II.6: For Trombone Quartet & String Quartet
The Guidonian Hand Trombone Quartet and Ensemble Indexical will perform new pieces for double quartet by composers Erik Carlson, Tyler Wilcox, and Andrew C. Smith, with Daniel (1) by Craig Shepard. The new pieces have been composed over the past months, with a workshop session for composers to try ideas and work directly with the performers. This sustained engagement with the music over two months allows composers to develop their new works more fully.
The Guidonian Hand Trombone Quartet (Mark Broschinsky, William Lang, James Rogers, and Sebastian Vera) is America’s leading modern trombone collective. They have performed at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Le Poisson Rouge, The Stone, The Juilliard School, Roulette, and many other venues. The group often collaborates with composers, and maintains a composer-in-residence position for each season.
Ensemble Indexical is a flexible group that expands and contracts to fit the requirements of each composition and its context. Its unfixed instrumentation allows it to adapt to the program at hand. This iteration is a string quartet with Rachel Golub & Mario Gotoh (violins), Victor Lowrie (viola), and John Popham (cello).
This event is supported by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Williamsburg.
Program
Erik Carlson, Double Quartet
Tyler Wilcox, new piece for tenor saxophone and double quartet
Andrew C. Smith, all description all delay
Craig Shepard, Daniel (1)
Tyler Wilcox:
Octet
Erik Carlson:
Double-Quartet
Andrew C. Smith:
all description all delay
Andrew C. Smith is a composer and keyboardist living in Santa Cruz, California. His music often involves just intonation tunings, repetition, and language at the threshold of making sense. In addition to his work with language, he uses computers in his everyday artistic practice, often using electronic means to manipulate sound and text, using the results of these manipulations in his work.
He has been producing concerts and recordings since 2011, and is currently the Executive Director of Indexical, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Cruz, California. He has previously produced events at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall), Bohemian National Hall, and other venues as Managing Director of the S.E.M. Ensemble (Brooklyn, NY), and has worked for the Seattle Symphony (Seattle, WA) and Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, NY).
His music has been performed by sfSound, String Noise, Guidonian Hand Trombone Quartet, Séverine Ballon, Ostravaská banda, and S.E.M. Ensemble. He studied English and music composition at Willamette University and Trinity College Dublin.