cartwright/oppenheim ENSEMBLES
richard oppenheim (sax) and
katharine cartwright (voice, flutes) play solo engagements and perform
with specialized ensembles, including...
Mission City Klezmorim is a Jewish repertory group specializing in instrumental klezmer, Ladino songs, Yiddish swing, Jewish tango, and related genres. The project shares this rich cultural heritage with the community, through concerts and educational outreach events. For presenters who'd like to book the Mission City Klezmorim, funding is available through the City of San Antonio's Community Arts Access Program (CAAP).
Richard Oppenheim's A&R Band matches some of San Antonio's finest improvising artists with rare repertoire composed by some of the greatest jazz musicians of the past fifty years. photo
Katchie & Le Monde Caché ("the hidden world") offers treasures from the "Great Global Songbook"; a jazzy mix of modern and antique genres from Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean: chanson, samba, choro, Yiddish swing, bolero, tango. Katchie plays flutes and sings songs of life and love in French, Portuguese, Yiddish, Spanish, Italian, German, and Ladino. "Multilingual, multifaceted world jazz." - Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News interview on KRTU
The Vista F-PACK Circus, founded in 2008, is comprised of dancers, musicians, an Olypian fencer, and a visual artist. Its works are co-creations of the performers, including faculty members of the Department of Fine & Performing Arts and Kinesiology at Northwest Vista College. The scores is conceptually based on John Cage’s “Apartment House 1776," which the composer called a "musicircus" featuring a "multiplicity of centers," representing diverse traditions practiced at the U.S.'s founding in 1776. The players each work in their own sphere or "ring," according to a program of their own device, but within the prescribed parameters of the larger score. The result is a sort of kaleidoscopic rendering of the piece: individual scripts, melodies, harmonies, and movements appear in ways that are ever changing and unanticipated. No true interaction exists among the parts, yet together they create a totality which becomes the work itself, and which has a distinct beginning, middle, and end. The group has created new works for Luminaria Arts Night celebrations from 2008-2010, and the Artist Foundation of San Antonio's Art Ball in 2011. The circus is available for contemporary art events and gallery openings as well as street festivals.
cartwright/oppenheim's new popular front
The New Popular Front is a festive ensemble with horns and percussion, many shapes and sizes. Carnival party music with a conscience. Will stomp in the street.
stompy jones & the jumpin' punkins, featuring rich oppenheim & katchie cartwright
Stompy Jones & the Jumpin' Punkins features saxophonist Richard "Filthy Rich" Oppenheim and singer Katchie "Katchmo" Cartwright. This is a cookin' little jazz band with dancing on its mind, serving up swinging classics. An all-star rhythm section with a hoppin' front line. "The Jumpin' Punkins is staffed by some of the best jazz players around…” Jim Beal, Jr. San Antonio Express News
Rich & Katchie play jazz favorites in a variety of duo, trio, quartet, and quintet settings with some of the best jazz musicians in San Antonio...
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