Elise Bouer violin, viola & Hardanger fiddle
Nate Sabat double bass

Elise Boeur and Nate Sabat play traditional music from a place where the sun forgets to rise. Bringing their profound love of folk music and their extensive jazz training together, Boeur and Sabat reach into the depths of the Norwegian and Swedish folk traditions to bring out the inner pulse. Exploring the microtonality and flexible time at the heart of old fiddle tunes, in the unusual duo setting of violin and bass, these young musicians play with power and delicacy.

watch a video of Elise and Nate perform with the Berklee World Strings

$20 music charge at the door, includes a drink
Cash only
reservations: 212-989-9319
doors open at 5:45)

From CCI Artistic Director, Jed Distler
Although I officially ended CCi's regular Serial Underground series in 2014, I am reviving the brand, so to speak, on special occasions.

Earlier this year I encountered the talented young violin and double bass duo of Elise Bouer and Nate Sabat. They were trained in jazz, yet have been exploring Norwegian and Swedish folk traditions in depth, putting a singular stamp on a wide range of haunting repertoire, and achieving a fusion of disarming simplicity and quirky sophistication. I personally find their music making addictive; I can listen to them hours on end and never get bored. Their openness, gentle humor and unassuming virtuosity hold promise for a rewarding future, and I'm proud to introduce this duo to CCi's faithful following, the Cornelia St. Café and music loving New Yorkers looking for something different yet strangely familiar. Don't miss it.

Up ahead: CCi reconnects with West-Park Presbyterian Church for 2
015's Make Music New York. Look out for a free 24 hour marathon event starting Saturday morning June 20th at 8, and finishing Sunday morning June 21st at 8. A stellar group of musicians revive the late Arthur Jarvinen's Serious Immobilities for Solo Piano: 840 Variations on Erik Satie's "Vexations," performed in tandem with Randall Woolf's Spineless Dog, a 24 hour-long set of guided improvisations on "Vexations" for electronic keyboard. I proudly participated in the 1998 New York premier, and I've long desired to bring this project back for a new generation. At 9 PM on June 21st, we'll gather in the church and perform Make Music New York's unofficial theme song, Terry Riley's In C. Details to follow in a future newsletter. very soon!