MUSIC

Vicky Chow: Plays the Piano Music of Michael J. Schumacher

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023
8:00 PM

Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue (entrance on Third Avenue), Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

$25 advance; $35 door; $20 students/seniors; free live stream
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Composer Michael J. Schumacher differs from most of the others in Brooklyn — and from the deeply held beliefs of This List — by respecting boundaries and refusing to transgress them rather than denying they exist in the first place. So in this recital, he as creator has conceived of and treated the notated and semi-notated solo piano pieces that Vicky Chow will play differently from the piano/electronics pieces he will play with Chow. He once said he thinks that way because the circumstances and audiences for the different kinds of performances are different. I wonder what he thinks will change during intermission?

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, eclectic New American at As You Are. At home, have an Across the Border: pour 3 oz. Mezcal, 1 oz. Averna amaro, 1-1/2 oz. grapefruit juice, and 2/3 oz. lime juice into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a Collins glass over ice. Top with Ginger Beer and stir. Garnish with a lime wedge.