MUSIC

    Darcy James Argues' Secret Society

    Darcy James Argues' Secret Society

    Presented by Ars Nova Workshop at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

    June 5, 2009


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    Brooklyn-based composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue directs Secret Society, a “powerful and well-stocked ensemble” (New York Times) featuring his “ambitious, sprawling, mesmerizing” music (Montreal Gazette). Secret Society is an 18-piece steampunk bigband that envisions an alternative musical history, one in which the dance orchestras that ruled the Swing Era never went extinct, but continued to evolve with the times. Argue’s compositions bring together “a big, broad musical vocabulary” (New York Times), one which invokes Duke Ellington and minimalism and Tortoise and Funkadelic and Elliott Carter and much else besides melding into one floating, shifting, dodging music.


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      • Venue Info

        The Ibrahim Theater at International House

        3701 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets: $12

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        June 5, 2009

        Times:
        8 pm

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