NEWS CONTACT Ellen Lampert Susan Sp1er FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (718) 636-4123 November 12, 1984 Contact: Ellen Lampert Susan Spier Thomas Connors (718) 636-4123 ENGLAND'S PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA MAKES AMERICAN DEBUT IN BAM'S NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL, DECEMBER 8 & 9, 1984 The PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA, one of England's most popular new music ensembles, led by Simon Jeffes, will make its American debut in the Brooklyn Academy of Music's NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL, December 8 and 9, 1984. The compositions of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra draw upon traditional ethnic music from around the world to create what Simon Jeffes describes as "imaginary folklore music." These influences range from English and Celtic (Scottish and Irish), • American blues and country, Cajun and Reggae, to Japanese, African, and Venezuelan forms, as well as classical, folk, rock, and pop. Simon Jeffes began his career as an arranger, producer, composer, and and collaborator in 1972, working with such artists as Rod Argent, the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Joe Strummer (now with The Clash), Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Twyla Tharp and Andre Gregory, and Martha Ladley (formerly of Martha and the Muffins). In that same year he formed the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, which took shape as a loose association of musicians who came together in various permutations to perform Mr. Jeffe's music. Since then, the group has toured in Holland, Germany, France, and Japan. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra's recordings include "Music from the Penguin Cafe" (1976/0bscure Records); "Penguin Cafe Orchestra" (1981/Editions EG); "The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album" (1983/Editions EG); and "Broadcasting From Home" (1984/Editions EG). The performance schedule of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra is as follows: Saturday, December 8 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm; and Sunday, December 9 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15.00. The 9:OOpm show on Saturday, December 8 will be broadcast on WNYC-FM 94 . (over) • The NEXT WAVE Production and Touring Fund is supported by the National Endowment • for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Pew Memorial Trust, AT&T, WilliWear Ltd., the New York Council for the Humanities, Warner Communications Inc., the Educational Foundation of America, the Best Products Foundation, Meet the Composer, Inc., Abraham & Straus/Federated Department Stores Foundation, Inc., the CIGNA Corporation, and the BAt-1 NEXT WAVE Producers Council. Additional funds for the NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL are provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the New York Community Trust, Manufacturers Hanover, Philip Morris Incorporated, Lila Acheson Wallace, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. WNYC-FM 94 is the official radio station of the NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL. The Brooklyn Academy of Music Video Archive for the Contemporary Performing Arts has been established and funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation to document each production of the NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL. For further information call the Brooklyn Academy of Music at (718) 636-4100 . # • • .