yMusic at Rockwood Music Hall, New York. Copyright © Bob Rosenbaum 2011.
While in New York in December, I had the good fortune to meet up with an old school crony, Steven Swartz, who further augmented my fortune by taking me to a CD-release performance by The yMusic Ensemble at the uniquely intimate Rockwood Music Hall in SoHo. While I knew that Steven has long been active promoting indie-classical artists, little did I know that we were about to hear one of the hottest and most highly regarded indie-whatever groups around.
We arrived just in time for me to grab a stool in the tiny balcony, which happened to be the perfect seat for a photographer. yMusic's set was hair-raisingly stunning — a breathless set of engaging and percussive music delivered in classical chamber style by virtuoso performers. Apart from the music itself (unclassifiable but deeply memorable), the most inspiring thing about yMusic is the strong, soulful resolution of each player's voice; simply outrageous. Thanks Steven!!
The members of yMusic are (l. to r.) Rob Moose, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen, Hideaki Aomori, Alex Sopp and C.J. Camerieri. You can listen to pieces from their amazing 'Beautiful Mechanical' CD here. Or read more about them here.
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