BRATTLEBORO-“Game On: An Unexpected Harmony” will celebrate the contributions of BIPOC and women composers in video game music, Sunday, June 7, at 4 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way.
“Timeless melodies and modern soundscapes collide as the EOS Project explores the music of the gaming world,” wrote organizers in a news release.
Performers include Emmett Culbert, piano and synthesizer; Steve Rice and Wyatt Cudworth, drums and percussion; Genevieve Rose, upright bass and electric bass; and Bill Shontz, woodwinds and wind synthesizer.
Featured composers are “continuing the legacy of classical and jazz masters” through music for popular video games such as Tetris, Super Mario Brothers, the Legend of Zelda. Among them will be Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Kenta Nagata, Hirokazu Tanaka, Masami Ueda, and Hajime Wakai.
The EOS Project is a direct response to questions about social justice as it pertains to the world of classical music and institutions such as the BMC. This ongoing concert series is envisioned as a collaborative effort of BMC Music School faculty and other local musicians to actively seek out and perform music by composers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as composers who identify as anything other than cis male.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; they are available from bmcvt.org, 802-257-4523, and info@bmcvt.org.
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