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Gene Pritsker 2 May 2026, 16:41 (19 hours ago) to me, Zachary Gindi-Chiafullo, Christian Capeluto, and Guys please post hits asap its a bit late and i dont think i heard from everyone - but i assume the last dew press releases i sent - have been posted ? thanks all g Marina 10, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Zach: 4, 12, 16, 19, Christian 11, 14, 23, 21, Paige 15, 18, 20, 25, Subject: CompCord Polka Band - May 29th Loft393 View as Webpage Composers Concordance CompCord Polka Band CompCord Polka Band Closes the Festival with Politically Charged Musical Satire Part of the 14th Annual CompCord Festival – Comedy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CompCord Polka Band Closing the festival with high-energy flair, the CompCord Polka Band will spin a joyful, tongue-in-cheek celebration of dance and tradition—laced with protest spirit and sly political commentary. Friday, May 29th at 7pm Loft393 393 Broadway (2nd floor), NYC TICKETS Facebook New York, NY — May 29, 2026 — Composers Concordance presents CompCord Polka Band, the closing event of the 14th Annual CompCord Festival: Comedy, on Friday, May 29 at 7:00 PM at Loft393 (393 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York City). Blending contemporary composition, folk traditions, political satire, and theatrical performance, the concert transforms the polka into a vehicle for social commentary, absurdist humor, and musical rebellion. At a time when political discourse often veers toward the surreal, the program responds with music that is equally incisive and outrageous. Through exaggerated gestures, subversive texts, and playful distortions of vernacular traditions, these works confront power structures while reveling in the comic. The evening features compositions by Natasha Bogojevich, Charles Coleman, Dan Cooper, Lara St. John, Eugene W. McBride, Ginka Mizuki, Gene Pritsker, Jay Rozen, William Schimmel, Marina Vesic, Joseph Martin Waters, and Stefan Zeniuk, with featured works including: Grab That Pussy Polka – Gene Pritsker Let’s (All Now) Yodel! – William Schimmel The Little Room Behind Your Left Ear – Joseph Martin Waters Polka – Eugene W. McBride Performed by the CompCord Polka Band: Charles Coleman, vocals Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet Stefan Zeniuk, saxophone William Schimmel, accordion Jay Rozen, tuba Cesare Papetti, drums Max Pollak, dance As the culminating event of this year’s CompCord Festival: Comedy, the concert underscores the festival’s exploration of humor not as diversion, but as a profound artistic and political strategy. Through irony, absurdity, and exuberant collective performance, CompCord Polka Band asks what happens when protest learns to dance.