Dusk Variations: Clare and the Reasons August 23, 2010

Dusk Variations returns to the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park this summer. Mixing pop and alternative genres with classical music, this series of four free concerts will take place on Monday nights in August (August 2, 9, 16 and 23 at 6:30 PM). Dusk Variations is presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Millennium Park, with support from WBEZ Radio and vocalo.org. Back for a second season, Dusk Variations mixes electronica, folk, rock and the avant-garde with classical sounds challenging listeners’ perceptions and exploring ways that popular and alternative music influences classical musicians and composers.

Brooklyn-based/chamber group Clare and the Reasons is fronted by collaborators Clare Manchon and Olivier Manchon; this band creates swirling orchestral pop and is complete with a string section. The group presents elegant arrangements infused with beautiful harmonies, full of catchy melodies and childlike vocals. “Clare and the Reasons play sweetly intricate chamber-pop that somehow mingles folk-pop, Philip Glass, cabaret oompay and the Beach Boys—for starters—behind the songwriter Clare Muldaur Manchon’s poised high voice, with an endearing quaver,”  said The New York Times.  Clare and the Reasons will return from their appearance in Japan just in time to hit the stage at Millennium Park on August 23. 
 
For more about the artists:
http://www.claremuldaur.com

Official Website: http://www.millenniumpark.org/parkevents/event.aspx?id=1140