Thank you for joining us for THE GREATEST TALENT SHOW ON PLANET EARTH!

We have an amazing show for you tonight, celebrating the imaginations of our friends in the creative arts. We, and they, are facing an uncertain future with all of our tour dates and work cancelled through June, and likely much longer. If you are able, and so moved, we hope you’ll support those that have provided a donation link here…and make a point to seek them out once we can all attend live shows again.

Make a tax-deductible DONATion TO SPEKTRAL

ON WITH THE SHOW!

program

SET ONE

DAVID SKIDMORE
Live bread-baking

GAEA LADY
A mesmerizing fire dance

(Send a tip via VENMO or PAYPAL)

SAMI GERSHENHORN
11-year-old pianist with big dreams

STEPHEN KASS
Poem: "To All the Starving Artists" by Nathanael Larochette

KARL MAUER
Highway 61 Blues

(Karl encourages you to donate to Ronald McDonald House)

SET TWO

The Gixaby Trio: SHIH-WEI WU, ANTHONY CAULKINS, MICAHEL MATTHEWS
Musical meditation for shakuhachi, guitar, and synth

FRED SASAKI: SASAKI FAMILY ZINES
Family art and advice plus feelings and emotions, featuring a performance of their newly released zine, “You Gots to Chill”

(Fred encourages you to donate to TLF Freelance Emergency Fund)

ANDY JASINSKI
Toy piano performance of Tom Lehrer’s “Vatican Rag”

KAI AND THE RISDOLLS (SKY MACKLAY & SAM PLUTA)
Air bass guitar and oboe to NPR’s “Marketplace” theme song

MARY MAZUREK
Fan dance to “Musica universalis,” by Alex Baranowski

(Donate to Mary’s TIP JAR)

NIIKA NEMIROVSKY
Live vocal performance

THREE MINUTE intermission

SET THREE

Check-in with DAVID SKIDMORE

WINSTON BOOGERS
A creepy old man discovers TikTok

DANNY MULAE
A yo-yo monologue: “Talent”

ELIZA BROWN & CHRIS WILD
Beatrix, The World’s Greatest Hunter of Easter Eggs

(Eliza and Chris encourage you to donate to The NewMusicUSA Solidarity Fund)

HANNAH COLLINS & SPECIAL GUEST
Facial choreography to a favorite from the Spektral Quartet's discography

SET FOUR

RUSSELL O’ROURKE
An original song written during quarantine, about getting a haircut without giving the barber clear instructions

(Russell encourages you to donate to COVIDBailoutNYC)

MELISSA RAPEY
Tutorial: How To Cut Your Own Bangs during shelter-in-place
(Donate to Melissa’s TIP JAR)

ALEX LEE
Vocal performance... with musical saw

(Donate to Alex’s TIP JAR)