Join ICE for the first free concert in our December residency at Abrons, featuring a quartet of favorite composers of the group and pieces which are new to us.
Steven Takasugi: Strange Autumn (2003-4) for vocalist-reciter, percussion, and recorded playback
Wojtek Blecharz: Raven (2007) for clarinet and piano (US premiere)
Mark Applebaum: Aphasia for soloist and tape (2010)
Natacha Diels: Words to Sleep By (2016)
Alice Teyssier, flute
Vasko Dukovski, clarinet
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Ryan Muncy, saxophone
Levy Lorenzo, percussion and electronics
Nathan Davis, percussion
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Nicholas Houfek and Isabella Byrd, lighting
ICE’s 2017-18 performances and commissioning activities are made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Casement Fund, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the 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 Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.