Top row left to right: Marie Baker-Lee, Lesley Flanigan, opera cast and crew, Khoi Bao Le
Bottom row left to right: Anna Shelest, Joseph Kubera, Blue Gene Tyranny, Mustafa Ahmed, Andrew Bolotowsky,
and Alisha Desai, Douglas McDonnell, Courteney Symonds, Mary Hurlbut in scene
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East Side Performing Arts, Inc.
501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2006
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L.E.S.P.A. received support from the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, and public funds from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Senator Daniel Squadron), The Fund for Creative Communities supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and aministered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Material for the Arts, as well as private donations and memberships. We thank our sponsors for their generous support.
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Note: all programs take place in handicapped accessible facilities.
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MISSION
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A commitment to accessible programming, free or low cost, and to artistic excellence LESPA encourages the creation of new work in contemporary music and musical theater. It facilitates the interface between diverse composers, artists, performers, especially women, and primarily low-income, multi-cultural communities. LESPA’s affordable programs show depth and humanity, and effectively address the complexity of our time, improving the quality of life and sense of community. |
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| FALL 2013 Programs | ||||
Spring Studio 64 Spring Street corner of Lafayette |
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SPRING 2013 Programs In conjunction with New Museum Ideas City, Art Loisaida Foundation, |
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| HEAR NOW PIANO SERIES | ||||
Premieres of new music for solo piano performed on the beautiful instruments of Faust Harrison Pianos.
The Drifter by Blue Gene Tyranny performed by Joseph Kubera
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| CHAMBER MUSIC PREMIERES | ||||
Arctic Wind by Judith Sainte Croix performed by Andrew Bolotowsky Composer Judith Sainte Croix with Flautist Andrew Bolotowsky
Composer Chen Yi Burning by Chen Yi - String Quartet
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| INTERNATIONAL TANGO | ||||
A program of original, contemporary tango music, offered free to SENIORS and patients in nursing homes.
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| NEW OPERA/MUSIC THEATER PREMIERES | ||||
Co-productions in partnership with Theater for the New City.
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BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO ARTISTS
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| Information 212-388-0202 elauten@yahoo.com 268 East Broadway #A-1102 New York NY 10002 |
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