Mise-En Music Festival in NY, June 19-22, 2014

From Mise=En:

A Four-Day New Music Festival in Manhattan, NY, June 19- June 22

Featuring:
ensemble mise-en (NY), the Momenta Quartet (NY), and Ensemble Paramirabo (Canada)

Performances and Events Will Be Hosted By the Korean Cultural Service New York (June 19), Americas Society (June 20), the Taipei Cultural Center (June 21), Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America (June 21), and Tenri Cultural Institute (June 22)

Concerts
June 19 : ensemble mise-en @ Korean Cultural Service (8pm)
June 20 : Ensemble Paramirabo @ Americas Society (7pm)
June 21 : The Momenta Quartet @ Taipei Cultural Center (5pm)
June 21 : Bent Sørensen Portrait / ensemble mise-en @ Scandinavia House (8pm)
June 22 : New Music Marathon (ensemble mise-en / The Momenta Quartet / Ensemble Paramirabo) @ Tenri Cultural Institute (4pm)

Workshop Series @ the cell
June 21 : Composition, New Sounds, and Orchestral Instruments / members of ensemble mise-en (11am-12:15pm)
June 21 : Improvisation / Fay Victor (1-2:15pm)
June 21 : New Music and Korean Traditional Instruments / Gamin (2:45-4pm)

Ensemble mise-en is excited to announce mise-en music festival 2014, which will be presented in collaboration with the Momenta Quartet, Ensemble Paramirabo, and more than 30 international composers. The works of these composers were selected from the festival’s call for scores, which yielded 862 submissions by 702 composers from 65 different countries.

In total, mise-en music festival will feature four curated concerts, one marathon concert (total 6 hours, comprising 6 sectional concerts), and three workshops.

The first of these concerts (June 19) will highlight the works of living Korean composers. While this year’s focus is on Korean composition, the ensemble will present concerts with different geographical focuses in subsequent festivals. ensemble mise-en is excited to partner with the Korean Cultural Service in presenting this concert.

The second concert on the program (June 20) will take place at Americas Society and feature Ensemble Paramirabo from Canada. It will include the U.S. premieres of works by Maxime McKinley (Canada), Patrick Giguere (Canada), Michel Gonneville (Canada), Philippe Leroux (France/Montreal), and Frank Zappa (USA, arranged by Symon Henry).

The third concert (June 21) will feature the Momenta Quartet, highlighting compositions by Taiwanese composers, including Fang-Wei (Taiwan) and Annie Hui-Hsin (Taiwan/Australia), as well as other works in the Momenta Quartet’s repertoire.

The fourth concert (June 21) will be a celebration of Scandinavian composition and Danish composer Bent Sørensen. It will include the U.S. premiere of Shadowland, Ständchen, and Gondole, along with performances of The Bells of Vineta and Lontanamente – Fragments of a waltz.

The final concert on the festival program (June 22) is a Sunday New Music Marathon (total of 6 hours), which will include works ranging from solo pieces to compositions for chamber orchestra, and from acoustic music to electroacoustic music.