ICE clarinetist and Program Director Joshua Rubin's debut solo recording, There Never is No Light (TUN 002) features landmark works representing forty years of electronic exploration in contemporary music. The album highlights music by Suzanne Farrin and Olly Wilson, newly commissioned works by New York-based composer/performer Mario Diaz de Leon and Mexican composer Ignacio Baca Lobera, alongside world-premiere recordings of computer music pioneer Mario Davidovsky and a new electroacoustic work co-composed with pianist Cory Smythe.
Joshua Rubin and Cory Smythe take the stage at Chicago's new music powerhouse Constellation for live peformances from this album, including several Chicago premieres.