The Anagram Ensemble presents a program of original works and collaborations with composers Hunter Hunt-Hendrix and Viola Yip. This program highlights the diverse abilities of all five participants, who all contribute to this concert as both composers and performers.
William Parker and James Ilgenfritz Group perform at ISSUE Project Room.
Actor, director, and writer Steve Buscemi and composer/multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp return to present excerpts of their collaboration "Rub Out The Word." The evening also features a new collaboration between current ISSUE Artist-in-Residence, Cecilia Corrigan and past AIR James Ilgenfritz.
Video excerpt from the 2011 premiere of Artist-In-Residence James Ilgenfritz' "The Ticket That Exploded: an Ongoing Opera" on October 29, 2011.
Video excerpt from the 2011 premiere of Artist-In-Residence James Ilgenfritz' "The Ticket That Exploded: an Ongoing Opera" on October 29, 2011.
2011 Artist-in-Residence James Ilgenfritz juxtaposes his work as a composer and as an improviser, splitting the evening between a large-scale improvisational work for a quartet, and premieres of two new chamber works. With Dither, Josh Sinton, Jeremiah Cymerman, and Brian Chase.
James Ilgenfritz presents The Ticket That Exploded: An Opera based on William Burroughs' 1962 dystopian novel. Featuring vocalists Ted Hearne, Nick Hallett, Melissa Hughes, Anne Rhodes, Steve Dalachnsky, and Ryan Opperman, an ensemble of fifteen instrumentalists, and live video projections from Jason Ponce.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce our Artists in Residence for 2011: Okkyung Lee, Nate Wooley, Prince Rama, and James Ilgenfritz. The AIR program offers artists an opportunity to develop significant new works in partnership with ISSUE over the course of the year.