Eavesdropping: McIntyre & Frasconi, Duets at The Tank

Christopher McIntyre, trombone and synthesizer
Miguel Frasconi, glass instruments & electronics
$10

These two renowned and versatile improvising composers, and long-time members of the new music ensemble Ne(x)tworks, perform together as a duo for the very first time and explore new timbral combinations and sonic trajectories.

Miguel Frasconi is a composer and improviser who uses electronics, laptop, and an instrumentarium of glass objects to create music from a uniquely imagined tradition. His glass instruments are struck, blown, stroked, smashed and otherwise coaxed into vibration. They have been called “a beautiful menagerie of pealing contraptions” by Time Out NY. Miguel has worked closely with composers John Cage, Jon Hassell, James Tenney, Morton Subotnick, and has collaborated with many choreographers, including modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin. He was a founding member of The Glass Orchestra, the internationally renowned new music ensemble featuring all glass instruments, and presently performs with Ne(x)tworks, an ensemble of “new music all-stars” (Time Out NY). He also teaches electronic music at Bard College. More info at frasconimusic.com

Christopher McIntyre leads a multi-faceted career in the contemporary arts as a solo and ensemble performer, composer, and curator/producer. Time Out New York noted that "...with every passing week, trombonist-composer Chris McIntyre becomes more central to the new-music experience in New York." (Nov. '09) Current projects include leading TILT Brass and 7X7 Trombone Band, and collaborative efforts such as Ne(x)tworks. In his composing, McIntyre has experimented with conceptual elements such as spatialization, recontextualized notated material, and improvisative strategy, along with ideas of scale, symmetrical pitch constructions, and self-similarity. He has contributed work to the repertoire of TILT, Ne(x)tworks, 7X7 Trombone Band (for choreographer Yoshiko Chuma), Flexible Orchestra, and B3+ brass trio. Beyond performing and creating music, McIntyre is also active as a curator and concert producer, with independent projects at venues including The Kitchen, Issue Project Room, and The Stone (June 2007), and as Artistic Director of the MATA Festival (07-10).

This presentation is part of the Well Weathered Music Series.