Category Archives: ICElab
ICE Streaming Begins Tomorrow at 2pm
We are pleased to announce that our recently recorded ICElab concert will be available via FREE streaming HD video beginning at 2pm tomorrow (Friday, April 29th). Tune in to www.iceorg.org at 2pm tomorrow or anytime after to check it out!
Check out photos from the session here. Program listed below:
Phyllis Chen: Beneath a Trace of Vapor, [...]
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The Show Must Go On: Photos from the Recording Session
We had an amazing time recording last night. The HD video will be streaming starting on Friday, April 29th, so you can see the performance at no charge from the convenience of your computer screen. We’ll post info on how to access it tomorrow on our homepage. Check out photos below!
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The Show Must Go On: ICE Streams Starting Friday
We were deeply saddened by the news that our performance tonight at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis has been canceled due to severe financial difficulties at the theater. We have a series of brand new works, all commissioned through our ICElab program, that we had planned to perform at The Southern, including what would have [...]
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Marcos Balter, Du Yun, Nathan Davis – ICElab Concert Preview @ the MCA
For those of you in the Chicago area, come through the Museum of Contemporary Art this Saturday, April 23 at 3pm. We’ll bring you onto the MCA stage, where you can meet and listen to works by ICElab composers Marcos Balter and Nathan Davis, as ICE musicians play some some of their works and discuss [...]
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IMPOSSIBLE FLOW Tomorrow! + B-movie trailer
We can’t wait to present the world premiere of Steve Lehman’s new work IMPOSSIBLE FLOW (commissioned through our ICElab program) tomorrow night at (le) poisson rouge! It’s a FREE show, so don’t sleep on it! Seating is limited however, so please reserve your spots by emailing ice@lprnyc.com specifying the number in your party and the [...]
ICEcast: Steve Lehman’s “Impossible Flow”
Our friend, composer Rafiq Bhatia, recently interviewed saxophonist and ICElab composer Steve Lehman (you may have heard of him recently). On this episode of the ICEcast, we feature selections from their conversation about rhythm, time, playing what you write, and writing what you want to play.
Be sure to catch ICE as we perform the world premiere of [...]
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Steve Lehman Octet – No Neighborhood Rough Enough
As we get ready to premiere Steve Lehman’s new piece, Impossible Flow, during our next FREE ICElab concert at LPR on Tuesday, we’ve been revisiting his mind-blowing 2009 tour-de-force octet album, Travail, Transformation, and Flow.
The title of the track streaming above, “No Neighborhood Rough Enough,” is taken from the lyrics of GZA’s “Gold” (from Liquid [...]
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Steve Lehman on Autechre, Allen Iverson, Antipop Consortium, B.A. Zimmermann, Betty Carter, Damion Reid, Fieldwork, Gerard Grisey, and Val-Inc.
We’re pleased to bring you this amazing guest post from 2011 ICElab Collaborator Steve Lehman, whose new work Impossible Flow will see its world premiere on Tuesday, April 19th during a FREE ICElab show at (le) poisson rouge in New York City. Enjoy!
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In my most recent work as composer, expressive timing, compound meter, rubato phrasing, [...]
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Marcos Balter: “Portmanteaux”
This Thursday, April 14, ICE performs the world premiere of the new piece Æsopica from ICElab composer Marcos Balter at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.
As you might guess from the title, Marcos takes inspiration from the timeless fables of Aesop, with the protagonist narrator portrayed by ICE’s incredible tenor Peter Tantsits and [...]
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ICEcast: SummerICE at The Delancey