National Sawdust Sawdustscenes

Sawdust Scenes musical happenings outside our factory walls

© National Sawdust Partnering with some of today’s most creative institutions and awe inspiring artists, Sawdust Scenes seeks to produce stunning displays of auditory and visual performance outside of National Sawdust (NS), expanding upon our mission of discovery and artistic support.

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Understanding your vision In addition to our own NS roster Experienced professionals in and audience to deliver an of curators, artists & groups in executing events from ideation to unexpected musical residence, we also curate from final breakdown and load-out. We experience like no other. our vast array of partnerships work with the top audio and with global artistic lighting engineers, bringing you a communities. breathtaking quality to rival that of the performers themselves. Experience with producing VR, 3D Sound and other technically advanced experiences. Past Scenes

Unique and ravishingly beautiful, THE HUBBLE CANTATA fused a major musical performance—featuring a 20-piece ensemble, a 100 person choir, and two Metropolitan Opera stars—with a virtual reality experience amidst a 360-degree sound installation. A portion of the work composed by Paola Prestini, featured a virtual reality experience by Eliza McNitt, which took the audience on a journey inside the Orion Nebula to reveal the cosmic connections between humans and the stars.

This event was free to the public Total Attendance: 6,000 // outdoor seating in Prospect Park

A partnership highlighting Jherek Bischoff’s new album Cistern. The album launch was hosted inside the intimate walls of National Sawdust and then later that week featured in Times Square on electronic orchestral instruments and streaming wireless headphones for a special performance of Times Square Art’s Midnight Moment. To passersby, the ensemble was completely silent; those who had headphones were treated to an orchestral concert in the middle of Times Square. The finale of the concert was synchronized with a screening of Bischoff's video for “Cistern,” broadcast on numerous screens throughout Times Square.

The session was free to the public, but limited to 400 headphones Total Attendance: 400 // Thousands tuned in via livestream

© National Sawdust Ex Situ Series In Partnership with River To River Festival & ARUP National Sawdust presented a series of free "Ex Situ" concerts in summer 2013-14 in partnership with the River to River Festival and the acoustical engineering firm, ARUP. The Sawdust Scene featured international and national emerging artists and took place in site- specific "found spaces" in Lower Manhattan. All of these events were streamed live on National Sawdust's website and are hosted on the site for free streaming. Ex Situ included performances by Norwegian vocalist and performer Maja S.K. Ratjke on July 7, 2013 at Cannon's Walk, German pianist Hauscka on July 13 at Pier 15, and Anna Clyne's multimedia release, The Violin on July 9th at Federal Hall. These Sessions were free to the public Festival Attendance: Average 60-100 per showcase © National Sawdust VIP Preview of The Beekman Hotel In Partnership with WCMG and Fab&Co

National Sawdust was tasked with producing a special musical moment to awaken and enliven The Beekman Hotel’s newly renovated atrium. The Sawdust Session featured vocals from Helga Davis (Wire Magazine describes as “a powerful vocalist with an almost operatic range”), accompanied by Grammy winning soprano Hila Plitmann, the Young People’s Choir, Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Zeigler, and violinist Siwoo Kim - performing an operatic scene by composer Paola Prestini simultaneously from four different levels of the atrium. This session was invite only Total Attendance: 300

©© National National Sawdust Sawdust The Sonic Garden Party In Partnership with The Longhouse Reserve With the help of sonic artists Bora Yoon & Colin Self, National Sawdust produced an evening of ethereal sounds featuring the use of varying sonic sundries to highlight the unique landscape of the sculptural gardens for their annual Junior Council fundraiser.

This Session was $100 tickets Total Attendance: 150 // outdoor seating

The Wolfsonian-FIU & Vanity Fair presented their annual cocktail reception during Art Basel featuring performances by some of our 2015 season’s Artistic Curators: Glenn Kotche, Jeffery Zeigler, Magos Herrera, Helga Davis and DJ sets by famed Imogene Strauss.

The event was RSVP only Total Attendance: 200

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© National Sawdust © National Sawdust In a city teeming with music venues, National Sawdust (NS) establishes itself as an unparalleled, artist-led, non-profit venue, a place for exploration and discovery, a place where audiences can indulge their curiosity with the unexpected.

© National Sawdust “Our hope is to create an inclusive home where artists and audiences can learn, explore and listen creatively. I believe that by giving audiences access to the artists in this intimate way, in this intimate venue, we will make a unique contribution to New York City’s musical ecosystem.”

-Paola Prestini, Composer, Creative & Executive Director of National Sawdust

“The programming is thick with music, dizzyingly “Unlike its neighbors, [National Sawdust] seeks varied, directed not to one constituency but many.” to be somewhat of a mecca for the ‘21st century - New York Magazine artist’ by providing ample rehearsal and recording space for both emerging and “Within minutes, it was already dispensing established musicians to collaborate and learn.” experiences of the kind that lodge in the mind… - Huffington Post A couple of hours into its existence, National Sawdust seemed tough and full of magic.” “With its heavyweight roster — in addition to - New York Magazine [composers Nico] Muhly and [Terry] Riley, the venue’s Advisory Board included elite names “Nothing quite like it exists in New York City, or such as Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Philip anywhere else in the world, and it must be seen Glass, and even James Murphy…you’ll see that (and heard) to be believed indeed.” the venue is by and large a cutting-edge - Village Voice classical-music destination — one that, if it delivers everything it’s promising, could do a lot “…a triumphantly successful new performance to shift the balance in power away from old-guard space…that stands for a hip, sophisticated Manhattan institutions like Lincoln Center” brand of new music.” - Time Out NY - New York Times

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