The DownTown Ensemble
Pro/JECT
- a concert of works by
Harley Gaber, Tom Hamilton, and Karl Korte
Sunday, June 15 @ 3pm
The Brick Elephant
12 Emily Street
Valley
Falls, NY 12185
"For
those with big ears and a taste for the adventurous."—Albany
Times Union
Re:Soundings hosts the DownTown Ensemble, featuring three works by New York composers Harley Gaber, Tom Hamilton, and Karl Korte.
Harley
Gaber returns to New York after a thirty year absence, for the World
Premiere of his latest film work, Webern's gambit: an introduction
to..... This film also marks Gaber's return to concert music in the
form of a live cello accompaniment (performed by cellist, composer, and
filmmaker, Alex Waterman) that weaves in and out of the film's soundtrack.
Gaber's last major NYC performance of his now clut classic, The Winds
Rise in the North, conducted by Pierre Boulez as part of his "Prospective
Encounters" series was in 1977. Gaber's piece was recently re-mastered
and re-issued by Edition RZ in Berlin. Much of Gaber's film work addresses
various aspects of German Culture, a long-standing interest of his, and
typified by his 5,000 canvas work, DIE PLAGE, which was completed
in 2002 after nine years of work.
Tom Hamilton
has been composing and performing for over forty years. Hamilton often
explores the interaction of simultaneous layers of activity, prompting
"present-time listening" on the part of performer and listener.
His CD London Fix received honorary mention in the 2004 Prix
Ars Electoronica. Grammophone Magazine has said of his music
"...bubble[s] with energy, a veritable counterpoint of indeterminacy."
His piece Formal & Informal Music started out life in 1980
with a commission from the St. Louis Museum for a sound installation,
which became an "aural score" for improvising soloists, and
was subsequently produced in a shorter concert presentation.
The music of Karl Korte has a scope
and a variety that makes classification of it difficult. Recently a Visiting
Professor of Music at Williams College, Korte now lives in Cambridge,
NY and is celebrating his 80th birthday. He has won two Guggenheim Fellowships.
In addition to his acoustic compositions, Korte has written many works
using electronic media. In the mid 80's with the availability of digital
recording and processing, he wrote a number of works, ioncluding Birds
of Aotearoa.
Admission is by donation. A reception for the artists will follow the
concert.
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Group
info
The DownTown Ensemble was
founded in 1983 by its co-directors, Daniel Goode and William Hellermann,
as a response to a perceived need for repertoire customarily under-represented
in today's new music world. “This intrepid group of conceptualists
cuts no aesthetic corners.” (The Village Voice) Although originally
formed in New York City, the group is now based in Columbiaville, Columbia
County, where Mr. Hellermann lives. The Ensemble has made its reputation
performing a number of different types of experimental music, such as:
traditionally notated and graphic music scores, sound/text music, ritual/intermedia
pieces, performance art and Fluxus, improvisation in a number of traditions;
large ensemble, scores for variable (unspecified) instrumentation, and
interactive computer music. The group regularly features composers performing
and directing their music often written expressly for the Ensemble. There
have been over one hundred and forty such collaborations since the group’s
inception.
WHERE:
The concert will be held in the Brick Elephant, formerly an old church,
in Valley Falls, New York.
12 Emily Street, Valley Falls, NY 12185.
Admission by donation.
CONTACT INFO:
Mary
Jane Leach, director
telephone (518-753-0244)
email
DIRECTIONS
Valley Falls is in northern Rensselaer County,
20 minutes north of Troy, 25 minutes west of North Bennington, Vermont.
From the west: at the intersection of Routes 40 and 67 in Schaghticoke, drive 1.5 miles east, turn right just as you get over the bridge, then drive on State Street (117) two blocks and turn left. TheBrick Elephant is the red brick former church on the left at the next corner - it's the biggest building in the village - you can't miss it.
From the east: when 67 branches off to the west from 22 (Eagle Bridge), continue driving for 11 miles, turn left just before the curving bridge, then drive on State Street (117) two blocks and turn left. The Brick Elephant is the red brick former church on the left at the next corner - it's the biggest building in the village - you can't miss it.
Re:Soundings is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to the arts. Any donations are tax deductible and will be greatly appreciated.