Beltlines Bones (Cole Bartels, Justin Coyne, Zach Bethel, Adam Nissenbaum) perform an evening of electroacoustic works for Trombone Quartet, in support of their new album Audiogenica (cmntx records).

Program:
3200 Phaethon (Prelude) – Alex Ring Gray (b. 1996)
Geminids – Alex Ring Gray
a brief moment of panic – Cole Bartels (b. 1994)
Pump Music – Eve Beglarian (b. 1958)
Lo-fi Beats to Slide To – Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974)
Heart of Tones – Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016)
LOW – Isaac Mayhew (b. 1995)
Tacet 2.17cs – Cole Bartels
Technological Eclipse – Alec Love (b. 1999)
In and out of the game – Eve Beglarian
I witness and wait (Postlude) – Alex Ring Gray

Beltlines Bones (Cole Bartels, Justin Coyne, Zach Bethel, Adam Nissenbaum) perform an evening of electroacoustic works for Trombone Quartet, in support of their new album Audiogenica (cmntx records).

Program:
3200 Phaethon (Prelude) – Alex Ring Gray (b. 1996)
Geminids – Alex Ring Gray
a brief moment of panic – Cole Bartels (b. 1994)
Pump Music – Eve Beglarian (b. 1958)
Lo-fi Beats to Slide To – Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974)
Heart of Tones – Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016)
LOW – Isaac Mayhew (b. 1995)
Tacet 2.17cs – Cole Bartels
Technological Eclipse – Alec Love (b. 1999)
In and out of the game – Eve Beglarian
I witness and wait (Postlude) – Alex Ring Gray

Livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/qGop859EWUo?si=vI1af-65NIkr_Zgx&t=818

Beltlines Bones (Cole Bartels, Justin Coyne, Zach Bethel, Adam Nissenbaum) perform an evening of electroacoustic works for Trombone Quartet, in support of their new album Audiogenica (cmntx records).

Program:
3200 Phaethon (Prelude) – Alex Ring Gray (b. 1996)
Geminids – Alex Ring Gray
a brief moment of panic – Cole Bartels (b. 1994)
Pump Music – Eve Beglarian (b. 1958)
Lo-fi Beats to Slide To – Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974)
Heart of Tones – Pauline Oliveros (1932 - 2016)
LOW – Isaac Mayhew (b. 1995)
Tacet 2.17cs – Cole Bartels
Technological Eclipse – Alec Love (b. 1999)
In and out of the game – Eve Beglarian
I witness and wait (Postlude) – Alex Ring Gray

The Tibet House Benefit Concert will return to NYC for its 37th annual edition February 26 at Carnegie Hall. Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson will serve as Artistic Directors, and the show will feature performances from Maggie Rogers, Laurie Anderson, Joan Baez, Maya Hakwe, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, Jlin, Scorchio Quartet, and more to be announced. 2024’s honorary chairs are Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Arden Wohl.

Tickets are on sale now, and proceeds support the work of Tibet House US, “a non-profit educational institution and cultural embassy founded in 1987 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to ensure the survival of the unique Tibetan civilization.”

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Appearing as conductor & arranger of ‘Gyallu’ with Tenzin Choegyal, Scorchio Quartet, and Shahzad Ismaily

cmntx records presents a double release show for Emanuel Ayvas ('AMMA') and Jackson Greenberg ('The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes'), with composer Fritz Myers and poet Jason Mitchell.

Ayas presents a set of narrative works that weave together his practices in poetry and music, performing alongside string quintet. Through the electronic manipulation of a live string quartet, Greenberg's "The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes" explores inherited trauma and how that carries from generation to generation. Myers' premieres a new arrangement of his song “Electric Souls” accompanied by string quartet, paired with his quartet "The Time Is Going to Pass Anyway".

Featuring:
Giancarlo Latta, violin
Clara Kim, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Julia Henderson, cello
David Lizmi, doublebass & electronics
Alex Ring Gray, electronics & engineering

This performance will be filmed live for video.

Friday, December 1, 2023
Doors 7:30 PM | Show 8 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3 W 65th St)
Tickets $20

TICKETS

InfraSound is excited to welcome you to our 2023-2024 season opener “Portals Between Worlds,” an immersive concert experience that explores how musical compositions can act as a “portal” between a composer’s internal environment and an audience. Whether it is abstract, nostalgic, mournful, angry, or analytical, connections can be drawn across time and space to connect each individual’s experiences together through music.

Works include Nico Muhly’s riveting and energetic doublespeak, the world premiere of a new piccolo trio by Paul Novak called Ornithology of Desire, Yaz Lancaster’s enigmatic yesterday, today, tomorrow, the next day, Rajna Swaminathan’s fleet / hold, Euna Joh’s captivating Kin Saranga, Mario Diaz de Leon’s transcendental Portals Before Dawn, and a new arrangement of Sinńead O’Connor’s sorrowful and powerful rock ballad Troy. 

Performed by the InfraSound Ensemble:
Amber Evans, soprano
Luke Paulino, countertenor
Megan Torti, piccolo
Stefanie Proulx, flutes
Yoshi Weinberg, flutes
Bradley Frizzell, clarinets
Louis Barker, violin
Yaz Lancaster, violin
Harper Barkley, cello
Daniel Schreiner, piano
J. Clancy (JC), percussion
Alex Ring Gray, electronics

An evening showcase of solo vibraphone repertoire, performed by Matt Lau and Wes Fowler. Featuring a world premiere by Ania Vu, stunning visuals by Xuan (http://www.xuanfilms.com/), and much more. Hope to see you there!

Program:
Humble Servant - Adrian Knight
Quantum Foam - Alex Ring Gray
Ritratti Surreali - Massimo Lauricella
Just Take a Second, and Breathe - Matthew Carey
Particle Wave - Kirsten Volness
adrift - Ania Vu

Livestream link: https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/ip106

Ashlee Booth (cello) & Cameron Rehberg (viola) perform BILLY

Info: https://citizenvinyl.com/event/sunday-classical-music-series/

Improv set featuring Seb Zel (guitar), Zonkey (electronics), Alex Ring Gray (sax / electronics), and Kyle Brenn (drums)

Doors 7 PM
Wesley Park Trio
Mohamed Kubbara
Seb Zel Wanders
Hans Tammen’s Shaman’s Brew

Immersive sound installation, and live concert by Alex Ring Gray and Austin Philemon

This event begins with a sound installation running from 3–6 PM. The installation features works from the album expanded and reconfigured for an 8 speaker immersive surround sound environment. It will run in 45 minute cycles.

There will be a concert at 6 PM featuring Alex Ring Gray (saxophone) and Austin Philemon (organ).

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Enjoy a Saturday afternoon in Central Park, then stop by for drones & music at your leisure :~). No reservation required.

Suggested Donation: $10
CDs will be available for $15

Presented by cmntx records

RSVP / DETAILS

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About the Album:

"The Organ That Breathes" is a homecoming for composer Alex Ring Gray, whose earliest days of writing music were for his own saxophone quartet in high school, as they could not afford to purchase sheet music. After a decade of expanding into other composing mediums, Gray returns to his primary instrument with densely layered improvisations, textures, and drones; morphing his saxophone into a living, breathing reed organ. Actual organs build the through-line, with several variants (electric, reed, pipe) blending and crossfading with Gray's saxophones.

The importance of breathing as a woodwind player led the album to largely become a meditation on the fragility of health. Several pieces were written as cathartic reactions to loved ones' health issues (diabetes, Fahr’s syndrome, cancers), or in remembrance of ones who had passed. Others are focused on the saxophonist's own breath, intertwining Gray’s own performance practice with meditation breathing exercises. re: meditations showcases his and his collaborators (Seth Fox, Blake Opper, Erin Rogers) pushing their lungs to the limit in an ode to experimental saxophone legends Jon Gibson, Terry Riley, Dickie Landry, and Pharoah Sanders.

"The Organ That Breathes" releases June 16.

Pre-order on Bandcamp