ICE at the 2017 Ojai Music Festival
ICE returns to the Ojai Music Festival for its third consecutive summer! 2017 Festival programming will feature the world premiere of a commissioned violin concerto by Vijay Iyer for violinist Jennifer Koh; the West Coast premiere of George Lewis’ Afterword: The AACM (as) Opera, based on his award-winning book A Power Stronger than Itself; Stravinsky’s Le Sacré du Printemps in a new arrangement for ICE by Cliff Colnot; and Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi – film by Prashant Bhargava with music by Vijay Iyer, performed with ICE.
Festival Schedule:
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
2:00-5:00pm | Ojai Valley Community Church (907 El Centro St)
Ojai Talks
Part I: The Art of Improvisation with Vijay Iyer and Ara Guzelimian
Part II: Music in the Community with guest panelists moderated by Ara Guzelimian
8:00-10:00pm | Libbey Bowl
Evening Concert
VIJAY IYER: Emergence (American Premiere)
Vijay Iyer, piano | Stephan Crump, bass | Tyshawn Sorey, drums | ICE | Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble | Steven Schick, conductor
IYER: Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
Commissioned by Ojai Music Festival, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, and Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Jennifer Koh, violin | ICE | Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble | Steven Schick, conductor
Special thanks to Helen and Justus Schichtling for underwriting support
Duo
Vijay Iyer, piano | Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
9:00-10:00am | Zalk Theatre, Besant Hill School (8585 Ojai Santa Paula Rd)
Daybreak Concert (Ojai Member Event)
JEN SHYU: Solo Rites: Seven Breaths
Jen Shyu, vocalist/composer
1:00-3:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Afternoon Concert
Density 2036: Music by Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey and others
Claire Chase, flute
TYSHAWN SOREY DOUBLE TRIO
The Inner Spectrum of Variables
Tyshawn Sorey, drums | Cory Smythe, piano | Chern Hwei Fung, violin | Kyle Armbrust, viola |
Rubin Kodheli, cello | Chris Tordini, bass
7:00-7:45pm | Libbey Bowl
Ojai Talks
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM): Ongoing Impact
Guest panelists TBD
8:00-10pm | Libbey Bowl
Evening Concert
GEORGE LEWIS: Afterword (West Coast Premiere)
Joelle Lamarre, soprano | Gwendolyn Brown, contralto | Julian Otis, tenor| ICE | Steven Schick, conductor | Sean Griffin, director
ICE
10:30-11:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Free Late Night
Bach and Beyond
J.S.BACH: Partita in D Minor
MISSY MAZOLLI: Dissolve, O My Heart
LUCIANO BERIO: Sequenza for solo violin
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN: Lachen Verlernt for solo violin
Jennifer Koh, violin
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
9:00-10:00am | Zalk Theater, Besant Hill School (8585 Ojai Santa Paula Rd, Ojai)
Daybreak Concert (Ojai Member Event)
Nicole Mitchell, flute
ICE
1:00-3:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Afternoon Concert
VIJAY IYER: Mozart Effects
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: Moments Musicaux
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Quartet in Eb Major, K. 428
Brentano Quartet
Conduction®
TYSHAWN SOREY Autoschediasms for Creative Chamber Orchestra
Tyshawn Sorey, leader | ICE
7:00pm | Libbey Park Tennis Court
Concert Insights
8:00-9:45pm | Libbey Bowl
Evening Concert
IGOR STRAVINSKY (arr. Cliff Colnot): Le Sacre du Printemps
ICE | Steven Schick, conductor
VIJAY IYER: RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi
Film by Prashant Bhargava
Vijay Iyer, piano | Tyshawn Sorey, percussion | ICE | Steven Schick, conductor
10:30-11:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Free Late Night
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Art of the Fugue excerpts
Brentano Quartet
VIJAY IYER Time, Place, Action
Vijay Iyer, piano | Brentano Quartet | Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
COURTNEY BRYAN Yet Unheard (World Premiere of chamber version)
Text by Sharan Strange
Helga Davis, soprano | Joelle Lamarre, soprano | tba, contralto | Julian Otis, tenor | ICE | Steven Schick, conductor
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
9:00-10:00am | Ojai Art Center (113 S. Montgomery St)
Free Community Concert
The Trio featuring
Muhal Richard Abrams, piano | Roscoe Mitchell, winds | George Lewis, trombone and electronics
** Early Bird series subscribers receive first access. No reservation required. Space will be on a first come, first served basis for general public**
1:00-3:00pm | Libbey Bowl
Afternoon Concert
Zakir Hussain, tabla | | Vijay Iyer, piano | Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophone| Aruna Sairam, singer
5:30-7:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Evening Concert
VIJAY IYER SEXTET
Vijay Iyer, piano | Stephan Crump, bass | Tyshawn Sorey, drums | Steve Lehman, alto saxophone | Graham Haynes, cornet and flugelhorn | Mark Shim, tenor saxophone
Festival programs, artists, and schedule are subject to change.