BECK: Song Reader

// April 6th, 2012 // Events

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 – 9PM

Once again, Beck Hanson has made waves in the music world, but this time without even recording a note. Instead of releasing an album, the renegade hard-to-categorize artist has published 20 new songs intended to be arranged and performed by his fans. Calling the project Song Reader, the sheet music is an “only the essentials” representation of the new material written simply for piano and voice. All of the decisions about how to make this music come to life is left to the whim of the performers: in essence, crowdsourcing the release of the new music. New Music Raleigh, known typically as a pioneering classical music presenter, will perform all twenty songs of the Song Reader on May 7^th at Kings Barcade. It will be the first performance of the entire collection of songs in North Carolina, and the first time that all of the material will be arranged by one composer.

Django Haskins – Vocals
Karen Strittmatter Galvin – Violin
Jake Wenger – Cello
Eric Hirsh – Piano
Peter Kimosh – Bass
Shawn Galvin – Percussion
Dennis Hoffmann – Percussion
Brett William Dietz – Arrangements/Programing