http://www.apapnyc.org/Pages/default.aspx
APAP is about shows that are entertaining, to be sure, but many of the showcases that I attended were absolutely first rate artistically as well. Lots of theater and dance, lots of genres from country music to jazz to cross-over to fringe theater. Not much straight classical, to be sure, but what there was offered innovative approaches to concert presentation. The ISPA and the CMA conventions, which I also attended in January, were staid by comparison. The shows of Voice Afire www.voiceafire.com fit APAP like a well-worn glove.
APAP is enormous - the biggest music trade show on the globe. The center of activity was the New York Hilton, where on 3 floors there were almost 1000 booths.
There were also almost 1000 showcase performances, counting performances done more than once.
Some of the showcases were performed at the Hilton, but most were scattered throughout Manhattan, in every imaginable venue. Here's a page from the 152 page of APAP Showcase Listings:
This year I didn't pay to have a booth and I didn't organize a showcase. Next year, I will enter the competitive soup that is APAP. Here are links to performers who showcased at APAP 2011:
Sweet Plantain (string quartet)
Real Vocal String Quartet
Acrobats of Cirque-tacular
Quartet San Francisco
And while you're at it, check out an excerpt of Circus Terrifico, Voice Afire's collaboration with Motus O Dance Theatre http://www.kbamonline.com/~kbamonline/motuso.html, their off-the-wall version of Swan Lake:
Comments on Classical Music presentation as staid and boring? And how about comments on: "Classical Music presenters talk the talk about innovating but don't walk the walk."
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