ICElab 2011 at the Kitchen | ICE at the SONiC Festival
October 20, 2011 | 8:00pm
The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street
New York
$15
ICElab is the International Contemporary Ensemble’s new model for commissioning, developing, and performing new music, designed to nurture the essential composer-performer exchange through which groundbreaking musical ideas emerge.
This program features works created by all six of ICElab's 2011 composers all in one kitchen.
Program:
Marcos Balter (b. 1974): Edgewater, for two flutes (2009)
Marcos Balter: a vis, for clarinet and violin (2007)
Steve Lehman (b. 1978): Manifold, for flute, saxophone, clarinet, and live electronics (2010)
Steve Lehman : Lenwood and Other Saints Who Roam the Earth, for two flutes (2011)
Du Yun (b.1977): Viscissitudes alone, for electric guitar and tape (2011) NEW YORK PREMIERE
Phyllis Chen (1978): Beneath a Trace of Vapor, for flute, tape, effects and live video (2011) NEW YORK PREMIERE
Nathan Davis (b. 1973): Dowser, for bass clarinet and electronics (2009)
Mario Diaz de León (b. 1979): Portals Before Dawn, for two flutes, clarinet, synth, piano, percussion and electronics (2010)
ICElab receives leading support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, alongside generous funding from the Greenwall Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Listen to a clip of Dowser by Nathan Davis
From the Blog
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Steve Lehman: Lenwood & Other Saints Who Roam the Earth (2011)
October 11, 2011
Watch this video from the world premiere of ICElab composer Steve Lehman's Lenwood & Other Saints Who Roam the Earth (2011), taken from one of our Mostly Mozart performances at Lincoln Center this past August. While you are at it, read this thorough guest post from Steve about the piece. We'll be performing Lenwood again during our SONiC Festival show at The Kitchen on Thursday, October 20th - get your tickets today!
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Reviews from The Kitchen
October 24, 2011
Many thanks to all who came out to The Kitchen last Thursday and Friday! We had a great time. Check out these reviews from Consequence of Sound and Thomas Deneuville: "It’s not often that I leave a show speechless, feeling a deep desire to merely contemplate what I’ve just heard. The best live music experiences have certainly done this for me, as I walk out wide-eyed into the cool night air and think, What the hell just happened?..." -Consequence of Sound
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Rehearsal Shots from The Kitchen
October 19, 2011
We're getting ready for our Kitchen shows tomorrow and Friday...hope to see you there!
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Mario Diaz de León: Portals Before Dawn Video
October 6, 2011
ICElab composer Mario Diaz de León doesn't ever seem to slow down. A few short months ago, we featured an evening of his music as the program for our inagural ICElab concert at LPR, including a staggering new ICElab-commissioned work, Portals Before Dawn. Now, we are told that MDdL plans to release an album of his electronic music in late January on Shinkoyo, the label he co-runs. The release show will be held at The Stone during the last two weeks of the month, which Mario curated for Shinkoyo. Here is some footage from that night, shot by our friends at Meerkat Media. Portals Before Dawn, the incredible ICElab-commissioned work that received it's world premiere that night, begins about 38 minutes into the video.
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Kitchen Run Begins Tonight! + 20% Discount Tickets + More Rehearsal Shots
October 20, 2011
Our two night residency at The Kitchen starts tonight! Join us for an evening of the music of ICElab composers, presented as part of the 2011 SONiC Festival. A 20% discount is available for tickets for BOTH tonight and tomorrow night! Visit http://www.thekitchen.org/event/275/0/1/ to purchase and use the coupon code "icicle". See below for tonight's program details, and for more shots from the rehearsals:
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Guest Post: Nathan Davis on “Dowser”
October 7, 2011
Nathan Davis's music brilliantly reflects and expands upon the peculiarities and essential characteristics of instruments and the nature of acoustic phenomena. Here, the composer and ICE percussionist speaks about his piece, Dowser, for bass clarinet and electronics. ICE performs Dowser, along with works by several other ICElab composers, on Friday, October 20th at The Kitchen as a part of the 2011 SONiC (Sounds of a New Century) Festival.
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Guest Post: Marcos Balter on Instability, Variation, and the Beauty of it All
October 10, 2011
Here's another ICElab guest post, this one from the phenomenal composer Marcos Balter, on instability, variation, and the beauty of it all:
