Concerts -- sukatomusic.com

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE

SEPTEMBER 1 (Saturday, 7:00 pm)

Sukato will be playing at the Creek and the Cave.

PAST PERFORMANCES

MARCH 24 (Saturday, 8:00 pm)

Sukato will be giving an additional performance at WOW Café for the TRANS/ART festival, after playing on the March 17th show.

Please note that this is not listed on the flyers or on the website, since this was a recent edition.

Address: 59 East 4th St., 4th Floor NYC (Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue)

Directions: Take the 6 train to the Astor Place stop.

Directions: $15 (or you can get 20% off if you buy your tickets from Theater Mania, using the Promotional code: TRANS)

NOVEMBER 4 (Saturday, 8:00 pm)

Sukato performed at Stain Bar in Brooklyn.

MAY 20 (Saturday, 6:00 pm), Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents "Axis of Beauty."

Sukato joined Kala Pierson in a multimedia collaboration in response to the Iraq war. This work featured recorded voices of Iraqis recounting their daily lives through the U.S. invasion and occupation. The "axis of beauty" is an alternative worldview to the bellicose ideology of the "axis of evil" of current U.S. foreign policy. In place of the reductive "clash of civilizations" are aural snapshots of Iraqis coping with unimaginable bombardment, while clinging to their cultural heritage for solace and affirmation in a world turned upside-down.

The Place: Tribeca Performing Arts Center (Theatre 2) (website)
199 Chambers Street, New York, NY

Directions: Take trains 1, 2, or 3 to the Chambers Street stop
(Subway map, Yahoo map, Hopstop)

MARCH 7 and 21, APRIL 4 Sukato performed at the The Cave.

FEBRUARY 18 Sukato performed at Stain Bar in Brooklyn.

JANUARY 28 Sukato performed at EveryThingGoes in Staten Island. (photos)

JANUARY 3 and 24, FEBRUARY 6 Sukato performed at the The Cave.

CONCERTS IN 2005

December 30

Sukato performed at Stain Bar in Brooklyn...including some new material! (pictures from concert) At 9:00 pm, Christina Mason and Moontan Love (a.k.a. Richard Jay) played an acoustic set....they're starting up a rock band for 2006. At 10:00 pm, The Coco Pinko played his set, replete with coconut, cucumber, cassette of fundamentalist sermon played on Radio Shack portable cassette player, and jockey helmet affixed with severed head from a baby doll. Sukato sang -- or more accurately, howled -- and played piano on Coco's very witty and bizzarro opening number. No animals (human or otherwise) were harmed in this performance.

December 6 and 13 September 6, 13 and 27 August 9, 20, and 23 July 5, 12, and 26

June 7, 14, 16, and 28 May 3, 10, 17, and 24 April 12, 26, and 28

Sukato performed at The Cave.

April 8

Sukato sung the premiere of mergurs ehd ffleweh bq nsolst (A View of the Sun from Mercury) by Christopher Bailey, with Matthew Polashek playing alto saxophone, backed up by electronics. This was a part of Microfest 2005 NYC, presented by the American Festival of Microtonal Music.

The Place: Faust Harrison Pianos, 205 W. 58th Street (just off Seventh Avenue), New York City.

March 22

Sukato performed at The Cave.

March 12

Sukato performed on The Local Epiphany Showcase, featuring up-and-coming NYC musicians, organized by Christina Mason (singer, pianist, and songwriter). Ed Bernstein jammed on djembe with Sukato. Click here to hear audio!

The Place: Some Guy's Apartment
Address: 20 East 42nd Street (between Fifth and Madison Avenues), New York City.

February 1, 8, 15, and 22

Sukato performed at The Cave (photos).

January 4, 11, 18, and 25

Sukato performed at The Cave. Sukato played sang and played plectrum violin (1/4 and 1/11) and santur (1/18 and 1/25), backed up by violin, recorder, and vocal sounds and drones.

CONCERTS IN 2004

December 7 and 21

Sukato performed at The Cave (photos).

December 3

Sukato performed at The Cave. The concert included three of Sukato's latest works, one of which was featured on the concert on September 14, in addition to improvisation.

November 24

Sukato performed at The Cave.

November 20

Sukato was joined by Loren Kyoshi Dempster at 5C Cafe in the East Village -- 68 Avenue C (at 5th Street), NYC.

November 2, 9 and 16 October 27

Sukato performed at The Cave.

October 24

Sukato and Kala Pierson performed together at Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition in Red Hook, Brooklyn (map). The concert was in two parts, from 2:00-3:00 pm and 4:00-5:00 pm.

HOW TO GET THERE:
By Bus (MTA bus map):
Take Bus B61 or B77 to Van Brunt Street (last stop).
You can reach the B61 from subway stations (A and F Train to Jay Street).
You can reach the B77 from subway stations (A and F Train to Jay Street).

October 19

Sukato performed at The Cave.

October 15

Sukato (voice, ukelele), was joined by Eliza Slavet (oboe) and Loren Kiyoshi Dempster (cello, digeridoo), performed the dance work "NOT" by dancer/choreographer Chris Ferris at White Wave in Brooklyn (map) for the 2004 d.u.m.b.o dance festival, a part of the 2004 d.u.m.b.o art under the bridge festival.

October 12 September 7, 14, 21, and 28

Sukato performed at The Cave.

August 30

Sukato performed at the Muddy Cup in Staten Island at 7:15 pm. This was a part of 1daydrone, an all-day performing arts fest organized by Kala Pierson, from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, which included music and poetry. Sukato collaborated with Kala, who created computer aural landscapes. It was a truly beautiful ferry ride, well worth the trip (directions). More 1daydrone events will be coming up, and Sukato will be there!

May 21 and 22

Sukato performed "NOT" at the SWEAT Modern Dance Series in DeBaun Auditorium at DeBaun Center of the Performing Arts, Hoboken, New Jersey. Hear audio and see photos from May 21st and May 22 performances from Hoboken reception.

May 5, 8, and 9

Sukato performed "NOT" with Eliza Slavet (oboist), a dance work by choreographer/dancer Chris Ferris, at One Arm Red in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Hear audio of the May 9th performance.

March 27

Sukato performed at Chez Bushwick. Hear audio clips and see high-resolution photos.

Musicians included...
Sukato -- ukelele, darabukkah, plectrum violin, and voice
David Beardsley -- just-intoned guitars, steel guitar and loops.
Loren Dempster -- digeridoo and cello
Eliza Slavet -- oboe

January 31

Sukato performed at Loren Dempster's loft (Chez Bushwick) in Bushwick/East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, playing ukelele, plectrum-violin, darabukkahs, and voice. Hear audio from the concert.

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