Don't miss the first of TWO world premieres concerts featuring works composed by the members of the 2020 Young Women Composers Camp! The cohort this year spans across the United States, as well as Canada, Asia, and Australia, all of whom have composed new works for solo instrument or voice for members of the International Contemporary Ensemble or Variant 6.

The first concert goes live at 7pm eastern on Wednesday, July 29th - just tune in to Young Women Composer Camp’s Facebook page to catch the livestream. Link: www.facebook.com/youngwomencomposers

This performance will feature solo works by composers Annie Bowers, Sofia Coman, Margin Zheng, Hannah Chen, Madeline Grass Doss, Athena Zhang, Rose Fevrier, Lila Onigman, Emily Singleton, Grace Coberly, Veda Hingert-McDonald, Audrey Wu, Adah Kaplan, Leia Sofia Mendez, Jordan Rosh, Kirsten Storms, Dianna Link, Carlia Van Hoorn, Vera Gjaja, Ava Lim, Emily Ta, Jordan Hendrickson, Jordan Sandoval, Mondriana Villegas, Bridget Bourne, Addison Hill, and Lucy Marone.

Performers include Rebekah Heller (bassoon), Katinka Kleijn (cello), Elisa Sutherland (mezzo soprano), Clara Warnaar (percussion), Jen Curtis (violin), Liz Hogg (guitar), Kristen McKeon (saxophone), Kyra Sims (horn), and Emmalie Tello (clarinet).

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Program Order (approx. duration 1.5 hours):

Set I: Clarinet (Emmalie Tello)
Bridget Bourne, "Wood Grooves"
Lucy Marone, "Beneath the Billows"
Addison Hill, "When The Earth Stops Singing"

Set II: Guitar (Liz Hogg)
Dianna Link, "Derecho"
Carlia Van Hoorn, "Exploración Flamenca"

Set III: Mezzo-soprano (Elisa Sutherland)
Lila Onigman, "Youth"
Rose Fevrier, "Wonder"
Emily Singleton, "all the stars i cannot see"

Set IV: Saxophone, Kristen McKeon
Ava Lim, "Transmutation"
Vera Gjaja, "Icy Climb with a Side of Mockingtrack"
Emily Ta, "once were"

Set V: Horn (Kyra Sims)
Jordan Sandoval, "Rue and Rosemary"
Jordan Hendrickson, "Bolide"
Mondriana Villegas, "Fanfare for Naught"

Set VI: Percussion (Clara Warnaar)
Veda Hingert-McDonald, "Frying Pan"
Audrey Wu, "Arrivals & Departures"
Grace Coberly, "earthworms, following heavy rain"

Set VII: Violin (Jen Curtis)
Kirsten Storms, "Falcon Castle"
Leia Sofia Mendez, "Cautious Goodbye"
Adah Kaplan, "whitewashed"
Jordan Rosh, "Onslaught"

Set VIII: Bassoon (Rebekah Heller)
Margin Zheng, "when pneum is named"
Annie Bowers, "1 makes 2 makes 1"
Sofia Coman, "Doina Zimbrului"

Set IX: Cello (Katinka Kleijn)
Hannah Grace Chen, "Delirium"
Athena Zhang, "Ortus"
Madeline Grass Doss, "Silva"

Performances and commissioning activities during the 2019-20 concert season are made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, mediaThe foundation inc., The 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 Agency. The International Contemporary Ensemble is the Ensemble in Residence of the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.