S.E.M. Ensemble

READINGS OF NEW COMPOSITIONS BY EMERGING COMPOSERS

Thursday, February 17 at 8pm

Willow Place Auditorium
26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights
Free Admission

The S.E.M. Ensemble & Guests

Petr Kotik, Conductor

The S.E.M. Ensemble’s initiative to read new works by emerging composers began in 1997 and has continued, every season, to the present. A workshop gives each composer time and space to work directly with musicians and the conductor. The pieces are then given a public performance at Willow Place Auditorium in Brooklyn Heights.

This year’s edition will feature works by composers aged 19 to 32 from across the country: Ian Davis, James Falzone, Anna Heflin, James Ilgenfritz, Simon Kanzler, Alex Ma, and Daniel O’Connor. Their works will be performed by the eleven musicians of the S.E.M. Ensemble and guests, conducted by Petr Kotik.

Program:

Simon Kanzler                         Windows

Alex Ma                                   The Language Exchange: Phonological Variant

Ian Davis                                 Peristyle

James Ilgenfritz                      Threshole (to Gordon Matta-Clark)

Daniel O’Connor                      Masking

Anna Heflin                             The Redundancy of the Angelic

James Falzone                        Quincunx Redux