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  Aug 06, 04:35 PM

  8/6 - New Tour Dates and Remember Me on PBS!

  * New Tour Date Announced
  * Remember Me – An Collaboration between EVOC Vocalists and Parsons Dance Goes Nationwide!
  * Tyley and Peter on TNT
  
  * New Tour Date Announced

  It’s been a while since the band has been out on the road, so we’d like to announce their return to visit our good friends at The State Theater in New Brunswick.  Get your tickets now!

  Friday, November 20
  State Theater Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick
  15 Livingston Avenue
  New Brunswick, NJ
  8:00 PM
  For tickets, click here

  * Remember Me – An EVOC/Parsons Collaboration Goes Nationwide!
  

  Remember Me is a dance/rock opera featuring Parsons Dance with lead vocalists and music of the East Village Opera Company.  Remember Me made is world premiere in January 2009, live on stage at The Joyce Theater in New York City. As a result of its enormous popular success, Remember Me is now set to become a nationally broadcast television special.  So far, the show is being aired in the following cities with more to be added soon!  You can learn more about the project and tour dates by visiting the myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/evocparsonsrememberme.  
  

  Aug 5 2009  - 3:00A - WGBH 2 and WGBH HD, Boston, MA
  Aug 5 2009 - 3:00P - WGBH 44, Boston, MA
  Aug 6 2009 - 7:30P - WGBH 44, Boston, MA  
  Aug 7 2009 - 3:30P - KCET, Los Angeles, CA
  Aug 9 2009 - 8:00P - WUSF, Tampa, FL
  Aug 9 2009 - 8:00P - AETN, Conway, AR
  Aug 10 2009 - 8:00P - KLRU, Austin, TX
  Aug 10 2009 - 8:00P - WMHT, Schenectady, NY
  Aug 13 2009 - 7:30P - WLIW, New York
  Aug 15 2009 - 3:30P - WUSF, Tampa, FL

  
  
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  Apr 20, 02:21 PM

  4/20 - Operatic Heat: Remember Me

  See yourself on national television! Come be a part of the studio audience for the national television taping of Operatic Heat: Remember Me. REMEMBER ME is a dance/rock opera featuring Parsons Dance with the lead vocalists and music of East Village Opera Company - One Day Only!  FREE!
  
  Saturday, April 25, 2009
  The Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts
  Sugar Loaf, NY
  7PM
  To Air Nationally on Public Television in August
  For directions click here.
  
  Because you are an EVOC subscriber, we would like you to join us for free as our guest to this special performance.  Simply RSVP with your first name, last name, and email address to evocmgmt@brickallmgmt.com.  Subject line: REMEMBER ME. We will confirm your spot on the guest list before April 24th.
  
  REMEMBER ME made its world premiere, live on stage in New York City, in January, 2009, to sold-out audiences at The Joyce Theater. As a result of its enormous popular success, REMEMBER ME is now set to become a nationally broadcast television special. YOU can be a part of the live studio audience for this singular moment in contemporary dance history!
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  Mar 13, 03:35 PM

  3/13 - EVOC Canadian Tour Kicks Off In Two Weeks

  * EVOC Canadian Tour
  * State Theatre at New Brunswick Special Offer
  * Full Tour Details
  

  
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  * EVOC Canadian Tour
  
  East Village Opera Company embarks on a Canadian Tour this month!  For those Canadian fans unable to make it to one of the shows, you will be able to catch them on Canada AM Monday, March 23rd.  They are closing the show and should be on air at 8:50AM. So set your TIVOS!
  

  EVOC will also be making an appearance on Breakfast Television.  More details and scheduled air time will be announced soon.

  For those of you outside of Canada, you will be able to view these performances anywhere via the Canada AM or Breakfast Television websites.  The band will return to the US with a show at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. See below for a special ticket offer for fans and full tour details.

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  * State Theatre at New Brunswick Special Offer
  
  The State Theatre has an exciting offer for EVOC fans who want to attend their performance April 3. They are offering fantastic seats for only $24.75 (that’s $99 4-packs or $49.50 2-packs).

  To take advantage of this offer, sign in and enter promotion code 4Pack
  Then, go to East Village Opera Company and click BUY REAL TIME TICKETS.

  Buy Tickets Online or call 732-246-SHOW (7469).
  
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  * Full Tour Dates

  3/24 - Cranbrook, British Columbia Canada - Key City Theatre - For tickets call (250) 426-7006
  
  3/25 - Calgary, Aberta, Canada - Jack Singer Concert Hall - For tickets click here
  
  3/27- Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - Esplanade Arts & Heritage Center - For tickets click here
  
  3/28 - Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada - Festival Place - For tickets click here
  
  3/29 - Prince Albert, Canada - E.A. Rawlinson Centre - For tickets click here
  
  3/31- Toronto, Ontario, Canada - The Drake Hotel - Limited tickets on sale at the door
  
  4/1- Markham, Ontario, Canada - Markham Theatre - For tickets click here
  
  4/3 - New Brunswick, NJ, USA - State Theatre at New Brunswick - For tickets click here
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  Jan 16, 03:55 PM

  1/16 - Fan Discount For Jan 23 Show

  Special EVOC Fan Discount for The Theater at Raritan Valley Community College
  

  The Theater at Raritan Valley Community College is offering all EVOC fans a special 25% discount for next week’s concert.  This offer is not available for online ticketing.  You must call the  Box Office and mention that you are an EVOC fan and use the code word ANNIVERSARY since it is their 25th anniversary.
  
  January 23
  The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College
  Sommerville, NJ 08876
  (908) 218-8867
  7:30pm
  For discounted tickets call the Box Office phone  - (908) 725-3420
  
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  Jan 07, 11:11 AM

  1/7 - EVOC Fans Receive Discount At Parsons Dance "Remember Me"

  We have just confirmed a 20% discount for all EVOC fans.  To receive the discount, mention you heard about the show through EVOC's mailing list when charging by phone.  
  
   
  
  Click HERE for more information
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  Jan 07, 11:05 AM

  1/7 - Ready For Change In '09?

  FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION  Grammy Category 108
  
  
  For those of you voting NARAS members wondering how to distribute your precious remaining votes, may we direct your attention down to the bottom of the categories list  waaaay down... keep going, a little further down, past the"Best Mime / Ventriliquist Collaboration"... past"Best Engineer's Madonna Anecdotes", a little further... Category 108 (out of 110)  BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER RECORD. There.
  
  So... what IS this Classical Crossover category? That's an excellent question  one that no one has a definitive answer to, including (especially) the people that came up with the term. Skeptics and cynics might define it as a genre invented by labels attempting to reach a broader audience and record buying base for their classical artists (classical records account for, what? 3-4% of record sales). Slap a beat under a few well known orchestral or opera themes, hand pick some camera friendly youngsters, take them shopping to Club Monacco, and voila  the Twelve Tasmanian Tenors are born. (note to self  great idea for next project)
  
  While this may be true in some cases (NOT, however, in this year's nominees, thankfully), Classical Crossover is MORE than that. Has anyone ever thought that perhaps ROCK musicians want to"cross over" to a SMALLER audience and record buying base? This is the case for EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY. Tired of huge and dangerous youthful crowds at shows, sick of hearing their music played on the radio, frightened by the fiscal responsibilities that come with good incomes, and highly suspicious of the preferential treatment received at popular restaurants, the group boldly stepped out of the mainstream and into a marginal market with their Grammy nominated record"Olde School." It's a joyous mash-up of Opera and Rock, not unlike that beautiful"Getz/Gilberto" mash-up of Bossa Nova and Jazz, which I would also offer up as an example of the kind of crossover we can ALL believe in.
  
  Are YOU ready for change we can ALL believe in for 2009? Red AND Blue, Old AND Young, Rock AND Opera? Then please take the time to VOTE this year.
  
  Category 108  East Village Opera Company
  
  Thank you. Please pass along this message of HOPE to other troubled NARAS voters.
  
  
  EVOC
  
   
  
  the video [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2aAAEWB4Pmw ONE MORE TIME!!! -
  
  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2aAAEWB4Pmw
  
  
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  Dec 10, 03:42 PM

  12/10 - Grammy Nomination, EVOC with Parsons Dance & Tour Details

  • Olde School Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album
  • EVOC and Parsons Dance Company Collaboration
  • Full East Village Opera Company Tour Details
  
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  • Olde School Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album
  
  Olde School has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Crossover catagory. Read Peter Kiesewalter's note about the nomination here [http://www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/news.cfm?id=53.
  
  A brief video reaction to the nomination may be viewed here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aAAEWB4Pmw.
  
  
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  • EVOC and Parsons Dance Company Collaboration
  
  In collaboration with the lead EVOC vocalist's AnnMarie Milazzo and Tyley Ross, Parsons Dance [http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=-1&msgid=0&act=&c=305959&admin=0&destination=http%3A/www.parsonsdance.org/home.php] will present the world premiere of its very first evening-length work at The Joyce Theater on January 6th-18th, 2009. This multi-media spectacular will feature AnnMarie and Tyley on vocals with all eleven Parsons' Dancers on stage performing the familiar EVOC recordings and arrangements you know and love. The show will be performed live with recorded music, aerial dance, video projections, complex digital lighting and special effects. This is a show you will not want to miss. Full details below.
  
  
  The Joyce Theater [http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=-1&msgid=0&act=&c=305959&admin=0&destination=http%3A/www.joyce.org/calendar_joyce.php]
  Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 • 8:00 p.m.
  175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street) • New York, NY
  
  ATER-PARTY
  Immediately following the performance
  The Viceroy
  160 Eighth Avenue (at 18th Street) • New York, NY
  Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
  
  Performance and After Party $250
  
  R.S.V.P. [http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=-1&msgid=0&act=&c=305959&admin=0&destination=http%3A/parsonsdance.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=FgABAAAHwwACRNk]
  by Monday, Dec. 29, 2008
  212.869.9275 • info@parsonsdance.org [mailto:info@parsonsdance.org]
  
  The World Premiere production is made possible by lead commissioning support from The Ellsworth Kelly Foundation; and Dr. and Mrs. Edward Prostic, in honor and memory of their daughter Elizabeth Anne Prostic.
  
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  • Full East Village Opera Company Tour Details [http://www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/tour.cfm
  
  1/23/2009 - Nash Theatre - Sommerville, NJ
  
  1/24/2009 - Majestic Theatre - Gettysburg, PA
  
  1/25/08 - Pollack Theatre / Monmouth University - West Long Branch, NJ
  
  1/27/2009 - OU Alumni Memorial Auditorium - Athens, OH
  
  1/30-31/08 - Kranert Center for the Performing Arts
  
  3/24/2009 - Key City Theatre - Cranbrook, BC
  
  3/25/08 - Jack Singer Concert Hall - Calgary, Alberta Canada
  
  3/28/08 - Festival Place - Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada
  
  3/29/2009 - E.A. Rawlinson Centre - Prince Albert, SK Canada
  
  4/3/08 - State Theatre at New Brunswick - New Brunswick, NJ
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  Dec 04, 03:37 PM

  12/4 - Grammy Nomination!!!

  GRAMMY NOMINATION !!!
  
  We were pleased and surprised to hear about the Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Crossover Album" for our record "Olde School." We didn't actually know there was a "Classical Crossover" category (it's #108, way down the list after "Best Tejano / Spoken Word Collaboration - Solo" and right before "Best Catered Recording Session - Ethnic Food"). We're still not sure what the term "Classical Crossover" means. I always thought it was a signature Magic Johnson move until Decca told us our record had landed on the Classical Crossover Chart - right there before "The Twelve Tasmanian Tenors" and after the eight "Il Divo" albums in the first eight spots. Nevertheless, we will ride it for all its worth.
  
  Tune into the broadcast on February 8. I'll be the one kissing Gwen Stefani every time a winner is announced - whether she's nominated or not.
  
  Much love,
  
  Peter Kiesewalter
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  Nov 25 2008, 02:59 PM

  11/25 - Note from Peter

  Hey folks!!!
  
  We've just gotten back from a lengthy tour which has seen us out since September 17, playing 36 shows across the country with quick stops in Canada and Mexico thrown in to make things interesting. It's been an incredible experience, one which I hope to never repeat...ha! But seriously, there is NOTHING like playing every night with great friends - the music evolved from concentrated effort to second nature, like breathing or drinking bourbon.
  
  We're doing one last show in NYC this Saturday November 29 at the Blender Theater. Hopefully it will represent what we've been sounding like in the last two months and make up for the Lincoln Center Concert for Rain back in August. My keytar playing has come leaps and bounds - I am no longer shackled by the 80's conventions which initially restricted my playing to synth brass stabs and FM doorbell chimes. I'm approaching legitimate Chick Corea territory now and I'm seriously thinking of changing my entry in the union phone book to "Kiesewalter, Peter - Keytar." Period.
  
  This is our last NYC show for a while. We'll be concentrating our efforts next year on the lucrative Canadian Prairies market and figuring out how we can bring a choir on the road with us... in a van...
  
  Ticket info for this Saturday at the Blender:
  http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/338487/

  Have a great Thanksgiving!!

  Much love,

  Peter

   
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  Nov 06 2008, 03:02 PM

  11/6 - Canadian CD Release Party!

  * East Village Opera Company Canadian CD Release Party
  * Full Tour Details
  

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  * East Village Opera Company Canadian CD Release Party
  
  Hello Friends!!!
  
  Just a reminder that East Village Opera Company is making their ONLY Canadian stop of this tour on:
  
  Saturday November 8 / 8pm at Centrepointe Theatre / 613-580-2700
  
  This is the official release event for their new album Olde School which has been garnering rave reviews in the past few weeks -
  
  “What fresh hell is this? The nu-opera troupe (including Canadian Tyley Ross) runs themes from Wagner's Ring Cycle through a Queenomatic, popaholic, trashophagic demolition machine, and comes up with the most radioactive remake I've ever heard. You've been warned.” – The Toronto Globe and Mail
  
  "Mr. Kiesewalter's arrangements on Olde School include straight-faced (well, not quite) references to everyone from Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Kool & the Gang, even while they pay respectful homage to the source material, which this time out includes works by Wagner, Handel, Bach, and Puccini, among others." - Canada Watch
  
  “Pop-infused, hard-hitting arrangements of arias and ensembles from classic operas. The group has won fans among both opera buffs and rockers.”– New York Times
  
  For more information click here. For tickets click here. Full details below.
  
  Hope to see you there!!!
  
  - EVOC
  
  
  Nov. 8
  Centrepoint Theatre
  101 Centrepointe Dr.
  Ottawa, ON K2G 5K7
  613-580-2700
  8:00 PM
  All Ages
  For more information click here.
  For tickets click here.
  
  We have also added shows in New York and San Fransico. Details below.
  
  Nov. 18
  Cafe Du Nord
  2170 Market Street
  San Francisco, CA 94114
  415-861-5016
  8:00pm
  21+
  For more information click here.
  For tickets click here.
  
  Nov. 29
  Blender Theatre at Gramercy
  127 East 23rd Street
  New York, NY 10010
  8:30pm
  All Ages
  For more information click here.
  For tickets click here.

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  *Full Tour Details
  

  11/08/2008 - Centrepointe Theatre - Ottawa, ON - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  11/09/2008 - College Of Du Page - Arts Center Mainstage - Glen Ellyn, IL - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  11/21/2008 - Ross Ragland Theater - Klamath Falls, OR - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  11/23/2008 - Lancaster Performing Arts Center - Lancaster, CA - For more information and tickets click here.
  
  11/29/2008 - Blender Theatre at Gramercy - New York, NY - For more information click here. For tickets click here.

  1/23/2009 - Nash Theatre - Sommerville, NJ - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  1/24/2009 - Majestic Theatre - Gettysburg, PA - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  1/25/08 - Pollack Theatre / Monmouth University - West Long Branch, NJ - For more information click here. For tickets click here.
  
  1/27/2009 - OU Alumni Memorial Auditorium - Athens, OH - For more information click here. For tickets click