Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:30pm

MCA Stage presents Roots & Return

Jayce Ogren, conductor

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL

ICE returns to the MCA Stage to kick off the 2010-11 season with Roots and Return, a program tracing the web of connections between recent musical works and the classic pieces that inspired them. The program features works by our longtime friend and collaborator Dai Fujikura, a Japanese-born composer whose intricately contrapuntal ICE (written for the eponymous ensemble) calls to mind the symphony of textures demonstrated in Memoriale, a miniature flute concerto penned by his mentor, Pierre Boulez. Also on the program is Arnold Schoenberg's kinetic Chamber Symphony No. 1, which heralds a dramatic departure from the 19th-century orchestra in favor of a leaner, more economical instrumentation. Closing the program is American icon John Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony, (2007), an open homage to the Schoenberg preceding it.

Pierre Boulez (b. 1925): Memoriale (...explosante-fixe...originel) (1985) for flute and eight instruments
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Chamber Symphony no. 1, Op. 9 (1906) for fifteen instruments
Dai Fujikura (b. 1977): returning (2006) for solo piano CHICAGO PREMIERE
Dai Fujikura: ICE (2010) for chamber ensemble CHICAGO PREMIERE
Son of Chamber Symphony(2007) for chamber ensemble CHICAGO PREMIERE

Monday, August 16, 2010, 7:30 pm

Mostly Mozart festival, with Ludovic Morlot and Pierre-Laurent Aimard

The Rose Theater at the Time Warner Center, 5th Floor
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
(at Broadway and 60th St.)

Using transcriptions of counterpoint from Bach's The Art of Fugue as a jumping-off point, ICE explores the transparent and colorful polyphony of George Benjamin (who uses the hiccup-like medieval hocketus technique), the theatrical polyphony of Harrison Birtwistle, and Helmut Lachenmann's Mouvement, "a whirring, rasping, ricocheting maze of new, beautifully fashioned sounds" (The New York Times).

Henry Purcell (trans. George Benjamin): Fantasia VII (1995)
George Benjamin: Antara (1987)
Harrison Birtwistle: Selections from Bach Measures (1996)
Harrison Birtwistle: Slow Frieze (1996)
J. S. Bach (arr. Luciano Berio): Contrapunctus XIX, from The Art of the Fugue (2001)
Helmut Lachenmann: Mouvement (- vor der Erstarrung) (1983)

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:30pm

MCA Stage presents Roots & Return

Jayce Ogren, conductor

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL

ICE returns to the MCA Stage to kick off the 2010-11 season with Roots and Return, a program tracing the web of connections between recent musical works and the classic pieces that inspired them. The program features works by our longtime friend and collaborator Dai Fujikura, a Japanese-born composer whose intricately contrapuntal ICE (written for the eponymous ensemble) calls to mind the symphony of textures demonstrated in Memoriale, a miniature flute concerto penned by his mentor, Pierre Boulez. Also on the program is Arnold Schoenberg's kinetic Chamber Symphony No. 1, which heralds a dramatic departure from the 19th-century orchestra in favor of a leaner, more economical instrumentation. Closing the program is American icon John Adams' Son of Chamber Symphony, (2007), an open homage to the Schoenberg preceding it.

Pierre Boulez (b. 1925): Memoriale (...explosante-fixe...originel) (1985) for flute and eight instruments
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Chamber Symphony no. 1, Op. 9 (1906) for fifteen instruments
Dai Fujikura (b. 1977): returning (2006) for solo piano CHICAGO PREMIERE
Dai Fujikura: ICE (2010) for chamber ensemble CHICAGO PREMIERE
John Adams (b. 1947): Son of Chamber Symphony (2007) for chamber ensemble CHICAGO PREMIERE

The International Contemporary Ensemble's 2010-11 MCA performances are generously supported by grants from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, the Amphion Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. Dai Fujikura's ICE was co-commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).

September 13-15

Son of Chamber Symphony Nonesuch recording

Sear Sound Studios
New York

ICE heads to the studio with composer John Adams to record his Son of Chamber Symphony (2007), conducted by the composer. This recording will be featured on a forthcoming Nonesuch release.

September 22, 24, 25, 8pm

Saariaho, Maa, at Miller Theatre

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
New York, NY

ICE presents the US premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s ballet, with choreography by Luca Veggetti. Maa (“land”) eschews a traditional plot structure, and is instead divided into seven parts, each meditating on themes of new worlds, frontiers, gates, and journeys. Live electronics including processing and natural sounds are mixed with a colorful instrumental ensemble including harp, strings, flute, percussion and harpsichord to project a mysterious borderland between the places of reality, memory and dreams.

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952), Maa (1991) for flute, percussion, harpsichord, strings and electronics UNITED STATES PREMIERE

October 13-15, 2010

ICE residency at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University
70 Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT

Members of ICE perform works by Wesleyan composers as well as works by Alvin Lucier (b. 1931), Elliott Carter (b. 1908), and Tyshawn Sorey (b. 1980).

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 8pm

Composer Portrait of Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Tony Arnold, soprano
Evan Hughes, baritone
David Byrd-Marrow, solo horn
Gareth Flowers, solo trumpet

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
New York, NY

Still only in his thirties, Matthias Pintscher (b. 1971) has been hailed by leading conductors and critics for his fresh compositional voice and dynamic conducting. The chamber works showcased in this program spring from diverse influences: e. e. cummings’s minimalist poetry, Cy Twombly’s abstract paintings, and the natural wonder of a total eclipse.

a twilight's song (1997) for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, percussion, viola, cello, soprano
on a clear day (2004), for solo piano
Un Despertar (2008), for baritone and piano
Sonic Eclipse (2010) for flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, two percussionists, two violins, viola, cello, bass NEW YORK PREMIERE

Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 pm

La Frontera, ICE at MoCP

Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

Dedicated to Omar Hernández-Hidalgo (1971-2010), a Mexican viola virtuoso who was murdered in Tijuana in June of 2010, ICE has commissioned three new works by young Mexican composers in memory of this extraordinary musician.

Edgar Guzmán (b. 1981), New Piece (2010) for violin/viola, cello, flute and clarinet WORLD PREMIERE
Ivan Naranjo (b. 1977), New Piece (2010) for violin/viola, cello, flute and clarinet WORLD PREMIERE
Samuel Cedillo (b. 1981), New Piece (2010) for violin/viola, cello, flute and clarinet WORLD PREMIERE

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

ICE: New Sounds at Da Camera Houston

The Menil Collection
1515 Sul Ross Street
Houston, TX

ICE makes its Texas debut at Da Camara Houston. Pairs of flutes and clarinets render a precise display of woodwind acrobatics featuring works by Steve Reich, Nathan Davis, Philippe Hurel and John Zorn.

Steve Reich (b. 1936): Vermont Counterpoint (1982) for flute and tape Nathan Davis (b. 1973): Dowser (2007) for bass clarinet with electronics Nathan Davis: pneApnea (2007) for flute with electronics
Philippe Hurel (b. 1995): Loops III (2002) for two flutes
John Zorn (b. 1953): sortilège (2001) for two bass clarinet
Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint (1985) for clarinet and tape

Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:30pm

ICElab Preview | Prism Path: Mario Diaz de León

Velvet Lounge
67 East Cermak Road
Chicago, IL

Mario Diaz de León's music focuses on acoustic/electronic hybrids that fuse the two elements into unified meta-instruments. Often structured as walls and gestures of shimmering sound, his work is influenced by contemporary composers Giancinto Scelsi, György Ligeti, Iancu Dumitrescu and Horaţiu Rădulescu as well as a wide range of electronic music, free improvisation, underground metal and American noise bands like Metalux and Sejayno. ICE is featured on his debut album for John Zorn's Tzadik label. In advance of the launch of ICElab in January 2011, ICE presents this ICElab Preview concert.

Mario Diaz de León (b. 1979):
Prism Path for two alto flutes and percussion (2009)
Mansion for two alto flutes, percussion, and electronics (2009)
The Flesh Needs Fire for flute, clarinet, and electronics (2007)
New Piece for bass clarinet and electronics (2010) WORLD PREMIERE
Armory Duo (2010) for electric guitar, drums, and tape CHICAGO PREMIERE

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's revolutionary model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six emerging composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor-made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, the composers and performers meet for two-week incubation workshops, experimenting with ideas and performance techniques as the new pieces take shape. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the basic ideas of each composer¹s work, introducing a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, inexpensive, accessible concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce diverse audiences to the new ICElab compositions. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and audio, and can be tracked on the ICElab website, giving everyone the chance to watch, listen, and participate as the projects develop.

December 15-17, 2010

Jason Eckardt: Undersong Recording for MODE Records

Steven Schick, conductor
Tony Arnold, soprano

ICE hits the studio with guest conductor Steve Schick to record Jason Eckardt’s four-part cycle, Undersong. Eckardt’s music has been a vital component of ICE’s core repertoire and has been featured on ICE concerts throughout the United States, and on tour in Mexico, Finland, and Germany.

Jason Eckardt (b. 1971): Undersong (2008)

Friday, January 7, 2011

Dutch new music at ISSUE Project Room

ISSUE Project Room
232 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY

ISSUE Project Room and the Netherlands America Foundaton present ICE performing works by young Dutch composers Yannis Kyriakides, Michel van der Aa, Martin Padding, and Peter Adriaansz.

January 17-21, 2011

ICE residency at Calit2, San Diego

ICE teams up with Composer-in-Residence Rand Steiger at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology to workshop new works for instruments with live digital processing.

Friday, January 28, 2011, 6pm

Ice(2) at the Art Institute of Chicago

Claire Chase, flute
Jacob Greenberg, piano

The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

Claire Chase and Jacob Greenberg respond to Gerhard Richter's highly textured painting, “Ice (2)” with an evocative and explosive duo program of 20th and 21st-century masterworks for flute and piano.

J.S. Bach/Salvatore Sciarrino: Toccata and fugue in d minor for solo flute
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000): fili (1981) for flute and piano
Charles Ives (1874–1954): Concord Sonata, No. III (1840-1860)
Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) : Euterpe's Caprice (2008) for solo flute
Pierre Boulez (b. 1925): Sonatine (1946) for flute and piano

February, 2011 TBA

ICElab Workshop with Mario Diaz de León

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Mario Diaz de León (b. 1979) played guitar in hardcore punk bands in the mid to late 1990's and began writing works for classical instruments with electronics in 2001. Initially inspired by composers such as Ligeti, Dumitrescu, Ryoji Ikeda, and Scelsi, his works for classical instruments draw on many influences including noise electronics, spectral music, free improvisation, avant rock, and underground metal.

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's revolutionary model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six emerging composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor-made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, the composers and performers meet for two-week incubation workshops, experimenting with ideas and performance techniques as the new pieces take shape. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the basic ideas of each composer¹s work, introducing a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, inexpensive, accessible concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce diverse audiences to the new ICElab compositions. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and audio, and can be tracked on the ICElab website, giving everyone the chance to watch, listen, and participate as the projects develop.

February 8, 2011

ICE at the Evolution Contemporary Music Series, Baltimore

An Die Musik
409 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD

ICE makes its Baltimore debut at experimental music-hub "An Die Musik" on the pioneering Evolution Contemporary Music Series. Claire Chase, Daniel Lippel and Joshua Rubin perform Mario Davidovsky's classic Synchronisms no. 10 (1992), as well as music by Steve Reich (b. 1936), Elliot Carter (b. 1908), and Edgar Guzmán (b. 1981).

February 17-18, 2011

ICE at the St. Croix Concert Series

Trinity Lutheran Church
115 North 4th Street
Stillwater, MN

ICE makes a winter visit to the St. Croix Concert Series in Stillwater, MN for a program of Tristan Murail, Philippe Hurel, Steve Reich, and ICE favorite George Crumb.

Steve Reich (b. 1936): Vermont Counterpoint (1982) for flute and tape
John Adams (b. 1947): Road Movies (1995) for violin and piano
Philippe Hurel (b. 1955): Loops III (2002) for two flutes
Tristan Murail (b. 1947): Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998) for flute, cello, piano, violin
George Crumb (b. 1929): Vox Balaenae (1971) for flute, cello and piano

Saturday, February 26, 2011, 7:30pm

MCA Stage Presents In the White Silence

Steven Schick, conductor & percussionist

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL

ICE brings the music of John Luther Adams (b. 1953), winner of the 2010 Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition, to the MCA Stage for this extraordinary winter concert in Chicago. In the White Silence is a transcendent expression of the Alaskan landscape that has informed Adams' music for over three decades. A string orchestra provides a backdrop of slowly shifting harmonies, while celesta, harp and percussion explore melodies high above.

John Luther Adams:
In the White Silence (1998) for celesta, harp, string quartet, two vibraphones, and string ensemble
Mathematics of Resonant Bodies (2002) for percussion and electronics

The International Contemporary Ensemble's 2010-11 MCA performances are generously supported by grants from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, the Amphion Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. Dai Fujikura's ICE was co-commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).

Friday, March 4, 2011, 8pm

Composer Portrait of Mario Davidovsky

Tony Arnold, Soprano
James Austin Smith, Oboe
Claire Chase, Flute
Joshua Rubin, Clarinet

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
New York, NY

In Mario Davidovsky's distinguished career, he has worked at the forefront of electronic music while also forging connections to classic forms, including folk music. Romancero, a playful song cycle, uses romance poetry drawn from from the Spanish middle ages, Sephardic poetry, and the Old Testament. Davidosky's ongoing series of Synchronisms are regarded as masterpieces of electroacoustic music. On this concert, ICE presents Davidovsky's first Synchronism for flute and tape as well as his most recent Synchronisms no. 12 for clarinet and tape. The program opens with Festino, an energetic and virtuosic quartet featuring guitar, which uses the sounds and gestures of electronic music as interpreted by acoustic instruments.

Mario Davidovsky (b. 1934):
Festino no. 1 (1993) for guitar, viola, cello, bass
Festino Notturno (1993) for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, bass
Chacona (1971) for violin, cello, piano
Synchronisms no. 1 (1962) for flute and tape
Synchronisms no. 12 (2007) for clarinet and tape
Quartetto no. 2 (1996) for oboe, violin, viola, cello
Romancero (1983) for soprano, flute, clarinet, and cello

March 14–18, 2011

Dai Fujikura, Phantom Splinter recording

SWR Studios
Freiburg, Germany

ICE checks in to the cutting-edge electronic music studios of SWR in Freiburg, Germany to record Dai Fujikura's Phantom Splinter (2009) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon.

March, 2011 TBA

ICElab Workshop with Steve Lehman

ICElab incubates an evening-length new work by Steve Lehman, Impossible Flow, tailor-made for ICE. Long known as a virtuosic saxophone player at the center of New York’s experimental jazz scene, Steve Lehman has also developed a reputation as a brilliant composer. His 2009 album Travail, Transformation, and Flow was placed on an unprecedented 30 Top-Ten lists of jazz and experimental albums around the world. Meanwhile his work with composers Tristan Murail and Anthony Braxton, and his extensive experience in electroacoustic media, have yielded a musical style at the frontiers of contemporary concert music and experimental jazz.

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's daring model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six ICElab composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, musicians of ICE meet with ICElab composers in workshop periods to spark new ideas and to allow composers and performers to experiment. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the fundamental ideas of each composer's work, to introduce a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce ICE's audience to the new works of ICElab composers. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and and audio and can be tracked on the ICElab website so that everyone can watch as the projects emerge and take shape.

Friday, April 8, 2011, 7:30pm

UnFold | ICE at MoCP

Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

The photographers whose works are represented at the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s “UnFold: Cape Farewell” exhibition have traveled to fragile natural environments on the tipping point of climate change. Since these locations are so remote, the technology of the camera becomes the sole means to create a human interaction with these places. The four pieces on this program use live electronic processing to explore and illuminate acoustic phenomena of instruments that are hidden to the listener. In doing so, the composers have used technology to give the audience an intimate look into the fragile underpinnings of sound, and a close-up glimpse into the interaction between people and musical instruments.

Dai Fujikura (b. 1977) : Phantom Splinter (2009) for oboe, bassoon, clarinet and live electronics CHICAGO PREMIERE
Nathan Davis (b. 1973): New Piece (2011) for bassoon and live electronics
Ignacio Baca Lobera (b. 1957) : New Piece (2011) for oboe, bassoon, clarinet and live electronics WORLD PREMIERE

Friday, April 14, 2011

ICElab | Meet the Composer Festival Presents ICE and So Percussion

The Morgan Library and Museum
225 Madison Ave
New York, NY

Meet the Composer presents a festival bringing new works by Chicago composers to New York. Chicago-based composer Marcos Balter's Aesopica revisits a selection of fables attributed to the mysterious Greek writer Aesop which, even twenty-six centuries after being written, continue to resonate with today's sociocultural issues. Commissioned by Meet the Composer and written for the members of ICE, this theatrical work is for audiences of all ages and is scored for narrator and ensemble plus electronics.
Also on the program are new works written for ICE's new music brothers-in-arms, So Percussion.

Marcos Balter (b. 1974): Aesopica (2011) WORLD PREMIERE

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's daring model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six ICElab composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, musicians of ICE meet with ICElab composers in workshop periods to spark new ideas and to allow composers and performers to experiment. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the fundamental ideas of each composer's work, to introduce a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce ICE's audience to the new works of ICElab composers. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and and audio and can be tracked on the ICElab website so that everyone can watch as the projects emerge and take shape.

Friday, April 26, 2011, 7:30pm

The Southern Theater Presents: ICElab | Music of Phyllis Chen, Steve Lehman and Mario Diaz de León

The Southern Theater
1420 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN

Members of ICE pair with three brilliant young composers to incubate new chamber music tailor-made for this Southern Theater performance. Toy pianist and multimedia magician Phyllis Chen weaves light, sound, and video into an elegant package. Master jazz saxophonist Steve Lehman breaks jazz harmony and rhythm into its spectral components. Minneapolis native Mario Diaz de León creates a hybrid sound that fuses the energy of metal and noise bands with acoustic instruments.

Mario Diaz de León (b. 1979): New Piece (2011) for two flutes, clarinet, percussion, piano WORLD PREMIERE
Mario Diaz de León: New Piece (2011) for bass clarinet and electronics
Phyllis Chen (b. 1978) : New Piece (2011) for flute, clarinet, piano and toy piano with video and electronics WORLD PREMIERE
Steve Lehman (b. 1978): New Piece (2011) for saxophone and piano WORLD PREMIERE
Steve Lehman: Manifold (2011) for saxophone, flute, clarinet and live electronics WORLD PREMIERE

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's daring model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six ICElab composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, musicians of ICE meet with ICElab composers in workshop periods to spark new ideas and to allow composers and performers to experiment. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the fundamental ideas of each composer's work, to introduce a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce ICE's audience to the new works of ICElab composers. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and and audio and can be tracked on the ICElab website so that everyone can watch as the projects emerge and take shape.

May 9-14, 2011

ICE in residence at Harvard University

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

ICE performs the works of graduate student composers in assuming its role as the Fromm Ensemble-in-Residence at Harvard University.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Du Yun: Angel’s Bone

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Fairmount Park
5201 Parkside Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

Du Yun’s music exists at an artistic crossroads of chamber music, theater, pop music, opera, cabaret, storytelling and poetry. Comissioned by the Mann Center, and working with ICE musicians, she will craft a evening-length theater piece, Angel’s Bone, detailing the tale of a seemingly ordinarily family with a sordid secret involving the exploitation and torture of angels for profit and sex. Featuring Du Yun as performer/narrator and live electronics by Phil Moffa.

Du Yun (b. 1977): Angel’s Bone (2011)

Saturday, June 4, 2011, 7:30pm

MCA Stage Presents ICElab | Marcos Balter, Du Yun, Nathan Davis

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL

ICElab explodes onto the MCA Stage with new works by three brilliant young composers. Chicagoan Marcos Balter writes colorful, playful music that bursts with energy. Nathan Davis draws music from the natural mechanics of acoustic instruments to illuminate the hidden sounds in our environment. Composer/performer Du Yun's music exists at an artistic crossroads of chamber music, theater, pop music, opera, caberet, storytelling and poetry.

About ICElab
ICElab is ICE's daring model for the commissioning, incubation and performance of new music in the 21st century. Each year, ICE selects six ICElab composers and gives them the resources they need to create concert-length works tailor made for the musicians of ICE. Early in the process, musicians of ICE meet with ICElab composers in workshop periods to spark new ideas and to allow composers and performers to experiment. Composers and performers develop interactive educational programs for local schools that demonstrate the fundamental ideas of each composer's work, to introduce a younger generation to the creation of new music. Finally, concerts are presented in multiple cities to introduce ICE's audience to the new works of ICElab composers. From beginning to end, the process is documented through video and and audio and can be tracked on the ICElab website so that everyone can watch as the projects emerge and take shape.

The International Contemporary Ensemble's 2010-11 MCA performances are generously supported by grants from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, the Amphion Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. Dai Fujikura's ICE was co-commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).

Friday, June 17, 2011, 7:30pm

ICE at MoCP: Infrastructure

Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago

Infrastructure is the backbone in the construction of a modern state. To accompany the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Infrastructure exhibition, ICE presents a concert of music that investigates the way that people interact with their constructed environments. Featuring works by Alvin Lucier (b. 1931), whose music often involves a touching collaboration between humanity and objects, John Cage (1912-1992), and two new site-specific works by Chicago composers written especially for this concert at the Museum.