Hello Cleveland! Viva la Revolucion!

     Yes, Cleveland -- there is a Revolution near you. To be exact, it' a Classical Revolution that will happen this Tuesday, April 19 between 8-10 P.M.
     All over the U.S., Canada, and Europe -- from Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, D.C., Portland, Seattle, Philly, South Florida, Houston, Pittsburgh, Berlin, Amsterdam, and even Cincinnati, bars and cafés will play host to chamber music.  Yes, that's right.  Out from the feathery cobwebs, starchy collars and powdered wigs (not that I mind powdered wigs seeing as how Mozart and Marie Antoinette were creators of ones I particularly dig) arrives classical music for a generation in the here and now.

    Founded in 2006 at the Revolution Cafe in the Mission District of San Francisco, Classical Revolution features recently graduated artists from music schools such as Oberlin Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Juilliard, and Rice University.  "To present concerts involving both traditional and modern approaches while engaging the neighborhood by offering chamber music performances in highly accessible venues and collaborating with local musicians and artists from various styles and backgrounds" -- its mission statement. 
   Since its creation, it has continually spread.  Who would have ever thought that venue choice alone could have such an immense impact on as high of an art form as classical music?  (Music in general, or any form of "self-expression," in my opinion, is high art. Yet many people consider "classical music" as the highest form of self-expression for the music world.  So, I say this in regards to those traditional folks.)  Classical Revolution makes classical music "cool" and accessible to the audiences culturally conditioned to receive pop, hip-hop, rap, and all forms of rock.  

   So, go check it out.  It will be fine, fab, fantastic, and all of the hip and pimpley-hyperboles one can muster.  It's at the Happy Dog on W. 58th & Detroit, Gordon Sq.