BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6//
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org
X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y
 ou did save
X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20130522T204341CEST-4214ku0xl6@artsboston.org
DTSTAMP:20130522T184341Z
CATEGORIES:Personal
CLASS:EVENT
DESCRIPTION:Event Name: An Evening with Amanda Palmer and Tristan Allen\nEv
 ent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/440983855/An_Evening_with_
 Amanda_Palmer_and_Tristan_Allen\nEvent Date Begin: 2010-12-12\nEvent Date 
 End: 2010-12-12\n\nA chance meeting with Amanda Palmer has led to the chan
 ce of a lifetime for Berklee summer student and Saratoga Springs\, NY-base
 d pianist Tristan Allen. Walking home from a rehearsal in late August\, Pa
 lmer met a group of Berklee summer students on the last day of the college
 's five-week program. She decided to take a picture of three teens who wer
 e hugging on a bench. They obliged\, and as she walked away\, one of the t
 eens\, Allen\, ran up after her\, having been told 'she plays cabaret pian
 o music.' When Palmer informed him she was in the Dresden Dolls\, Allen wa
 s shocked -- he had been a fan of the band for ages -- and asked if she'd 
 be interested in hearing his original piano music.  With no practice space
 s available\, Palmer said\, 'My house is six blocks away. I have a piano. 
 Let's go there.' So they did. Allen performed\, and his music so impressed
  Palmer that she asked him if she could webcast to her fans on the spot. F
 or the next hour\, he played original compositions and improvisations for 
 Palmer's online fanbase (over 450\,000 Twitter followers)\, insuring that 
 many would witness the event.  'The minute I saw him play the piano\, I wa
 s mesmerized\,' said Palmer. 'He reminded me a lot of myself when I was yo
 unger. The fact that he had the guts to ask me if he could play his music 
 for me\, right there on the street\, was what sold me. I thought: 'This ki
 d totally has what it takes to make it.''  The response was ecstatic and d
 emand for Allen's music was such that Palmer invited him to a studio a few
  weeks later to record a five-song self-titled EP. It was funded directly 
 from her fanbase using Kickstarter\, generating over $8\,000 in 48 hours. 
 The EP\, recorded in September in Boston with engineer Owen Curtin\, inclu
 des four of Allen's compositions and one four-handed piano duet\, 'J&aacut
 e\;nos vs. Wonderland\,' [download MP3\, AIFF] that Palmer and Allen wrote
  together and recorded exclusively for the album.  The CD release concert\
 , An Evening with Amanda Palmer and Tristan Allen\, takes place on Sunday\
 , December 12 at 7 p.m. (doors at 6:30)\, at the Berklee Performance Cente
 r (BPC)\, 136 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston. General admission tickets are
  $10 and are available now at the BPC box office and through Ticketmaster 
 (800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com). A limited number of free tickets will 
 be available for Berklee students\, faculty\, staff\, and alumni. For more
  information\, visit Berkleebpc.com or call 617-747-2261. The venue is whe
 elchair accessible.  The concert will be streamed live via Ustream at part
 yontheinternet.com. Ticket proceeds will fund a Berklee Five-Week Summer P
 erformance Program scholarship. Order the EP on CD or digital download on 
 Kickstarter.com.\n\nStart time: 7:00PM
DTSTART:20101212T000000
DTEND:20101212T000000
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:An Evening with Amanda Palmer and Tristan Allen
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR