Tag Archives: International Contemporary Ensemble
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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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Mario Diaz De León + ICE on SoundCloud
ICElab composer Mario Diaz De León has launched a SoundCloud page! Stay tuned for updates (read: more music and perhaps some unreleased tracks!) as we approach our first FREE ICElab show feat. world and NYC premiers of Mario’s works at (le) poisson rouge on March 30th.
Hear ICE perform MDdL’s Mansion (from “Enter Houses Of”, Tzadik) [...]
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ICElab: Prism Path | Music of Mario Diaz de León
We’re very excited for our upcoming ICElab residency at (le) Poisson Rouge. We’re presenting three FREE concerts over the next three months, starting with a tour de force program from composer & multi-instrumentalist Mario Diaz de León.
Check out this unreleased footage of ICE’s Joshua Rubin premiering MDdL’s composition The Soul is the Arena at The [...]
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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 [...]
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ICEcast: Jason Eckardt, “Undersong”