2009 SUNDANCE ASCAP MUSIC CAFE,
Dancing in the Street
In Park City, Utah, as the Sundance Film Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary and everyone was energized by the inauguration of Barack Obama, ASCAP added to the excitement with the presentation of the 2009 Sundance ASCAP Music Café Presented by Ray Ban.
In a beautiful new tent location on lower Main Street in the heart of the festival, this year's Café quickly became a major draw, with lines of music fans snaking up the street, waiting to get inside to experience performances from an extraordinary range of singer-songwriters and bands. In the first four days of the Café, audiences were treated to the music of: Wynonna, Damien Rice, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Maiysha, Birdmonster, Rachael Yamagata, Katie Herzig, Chris Mann, Dan Wilson, Chad & Jeremy, Gin Blossoms, Tom Freund and Rosi Golan.
A highlight of the week was on Thursday, January 22nd, when The People Speak: Voices of A People's History of the United States, which brings to light little known voices in U.S. history and is based on the forthcoming documentary
The People Speak , was presented at the Music Café. The special event featured readings by Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Benjamin Bratt, 2009 Academy Award nominees Josh Brolin, Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei and performances by Wyclef Jean and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes.
Capping an extraordinary week and playing to a packed house to the very last day of the festival was a stellar group of writer-performers representing a diverse range of music. In the final days of the Café, memorable performances were delivered by Angel Taylor, Dave Barnes, The Guggenheim Grotto, Landon Pigg, Lenka, Locksley, Sara Watkins, Phil Vassar, Montell Jordan and performers from Youth Speaks, a program which organizes the National Youth Poetry Slam.
Rise and Shine!
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| ASCAP's Mike Todd, composer Deborah Lurie ( Spring Breakdown), Avid's Paul Foeckler, music supervisor Julia Michels, film director Ryan Shiraki, Avid's Adam Castillo and Anthony Gordon |
The 2009 Composer & Filmmaker Breakfast – Sponsored by Avid
AT THIS YEAR'S SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, ASCAP hosted a special Composer & Filmmaker Breakfast, sponsored by Avid Technology, Inc., exclusively for Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers and their film composers - as well as other ASCAP composers who were in Park City for the Festival. ASCAP presented a roundtable discussion about the composer/filmmaker collaboration with
Spring Breakdown (Warner Bros. Films) director Ryan Shiraki, film composer Deborah Lurie and music supervisor Julia Michels. The comedy had its world premiere as part of the Festival's Park City at Midnight lineup.
The Sundance ASCAP Composer Spotlight Online
THE ASCAP COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT at The 2009 Sundance Film Festival features composers who scored Festival films this year.
Click here for more details on each composer and the film they scored
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