FREE Concert – You are Invited!

Queensborough CC/CUNY Presents ELECTROPHORIC: An Evening of Electroacoustic Music by Svjetlana Bukvich 

ADMISSION: FREE and open to the public

Dear Friends, 

I am excited to invite you to my multimedia concert next Thursday, April 18 at the brand-new Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC) in Bayside! I feel fortunate to be able to present music from my upcoming album, as well as a cross-section of older, favorite works. Join us! I’ll be performing with a group of stellar artists, friends and long-time collaborators:

ETHEL — a quartet of composer performers Ralph Farris (viola), Kip Jones (violin), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Corin Lee (violin); “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker). They fuse uptown panache with downtown genre mashup; won a GRAMMY® with jazz legend Kurt Elling

Susan Aquila, electric violin/Viper — has toured the world as a classical soloist and chamber musician; played with Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Roger Daltrey, Elton John and Whitney Houston to name a few. Her Broadway credits include The Lion King, Wicked, Annie Get Your Gun, and Amazing Grace

Lavinia Pavlish, violin — recently completed her Masters Degree at Juilliard with Naoko Tanaka; she has performed as a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra and the Lake Tahoe Festival Orchestra; finalist in the Victor Elmaleh Concert Artist Guild competition

Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet — specializes in contemporary repertoire; studied at Purchase College Conservatory (MFA) and at SUNY Stony Brook (DMA). She has recorded and toured extensively as a member of Absolute Ensemble and NY Licorice Ensemble

Philip Hamilton, voice — Bessie Award winner and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Utah; shared the stage with Pat Metheny Group, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagan, Mike Stern and John Cage; hailed as “powerful” and “explosive” (The New York Times)

Dan Cooper, electric bass guitar — composer and multi-instrumentalist from Manhattan with academic background at Columbia and Princeton; performing experience at Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Birdland, CBGB’s, Chicago Theater, Joe’s Pub, Massey Hall, NYPL Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, The Blue Note, Town Hall, NBC, Radio France, Bravo, & RAI

Svjetlana Bukvich, synthesizers and voice — “ecstatic musical experience” (New Music Connoisseur); her works have been presented at The Kennedy Center, Tribeca Film Festival, Cal State Fullerton, Ailey City Theater, Lincoln Center, and Berklee Performance Center, and internationally in Beijing, London, Berlin, Birmingham, Johannesburg, Odessa and Helsinki

* Video featuring Carolyn Dorfman Dance and the Sarajevo National Ballet

**55 min without intermission

Address — QPAC, 222-05 56th Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364 

Getting there —

Directions by Car using the Long Island Expressway East:
Take the Long Island Expressway east to Springfield Boulevard (exit 29). At the traffic light turn left onto Springfield Boulevard. Go straight until you reach 56th Avenue and make a right on to 56th Avenue. The main entrance of Queensborough Community College is one block away on the left-hand side.

Directions by Car using the Cross Island Parkway South:
Take the Cross Island Parkway south to Northern Boulevard west (exit 31W). Merge onto Northern Boulevard and go straight until Springfield Boulevard. At the traffic light turn left onto Springfield Boulevard. Go straight until you reach 56th Avenue and make a left. The main entrance of Queensborough Community College is one block away on the left-hand side.

Subway from Manhattan and Western Queens

Take the eastbound “7” train to the Flushing/Main Street station. Transfer to the Q27 bus from 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. on weekdays. All other hours, including weekends, the Q27 stops near campus at 56th Avenue and Springfield Blvd.

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) from Manhattan and Western Queens

Take the LIRR to Queens Village Station. Transfer to the northbound Q27 bus via Springfield Blvd. to Queensborough Community College. 

Invite your friends, it’s free!

I hope to see you there…

Warmly,

Svjetlana