SLM Ensemble: TransForm

Friday, February 19, 2016, at 8:00 pm

This is an archived event, not part of the current festival.

Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY

An Evening of Experimental Music Works

Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone
David Morales Boroff, violin
Min Xiao-Fen, pipa
Ned Rothenberg, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
David Taylor, bass trombone
Mark Helias, bass
Denman Maroney, piano
Gerry Hemingway, drumset
Sam Pluta, computer, electronics
Doug Van Nort, computer, electronics
Sarah Weaver, conductor, composer

Program:
Multidimensional Tunings (2015) by Sarah Weaver
Universal Synchrony Music (2016) by Sarah Weaver

The SLM Ensemble is a NYC-based experimental music large ensemble co-directed by bassist/composer Mark Dresser and conductor/composer Sarah Weaver. Multidimensional Tunings is a piece on tunings of musical elements and intuition, utilizing microtonality and spectral components. Universal Synchrony Music (2013-2016) is a project in collaboration with the NASA Kepler Mission and NASA ArtSpace exploring musical, technological, and metaphorical realizations of synchrony.