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Feb 22

UNM Robb Composers’ Symposium

April 7th at the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque, NM, and April 9th at St. Peter’s Church in Chelsea, New York, Ekmeles performs works from the UNM Robb Composers Symposium.

Works by members of Ekmeles will be performed alongside works by world premieres of composers of the UNM Robb Composers’ Symposium.

  • Charlotte Mundy – New Work (2022) WP
  • Jeffrey Gavett – Waves (2019)
  • Karola Obermüller – Mass:Distance:Time (2010/2016)
  • Peter Gilbert – As the waters began to rise (2022) WP
  • Patricia Alessandrini – New Work (2022) WP
  • José-Luis Hurtado – All the names (2016) WP
  • Anthony Braxton – Compositions 245 & 255 (2000)

Personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2021-2022 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The New York portion of this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Performance details

  • Date: Saturday, April 9th 2022
  • Time: 7:30pm
  • City: Ekmeles in New York
  • Venue: Saint Peter’s Church
  • Address: 346 W 20th St
  • Admission: $20/15
  • Notes: UNM Robb Composers’ Symposium: New works from the UNM Robb Composers’ Symposium.
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22
Oct 21

Primo Libro

November 20th at 7:30PM, Ekmeles returns to live performance at Our Saviour’s Atonement, with a program of microtonal music. Vaccination and masks required. The concert will then be repeated at Bowling Green State University November 22nd.

James Weeks – Primo Libro

The program includes a world premiere by Shawn Jaeger, playing with the boundaries between words and their meanings. James Weeks’s Primo Libro explores the origins of the madrigal through engagement with Arcadelt’s first book of madrigals, setting them in a 31-tone division of the octave. Nirmali Fenn’s Pokój w pokoju takes a different approach to microtonality, setting each half of the ensemble in a different tuning system. Stuart Saunders Smith presents a jewel of a miniature with the duet Light. Finally, Anthony Braxton’s Composition no. 255 presents a rich and monumental environment for performance, blurring lines between interpretation and improvisation.

  • James Weeks – Primo Libro (2017)
  • Shawn Jaeger – love is (2021) World Premiere
  • Anthony Braxton – Composition no. 255 (2000)
  • Nirmali Fenn – Pokój w pokoju (2018)
  • Stuart Saunders Smith – Light (2007)

Personnel for concert

Ekmeles’s 2021-2022 season is made possible with funds from the Amphion Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, and the generosity of private donors.

This program is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC; and funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and administered by LMCC.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Performance details

  • Date: Saturday, November 20th 2021
  • Time: 7:30pm
  • City: Ekmeles in New York
  • Venue: Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church
  • Address: 178 Bennett Ave
  • Admission: $20/15
  • Notes: Primo Libro: Works by James Weeks, Anthony Braxton, Nirmali Fenn, and Shawn Jaeger
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