Dancing to the Music of You is a multidisciplinary collaboration between a team of queer NYC-based artists and organizations including InfraSound, ChamberQUEER, and sound designer Alex Gray. Through improvisation, lighting, sound, and spatial design, and musical composition, Dancing explores life and work as a queer artist, how we conceptualize queerness through fashion, posture, and movement, and how we build community around our shared experience of queer embodiment. Curated works from ChamberQUEER and InfraSound will be performed throughout the morning, activating the space. The event will also incorporate the whole complement of artists welcoming the audience into an extended improvisation, culminating in a celebratory synthesis of artistic mediums.

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Dancing to the Music of You is a multidisciplinary collaboration between a team of queer NYC-based artists and organizations including InfraSound, ChamberQUEER, sculptor Jeremy Martin, sound designer Alex Ring Gray, and lighting designer Madeline Whitesell. It will be a synthesis of gallery exhibition, sound-art installation, and musical performance taking place on May 3rd, 2024 at The Lesbian, Gay, Bixsexual, and Transgender Community Center (The Center).

This project explores the concept of the queer body: what it means to live and work as a queer artist, how we conceptualize queerness through fashion, posture, and movement, and how we build community around our shared experience of queer embodiment. The collaborating artists will examine these themes through sculpture, lighting and sound design, and musical composition. 

Sculptor Jeremy Martin will install his JUSTAPOSE series at The Center, creating two new sculptures for this iteration. JUSTAPOSE is a set of ambiguous paper sculptures inspired by exaggerated fashion silhouettes, exploring ways humans pose in public spaces to feel seen, or upset conformity through their appearance and actions. JUSTAPOSE investigates how these liminal, paper objects mirror Martin’s own experience as a queer person of color through their ability to shape-shift or code-switch depending on the societal dictates of the environments they occupy. Martin will photograph participating artists’ poses, inspired by conversations about how they perform appearance and actions in society daily, which will form the basis for the new sculptures.

In collaboration with Martin, composer Alex Ring Gray will devise an interactive sound installation (CODE-SWITCH) to co-exist with the sculptures, featuring live processing manipulation of audience members voices. Lighting design by Madeline Whitesell will leverage her synaesthesia to translate the visual-sonic world of the performances in real time.

World premieres by composers Sam Kaseta and Alex Ring Gray (Sweet William (Child 106) for Luke Paulino and Daniel Schreiner) will be performed alongside curated works from ChamberQUEER and InfraSound, activating the space at 8:00 pm. The evening will conclude with the whole complement of artists in an improvisation upon the sculptures, soundscape, and lights culminating in a celebratory synthesis of artistic mediums.

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

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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

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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

InfraSound presents our final concert of the 2022-2023 season “He Will Die Howling” at The LGBT Center in Manhattan. Performing works by Ursula Mamlok, Nebal, Peter Maxwell Davies, and a world premiere by Elizabeth Gartman, InfraSound explores the intersections of queerness, politics, mental health, religion, culture, and music. 

This concert is supported in part by the Urusla Mamlok Foundation and Figma, as well as our fabulous donors. Thank you for your support! 

Ursula Mamlok: Polarities
Nebal: Al Wahdat Al Wujud
Elizabeth Gartman: Extreme[ly Good] Design
Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King

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**Performing electronics on Al Wahdat Al Wujud

InfraSound presents Pop-Up! an evening of chamber pop arrangements.

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Arranger: Tom Waits’ Poor Edward and MIKA’s Over My Shoulder

After going virtual in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic, the annual Tibet House Benefit Concert is returning in 2023 to NYC's Carnegie Hall on March 1.

Philip Glass is, as always, the Artistic Director for the concert which will feature performances by Allison Russell, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius, Inc), Zsela, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, Scorchio Quartet, The Patti Smith Band and more to be announced. Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Arden Wohl will serve as the evening’s honorary chairs.

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Appearing on piano & electronics with Philip Glass, Tenzin Choegyal, and Saori Tsukada

Acoustic Corner (Black Mountain, NC) hosts a concert of contemporary Viola & Cello duos, including TWO premieres.

Violas: Daphne Bickley & Cameron Rehberg
Cellos: Ashlee Booth & Amanda Durst

Seating is limited, so please call (828-669-5162) or come ahead of time to reserve a ticket. Tickets are $20.

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Includes the premiere of BILLY – dedicated to my grandfather, Billy H. Ring (1933–2016), whom spent several years as a pastor in Asheville.

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

Caught between a fragmented mind and a fuzzy grasp on reality, Kate seeks a fresh start to her life. After being shooed away by a neighbor who no longer recognizes her, Kate subsequently breaks into her estranged family home. There she discovers a piece of mail which leads to a downward spiral of paranoia, alarm for family safety, and an unquestionable certainty she’s being targeted.

Directed by: Lilly Lion
Starring: Laura Welsh and Blaine Palmer
Music by: Alex Ring Gray

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Inspired by Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, this performance will take place in various areas of the concert hall, as the audience travels “down the rabbit hole” to explore the sound worlds within. This concert will have music by Kaija Sarriaho, Unsuk Chin, Susan Botti, Arvo Pärt, Yoshi Weinberg, and a brand new InfraSound arrangement of Austin Philemon’s Curiouser and Curiouser.

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

Caught between a fragmented mind and a fuzzy grasp on reality, Kate seeks a fresh start to her life. After being shooed away by a neighbor who no longer recognizes her, Kate subsequently breaks into her estranged family home. There she discovers a piece of mail which leads to a downward spiral of paranoia, alarm for family safety, and an unquestionable certainty she’s being targeted.

Directed by: Lilly Lion
Starring: Laura Welsh and Blaine Palmer
Music by: Alex Ring Gray

The HollyShorts Monthly Screening series is a monthly short film series showcasing short films and feature films in Los Angeles monthly and in New York once a year. The screening series showcases the top short films and feature films from around the world at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres.

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STREAMING (JAN 26th ONWARD)

The Beltline Bones trombone quartet will be presenting a wild and imaginative concert of electroacoustic music including works by Alex Ring Gray, Eve Beglarian, Isaac Mayhew, Brooks Frederickson, and Pauline Oliveros.

Featuring new quartet arrangement of Geminids, and new fixed media works 3200 Phaethon and I witness and wait.

InfraSound NYC presents “Words and Music”, featuring:

Brittany J. Green – R_upture
Yoshi Weinberg – Burial of the Dead from the Waste Land
Morton Feldman & Samuel Beckett – Words and Music

cmntx records presents the live premiere of Michael Denis Ó Callaghan's Drowning and what comes Afterwards (or My Time Underwater). Released digitally in March, this concert celebrates the release of the album on CD.

The Band:
Michael Denis Ó Callaghan, vocals & trumpet
Steven McArdle, drums
Alex Gray, keys & electronics
Nick Trautmann, bass
Blake Opper, reeds
Evan Adams, guitar

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Once Within a Time (51 minutes) is an IRE / opticnerve™ production, written and directed by Godfrey Reggio, co-directed by Jon Kane, with original music composed by Philip Glass, Sussan Deyhim additional music / the mother muse.

Reggio will receive the Santa Fe International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 22, 2022. The award ceremony will be followed by the world premiere of Once Within a Time.

[Credits include: Assistant to Producer (Soundtrack), Assistant to Composer, Assistant Mix Engineer, and Music Preparation]

Violists Amanda Tant and Cameron Rehberg present works by J.S. Bach, Kenji Bunch, Jeremy Cohen, Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama, Mark O’Connor, Alex Ring Gray (Blueshift), and Marcelle Soulage. Join them for beautiful music and delicious Session Cafe drinks and food!

Lavender Nights is a celebration of queer history and culture through the art of cabaret and art song. This production will be a musical tour of pivotal moments in cabaret’s history, experienced through a queer lens.

Lavender Nights opens with songs from 1920’s Berlin during the height of the Weimar Republic’s queer revolution including selections from Kurt Weil’s “Three Penny Opera,” Mischa Spoliansky’s “Its All a Swindle” and “The Lavender Song,” and more! Transitioning to 1950s Paris, the audience will hear love songs of Le Chat Noir including “Padam Padam” by Edith Piaf, “Je te veux” by Erik Satie, and “On n’oublie rien” by Jacques Brel. An intimate ending with just voices and piano, we reflect on our current socio-political climate with 19th-century English art songs by Charles Ives, Margaret Bonds, and Ethyl Smith.

With a fresh, young cast of talented singers and a vivacious pit band, this 90-minute show will be an extravagant, emotional, and moving piece of music theater. For one night only, you won’t want to miss it!

For more info and to purchase tickets visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infrasound-presents-lavender-nights-tickets-327693830067

Orchestrations by Alex Ring Gray, Zachary James Ritter, and Yoshi Weinberg.