I’ve been working on an another UnderTheInfluence piece for a while that has a bit about the first time I saw Miguel earlier this year. I’m still kinda fascinated by my intense reaction. Since then, I’ve tried to catch him whenever thehermit hasn’t taken over and kept me home, safe and cozy in front of some machine with light emanating from its screen.
As luck/chance/Grand Performances would have it, he’s playing a holiday concert with his string quartet up the hill from me today at noon. Um, yeah. Love that.
So. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Composer. Arranger. Multi-instrumentalist. To me, he’s like this conduit that allows you to feel music, while bypassing, even transcending, the limiting and self-segregating nature of genre. He embodies the interconnectedness of all sound. And inhabits what are still “different” spaces with such contagious passion, that even the possibility of discovering something new leaves you open to wherever his muse takes him. It’s kinda wild to be so excited to venture somewhere with only his hand to guide. So, yeah. I’m going to see a dude play his viola with his string quartet at lunch.
If you’re around, come by California Plaza | Downtown LA at noon. Otherwise, keep pressing play.
Nikki♥
MoreMoreMore:
There are a couple of really cool pieces over at The Qualities of Light. There’s a kinda, but not really, solo performance and an interesting profile. Vtech has footage of Quartetto Fantastico celebrating the music of John Lennon w/ “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” shot by Mochilla‘s B+.
Timeless Concert Series | Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra
w/the wondrously talented Bilal Oliver (Vtech has a bunch of great MAF clips)
Grand Performances July 2010
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble f. Flying Lotus
One Reply to “I’m So There | Grand Performances: Miguel Atwood Ferguson’s Quartetto Fantastico”