wild Up: “Future Folk”
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Organizations: wild Up
Date: Friday, September 20, 2019
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:

Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents wild Up with “Future Folk” on Friday, September 20, 2019.

Together with wild Up, explore the music of ancient India, modern California, and post-war New York that embraces a theme of innovation and acknowledges we are all standing on the shoulders of our ancestors. You will join the orchestra as members of a congregation in a devotional that preaches a joyous path to the future of American Utopianism.

wild Up is the ultimately flexible, go anywhere, play anything modern music collective led by Christopher Rountree, artistic director and conductor. An experimental classical ensemble and a flexible band of Los Angeles musicians, Wild Up is committed to creating visceral, thought-provoking happenings and unites around the belief that no music is off limits, and that a concert space should be as moving as the music heard in it: small, powerful, and unlike anything else. The group’s projects are meant to bring people together, defy convention, and address the need for heart-wrenching, mind-bending experiences.

Their programs reflect the emerging cultural leadership of a generation. Lines are blurred, rules are broken, concerts become events, and events become enduring memories. In a single engagement, Wild Up creates a theatrical and musical context where the greatest musicians on the scene today become an orchestra that celebrates tradition while reshaping it. In a single evening the audience may celebrate Erick Satie, Ted Hearne, John Lennon, Alexander Scriabin, Chris Cerrone, the Velvet Underground, Steve Reich, Andrew McIntosh, Jen Hill, Nina C. Young, and on and on and on.

Links:

• http://wildup.la/
• https://www.facebook.com/wildUp
• https://www.twitter.com/wildUp

Tickets can be purchased online, in person at the Moss Arts Center Box Office Monday-Friday from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm and Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm and by phone at 540-231-5300.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/wild-up.html.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/wild-up.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/.