA – an ancient tale within a tale from India about a vampire and an emperor. Original music by Tim Rutili.

POPUL VUH – based on the sacred book of the Maya. Original music by Leandro Lopez Varady.

BEAUTY OF THE THIRD PLAYER – a trip-hop opera based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Original music by Susan Voelz.

TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED – based on the Coptic gospel of Judas. Composer TBD.




Timistocles Rutili

Composer for Tales of the Vetala

 

Tim Rutili is a musician and visual artist who explores dreamlike spaces and structures in both mediums. Forming Califone in 1998, he serves as the group's principal songwriter, lyricist and vocalist. His photographs and films serve as a chronicle of over 15 years as a musician on the road with Califone, as well as its former incarnation Red Red Meat. Particularly, his use of the Polaroid and super-8 film mediums capture the fabric of these kinetic yet slightly veiled scenarios that so often result from the disorientation of constant travel.

His latest film "Three Legged Animals" was recently screened at the Getty Museum as part of Distributed Memory: projected images and live music. This film was based on a song from Califone's latest album "Roots & Crowns" released on Thrill Jockey records.

Rutili's installation, 500 polaroids, was part of You are My Sunshine/You is My Sunshine at Canada Gallery in New York 2003. He also contributed photographs, collage and paintings to Series 2 & 3 at Brooklyn Fireproof in 2004.

Rutili's unorthodox recording studio craft has contributed to albums by Ugly Casanova, Modest Mouse, Boxhead Ensemble, Freakwater and Joan of Arc among many others as well as film soundtracks for "Stranger than Fiction", "30 Days of Night" and numerous television shows and documentaries.




Leandro Adrian Lopez Varady

Composer for Popul Vuh, Sacred Texts of the Maya

 

Leandro Lopez Varady was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated from the Catholic University of Arts and Musical Sciences “Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires”, where he majored in Composition receiving a Gold Medal and Honorable Mention in 1992.

Between 1996 and 1999, Leandro toured Asia with the Eldeé Young Quartet (1997-Singapore and Soeul, South Korea; 1998-Singapore; 1999-Singapore; 2000-Honk Kong, China.)

Established in Chicago, US since 1999, Leandro became part of the music scene. He played in several venues as The Green Mill, The Jazz Showcase, Andy’s Jazz Club, and Fitzgerald’s among others, as well as in different festivals (Chicago Jazz Festival, South Shore Jazz Festival, Chicago Summer Dance, Detroit Jazz Festival, and The Jazz Bistro in St. Louis, MO.)

Leandro has recorded a solo piano CD entitled “Snail Shell” (2003) and participated as a sideman in several other recordings (All Green/Othello Anderson’s “Mr. Lucky”, Bob Baglione’s “Positive Charge”, Roderick Harper’s ”The Essence of…”, Steve Hashimoto’s “Azul Oscuro”, Steve Evans’ ”2 sets”, Douglas Lofstrom and the New Quartet’s “NQ+(x)” among others.)

Leandro Lopez Varady currently works as a Music Director at Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church in Chicago and as a pianist, teacher, arranger, and composer.




Susan Voelz
Composer for Beauty of the Third Player

 

Susan Voelz is a violinist, composer, and songwriter who has performed and toured with artists including Poi Dog Pondering, Giant Sand, Ronnie Lane, Charlie Sexton, and Alejandro Escovedo.

She has produced a number of solo recordings, including 13 Ribs and Summer Crashing.

Her book The Musician’s Guide to the Road, a Survival Handbook & All-Access Backstage Pass to Touring was published in 2007 by Billboard Books. Ms. Voelz lives in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 
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