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Byrne: Kozar Duo Releases Debut CD

Byrne: Kozar Duo – soprano Corrine Byrne and trumpeter Andrew Kozar, both Longy faculty members, are releasing their first CD,  It Floats Away From You, today, August 4, 2023, on New Focus Recordings. The recording features compositions by Alexandre Lunsqui, Beth Wiemann, Li Qi, Lei Liang, Vid Smooke, Jeffrey Gavett, Chris Cresswell, and yours truly. My piece “A Lady,” in quarter-tone tuning, is…

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Ekmeles - We Live the Opposite Daring - vocal ensemble's new album of modern works by six composers

Following up on a debut release with New Focus that was hailed as "spectacular" by The Whole Note and "remarkable" by textura, Ekmeles vocal ensemble, led by director Jeffrey Gavett, brings their crystalline performance style to new works by Zosha Di Castri, James Weeks, Hannah Kendall, Shawn Jaeger, and Erin Gee on We Live the Opposite Daring. Contemporary music for a capella voices has a vast body of repertoire from which to take inspiration, both in the Western classical tradition and from the music of all cultures. The music on Ekmeles’ newest release, We Live the Opposite Daring, does so in fascinating and intentional ways, referencing the past through tuning systems, texts, extended vocal techniques, and poignant histories. Ekmeles’ performance throughout these demanding works is nothing short of sublime. From the demands of Weeks’ microtonal pitch language to Gee’s multi-timbral hybrid textures and everything in between, Ekmeles proves once again why they are one of the pre-eminent contemporary vocal chamber groups in the world. The inventive repertoire they have commissioned pushes boundaries across multiple musical parameters, but remains grounded in the firmament of musical lineage. – Dan Lippel  Ekmeles: Charlotte Mundy, soprano Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano Timothy Parsons, countertenor Tomás Cruz, tenor Jeffrey Gavett, baritone and artistic director Steven Hrycelak, bass Art and design: Alex Eckman-Lawn

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06.20.17 On the eve of Petr Kotik’s 75th birthday, S.E.M. ensemble staged a recital at their HQ on Willow Place in Brooklyn Heights. The evening began with Kotik’s delicate ‘Etude 7 for Oboe’ (1962) for solo oboe played by Jacqueline Leclair. Robert Boston then brilliantly performed Philip Glass’ dizzying ‘Two Pages’ (1968) for organ. This was followed by excellent performances of Kotik’s vocal pieces ‘There is Singularly Nothing’ (1972) and ‘Many Many Women’ (1975-78) [excerpt] featuring Roberta Michel and Petr Kotik on flute, William Lang and James Roger on trombones with the intertwining voices of sopranos Kamala Sankaram and Vivian Yau with baritones Jacob Ingbar and Jeffrey Gavett.

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The Sky is a Wall

Music by Paul Lorenz

Poetry by Tariq Shah

Performed by loadbang

recorded live at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on August 8, 2018

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Super excited by the amount of interest we've had so far for this summer's Divergent Studio! It's going to be an excellent year — with guest composers Mark Applebaum, Raven Chacon, and Alex Temple; two full weeks of performances, lectures, and collaborations; and lots of opportunity for making connections with your musical counterparts. Applications are open for one more week (due 3/15), so make sure to get yours in ASAP! Link in bio and here: https://longy.edu/study/longys-divergent-studio/ PERFORMANCE FACULTY Donald Berman, piano (Longy Faculty) loadbang: Jeffrey Gavett, baritone Andy Kozar, trumpet (Longy Faculty) William Lang, trombone (Longy Faculty) Adrian Sandi, clarinet, bass clarinet COMPOSITION FACULTY Alexandra du Bois (Longy Faculty) Katherine Pukinskis (Longy Faculty) Matthew Evan Taylor (Longy Faculty) Pablo Santiago Chin (Longy Faculty) John Morrison (Longy Faculty) Evan Johnson GUEST COMPOSITION FACULTY Mark Applebaum Raven Chacon Alex Temple GUEST PERFORMERS Transient Canvas: Matt Sharrock, marimba Amy Advocat, bass clarinet Divergent Trio: Corrine Byrne, soprano (Longy Faculty) Sarah Darling, viola (Longy Faculty) Donald Berman, piano (Longy Faculty) Divergent Quintet: Rachael Elliott, bassoon (Longy Faculty) Kemp Jernigan, oboe (Longy Faculty) Sooyun Kim, flute (Longy Faculty) Rane Moore, clarinet (Longy Faculty) Geoffrey Landman, saxophone (Longy Faculty) #loadbangensemble #longy #divergentstudio (at Longy School of Music of Bard College) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca2hn3rLuKG9n2p7G6kk2i17HCT5BaOt1V5RrY0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Chaya Czernowin (b. 1957)

Adiantum Capillus-Veneris (1) 
[Maidenhair fern (I)] Etudes in fragility for voice and breath (2015) for baritone World Premiere

Jeffrey Gavett, baritone

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Ekmeles - A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer - vocal sextet (New Focus Recordings)

Hailed as a "brilliant young ensemble... defining a fresh and virtuosic American sound" (The New Yorker), vocal ensemble Ekmeles celebrates the release of their first solo album” A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer.” The recording consists of three innovative looks at what singing could be in the 21st century. Extremely fine microtonal gradations of pitch, innovative electronics, and imaginative vocal techniques and timbres come together to express Ekmeles's unique contribution to vocal music. The album includes Ekmeles commissions by Christopher Trapani and Taylor Brook that highlight both composers’ innovative approaches to microtonal composition. Rounding out the album is Erin Gee’s Three Scenes from Sleep, music that integrates extended vocal techniques and taut rhythmic gestures within a long range harmonic progression. Ekmeles’ "A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer” is a landmark album for contemporary vocal music, with the ambition of the compositions only matched by the stunning virtuosity and symbiotic cohesion of the ensemble. -J. Gavett/D. Lippel Ekmeles; Charlotte Mundy, soprano; Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano; Tim Keeler, countertenor; Steven Bradshaw, tenor; Jeffrey Gavett, baritone; Steven Hrycelak, bass Motorman Sextet text from Chapter 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 34, 49, 56, 61 and 92 of Motorman by David Ohle Three Scenes From Sleep text compiled from Vedic Scriptures, the myth analyses of Joseph Campbell, and Robinson Jeffers End Words text from the poems They Raised Violins by Anis Mojgani, Sestina by Ciara Shuttleworth, and The Painter by John Ashbery

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Ekmeles: A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer - avant-garde vocal sextet (New Focus Recordings)

Hailed as a "brilliant young ensemble... defining a fresh and virtuosic American sound" (The New Yorker), vocal ensemble Ekmeles celebrates the release of their first solo album” A Howl, That Was Also A Prayer.” The recording consists of three innovative looks at what singing could be in the 21st century. Extremely fine microtonal gradations of pitch, innovative electronics, and imaginative vocal techniques and timbres come together to express Ekmeles's unique contribution to vocal music. The album includes Ekmeles commissions by Christopher Trapani and Taylor Brook that highlight both composers’ innovative approaches to microtonal composition. Rounding out the album is Erin Gee’s Three Scenes from Sleep, music that integrates extended vocal techniques and taut rhythmic gestures within a long range harmonic progression. -J. Gavett/D. Lippel 

Ekmeles; Charlotte Mundy, soprano; Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano; Tim Keeler, countertenor; Steven Bradshaw, tenor; Jeffrey Gavett, baritone; Steven Hrycelak, bass Motorman Sextet text from Chapter 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 34, 49, 56, 61 and 92 of Motorman by David Ohle Three Scenes From Sleep text compiled from Vedic Scriptures, the myth analyses of Joseph Campbell, and Robinson Jeffers End Words text from the poems They Raised Violins by Anis Mojgani, Sestina by Ciara Shuttleworth, and The Painter by John Ashbery

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loadbang Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Concerts, New Focus Recording

loadbang Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Concerts, New Focus Recording

CC: Cheering for the home team in this post (I collaborated with loadbang back in 2011 on a microtonal setting of “Prayer,” a poem by Joannie Mackowski). 

loadbang Photo: Anthony Collins

Ten years ago, the members of loadbang��met in the Contemporary Performance Program at Manhattan School of Music. A mixed chamber ensemble, consisting of Jeffrey Gavett, baritone, Andrew Kozar, trumpet, William…