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REDCAT Hosts "earjam" New Music Festival

June 19-20, 8:30 p.m.
Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT)

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Los Angeles, May 24 -- earjam IV, the fourth edition of the celebrated earjam new music festival, comes to the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts (REDCAT) for two evenings of performances on June 19 and 20. Each evening's program begins at 8:30 p.m. and includes two sets and two extended group improvisations. earjam IV features a total of 18 Los Angeles-based solo artists and groups.

First launched in 2000 at Side Street LIVE, earjam is an annual showcase for a diverse cross-section of the most creative composers and performers in Los Angeles. Writing about a previous installment of earjam, Peter Frank of the L.A. Weekly noted that "if things keep going like this, the two-day, several-hour-a-night blowout will become L.A.'s primo annual new local music fest."

earjam IV is produced by sound, performance and visual artist Jacki Apple and singer, composer and artist Julie Adler.

The program on June 19 features:

The June 20 program includes:

  • Eric Sbar/Brass Ensemble
  • Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble
  • Missincinatti (Jessica Catron & Jeremy Drake)
  • Brad Dutz Quintet
  • Weba Garretson
  • Alicia Mangan & Lisle Ellis
  • Karen Elaine Bakunin
  • We Are Not Mailmen (Art Jarvinen & Eric Barber)
  • Andrew Durkin/The Industrial Jazz

General admission is $24 for each program or $40 for both evenings. Admission to each program is $12 for students and $18 for CalArts alumni and members of the American Composers Forum.

CalArts, the first U.S. higher educational institution to integrate the visual and performing arts under one roof, is recognized as the nation's leading laboratory for the arts. Housing six schools -- Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater -- CalArts embraces creative cross-pollination among diverse art forms and traditions, and strongly encourages each artist to pursue his or her vision within a broad context of social and cultural understanding.

REDCAT, an interdisciplinary arts center that allows Los Angeles audience to follow the latest developments in the performing, visual and media arts from around the world, is a natural extension of CalArts' educational mission. Its programming features a wide-ranging array of interdisciplinary performances, music and dance concerts, multimedia performances, theater works, film and video screenings, readings, and art exhibitions.

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