On Sunday, Dec. 8, at 8:00 PM, ensemble mise-en will present an hour-long program featuring two recent chamber works and two solo pieces by Louis Karchin at the Tenri Institute, in Manhattan. The concert, conducted by Music Director Moon Young Ha, will include As the Circle Opens to Infinity...., an extended seven-instrument composition inspired by the first part of poet H. D.'s Trilogy, The Walls Do Not Fall.  Processions III In Memoriam: Kaija Saariaho, for solo violin, will receive its world premiere, and was written in memory of the dearly-missed composer colleague.  A new five-instrument version of Karchin's recent Incantations and Dances, and Fanfare/Pavane, composed for flutist Patricia Spencer in 2000, will round out the program.

Tenri Institute
43a West 13th St.
New York, NY

Iva will perform Haydn’s C Major Cello Concerto with the Vassar College Orchestra, conducted by Eduardo Navega.

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Music on the Edge— University of Pittsburgh

The ensemble will perform works by Pittsburgh composers: Ramin Akhavijou, Emmanuel Berrido, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Danny Fratina, Aaron Myers-Brooks, Naama Perel-Tzadok, and Jay Rauch.

Tickets can be purchased in advance here: 

https://ci.ovationtix.com/36300/production/1210320

Unheard-of Concert 2

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Unheard-of Ensemble Concert 1

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The Department of Music presents a guest artist recital by Unheard-of Ensemble.

Location:

Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts - Sharon Martin Hall

Ticket Info: Free

ARE TRANSITIONS A BEGINNING OR AN ENDING? THEY’RE BOTH. THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT.

BalletCollective’s 2024 season THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT will feature two world premiere ballets and a revival of an acclaimed 2023 work, all of which creatively inspect the duality of change and the connections between endings and beginnings as interpreted by leaders in fields ranging from architecture to ballet to contemporary music to visual art.

All performances feature live musical accompaniment and a cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet.

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ARE TRANSITIONS A BEGINNING OR AN ENDING? THEY’RE BOTH. THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT.

BalletCollective’s 2024 season THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT will feature two world premiere ballets and a revival of an acclaimed 2023 work, all of which creatively inspect the duality of change and the connections between endings and beginnings as interpreted by leaders in fields ranging from architecture to ballet to contemporary music to visual art.

All performances feature live musical accompaniment and a cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet.

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ARE TRANSITIONS A BEGINNING OR AN ENDING? THEY’RE BOTH. THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT.

BalletCollective’s 2024 season THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT will feature two world premiere ballets and a revival of an acclaimed 2023 work, all of which creatively inspect the duality of change and the connections between endings and beginnings as interpreted by leaders in fields ranging from architecture to ballet to contemporary music to visual art.

All performances feature live musical accompaniment and a cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet.

Tickets

ARE TRANSITIONS A BEGINNING OR AN ENDING? THEY’RE BOTH. THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT.

BalletCollective’s 2024 season THE ENTRANCE IS THE EXIT will feature two world premiere ballets and a revival of an acclaimed 2023 work, all of which creatively inspect the duality of change and the connections between endings and beginnings as interpreted by leaders in fields ranging from architecture to ballet to contemporary music to visual art.

All performances feature live musical accompaniment and a cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet.

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"There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago." - The Power of Babel by John McWhorter

John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, and music history at Columbia University, and writes for the New York Times on language and race issues. His book The Power of Babel is the first book written for the layperson about the history of language.

In this live taping of the award-winning podcast Relevant Tones we'll talk with McWhorter about the development of language and perform several new pieces of music inspired by and incorporating language and created especially for this evening.

Produced by Access Contemporary Music in association with Esopus Foundation, Ltd. Featuring new music by Noah and Rosie K, Will Rowe, David Crowell and Seth Boustead.

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SHIFTING HAZE – September 28, 2024

The last performance of the 2024 Cultural Ecologies season features emerging composers at the cutting edge of music and technology from composers Erich Barganier, Han Geul Lee, Catherine Phang, Alyssa Wixson, Andrew Harlan, and Annie Nikunen, each developing new multimedia works for the ensemble. This performance takes place during climate week. Come for the open paddle beforehand and join in to hear these premieres!

Charlotte Munn-Wood Violin Recital

Program
"Constellation Hartig" - Aleksandra Vrebalov (with Melinda Faylor, piano)
"write & wither" - Joshua Mastel
Selections from "Signs of the Apocalypse" - Icli Zitella
"Music Painted from Memory" - Lisa Rene Coons (with Iva Casian-Lakos, cello)
"Hart Island" - Scott Wollschleger
"When Was the Last Time" - Julie Kim (with fiber art triptych by Charlotte Munn-Wood)
"The Whisper of Phoenix" - Alexander Khubeev
"Menu I" - Zae Munn (with Caitlin Cawley, percussion)

Ginger Flavored Bubblegum – August 10, 2024

Ginger Flavored Bubblegum explores transcendence from grief by honoring poet, filmmaker, and artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha - who was murdered only a few days after the publication of her poetic autobiography, "Dictee." Using selections of poetry from Dictee, this expanded version explores grief using Unheard-of Ensemble, electronics, and videography by Phong Tran (who some might recognize from his electronic set last season).

Special Guest MIZU

Performers: Nika Bauman (flute), Marko Ferlan (guitar), Hiwote Tadesse (viola), Iva Casián-Lakoš (cello)

Program: Hoffman; Janjanin; Casian Lakoš; Bauman; Crowell

The program is interspersed with covers of traditional Croatian, Mexican and Slovenian songs.

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Sunday 21.7.

Ensemble Illiryca

3 p.m., Bergkirche

The current program of the chamber music ensemble Illyrica combines contemporary and traditional music. It consists of new pieces composed or arranged for the Ensemble Illyrica and influenced by various folk music traditions. The contemporary compositions are contrasted with folk songs from different countries. Since its founding in 2017, the ensemble has performed throughout Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Ireland. Her debut album (2022) is celebrated as “fresh and youthful, unburdened and brilliant”.

Nika Bauman – flute
Hiwote Tadesse – viola
Marko Ferlan – guitar
Iva Casián-Lakoš – cello

Free choice of seats € 20.00
Youth tickets € 15 for everyone between 14 and 21 years old. Up to 14 years free.
If you click here: Ticket sales , you can buy tickets for this concert.

I’ll be playing a solo set of my improvised compositions at Klub Močvara, in Zagreb Croatia.

Original music by David Crowell and Iva Casian-Lakos

Not in Fact Dead – June 14, 2024

2 19th Street, Brooklyn

The first performance features ensemble members and composer-performers Ford and Iva presenting two premieres. Ford’s work sets the murky, sentimental poetry of Brad Vogel, Gowanus local and former Dredgers captain with video created in collaboration with artist Bonnie Rolston, while Iva’s work explores her connection to her Mexican culture through Aztec myth.

Queens-based ensembles eco|tonal and Sputterbox will be presenting new works for this double-bill event at ArtHouse Astoria. The evening will feature a world premiere by David Crowell, and more!

Stay tuned for ticket information.

Supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts

May 19 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

ZARABANDA VARIATIONS

The Clark Art Institute 225 South St, Williamstown, MA, United States

Conceived by performer, composer, and AMOC* member Keir GoGwilt, Zarabanda Variations bring together a group of visionary composers, improvisers, and performers, inspired by musical histories of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century New Spain. The zarabanda is a dance with possibly Spanish, American, and Arab origins, a plausible etymology from the Bantu nsala-banda, which eventually transformed into a courtly European Baroque dance. This performance sounds the archival gaps of early American music, creating a surprising and vibrant synthesis of European and Latin Baroque, folk, and contemporary musical traditions.

Once upon a time - MxH Festival

Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Admission: 7:00 p.m

Once upon a time in Wiener Neustadt... What inspiration and messages do fairy tales offer? The members of the Synesthetic Project ensemble invite you on a journey through the casemates and transform them into an enchanted place where stories and myths emerge from every corner. Nika Bauman creates a mysterious traveling concert especially for the Milk x Honey Festival, which allows you to experience music and dance as well as the festival venue itself in a new way.

Synesthetic Project:

Nika Bauman, director, flute

Anna Barbara Bonatto, dance, assistant director

Rino Indrawan Indiono, dance

Tomaž Zevnik, clarinet

Marko Ferlan, double bass, guitar

Sarah Maria Dragović, viola

Iva Casian Lakoš, cello

University of Pittsburgh Two Day Residency

Unheard-of visits University of Pittsburgh to work with the graduate composers on new premieres. We will perform on UPitt’s Music on the Edge series premiering these new works by the graduate composers on April 6th!

Music by Emmanuel Berrido, Luis Miguel Delgado Grande, Danny Fratina, Ethan Isaac, Aaron Myers-Brooks, Naama Perel-Tzadok, and Jay Rauch.

More Info: https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/unheard-of_music_on_the_edge