do-over series: treasure mouth

Collaborating with Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jordan Glenn (drums), Kathleen Quillian, Gilbert Guerrero, and Ellie Vanderlip (performative 16mm projection) to bring Matthew Sperry’s Treasure Mouth score to the monthly Do Over series at Shapeshifters Cinema.

Once described as “hackable karoake with live visuals and improvised text” this score was pulled from the journals of the late Matthew Sperry. He envisioned an ensemble of singers and musicians attempting to keep up with someone writing extemporaneously on an overhead projector. We’ve envisioned it a couple times, and learned that serving latkes with applesauce and sour cream at the gig is very important. Expect those.

John Shiurba conducts this edition, with

• Val Esway, vocals
• Karl Evangelista, guitar
• David James, guitar and vocal
• Dan Plonsey, reeds
• Gino Robair, electronics
• Maw Shein Win, extemporaneous writer
• Cory Wright, reeds
• (and perhaps two more to be announced)