Dave Soldier, Alex Greene, & Friends present The LeWitt Etudes

Dave Soldier, Alex Greene, & Friends present The LeWitt Etudes

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

Friday, October 2nd, 2026

Doors open at 7:00 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm

$25 in advance plus fees | $32 at the door

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New York-based composer Dave Soldier (John Cale, The Kropotkins, Thai Elephant Orchestra, Guided By Voices) joins Alex Greene (Rolling Head Orchestra, Echo Party) and other Memphians for a new expression of his LeWitt Etudes: Fifty Architectural Designs for Musicians (2015, Op. 34). Using that roadmap for groups composing in the moment, the players take prompts from Dave’s playbook and run with them in their own wild ways, with results ranging from hypnotic world-building to gorgeous laments. This Memphis version is sure to invoke some blues. The band features Ra-Kalam Bob Moses on drums and gonzo percussion, Greene on piano and synthesizer, Art Edmaiston and Chad Fowler on saxes and flute, Garry Burnside on guitar, Lorette Velvette on guitar, voice, and fife, Yella P on harmonica, and Sean Murphy on tuba and more. Dave will take up his trusty violin, mandolin, and banjo not even knowing where his etudes, which emulate rules for visual artists set down in Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings series, will lead. Don’t miss this utterly unique New York/Memphis musical mash up!