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Previews !!
Plus

"Nothing gets done without a deadline."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1774

Previews of new compositions by
Petr Kotik (work-in-progress), Ian Davis,
Philip Ellis Foster, and Michael Byron.*
Plus Fabric for String Noise by Michael Byron

* Michael Byron's double piano concerto will be premiered the next day, March 9th @ 8pm, as part of the "Interpretations Series" at Roulette Intermedium.
For more information: click here

Wednesday, March 8th at 7:30pm
Willow Place Auditorium

26 Willow Place
Brooklyn, NY

Free Admission
RSVP HERE

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, conductor
String Noise
Conrad Harris & Pauline Kim Harris
Soloists:
Joseph Kubera and Steven Beck, piano
Ian Antonio, percussion
Josh Modney, violin
 
S.E.M. Ensemble at Willow Place Auditorium
 
Program
 
Petr Kotik                 Antonio / Collage

Michael Byron          Fabric for String Noise
 
Philip Ellis Foster     Time Out

Ian Davis                  Fermata Moment  
  
I N T E R M I S S I O N
 
Michael Byron          In One Second There Will Be A Thousand
                                 Plateaus Perhaps
                                 for two pianos and chamber ensemble
 

Free Admission, please RSVP here:
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The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Bohdan Hilash, clarinet
Tim McCarthy, horn
Blair Hamrick, horn
Ser Konvalin, horn
Sigrun Kahl, horn
Joseph Kubera, piano
Steven Beck, piano
Conrad Harris, violin
Tom Chiu, violin
Pauline Kim Harris, violin
Audrey Hayes, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Dan McCarthy, viola
Martine Thomas, viola
Hannah Selin, viola
Ben Larsen, cello
Caleb van der Swaagh, cello

 

S.E.M. Ensemble at New Opera Days Festival NODO2022, Ostrava CZ

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CD Review: Ostrava Days Live 2019-2021

Check out Ben Harper's recent review of Ostrava Days Live 2019-2021, here: http://www.cookylamoo.com/boringlikeadrill/2022/05/ostrava-days-live-2019-2021.html

Petr Kotik receives 2022 John Cage Award

 

On January 27th, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced its 2022 awards, with 20 artists recognized in the fields of dance, music & sound art, performance art & theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Among the grantees is Petr Kotik, who receives the 2022 John Cage Award.

Since 1992, the John Cage Award has been given biannually to a composer, musician, or performance artist who has contributed to challenging cultural horizons in the spirit of John Cage. Past awardees include Toshi Ichiyanagi, Phill Niblock, Pauline Oliveros, Robert Ashley, Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, and David Tudor.

Kotik had previously been awarded a Grant to Artists by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 1996.  

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) was founded in 1963 by John Cage and Jasper Johns with the support of artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning, Marcel Duchamp, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. More information on the FCA's history can be found here.
 

SEM congratulates Petr and the other grantees on this achievement.

 

Recent News

On February 17th, SEM held the 2022 Emerging Composers Workshop and Concert  – See our Instagram for photos.

Petr Kotik has received the 2022 John Cage Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Learn more here.

New York Classical Review published a review of our recent holiday concert. Read it here!

The Brooklyn Rail published a review of Ostrava Days. Check it out here!

Ostrava Days 2021 took place from August 9 - 28. For more information about the Institute and Festival, click here.

SEM's 2020-21 season concluded in June. Explore it here.

SEM's New Music Outdoors I concert is now available to watch on YouTube.

OCNM has published a video of SEM's performance John Cage's "Song Books I, II" at the NODO 2018 Festival. Watch it here.

Check out the first two segments of "Unfolding the Past" on SEM's history here! More soon.

Contact Us

 S.E.M. Ensemble, Inc.
25 Columbia Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone: (718) 488-7659
info@semensemble.org

Contact Emma Minges, coordinator,
at pksem@semensemble.org

S.E.M. Ensemble’s 2021-22 season has been made possible with the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Amphion Foundation, The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, The Fromm Music Foundation, The Low Road Foundation, Sheldon Berlow, Stephen J. Deutsch, Virginia Dwan, Martina Forman, Philip Foster, Allegra Fuller Snyder, Beth Greenberg and Jim Wright, Charlotta Kotik, Raymond Learsy, Julian Lethbridge, Rotraut Moquay, and Noni Pratt. Special thanks to Paula Cooper, Jasper Johns, Werner Kramarsky, and Brooklyn District 33 Councilman Lincoln Restler.