We’re pleased to announce our second collaborating ensemble for the 2009-2010 season: the Anubis Saxophone Quartet. We will present a concert with 6 world premieres, including the winner of our second annual call for scores. The concert is scheduled for Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the historic Saint Peter’s Church in Chelsea, 346 West 20th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).
The Anubis Saxophone Quartet is Sean Patayanikorn, Allison Balcetis, Ryan Muncy, and David Wegehaupt. Anubis is a new-generation modular saxophone ensemble committed to the creation, progression, and performance of new art music. The quartet establishes a symbolic connection between Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Underworld, and the volatile yet sensual world of sound, color, and transformation which is vital to contemporary music. Since they were formed in 2007, the group has quickly gained regard as one of North America’s major contemporary saxophone ensembles, having been guest artists at Bowling Green State University and at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial conference in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition to a Chicago debut performance at Nichols Concert Hall of the Music Institute of Chicago, engagements during the previous concert season included the presentation of new works in Bangkok, Thailand at the World Saxophone Congress, and a performance at the NASA Region IX conference in Edmonton, Alberta. The quartet has premiered works by Mikel Kuehn, Philippe Laval, Claudio Gabriele, Thierry Alla and Vincent Bouchot.
The composers of Random Access Music are excited about working with Anubis. Some mp3s of their work may be listened to below:
Durch by Fabien Levy
[audio:http://www.ram-nyc.org/audio/durch.mp3]
Rasch by Franco Donatoni
[audio:http://www.ram-nyc.org/audio/rasch3.mp3]
Rasch II by Franco Donatoni
[audio:http://www.ram-nyc.org/audio/rasch4.mp3]
Chace by Anonymous, arr. Salvadore Sciarrino
[audio:http://www.ram-nyc.org/audio/chace6.mp3]
Chose Grave sans Consequence by Philippe Laval
[audio:http://www.ram-nyc.org/audio/chose8.mp3]
We’re excited to announce that the composers of Random Access Music will be working with two collaborators this up-coming season. Our first collaboration will be with violinist and concertmaster of the Austin Symphony, Jessica Mathaes.
Jessica and her accompanist will come to NYC to perform six new works on Saturday, February 13, 2010. While Jessica keeps busy as the youngest-ever concertmaster of the Austin Symphony, she is also developing her solo career. Jessica has recently released a CD with her accompanist, Rodney Waters on Centaur Records called Suites & Sweets, which includes music by Cowell, Stravinsky, Korngold, de Falla, Ravel, and Massenet.
We’re looking forward to writing new works for Jessica and to working with her next season.
