“The International Contemporary Ensemble is thrilled to present a program of chamber music featuring world premieres by 2023 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient and Rome Prize winner Courtney Bryan, commissioned by Arlene and Larry Dunn, and Grammy nominee and decorated longtime member of the famed Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Adegoke Steve Colson, commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation. Conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni, one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary classical music of his generation, this program reveals the new Afromodernism as an intercultural, multigenerational space of innovation.

Program

Brittany J. Green  –  Thread and Pull (2022)
Adegoke Steve Colson  –  MIRRORS (2023, World Premiere)
Wendell Logan  –  Runagate, Runagate (1989)
Courtney Bryan  –  DREAMING (Freedom Sounds) (2023, World Premiere)

Performers

Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Alice Teyssier, voice
Fay Victor, voice
Tariq Al-Sabir, tenor
Damian Norfleet, voice
Laura Cocks, flute/piccolo
Kemp Jernigan, oboe
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Joshua Rubin, clarinets

Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Ross Karre, percussion
Gabriela Díaz, violin
Marina Kifferstein, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
Clare Monfredo, cello
Randall Zigler, double bass”