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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
MATA Interval 2.1 - Grúpat/Jenny Walshe & Object Collection
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
MATA Interval 2.1
Music of the Dublin collective Grúpat
Performed by Object Collection and curator Jennifer Walshe
Doors Open at 8PM
MATA kicks off the second season of its bi-monthly series Interval with a program of music by the radical and enigmatic South Dublin collective Grúpat. Curated by Irish vocalist and composer Jennifer Walshe, Grúpat's greatest champion, Interval 2.1 features the collective's eclectic blend of textural and playful music, performed by Ms. Walshe and up-and-coming New York interdisciplinary group Object Collection
Grúpat collective
“So what is sound? Is it stillness? Does it shock flesh, the drums, the mind squealing? Is it the resolution or the tension? The silence or the not silent? So we sit or stand and even to hear the wildest anti-musical noise or nothing—it is still a creature in a jar. We want to free the creature. This is the point of everything you’ve heard before. The point, the sharpness of it, the moment where the idea takes shape and enters the flesh, drawing blood, opening bodies to air, not a penetration but a commingling, an embrasure, a knitting together, spillage and contamination—to set the creature free. Sound is the creature. Sound is a thing with feathers.” — Grúpat
For individual Grúpat Composer bios, please visit http://www.matafestival.org/interval/?p=31
Jennifer Walshe was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1974. She studied composition with John Maxwell Geddes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Kevin Volans in Dublin and graduated from Northwestern University, Chicago, with a doctoral degree in composition in June 2002. Her chief teachers at Northwestern were Amnon Wolman and Michael Pisaro. In 2003-2004 Jennifer was a fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; during 2004-2005 she lived in Berlin as a guest of the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. From 2006 to 2008 she is the composer-in-residence in South Dublin County for In Context 3. In 2007 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York. She frequently performs as a vocalist, specialising in extended techniques. Many of her recent compositions were commissioned for her voice in conjunction with other instruments, and her works have been performed by her and others at festivals such as RTÉ Living Music (Dublin), Donaueschinger Musiktagen, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Composer’s Choice (Dublin), SoundField (Chicago) the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Stockholm New Music, and BELEF (Belgrade). Jennifer is also active as an improviser, performing regularly with musicians in Europe and the U.S.
For a more extensive biography of Walshe, please visit www.matafestival.org/interval/?p=32
Object Collection was founded in 2004 by director/writer/designer Kara Feely and composer/instrumentalist Travis Just as a collaborative theater-music performance group solidly rooted in the experimental tradition. Dedicated to new artistic work in hybrid forms, Object Collection constructs performances using a unique palette of live sound, composed music, and found text. Based in New York City, the group presents collaborative projects and curated series both at home and abroad using an expanding network of local and international affiliated artists.
Began during the 2007-08 season, MATA Interval is a bi-monthly series produced in conjunction with Issue Project Room (IPR). Interval features emerging composers and performers in programs developed and produced by young participants in MATA’s Curatorial Associate program. Presented at IPR in Gowanus, Brooklyn, the series is committed to presenting various streams of thought and aesthetics from the field, mapping areas in which the traditional and the experimental coexist.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm map
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 8:30pm - 10:00pm map
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm map
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm map
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm map
Drungle/McIntyre/Rush/Kennedy @ The Stone
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm map
Pete Drungle (piano, electronics), George Rush (upright and elec. bass), Fred Kennedy (drums), Chris McIntyre (trombone, Nord Lead2)
A new Brooklyn-based collective made up of composer/performers working in various avant and otherwise musical realms. In addition to leading their own groups, collaborative experiences include Slavic Soul Party!, Guignol, Michael Portnoy, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Ne(x)tworks, and Klezmer Madness, among many others.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm map
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:00pm - Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 10:00pm map
Let's Go Swimming: Tribute to Arthur Russell @ The Kitchen
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:00pm - Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 10:00pm map
Description
5/15 - Screenings at 7 and 9pm of Wild Combination, a new documentary about AR by Matt Wolf
5/16 & 17 - Songs and other things by Nick Hallett & Alex Waterman + Nat Baldwin + Rebecca Gates + Joel Gibb
Instrumental music:5/16 - Tower of Meaning
Bill Ruyle (perc/conductor), Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Okkyung Lee (cello), Peter Hess (alto sax/clarinet), Shelley Burgon (harp), Matt Bauder (tenor sax/clarinet), Chris McIntyre (trombone)
5/17 - The Singing TractorsPeter Zummo (Music Director/trombone), Bill Ruyle (perc), Ernie Brooks (bass gtr), Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Okkyung Lee (cello), Shelley Burgon (harp), Chris McIntyre (trombone)
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Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks at Chelsea Art Museum (3 of 3)
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks at Chelsea Art Museum [gmap]
2008 Residency
Saturday, May 3, 2PM
Joan La Barbara - voice, Kenji Bunch - viola, Shelley Burgon - harp/elec, Yves Dharamraj - cello, Cornelius Dufallo - violin, Miguel Frasconi - glass/elec, Stephen Gosling - piano/synth, Ariana Kim - violin, Chris McIntyre - trombone
Music by Ne(x)tworks
Shelley Burgon - glass trees (2007)
Cornelius Dufallo - Concerto Grosso (2004)
Yves Dharamraj - Waiting for 950 (2007)
Joan La Barbara - Scatter*
Miguel Frasconi - Tasks & Objects (2007)
Chris McIntyre - Raster for quintet*
Ariana Kim - Patterns*
Kenji Bunch - Contingencies*
* = world premiere
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
CJM solo & Gods Green Ghost @ GiG, Santa Fe, NM
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
Santa Fe Reporter Pick of the DayCJM (trombone, laptop, composition), Chris Jonas (saxophones, composition), rosS Hamlin (elec. gtr, bass gtr, compositions), J.A. Deane (bass flute), Katie Harlow (cello), Milton Villarrubia (perc)
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Friday, April 11, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
Ne(x)tworks @ The Kitchen (Eastman, Vierk)
Friday, April 11, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
The Kitchen
Friday, April 11, 8PM
[gmap]
Music of Julius Eastman and Lois V. Vierk
Julius Eastman
Stay On It (full ensemble)
Piano 2 (Joseph Kubera, piano)
Lois V. Vierk
River Beneath the River (string quartet)
Into the Brightening Air (string quartet)
Joan La Barbara - voice, Kenji Bunch - viola, Shelley Burgon - harp/elec, Yves Dharamraj - cello, Cornelius Dufallo - violin, Miguel Frasconi - glass/elec, Stephen Gosling - piano/synth, Ariana Kim - violin, Chris McIntyre - trombone
Guest:
Danny Tunick - percussion
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Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks at Chelsea Art Museum (2 of 3)
Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks at Chelsea Art Museum [gmap]
2008 Residency
Saturday, April 5, 2PM
Joan La Barbara - new work
Miguel Frasconi - new work
Alvin Curran - Selections from The Alvin Curran Fake Book
Joan La Barbara - voice, Shelley Burgon - harp/elec, Yves Dharamraj - cello, Cornelius Dufallo - violin, Miguel Frasconi - glass/elec, Stephen Gosling - piano/synth, Chris McIntyre - trombone -
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
MATA 08 - Either/Or, Newspeak, Sean Griffin premiere @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
PROGRAM:
Either/Or
Richard Carrick - Towards Qualia [15 min]violin, cello, piano, saxophone, flute, cimbalom/percussionJulius Eastman - Tripodinstrumentation TBD
Andrew Byrne - White Bone Country [15 min]piano, percussion
Newspeak: Missy Mazzoli - In Spite of All This
Voice, Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Synth, Electric Guitar, Drumset, Vibraphone
David T. Little - sweet light crude
Voice, Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Synth, Electric Guitar, Drumset, VibraphoneOscar Bettison - Breaking & Entering (with aggravated assault)
Violin, Cello, Clarinet, Synth, Electric Guitar, Drumset, Percussion [junk metal]INTERMISSION
combined ensemble
Sean Griffin - 2008 MATA Commission premiere
2 vocalists, 3 percussionists, cello, Electric guitar, Synthesizer/Piano -
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm map
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Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 2:00pm - 7:00pm map
MATA 08 - Sound: Margolis, Moore, Schumacher, Wolman, Stone @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 2:00pm - 7:00pm map
PROGRAM (1-hour each):Al Margolis - What Makes a Sound? (argument)
Stefan Moore - Three Steepings OR In::Out/Out::In
Michael Schumacher - Unintending
Amnon Wolman - Low Ground Clearance
Carl Stone - Kantipur
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm map
MATA 08 - The Knights @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm map
PROGRAMAaron Gervais - Culture No. 3 (2006)
fl/pic, cl, hn, trb, pno, perc, vn, va, vc, dbJennifer Fitzgerald - A Thousand Machines (2007)cl, vn, pno
Nico Muhly - I Know Where Everything Is (2007)fl, cl, vn, cl
Judd Greenstein - At the end of a really great day (2007)fl, cl, vn, cl
Ziboukle Martinayite - 2008 MATA Commissionfl, cl, ob, bsn, trb, hn, pno, perc, vn, va, vc, db
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 6:30pm - 7:45pm map
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm map
MATA 08 - Sound: Henderson, Parkins/Henderson @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm map
Doug Henderson - The Nature of the 102nd Thing (of 10,000)Zeena Parkins/Doug Henderson - Polyphonic Projections
Diapason Gallery [http://www.diapasongallery.org/]
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
MATA 08 - Boston Modern Orchestra Project @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
PROGRAMLisa Bielawa - Double Violin Concerto
NY PremiereColin Jacobsen, violin
Carla Kihlstedt, violinKen Ueno - On a Sufficient Condition for the Existence of Most Specific HypothesisNY Premiere
Ken Ueno, throat singerAlejandro Rutty - The Conscious Sleepwalker LoopsNY Premiere
Derek Hurst - CladesWorld Premiere
Firebird Ensemble -
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 6:30pm - 7:45pm map
MATA 08 - Sound: Leif Inge's 9 Beet Stretch @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 6:30pm - 7:45pm map
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm map
MATA 08 - Sound: Henderson, Parkins/Henderson @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm map
Program:Doug Henderson - The Nature of the 102nd Thing (of 10,000)
Zeena Parkins/Doug Henderson - Polyphonic ProjectionsCo-producer:Diapason Gallery [http://www.diapasongallery.org/]
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 10:00pm - 11:00pm map
Elliott Sharp and Orchestra Carbon @ The Stone
Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 10:00pm - 11:00pm map
Orchestra Carbon performs Quarks Swim Free
Elliott Sharp and Orchestra Carbon
10pm, $10
This is the latest of E#'s algorithmic compositions for large ensemble based on genetic models, bird flocking drum choirs, and recombinant RNA.
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Friday, March 7, 2008 - 9:00pm - 11:00pm map
SEM Ensemble @ Experimental Intermedia
Friday, March 7, 2008 - 9:00pm - 11:00pm map
S.E.M Ensemble @ Experimental Intermedia
224 Centre Street, NYC [gmap], 9pm
Petr Kotik - Solos and Incidental Harmonies
Petr Kotik - String Quartet
Mary Bellamy - String Quartet
Elliott Sharp - String Quartets (2)
Petr Kotik (flute), Karl Resnick, Terry Szor (trumpet), Julie Josepheson, Chris McIntyre (trombone), Peter Wise, Joe Bergen (percussion), Conrad Harris, Lynn Bechtold (violin), Lev Zhurbin (viola), Ludmila Konstantinova (cello) -
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
Composers Concordance @ The Cutting Room
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
An evening of all works for the brass trio B3+ (Dave Taylor - bass trombone, John Clark - horn, Franz Hackl - trumpet) with the composer/performers. CJM premiere's his work quartet music: part 1, performing on Nord synth and laptop.
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Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks @ Chelsea Art Museum (1 of 3)
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm map
Dialogics: Ne(x)tworks at Chelsea Art Museum [gmap]
2008 Residency
Saturday, March 1, 2PM
Shelley Burgon - Josephine's Tiger
Cornelius Dufallo - H/A
NxW Trio - Emergences
Jon Gibson - Multiples & Anthem for Relative Calm
Shelley Burgon - Harp/Electronics, Yves Dharamraj - Cello, Cornelius Dufallo – Director, Violin, Miguel Frasconi - Glass Instruments/Electronics, Joan La Barbara – Voice, Chris McIntyre – Curator, Trombone/Electronics
guest artist:
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano -
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm map
CJM Sounds: New Solos and Works for improvisers @ the Stone
Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 8:00pm - 9:00pm map
CJM (trombone, Nord Lead, laptop), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Members of Ne(x)tworks - Shelley Burgon (harp, electronics), Miguel Frasconi (glass, electronics)
First performance of selections from morphi studies for trombone with and without electronics, along with new graphic & strategic works for improvisers. Zeena Parkins, curator.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm map
TILT SIXtet @ Issue Project Room
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm map
TILT SIXtet & Chris Jonas' the Sun Spits Cherries
Issue Project Room
Opening night of Horn Week, co-curated by Chris McIntyreTILT SIXtet
Russ Johnson & Nate Wooley - trumpet
Curtis Hasselbring & Chris McIntyre - trombone
John Altieri & Joe Exley - tuba
John King - laptop
Chris Jonas - soprano sax & conductionTILT Brass' SIXtet project reconvenes for opening night IPR's Horn Week with music from composer, guitarist and Cunningham Co. music co-director John King, TILT's own Chris McIntyre, and a new work by soprano sax phenom Chris Jonas.
www.tiltbrass.org
L to R: CJM, John King (back), Curtis Hasselbring, Nate Wooley (back),
John Altieri, Russ Johnson, Chris Jonas, Joe Exley
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - Saturday, February 9, 2008 map
Horn Week @ ISSUE Project Room
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - Saturday, February 9, 2008 map
Horn Week
Feb 6 - 9, 2008
Issue Project Room
A week of music made with wind, including TILT SIXtet, co-curated with Suzanne Fiol.
Wed 6
>TILT SIXtet
>Chris Jonas' Sun Spits Cherries
Thu 7
Solo|Trio
>Sara Schoenbeck
>Herb Robertson
>Matt BauderFri 8
>Nmperign
>Daniel Carter & Marianne Giosa
Sat 9
>Marty Ehrlich Alto Quartet
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Friday, January 25, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
MATA Interval 1.2 @ Issue Project Room
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm map
Friday, Jan 25, 2008
MATA Interval 1.2
Issue Project Room
232 3rd Street, 3rd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215
INTERVAL 1.2 Friday, January 25, 2008, 8 pm, $10 featuring Ha-Yang Kim, Matt Welch, Lukas Ligeti and Marco Cappelli with performances by Odd Appetite and Flux Quartet Curated by Ha-Yang Kim as part of the MATA Interval Curatorial Associates Program -
Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 9:00pm - 11:00pm map
Anthony Coleman's Music @ Brecht Forum’s Neues Kabarett
Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 9:00pm - 11:00pm map
Anthonly Coleman Music @ Brecht Forum’s Neues Kabarett
CJM performs on a piece written earlier in '07 for Ne(x)tworks called Seven at the Golden Shovel. The event features a new commissioned work for strings, performed by Jennifer Choi & Cornelius Duffalo (violins), Stephanie Griffith (viola), Alex Waterman (cello).
Neues Kabarett Myspace