The Fire In July Trio — led by Jody Redhage (voice & cello) — will perform at Baltimore’s An die Musik LIVE! on Thursday November 19th at 8pm. An die Musik LIVE! is located at 409 North Charles Street
Second Floor in Baltimore. Tickets are $10. For more information contact 410.385.2638 or www.andiemusiklive.com

Called an “adventurous cello songstress” by Time Out NY, cellist, composer, and vocalist Jody Redhage is “a new music dynamo…Redhage is cultivating a repertoire of indie art song that breaches genre boundaries and makes for stirring listening” (MusicWorks Magazine).  Redhage has spent the past seven years developing the ability to simultaneously sing and play rhythmically complex and intricate lines.  Her passion is setting 20th and 21st century American poetry into art song, and she principally composes for her quintet Fire in July.  Redhage’s compositions meld the detail and finesse of chamber music with the energy and drive of jazz improvisation and more popular genres.

Fire in July released their debut album Ancient Star on Sept. 15, 2009.  Ancient Star has been called “a real accomplishment, refreshing and enjoyable, music that is exploring and pioneering a new style and doing so with real thought and skill” -George Grella, The Big City.

With tinges of Medieval chanson and hints of Kurt Weill, Redhage creates a captivating blend of genres that simply comes across as her own unique voice.

Having begun composing at age 19, Jody studied composition at the University of California Berkeley and cello performance at the Manhattan School of Music. In New York, Jody continued her composition studies with Bang on a Can founder Julia Wolfe. Redhage’s compositions have been performed by the New Music Collective in Charleston, SC, and across the country in such venues from Manhattan to San Francisco. Redhage has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, and on NBC, CBS, and ABC.

The Fire In July Trio — led by Jody Redhage (voice & cello) — will perform at NYC’s Roulette on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:30 pm. Roulette is located at 20 Greene Street, New York, NY, between Canal and Grand. Reservations/Tickets: 212.219.8242. General admission is $15; Harvestworks & DTW members, Students, Under 30s & Seniors: $10. Admission is free to Roulette members. www.roulette.org

Called an “adventurous cello songstress” by Time Out NY, cellist, composer, and vocalist Jody Redhage is “a new music dynamo…Redhage is cultivating a repertoire of indie art song that breaches genre boundaries and makes for stirring listening” (MusicWorks Magazine).  Redhage has spent the past seven years developing the ability to simultaneously sing and play rhythmically complex and intricate lines.  Her passion is setting 20th and 21st century American poetry into art song, and she principally composes for her quintet Fire in July.  Redhage’s compositions meld the detail and finesse of chamber music with the energy and drive of jazz improvisation and more popular genres.

Fire in July released their debut album Ancient Star on Sept. 15, 2009.  Ancient Star has been called “a real accomplishment, refreshing and enjoyable, music that is exploring and pioneering a new style and doing so with real thought and skill” -George Grella, The Big City.

With tinges of Medieval chanson and hints of Kurt Weill, Redhage creates a captivating blend of genres that simply comes across as her own unique voice.

Having begun composing at age 19, Jody studied composition at the University of California Berkeley and cello performance at the Manhattan School of Music. In New York, Jody continued her composition studies with Bang on a Can founder Julia Wolfe. Redhage’s compositions have been performed by the New Music Collective in Charleston, SC, and across the country in such venues from Manhattan to San Francisco. Redhage has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, and on NBC, CBS, and ABC.

The Winners of the 25th Annual Music Festival in Honor of Confucius will perform at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall on November 22nd at 3pm, 78 E. Washington in Chicago.

This annual cConcert showcases outstanding young pianists, violinists and cellists. First prize winners perform a variety of Chinese music, including Tyzen Hsiao’s Violin Concert in D major, Opus 50, and Michael Djupstrom’s “To the Eastern Sea” Quartet for piano, cello, violin and viola.

Admission is free. See www.chicagoculturalcenter.org or call 312 744 6630 for more information.

Songstresses From the Edge — Jody Redhage (voice & cello), and Molly Thompson (voice, accordion & piano) — will perform on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 4:00 pm as part of Old First Concerts at the Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St. (at Van Ness), San Francisco, CA. TIckets are $15 general admission and $12 for seniors & students. Call (415) 474-1608 or visit www.oldfirstconcerts.org. Discounted parking available at Old First Parking Garage, 1725 Sacramento Street with validation from box office. Wheelchair Accessible.

Jody Redhage and Molly Thompson share a love for setting 20th and 21st century poetry into song, and present a concert of their original music that toes the increasingly permeable line between classical composition and more popular genres. For the first half of the concert, Jody Redhage is playing as a solo artist—all pieces she’s written for voice and cello using modern American poetry as lyrics. Molly Thompson will perform with a chamber ensemble performing her original compositions. Continue reading “San Francisco debut of Songstresses from the Edge”