Monday, November 12, 2012
We're looking for....
GUYS! We're looking for a Banjo Player, Mandolin player and Fiddler for our newest project, an opera set in Uptown. Musician needed for a two week jamming session with the Composer, Director and Assistant Director. Opportunity could lead to the possibility of playing in the "orchestra" during show summer run. Jam sessions will be experimental and conducted for two weeks in early December. Total time commitment of 10-15 hours.
This is a great opportunity to practice with a professional composer, meet fellow bluegrass musicians in the city, and collaborate on original work. You will receive credit for your contributions.
Auditions will take place Tuesday, December 4, 2012 from 6:30-9:30pm with callbacks on Thursday, December 6 from 7:00-8:00pm.
Interested? Please submit a short resume along with an mp3 or link to an example of your playing to genesis.ensemble@gmail.com no later than Sunday December 2, 2012. In email please list time slot preference: 6:30-7:15pm, 7:30-8:15pm or 8:30-9:30pm. Please write MUSICIAN CALL in the title of the email.
We look forward to seeing (and hearing) you!!!!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Tip your bartender!
Genesis Ensemble is pleased to announce that Ensemble Member, Annie Perry, will be guest bar tending at Cheers for Change this Friday August 24th at the Owl Bar in Logan Square from 6-10 PM to help raise money for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
You are invited to attend!
As a company based in Chicago, where we create and develop work throughout the city, Genesis Ensemble takes very seriously the impact we have on our community. Our summer 2010 production, In Love’s Bright Coils was produced in Logan Square, so we are thrilled to support Annie in her endeavor to give back to Chicago in this great neighborhood.
Friday, August 24
@ The Owl 2521 N. Milwaukee
6pm to 10pm
Not sure you can attend? You can still support her efforts with a virtual tip that will go to the cause! https://chicagohomeless.ejoinme.org/annie
Stay tuned for more news to come your way about our upcoming productions!
You are invited to attend!
As a company based in Chicago, where we create and develop work throughout the city, Genesis Ensemble takes very seriously the impact we have on our community. Our summer 2010 production, In Love’s Bright Coils was produced in Logan Square, so we are thrilled to support Annie in her endeavor to give back to Chicago in this great neighborhood.
Friday, August 24
@ The Owl 2521 N. Milwaukee
6pm to 10pm
Not sure you can attend? You can still support her efforts with a virtual tip that will go to the cause! https://chicagohomeless.ejoinme.org/annie
Stay tuned for more news to come your way about our upcoming productions!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
THE REST UNKNOWN IS EXTENDING AGAIN!
RECOMMENDED! "Whimsical and often funny."
Julie Thiel, Chicago Reader
"What can those attending expect? To be surprised, which is more than half the fun."
Leanne Star, Chicago Splash Magazine
We are pleased to announce the second extension of The Rest Unknown: how to live and how to die inspired by Maira Kalman’s idiosyncratic blog turned book The Principles of Uncertainty.
Because each tour is limited to an intimate number of only twelve people and due to enthusiastic community response, The Rest Unknown is now playing 9 more times! Chicagoans with fond memories of many winter hours marveling at the Art Institute or discovering neighborhood details on spring afternoon walks have the chance to relive their halcyon days with this production.
The space inhabited on each step of the tour is alternatively airy and light or cheerfully curated chaos. The transforming storefronts offer a dance studio, a gallery featuring work of local artists, a cozy nook of maps, an exhibit of personal collections (including a collection of audience members’ voices that is simultaneously uploaded to tumblr), an afternoon tea party, and a few more surprises along the way.
JOIN US!
Wednesday, April 11th at 8pm
Mondays and Tuesdays, April 16th-May 8th, 8pm
Tours are at 5344 West Lawrence Avenue which is conveniently located one block west of Milwaukee and Lawrence; available by the Blue Line and the Lawrence and Milwaukee buses.
SPACE IS LIMMITED! We strongly encourage buying tickets in advance!
BUY TICKETS HERE!
For now, click HERE to listen to our audience voice collection!
We hope to see you soon!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
What's my story?
Maira Kalman loves a good bundt cake and so do we. This is her family's favorite recipe. It was passed to her by her aunt who lived in Tel Aviv and who swam in the ocean everyday.
Behold:
MAIRA'S HONEY CAKE RECIPE
Take a bundt pan.
Smear with butter and fine coat of bread crumbs.
Ingredients
4 Jumbo or Large Eggs
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Corn Oil
3/4 cup Dark Honey
3 cups flour
1 level Tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in Tablespoon of water
1 1/2 cups of very strong (3 bags) tea -do this first so tea can cool down
3 teaspoons each of: Ground Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger, Coaco (adjust amounts to taste)
With medium speed mixer, mix sugar and eggs--add one egg at a time until blended.
Slowly pour in oil. Add Honey.
Mix baking powder into flour.
Slowly alternate some flour and some tea into batter.
Mix spices together and pour into batter.
Add baking soda. Gently mix.
Bake at 350 degrees for approx 45 minutes.
If you would like to join us for a tour, tea and to taste this bundt cake, please come to our world of whimsy and wonder at The Rest Unknown.
Tours Friday at 8pm
Saturdays at 1pm, 3pm & 5pm
Click for Tickets
Remember SPACE IS LIMITED!
See you there,
Genesis
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Rest Unknown...
THE REST UNKNOWN: how to live and how to die
Directed by Libby Hladik
Devised by Genesis Ensemble
Featuring: Amanda Jane Dunne, Kat Paddock, Annie Perry and Lindsey Barlag Thornton
with Sergio Soltero and Jake Carr
Genesis Ensemble has created an interactive tour for you. This exhibit of visual art and performance, inspired by Maira Kalman's book The Principles of Uncertainty, takes you on a journey of whimsy and wonder which examines the familiar world around us in a new way.
Tours: March 16th- 31st
Fridays at 8pm
Saturdays at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm
Storefront 5344 Lawrence Ave. (block west of Lawrence and Milwaukee). Available by public transportation: Jefferson Park Blue Line, Lawrence Bus or Milwaukee Bus. Street parking available on Lawrence.
SPACE IS LIMITED
Click Here to Reserve Tickets!
Looking forward to seeing you there!!!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
get whimsical with us...
HELP KICK OFF OUR SEASON WITH
"A Night of Whimsy!"
Enjoy four readings, a silent auction, the musical stylings of Sarah Jane Goldstein and a preview of our new work The Rest Unknown.
Feb 22, 2012
10$
8 pm
Hamburger Mary's Attic
5400 N. Clark
Love,
Genesis Ensemble
"A Night of Whimsy!"
Enjoy four readings, a silent auction, the musical stylings of Sarah Jane Goldstein and a preview of our new work The Rest Unknown.
Feb 22, 2012
10$
8 pm
Hamburger Mary's Attic
5400 N. Clark
Love,
Genesis Ensemble
Sunday, December 4, 2011
The Unexpected: Weeks Three and Four
Oh my, how time flies when holidays happen! I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. I seemed to embrace the festivities a bit too much (how delicious!) and have gotten behind in blogging about our process.
Well, week three went much better than week two at least in terms of my brain not exploding. The ensemble did composition work creating small performances quickly, we talked about the inevitability of death and Maira Kalman’s ability to make seemingly insignificant just as important and all intertwined with the inevitability of death. Life continues on, so it seems.
We cut loose a bit and went on a field trip to the MCA and out for beers afterword. The artwork, space and visitors to the MCA gave us a lot to talk about. Changing pace a bit (and adding beerin a loud pub) enlivened our discussions about our own project. Sometimes it’s so good to mix it up a bit.
Because we had less time working out ideas on our feet I decided to give the group some homework. We also all really liked some of the writing that came out of out workshop with Erika, so I wanted to continue with everyone riffing on chapters and ideas from the book to see where that would take us. My plan was for the homework to give a solid base to move forward
with our in-session compositions. But just because I have a plan, it doesn’t mean that’s how things are going to work out.
As often with devised work, the unexpected leads to new and wonderful things. As hard as I try to keep things organized and on schedule, things pop up that HAVE to be dealt with and worked into the schedule. It is both the blessing and curse of devised work because it can be an endless cycle if you are always following a good idea that sparks up but it can also lead the group to clarity and togetherness in a way that could never be planned. Humph. What a conundrum.
I've tried to account for a certain amount of this in our current process, but honestly, I'm not sure if I've failed at my initial vision for this laboratory phase or have made a wiser decision to move forward in a new way. I won’t go much in to it, but let me tell you, these homework projects were fantastic. I’ll leave it there for now, but in a couple of days I’ll tell you all about how we are
moving forward and what happened in week five.
-Libby
Well, week three went much better than week two at least in terms of my brain not exploding. The ensemble did composition work creating small performances quickly, we talked about the inevitability of death and Maira Kalman’s ability to make seemingly insignificant just as important and all intertwined with the inevitability of death. Life continues on, so it seems.
We cut loose a bit and went on a field trip to the MCA and out for beers afterword. The artwork, space and visitors to the MCA gave us a lot to talk about. Changing pace a bit (and adding beerin a loud pub) enlivened our discussions about our own project. Sometimes it’s so good to mix it up a bit.
Because we had less time working out ideas on our feet I decided to give the group some homework. We also all really liked some of the writing that came out of out workshop with Erika, so I wanted to continue with everyone riffing on chapters and ideas from the book to see where that would take us. My plan was for the homework to give a solid base to move forward
with our in-session compositions. But just because I have a plan, it doesn’t mean that’s how things are going to work out.
As often with devised work, the unexpected leads to new and wonderful things. As hard as I try to keep things organized and on schedule, things pop up that HAVE to be dealt with and worked into the schedule. It is both the blessing and curse of devised work because it can be an endless cycle if you are always following a good idea that sparks up but it can also lead the group to clarity and togetherness in a way that could never be planned. Humph. What a conundrum.
I've tried to account for a certain amount of this in our current process, but honestly, I'm not sure if I've failed at my initial vision for this laboratory phase or have made a wiser decision to move forward in a new way. I won’t go much in to it, but let me tell you, these homework projects were fantastic. I’ll leave it there for now, but in a couple of days I’ll tell you all about how we are
moving forward and what happened in week five.
-Libby
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