The Playground Ensemble announces the second
Colorado Collaborators Showcase!
Launched in 2021, the Colorado Collaborators Showcase (CoCoSho) offers the opportunity for artists of all genres, mediums, and backgrounds to work collaboratively on projects incorporating contemporary chamber music.
At the inaugural CoCoSho in April 2022 we partnered with Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre, a queer and black-led dance troupe that created new choreography for Frederic Rzewski’s piece Coming Together; composer and performance artist Silen Wellington to present the premiere of Hollow: A Banishing Ritual, an interactive piece that explores the paradox of being both de-sexualized and hyper-sexualized as a transgender person; and composer/violinist Sarah Whitnah and interdisciplinary artist Alex Branch to premiere Timestream, a piece to be performed on Branch’s sculptural instruments.
Call for Collaborators
PROPOSALS DUE MAY 31
The Playground Ensemble is issuing a call for proposals for diverse, Colorado-based creative individuals or organizations with whom we can create new collaborative works involving music for the 2nd CoCoSho in our 2023-24 Season.
We welcome proposals from musicians, composers, improvisers, producers, video artists, poets, painters, playwrights, sculptors, actors, dancers, or any other creators interested in working together with the Playground. We are especially interested in submissions from individuals in traditionally underrepresented groups. Traditionally notated scores are also welcome.
Chosen collaborators will be compensated and will create a project alongside the Ensemble for performance during The Playground’s 2023-2024 concert season.
Detailed proposal requirements can be found here / Haz clic aquí para leer la exigencia por propuestas.
TIMELINE
May 31, 2023 - Submissions due
July/August 2023 - Interviews with top proposals
October 2023 - May 2024 - Performances in Denver (performance dates will be determined together with the collaborators)
Please submit your proposal to playground@playgroundensemble.org by May 31, 2023 at 11:59pm MDT.
Email playground@playgroundensemble.org with any questions.