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For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Sunday, October 19th at 7pm, Composers Concordance cranks up the volume with the fiery electric guitar trio My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama at Harlem’s legendary Shrine.
As part of the ever-adventurous Timbre Tantrum series, where identical instruments collide in sonic mayhem, this edition brings three shredding electric guitars to the forefront. Past tantrums have spotlighted brass and strings — Trumpetation (4 trumpets), TromBonafide (4 trombones), and The Fiddlers (4 violins) — but now it’s time to plug in, turn up, and let the amps roar.
The power trio of Jane Getter, Bruce Arnold, and Gene Pritsker — collectively known as My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama Trio — will unleash a wall of six-string sound, backed by Moppa Elliott on bass and David Cossin on drums. Expect sparks to fly, riffs to duel, and the stage to shake.
Featured works include the world premieres of Gene Pritsker’s Euphony and Paradigm, Jane Getter’s Again, Ann Warren's Inspired by..., an arrangement of Mark Kostabi’s Holding On to Forever, and the ensemble’s signature piece: Variations on My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, by Gene Pritsker and Frank Zappa.
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Listing Information
Composers Concordance
Timbre Tantrum: Guitars
Featuring My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Guitar Trio
Sunday, Oct. 19th, 2025 at 7pm
Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, NYC
FREE EVENT
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Bruce Arnold, Dan Cooper, Moppa Elliott, Jane Getter,
Mark Kostabi, Eoin O'Mara, Gene Pritsker, Ann Warren, Frank Zappa
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Guitar Trio
Jane Getter, Gene Pritsker, Bruce Arnold - electric guitars
Moppa Elliott - bass, David Cossin - drums
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Staying in rotation for 42 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene. Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, Seth Boustead, and Audrey Morse. Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
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