Banks honored for composition
Receives two important awards
As The Esoterics prepares for one of the most important performances in its history on October 20th, the group’s founding director has received some exciting news: Eric has won a 2007 Washington State Arts Commission / Artist Trust Fellowship! These merit-based, unrestricted awards of $6,500 are given to “practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability.” The application process is extremely competitive: Artist Trust awarded fellowships to only two composers this year.
The news from the Artist Trust comes fast on the heels of another honor for Eric. Earlier this summer, he received an $8,000 CityArtist award from Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs to complete his epic, seven-part composition setting text and chant from the ancient Zoroastrian creation myth. The Esoterics premiered the first movement of the piece in July 2007, and the group is looking forward to presenting the entire work in October of 2008 during its 15th Anniversary season.
Also, as a reminder, The Esoterics will be performing Eric’s Twelve Qur’anic visions this week-end. On Saturday, the group will perform at a secular venue, the Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion, so as to attract a wider audience and to provide a more appropriate back-drop for the Islamic-inspired texts. With RU’IA, they are also debuting super-title translations of all the texts they perform so as to enhance the audience experience. In addition to Banks’ Twelve Qur’anic visions, the group will perform works by Hussein Janmohamed, Bern Herbolsheimer, and Ton de Leeuw.
Please join The Esoterics for this important and innovative concert.
ATTENTION: The Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion has limited seating.
Season subscribers should RSVP for this Seattle concert (206.935.7779),
and all audience members are encouraged to arrive early on October 20th concert for best seating.
The Esoterics’ RU’IA performance dates and locations are as follows:
Saturday • 20 October • 8 pm • Seattle (NEW VENUE)
Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion • 2901 Western Ave
Sunday • 21 October • 3 pm • West Seattle
Holy Rosary Catholic Church • 4139 42nd Ave SW
Tickets are $20 at the door, $18 in advance, $15 for students,
seniors, the un(der)employed, and the differently-abled. Discounts
are available for groups of five or more at $12 per person.
Active singers of any choral group may attend for only $10.
Advance tickets are available online here at www.TheEsoterics.org
(through PayPal.com), or reserved by phone at 206.935.7779.
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