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ICEcast: Jason Eckardt, “Undersong”

ICE’s most recent recording is out now: the new song cycle Undersong by composer Jason Eckardt, released today on Mode Records. In this episode, the ICEcast interviews Eckardt about poet Laura Mullen’s influence on Undersong, how one sets a poem without a strict structure to music, and why he continues to make music in trying times.
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ICEcast: SummerICE at The Delancey

As we gear up for our exciting roof party at The Delancey on Tuesday, let us take this opportunity to study an important figure in New York history, and namesake of the venue, James Delancey. —James Delancey, Sr. was a chief justice and later Lieutenant Governor of colonial New York, and a staunch British loyalist. [...]
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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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ICEcast: Mario Diaz de León

ICElab composer, guitarist, and ICE-friend Mario Diaz de León sat down for an interview with composer, guitarist, and ICE-friend Rafiq Bhatia to discuss Diaz de León’s most recent compositions for the band, to be performed next week at (le) poisson rouge: the New York premiere of the blistering bass clarinet solo The Soul is the [...]
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ICEcast: John Luther Adams and Steven Schick in conversation

ICE will be joined by conductor & percussionist Steven Schick and composer John Luther Adams on Saturday, February 26 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for two concerts of Adams’s music: the meditative In the White Silence on the MCA Stage at 7:30pm, and the virtuosic solo percussion piece The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies, written [...]
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Prism Path: Mario Diaz de León

Composer & multi-instrumentalist Mario Diaz de León joins ICE onstage at The Velvet Lounge on Friday, November 19 for a concert of his recent hybrid acoustic/electric compositions. The ICEcast recently sat down with Mario in a small room at Columbia University (sorry ’bout the reverb…) for an interview covering how he describes his music at cocktail [...]
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Omar Hernández-Hidalgo (1971-2010)

In our first MoCP concert of the season, ICE will give the world premieres of three new works by young Mexican composers commissioned in memory of extraordinary Mexican viola virtuoso Omar Hernández-Hidalgo (1971-2010). Omar was murdered in his hometown of Tijuana, Mexico in June of this year, one of the thousands of innocent victims of [...]
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“Amériques” 8-hands

On Wednesday, July 7 at 7 p.m. EST, Q2 streams the New York premiere of Varèse’s own arrangement of his iconic Amériques for 2 pianos, 8-hands, as well as performances of Density 21.5 and Un Grand Sommeil Noir. WNYC’s John Schaefer hosts the event live from the Yamaha Piano Salon; don’t forget to listen in. The ICEcast [...]
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Digging Deep with Dan Peck

ICE tubist Dan Peck discusses his new solo show, "An Archeological Dig Into the Dark Frequencies."
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DaiCast

Dai Fujikura talks about the experience of writing music specifically for his friends in ICE.
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