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ICEcast: Nathan Davis
We recently sat down with ICElab composer Nathan Davis to discuss his writing process, on the eve of the release of his new album on New Focus Recordings, The Bright and Hollow Sky.
In this episode of the ICEcast, Nathan tells us about composing for his friends in ICE, pulling inspiration from author Italo Calvino, dadaist Hugo Ball, and [...]
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IMPOSSIBLE FLOW tonight! + NYTimes Critic’s Pick
We’re pumped to continue our #ICElab residency with the world premiere of IMPOSSIBLE FLOW by ICElab composer Steve Lehman, which you can hear at our FREE performance at (le) poisson rouge tonight.
We’ve been devoting this blog almost exclusively to related posts for the past month; simply scroll down and check out the interviews, [...]
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Steve Lehman – “Manifold” (from Cut/Paste)
More Steve Lehman footage ahead of our next FREE ICElab show at (le) poisson rouge - this time performing with us! The video below was shot by a fan during our “Cut/Paste” show last year at LPR. The piece is “Manifold”; crew is SL (alto saxophone, computer), Eric Lamb (flute), and Joshua Rubin (bass clarinet):
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TONIGHT!
Our three-month #ICElab residency begins tonight! We’ll be featuring world and NYC premieres of music by ICElab composer Mario Diaz de León during this FREE performance at (le) poisson rouge tonight.
We’ve been so excited about this concert that we’ve been devoting this blog almost exclusively to related posts for the past month. If you’d like [...]
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Portals Before Dawn
Check out this preview of tomorrow evening’s FREE show at LPR, featuring rehearsal footage from Mario Diaz de León’s brand new piece Portals Before Dawn:
ICE will present the world premiere of Portals Before Dawn, along with NYC premieres of several of Mario’s other pieces, during a FREE concert tomorrow night at (le) poisson rouge in [...]
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Reservations for MDdL this Wednesday + CD Giveaway!
There has been an overwhelming amount of interest in the FREE ICElab launch performance this Wednesday at LPR. For those of you who are just tuning in, we’re going to be presenting the world and NYC premiers of pieces by Mario Diaz de León!
To minimize the chance of being turned away, as well as the [...]
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Unfold: ICE at MoCP
Happy Friday, everyone! ICE is presenting a FREE concert tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago! The music responds to the current MoCP exhibition u-n-f-o-l-d. More info below:
Unfold: ICE at MoCP
Claire Chase, flute
Michael Nicolas, cello
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Tickets: FREE; to reserve, e-mail reservations@iceorg.org
The photographers whose works [...]
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MIRRORGATE
There’s been a lot of talk about ICElab composer Mario Diaz De León around here lately, particularly as we gear up for our LPR residency, which begins with a FREE concert of Mario’s music on March 30th.
We’ve noticed, however, that only a surprisingly small portion of the folks that rave about Mario’s concert music have [...]
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Davidovsky at C-PEMC
We’ll be at Miller Theatre this Friday to perform works from electro-acoustic music pioneer Mario Davidovsky. Check out this great picture from circa 1970 taken at Studio 317, one of four composition studios at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, located at Columbia’s Prentis Hall on West 125th Street.
Clockwise from the center front, Vladimir Ussachevsky (seated), Milton [...]
ICEcast: Jason Eckardt, “Undersong”