Author: Jason Robert Brown
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JRB RESIDENCY SET LIST 5/15: BEAN, JACKSON, KARR & THE GANG
For some of these SubCulture concerts, I start off with a Big Idea (like doing a two-piano concert with Tom Kitt), but I didn’t have a particularly Big Idea for this month’s concert, just some wonderful singers I love making music with. Shoshana Bean is almost never in New York, so I grabbed the opportunity…
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SET LIST: ROSCH RECITAL HALL, SUNY FREDONIA 5/4/15
Hail! Hail Fredonia! A great night in the beautiful Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Thanks to Ethos New Music Group, SOTA and especially Rob Deemer, head of the composition faculty, for making this happen. I did a masterclass and lecture yesterday and then the concert tonight, all with wonderfully engaged, seriously talented students. L…
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JRB RESIDENCY SET LIST: 4/20 W TOM KITT, LINDSAY MENDEZ, KYLE DEAN MASSEY & TODD REYNOLDS
Oh, it was a good one last night. Tom Kitt and I have known each other for more than a decade, and we’ve been making music together since he covered me on Urban Cowboy The Musical. But last night was the first time we’ve performed onstage together, and it was a fantastic party. Two pianos,…
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JRB RESIDENCY SET LIST: 3/13 w NORBERT LEO BUTZ, CAISSIE LEVY & REBECCA FAULKENBERRY
If every concert of my SubCulture residency is going to be like this one, then I’m going to have a fantastic year. Three incredible singers, an extraordinary violinist, the monstrous and affable Caucasian Rhythm Kings (featuring a new drummer, Zac Coe, from the original band of 13!), fifteen songs, including two brand-new world premieres, and…
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SIX THINGS ABOUT JRB FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH
Hello wonderful fans and friends! Six quick hits and then I’ll send you on your way… 1. This coming Friday, March 13: JRB & the Caucasian Rhythm Kings have the long-delayed second concert of our residency at SubCulture, this time featuring the amazing Norbert Leo Butz, the sensational Caissie Levy, the supernatural Todd Reynolds and some other people who I haven’t…