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ICE at UCSD | Music of Rand Steiger

  • University of California San Diego   Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093  (map)

Steven Schick, conductor

ICE performs the Coalescence Cycle, six works for instruments and electronics by Rand Steiger, written for ICE's incredible soloists. Steiger's dynamic music, featuring astonishing electronic accompianments, were premiered at Miller Theatre in New York in 2013.  Following a week of recording these exceptional pieces, ICE brings these works to UCSD's Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall for the complete cycle under the direction of Steven Schick.

Cyclone (2013) - clarinet and electronics
Joshua Rubin, clarinet

Concatenation (2012) – bassoon and electronics
Rebekah Heller, bassoon

Light on Water (2012) – flute, piano and electronics
Claire Chase, flute; Jacob Greenberg, piano

Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Ensemble (2013)
Peter Evans, trumpet; Steven Schick conductor

Mourning Fog (2012) – cello and electronics
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello

Coalescence (2013) – thirteen soloists and electronics
Steven Schick, conductor

International Contemporary Ensemble

Claire Chase, flute
Alice Teyssier, flute
Nick Masterson, oboe
Campbell MacDonald, clarinet
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
Peter Evans, trumpet
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Nathan Davis, percussion
Ross Karre, percussion
Jennifer Curtis, violin
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Randall Zigler, bass