Composer's Voice featuring The Miniaturist Ensemble January 31, 2010 Jan Hus Church 351 East 74th Street New York, New York 10021

The New York Miniaturist Ensemble has performed hundreds of new works by composers from around the world. Over 200 composers have written works for the Ensemble, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Christian Wolff, Michael Finnissy, Tom Johnson, Charles Wuorinen, Georges Aperghis, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Sylvano Bussotti, Henri Pousseur, Kevin Volans, and Jandek. In addition to their regular live performances, the NYME recently recorded for Albany Records, and has been featured on radio in Chicago and New York. Formed in 2004 by graduates of the Juilliard School, the Ensemble has been praised for their virtuosic performances and innovative programming. The Composer’s Voice Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal “voice” created in their compositions. Vox Novus collaborating with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus Church to produce a monthly concert series promoting the chamber works of contemporary composers.

Title Composer Performer Invention Rene Mense Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Shot in the Sock Joel Pierson Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Conspiracy Theory #1 (A Catalyst) Ed RosenBerg III Kelli Kathman-flute plus I, II, III D. Edward Davis Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Stranger With Melody Jurg Frey Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Pond David Maki… Cory Smythe-piano Microexercise #13 Christian Wolff Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Wedding Fragment Jason Eckardt Cory Smythe-piano Mortoniana Panayiotis Demopoulos Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Ponte dei Sospiri, 100 Steps Anna Mikhailova Kelli Kathman-flute Jugendstuck Alexey Voytenko Cory Smythe-piano untitled Rytis Mazulis Cory Smythe-piano Hamilton Stub Paul Undreiner Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Elevator Pitch Ruben Naeff Kelli Kathman-flute haiku 48 Martin Schimd Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Lullabye Charles Turner Erik Carlson-violin Cory Smythe-piano Weiss/Weisslich 17d Peter Ablinger Kelli Kathman-flute Tombeau d'Adobe Brunswick Adobe Brunskwick Cory Smythe-piano

Performers The New York Miniaturist Ensemble has performed hundreds of new works by composers from around the world. Over 200 composers have written works for the Ensemble, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Christian Wolff, Michael Finnissy, Tom Johnson, Charles Wuorinen, Georges Aperghis, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Sylvano Bussotti, Henri Pousseur, Kevin Volans, and Jandek. In addition to their regular live performances, the NYME recently recorded for Albany Records, and has been featured on radio in Chicago and New York. Formed in 2004 by graduates of the Juilliard School, the Ensemble has been praised for their virtuosic performances and innovative programming. Erik Carlson has performed as a soloist and with many chamber and orchestral ensembles throughout Europe and the United States. A highly active performer of contemporary music, he is the founder of the New York Miniaturist Ensemble. Mr. Carlson is an enthusiastic proponent of interdisciplinary collaboration, and performs frequently with poets, dancers, actors, and film. He is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, The Trinity Bach Players, The Momenta Quartet, Talea Ensemble, and the New Chamber Ballet and has recorded for the Tzadik, Albany, and Matador labels. Also a composer and writer, he has had his musical compositions and short plays performed in a wide variety of halls and theaters. He studied violin with Jorja Fleezanis, Ronald Copes, and Robert Mann and holds a Master’s degree from The Juilliard School. Flutist Kelli Kathman received her Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, as a student of Ransom Wilson and her Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Bonita Boyd. Kelli was awarded a fellowship at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Chamber Music Institute. She has performed with Alarm Will Sound, the Steve Reich Ensemble and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and has worked with Ezra Laderman to John Adams and John Zorn. In 1999, Ms. Kathman appeared as soloist in Pierre Boulez' Originel from ...explosante-fixe... with the Eastman Musica Nova. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Ms. Kathman owes her love of music to the training and endless support heaped on her by her teachers and family during her formative years. Pianist Cory Smythe is a graduate of the music schools at Indiana University and the University of Southern California. As a member of ICE, he has contributed to many premieres, worked with composers Philippe Hurel, Magnus Lindberg, and David Lang among others, and performed in many venues across the U.S. and abroad. Cory has contributed frequently to the Boston-based Firebird Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. As an improviser and jazz musician, Cory has performed with the Greg Osby Four, with Pete Robbins Centric, and in drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey's quartet, whose album "That/Not" (Firehouse 12) was named the 2007 best debut album in the Village Voice jazz critics poll. Cory’s principal teachers have included Luba Edlina-Dubinsky and Stewart Gordon.

Vox Novus collaborating with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus Church to produce a monthly concert series promoting the chamber works of contemporary composers. An opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal “voice” created in their compositions. Vox Novus promotes contemporary music and its creators through concerts, recordings, publications, broadcasts, and online publicity. Vox Novus believes strongly in the intrinsic value of contemporary music, recognizing it as a force in the advancement of culture and art. Our goal is to keep music alive by strengthening the connection between composer and audience, providing greater exposure to new music. Vox Novus understands that without the creation of challenging, contemporary music there will be no future masterpieces to reflect our time. Exciting new music is being composed constantly and must be heard in order to complete the cycle of creativity. Vox Novus gets contemporary music heard: in concerts; over the radio; CD’s and on the Internet. While artists have always struggled to create and promote their art, one may argue that the situation is now more precarious than ever. Today's economic climate is competitive , and emerging composers inevitably act as their own writer, producer, publicist, agent, and sometimes performer. This daunting array of tasks overwhelms many composers. Vox Novus helps emerging composers face this challenge helping them to promote their music, expand their audience, and advance their career. Recognizing that a major obstacle for composers is finding performances, Vox Novus develops and produces concerts. These concerts expand the audience for new music beyond the established music community. Vox Novus concerts aim to build a new repertoire by creating friendly, approachable listening environments that integrate a growing body of contemporary composers. Remarkable Theater Brigade founded by Christian McLeer, Dan Jeselsohn and Monica Harte, creates and produces new operas and musicals and takes children’s versions out to special-needs and at-risk children free of charge. Remarkable Theater Brigade creates and produces new works including operas, orchestral pieces, ballets, musicals, and electro-acoustic works and co-produces the Composer’s Voice Concert Series concerts. Remarkable Theater Brigade was founded in 2002 by Christian McLeer, Monica Harte, and Dan Jeselsohn. This year we opened our 8th Season with Opera Shorts in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, October 1, 2009. Opera Shorts is Remarkable Theater Brigade’s set of 10 minute operas by composers Seymour Barab, Ben Bierman, George Brunner, Tom Cipullo, Anne Phillips, Patrick Soluri, Rob Voisey, and of course Christian McLeer. Support from the Puffin Foundation “…continuing the dialogue between art and the lives of ordinary people.” The Composer’s Voice Concert Series is an opportunity for contemporary composers to express their musical aesthetic and personal “voice” created in their compositions. Vox Novus collaborating with the Remarkable Theater Brigade and Jan Hus Church to produce a monthly concert series promoting the chamber works of contemporary composers. Vox Novus is a collective of composers, musicians, and music enthusiasts collaborating together to create, produce, promote, and enjoy the new music of today. Our members are from a variety of composers committed to the creation and dissemination of new music. Their music is of a variety of styles, aesthetics, and ideologies. Vox Novus produces and promotes new music. They are dedicated to contemporary music, the musicians who perform, and the composers that write the music of today. Their mission is to cultivate a music community and make their work available to the greater public. Remarkable Theater Brigade founded by Christian McLeer, Dan Jeselsohn and Monica Harte, creates and produces new operas and musicals and takes children’s versions out to special-needs and at-risk children free of charge. Brought to you by Funding by Funding also provided by the Puffin Foundation, "...continuing the dialogue between art and lives of ordinary people." Home Calendar History Opportunities Vox Novus Site Map Contact Hosted by Malted/Media and Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar