OPERA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018
8:00 PM

Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

$18 advance; $25 door
http://roulette.org/event/joseph-c-phillips-jr-numinous-the-grey-land/

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is another composer about whom you wonder why he isn't fantastically popular among the general public instead of just widely respected by specialists.  He infuses Postminimalist contemporary classical with shades of jazz and R&B; as you listen to his stuff you can't imagine anything else you'd rather be hearing.  Numinous is the name he gives his consistently splendid ensembles.  Here he premieres a new mono-opera dealing with police shootings and their societal consequences.  Major.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  A piece this exciting deserves an exciting lead in or follow-up, so let's take the walk to or from enchanting New American Freeks Mill.