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Complaints Choir of St Petersburg

Post by Jonathan Wetstein /  Photo By Yuriy Rumiantsev

Complaints have been collected around town and local artist Shelly Spector of SPECTOR Projects will be launching the city’s first “Complaint Choir” performance with help from First Person Arts. Ms. Spector has been a Philly artist for quite some time and I love her work. I find her method of reusing old wood items in her work fun to observe and discover.

Composer and Arranger Evan Solot will arrange a musical piece and score that is based on the city’s most popular complaints heard. This is actually a collaborative effort on a global scale. That’s right, cities all over the planet have orchestrated “Complaint Choir” performances and now its time we had our own. The whole global phenomenon is modeled after a series of Scandinavian-born griping concerts. To start, we gotta get complaining to the right people. Over on 401 S. Broad Street this Thursday at the Gershman Y, Levitt Auditorium, there will be an introductory meeting and gripe session.

This is such a great way to make new friends while venting, and have a chance to be an element to a composition. Rehearsals for Solot’s arrangement will then follow through out the month of October and lead up to a live performance at Philly’s Painted Bride venue on November 12th during the First Person Festival.

Complaint Choir @ The Gershman Y
401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
www.firstpersonarts.org