APR 01 2009

"SONGS OF LOVE & DESPAIR"
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO PABLO NERUDA

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), one of the greatest and most influential poets of the last century and winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, will be celebrated in words and music in the Arts > World Financial Center presentation, Songs of Love & Despair: A Musical Tribute to Pablo Neruda on Wednesday, April 15.

With musicians & poets drawn from Australia, France, Spain, Czech Republic (Neruda’s pen name was derived from Czech writer and poet Jan Neruda) and the United States, the evening will comprise readings and world premieres of new musical settings of Neruda's poetry including songs by Padma Newsome for Clogs with voices and 2 bassoons. With Irene & Vojtech Havel, Colin Stetson, Pedro Soler, Beñat Achiary, Bob Holman, Laurie Anderson, Cecilia Vicuña, Lynn Hileman.

Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm
Free and open to the public
World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., New York City

> Map & directions

> View complete press release (128 kb PDF)



FEB 27 2009

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF SHUFFLE MODE



FEB 15 2009

SHUFFLE MODE WITH THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC

Clogs and Bell Orchestre join The Brooklyn Philharmonic for a special evening which defies easy categorization. You'll hear 'instrumental rock' and 'classical orchestral music' and everything in between, with spirited interpretations and improvisations. It's been a couple of years since our last tour with Bell Orchestre, and we can't wait to share the stage with them once again! For more information, visit brooklynphilharmonic.org.

Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8 pm
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217

JAN 1 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Best wishes to all for a peaceful and healthy, happy, creative 2009
NOV 1 2008

CLOGS' RESIDENCY AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
November 10-14

Clogs is delighted to announce a weeklong residency this fall at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. Clogs will work with students in composition and performance, and present a concert on Friday evening at Mead Chapel.

Expect to hear some favorites from Lantern, and new songs (!) from the new songs record... whose title and release date will be announced shortly. Middlebury College is located amongst the idyllic hills of northwest-central Vermont, about an hour south of Burlington, and well worth the visit! The concert is free and open to the public.

Clogs at Middlebury College
Friday, November 14th
8:00 pm
Mead Chapel

> Middlebury College's Department of Music Events Calendar
> Audio: Middlebury Bassoon Class performing March of the Marionettes, May 2007. (Posted on Youtube.com)
MAY 9 2008

"TURN THE RIVER" OPENS IN NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES

"Turn the River" is a new drama by writer/director Chris Eigeman starring Famke Janssen, with an original soundtrack by Clogs.

Anthony Lane's film review for The New Yorker. (May 12th issue)

"The music, written and performed by Clogs, complements the movie perfectly, building the tension at just the right moments and meanwhile lingering in the background, carrying the movie along."
-- Isthmus | The Daily Page 04/04/08
APRIL 7 2008

3rd ANNUAL MUSICNOW FESTIVAL
PHOTOS ON PITCHFORK

Visit www.pitchforkmedia.com for photos from the 2008 MusicNOW Festival.


Part of Karl Jensen's installation for Memorial Hall

Ric Hickey's terrific blog on Spill It, with photos by Keith Klenowski:
Wednesday, April 2nd
Thursday, April 3rd
Friday, April 4th
Saturday, April 5th

Each Note Secure, a Cincinnati music blog:
MusicNOW 2008 - A Balanced Musical Diet

Mike Breen's cover story for Cincinnati City Beat
Now...and Again

The New York Sun's preview of Bryce's new compositions, premiered in March at The Kitchen, NYC and performed at MusicNOW Festival on April 2nd.

ABOUT MUSICNOW:

Now in its third season, MusicNOW Festival is curated by guitarist Bryce Dessner, who celebrates his hometown of Cincinnati each year by bringing his favorite musicians to play, far from the fracas of touring life. This year's program includes Bang on a Can All-Stars, guitarists Bill Frisell & Ben Verdery, plus rock bands Grizzly Bear, The Dirty Projectors and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird.
JANUARY 5 2008

CLOGS & THE NATIONAL AT 2008 SYDNEY FESTIVAL

Clogs and The National will be sharing the stage for three shows during the 2008 Sydney Festival. Clogs' set includes new songs by Padma Newsome that will be released later in 2008. The National are featuring their latest album, Boxer.

When and where
January 21-23, 2008
8:00 pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place

JUNE 1 2007

THE 2007 BANG ON A CAN MARATHON

26 Hours of Uninterrupted Music starts at 8 pm Saturday. (FREE)

Clogs performs on Sunday morning, June 3rd, around 11:45 am. We hope to see you there, and be sure to come early/stay late for the rest of the great music being performed!

>> Bang on a Can Maration Directions & Schedule

WFC Winter Garden
2 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281
JANUARY 5 2007

CLOGS PERFORM AT 2007 SYDNEY FESTIVAL

Join Clogs during the 2007 Sydney Festival in The Famous Spiegeltent:
Thursday 18 January and Friday 19 January, 2007

MAY 25 2006

CLOGS & RACHEL'S AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL

On Thursday, May 25th, Clogs and the Rachel's perform at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. The concert marks the close of WNYC's 19th Annual New Sounds Live series, presented by New York's legendary radio host, John Schaefer.

Thursday, May 25th at 8:00 pm
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street
MARCH 25 2006

RESIDENCY AT THE KITCHEN

Clogs perform two nights at The Kitchen in New York City on
Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1. With Shara Worden and Diane Cluck.

The shows also feature an installation by sculptor/architect Karl Jensen, who has created a new piece which muses on the role that structure, pattern and
ornament play in both music and visual art. His installation will act as an
intimate and magical setting for the music.

The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York City
(212) 255-5793 ext. 11, www.thekitchen.org

JANUARY 17 2006

CLOGS & THE BOOKS TOUR ENGLAND

British Tour with The Books, 28 January - 5 February
Sponsored by Arts Council England's Contemporary Music Network
JANUARY 06 2005

ART INSPIRED BY CLOGS
Diana Cooper's installation featuring her piece, "Swarm", was featured in a show this month at the Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles. She created the piece in Rome while looping Clogs' "Swarms" on her iPod, unaware of the song's title!

AUGUST 15 2004
CLOGS RECEIVES COMMISSIONING/TOURING AWARD
IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek)

Chamber Music America awards 2003 NEA/CMA Special Commissioning Award to Clogs

Clogs is the recipient of the 2003 NEA/CMA Special Commissioning Award, made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Funds for this commission have been provided by Chamber Music America's Commissioning Program, supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

With this award, Clogs has commissioned Ingram Marshall, who composed IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek) for the ensemble. Mr. Marshall describes his piece as follows:

"As the title suggests, this piece has to do with images of the desert. I was in Nevada a few years ago, and it dawned on me how similar is the ocean to the desert. A year ago when I was teaching a course on Sibelius, the gripping music of his Allotarret (the Oceanides) crept into my consciousness. His piece, which is based on a germinating melody, has been haunting me ever since, and I thought it would be an interesting idea to take a melodic idea about the ocean and turn it into one about the desert."

The Special Commissioning Award supports Clogs' US touring of IN DESERTO (SmokeCreek) through December 2005.
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