Joe Deninzon’s summer “vacation” includes collaborations with a variety of folks. He’s the musical director for SPIDER DANCE, which he describes as an Italian Riverdance crossed with Cirque Du Soleil, and celebrates the mythical and therapeutic history of the dance, the Tarantella. Mixed with electronic music, the show features fire dancers, stilt walkers, and aerial dancers and percussionist Alessandra Belloni. From August 9 through the 23, SPIDER DANCE will tour Spain and Italy. For more information, visit: http://www.alessandrabelloni.com and http://www.theriversidechurchny.org
Joe has also co-created an electric, classical music quartet called Metro Strings. He, of course, plays violin. Also in the quartet are: and Brazz Tree violinist Mazz Swift and Sweet Plantain’s cellist/vocalist David Gotay, and Hiroko Taguchi on viola. Friend the group at www.myspace.com/metrostrings.
He’s got other projects happening; check them out at his NEW web site http://www.joedeninzon.com.
Stratospheerius has many tour highlights this summer and an unreleased live bootleg song with vocals called “Climbing,” which he wrote for his wife, Yulia, a member of the New York City Philharmonic.
Here are confirmed tourdates for Stratospheerius (more dates, especially on the West Coast in September, to be confirmed)
July 11 w/ Metro Strings live! Fat Baby, New York, NY
July 12 Great South Bay Music Festival
July 25 w/Danny Aiello’s jazz band St. Anne’s Church, Hoboken, NJ
August 29 The Winchester, Lakewood OH
August 30 Detroit International Jazz Festival
http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/
September 4 Winston’s San Diego, CA
September 5th Leavitt Pavilion, Pasadena, CA
(FREE ALL AGES CONCERT)
September 9 The Red Fox Tavern, Eureka, CA
September 13 Jam on the Lake Williamstown, NJ
September 26 Harvest Celebration, Fulton, NY
September 27 Bearslee Castle Little Falls, NY
October 3 and 4 Harvest Fest in Maine Starks, ME
http://www.stratospheerius.com
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