The Shinesongs — J.J. Kaufmann & Calvin Forbes at Eastman (Howard Hanson Hall)
credit: viola
The Shinesongs (“unamplified rhythm & soul”) — J.J. Kaufmann’s settings of poetry by Calvin Forbes (from The Shine Poems, LSU Press, 2001), at Howard Hanson Hall, Eastman School of Music.
Ensemble: J.J. Kaufmann (piano, composition), Calvin Forbes (text), Dean Bowman (voice), Nadine Carey (voice), Tony Hiler (drums), Ben Gallina (bass), Matt Vashlishan (saxophone), Brian Lindgren (viola), Harley Givler (horn).
The Eastman run was a two-show weekend: Saturday, September 27 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, September 28 at 3:00 PM. (The project opened the night before at the Brockport Writers Forum, SUNY Brockport.)
