International Contemporary Ensemble https://www.iceorg.org/

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.

Polyaspora Festival: Antropofaglia

Friday, September 27, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Felipe Lara — Selected works
Jocy de Oliveira — Selected works
Igor Santos — Selected works
Marcos Balter — Selected works
Arthur Kampela — Selected works
Michelle Agnes — Selected works

Free (RSVP required)

Polyaspora Festival: Composing While Black – Afrodiasporic New Music Today

Thursday, September 26, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Nicole Mitchell — Selected works
Jeffrey Mumford — Selected works
Andile Khumalo — Selected works
Leila Adu-Gilmore — Selected works
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson — Selected works
Tebogo Monnakgotla — Selected works

Free (RSVP required)

Polyaspora Festival: The Future is Now

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person

"The Future is Now" I & II each feature seven newly composed premieres by Peabody Conservatory students, scored for solo instruments an…

Free (RSVP required)

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 BryanRequiem (for 4 sopranos & chamber ensemble)
Courtney BryanBlessed (for voice & piano, with a film by Tiona Nekkia McClodden)
Courtney BryanDREAMING (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 HowardBoson1 (for electronic performer and ten musicians; 2024; world premiere)
Fay VictorSafe Harbor Shade
Nicole MitchellBirdsongs for Equitable Togetherness
Isabel Lepanto GleicherDel Lago
Ingrid LaubrockKoans (selections)
Rick BurkhardtPrologue

$25.58

International Contemporary Ensemble & PRiSM: Music, AI, & Co-creation

Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Emily HowardLigament (world premiere)
Sam SalemOf Darkness I (world premiere)
Bofan Maagain, upon the bench of solace (world premiere)
Megan SteinbergHardcore Prelude (world premiere)
Zakiya LeemingIt's the Algorithm (world premiere)
Robert LaidlowTui (world premiere)

$25 advance, $30 doors ($20 student/senior w/ ID)

Long Play Festival 2024: International Contemporary Ensemble Plays Courtney Bryan

Sunday, May 5, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EDT)
The Space at Irondale, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Courtney BryanFanfare for Moments of Courage (solo clarinet)
Courtney BryanAnd What I Mean is This (violin & viola)
Courtney BryanIn The Heart of God (flute, clarinet, violin, & cello)
Courtney BryanBlooming (wind quintet)
Courtney BryanSyzygy (violin concerto)

$125 Sunday-only pass, $235-$350 3-day pass

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

$20-$30 ($17-$25 senior, $15-$22 student/CU employee/ages 24 or under, $10 CU student)

International Contemporary Ensemble: Yvette Janine Jackson's 'T-Minus,' A Radio Opera

Friday, January 19, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States

$25 advance, $30 doors ($20 student/senior 65+ w/ ID)

Cage Shock: An Homage to John Cage's First Japan Visit

Thursday, December 7, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Japan Society, New York, NY, United States
John Cage — Selected works

$40 ($32 member/person w/ disability)

Tomomi Adachi's Noh-opera / Noh-tation: Decoding John Cage's Unrealized Project

Thursday, November 16, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Japan Society, New York, NY, United States
Tomomi Adachi — Selected works

Sold out, check back for availability
$40 ($32 member/person w/ disability)

International Contemporary Ensemble: John Cage's Ryoanji

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 8:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Japan Society, New York, NY, United States

Sold out, check back for availability
$40 ($32 member/person w/ disability)

International Contemporary Ensemble presents George Lewis: Hearing Voices

Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY, United States
George LewisMelodies for Miles (for violin solo)
George Lewisa whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George LewisApis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George LewisH. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George LewisCreative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)

$30 advance, $35 at the doors ($25 student/ages 65+ with ID)

International Contemporary Ensemble presents George Lewis: Hearing Voices

Thursday, October 5, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
George LewisMelodies for Miles (for violin solo)
George Lewisa whispered nine (for soprano, flute, guitar, viola, & percussion)
George LewisApis (for baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, & trombone)
George LewisH. narrans (US premiere; for contralto, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, & double bass)
George LewisCreative Construction Set™ (for open instrumentation)

Free