Novel Stages + Meal Magazine Present:
Ashley Bathgate Performing Michael Gordon’s House Music
Featuring drinks from Marco Zappia, Dustin Nguyen, and Adam Witherspoon (3leche)
Tuesday, August 24th - 7:00pm
Join us for a very special evening with world-renowned cellist Ashley Bathgate—called “[an] eloquent new-music interpreter…” by the New York Times—performing this unique work written specifically for her by composer Michael Gordon, which is only to be performed in intimate settings such as this.
This exclusive concert and cocktail party at a private Minneapolis location will feature coursed drinks throughout the evening created and poured by Marco Zappia, Dustin Nguyen, and Adam Witherspoon, collectively known as 3leche -- the acclaimed team behind the bars at Minneapolis restaurants Martina and Colita. From apertivos to reimagined classics and digestifs, the cocktails will take their inspiration from the parlour drinks of the early 20th century and be playfully served to accompany this one-of-a-kind experience not to be missed!
Tickets are very limited - $100 (all inclusive)
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Ashley Bathgate
American cellist Ashley Bathgate has been described as an “eloquent new music interpreter”(New York Times) and “a glorious cellist”(The Washington Post) who combines “bittersweet lyricism along with ferocious chops”(New York Magazine). Her “impish ferocity”, “rich tone” and “imaginative phrasing” (New York Times) have made her one of the most sought after performers of her time. The desire to create a dynamic energy exchange with her audience and build upon the ensuing chemistry is a pillar of Bathgate's philosophy as a performer. Dynamism drives her to venture into previously uncharted areas of ground-breaking sounds and techniques, breaking the mold of a cello's traditionally perceived voice. For ten years Bathgate was a member of the acclaimed sextet Bang on a Can All-Stars. She is also a member of the chamber music groups Eighth Blackbird, HOWL, TwoSense with pianist Lisa Moore, and Bonjour, a low-strung, percussive quintet.
In 2015 Bathgate gave the world premiere of What Moves You, a collaborative performance project with jookin’ dance sensation Lil Buck at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, as well as the world premiere of a new Cello Concerto written for her by Kate Moore for the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht, NL. Her debut solo album, Stories for Ocean Shells, featuring a set of works for cello composed by Moore, was released in 2016 on Cantaloupe Music. That year Bathgate also commissioned the ‘composer collective’ Sleeping Giant to write ASH, a six-movement suite for solo cello, which was released on New Amsterdam Records in the fall of 2019. Her forthcoming album, 8 Track, featuring new multitrack works by Alex Weiser and Emily Cooley, as well as a new rendition of Steve Reich’s Cello Counterpoint, is due this season on New Focus Recordings. Her latest project is a new evening length work by Michael Gordon, House Music, which premiered at the 2018 Cello Biennale in Amsterdam, NL. Her recorded work can be found on Albany Records, Cantaloupe Music, Innova Recordings, La-La Land Records, Naxos, New Amsterdam, Nonesuch, Starkland and Uffda Records.
Bathgate resides in Saratoga Springs, NY. (www.ashleybathgate.com)
3leche (Marco Zappia, Dustin Nguyen, and Adam Witherspoon)
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The 3leche Commissary is the premiere producer of innovative food & beverage expressions in Minnesota. Combining culinary ingenuity and complex botanical profiles with a focus on fermentation applied through a modern lens, the 3leche Commissary creates flavor. 3leche believes in a future where curiosity, collaboration, and truly extraordinary flavor profiles are achieved within a vertically integrated, closed loop system; a place where sustainability & quality are not contradictory, where integrity & authenticity are the cornerstones of innovation. Our vision of success is a company integrated within its community and mischievously exploring the unlimited potential of our region & terroir. (https://3leche.org/)
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