Schedule of Events 2005-2006
September 25 | 1-5 pm
John Cage MusiCircus!
Cage's Four3 for 12 rainsticks, two pianos and sine wave and excerpts from 45 Minutes for Speaker
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
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October 27-30, 2005
Dear Land
Two monodramas directed by Lydia Steier
Performance Space 122
New York City
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November 4 & 5, 2005 | 7:30 pm
Sound/Image Event
Music of Ligeti, Schnittke and Bartok
Painting of Robert Kuszek
Rosenberg + Kaufman
Fine Art
New York City
George Crumb
November 10-11, 2005
Recording of “Eleven Echoes of Autumn” for
Bridge Records (release 2006)
Academy of Arts & Letters, New York City
Tony Arnold & Jacob Greenberg
November 15-19, 2005 | Residency
University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Friday, November 18 | 8pm
Guest Artist Recital
George Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1965)
Philippe Manoury: Last (1997)
Anton Webern: Drei Lieder, Op. 18 (1925)
Kaija Saariaho: Adjo
Oliver Knussen: Autumnal (1976)
Magnus Lindberg: Linea D'Ombra (1981)
Performers:
Tony Arnold, soprano
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Daniel Lippel, guitar
David Bowlin, violin
Claire Chase, flute
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
David Schotzko, percussion
November 28-30, 2005 | Residency
Aaron Copland School of Music
Queens College, NY
November 30, 2005 | 8 pm
Student Composers Recital
LeFrak Concert Hall
December 1-17, 2005 | Residency
Columbia College Chicago
Augusta Read Thomas
December 12, 2005 | 8–10pm
“Live from Studio One”
WFMT Broadcast 98.7 FM
Chicago, IL
ICE with Tim Weiss, guest conductor
Augusta Read Thomas: Spirit Musings for violin and chamber
orchestra
Philippe Manoury: Last (1997) for bass clarinet and marimba
Dai Fujikura: Edge of Light (2003) for clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Dai Fujikura: Breathless (2004) for pizzicato violin and toy piano
Alexandra Hermentin: Kastena (2003) for violin and cello
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VII for solo violin
Huang Ruo: Concerto No. 3, Confluence (2002) for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, piano
Franco Donatoni: Arpege for sextet
Magnus Lindberg
December 17, 2005 | 8pm
Concert Hall of the Music Center
Columbia College Chicago
George Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1965)
Philippe Manoury: Last (1997)
Geoffrey Gordon: Fallen Eve (WORLD PREMIERE)
Lee Hyla: Pre-Amnesia (1991) for solo saxophone
Oliver Knuseen: Autumnal (1976)
Magnus Lindberg: Clarinet Quintet (1992)
Performers:
Marcy Stonkias, guest mezzo-soprano
Claire Chase, flute
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
David Reminck, saxophone
David Bowlin, violin
Marc Rovetti, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Katinka Kleijn, cello
William McDaniel, piano
Jacob Greenberg, piano
David Schotzko, percussion
Chicago Tribune Review…
Katinka Kleijn
January 29, 2006 | 7:30 pm
Music of Magnus Lindberg
Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
Presented by Miller Theatre
Tim Weiss, conductor
Katinka Kleijn and Joshua Rubin, soloists
David Lang
February 28 – March 4, 2006
Mass MoCA
Workshop of a new chamber opera, “Anatomy Theatre,”
with
David Lang, Marc Dion and Ridge Theatre
Concert March 4
March 13-18, 2006 | Residency
Conservatorio de las Rosas
Michoacan, Mexico
ICE returns to Morelia, Mexico, to offer two innovative programs of chamber music as well as master classes, workshops and collaborative performances with students at the Conservatorio de las Rosas.
Program I
Iannis Xenakis: Dmaathen, arr. ICE (1976)
Julio Estrada: Memorias Para Teclado for keyboard instruments (1971)
Pierre Boulez: Sonatine for flute and piano (1951)
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time (1940)
Program II
George Crumb: Eleven Echoes of Autumn (1965)
Alvin Lucier: Music for cello with one or more amplified vases (1993)
Earle Brown: Tracking Pierrot (1992)
Mauricio Kagel: Ranz des Vaches from Rrrrrrrr… (1992)
Joshua Fried: Headset Sextet (1998)
Fredric Rzewski: les moutons de panurge (1969)
David Bowlin, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Claire Chase, flute
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Jacob Greenberg, piano
David Schotzko, percussion
illustration by John Ritter
March 24, 2006 | 8 pm
Music of Magnus Lindberg
Miller Theatre
Columbia University, NYC
Tim Weiss, conductor
Katinka Kleijn and Joshua Rubin, soloists
Clarinet Quintet (1992)
Related Rocks (1997)
Linea d'ombra (1981)
Duo Concertante (1990/1992)
March 26, 2006 | 2pm
New Music at the Green Mill
Chicago, IL
ICE plays alongside Chicago musicians and chamber ensembles at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge.
Augusta Read Thomas
March 28, 2006 | 7:30 pm
Music and the Search for Meaning
ICE with Augusta Read Thomas
St. Xavier University
Chicago, IL
ICE joins renowned composer Augusta Read Thomas in a program featuring her works alongside new pieces by members of the Chicago Composers Forum.
Augusta Read Thomas: Pulsar for solo violin (2003)
Augusta Read Thomas: Rumi Settings for violin and cello
(2002)
Augusta Read Thomas: Diagonals for solo clarinet ((2005)
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Works by members of the Chicago Composers Forum
David Smooke, Ryan Ingebritsen, Janice
Misurell-Mitchell, Krystof Wolek
Marc Rovetti, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Daniel Lippel, guitar
Claire Chase, flute
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
William McDaniel, piano
David Schotzko, percussion
Saturday, April 8, 2006 | 8 pm
Symphony Space
New York City
ICE with Tim Weiss, TimeTable and Steven Schick
Elizabeth Hoffman: agajaggers for chamber orchestra (2006)
World Premiere
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Academy of Arts and Letters
Recording of Huang Ruo’s Concerto No. 4 for Naxos Records
Lawson White, engineer
April 20-27, 2006 | Residency
New York University
April 26, 2006 | 8pm
Merkin
Concert Hall
New York City
Music by NYU Student Composers
With: Matthew Cody, guest conductor
Read Time Out New York Associate Music Editor Steve Smith's review at his blog…
May 5-16, 2006 | Residency
Columbia College Chicago
Dai Fujikura consulting
with Pierre Boulez
David Schotzko in Joshua
Fried's "Headset Sextet"
Sunday, May 7, 2006 | 2 pm $6
New Music at the Green Mill
Chicago, IL
press release (pdf)
ICE joins New Music at the Green Mill (curated by Julia Miller), alongside Chicago-based groups Environmental Encroachment, Till by Turning as well as eminent improvisors Eric Leonardson and Carol Genetti, for an exciting program of Chicago and US Premieres. ICE presents a series of solo works by 2004 YCP Winner Dai Fujikura, as well as the Chicago Premiere of Joshua Fried's "Headset Sextet" for six performers.
Dai Fujikura: "Rubicon" for solo clarinet (2006)
Dai Fujikura: "Breathless" for toy piano and pizzicato violin
(2004)
Dai Fujikura: "Eternal Escape" for cello (2003)
Joshua Fried: "Headset Sextet" for six performers (2001)
ICE performers
Sebastian Huydts, guest toy pianist
Joshua Rubin, clarinet/headset performance
David Bowlin, violin/headset performance
Katinka Kleijn, cello/headset performance
Claire Chase, headset performance
Tony Arnold, headset performance
David Schotzko, headset performance
Tony Arnold, soprano
Friday, May 12 | 8 pm
Concert Hall of the Music Center
Columbia College Chicago
With: Tony Arnold, guest soprano
Anton Webern: Drei Lieder, Op. 18 (1925)
Kaija Saariaho: Adjo for soprano, flute and guitar (1982)
Magnus Lindberg: Linea D'Ombra for flute, clarinet, guitar
and percussion (1981)
Earle Brown: Tracking Pierrot (1992)
Dai Fujikura: abandoned time for electric guitar and ensemble
(US PREMIERE)
Sunday, May 14 | 3 pm
New Music Chicago
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
ICE is honored to be a part of New Music Chicago (NMC)’s first production in the Chicago area, alongside CUBE, Maverick, Accessible Contemporary Music, and Fulcrum Point New Music Project.
