These performances are made possible in part by:The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund

The Frank and Margaret Hyncik Memorial Fund

The Adolph Benedict and Ila Roberts Schneider Fund

The Arthur, Asenath, and Walter H. Blodgett Memorial Fund

The Dorothy Humel Hovorka Endowment Fund

The Albertha T. Jennings Musical Arts Fund

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, AND FILMThe Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106–1797

performingarts@clevelandart.org cma.org/performingarts

#CMAperformingarts

Programs are subject to change.

Series sponsors:

TICKETS 1–888–CMA–0033 cma.org/performingarts

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

SQÜRL Jim Jarmusch & Carter Logan

SQÜRLJim Jarmusch – Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Loops Carter Logan – Synthesizer, Percussion, Loops

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 7:30 p.m.Gartner Auditorium, the Cleveland Museum of Art

PROGRAM

Four films by Man Ray, selected by SQÜRL

L’Etoile De Mer (1928)

Emak Bakia (1926)

Retour a la Raison (1923)

Les Mysteres Du Chateau Du De (1929)

© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014

Scores written and performed by SQÜRL

Photography, film and video of any kind are strictly prohibited.

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Please remain with us for a post-concert conversation between the artists and curator of contemporary art Reto Thüring

Welcome to the Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art’s performing arts series offers a fascinating concert calendar notable for its boundless multiplicity. This year, visits from old friends and new bring century-spanning music from around the globe, exploring cultural connections that link the human heart and spirit.

In the GalleriesThe Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s Through January 14

Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens Through November 5

From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression Through December 31

Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art Through December 31

Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar Through January 7

cma.org/performingarts #CMAperformingarts

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, October 4, 6:00

Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9 Wednesday, October 11, 7:30

Lou Harrison Centennial Friday, October 20, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, November 1, 6:00

SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch & Carter Logan) Wednesday, November 1, 7:30

Ji Aeri Sunday, November 5, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, December 6, 6:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, January 3, 6:00

Davide Mariano Sunday, January 14, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, February 7, 6:00

Third Coast Percussion Sunday, February 11, 2:00

Mantra Percussion Friday, February 23, 7:30

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble Sunday, March 4, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, March 7, 6:00

CIM Organ Studio Sunday, March 11, 2:00

Wu Man & Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Wednesday, March 21, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, April 4, 6:00

Tallis Scholars Friday, April 13, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, May 2, 6:00

Performing Arts 2017–18

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

SQÜRLJim Jarmusch – Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Loops Carter Logan – Synthesizer, Percussion, Loops

An enthusiastically marginal rock band from New York City who like big drums & distorted guitars, cassette recorders, loops, feedback, sad country songs, molten stoner core, chopped & screwed hip-hop, and imaginary movie scores.

SQÜRL began in 2009 when Jim and Carter teamed with producer/engineer Shane Stoneback to record some original music for the film The Limits of Control. Echoing the varied Spanish landscapes captured in the film, the three emerged with a set of slow-motion psychedelic rock instrumentals (releasing them as Bad Rabbit).

Following these scoring sessions Jim, Shane, and Carter continued to record new originals while also exploring the back-alleys of American country, noise, and psychedelia. Having changed their name to SQÜRL the group released a series of three EPs of these songs, recorded over a three-year period by Shane at Treefort Recording in Brooklyn, NY.

In 2013, SQÜRL collaborated with Dutch lutenist Jozef Van Wissem to compose and perform the score for the film Only Lovers Left Alive. Bridging ancient and modern sounds, the score serves as a reflection of the distinct textures of Detroit and Tangier. The film and soundtrack album were released worldwide in 2014, and quickly earned the group the Cannes Soundtrack Award from a consortium of film and music critics. The trio of Jarmusch, Logan and Van Wissem have since performed on many international stages including the inaugural All Tomorrow’s Parties Iceland, Primavera Sound, Big Ears Festival, and Third Man Records where they recorded and released a live album.

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Following their work on Only Lovers Left Alive, Jarmusch and Logan began a new sonic exploration: scoring four silent films by American Dada and Surrealist artist Man Ray. Performed live along to the films, relying heavily on loops, synthesizers and effected guitars, the semi-improvised scores drift toward the band’s more experimental, ambient and drone-like tendencies.

With their most recent project in 2016, composing and recording the score for the film Paterson, SQÜRL dove deeper into the ocean of ambient electronic music. Drums and guitars have been (though only temporarily) left behind in favor of analog synths on a quest for new ecstatic sounds to enrich the poetry of the film.

Man Ray Legendary photographer, painter, and maker of objects and films, Man Ray was one of the most versatile and inventive artists of the 20th century. Born in Philadelphia in 1890, he knew the worlds of Greenwich Village in the avant garde era following the 1913 Armory show; Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, where he played a key role in the Dada and Surrealist movements; The Hollywood of the 1940s, where he joined others chased by war from their homes in Europe; and finally, Paris again until his death in 1976.

IN THE GALLERIES

Explore Surrealist art in the museum’s collectionThe Cleveland Museum of Art has important works on view in Gallery 225 by leading Surrealists, including: Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, André Masson, Joan Miró, Man Ray, and Yves Tanguy. Of particular note are Dalí’s Surrealist masterpiece The Dream and Man Ray’s iconic Surrealist object Cadeau (Gift).

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Ji Aeri Sun/Nov 5, 2:00, Gartner Auditorium. In conjunction with the exhibition Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens, gayageum virtuoso Ji Aeri performs an intimate concert of Korean music both traditional and contemporary. The gayageum, a zither-like instrument with 12 strings, is related to the Japanese koto and the Chinese guzheng. Ji Aeri learned to play gayageum from Hwang Byungki, the master musician who played a crucial role in disseminating traditional Korean music in the West and developing contemporary music for the instrument. This rare performance takes place on the closing day of the Korean screens exhibition. This performance generously supported by the Korea Foundation. Free; ticket required.

Third Coast Percussion — Paddle to the Sea Sun/Feb 11, 2:00, Gartner Auditorium. The classic children’s book and Academy Award-nominated film, Paddle to the Sea, is the focus of a new project that looks at our relationship to the bodies of water that connect our lives. Third Coast Percussion performs live its new score for the film, which tells the story of a Native Canadian boy who carves a wooden figure called Paddle-to-the-Sea and sets him on a journey through all five Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and finally to the Atlantic Ocean. Existing works inspired by impressions of water and the natural world will weave in and out of the original film and new music, including composers Philip Glass and Jacob Druckman and the traditional music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The performance will flow together as a seamless whole, with Third Coast Percussion using the existing music as a jumping-off point for the new music they compose. Paddle to the Sea underscores the geographic, economic, and cultural connections in our shared waterways, and it also asks us to consider the human impact on the waters that help us transport our goods, provide our electrical power, bathe ourselves, cook our food, and quench our thirst. $30; CMA members $27; children 17 and under free with purchase of adult ticket.

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Welcome to the Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art’s performing arts series offers a fascinating concert calendar notable for its boundless multiplicity. This year, visits from old friends and new bring century-spanning music from around the globe, exploring cultural connections that link the human heart and spirit.

In the GalleriesThe Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s Through January 14

Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens Through November 5

From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression Through December 31

Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art Through December 31

Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar October 14–January 7

cma.org/performingarts #CMAperformingarts

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, October 4, 6:00

Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9 Wednesday, October 11, 7:30

Lou Harrison Centennial Friday, October 20, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, November 1, 6:00

SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch & Carter Logan) Wednesday, November 1, 7:30

Ji Aeri Sunday, November 5, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, December 6, 6:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, January 3, 6:00

Davide Mariano Sunday, January 14, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, February 7, 6:00

Third Coast Percussion Sunday, February 11, 2:00

Mantra Percussion Friday, February 23, 7:30

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble Sunday, March 4, 2:00

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, March 7, 6:00

CIM Organ Studio Sunday, March 11, 2:00

Wu Man & Huayin Shadow Puppet Band Wednesday, March 21, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, April 4, 6:00

Tallis Scholars Friday, April 13, 7:30

Chamber Music in the Galleries Wednesday, May 2, 6:00

Performing Arts 2017–18

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

These performances are made possible in part by:The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund

The Frank and Margaret Hyncik Memorial Fund

The Adolph Benedict and Ila Roberts Schneider Fund

The Arthur, Asenath, and Walter H. Blodgett Memorial Fund

The Dorothy Humel Hovorka Endowment Fund

The Albertha T. Jennings Musical Arts Fund

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, AND FILMThe Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106–1797

performingarts@clevelandart.org cma.org/performingarts

#CMAperformingarts

Programs are subject to change.

Series sponsors:

TICKETS 1–888–CMA–0033 cma.org/performingarts

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Lou Harrison Centennial