NEWS
Here in Berlin with Esther Neff, Valerie Kuehne, and Anya Liftig as part of Month of Performance Art Berlin! My first time in Europe has been a whirlwind I will never forget! Soon I will be back in New York City to perform the works of Ellen C. Covito with No Collective, perform NATURE FETISH at CPR and Grace Exhibition Space, and perform John Cage's epic Empty Words at Roulette, Exapno, and other spaces in the downtown Brooklyn area with Varispeed.
April 21, 2012Been busy building analog electronics and composing/music directing like mad, come see the results next weekend at University Settlement!
March 1, 2012March 17th, performing as What Color is Your Machine Gun? in solo performance as part of PERFORMANCY FORUM XXI
Feburary 8, 2012This Thursday, February 9th, performing as What Color is Your Machine Gun? in solo performance as part of Don't Say Shit in front of the B-A-B-Y
January 11, 2011Thanks to all who bought tickets to Davis Freeman's Too shy to stare! Looking forward to it tonight, Friday, and Saturday.
November 26, 2011New NATURE FETISH demo HERE
November 22, 2011Thanks to everyone involved with PPL's Conference of Work, That Morning Thing, PERFORMA, Varispeed, the Compendium, Spread Art, Vaudeville Park, the Kitchen, and Grace Space for a great November!
COMING UP
Jan 11, 13, & 14 (5pm and 9pm):Too shy to stare by Davis Freeman as part of PS122's COIL Festival.

Many thanks to Steve Smith for his wonderful review in the Times today (and Leanne G Bowley for this wonderful picture of it).

Beginning work on NATURE FETISH music, two sketches.
COMING UP
Nov 4, 5, and 11-13: PPL's Conference of Work at Grace Space and Vaudeville Park.
Nov 6: Perfect Lives Manhattan at various locations.
Nov 19-21: That Morning Thing at the Kitchen.
Time to start on NATURE FETISH, lots of exciting events coming up: Institute_Institut excerpt at EXAPNO Oct 8th, PPL performance art at Flux Factory Oct 29th, performance of two Robert Ashley pieces in November: a site-specific version of Perfect Lives as part of PERFORMA '11 on Nov 6th, and a performance of That Morning Thing at the Kitchen Nov 19th-21st. And last but DEFINITELY not least, the second PPL Conference of Work.
July 12, 2011Been hard at work on Institute_Institut, see Panoply's site for details on upcoming performances. I've added a TON of excerpts from my music for Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights on the work page, so please check them out!
May 24, 2011Working on the score for PPL's latest project, Institute_Institut
Institute_Institut aesthetics trailer from Panoply Lab on Vimeo.
Opening a show at the Brick Theater in early May, you don't want to miss it! Tickets can be found on the Brick's website HERE
If you haven't already, please investigate the "SHOWS" page for a list of upcoming shows I'm involved in through June!
I've started to perform solo again, please check out my bandcamp. PPL is also going to be performing a new piece with ensemble thingNY in May at the Brick theater (more information HERE). Solo show videos available here: http://vimeo.com/brianmccorkle/, here's an example:
Dinasaur Wheat - What Color Is Your Machine Gun? from Brian McCorkle on Vimeo.
The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of The Feminism Once and For All and On the Cranial Nerves of Barbarians now available online! Both of Panoply Performance Laboratory's first two operas in their entirey on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/panoplylab
Tonight at Surreal Estate with Paul Pinto, $5
Check out this blog post on the musicians from The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once and For All.
The previews were great, many thanks to Steven from ABC No Rio and our cast, musicians and brilliant production/design team! The day after my birthday, and the first full run of The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once And For All will open at Surreal Estate on July 22nd. For more information CLICK HERE. Would love to see you there!
The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once And For All will open at ABC No Rio on July 15th. For more information CLICK HERE.
An excerpt from PPL's new opera The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once And For All will air on postTV on May 25th.
Brian will be performing solo material at Surreal Estate (15 Thames in Brooklyn) AGAIN on March 25th (more information here).
Brian will be performing solo material at PPL's Performancy Forum at Surreal Estate (15 Thames in Brooklyn) on March 5th (more information here).
Welcome to Brian McCorkle's official (and only) site! I'm currently working on The Last Dreams of Helene Weigel or How to Get Rid of the Feminism Once and for All with librettist Esther Neff.
Check back for updates and show date information.