Program:
Hô (excerpts) - 1960 - Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)
Silvie Jensen (mezzo-soprano)
Maknongan - 1976 - Giacinto Scelsi
Michael Ibrahim (baritone saxophone)
Pwyll - 1954 - Giacinto Scelsi
Ashley Addington (flute)
World Premiere (Title TBA) - 2012 - Gregory Cornelius (b. 1977)
Amp Ensemble
Quando stanno morendo, diario polacco n.2 - 1982 - Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble: Megan Schubert (soprano), Christie Finn (soprano), Amirtha Kidambi (mezzo-soprano), Silvie Jensen (mezzo-soprano)
AMP is a new music group based in New York City that grapples with experimental, electroacoustic, gestural, or situational compositional trends in the context (for the perspective) of a broader musical modernism. Without fixed ensemble, we draw from the rich new music scene in New York to organically develop a few concerts each year, each usually featuring a particular composer or nexus of compositions.
Ekmeles is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde. New York is home to a vibrant instrumental New Music scene, with a relative paucity of vocal music. Ekmeles was founded to fill the gap by presenting new a cappella repertoire for solo voices, and by collaborating with these instrumental ensembles.
Director Jeffrey Gavett brings a hybrid vision to the group: he is an accomplished ensemble singer and performer of new works, and holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music's Contemporary Performance Program. He has assembled a virtuoso group of colleagues who bring their own diverse backgrounds to bear on the unique challenges of this essential and neglected repertoire.
New York City, NY; NYC