“DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE”

with Musical Accompaniment by DEVIL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Thursday, June 21 at 8pm General Admission :
$12 advance, $15 day of show
(includes $1.00 theatre restoration fee)

The DME began in 1999 as a tool to explore as many facets of musical performance
as possible. In its short history, the DME has been a rock trio, and Eastern European
folk band, a 40 piece modern orchestral ensemble, a country music review,
a house band for live theater; and its most recent incarnation; performing original
soundtracks for silent film.  The DME is based in Boston MA, a city that has provided
this group the possibility of so many different performance situations.

Past Projects

-Live soundtracks for silent film:

                -Soundtrack to "Le sang d’un poete" by Jean Cocteau,
                AS220 Providence RI 2001.

                -Soundtrack to  "Modern Times" by Charlie Chaplin,       

                 Industrial Accidents Art Show Fort Port Boston MA 2001.

                -Soundtrack to "Le Voyage Imaginaire" by Rene Claire,              

                Celluloud Series at the Coolidge Corner Theatre Boston MA 2002.

                -Soundtrack to "The First Films of the Lumiere Bros.",       

                Den of Cin Theater NYC 2002.

                -Soundtrack to “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Weine, 

for a tour of the eastern U.S. in March, October, and November of 2003.

-Soundtrack to the Surrealist Films of Man Ray, 2003.

-Soundtrack to the silent Western comedy “Big Stakes” by Clifford S.
Elfelt 1922, for 10-week spring tour 2004.
-Soundtrack to “Nosferatu, a symphony of horror” by F.W. Murnau
for 7-week tour of the entire U.S. in the fall of 2005.
-Soundtrack to “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” starring John Barrymore,
for 7-week tour of the entire U.S. in the fall of 2006.

-Modern classical project:  

-DME formed into a 16 piece orchestral ensemble to perform music by Brendon Wood,
Jonah Rapino, and Terry Riley's “In C”, Berwick Research Institute Boston MA 2001.

-DME formed into a 25 piece orchestral ensemble and performed 2 concerts in May of 2003.
 Concerts featured music by Pauline Oliveros, John Adams, Karl Heinz Stockhausen, Elliot Schwartz, Brendon Wood, Dave Utzinger, Jonah Rapino, and David Patterson.
-DME formed into a 40 piece orchestral ensemble to perform music by Brendon Wood, Jonah
Rapino, Michael Tuttle, and David Patterson; at the Mass. Art College in Boston, December 2004.
-DME rock trio performed with 20 orchestral musicians at the BRI Retrospective at the Boston Center for the Arts, in March of 2005. Music by J. Rapino, B. Wood, L Bunk, & E. Nugent.
                                                                                                                      

–Live soundtracks for theater

-Sound design and live soundtrack for "The Loft" a modern adaptation of
Chekhov's “The Cherry Orchard” by the American Art Theatre Boston MA 2001.
-Composition and sound design for “The Art Show Down ” which was broadcast on CCTV live from Art Interactive in Cambridge MA between March and May of 2006.

–Other

-Members of Rhys Chatham All Stars: All three members of DME performed along side Rhys in his composition: G3 for six guitars, bass and drums at Great Scott in Allston MA, 2007.
-Members of Glenn Branca’s 100 guitar ensemble: All three members of DME played guitar in the world premier of Glenn Branca’s Symphony #13 at the World Trade Center plaza in NYC, 2001.

Venues

From barns to 2000 seat performing art centers, here are some of the more memorable places that the DME has visited of late: The Block Museum in Chicago IL, the Proctors Theater in Schenectady NY, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh Pa, the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville NY, The Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland OH, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Balbao Theater in S.F. CA,
the NW Film Forum in Portland OR, the Senator Theater in Baltimore MD, and many more. 

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