ICElab InFormation: George Lewis and Steve Lehman on the MCA Stage
December 3, 2011 | 3:00pm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago
FREE
George Lewis, composer
Steve Lehman, composer and saxophonist
Join ICE onstage at the MCA to be part of the process of creating new works for ICE's radical commissioning program, ICElab. Hear directly from ICE and composers George Lewis and Steve Lehman at this presentation featuring live music, video and a discussion with the composers in advance of their MCA premiere concert on February 5.
InFormation is your first opportunity to hear today’s music explorers demonstrate and talk about some of today’s most exciting works. No experience necessary!
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.
From the Blog
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Three Beats: InFormation Featured in Chicago Reader
December 2, 2011
For those of you in the Chicago area: don't miss ICElab InFormation, a FREE event tomorrow on the MCA stage. The event will include a discussion with ICE and composers George Lewis and Steve Lehman alongside live music and video in advance of their MCA premiere concert on February 5. Don't take our word for it - read the feature by Peter Margasak in the Chicago Reader:
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Pasts and Futures: George Lewis, Chicago, and A Power Stronger Than Itself
December 1, 2011
Chicago native, composer, instrumentalist, scholar, programmer, historian, MacArthur "Genius", and all-around musical pioneer George Lewis will be returning to his hometown this Saturday for ICElab InFormation, a FREE event at the MCA. Reserve your seat - right on the MCA stage - by clicking here Dr. Lewis was kind enough to compile this excerpt from his highly acclaimed book, A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music (which we highly recommend). The selections include a story from his early and formative encounters with the AACM in Chicago, a profile of the state of the Association at the ten year mark, and finally, a "futures" section: "An unstable polyphony of quoted voices, what follows is a section from a kind of virtual AACM meeting, sampled from the many self-critical musings that I heard in my interviews with my colleagues and friends in the collective."
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InFormation // Introducing Matt Orenstein
December 5, 2011
We're pleased to introduce Matt Orenstein, one of our new ICE interns, who you'll be hearing from periodically starting in January. He brings tidings from Chitown; read below for his account of ICElab InFormation, which took place on the MCA stage on Saturday:
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George Lewis x Jeff Parker x BOMB Mag
November 29, 2011
Chicago native and musical visionary George Lewis interviewed by Chicago-based musical visionary Jeff Parker in 2005, courtesy of BOMB Magazine. Chicagoans: if you find this interesting, don't miss InFormation, a FREE event on the MCA stage on December 3rd featuring Dr. Lewis, Steve Lehman, and ICE.
