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Musical ‘Giants’ come to Astoria
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ASTORIA — Giants In The
Trees, along with Brian
Bovenizer & The New Old
Stock, will perform at Asto-
ria’s historic Liberty Theatre
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30.
Tickets for reserved seating
are $20.
“The members of Giants
in the Trees, which formed
a year ago after an open call
for a local jam, all share a
common appreciation of
their natural Wahkiakum
County surroundings.
The band — composed of
famed Nirvana bassist Krist
Novoselic, operatic singer
Jillian Raye, slinky guitarist
Ray Prestegard, and groovy
drummer Erik Friend — also
has a great deal of musical
chemistry.
According to Novoselic
in an interview with the
MEGAN BLACKBURN PHOTO
Krist Novoselic plays bass and accordion in Giants In The Trees,
along with vocalist Jillian Raye (left), Erik Friend and Ray Prestegard.
Seattle Stranger, “We were
the only four who showed
up (for the jam),’” he said,
laughing. “But we wasted
no time. We started making
songs. I laid down that riff
for ‘Sasquatch,’ and we were
off.”
Two packages are avail-
able for this show:
• Giants in the Trees +
Carruthers Restaurant
Make a night of it! Enjoy
a special prix fixe menu at
Carruthers Restaurant (a
generous Liberty sponsor)
before you see Giants In The
Trees at the Liberty Theatre.
The $40 includes one ticket
to the show and one meal.
• Giants In The Trees +
The Commodore Hotel in
Astoria
Get 15 percent off
your tickets and 15 per-
cent off your room at The
Commodore Hotel. Call
503-325-4747 for room
availability and booking
information.
The Liberty Theatre is
located at 1203 Commercial
St.
Genre-defying PROJECT Trio plays the Liberty
ASTORIA — The Liberty
Theatre Classical Series pres-
ents PROJECT Trio 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 4. General
admission is $25.
The program includes
Johannes Brahms (“Hungar-
ian Dance No. 5”), Aequinha
de Abreu (“Tico Tico”),
Charlie Parker (“Yardbird
Suite”), J.S. Bach/Jethro Tull
(“Bourrée”), a retelling of
Peter and the Wolf by Sergei
Prokofiev, and lots of original
music — from classical to
jazz to hiphop to salsa and
everything in between!
PROJECT Trio will be
holding a workshop for
students at the theater prior
to their performance. The
students will then be able to
attend the concert for free.
Combining the virtuosity
of world-class artists with the
energy of rock stars, PROJ-
ECT Trio is breaking down
traditional ideas of chamber
music. The genre-defying
Trio is acclaimed by the press
as “packed with musician-
COURTESY
LIBERTY
THEATRE
PROJECT
Trio
ship, joy and surprise” and
“exciting a new generation
of listeners about the joys of
classical and jazz music.”
The Trio was forged out
of a collective desire to draw
new and diverse audiences
by performing high-energy,
top-quality music. Using
social media to broaden their
reach beyond the concert
stage and classroom, the
Trio has its own YouTube
channel, which has over 80
million views and 100,000
subscribers, making PROJ-
ECT Trio one of the most
watched instrumental ensem-
bles on the internet.
The group was featured
on NPR’s Morning Edition
and NPR Music’s series,
Heavy Rotation, where hosts
around the country share
a favorite new song. They
selected “Sweet Pea,” from
PROJECT’s 2012 Random
Roads Collection album, as
“one of the best new tunes
out there.”
The Trio is dedicated
to arts education, teaching
the art and joy of jamming
on classical instruments
and opening minds to what
instruments can do.
The Liberty Theatre is
located at 1203 Commercial
St.