Frances-Marie Uitti + Carol Robinson in Residence

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ISSUE Project Room presents two evenings of performances with Carol Robinson and Frances-Marie Uitti. Paris-based clarinetist Carol Robinson and American-born Dutch cellist Frances-Marie Uitti integrate their individual arts into a finely woven tapestry. Their mutual inclination towards the spiritual and sublime is honed from many parallel years of collaborations with composers, originating from their work with Giacinto Scelsi. Having shared many concerts, they join together as spectacular colorists; two bows, birbyne, string resonators, basset horn in improvisations and compositions using naked sound combined with electronics.

For their two-day residency at ISSUE, these esoteric and virtuosic performers present two evenings of concerts. The opening night includes US Premieres by Giacinto Scelsi, Eliane Radigue, Annie Gosfield and Robinson/Uitti, with work by Jonathan Harvey and John Cage rounding out the program. On the second evening, Robinson and Uitti are joined by Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) for a series of improvisations.

Prior to the closing performance, the artists give a free lecture on their work with musical examples. "Composing with Random Generators" led by Robinson, and "Strips, Tubes and Code", led by Uitti.

Funded in part through New Music USA's MetLife Creative Connections program.

Leadership support for New Music USA’s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is provided by ASCAP, BMI Foundation, Inc., Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Jerome Foundation, mediaThe foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation and the Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.