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Book your flights - this summer we'll be back in the midwest for the 2016 Omaha Under the Radar festival (!!) with some very new, very different material. Get excited. See you there. <3
K A T E S at Omaha Under the Radar (2015). Photo by Aleks Karjaka.
Look at these fine people! It's James Moore and Andie Springer, who play fine, fine music together on the resonator guitar and violin. Just look at 'em! Better yet, look at 'em on March 24 when they join us for a split bill performance at Firehouse Space. Check out their new record here.
Yes! Not only are we doing our thing in San Francisco in April, K A T E S is performing in New York! Come see us Thursday, March 24, 2016 at the Firehouse Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
More details to come!
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It's true! On April 8th, 2016, we're performing in beautiful San Francisco, California on the Switchboard Presents series, hosted by none other than the Bay Area's new music champion Switchboard. The concert is at 7:30p at the Center for New Music (55 Taylor St.). Ticket information is here. It will, of course, be fabulous.
The Omaha videos are up! This video of our clapping sequence is our current favorite.
In the last few days, K A T E S has each flown almost exactly halfway across the country, explored Omaha, made new friends, spent time with old ones, seen TONS of new music-theater-dance, AND performed together for the first time in over two years - what a week! Huge thanks goes out to Omaha Under the Radar for including us in their wonderful, growing, vibrant festival. Here are some snapshots of the week - we'll share more polished photos and video in the coming weeks.
xo,
K A T E S
It's Omaha Under the Radar, y'all. Info on Bancroft Street Market here. Tickets here.
We've all been in this situation - it's time to revamp the choreography for Ryan Brown's short piano piece "Buckle" and the performance is just a month away, but you're tapped out of ideas. Sigh. Fortunately, Jack Kerouac is there for you.
Just crack open Dharma Bums, choose one heartbreakingly beautiful sentence, and then hang movement on the words like so many brilliant ornaments on a Christmas tree. Nestle the dance into the music. Pour one out for JK and the boys and thank heaven ideas are infinite.
P.S. - Omaha Under the Radar starts in a month and a day. Yes.
In rehearsal for summer:
It's not every day you find beer that matches your music. By the way, Ryan Brown's Cellar Door is on our Omaha Under the Radar Set!
We better drink up - er, practice.
We are super pleased to announce that K A T E S is going to Omaha! We're performing with the 2015 Omaha Under the Radar festival, coming up July 8-11 in lovely Nebraska.
Tickets are here. Dates and program information coming soon.
We're so excited we made this little promo - check it out:
The long, long break is finally over. The K A T E S winter is thawing. Maybe most exciting (for her, at least) is that Katelyn Halpern is California-bound for some good old dancing/strumming/clapping/piano-plinking rehearsal. Yes - you guessed it! We are getting the band back together. The performance - our first in 2 years - is still TBA per the organizer's request, so although we can't disclose all the details, we can say it's happening this summer in a fantastic city with loads of talented co-performers.
That's all for now - more updates to come from sunny Oakland.
This summer each of us Kates is doing something pretty big. Kate Campbell is moving back to her spiritual homeland of California, and Katelyn Halpern is getting married and continuing on the not-as-spiritual journey of teaching high school. It's hard to hand-clap across three thousand miles, so there won't be any news for awhile. Whenever there is some again, though, this is where it'll be.
Keep up with Kate Campbell here on her website.
Last night we had the pleasure of performing at The Flea's Dance Conversations festival. Working with the Flea was fantastic. Case in point - they dissembled the piano twice (!!) for us: once to get it on stage before tech, and again to get it off stage for the act that followed us. If only we had a picture to share of the crew performing that feat of strength.
Before the show, we got some neat photos where Katelyn is staring into space with hooks for arms:
Then after, of course, we had the dance conversation. We took questions along with the other performers and choreographers, mostly about our collaboration, friendship, and how we play off each other. For more info about the show, click here.
A WEEK from today we'll be dancing, playing, and talking about ourselves at The Flea's Dance Conversations series. Hurray!
Don't you want to see us do whatever this is on June 6?! We think you do.
Many thanks to NYsoundCircuit for hosting us on Strings in Motion last night. What a fun, big night in a big, gorgeous room!
We're rehearsing up a storm, so we'll keep it short - NYsoundCircuit's "Strings in Motion" concert is this weekend on Saturday, March 16. We hope to see you and yours there!
Kate will play and dance. Katelyn will dance and play, and do some of this core action:
Another fun year at the New Music Bake Sale. Cheesier than last year, but just as sticker-y.
