Musicians from the renowned International Contemporary Ensemble perform a concert featuring music written by PhD candidates in Brown University’s Music & Multimedia Composition program – all five pieces composed by these PhD candidate are world premieres. Also on the program is a work by the celebrated American composer George Lewis who has just begun a post as the artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The concert takes place at 3pm on Sunday, May 15 in Martinos Auditorium at the Granoff Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
Please note: masks are required at this event.
Program
Inga Chinilina, In den finsteren Zeiten (2022) world premiere
Instrumentation: vocalist, flute, saxophone, percussion*, violin, piano
Nicholas Bentz, filigree (2022) world premiere
Instrumentation: piccolo, soprano saxophone, percussion*, violin, piano, conductor
Jacob Sokolov-Gonzalez, Reorientations (2022) world premiere
Instrumentation: Flute, Sax, Percussion (any instruments), Piano, Violin, Soprano, Conductor, Electronics
Adeliia Faizullina, gold poem (2022) world premiere
Instrumentation: piccolo, violin, vocalist, piano
Amber Vistein, Icarus, just before (2022) world premiere
Instrumentation: vocalist, Flute/Alto Flute, Piano, Violin
George Lewis, Creative Construction Set
Instrumentation: an open instrumentation, situational-form work
Musicians:
Stephanie Lamprea, voice
Fay Victor, voice
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flutes
Ryan Muncy, saxophones
Josh Modney, violin
Julia Den Boer, piano
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Ross Karre, electronics
Nicholas DeMaison, 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.