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demands:
Sound:
- P.A. system
- 3 x stage monitors
- 4 x vocal microphones
- 2 x sax microphones
- 1 x trumpet microphone
- 1 x tuba microphone
Drums:
- 1 x bass microphone
- 2 x overhead microphone
- 2 x snare microphone
- microphone stands
Lighting:
- 10 x lanterns a 1000 W
- mixer
From
its very beginnings in the early eighties, the Ana Monro Theatre has been
using live music as a skeleton and tool for its productions. The musical material
from various shows accumulated throughout the years and finally led to The
Last Walzen, an hour-long musical theatre programme.
The Ana Monro Theatre music is not conceptually oriented, at least not to
the point that it could be ascribed a clearly defined musical genre. It flirts
with everything and everyone. It enriches national folklore with punk; it
sticks its own texts to popular folk songs; it perverts evergreens into new
'Monroian' hits; it combines rock'n'roll and brass music into a new fusion;
it transports the Wild West music to the Alps with its cows and cowboys; it
creates a deaf-mute quartet gesticulating a renowned folk song in its own
sign language; …
An attempt at defining and characterising the Ana Monro Theatre music presents
a dilemma that is best solved by placing this music into a newly invented
original genre, the Schlaf&BrassRock.
The Last Walzen by the Ana Monro Theatre is a
musical theatre production of brass tunes (by two saxophones, tuba, trumpet),
tribal rhythms (by drums, percussion), and original texts (by several vocals).
The Ana Monro Band repertoire is diverse (vocal, vocal-instrumental and instrumental
music) and knows of no limits, and therefore it is suitable for all sorts
of surroundings and events - from rock feasts, wedding ceremonies and festivals
to chamber happenings.