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Trey Anastasio, Don Hart And Orchestra Nashville Debut “Time Turns Elastic” At September 27th Season Opener At Ryman Auditorium

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Trey Anastasio, Don Hart And Orchestra Nashville Debut “Time Turns Elastic” At September 27th Season Opener At Ryman Auditorium Co-composed By Anastasio And Hart, Time Turns Elastic Continues Orchestra Nashville’s “Music Without Boundaries” Mission

Known for his role as Phish’s lead guitarist/frontman and for his adventurous solo works, Anastasio first teamed with Hart and Orchestra Nashville (then known as the Nashville Chamber Orchestra) for his June 2004 performance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Conducting them through a special set of material from his album Seis De Mayo, they gave the crowd of 80,000 rock fans a riveting introduction to “new classical” music.

Time Turns Elastic is the centerpiece of the writing Trey has been doing over the past 18 months while he’s been off the road. With long, orchestral passages intertwined with epic guitar lines and vocals, the piece is in the vein of such classic Anastasio compositions as “Divided Sky,” “Guyute” and “You Enjoy Myself.” For nearly a year, Hart, who also collaborated on Anastasio’s 2006 album, Bar 17, commuted between his home in Nashville to Saratoga, NY to work with Trey on Time Turns Elastic.

“I’ve never come close to the collaboration I’ve had with Don Hart,” says Anastasio. “A lot of work done on this piece is conceptual conversations. It’s a true collaboration.” Anastasio also realizes the value of Orchestra Nashville’s instrumentation to tell a story and give Time Turns Elastic its warranted weight. “The common ground is in the dream and the vision, all of us are interested in getting beyond boundaries. Don and I talk about writing emotional content, and there are certain emotions that can only be called out of an orchestra.”

That the premiere of this landmark project will be at the Ryman Auditorium, the mother church of country music, seems unlikely on the surface, but makes perfect sense when one considers Orchestra Nashville’s international reputation for commissioning boundary-breaking, ear-bending music.

Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Ryman Auditorium, 116 Fifth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37219, Doors 7:30pm, Showtime: 8:00pm

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 25th at 10:00am (Central Time) Tickets are $45.00, $35.00 and $25.00 Reserved Seating. This is an all ages show. Tickets will be available at the Box Office, select TicketMaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, Tickets will be available through a real time presale beginning Friday, July 18th at 10:00am (Central Time) and ending Thursday, July 24th at 5:00pm (Central Time) at http://treytickets.rlc.net Venue website: http://www.ryman.com/