Livestream will be up at 7pm ET on our homepage
On December 8th, the International Contemporary Ensemble combines with the Wet Ink Ensemble to present new works on themes of text, language, and syntax by artists such as Rebecka Ahvenniemi and Linda Catlin Smith alongside Anthony Braxton's Syntactic Ghost Trance Music, featuring performances by Lesley Mok, Cory Smythe, Eric Wubbels, Ann Webber, Dan Lippel, Mariel Roberts, Josh Modney, and Alice Teyssier.
Not able to make it in-person? We'll have the livestream up on our homepage at www.iceorg.org on December 8th.
PROGRAM
Rebecka Ahvenniemi lecture on Pippi Longstocking: Who would Pippi be as a composer?
R. Ahvenniemi: Sonata in Pippi Form (2020) for violin and piano performed by Josh Modney, violin, and Cory Smythe, piano
Linda Catlin Smith: Dreamer Murmuring (2016) performed by Josh Modney, violin, Mariel Roberts, cello, and Eric Wubbels, piano
R. Ahvenniemi: Dada-Aria (2019) performed by Alice Teyssier, voice
Eric Wubbels: Hz Spectrum, from if and only if (2018-19) performed by Josh Modney, violin, Mariel Roberts, cello, and Eric Wubbels, piano
Anthony Braxton: Compositions 131 & 256 feat. Lesley Mok, Josh Modney, Eric Wubbels, Anna Webber, Mariel Roberts, Dan Lippel, Alice Teyssier, and Cory Smythe
Wet Ink Ensemble
Josh Modney, violin
Mariel Roberts, cello
Eric Wubbels, piano
The Wet Ink Ensemble is a collective of composers, performers and improvisers dedicated to adventurous music-making. Named “The Best Classical Music Ensemble of 2018” by The New York Times, Wet Ink’s work is rooted in an ethos of innovation through collaboration, extending from the music and the unique performance practice developed in the “band” atmosphere of Wet Ink’s core octet of composer-performers, to projects with a broad range of renowned creators, from Evan Parker to George Lewis to Peter Ablinger, and committed performances of music by young and underrepresented composers, from today’s most promising emerging voices to the next generation of artists. For the 2021-22 season, Wet Ink is proud to welcome Katherine Young (bassoon, composition) and Nick Dunston (bass, composition) as Artists-In-Residence. https://www.wetink.org/
CREDITS
The International Contemporary Ensemble’s performances and commissioning activities during the 2021-22 concert season are made possible by the generous support of our board of directors and many individuals as well as The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., MAP Fund, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The Casement Fund, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The International Contemporary Ensemble was the Ensemble in Residence of the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology from 2018 - 2021. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for the International Contemporary Ensemble.