International Contemporary Ensemble - Words and Music
February 1, 2019 @ 2:00PM — 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
The International Contemporary Ensemble is a New York-based artist collective that’s transforming the way music is created and experienced. In this presentation, ICE founder Claire Chase collaborates with a poet and composer. ICE’s director Rebecca Sigel will join the group for a Q&A with audience.
The International Contemporary Ensemble is a New York-based artist collective that's transforming the way music is created and experienced. In this presentation, ICE founder Claire Chase collaborates with a poet and composer. ICE's director Rebecca Sigel will join the group for a Q&A with audience.
(Sarasota County) The Hermitage North @ New College series continues with the founder of the celebrated International Contemporary Ensemble, Claire Chase, in a performance collaboration with composer and instrumentalist, Suzanne Farrin, and poet Laura Mullen, in "Words and Music," Friday, February 1, 2 p.m., at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bayshore Road, Sarasota. Reservations for this free series are required and can be requested at www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org. For more information about the Hermitage, visit www.HermitageArtistRetreat.org.
Claire Chase is a flutist, collaborative artist, curator and advocate for new and experimental music. A MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the 2017 Avery Fisher Prize, she is also the founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), an artist collective that is transforming the way music is created and experienced. As performers, curators, and educators, ICE explores how new music intersects with communities across the world. The ensemble's 35 members are featured as soloists, chamber musicians, commissioners, and collaborators with the foremost musical artists of our time. Four ICE members and two collaborators will be in residence at the Hermitage in February.
In "Words and Music," Chase and Farrin will perform a work based on a poem by Emily Dickinson using flute and an early electronic musical instrument called an "ondes martenot." Chase will also perform a piece for bass flute and electronics based on the poetry of Rumi. Poet Laura Mullen will read new poems written during her residency at the Hermitage. All three will also perform a work by Pauline Oliveros based on Oliveros's poetry. They will be joined by ICE director, Rebecca Sigel, for a Q & A about contemporary music following the performance.
"In addition to the planned program, we might be the first people in the world to hear some of the music they write at the Hermitage," says Patricia Caswell, the Hermitage's co-founder and program director. "It's as thrilling as seeing a beautiful newborn baby for the first time!"