Program: 

Scott Miller “Raba” for violin, cello, percussion and fixed media electronics (2015)

Kristjan Kõrver “Ludus Triplex V” fro piccolo, cello and celesta/piano (2015)

Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes “Love Song” for flute, violina and insruments ad libitum (2010/2015)

Helena Tulve “Rimlands” for clarinet, cello and piano. 3rd movement: “Pathless land”  (2012)

Heather Stebbins “And Drift” for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion and 4-channel electronic playback (2015)

“Raba” [raba] means “bog” in Estonian. Ensemble U:,  the most renowned

Estonian contemporary music ensemble, will present a choice of the very best

Estonian chamber music of recent years – some of it written by American

composers.  Scott Miller and Heather Stebbins

have stayed in Estonia on Fulbright Scolarship and the influence of Estonian

nature, Nordic light is clearly present in their pieces performed in the

program. Tulve, Kozlova-Johannes and Kõrver are internationally known

outstanding composers of Estonian younger generation.

Ensemble U: is currently the most active and renowned contemporary music ensemble in Estonia. It has gained recognition for its ability to perform even the most demanding works without conductor, openness for bold experimental ideas and sensitivity for sound. Next to Estonia U: has performed in important international festivals like Time of Music (Viitasaari, Finland), GAIDA (Vilnius, Lithuania), Sounds New (Canterbury, UK), Nordic Music Days (Helsinki, Finland), Nuova Consonanza (Rome, Italy), Third Practice (Richmond, USA) in Biennale di Musica Venezia (Italy).  (more…)

Firehouse Space event curated by Hitomi Honda and Howie Kenty.

Works by:

* Cory Bracken (http://www.corybracken.com)

with Susan Davita Mandel, cello

* Jesse Elder (http://www.jesseeldermusic.com)

* Howie Kenty (http://hwarg.com)

with Hitomi Honda, piano

* Akio Mokuno (http://www.akiomokuno.com)

with Hitomi Honda, piano

and Taeko Ota, soprano

* Tomek Regulski (www.tomekregulski.com)

with Mara Mayer, bass clarinet

and Lisa Maree Dowling, bass

* Hannah Selin (https://hannahselin.net)

with Erin Rogers, alto saxophone

7:30 PM
Aakash Mittal’s Awaz Trio
Aakash Mittal – Saxophone, Travis Reuter – Guitar, and Alex Ritz – Drums

9:00 PM
Alex Levine – Guitar
Marta Sanchez – Piano
Caleb Curtis – Alto Saxophone
Peyton Pleninger – Tenor Saxophone

Sounding Forward explores the threshold between universal and cultural music through improvisation and composition. Aakash Mittal’s Awaz Trio will perform Nocturne, a series of pieces that deconstruct five Hindustani night ragas to create a unique expression of the night. Guitarist Alex Levine will lead a quartet whose music “refers not only to physical movement, but also the merging of individual minds into a group consciousness.” Both artists employ experiences that include performing within American jazz communities, traversing the dense streets of Kolkata, and studying with mentors Henry Grimes and Milford Graves to sculpt a sonic landscape of colorful dissonances and angular rhythms. Within the intimate setting of The Firehouse Space, both ensembles will navigate the sonic architecture of contemporary composition in order to discover the moment when the line between musical distinctiveness and universal creativity evaporates.

Aakash Mittal: www.aakashmittal.com

Awaz Trio live @ The Shastra Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGjXZq3mVpo&index=1&list=FLvqggYcv9wWUnAvH9VNNu2Q

Alex Levine: http://alexlevinemusic.com/

Alex Levine Quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkulIFIOhpU
 

Program:
Mikka Quartet performs String Quartet no. 2 (1st movement) by Conrad Tao
King (1st movement) by Daniel Bernard Roumain
QTSU performs in light of my absence (movements 3-5) by Nick Politi
Re: A Life Lived by Perrin Davidson
Russian Rag (1st movement) by Elena Kats Chernin
Maxwell [genderbent] Violet: solo set
Sound Bite Orchestra: Sound Painting

This December, the Love Every Note series sets a tone for winter with a cozy chamber music concert at The Firehouse Space located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The program will feature pianist Dan Epstein, a soulful and world renowned soloist and chamber musician as well as cellist and composer Jillian Blythe.

Amanda Gregory, Soprano
Laura Cocks, Flute
Isabel Kim, Clarinet
Mara Mayer, Clarinet
Marina Kifferstein, Violin
Jillian Blythe, Cello
Sugar Vendil, Pianist

http://www.nouveauclassical.org

“Leading this unlikely intersection of classical music and fashion” - The New York Times

“…bringing a refreshing edge to the widely conservative genre” - VICE

The Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) is a New York-based contemporary classical music ensemble. Our mission is to engage new audiences by integrating music with other arts disciplines and to show that classical music is a living, breathing art form.

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