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SUMMARY:Gabriel Kahane
DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Kahane\, vocals\, piano\, guitars\, synthesizers\, lo
 ops Can an ethic of love — unconditional love for all of mankind — help 
 to build the solidarity necessary to create a better world? This questio
 n sits at the root of Gabriel Kahane’s new solo work\, Every love song i
 s a protest\, an impassioned cry aimed at the heart of America’s toxic p
 olitical culture. Hailed as “one of the finest\, most searching songwrit
 ers of the day” (The New Yorker)\, Kahane braids original songs of love\
 , witness\, and protest\, for an evening animated by a belief in our ine
 scapable interconnectedness. Over the last fifteen years\, Gabriel Kahan
 e has established a diverse career that has brought him from rock clubs 
 and concert halls to off-Broadway theaters and beyond\, where he is know
 n for tackling politically thorny subject matter with grace and complexi
 ty. His wide-ranging discography includes five albums as a singer-songwr
 iter\, several orchestral projects\, a disc of chamber music\, as well a
 s various other collaborative albums. He has worked with an array of art
 ists spanning the aesthetic gamut\, from Phoebe Bridgers\, Paul Simon\, 
 Sylvan Esso\, Andrew Bird\, and Sufjan Stevens\, to the Danish String Qu
 artet\, Roomful of Teeth\, Attacca Quartet\, Caroline Shaw\, and Pekka K
 uusisto\, with whom he plays as the duo Council. Read more As a composer
  of concert music\, Kahane is noted for dissolving the boundaries betwee
 n vernacular and formal idioms\, often mining his language as a songwrit
 er in chamber and orchestral works. His music has been performed by doze
 ns of orchestras throughout the United States\, as well as in Europe and
  the United Kingdom. emergency shelter intake form\, an oratorio address
 ing economic inequality through the lens of the homelessness crisis\, wa
 s commissioned\, premiered\, and recorded by the Oregon Symphony\, and h
 as since been heard in London\, New York\, Chicago\, and San Francisco. 
 Other notable concert works include If love will not swing wide the gate
 s\, a clarinet concerto written for New York Philharmonic principal Anth
 ony McGill\; Gabriel’s Guide to the 48 States\, written for Orpheus Cham
 ber Orchestra\; and Heirloom\, a widely performed piano concerto compose
 d for his father\, the noted pianist and conductor\, Jeffrey Kahane\; th
 at work was released in 2025 by Nonesuch Records\, marking Gabriel’s thi
 rd album for the noted label. More recently\, Kahane has begun a career 
 as a conductor\, leading ensembles including the Saint Paul Chamber Orch
 estra\, Santa Fe Pro Musica\, and the Oregon Symphony. An avid theater a
 rtist\, Kahane made his off-Broadway debut as a performer at Playwrights
  Horizons with the 2024 repertory run of two solo pieces\, Magnificent B
 ird and Book of Travelers. His album & stage spectacle\, The Ambassador\
 , a sprawling meditation on the mythos of Los Angeles\, was produced at 
 the BAM Next Wave Festival in 2014\, under the direction of Tony-winner 
 John Tiffany. A musical\, February House\, written with the playwright S
 eth Bockley\, received its New York premiere at the Public Theater in 20
 12. In 2018\, Kahane made his Broadway debut with the score for Kenneth 
 Lonergan’s play The Waverly Gallery\, starring Elaine May\, Lucas Hedges
 \, and Michael Cera. Increasingly productive as a writer\, Kahane’s pros
 e has appeared in The Atlantic\, The New Yorker\, and The New York Times
 . Via the newsletter “Words and Music\,” Kahane publishes bi-weekly essa
 ys on a variety of topics\, all of which can be accessed at gabrielkahan
 e.substack.com. The recipient of a 2021 Charles Ives Fellowship from the
  American Academy of Arts and Letters\, Kahane relocated in the spring o
 f 2020 to Portland\, Oregon\, where he lives with his family.\n\nTickets
 : https://ci.ovationtix.com/36622/performance/11852706\n\nhttps://findlo
 cal.community/event/d1bd9bdc-35c3-448e-a432-0901d0fb5b56
LOCATION:Groton Hill Music Center\, 122 Old Ayer Rd\, Groton\, MA 01450
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/d1bd9bdc-35c3-448e-a432-0901d0fb5b5
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