Either/Or & Newspeak

Friday, April 4th, 2008

2008 MATA Festival
Brooklyn Lyceum, 8pm

Either/Or Ensemble
Richard Carrick, Co-director/piano
Stephen Gosling, piano
Michael Ibrahim, saxophone
Jane Rigler, flute
David Shively, Co-Director/percussion
Alex Waterman, cello

Newspeak Ensemble
Caleb Burhans, violin
Mellissa Hughes, voice
Jim Johnston, keyboards
Ha-Yang Kim, cello
Taylor Levine, guitar
David T. Little, Director/drums
Eileen Mack, clarinets
Yuri Yamashita, percussion

Richard Carrick Towards Qualia World Premiere (2007, rev. ‘08)
Choi, Waterman, Ibrahim, Rigler, Carrick, Shively
Andrew Byrne White Bone Country World Premiere (2007)
Gosling, Shively
Missy Mazzoli In Spite of All This (2005)
Burhans, Johnston, Kim, Levine, Little, Mack, Yamashita
David T. Little sweet, light, crude (2007)
Burhans, Hughes, Johnston, Kim, Levine, Little, Mack, Yamashita
Oscar Bettison Breaking and Entering (with aggravated assault) (2006)
Burhans, Johnston, Kim, Levine, Little, Mack, YamashitaSean Griffin Buffalo ‘70 World Premiere (2008)MATA commission

Combined forces of Either/Or & Newspeak
Richard Carrick, conductor
Alex Waterman, cello
David Shively, percussion
Caleb Burhans, voice
Jim Johnston, keyboards
Taylor Levine, guitar
David T. Little, percussion
Yuri Yamashita, percussion
special guest - Jeremy Lydic, voice

This event is supported (in part) through Subito, the quickadvancement grant program of the San Francisco Bay AreaChapter of the American Composers Forum, in partnershipwith the American Composers Forum of Los Angeles.