Yarn / Wire 2016-17 Season

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September 16, 2016: Yarn/Wire/Currents #5 – Season Opening at Pioneer Works

Brooklyn, NY
We celebrate the opening of our 11th anniversary season with a program of three new commissions written specifically for the event, presented by Blank Forms. The evening includes a new work by legendary composer Alvin Lucier, an American Composers Forum/Jerome Foundation commission by Anthony Vine, and a meditation on sound by Catherine Lamb. This concert marks the fifth live installment of Yarn/Wire/Currents, an ongoing series that explores the boundaries of contemporary music performance.

Program:
Alvin Lucier – Oases (2016)
Catherine Lamb – curvo totalitas (2016)
Anthony Vine – distance / absence (2016) **

Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St
Brooklyn, NY 11231

September 27, 2016: Miller Theatre’s Popup Concert Series

New York, NY
Yarn/Wire presents works by Los Angeles-based composer Andrew McIntosh for the opening concert of Miller Theatre’s popup series. In addition to a movement of McIntosh’s 2012 work Hyenas in the Temples of Pleasure, we will give the world premiere of a new percussion duo, and trio for voice, 2 percussion and keyboard. Rounding out the program are three solo works written by other composers associated with McIntosh’s plainsound music catalogue, including Plainsound-Litany No. 2, to be performed by McIntosh himself on viola.

Program:
Andrew McIntosh – We See the Flying Bird (2015-16)*
Wolfgang Von Schweinitz – “64:57:51:48” Waltz for Waltzer (2009)
Andrew McIntosh – Hyenas in the Temples of Pleasure (3rd Mvt) (2012)
Wolfgang Von Schweinitz – Plainsound-Litany No. 2 (2004)
Mac Sabat / Stefan Bartling – Eudaimonia (2009)
Andrew McIntosh – Five Songs (2015)*

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

October 19-22, 2016: UT Knoxville Contemporary Music Festival

Knoxville, TN
The School of Music at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville presents its second annual Contemporary Music Festival to be held October 19-22, 2016 at the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Over four days of concerts, presentations, lectures, and masterclasses, Yarn/Wire will interface with students and the public about its unique repertoire and approach to chamber music. We will also present a new work commissioned by the festival specifically for the occasion by Austin-based composer Travis Weller.

Program:
Travis Weller – new work (2016)*
Luciano Berio – Linea (1974)
More repertoire TBA

School of Music
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
117 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
1741 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37996-2600

November 10, 2016: Chicago Arts Club

Chicago, IL
Yarn/Wire explores the boundaries between sound installations and performance practice through new works by Chicago-based composer Olivia Block, and long-time collaborator, Aaron Einbond

Program:
Olivia Block – calibration circle (2016)*
Aaron Einbond – Literalists of the Imagination (2016)*

Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St
Chicago, IL 60611

December 1, 2016: Composer Portraits at Miller Theatre – Zosha DiCastri

New York, NY
“Imagine sound on a spectrum,” says Zosha Di Castri, “moving fluidly between abstract soundscapes, gestural outbursts, and referential echoes of musics half-remembered.” Pianists, percussionists, and vocalists come together alongside electronics to explore the rich gamut of Di Castri’s work. Two premiere performances—including Near Mute Force for members of both ensembles—are among the evening’s repertoire.

Program:
new work for Yarn/Wire (2016)*
Near Mute Force (2016)**
The Animal after Whom Other Animals are Named (2013)
The Thinking Eye (2006)

Miller Theatre
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

January 25-28, 2017: University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA
Yarn/Wire presents masterclasses, lectures, and a concert of new works by UVA graduate students

February 23, 2017: Montréal New Music (MNM)

Montréal, Québec
Yarn/Wire makes its first trip to Canada to perform on the MNM festival, bringing two of its newest commissions for their Canadian premieres.

Program:
Chiyoko Szlavnics – Mind Is Moving (2015)
Zosha DiCastri – new work for Yarn/Wire (2016)

March 2, 2017: Composer Portraits at Miller Theatre – Misato Mochizuki

New York, NY
Shaped by studies in Tokyo and Paris, composer Misato Mochizuki’s music integrates Occidental tradition, the Asiatic connection to breath, and a fascination with ritual. Equally active in Japan and Europe, she has been featured at the Louvre and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. Mochizuki has just begun to make inroads in New York, and Miller is pleased to introduce her work more broadly through this Portrait, building on her relationship with local ensemble Yarn/Wire.

Program:
Intermezzi III (2010)
Terres Rouges (2005-06)*
Moebius-Ring (2003)*
Le monde des ronds et des carrés (2015)
Au bleu bois (1998)*

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

March 13-18, 2017: Harvard University Residency

Cambridge, MA
Yarn/Wire presents masterclasses, lectures, and a concert of new works by Harvard graduate students

April 7-8, 2017: Hamilton College Residency

Clinton, NY
Yarn/Wire presents lectures and workshops with Hamilton College students, and premieres a new work by longtime collaborator, Ryan Carter.

April 20, 2017: Enno Poppe – Works for Piano Percussion Quartet at EMPAC

Troy, NY
A sensation on Europe’s festival circuit and an established favorite among its leading new-music bands, Enno Poppe (b. 1969) is one of Germany’s most talked-about composers. The founder and conductor of Berlin’s ensemble mosaïk, Poppe is as inspired by his experience with and love of chamber ensembles as it is by his theoretical interest in the nearly infinite permutations possible with even the tiniest musical motives. Following a weeklong residency at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing arts Center in Troy, NY, Yarn/Wire will give the world premiere of a new 30 minute work by Mr. Poppe written for the ensemble. The group will also perform the tour-de-force Tonband, a piece he wrote in collaboration with Wolfgang Heineger in 2008/2012.

Program:
Tonband (2008/12) [written with Wolfgang Heineger]
new work for Yarn/Wire (2017)

May 6-7, 2017: Tectonics Festival

Glasgow, Scotland
Yarn/Wire makes its debut at this prestigious international festival, with works spanning an array of international and US repertoire.

May 8-10, 2017: City University – London Residency

London, UK
Yarn/Wire is in residence at London’s City University, where we will give a series of workshops and readings, culminating in a concert on May 9th.

Program to include:
Aaron Einbond – new work (2016)
Olivia Block – Calibration Circle (2016)

May TBA, 2017: Look and Listen Festival

Brooklyn, NY
Yarn/Wire makes its second appearance on this eagerly anticipated yearly festival of new music. The festival has generously commissioned Zibuokle Martinaityte (http://www.zibuokle.com) to write a new piece for us, which we will premiere this year.

Program:
Zibuokle Martinaityte – new work (2017)

May / June TBA, 2017: Americas Society – New Music from Colombia

New York, NY
Yarn/Wire presents new music by Colombian composers, including Caroline Noguera and longtime friend Ricardo Gallo

June TBA, 2017: Yarn/Wire Institute at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
The Yarn/Wire Institute at Stony Brook University is a place for practitioners of modern music to hone their skills and collaborate with dedicated artists from across the globe. Now in its second year, the ten-day institute for pianists, percussionists, and composers focuses on the the music of today in its vast diversity of sound and style.

Participants work closely with faculty on the development and performance of new work, interpretation of existing work, and take part in a variety of masterclasses, workshops, and presentations. Topics covered include collaborating with composers/performers, working with electronics, project development, commissioning, exploring extended techniques, improvisation, entrepreneurship, and responding to the evolving cultural landscape with a personal voice and optimistic approach.