http://www.simplemeasures.org Any closer, you'd be licking varnish. Tue, 11 May 2010 05:31:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come to the exciting conclusion to the Simple Measures season! We are presenting the Corigliano String Quartet in music by composers whose music appears on the big screen, including John Corigliano, Phillip Glass, and even Mozart and Schubert. See movie clips and hear these composers’ concert music, all in an informal, ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2010/04/21/water-may-14-17-2010/ Thank you Seattle Times for mentioning us in your weekend classical round-up. http://www.simplemeasures.org/2010/04/16/as-seen-in-the-seattle-times/ Join KUOW’s Front Row Center and Simple Measures on April 17, 2PM at Kenyon Hall in West Seattle KUOW’s Front Row Center is the station’s innovative new media and community outreach project. Think of it as a “book club for the arts.”  KUOW listeners attend area arts events together then gather informally ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2010/04/12/kuow-front-row-center/ Clarinetist Sean Osborn leads an uplifting program featuring composer Thomas Albert’s piece “13 ways” inspired by the Wallace Stevens Poem "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Avian artwork by Tacoma artist Mark Hoppmann will line the walls as musicians play other pieces inspired by the airborne creatures. Friday, April 16, ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2010/03/02/air-april-16-19-2010/ Alex Klein, world-renowned oboist and former University of Washington faculty member pairs his fiery music making with Simple Measures’ red-hot regular artists. Feel the heat and light of piano played by Mark Salman as the ensemble burns up works by Mozart, Britten and Bolcom. Friday, February 12, 7:30pm at Q ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/12/02/fire-%e2%80%93february-12-15-2010/ Audience members talk about the sold out performance of Earth by Simple Measures and Seattle Dance Project. The last three shows are coming this weekend Nov 13,14,15 at the Fremont Abbey. Original choreography and to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and more. http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/12/02/audience-find-5th-essential/ Two of Seattles most exciting young arts organizations, Simple Measures and Seattle Dance Project present a symbiotic collaboration featuring SDPs dancing to Rock-n-Roll music arrangements and Classical selections, played by Simple Measures musicians. Original choreography by James Canfield and Betsy Cooper will be unveiled. Feel the earthy beat of the ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/10/28/what-is-the-5th-essential/ Two of Seattle's most exciting young arts organizations, Simple Measures and Seattle Dance Project present a symbiotic collaboration featuring SDPs dancing to Rock-n-Roll music arrangements and Classical selections, played by Simple Measures musicians. Original choreography by James Canfield and Betsy Cooper will be unveiled. Feel the earthy beat of the ... http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/10/14/simple-measures-seattle-dance-project-present-earth-november-2009/ http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/05/29/town-hall-rehearsal/ Rajan Krishnaswami and Mark Salman talk about their upcoming recital at Town Hall Seattle on May 29th The recital will be a benefit concert for Simple Measures. http://www.simplemeasures.org/2009/05/12/krishnaswami-salman-duo-preview-may-29th-recital-townhall-seattle/