Brownie, You're Doing a Heck of a Job - Ted Hearne

from KATRINA BALLADS by Ted Hearne
tedhearne.com
performed live at (le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 8/24/2010
text by George W. Bush, 9/2/2005
KATRINA BALLADS is an hour-long song cycle with music by Ted Hearne, performed by 5 singers and a band of 11 musicians. Drawn entirely from primary source-texts from the week following Hurricane Katrina - including everything from first-person testimonies of survivors to George W. Bush's infamous "heckuva job" -- Katrina Ballads calls us to remember our experiences during that week in August and September 2005. Like American music and New Orleans itself, Katrina Ballads is an omnivorous and multistylistic work.
KATRINA BALLADS won the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize in composition, awarded at the Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam. It has also been heard at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, New York City Opera, and at New York's (le) Poisson Rouge.
Released on New Amsterdam Records
Download Album: newamsterdamrecords.com/#Album/Katrina_B­­allads
Featuring:
Abigail Fischer, singer
Rene Marie, singer
Isaiah Robinson, singer
Anthony Turner, singer
Christopher Coletti, trumpet
David Hanlon, piano
Ted Hearne, conductor/singer
Kelli Kathman, flute
Nathan Koci, horn
Taylor Levine, electric guitar
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Eileen Mack, clarinet
David Medine, viola
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Kris Saebo, electric bass
Ron Wiltrout, drums
More information on the project at: katrinaballads.com