Jennifer Koh: Alone Together

MUSIC
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
7:00 PM

ARCO Collaborative
Instragram & Facebook Live Streams; YouTube Video

Free
https://arcocollaborative.net/projects/AloneTogether/index.html

The final program of this almost staggeringly well-intentioned initiative (and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible) from the fantastic violinist Jennifer Koh.  The idea is this:  there are active composers who have stable incomes from salaries or grants and other forms of institutional support; and there are active composers who freelance.  Koh approached 21 composers have who stable incomes and asked them each to donate a 30-second micropiece for solo violin; in addition, she asked each of those composers to recommend a freelance composer, each of whom will be paid to compose a 30-second micropiece.  Koh (who is donating her own considerable services) will premiere a few of the resulting works every Saturday at 7:00 PM on Instagram and Facebook live streams; if you don't feel comfortable exposing your personal data to the Evil Empire of Surveillance Capitalism, the shows will then reside on YouTube as videos.  Just beyond great.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  The Belmont Stakes has had a series of "official cocktails" — but only one was formulated by Dale DeGroff:  the Belmont Breeze.  Pour 1-1/2 oz. Bourbon, 1/2 oz. each of Amontillado Sherry, lemon juice, and Simple Syrup, and a splash each (that's much more than a dash) of orange juice and cranberry juice, with 5 mint leaves, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker.  Shake.  Strain into a tall glass over ice.  Garnish with an orange wedge and a mint sprig.