International Contemporary Ensemble launches the Library’s celebration of bold musical invention. Join us for a program of exhilarating sound experimentation, tracing a music lineage from the earlier computer works of Charles Dodge, through the pathbreaking installations of Alvin Lucier, on to a new generation of music innovators, led by Nokia Bell Labs artist in residence, Seth Cluett. An installation highlighting electronic music innovations will continue into the spring.

This event takes place in the Library for the Performing Arts' Vincent Astor Gallery, at the Amsterdam Avenue entrance.

Photo: Krisanne Johnson

OpenICE is made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, 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, 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. This project is supported by Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology program. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.