Quince Ensemble 2015-16 Season

From Chicago’s Quince Ensemble:

CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS RESIDENCY
September 2015 – April 2016
Workshops/Readings/Panel Discussions with students at Chicago Academy for the Arts

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO RESIDENCY
September 2015 – April 2016
Workshops/Readings/Panel Discussions with PhD Composers at University of Chicago

SONIC FESTIVAL NYC
Saturday, October 17 – Sunday, October 18, 2015
Various Venues
New York, NY

Molly Herron: Stellar Atmospheres (world premiere) for 3 singers, viol consort, and
keyboard with dervishes robot
Levy Lorenzo: Inside Voice (2015) for 3 singers and iLophones
Fjola Evans: Whirpool (world premiere) for 3 singers and 4 spherical theremins

AVALOCH RESIDENCY
Monday, October 19 – Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Boscawen, NH

FREQUENCY SERIES: QUINCE | IT WAS WITCHCRAFT (SEASON OPENER)
Sunday, November 22, 2015 | 8:30 PM
Constellation Chicago
3111 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618

Giacinto Scelsi: Sauh I-IV (1973) for 4 female voices
Jennifer Jolley: Prisoner of Conscience (world premiere) for 4 voices
Eve Beglarian: Machaut in the Machine Age IV (2010) for 4 female voices and electronics

SECOND ALBUM RECORDING SESSIONS
Friday, January 1 – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Chicago, IL

Kate Soper: Songs for Nobody (2006) for 3 female voices
Danny Clay: Rose of Sharon (2014) for 4 female voices and pitched glasses
Monte Weber: Cruel Anvil I. (2015) for 4 female voices
Philippe Leroux: Veni Sancte (1987) for 3 female voices
Maria Grigoryeva: I’m Something (2010) for 4 female voices and triangles
Ben Hjertmann: lullaby (2014) for 4 female voices
Levy Lorenzo: Inside Voice (2015) for 4 female voices and iLophones

STANFORD RESIDENCY
Monday, February 29 – March 5, 2016
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Holly Herndon: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Laura Steenberge: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Andrew Watts: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Eoin Callery: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Charlie Sdraulig: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices

WEST COAST MINI-TOUR
Sunday, March 6 | 7:30 PM
Center of New Music
55 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA 94102

Tuesday, March 8 | 7:00 PM
Outpost Concert Series
Culver Center of the Arts
3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501

Danny Clay: Rose of Sharon (2014) for 4 female voices and pitched glasses
Levy Lorenzo: Inside Voice (2015) for 4 female voices and iLophones
Monte Weber: Cruel Anvil I. (2015) for 4 female voices
Amanda Feery: Squarepushers (2012) for 4 female voices
Jonathan Sokol: Le Saleve (2012) for 4 female voices
Eve Beglarian: Bachfeet (2005) for 4 female voices
Kate Soper: Songs for Nobody (2006) for 4 female voices
Christopher Cerrone: Requiem for K.V. (2007) for 3 female voices

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CULMINATION CONCERT
Saturday, April 2, 2016 | 7:30 PM
Bond Chapel
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

Kate Pukinskis: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Pierce Gradone: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Jack Hughes: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Igor Santos: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Joung-Bum Lee: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices

SEASON CLOSER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ALBUM RELEASE
Saturday, May 14, 2016 | 7:30 PM
Lillstreet Arts Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

Christopher Fisher-Lochhead: New Work (world premiere) for 4 female voices
Curtis Rumrill: The Passion of the Wilt-Mold Mothers (world premiere) for 4 female voices