Composers Concordance presents - Interpretations of Kostabi Paintings Kostabi World, New York

On October 14th at 7pm, at the Chelsea townhouse of renowned artist Mark Kostabi, Composers Concordance brings together composers, poets and performers to interpret his paintings. Compositions include; ‘A Back To The Future’ by Mark Kostabiand poet Kelsea Brunner, ‘The Visitant’ by Gene Pritsker and poet John Pietaro, ‘Goodbye is Not a Word (Embracing the Woman in Red)’ by Faye-Ellen Silverman and poet Erik T. Johnson, ‘The Loneliness of Infinity’ by Henny Kim and poet Robert C. Ford, ‘Lunch with Aunt Syl’ by Debra Kaye and poet Roger Aplon, and ‘Fumbling in Dream’ by Seth Boustead and poet ImeldaO’Reilly .

The event will close with “Shocking Red”, a narrative song cycle created by Grammy-nominated lyric poet-composer-singer Michelle Shocked and pianist-composer Kathleen Supové, based on twelve of Kostabi’s paintings.