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Spark Exhibition
Ensemble Vim’s mission to “Ignite the spark – unite the arts” is alive in the MOCA GA Galleries! A Homegoing, created by Kelly Taylor Mitchell + Chelsea Loew, is on exhibit alongside works by Alan Caomin Xie + Ofir Klemperer and Martha Whittington + Will Kim. This exhibition showcases the finished works, both visual art and audio visual recordings of the original music compositions played in the MOCA GA galleries by Ensemble Vim musicians.
Ensemble Decipher in Concert - Knox College
As part of a residency at Knox College, Ensemble Decipher will perform music by Erin Rogers, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Taylor Long and Eric Lemmon and a world premiere by Rob Cosgrove.
Frequency Series Presents: Ensemble Decipher
As part of Constellation’s Frequency Series, Ensemble Decipher will perform music by Erin Rogers, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Taylor Long and Eric Lemmon and a world premiere by Rob Cosgrove. Tickets AVAILABLE HERE.
Taylor Festival Choir at National ACDA
One of three selected professional choirs in the US, the Taylor Festival Choir will perform during the American Choral Director Association National Conference. Rep includes Chelsea Loew’s Hidden Love and works by Bach, Galante, Byrd, and Panufnik.
SPARK!
As part of the inaugural SPARK! initiative, Ensemble Vim will premiere three new collaborative works for visual arts and music at MOCA, GA. Repertoire includes A Homegoing by Kelly Taylor Mitchell and Chelsea Loew alongside collaborative works by Caomin Xie + Ofir Klemperer and Martha Whittington + Will Kim.
UNCW New Music Festival: Iva Casian-Lakoš
Singing-cellist Iva Casian-Lakos presents a journey into the unknown and unpredictable. This performance delves into themes of nature, mythology, and human temperament through intricate sonic textures and storytelling. The evening features the world premiere of First Light by UNCW Professor Chelsea Loew, alongside compositions by David Crowell and Casian-Lakos herself.
Interpretations: Mari Kimura / Joseph Kubera
Ensemble Decipher joins Mari Kimura onstage for the American premiere of KISMET .
Ensemble Decipher SUNY PACC Tour
New York State Tour (shows in Stony Brook, Purchase, Albany, Oswego, Fredonia, Buffalo and NYC).
Women's Labor: Embedded Irons Performance
This concert includes the premiere of Greyscale co-composed by Chelsea Loew and Niloufar Nourbakhsh.
Stony Brook Feature Friday: Ensemble Decipher
Ensemble Decipher performs works by Eric Lemmon, Samuel Beebe, Joseph Bohigian, Yaz Lancaster, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh. Watch here.
Random Check - livestream
The concert features a premiere of via nonplaces collaboratively written by Chelsea Loew, Alperen Şahin, and Neo Dunno. Join the premiere livestream.
Ensemble Decipher at NowNet Arts Conference 2020
Ensemble Decipher performs a live telematic concert featuring works by composers Samuel Beebe, Eric Lemmon, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Lainie Fefferman, and Yaz Lancaster.
Relations
The NFM choir led by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny along with select instrumentalists of the NFM ensembles will perform Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska’s Relations, fragments of Agata Zubel’s drama-opera Oresteia, and Chelsea Loew’s pale shadows of cracked kettles.
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Areon Flutes and Siroko Duo: Current Winds
Siroko Duo and Areon Flutes come together for a program called Current Winds. Siroko Duo will perform Izabel Austin’s Speed of Darkness, Michael Kropf’s Time and Place, and Chelsea Loew’s Hughes of Sylvia. Areon Flutes will perform Julie Barwick’s Personal Space, Jane Rigler’s Arboreous Incantations, and Igor Silva’s We Live in a Bubble.
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Inside the Music: Creative Dialects
New World Symphony piano fellow Wesley Ducote presents the concert Inside the Music: Creative Dialects featuring compositions by Leoš Janáček, Béla Bartók, Mark Applebaum, and Chelsea Loew.
Verdi Requiem
Choirs from Akademia Muzyczyna im. Karola Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu join the Filharmonia Dolnoślanska in Jelenia Góra for a performance of the Verdi Requiem
National SCI Concert
This is the final concert of the National SCI 2019 convention. This concert features works chosen from the National SCI call for scores, including Loew’s Wildfire for violin, bass clarinet, and drum set to be performed by members of the University of New Mexico’s New Music Ensemble.
Altered Sound Duo @ USC
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at the University of South Carolina. Follow their tour here.
Ball State New Music Festival's Contemporary Chamber Music Concert
This concert features the 49th annual Ball State Festival of New Music’s guest ensemble Popebama (Erin Rogers, sax; Dennis Sullivan, percussion). The concert will include works by the two winners of the national call for scores, Jeff Harriot and Chelsea Loew (Redefining Definitions).
Altered Sound Duo @ University of Memphis
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at the University of Memphis. Follow their tour here.
Altered Sound Duo @ Crosstown Arts
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN. Follow their tour here.
Altered Sound Duo @ University of Tennessee
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at the University of Tennessee. Follow their tour here.
Altered Sound Duo @ Valdosta State University
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at Valdosta State University. Follow their tour here.
Altered Sound Duo @ The Bakery
As part of their Southeast tour, Altered Sound Duo (Chris Murphy, saxophone; Nick Fox, percussion) present a concert of new works featuring David Vayo, Kerrith Livengood, John Orfe, Adam O'Dell, and Loew’s Redefining Definitions at The Bakery in Atlanta, GA. Follow their tour here.
SBU Composer's Concert
This concert features Stony Brook University composers Daria Semegen, Sam Beebe, John Ling, Ed Rosenberg, Eric Lemmon, and Loew’s This Living Hand to be performed by soprano Alina Tamborini, violinist Jennifer Gersten, and pianist Dasha Bukhartseva. More information can be found here.
EARS Final Concert
Members of Eastman Audio Research Studio will present their final concert of the year. The program includes Loew's 5 channel piece Dizzy Zoe for quad surround speakers and Zoetrope, an individualized speaker built specifically for this piece.