Don't miss KcEMA's next concert this season!

Rites of Being - Collaboration with Black House Improvisers' Collective

Black House Collective and KCEMA present Rites of Being, an evening of new opera works, performing at Charlotte Street's Paragraph Gallery.

Dates: May 16 and 17 at 7:30pm both nights
Location: Paragraph Gallery, 23 East 12th Street, KCMO
Tickets: $20/seat, $5/standing room (on sale 4/25)
Purchase Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/378254

The production, funded by an Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City Inspiration Grant, will feature chamber operas written by six young Kansas City composers on the theme of ritual, from the ancient to the everyday. Each composer’s chamber opera deals with ritual from a unique perspective, featuring rituals from weddings to human sacrifice to morning coffee.

ABOUT THE CHARLOTTE STREET STUDIO RESIDENCY ¶ SERIES:
Rites of Being is part of the Charlotte Street Studio Residency Program ¶ Series. The ¶ Series is a new effort to expand opportunities for- and public engagement with the work of- Charlotte Street’s Studio Residents, including Black House Collective. From December 2012 through mid-2013, Paragraph Gallery is dedicated to exhibitions, performances, and projects produced by and featuring the work of its 2012-13 Studio Residency artists.

Fore more information about:
Black House visit http://blackhouse.typepad.com/
Charlotte Street Studio Residency Program visit http://urbanculturestudioresidents.wordpress.com/
Charlotte Street visit http://www.charlottestreet.org/

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The Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance (KcEMA), founded in 2007, is now in its sixth season. KcEMA endeavors to encourage and develop understanding and appreciation of electronic music and to create an expansive sense of community for electronic musicians and other artists in the Kansas City Area. KcEMA organizes concerts of electronic music and collaborative projects with generative and performing artists. KcEMA provides a forum for electronic musicians and artists in other media to collaborate, exchange ideas, and grow as an interactive, supportive community.

For more information about KcEMA, or to find out how you can become involved, please click the "Contact" link above and send us a message!