BlackBox Ensemble: The Sound of Space Between Us
Free
- Annie Nikunen, flute & dance
- Tyler Neidermayer, clarinet
- Lauren J. Conroy, violin
- Dudley Raine IV, viola
- Jordan Bartow, cello
- Amber Evans, soprano
- Peter Cheng, dance
- Liana Zhen-ai Kleinman, dance
- Leonard Bopp, conductor
Anna Thorvaldsdottir — Selected works
Angélica Negrón — Selected works
Morton Feldman — Selected works
Dai Fujikura — Selected works
Annie Nikunen — The Sound of Space Between Us (NYC premiere of arr. for string quartet & solo violin)
"The Sound of Space Between Us" is an interdisciplinary performance connecting sound and movement through and within physical space. The program traverses a spectrum of notated scores, sonic maps, and choreographic exercises by Seth Cluett, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Angélica Negrón, Morton Feldman, Dai Fujikura, and an original work by Annie Nikunen, and features choreography by Nikunen and Joelle Santiago.
This is the NYC premiere of Annie Nikunen's The Sound of Space Between Us in its new arrangement for string quartet and solo violin, and the NYC premiere of this interdisciplinary project with choreographers Annie Nikunen and Joelle Santiago.
This program is the culminating performance of the ensemble's 2024 BlackBox Festival, a weekend-long three-concert series of events in downtown Brooklyn. Festival ticket packages include entry to the festival opening night on Saturday, January 20 at ShapeShifter Lab, featuring works by Paul Novak, Bobby Ge, Jessica Meyer, Baldwin Giang, Yaz Lancaster, Brittany J. Green, Lucy McKnight, and Nina Shekhar, among more others. Visit blackboxensemble.org/events for full information.
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm Eastern on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
About BlackBox Ensemble
The BlackBox Ensemble is a New York City-based, flexible-instrumentation contemporary music collective. We produce projects that aim to resonate with our cultural and political present, advocate for social justice causes, and push the experimental boundaries of the music of our time. In doing so, we are committed to championing some of today’s most powerful emerging composers through close collaboration.
https://www.blackboxensemble.org/About Annie Nikunen, flute & dance
About Tyler Neidermayer, clarinet
About Lauren J. Conroy, violin
About Dudley Raine IV, viola
About Jordan Bartow, cello
Jordan Bartow is a NYC-based cellist from South Carolina dedicated to the promotion, development, and performance of new works. In addition to his work with the BlackBox Ensemble, Mr. Bartow is also an experienced teacher of cello, being certified in Suzuki teaching under Tanya Carey in Chicago, and is experienced in teaching students of all ages a joy for exploration, improvisation, and music both contemporary and classical. Mr. Bartow was recently appointed as a member of the critically acclaimed Chelsea Symphony, as well as the new music ensemble Infrasound. Jordan earned BM in Cello Performance from the University of South Carolina and his MM from the Contemporary Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Fred Sherry.