Ensemble Mik Nawooj Announces SJ Performance of Chamber Hip-Hop Opera
JooWan Kim and Ensemble Mik Nawooj have announced a summer and fall series
of performances in San Jose, San Francisco and Berkeley featuring the
highly successful chamber hip-hop opera "Great Integration", which had two
sold out performances in June at ODC Commons in San Francisco, as well as
other works. Kim and Ensemble Mik Nawooj will perform the dynamically
forging new musical style that collides genres from hip-hop and jazz to
pop and classical. Performers include Kim, vocalist Christopher Nicholas
and MC Kirby Dominant in the groundbreaking, genre-blurring style that has
brought Kim and Ensemble Mik Nawooj to the attention of legends like Ahmad
Jamal.
The concerts are presented by Golden Fetus Records. Information:
http://www.goldenfetus.com/ Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Integration-A-Chamber-Hip-Hop-Opera/170827364499
"Great Integration" is steeped in an electrifyingly contemporary alloy of
Taoist tradition, hip-hop music and poetry; forward-looking philosophy and
arresting performance presentation. In this penultimate installment of the
ongoing Mik Nawooj saga, Black Swordsman of dominance is chosen as the one
to trigger the Great Integration of the world before the arrival of
Celestial King, who will wipe out all the impurities of the world. It is
an allegory that Kim finds particularly apt for the approaching end times
prophesied by the Mayan and other cultures in 2012 and, more importantly,
for the new era that these tribulations will usher in.
Kim's music incorporates elements from hip-hop and classical, creating a
unique hybrid that is in the spirit of Gershwin and Piazzolla, both of
whom pushed and blurred the boundaries of vernacular and art music. Backed
by his own Ensemble Mik Nawooj, featuring MC Kirby Dominant, JooWan Kim
succeeds in accomplishing what most musicians want to but are unable to;
creating a new kind of music that combines genres that are seemingly
incompatible with each other.
When:
Sunday September 19, 2010
2:30 PM -
4:30 PM
Pacific
Where:
Le Petite Trianon Theatre,
72 N 5th St,
San Jose, CA 95112
Organizer:
Ensemble Mik Nawooj
Cost:
$20 at the door.
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