Nu Mu Festival

Nu Mu

August 5th – 28th

118 Elliot is launching a ‘Nu Mu Festival’ featuring more than 20 new music events by visiting and local musicians exploring a mix of improvisational styles, and the ‘Visions of a Sound’ exhibition on Friday August 5th during Brattleboro’s Gallery Walk and extending throughout the month. 

Opening night will feature music by saxophonist Jeff Lederer with Jimmy Bosch and his Coco Mamas. They will play the Center Stage at Gallery walk and then continue after hours at 118 Elliot with a Cuban Descargas/Jam Session with Lederer, who will lead several other musical configurations throughout the month. These performances will launch the August-long Nu Mu Festival that will feature performances by both established and up-and-coming musicians including: Jeff Lederer, Mary LaRose, Sara Wildavsky, Jimmy Bosch, Jon Irabagon, Jamie Saft,  Anna Webber, Erica Mancini, Stephen LaRosa, Eric Plaks, Aron Namenwirth, Zach Swanson, Avery Sharpe, Adam Lane, Gahlord Dewald, Paul Austerlitz,  Ayizon Sanon, Julian Gerstin, Dan Dewalt, Wes Brown, Bonnie Kane, Anna Patton, Stephan Brandstatter and John Loggia.

Jeff Lederer is a Saxophonist/clarinetist/composer who has been included in the Downbeat Critics’ and Readers’ poll each year since 2014.  He leads ensembles including the “Shakers n’ Bakers”, “Sunwatcher Quartet” and “Brooklyn Blowhards” and is the founder and director of the Visionary Youth Orchestra.  Lederer also plays in the groups of Matt Wilson, Bobby Sanabria, Allison Miller, Jimmy Bosch and many others. Lederer was named as a “Musician to Watch in 2017” by JazzWise magazine in London and has appeared in the North Sea, Molde, Monterey, Chicago, Earshot Seattle, Azores and Guimaraes Jazz festivals where he was the 2017 artist-in-residence.  Lederer is currently serving as Director of Jazz Studies and professor of Jazz Saxophone at Long Island University.

The ‘Visions of a Sound’ exhibition presents the visual art of Mary LaRose and Sara Wildavsky. Mary’s beautiful portraits of jazz luminaries and Sara’s intricately illustrated scores will be available for viewing in the gallery through August 28th. Gallery Hours are 4pm – 7pm Fridays and Saturdays or by appointment (917 333 5566).  The Exhibition will be avilable for viewing during all performances

Friday Aug 5
5-8pm 118 Elliot: “Gallery Opening “Visions of a Sound”
Mary LaRose/Sara Wildavsky (through August 28th)
6-9pm Gallery Walk Center Stage: – Jimmy Bosch and Los Sazones
9-11pm 118 Elliot: Descargas Jam Jimmy Bosch/Jeff Lederer/Nikki Denner,
Jennifer Vincent, Willie Martinez, Mayra Casales
Saturday Aug 6 “Mother Ann’s Day” with the Shakers n’ Bakers
4pm Next Stage: Bandwagon Children‘s Arts Workshop and Shakers n’ Bakers
9pm Stone Church: Shakers and Bakers
Sunday Aug 7
11am 118 Elliot: Sunday Sounds Jeff Lederer, Jamie Saft, John Loggia
2pm Nextstage: “Balls of Simplicity” Chamber music of Jeff Lederer performed
by the Morningside Tone Collective and pianist Jamie Saft
7pm Tree Frog Farm: Screening Agriculture and performance
9pm Tree Frog Farm: Elliot Gunzburg and band
Thursday Aug 11
7pm 118 Elliot: Community Improvisation with Jeff Lederer
Friday Aug 12
7pm 118 Elliot: Saxophones with Vision Anna Webber
Saturday Aug 13
7pm 118 Elliot: Erica Mancini/Stephen LaRosa
Sunday Aug 14
1pm 118 Elliot: Sunday Sounds Stephan Brandstatter
7pm 118 Elliot: Julian Gerstin Trio with Dan Dewalt and Wes Brown
Friday Aug 19
7pm 118 Elliot: Saxophones with Vision Jon Irabagon/Jeff Lederer
Saturday Aug 20
7pm 118 Elliot:  Ayizan Sanon, Paul Austerlitz, Erik Plaks, Aron Namenwirth, Ben James,
Paul Austerlitz, Zach Swanson and more
Sunday Aug 21
1pm 118 Elliot: Sunday Sounds Paul Austerlitz
6pm 118 Elliot: Screening Fire Music Directed by Tom Surgal
Thursday Aug 25
7pm 118 Elliot: Community Improvisation with Anna Patton
Friday Aug 26
7pm 118 Elliot: Saxophones with Vision Avery Sharpe Jeff Lederer
Mary LaRose
Saturday Aug 27
7pm 118 Elliot: Bonnie Kane and Gahlord Dewald, Ras Moche, Ben James, Andrew Neumann, Greg Kowalski
Sunday Aug 28
1pm 118 Elliot: Sunday Sounds led by Jeff Lederer, Ras Moche, Bonnie Kane

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