New York, NY
UTILITY (featuring Synchronous)
Follow us from room to room as we explore these spaces through music and dance.
UTILITY will be a continuous performance by Emissary Quartet (four flutes) and Synchronous (dancers). Our performance will take place throughout three rooms in the Blue Gallery in New York City. Arrive at The Blue Building, NYC We invite you to experience the beautiful space of the Blue Gallery, an art gallery housed in a historic 19th-century pre-industrial building in the Turtle Bay area of Midtown East Manhattan. The Blue Building serves as the perfect setting for a visual and aural program of pieces which examine the role utility plays in our lives. Enjoy light refreshments throughout your evening and the opportunity to mingle with other guests throughout the performances. Explore the Space Alongside Us The three rooms of the Blue Building will be fully utilized during the flow of the evening. Solo flute music will set the stage and attendees are invited to follow the performers as they move between spaces and lead you to the next scene, involving a variety of instrumentalist and dancer combinations. Interactive and Immersive Finally, arrive in the largest space where you will hear the piece that inspired it all: Utility Spaces by Owen Eddy, a multi-movement work which explores the role of mundane objects and interactions in our daily lives.
Audience Role
Observer.
Ages: All ages
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About Emissary Quartet
From baroque to beatboxing, Emissary Quartet engages audiences with a vibrant musical repertoire. EQ is committed to cultivating connection and opportunity through dynamic performances and residencies that empower musicians and foster community. Unconstrained by geographical boundaries, the flutists of EQ live across the United States and meet for performance and teaching residencies throughout the year. Recent activities have taken EQ to Seattle, Pittsburgh, Boston, Utah, and Iowa, and the quartet has presented at the 2016 National Flute Association Convention, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, and for both the New Jersey and Utah flute societies. In May 2016, EQ competed at the live quarterfinal round of the Fischoff Competition. Emissary Quartet has been the recipient of numerous grants and honors, including those from New Music USA, the Friends of Flutes Foundation, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University.