OpenICE Season Opener at Abrons Arts Center
September 7 to September 10, 2017
Our free OpenICE performances of 2017-18 season kick off at the Abrons Arts Center with this weekend of thrilling programs curated, as always, by the ICE performers.
September 7, 5:00 PM, location TBA
Workshop with families and young musicians
September 8, 8:00 PM, Playhouse
OpenICE concert
Sky Macklay: FastLowHighSlow for violin and piano
Walter Zimmermann: Baile de la conquista for flute, oboe, and percussion
Suzanne Farrin: prisoner poems for voice and bassoon
Matthias Pintscher: Janusgesicht for viola and cello
Nils Vigeland: Reading for violin and piano
Misato Mochizuki: au bleu bois for solo oboe
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir: Aeriole for ensemble
September 9
1:00 PM, Experimental Theatre
Meet and greet with ICEcommons composers
8:00 PM, Playhouse
OpenICE concert
Ken Ueno: Ghost Flowers for viola, guitar, and percussion
Brigitta Muntendorf: Hin und Weg for voice and cello
Dai Fujikura: The Voice for bassoon and cello
Karin Wetzel: Amorphose 2 for guitar and electronics.
Anna Thorvalsdottir: New Work for flute and guitar
Tonia Ko: Moments for piccolo and guitar
Lee Hyla: Ciao Manhattan for viola, cello, alto flute and piano
Mario Diaz de Leon: Trembling Time II for string trio
September 10, 11:00 AM, location TBA
Workshop with families and young musicians
Alice Teyssier, flute and voice
James Austin Smith, oboe
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Josh Modney, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Ross Karre, percussion
Nathan Davis, percussion
Dan Lippel, guitar
CREDITS
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, MAP Fund, Pew Charitable Trusts, 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.