Either/Or Spring Festival, June 2021

Either/Or: 2021 Spring Festival

June 21, 3:00pm EST
LIVE at Seaport District Pier 17 [Part of Make Music New York]
June 24, 8:00pm EST
Streamworks: Part 1 [online event]
June 26, 8:00pm EST
Streamworks: Part 2 [online event]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York experimental music ensemble Either/Or emerges from the pandemic hiatus with the 2021 iteration of its acclaimed Spring Festival programming. The Festival features three events during the last week of June.

First, on Monday, June 21, EO presents an in-person, outdoor concert on the Upper Square of the Seaport District’s Pier 17. As part of the annual Make Music New York extravaganza, tellar EO members (Margaret Lancaster, Richard Carrick, and Chris McIntyre) are joined by special guests Jonathan Finlayson and Zeena Parkins to perform works by renowned composers Anthony Braxton, Ms. Parkins, EO Director Carrick, and Julius Eastman. The closeness of EO to these creators’ music adds to the auspiciousness of the group’s return and is a heartfelt offering of joy to all citizens of our beloved city.

Either/Or - Live at Seaport District Pier 17
Part of Make Music New York
June 21, 3:00pm
Location:
Pier 17 - 89 South St, New York, NY 10038 [map]
Program:
Anthony Braxton - No. 40(O) (1975)
Zeena Parkins - Selections from Lace Pieces (2008 - ongoing)
Richard Carrick - Graphic Series:Lead Sheets (2021)
Julius Eastman - Joy Boy (1974)
Personnel:
Richard Carrick - e. guitar & keyboard; Jonathan Finlayson - trumpet; Margaret Lancaster - flute; Chris McIntyre - trombone; Zeena Parkins - harp & electronics

EO’S Spring Festival continues with two internet presentations on June 24th and 26th, featuring two of Either/Or’s most adventurous players, Vasko Dukovski (clarinets) and Margarget Lancaster (flute). Both artists have explored the possibilities of the online context during the pandemic period, developing videographic skills along the way. These events feature the results of this research, offering wide swath of musical and visual thought: Lancaster gathering several works created in collaboration with composer colleagues, Dukovski (along with EO Director Carrick) assaying and selecting newly discovered works from an international call-for-scores in April, both deeply involved in each video realization. That call gives these two online experiences their title: Streamworks Vols. 1 & 2.

Each of the two events will be followed by a live discussion of the music with the composers and performers. Carrick and EO Curator Chris McIntyre will host, taking and directing questions from the audience. A Zoom link will be distributed at the end of each presentation.

Streamworks - vol. 1
June 24, 8:00pm EST [online event]
Inga Chinilina (Providence, Moscow) sky every day [Dukovski - bass clarinet]
Nina Fukuoka (NYC, Japan/Poland) 13<x & x<11 [Dukovski - bass clarinet]
Elizabeth Hoffman (NYC) for margaret: bloom back brighter [Lancaster - flute]
Elizabeth Hoffman (NYC) deep dark dive (world premiere) [Lancaster - flute]
Ryan Carraher (Seattle) i wanted to fly from the roof and i fell, monodrama for solo clarinetist [Dukovski - clarinet]

Streamworks - vol. 2
June 26, 8:00pm EST [online event]
Yuma Uesaka (NYC, Detroit) Dual Duel [Dukovski - clarinet]
Jacob TV (Netherlands) Farewell Feathered Friends [Lancaster - piccolo]
Irene Tanuwidjaja (Indonesia) Stocks [Dukovski - bass clarinet]
Juraj Kojš (Miami, Slovakia) The Foyer from The Apartment of Earthly Delight [Lancaster - flute] Tianyu Zou (Beijing) two shameful moments of my day [Dukovski - bass clarinet]

Both Streamworks programs are free and will be broadcast on Either/Or’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/eitherorensemble
Either/Or's Concert Seasons are made possible by the generous support of the BMI Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts (a New York State agency), and by our private donors. Either/Or is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.