Roulette: 2022 MATA Festival Night 1
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20 advance, $25 at the door)
- Chris Ryan Williams, trumpet
- Shara Lunon, voice
- Lester St. Louis, cello
- Luke Stewart, double bass
Michele Cheng — Doyennes' Diaries
Fernanda Navarro — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Nyokabi Kariũki — The Color of Home
Laura Brackney — Knots
Shara Lunon — Samples No. 3: Why I Believe Womyn
Nina Fukuoka — Sugar, Spice, and All Things Nice
Chris Ryan Williams — Of Yours
Combining word and sound is an ancient practice. The subject matter and sonic environment may vary but it is always compelling. We will ruminate about home, make the mundane more meaningful, witness an imagined dialogue between two Black geniuses, and experience how sound becomes communication. This evening will also feature a world premiere by one of our esteemed composers.
Curated by Darius Jones.
Note: Hakan Ulus' Auslöschung II will be presented as a sound installation in the Roulette lobby. Come early to listen!
Attending online: A live stream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
Attending in person: Doors open at 7pm. Please review Roulette's current COVID-19 Safety Guidelines before attending: https://roulette.org/safety/
About Music at the Anthology (MATA)
Music at the Anthology (MATA) is an incubator for adventurous emerging artists experimenting with composition, multi-media, collaborative performance art, and every imaginable sound in between. We present, support, and commission the music of early-career composers, regardless of their stylistic views or aesthetic inclinations. Founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa in 1996 as a way to address the lack of presentation opportunities for unaffiliated composers, MATA has since developed into the world’s most sought-after performance opportunity for young and emerging composers.
https://www.matafestival.org/About International Contemporary Ensemble
With a commitment to cultivating a more curious and engaged society through music, the International Contemporary Ensemble – as a commissioner and performer at the highest level – amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced.
https://www.iceorg.org/About Chris Ryan Williams, trumpet
About Lester St. Louis, cello
Lester St. Louis (b.1993) is a New York-born and -based composer, improviser, cellist, sound designer, and curator. His work traverses through performance, installation, curation, artistic research, and recording. His works are rooted in dynamic environments of improvisation both sonically and socially, ecstatic sound worlds. flow and interaction. He has performed internationally throughout the U.S, the E.U, Canada, China, and in South America; and collaborates with artists such as Chris Williams [under the moniker HxH], Edi Kwon Jaimie Branch, Dre A. Hočevar, Charmaine Lee, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Emeka Okereke, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, TAK Ensemble, The International Contemporary Ensemble, Random International, Superblue, Terrence Nance, Found Sound Nation, Wet Ink Ensemble, and many more. As a composer, Lester has been commissioned by artists such as The JACK Quartet, RAGE THORMBONES, Jennifer Koh, String Noise, and Ghost Ensemble, among others. He is deeply excited to see what new ventures and collaborations the future may bring and those that will be made.
https://metropolisensemble.org/artists-collection/lester-st-louis