Central to the new-music experience in New York.
– Time Out NY
Central to the new-music experience in New York.
– Time Out NY
Joe Fiedler, Ben Gerstein, Curtis Hasselbring, Richard Marriott, Chris McInytre, Steve Swell, Peter Zummo (trombone)Formed to play McIntyre's music with choreographer Yoshiko Chuma, 7X7 has performed at the River To River and Fall For Dance Festivals and Issue Project Room. This set features McIntyre's stuplimity series pieces for multiple trombones and a full ensemble reading of Fredric Rzewski's Last Judgement (subtitled "for solo trombone or any number of echoing trombones not quite in unison")
Composer and impresario John Zorn has invited CJM to curate the month of June at The Stone. More details will be available in the coming weeks, but several events are already in the works:
• Trombonophilia - Month-long series/festival featuring an amazing roster of projects by NYC's extraordinarily deep pool of trombonist/composer/band leaders
• TILT Brass Band: ALL TILT - Newly commissioned works by band memebers and composer friends receive first performances over two nights.
• Ne(x)tworks Residency - 10th, 17th, & 24th. Includes premieres by group members Shelley Burgon, Yves Dharamraj, Miguel Frasconi, and Ariana Kim.
CJM introduces a portion of SoHo SoLo, a program of solo pieces on trombone. This set features works by by Phil Niblock, Fredric Rzewski, Philip Glass. Also, he'll present his own stuplimity no.3 for trombone and laptop. All of this takes place during the opening set of the month-long festival Trombonophilia, which presents nearly 20 trombonist/composer/bandleaders (mostly) on Tuesday's and Thursday's in June.
CJM is Co-Curator of the festival, and he's creating and premiering a new work for solo trombone and electronics.
Co-Curated by CJM with Matthew Lyons
Aki Onda performs his extended solo performance-installation, Cassette Memories, in which he plays back and manipulates selections from his vast collection of taped field-recordings he has made for more than fourteen years.
Co-Curated by CJM with Matthew Lyons
Japanese musician and composer Aki Onda, known for his work with hand-held cassette recorders and electronics, presents a concert evening with Aki Onda’s Invisible Ensemble, a largely improvisational group that generates imaginary sonic landscapes featuring Onda, Miguel Frasconi on glass percussion, and Marina Rosenfeld on turntables, as well as a duet with vocalist/performer Shelley Hirsch.
SILOMUSIC: Ne(x)tworks 2006
Ne(x)tworks embarks on a season-long residency at the new Brooklyn home of IPR in Carrol Gardens, featuring a different program each month,
New and revised works for the group by violinist/composer Cornelius Dufallo and CJM, including a collaborative work that features a multi-channel sound installation by McIntyre within which Dufallo presents a new ensemble work.
Curated by CJM, Kitchen House Blend revisits three pieces from its repertoire of commissioned works created since 2000. A "grand finale" performance of this stellar group of 10 NYC musicans, the evening includes works by Kitty Brazelton, Matthew Shipp, and Lee Hyla.