Kaufman Music Center's FACE THE MUSIC Youth Ensemble Announces New Season
By: Christina Mancuso Sep. 29, 2016
Kaufman Music Center's Face the Music, the country's only youth orchestra dedicated to studying and performing music by living composers, is tuning up for an exciting new season that includes a tribute to pioneering new music organization Bang On A Can to commemorate its 30th anniversary, performances of John Adams's notoriously difficult "Son of Chamber Symphony." as well as works by David Lang, Darcy James Argue, Snarky Puppy, Angélica Negrón, Julia Wolfe and Missy Mazzoli.
The talented young musicians, who range in ages eight to 18 years old, will perform well-known works and premiere their own original pieces at venues across New York City, including Merkin Concert Hall, WNYC's The Greene Space, National Sawdust, Trans-Pecos, Roulette, Queens Museum and more.
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"Face the Music members are talented, curious and committed young musicians who use the music of today as a vehicle to connect with new audiences and contribute to the vibrant texture of contemporary music," says Vasudevan Panicker, Face the Music's Director. "Working with living composers and new works that break down stylistic barriers, the students explore collaborative decision-making and develop problem-solving and leadership skills."
"A force in the New York new-music world" (New York Times), the 150-member Face the Music performs in different ensembles, including two orchestras, a jazz big band, an experimental-improvisation collective, string quartets and many chamber ensembles. Founded in 2005 by Kaufman Music Center, Face the Music received the 2011 ASCAP Aaron Copland Award, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chamber Music Magazine, The Daily News, Strings Magazine, and on NPR's "All Things Considered."
2016-17 Season Highlights include:
· Luna Composition Lab, a new mentorship program for young women composers launched by Face the Music in partnership with composers Missy Mazzoli, Ellen Reid, Reena Esmail and Kristen Kuster. New works by teen composers selected to participate in the program will be premiered at Roulette on June 12.
· A March 7 performance at WNYC's The Greene Space with the acclaimed Kronos Quartet, whose members will coach six Face the Music string quartets throughout the year.
· Face the Music will pay tribute to the pioneering new music organization Bang On A Can during its 30th anniversary year by performing pieces by founding Artistic Directors Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and David Lang.
· Premieres of works by the winners of the 2016 MATA Jr. Festival at National Sawdust on November 21.
· An April 5 collaboration with Brooklyn Raga Massive, leaders of NYC's dynamic live Indian classical music scene.
· Premieres of up to 15 new works by young Face the Music member-composers.
· Concert series at Queens Museum, Firehouse Space and Roulette.
2016-17 Concerts:
Tue, Sep 27, 6:30 pm
Creative Climate Awards Opening Night
Human Impacts Institute (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, 1 E. 42nd Street, Manhattan)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-climate-awards-opening-tickets-25983635754
Face the Music's Quartet: This Side Up performs an excerpt from Neil Rolnick's "Oceans Eat Cities." Combining amplified string quartet, live electronics and video by R. Luke Dubois, this piece uses data about the cumulative effects of carbon emissions as the jumping-off point for a compelling musical work.
Thu, Oct 20, 6:30 pm
Creative Climate Awards
Human Impacts Institute (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, 1 E. 42nd Street, Manhattan)
Face the Music's Quartet: This Side Up performs Neil Rolnick's "Oceans Eat Cities." Combining amplified string quartet, live electronics and video by R. Luke Dubois, this piece uses data about the cumulative effects of carbon emissions as the jumping-off point for a compelling, two-movement musical work. The performance will be followed by short films exploring action on climate change.
Mon, Nov 21, 7 pm
MATA Jr. Festival: Music by Pre-College Composers with Performances by Face the Music
National Sawdust (80 N. 6th St., Brooklyn)
Face the Music Philharmonic premieres works by the winners of the 2016 MATA Jr. Festival. Featuring premieres of works by composers 19 and under, the MATA Jr. Festival is part of a collaboration between Kaufman Music Center and MATA, an organization founded by Philip Glass that commissions music by young composers around from the globe.
Mon, Dec 5, 7 pm
Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn)
Face the Music Symphony performs Owen Carter's "The Sequester"; Samurai Mama Big Band performs Darcy James Argue's "Transit." Also featuring Kronos at Kaufman string quartets.
Fri, Dec 16, 7 pm
Firehouse Space (246 Frost St., Brooklyn)
Featuring Face the Music's Sound Bite Orchestra and Kronos at Kaufman string quartets. Program TBA.
Sun, Jan 29, 2 pm
Queens Museum (Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens)
Face the Music Philharmonic performs David Lang's "Simple Song #3"; Samurai Mama Big Band performs music by Snarky Puppy. Also featuring Sound Bite Orchestra.
Fri, Feb 3, 7 pm
Firehouse Space (246 Frost St., Brooklyn)
Featuring Kronos at Kaufman string quartets and others. Program TBA.
Face the Music is a presenter/partner of Composers Now.
Thu, Feb 16, 7 pm
Critical Mass: Featuring Face the Music's Large Ensembles
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall (450 W. 37th St., Manhattan)
Featuring all of Face the Music's large ensembles: Face the Music Symphony performs Angélica Negrón's "El Gran Caleidoscopio"; Face the Music Philharmonic performs Julia Wolfe's "Tell Me Everything" and Michael Gordon's "Gene Takes a Drink"; Samurai Mama Big Band performs music by Snarky Puppy. Also featuring Sound Bite Orchestra.
Face the Music is a presenter/partner of Composers Now.
Tue, Mar 7, Time TBA
Face the Music & Kronos Quartet
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR (44 Charlton St., Manhattan)
Featuring Kronos Quartet and string quartets from Face the Music's Kronos at Kaufman program. Program TBA.
Mon, Mar 13, 7 pm
Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn)
Featuring new works by teens selected through Face the Music's annual Call For Scores.
Wed, Apr 5, 7 pm
Brooklyn Raga Massive
http://brooklynragamassive.com/
Program and location TBA.
Sun, Apr 30, 2 pm
Queens Museum (Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens)
Featuring Face the Music Symphony and Kronos at Kaufman string quartets. Program TBA.
Mon, June 12, 7 pm
Solar Flare: New Music by Women Composers
Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn)
Featuring world premieres of three new works by teen composers selected to participate in the inaugural year of Luna Composition Lab, a new program for young women composers. The program also includes works by established composers, including Missy Mazzoli's "Still Life with Avalanche" and more TBA.
Sun, June 18, 7 pm
Season Finale Performance at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th St.)
http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/
Face the Music Philharmonic performs the notoriously difficult "Son of Chamber Symphony" by John Adams. Also featuring Face the Music Symphony, Samurai Mama Big Band and Sound Bite Orchestra.
Wed, June 21, time & location TBA
Make Music New York
Face the Music's Sound Bite Orchestra and Samurai Mama Big Band take part in the annual free musical celebration across NYC that takes place on the longest day of the year.
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