On Thursday April 12th, MATA delves into a world of dreams and nightmares, probing the depths of self and other in an evening of newly commissioned work from composer-performers Erin Rogers and a harrowing performance by Ken Ueno (MATA 2002, 2008) together with MATA’s Artistic Director, and 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Du Yun. Also featured are works from the exciting new talent of Egyptian new music Bahaa el-Ansary (Nightmare), Aaron Graham’s (USA/Canada) scena “Old Voltage” for six-hand piano, Jenny Hettne’s (Sweden) intimate While She Was Dreaming performed by Pauline Kim Harris and Steven Blake Whiteley’s (USA) psychodrama for performer featuring Charlotte Mundy. Finally, Chris Perren (Australia) repeats a suspended moment of dramatic recognition with his Samurai Loops, scored for two pianos and video projection.

Thursday, April 12

8PM at the The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, NYC
$25

Tickets available at The Kitchen

Bahaa Al-Ansary (Egypt): Nightmare (2015) AP
Steven Whiteley (USA): [    ][   ][  ][ ][] (2015) AP
Chris Perren (Australia): Samurai Loops (2015) AP
Jenny Hettne (Sweden): While She Was Dreaming (2012) AP
Aaron Graham (USA / Canada): Old Voltage (2015) AP
Erin Rogers (USA): Light-on-Light (2018) WP MATA Commission
Ken Ueno (USA): New Work (2018) WP MATA Alumni Commission

The Friends of MATA
Dan Lippel, guitar
Paul Kerekes, Isabelle O’Connell, Miki Sawada, pianos
Matthew Evans, Amy Garapic, percussion
Pauline Kim Harris, violin
Carrie Frey, viola

with

Charlotte Mundy, Erin Rogers, Ken Ueno, Du Yun, performers

Three works of vocal chamber music performed around a communal table. thingNY premieres a new music-theater work by Rick Burkhardt and a selection of songs from Gelsey Bell’s work-in-development Rolodex. Varispeed, with additional members from thingNY, performs their new arrangement of Kenneth Gaburo’s masterpiece Maledetto from 1968.

Rick Burkhardt’s Passover, commissioned for thingNY, is a performance-ritual for six singing/speaking instrumentalists seated at a dinner table on which there lies a double bass. Each performer relates the story of a friend’s escape: from a bad marriage, from an unfair situation at work, from a run-in with a traffic cop, from an ethically compromising opportunity, from an awkward family dinner. Ultimately, it becomes clear that all of these friends form one collective identity. This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

thingNY gives a taste of its opera-in-development with a short selection of songs from Gelsey Bell’s Rolodex, in which the ensemble surrounds the interrogation table to investigate a crime, calling on witnesses from a rolodex that doubles as a musical score.

Finally, thingNY is joined by Varispeed to celebrate the semicentennial of Kenneth Gaburo’s 1968 cult-classic Maledetto with a new homespun arrangement. Maledetto is a fusion of taxonomy lecture, absurdist inner dialogue, Dadaist choral music, and your uncle’s dirty jokes for seven “virtuoso speakers.” It is the masterwork for Gaburo’s theories of compositional linguistics. Varispeed’s arrangement updates the piece for the twenty-first century by splitting up the original authoritative voice among the collective and passing the seven roles around the table, like a dinner platter, in an attempt to uncouple patriarchy and heterosexuality from the piece’s incredible exploration of the vocalist as singer, storyteller, and orchestra.

May 30, 2018 – 8:00pm
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
​
Tickets HERE
($20 ONLINE $25 DOORS)

Rick Burkhardt – Passover*
Gelsey Bell – Songs from Rolodex*
Kenneth Gaburo – Maledetto**

*premiere performance
**world premiere arrangement

“Doctor” Gelsey Bell – voice, percussion 
Andrew “Doc” Livingston – voice, bass
Paul “Tor” Pinto – voice, percussion 
Erin “Doc Tor” Rogers – voice, saxophone 
Dave “Tordoc” Ruder – voice, clarinet
Jeffrey “Rot Cod” Young – voice, violin
Brian “Cod Rot” McCorkle – voice
Aliza “The Fist” Simons – voice

Rick Burkhardt’s Passover, commissioned for thingNY, is a performance-ritual for six singing/speaking instrumentalists seated at a dinner table on which there lies a double bass. Each performer relates the story of a friend’s escape: from a bad marriage, from an unfair situation at work, from a run-in with a traffic cop, from an ethically compromising opportunity, from an awkward family dinner. Ultimately, it becomes clear that all of these friends form one collective identity. This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Presented by Sonic Circuits

Also on the program:
dálava (vocalist Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian)
​The Witches (flute, violin and vocals)

May 25, 2018 – 8:00pm
Rhizome
6950 Maple Street NW
Washington, DC
$10

Gelsey Bell – voice, percussion 
Andrew Livingston – voice, bass
Paul Pinto – voice, percussion 
Erin Rogers – voice, saxophone 
Dave Ruder – voice, clarinet
Jeffrey Young – voice, violin

Rick Burkhardt’s Passover, commissioned for thingNY, is a performance-ritual for six singing/speaking instrumentalists seated at a dinner table on which there lies a double bass. Each performer relates the story of a friend’s escape: from a bad marriage, from an unfair situation at work, from a run-in with a traffic cop, from an ethically compromising opportunity, from an awkward family dinner. Ultimately, it becomes clear that all of these friends form one collective identity. This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

May 24, 2018 – 8:00pm
Philadelphia Folksong Society
6156 Ridge Ave.
Philadelphia, PA

Rick Burkhardt – Passover*
​Gelsey Bell – Songs from Rolodex
*premiere performance

Gelsey Bell – voice, percussion 
Andrew Livingston – voice, bass
Paul Pinto – voice, percussion 
Erin Rogers – voice, saxophone 
Dave Ruder – voice, clarinet
Jeffrey Young – voice, violin

Ogni Suono (Noa Even, Phil Pierick) perform Clamor in Cincinnati (CCM) for the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Biennial Conference.

Saturday, March 10 @3pm
Werner Hall
Cincinnati Conservatory
290 45221, CCM Blvd,
Cincinnati, OH 45219

Registration fees apply.

Full schedule HERE

Re:Sound is an annual new music festival that brings together and showcases pioneers in the arts with diverse programming at venues throughout Cleveland.

FRIDAY, JUNE 8 – 8:00PM

THE MAGALEN

Stephan Haluska
Nick Zoulek
Ben Willis
Popebama

By connecting local and visiting artists, the festival further propels the innovation and artistry flourishing in Northeast Ohio.

Check out the incredible lineup for Re:Sound 2018 here!

Thrilled to be named winner of the Charlotte New Music Festival composition competition for my work “Urban Composites.” It will be premiered at the 2018 Charlotte New Music Festival by the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet on June 22, 2018.

On June 21 and 22, I will be a guest composer-in-residence at the festival, presenting talks on my work and working with composition fellows alongside a talented roster of artists:
John Allemeier
Craig Bove
Kyong Mee Choi
Mara Gibson
Dorothy Hindman
Joel Hoffman

Composers, you can apply for the 2018 workshop until February 28. Hope to see you in Charlotte!

Jun 21-22, 2018
Charlotte, NC

More Info:
http://charlottenewmusic.org/

Check back for PROGRAM details.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – 8:00pm
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
132 Ipswich Street
Boston, MA 02215

More info HERE

University of Louisville Guest Artists:
Unheard-Of Ensemble

The concert will feature new works for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, examining the modern voice of Messiaen quartet instrumentation, with works by Meg Schedel, Erin Rogers, Reiko Fueting, Nathan Hudson, Michael Lanci, Kevin Laskey, Nickitas Demos, and Stephen Cabell.

 Wednesday, February 28 at 7:00pm
 School of Music, Bird Recital Hall
105 W. Brandeis Ave. , Louisville, Kentucky 40292

More info HERE