$10 at the door

9:30pm shopwtime

21+

Pendulum Music (1968):

Mike Hodnick
John Keston
Cody McKinney
Peter Sieve

Four Organs (1970):

DeVon Gray
Ted Godbout
John Keston
Peter Sieve
Joe Strachan

It’s Gonna Rain (1965):

Mike Hodnick

Steve Reich has been called "America’s greatest living composer" (Village Voice), "the most original musical thinker of our time" (The New Yorker), and "among the great composers of the century" (The New York Times). His music has influenced composers and mainstream musicians all over the world. Music for 18 Musicians and Different Trains have earned him two Grammy Awards, and in 2009, his Double Sextet won the Pulitzer Prize. Reich’s documentary video opera works—The Cave and Three Tales, done in collaboration with video artist Beryl Korot—have been performed on four continents. His recent work Quartet, for percussionist Colin Currie, sold out two consecutive concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London shortly after tens of thousands at the Glastonbury Festival heard Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) perform Electric Counterpoint followed by the London Sinfonietta performing his Music for 18 Musicians.

In 2012, Reich was awarded the Gold Medal in Music by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has additionally received the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo, the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, the BBVA Award in Madrid, and recently the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. He has been named Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Royal College of Music in London, the Juilliard School, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, and the New England Conservatory of Music, among others. "There’s just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them," states The Guardian.

This past October minimalist music pioneer, Steve Reich, turned 80 years old, and ever since, major cities around the globe, have held musical celebrations honoring Mr. Reich’s invaluable contributions to contemporary music.   It seemed that the party bus would stop short of the Twin Cities until local musician and Steve Reich fan, Cody McKinney, decided to throw his own party. He enlisted the help of friend, local luminary, and percussion legend JT Bates, who knows a thing or two about hosting creative music events.

Every Monday in April, The Icehouse restaurant and live music venue, will play host to nearly 30 local musicians performing over four decades of Steve Reich pieces.  This “Vignette Festival” is presented as part of JT Bates’ Monday night Jazz Implosion series, which regularly plays host to some of the most unique improvisors from Minnesota and around the country.