Wild Up at The Nimoy
Wild Up at The Nimoy
after it's over, it's gone in the air.
1262 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Runtime: 90 minutes
Includes 15 minute intermission
CAP UCLA Member presale: Jun 22 at 10 am
Newsletter subscriber presale: Jun 23 at 10 am
General public on sale: Jun 24 at 10 am
UCLA faculty and staff: Jun 24 at 10 am
UCLA students: Sep 21 at 10 am
Wild Up performs a new improvisational work by Patrick Shiroishi and Christopher Rountree.
“…[R]aucous, grungy, irresistibly exuberant...this group’s boisterously theatrical sensibility...draws out the vitality in the works it plays. [A] fun-loving, exceptionally virtuosic family.” – New York Times
Wild Up becomes an improvising ensemble, moving through music by a wide range of composers and traditions. Anchored by a new composition by multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Shiroishi, the program opens a gateway between jazz, improvisation and contemporary classical music — a seamless alchemy of sound shaped by Shiroishi with music director Christopher Rountree.
Founded in 2010 by Roundtree, Wild Up was created to challenge traditional concert practices by experimenting with diverse methodologies, approaches and contexts. After a decade and a half of rampant creativity and curiosity, Wild Up is the ambassador of West Coast music. This program marks Wild Up’s fifth collaboration with The Nimoy.
WILD UP
Called “a raucous, grungy, irresistibly exuberant…fun-loving, exceptionally virtuosic family” (New York Times), Wild Up has been lauded as one of new music’s most exciting groups by virtually every significant institution and critic within earshot. Artistic Director Christopher Rountree started the group in 2010 to eschew outdated ensemble and concert traditions by experimenting with different methodologies, approaches, and contexts.
Wild Up has collaborated with an expansive list of composers, performers, and cultural institutions. Over the last decade, the group has premiered hundreds of works with artists such as Pamela Z, Sarah Hennies, David Lang, Ted Hearne, Julia Holter, Scott Walker, Juliana Barwick, and Ragnar Kjartansson and accompanied significant stars such as Björk. Wild Up has given milestone concerts across the United States at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hammer Museum, the Broad Museum, LACMA, The Soraya, The 92nd Street Y, National Gallery, National Sawdust, Roulette, and many more.
Their critically acclaimed, three-time Grammy-nominated Julius Eastman recording anthology has been celebrated as “a masterpiece.” (New York Times), “instantly recognizable” (Vogue), and “singularly jubilant..a bit in your face, sometimes capricious, and always surprising.” (NPR).
Patrick Shiroishi
Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, composer & poet based in Los Angeles. Over the last decade he has established himself as one of the premier improvising musicians in the city, playing solo & in numerous collaborative projects. He has presented work & performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Broad Museum, The Getty, commissioned by the LA Philharmonic & has toured around the world in various solo & band configurations including The Armed & contemporary classical ensemble Wild Up.
UCLA Nimoy Theater is located at 1262 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024. For GPS, use 10866 Wilshire Blvd to reach the parking structure. The entrance is on Glendon Avenue — look for either entrance marked VISITOR. Parking is $4, beginning at 5 pm for evening performances and 12 pm for matinees. Arriving before these times will incur the $30 day parking fee.
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