Station Four Presents: The Word and The City
Station 4 is a Chicago ensemble employing texts and vocals, music and dance, to create a multi-sensory experience for its audience. Each of Station 4’s musician-members has a long and varied professional performance career; they have collaborated together for 30 years. “Urban Voices: Listening to the Unheard” is a multi-movement suite for Station 4, as composer-saxophonist Mark Nagy conceived of and formed the band in 2022, initially inspired by the works of Merce Cunningham and John Cage. Comprising Nagy, guitarist Steve Doyle, modular synthesizer player and bassist Neil Jendon, and bassist Andrew Young, in “Urban Voices” Station 4 wraps its uniquely structured electro-acoustic improvisations around the spoken-word performance art of Kao Ra Zen a noted poet and spoken word performer, augmented by interpretative dancers Tuli Bera, Heather Zimny, Karen Fisher-Doyle.
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