Austin gets Ambitious!

We’re going to Texas! This Ambitious Orchestra, Lady Circus & Bro Circus are packing up and migrating south to perform for the grand opening of the Beauty Ballroom in Austin, Texas. Come out to this brand new 700 person venue- we’ll be there January 28th at 9:00pm! Check out our EVENTS PAGE or find more info about the Beauty Ballroom HERE. Beauty Ballroom Box Office- 512.391.1943.

Posted in news on January 21st, 2012

LADY CIRCUS and BENJAMIN ICKIES presents: THIS AMBITIOUS SHOW

Lady Circus & Benjamin Ickies present “This Ambitious Show” Friday, January 20, 2012 (that’s THIS Friday!). 8pm & 11pm at Brooklyn’s House of Yes. Reserve tickets HERE and enjoy the preview below.

Restaged and revived from summer’s hit symphonic rock ballet production.

You arrive to New York City, your eyes are bright and your heart is young. You step outside of the train staton and are immediately crushed by the buildings, suffocated by the noise and swept up by the crowds. Panic swells up in your chest – you are utterly alone in a city of 8 million. You have no choice, you breathe it all in.

You trade comfort for chaos. You take unimaginable risks in the name of adventure. What was insane back home is now the norm. You let yourself fall irreversibly in love. You lock lips with the city and it tastes like a familiar poison. You commit to your addiction, letting it destroy everything you thought you were. One day you wake up and realize that you’re home. You have paid your dues and you finally belong in the city built for the fearless, the beautiful and the ambitious. Read more »

Posted in news on January 16th, 2012

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@benjaminickies: Taking the new home studio for a test spin: The Pixies, The Clash and Bartók but settling on Smetana for now.

Posted in tweets on December 29th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: Probably was a bad idea to sign all these performance contracts right after painting my nails red & green.

Posted in tweets on December 14th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: I have walked over the Williamsburg bridge 5 times in the last 3 days. Great way to watch summer turn into fall.

Posted in tweets on September 12th, 2011

This AO & Benjamin Scene & Heard in NEXT Magazine

Check out this review of our Freddie Mercury birthday party and show in NEXT Magazine:

SCENE + HEARD: Benjamin Ickies Says Freddie Mercury Saved Him From The Influence Of R&B, At Oh! You Pretty Things’ Queen Tribute

Warm fuzzy quote: “Freddie Mercury was alive once more within the walls of Le Poisson Rouge”

Correction: Benjamin is a proud Brooklynite and hasn’t lived in the Heights for nine years, though the thing about reggaeton is totally true.

Posted in news on September 10th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: Italicizing some text crashed my Sibelius software. We can put a man on the moon, but this is too much?

Posted in tweets on May 28th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: They say beware the ides of March, but the ides of April ain’t so great either.

Posted in tweets on April 14th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: to the Pro Tools users: ever spent 20 minutes tearing your place apart looking for your iLok only to find it plugged in to your computer?

Posted in tweets on March 19th, 2011

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@benjaminickies: took apart and cleaned my computer keyboard. Dirtiest key: delete.

Posted in tweets on March 7th, 2011