NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble: Wave Upon Wave
Dec
7

NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble: Wave Upon Wave

The NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble performs a virtual program of music by recent graduates, whose premieres were previously canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conductor, David Bloom

Alex Ring Gray - wave upon wave
Michael Ó Callaghan - for Charlotte
Yu Ji - Clouds and Winds
Evan O. Adams - Caricatures, Vol. 1
Zach Mezzo - Running
Eygló - I second guess

https://youtu.be/Mz0D9egJ9Qo?t=2080

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Philip Glass Ensemble: Music In Eight Parts
Oct
19

Philip Glass Ensemble: Music In Eight Parts

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

The Philip Glass Ensemble will perform Glass’s Music in Eight Parts from 1970, thought to be lost, for the first time in 50 years, along with selections from KoyaanisqatsiGlassworksThe Photographer, and Einstein on the Beach.

Composed in 1970 shortly before Music in Twelve Parts and Music in Similar MotionMusic in Eight Parts was played that year only at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and was largely forgotten until the manuscript was recently auctioned at Christie’s and subsequently restored by Glass’s music assistant, Alex Ring Gray. The PGE released a new recording of the work on Orange Mountain Music in May 2020.

More info on Music in Eight Parts @ New York Times

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nief-norf 10th Anniversary Marathon Concert
Jul
12

nief-norf 10th Anniversary Marathon Concert

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nief-norf is moving their annual marathon concert to an online platform. The 6-hour event will feature dozens of performances by faculty, staff, and alumni of the Summer Festival.

Alex Ring Gray will be performing George Lewis’s Shadowgraph 5.

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Elliot Cole: Flowerpot Music
Jun
21

Elliot Cole: Flowerpot Music

26 groups around the country join in a 9-hour performance of Flowerpot Music, a new work for Make Music Day from Elliot Cole and artistic director Peter Ferry.  For more Make Music Day events around the world, visit https://www.facebook.com/makemusicday

Performing with Nashville group, led by Jesse Strauss. 2:40 CST / 3:40 EST

Livestream

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Nief-Norf Summer Festival
Jun
8
to Jun 22

Nief-Norf Summer Festival

  • Natalie L. Haslam Music Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

The Nief-Norf Summer Festival (nnSF) is an interdisciplinary summer music festival, bringing together dozens of performers, composers, scholars, and music technologists to collaborate on the performance, creation, and discussion of contemporary music.

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Philip Glass Ensemble: Music In Eight Parts
Mar
28

Philip Glass Ensemble: Music In Eight Parts

POST-PONED DUE TO COVID-19

The Philip Glass Ensemble will perform Glass’s Music in Eight Parts from 1970, thought to be lost, for the first time in 50 years, along with selections from KoyaanisqatsiGlassworksThe Photographer, and Einstein on the Beach.

Composed in 1970 shortly before Music in Twelve Parts and Music in Similar MotionMusic in Eight Parts was played that year only at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and was largely forgotten until the manuscript was recently auctioned at Christie’s and subsequently restored by Glass’s music assistant, Alex Ring Gray. No recording of Music in Eight Parts currently exists. The PGE will be recording the work in 2020 for release on Orange Mountain Music.

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Julie Comnick's "Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra"
Feb
7

Julie Comnick's "Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra"

Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra is a project that explores the gradual dissolution of culture in contemporary society through the symbolic ruin of a personal and cultural icon, the violin.

The January 2020 exhibition of Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra at the LIC Factory. The 5000 sq ft gallery will feature the exhibition in its entirety--paintings, video and orchestra-size sculptural installation of altered music stands.

The closing reception will includes a solo violin performance by Julie Comnick, and original and re-worked music by composer Alex Ring Gray, featuring a string quartet and electronic musician Dan Langa.

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Julie Comnick's "Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra"
Jan
9

Julie Comnick's "Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra"

Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra is a project that explores the gradual dissolution of culture in contemporary society through the symbolic ruin of a personal and cultural icon, the violin.

The January 2020 exhibition of Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra at the LIC Factory. The 5000 sq ft gallery will feature the exhibition in its entirety--paintings, video and orchestra-size sculptural installation of altered music stands.

The opening reception will includes a solo violin performance by Julie Comnick, and original and re-worked music by composer Alex Ring Gray.

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