Songs & Stories of Hopes, Dreams & Visions: Douglas R. Ewart & International Contemporary Ensemble
$15-$20
- Rebekah Heller, bassoon
- Nathan Davis, percussion
- Clara Warnaar, percussion
- Wendy Richman, viola
- Aliya Ultan, cello
- Douglas R. Ewart, sopranino saxophone, George Floyd Bunt Staff, didjeridu, Ewartophone, & bone flute
Douglas R. Ewart — Marcus Mosiah Garvey (world premiere)
Douglas R. Ewart — Homage to George Floyd
Douglas R. Ewart — Ascending Auditory Communications Migrating
Douglas R. Ewart — Songs and Stories of Hopes, Dreams and Visions (world premiere)
International Contemporary Ensemble presents "Songs and Stories of Hopes, Dreams and Visions," which is a concert of the music of composer Douglas R. Ewart. The concert will feature the world premiere performances of two Ewart works – Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Songs and Stories of Hopes, Dreams and Visions. During the concert, Ewart will join the Ensemble to play an instrument he made in honor of George Floyd's legacy, called "The George Floyd Bunt Staff."
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 Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Rebekah Heller is an artist whose work aims to expand the sonic possibilities of her instrument and the field at large. Called "an impressive solo bassoonist" by The New Yorker, she is dedicated to exploration, experimentation, and a robust collaborative practice.
https://www.rebekahheller.com/About Nathan Davis, percussion
About Clara Warnaar, percussion
About Wendy Richman, viola
About Aliya Ultan, cello
As a classically trained musician turned free improviser, Aliya's sound is particularly unique as it presents contrasting styles, ideas, and approaches to the instrument resulting in a kind of maximalist minimalism, energy-based music. Her playing reads as both playful and cathartic through her physicality and use of preparations such as fishing line, glass, aluminum, chains, and more.
http://aliyaultan.com/About Douglas R. Ewart, sopranino saxophone, George Floyd Bunt Staff, didjeridu, Ewartophone, & bone flute
The polymath Douglas R. Ewart has been honored for his work as a composer, musician, improvising multi-instrumentalist, conceptual artist, sculptor, mask and instrument designer, builder, philosopher and more. As an educator, Ewart bridges his kaleidoscopic activities with a vision that opposes today's divided world by culture-fusing works that aim to restore the wholeness of communities and their members, and to emphasize the reality of the world's interdependence. From Kingston, Jamaica, Ewart immigrated to Chicago and connected with Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians—he later served as chairman from 1979-1987 and into the millennium.
https://www.douglasewart.com/