Josh Modney – Past Concerts
Josh Modney—AKA Modney—is a violinist and creative musician working at the nexus of composition, improvisation, and interpretation. A "new-music luminary" (The New York Times) hailed for "jaw-dropping technical skill…" and as "one of today's most intrepid experimentalists" (Bandcamp Daily), Modney is a foremost interpreter of adventurous contemporary music, and has cultivated a holistic artistic practice as a composer, solo improviser, bandleader, music director, writer, arts administrator, and collaborator.
Composing While Black: International Contemporary Ensemble collaborates with AACM members
International Contemporary Ensemble and
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)
Saturday, March 22, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY, United States
Adegoke Steve Colson
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Counterpoints 1 and 2
Adegoke Steve Colson — Instant Death of the City
Iqua Colson — Days Go By
Iqua Colson — Atrocities
Reggie Nicholson — Variations of a Thought
Thurman Barker — South Side Suite
Thurman Barker — Pandemic Fever
Adegoke Steve Colson — Instant Death of the City
Iqua Colson — Days Go By
Iqua Colson — Atrocities
Reggie Nicholson — Variations of a Thought
Thurman Barker — South Side Suite
Thurman Barker — Pandemic Fever
$50
International Contemporary Ensemble: Miya Masaoka Composer Portrait
Thursday, March 6, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
Miya Masaoka
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The Dust and the Noise
(for piano, violin, cello, & percussion)
Miya Masaoka — The Horizon Leans Forward (for string quartet)
Miya Masaoka — Into the Landscape of the Shaking Inner Chôra (for flute, clarinet, french horn, piano, string quintet, percussion, & electronics; world premiere)
Miya Masaoka — Mapping a Joyful Path (for violin solo & electronics)
Miya Masaoka — The Horizon Leans Forward (for string quartet)
Miya Masaoka — Into the Landscape of the Shaking Inner Chôra (for flute, clarinet, french horn, piano, string quintet, percussion, & electronics; world premiere)
Miya Masaoka — Mapping a Joyful Path (for violin solo & electronics)
$20-$35 ($17-$30 senior, $15-$26 non-CU student/ages 24 & under/CU faculty/staff, $10 CU student)
International Contemporary Ensemble: Boulez Rebooted
Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), New York, NY, United States
Kaija Saariaho
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Sombre
(for bass flute, baritone, harp, percussion, & double bass)
Philippe Manoury — Hypothèse du Sextuor (for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, & percussion)
Tyshawn Sorey — Sentimental Shards (for string quartet, two vibraphones, glockenspiel, & piano)
Pierre Boulez — Anthèmes II (for violin & electronics)
Various — PIiages, hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere; for ensemble & Somax2 AI electronics)
Philippe Manoury — Hypothèse du Sextuor (for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, & percussion)
Tyshawn Sorey — Sentimental Shards (for string quartet, two vibraphones, glockenspiel, & piano)
Pierre Boulez — Anthèmes II (for violin & electronics)
Various — PIiages, hommage à Pierre Boulez (world premiere; for ensemble & Somax2 AI electronics)
$50-$60
Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival: Artists-In-Residence (Second Set)
Saturday, December 14, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Dixon Place, New York, NY, United States
Ben LaMar Gay
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Selected works
(TBA solo for cornet; 2024)
Raven Chacon — Biyán I (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion)
Gelsey Bell — Selected works (TBA solo for voice & daxophone)
Sam Pluta — Systems of Interaction I (for flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, voice, & cornet)
Raven Chacon — Biyán I (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion)
Gelsey Bell — Selected works (TBA solo for voice & daxophone)
Sam Pluta — Systems of Interaction I (for flute, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, voice, & cornet)
Pay what you can, $20 suggested donation, $30 festival pass; reserve online or at the door
Wet Ink Ensemble Mini-festival: Artists-In-Residence, Soper Album Release (First Set)
Saturday, December 14, 2024 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EST)
Dixon Place, New York, NY, United States
Kate Soper
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"Lady Reason Suite" from The Romance of the Rose
(for voice, piano, vocoder keyboard, & electronics)
Carolyn Chen — Birria (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, & piano)
Kate Soper — Shame (for voice & electric guitar)
Carolyn Chen — Introducing Object (2018; for speaker & object)
Kate Soper — Rondeau: The Rose Once Blown (arr. for soprano & violin)
Carolyn Chen — Birria (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, & piano)
Kate Soper — Shame (for voice & electric guitar)
Carolyn Chen — Introducing Object (2018; for speaker & object)
Kate Soper — Rondeau: The Rose Once Blown (arr. for soprano & violin)
Pay what you can, $20 suggested donation, $30 festival pass; reserve online or at the door
International Contemporary Ensemble: Courtney Bryan Composer Portrait
Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
Courtney Bryan
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Requiem
(for 4 sopranos & chamber ensemble)
Courtney Bryan — Blessed (for voice & piano, with a film by Tiona Nekkia McClodden)
Courtney Bryan — DREAMING (Freedom Sounds) (for large ensemble & 2 voices)
Courtney Bryan — Blessed (for voice & piano, with a film by Tiona Nekkia McClodden)
Courtney Bryan — DREAMING (Freedom Sounds) (for large ensemble & 2 voices)
$20-$35 ($17-$30 senior, $15-$26 student/CU employee/ages 24 or under, $10 CU student)
ICE & Pioneer Works present Earl Howard
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Earl Howard
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Boson1
(for electronic performer and ten musicians; 2024; world premiere)
Fay Victor — Safe Harbor Shade
Nicole Mitchell — Birdsongs for Equitable Togetherness
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher — Del Lago
Ingrid Laubrock — Koans (selections)
Rick Burkhardt — Prologue
Fay Victor — Safe Harbor Shade
Nicole Mitchell — Birdsongs for Equitable Togetherness
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher — Del Lago
Ingrid Laubrock — Koans (selections)
Rick Burkhardt — Prologue
$25.58
Tenri Cultural Institute: Modney 'Ascending Primes' Album Release Concert (Pyroclastic Records)
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, United States
Josh Modney
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Ascender
Josh Modney — LYNX for violin, cello, and electronics
Josh Modney — Everything Around it Moves for string quartet and piano
Improvisation — Selected works
Josh Modney — LYNX for violin, cello, and electronics
Josh Modney — Everything Around it Moves for string quartet and piano
Improvisation — Selected works
$20
International Contemporary Ensemble & PRiSM: Music, AI, & Co-creation
International Contemporary Ensemble,
The RNCM Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM), and
Roulette
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Emily Howard
—
Ligament
(world premiere)
Sam Salem — Of Darkness I (world premiere)
Bofan Ma — again, upon the bench of solace (world premiere)
Megan Steinberg — Hardcore Prelude (world premiere)
Zakiya Leeming — It's the Algorithm (world premiere)
Robert Laidlow — Tui (world premiere)
Sam Salem — Of Darkness I (world premiere)
Bofan Ma — again, upon the bench of solace (world premiere)
Megan Steinberg — Hardcore Prelude (world premiere)
Zakiya Leeming — It's the Algorithm (world premiere)
Robert Laidlow — Tui (world premiere)
Free
International Contemporary Ensemble & PRiSM: Music, AI, & Co-creation
International Contemporary Ensemble,
The RNCM Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM), and
Roulette
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Emily Howard
—
Ligament
(world premiere)
Sam Salem — Of Darkness I (world premiere)
Bofan Ma — again, upon the bench of solace (world premiere)
Megan Steinberg — Hardcore Prelude (world premiere)
Zakiya Leeming — It's the Algorithm (world premiere)
Robert Laidlow — Tui (world premiere)
Sam Salem — Of Darkness I (world premiere)
Bofan Ma — again, upon the bench of solace (world premiere)
Megan Steinberg — Hardcore Prelude (world premiere)
Zakiya Leeming — It's the Algorithm (world premiere)
Robert Laidlow — Tui (world premiere)
$25 advance, $30 doors ($20 student/senior w/ ID)
International Contemporary Ensemble: Composer Portrait – Carola Bauckholt
Thursday, February 8, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
Carola Bauckholt
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Oh, I See
Carola Bauckholt — Membran
Carola Bauckholt — Schlammflocke II
Carola Bauckholt — Treibstoff
Carola Bauckholt — Membran
Carola Bauckholt — Schlammflocke II
Carola Bauckholt — Treibstoff
$20-$30 ($17-$25 senior, $15-$22 student/CU employee/ages 24 or under, $10 CU student)
Wet Ink Ensemble Season 25 Opener: Roberts (feat. Hanick), Soper, Modney
Monday, October 9, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America's National Opera Center, New York, NY, United States
Mariel Roberts
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Selected works
(new solo piano work for Conor Hanick; world premiere)
Kate Soper — Selected works (new solo cello work for Mariel Roberts; world premiere)
Josh Modney — LYNX for violin, cello, and electronics (feat. Sam Pluta & Mariel Roberts; world premiere)
Kate Soper — Selected works (new solo cello work for Mariel Roberts; world premiere)
Josh Modney — LYNX for violin, cello, and electronics (feat. Sam Pluta & Mariel Roberts; world premiere)
Pay-what-you-can, $20 suggested (students free); reserve online or purchase at door
International Contemporary Ensemble presents George Lewis: Hearing Voices
Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
George Lewis
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Melodies for Miles
(for violin solo)
George Lewis — a whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George Lewis — Apis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George Lewis — H. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George Lewis — Creative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)
George Lewis — a whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George Lewis — Apis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George Lewis — H. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George Lewis — Creative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)
Free
International Contemporary Ensemble presents George Lewis: Hearing Voices
Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
George Lewis
—
Melodies for Miles
(for violin solo)
George Lewis — a whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George Lewis — Apis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George Lewis — H. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George Lewis — Creative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)
George Lewis — a whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George Lewis — Apis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George Lewis — H. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George Lewis — Creative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)
$30 advance, $35 at the doors ($25 student/ages 65+ with ID)
Lester St. Louis: METAHAVEN
Monday, June 5, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
$30 door, $25 advance ($20 student/seniors 65+)
Wet Ink Ensemble: Winter Chamber Concert featuring Artist-in-Residence Ingrid Laubrock
Sunday, February 19, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, United States
Free ($20 suggested donation; pay-what-you-can, students free)
SOUND IS AN OPENING: exhalation
Thursday, June 23, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY, United States
Charmaine Lee
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Selected works
(new work / world premiere)
Jen Shyu — Selected works (solo performance)
yuniya edi kwon (eddy kwon) — Selected works (solo performance)
Jen Shyu — Selected works (solo performance)
yuniya edi kwon (eddy kwon) — Selected works (solo performance)
Free (RSVP required)