Whirle With Merle

The CreArtBox music ensemble, supported by the Queens Council on the Arts, announces their very first CreArt Festival. Directed by Guillermo Laporta and Josefina Urraca, this brand new festival will celebrate the world of classical music, theater, and dance. Join the CreArt Festival for opening night on August 31st at 8pm.

August 31th, 8pm-“Folk culture” Violin, cello, and piano

“Folk Culture”, will explore music written for violin, cello and piano, and popular tunes in classical music. Repertoire will include Beethoven’s Kakadu variations op. 121a, Rachmaninoff’s Trio Elegiaque number 1, Franck Martin’s Trio on Irish Folk Tunes, and Dvorak’s Dumky Trio.

September 1st, 8pm “Awave” Flute, piano & electronics

The festival will host the presentation of Guillermo Laporta’s Awave, which blends years of opera, symphonic and chamber music performances with multimedia sound design and sound track composition. The performance will present a collection of pieces written for VR experiences, theatrical sound design and video games. It will also feature the world premiere of 10 new pieces for flute, piano and electronics.

September 2nd, 8pm Just as they are: Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and dancer

The third concert, titled “Just As They Are”, will present the full core ensemble of CreArtBox (flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano) with a full scale set design and a unique visual approach. This will be the grand finale of the CreArt Festival. Repertoire will include music by Anna Clyne, Joshua Penman, Johannes Brahms, Marcos Fernandez, Georg Philipp Telemann, and David Lang.

Guillermo Laporta will tell all.