New Music USA has named 85 awardees for the New Music Organization Fund’s 2024 grant cycle. This year, 702 applications were submitted. Grant seekers included music organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues spanning 17 states. Applicants chose their preferred funding strand from one of the following categories: General Operating Support, Creation of New Work, or Live Music {…}
(Photo credit: Digitice Media Team) The International Contemporary Ensemble has announced its 2024-25 season. This article only contains classical vocal performances. Soloists Alice Teyssier and Damian Norfleet, the Quince Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and composer Courtney Bryan at the piano present her works “Requiem,” “Blessed,” and “Dreaming” (“Freedom Sounds”) as part of the Composer Portraits series. Performance Date: Sept. 12, {…}
The International Contemporary Ensemble and PRiSM are set to present “Music, AI, and Co-Creation” on May 16, 2024. The showcase, which takes place at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, features six world premieres by Emily Howard, Sam Salem, Bofan Ma, Megan Steinberg, Zakiya Leeming, and Robert Laidlow. Per a description in an official press release, “performed by members of the International {…}
The International Contemporary Ensemble will present “World Premieres & Recent Works” on April 3 at Chelsea Factory in New York City. The showcase, featuring vocalists Alice Teyssier and Fay Victor, starts at 7:30 p.m. and spotlights several unique works by Bonita Oliver, Sylvain Souklaye, Fay Victor, Cathy Berberian, Nathan Davis, and Clara Warnaar. There will be three world premieres on {…}
International Contemporary Ensemble is set to present “Anthony Davis & Leila Adu-Gilmore” on March 2, 2024 at the NYU Skirball Center. The showcase will feature Davis at the piano alongside vocalist Adu-Gilmore. Both performers will present their own compositions. First up, audiences will hear the world premiere of the live version of Adu-Gilmore’s “Mahakala Oratorio.” Then comes her “Alyssum” for {…}
(Photo credit: Catherine Koch) The International Contemporary Ensemble gives the world premiere performance of Yvette Janine Jackson’s “T-Minus: A Radio Opera” on Jan. 19 at Roulette. The new work “T-Minus,” commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, is themed around the environmental and socioeconomic impact of space tourism on local communities near {…}
International Contemporary Ensemble has announced its 2023-24 Season. For this article, only vocal performances are listed. In October, the Ensemble will present a George Lewis Portrait Concert. On the program is the U.S. premiere of Lewis’ “H. narrans” (2020), a work for voice and chamber ensemble. Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2023 A performance of John Cage’s series of compositions titled “Ryoanji,” {…}
The International Contemporary Ensemble, in collaboration with The New School‘s College of Performing Arts, will present “Ensemble Evolution.” The first performance, scheduled for June 26 at The New School, will feature world premieres by Cleo Reed’s “Reeding Room: The Early Oeuvre” and Sandra Kluge’s “Anything is Everything,” among other works. The performance will feature Alice Teyssier on voice and flute, {…}
Credit: Nisha Sondhe & Zeynep Özkanca The International Contemporary Ensemble is set to premiere Mazz Swift‘s “MEMORY THREE: Wrestling Waters” and Murat Çolak’s “LAV (Death is Not Final).” Swift will perform vocals and violin along with Alice Teyssier, who will provide vocals and flute, Peter Evans on the trumpet, and Cory Smythe at the piano for the world premiere of {…}
International Contemporary Ensemble joins contemporary string quartet The Rhythm Method for “A Pin Drops.” The program, which will premiere new works by composers Kevin Ramsay and Lewis Nielson at Target Margin Theater in Brooklyn, will be presented on Oct. 28. The opening of the program will be “A Pin Drops Like a Pungent Odor” for string quartet and contrabass, commissioned {…}
In partnership with Opera Omaha and FringeArts, the International Contemporary Ensemble will host the Afro-Diasporic Opera Forum, a free, three-day series of events that center on stories of Black experiences. The Ensemble is an artist collective dedicated to transforming the way music is created and experienced. Events kick off with an opening session on May 25, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. {…}
