Music on the Edge @ the Warhol

Music on the Edge (MOTE) at
the University of Pittsburgh. MOTE is co-sponsoring a concert
with the Andy Warhol Museum this Saturday

Here is the information for the concert. MOTE is extending a
half off admission to anyone who mentions the Pittsburgh
Cultural Arts Group at the doors. Admission will be $7 at the
door for general admission (regular $15) and $4 for seniors and
students.

Sirius String Quartet featuring Elliot Sharp
Co-sponsored by the Andy Warhol Museum*
Saturday, January 10, 8 p.m. at the Andy Warhol Museum
"…an amazing group of musicians and musical visionaries..." —
Indie Style

Here is the information from the press release:

Music on the Edge and the Warhol present guitarist/composer
Elliott Sharp and the
Sirius String Quartet

"…an amazing group of musicians and musical visionaries..." —
Indie Style

On January 10th, 2009 Music on the Edge and The Andy Warhol
Museum, two of Pittsburgh's most adventurous arts
organizations, unveil their new collaboration with a
performance by legendary guitarist/composer and improvisor
extraordinaire Elliott Sharp and the equally influential Sirius
String Quartet. The concert will feature the U.S. premieres of
Elliott Sharp's Momentum Anomaly for solo guitar and Volpak for
guitar and string quartet. Also on the program are works for
string quartet by Sirius violinist Gregor Huebner, Fred Frith,
and Iannis Xenakis.

Elliott Sharp is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and
producer who has personified the avant-garde experimental music
scene in New York City for over thirty years. He has pioneered
ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic
metaphors to musical composition and interaction as well as
pioneering real-time computer-based improvisation. Sharp's
collaborators include Ensemble Modern, Qawwali singer Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan, Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt, pop singer Debbie
Harry, computer artist Perry Hoberman, blues legends Hubert
Sumlin and Pops Staples, jazz greats Jack deJohnette and Arthur
Blythe, and many other notable musicians.

Half string quartet, half rock band, the Sirius String Quartet
blends the precision of classical music with the energy of
rock and roll. The four musicians, graduates of Yale, Juillard
and the Manhattan School of music, are all skilled improvisers.
Whether playing acoustically or with electronic effects they
push beyond the normal sonic vocabulary associated with string
instruments. From Lincoln Center and the Koln Triennale to the
Kniting Factory and CBGB's the Sirius makes itself at home in a
wide range of venues and musical styles.

The concert takes place on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at The
Andy Warhol Museum at 8 p.m. Tickets purchased in advance
through ProArts are $10 for general admission and $5 for
students and seniors. Call [masked] or visit www.
proartstickets.org. Service fees apply. Tickets at the door are
$15 and $8. Pitt students are admitted free with ID.
Presented by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music
in the School of Arts and Sciences, Music on the Edge is co-
directed by Pitt faculty composers Eric Moe and Mathew
Rosenblum. The series is devoted to the performance of
contemporary music by outstanding visiting artists from around
the world.

The Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of
Pittsburgh, serves more than 80,000 visitors of all ages per
year. Opened in 1994, the museum features extensive permanent
collections of art and archives of one of the most influential
American artists of the twentieth century. The museum, a
primary resource for anyone seeking insights into contemporary
art and popular culture, is also an active cultural center that
presents contemporary performance through its Sound Series and
Off The Wall series.