Photo Credit: Cory Smythe by Moritz Bichler; Jennifer Curtis by Alexander Devora; Dan Lippel by Peter Dressel; Alice Teyssier by Blaise Hayward; Levy Lorenzo by Peter Gannushkin; Michael Lormand by Mike Gurfield; Rebekah Heller by Peter Gannushkin. Tyshawn Sorey by John Rogers.
Sorey’s “Autoschediasms,” first presented at the Ojai Music Festival in 2017 with the International Contemporary Ensemble, are live compositions: works composed in the moment, challenging the distinction between improvised and composed music. In this performance with the Ensemble, Sorey uses his unique language of visual gestures, text directives, and customized prompts to create a piece with the musicians in real time. The audience will experience a work that is unique to a moment in time, incorporating the distinct features of the Little Island Amphitheatre and the 10-year history of musical collaborations between Sorey and this Ensemble.
Alice Teyssier, flute
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Michael Lormand, trombone
Cory Smythe, piano
Levy Lorenzo, percussion
Dan Lippel, guitar
Jennifer Curtis, violin
Tyshawn Sorey, conductor
CREDITS
The International Contemporary Ensemble’s performances and commissioning activities during the 2021-22 concert season are made possible by the generous support of our board of directors and many individuals as well as The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., MAP Fund, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The Casement Fund, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 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 Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The International Contemporary Ensemble was the Ensemble in Residence of the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology from 2018 - 2021. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for the International Contemporary Ensemble.