WORLD PREMIERE OF FRED HERSCH'S
MY COMA DREAMS
WHEN: MAY 7 AT 8 PM AND MAY 8 AT 3 PM
WHERE: AT PEAK PERFORMANCES @ MONTCLAIR, Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair
TICKETS: $15 and are available at the Alexander Kasser Theater Box Office, by calling 973.655.5112 or online at http://www.peakperfs.org.
Fred Hersch’s “My Coma Dreams,” a world première commissioned by and taking place at Peak Performances @ Montclair, is an imaginative musical/theatrical chronicle of the two months Hersch spent in a coma in 2008.
The 60-minute multi-media jazz work, comprised of “dream stories,” some animated, some sung and some narrated by a speaker/singer on stage, is scored for trumpet, trombone, clarinet, alto sax, bass, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, bass and percussion. The music is by Hersch, text and direction by Herschel Garfein and the multi-media/animation is by Sarah Wickliffe. The musicians are from the Fred Hersch Ensemble. Michael Winther is the speaker/singer.
Commissioned by Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ), funded with the generous support of Linda and Stuart Nelson through Premiere Commission, Inc. in honor of Fred Hersch. Supported in part by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
TICKET, TRANSPORTATION AND DINING INFORMATION
Charter bus service is provided from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal – arcade on 41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues – to the Alexander Kasser Theater ($10 per person, roundtrip) for all Saturday
and Sunday performances. Bus reservations may be made by calling 973.655.5112 or by visiting http://www.peakperfs.org.
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