Contemporary Improvisation + Tyshawn Sorey
The concert culmination of a residency with Tyshawn Sorey: multi-instrumentalist, composer, and MacArthur “Genius”.
Featuring the entire Contemporary Improvisation department.
Thursday’s concert will include Sorey’s recent orchestral piece in honoring a pair of jazz legends, “For Bill Dixon and A. Spencer Barefield,” his chamber pieces “Inner Spectrum of Variables (Movement III)” and “For Fred Lerdahl,” his piano piece “Movement,” his noise project “LOUD,” featuring faculty member Joe Morris, and an NEC student ensemble playing his “Autoschediasms.” It will also feature Sorey in a duo improvisational performance with NEC faculty member Anthony Coleman and excerpts from a Yiddish Theatre project featuring Sorey’s arrangements and orchestrations.
ABOUT TYSHAWN SOREY
A multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, ensemble leader, and conductor, Tyshawn Sorey is an ever-curious explorer of the nature of sound and rhythm, ensemble behavior, and the physicality of live performance. With his genre-free approach to making music and continuous experimentation, he has emerged as a singular talent in contemporary musical composition and performance.
About Contemporary Improvisation at NEC
NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program addresses the needs of musicians seeking to move beyond traditional boundaries. We bring together a diverse group of the world’s finest young artists in a setting where they can grow as a community of composers, performers, and improvisers. With an emphasis on ear training, technique, conceptual ideas, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a wide range of improvisational traditions, the CI program is uniquely positioned to produce the complete 21st century musician.
For Bill Dixon and A Spencer Barefield
Ensembles- Members of NEC Philharmonia
Artists- Miles Keingstein, trumpet
- Pritesh Walia, guitar
- Akram Haddad, piano
Duo
Artists- Anthony Coleman, piano
- Tyshawn Sorey, drums
For Fred Lehrdahl
Artists- Alexander Garde, Jaewon Lee, vibraphone
- Lysander Jaffe, viola
- Xiang Xu, piano
Autoschediasms
Ensembles- NEC CI department ensemble
Sigmund Mogulescu/Avrom Goldfadn, transcribed and arranged by Tyshawn Sorey: Mogulescu and Goldfadn
Shmendrik Finale
Pilgrim Chorale
The Oath (duet)
Run to me
Ensembles- CI Chorus
Artists- Matthew Shifrin, Delfina Cheb, Isabel Crespo, voice
- Lily Honigberg, Noah Kelly, first violin
- Catherine Byrne, Michael Vitale, second violin
- Lysander Jaffe, viola
- Giulia Haible, cello
- Michael Prentky, trombone
- Rob Murphy, double bass
- Avi Randall, piano
Loud!
Artists- Joe Morris, electric guitar
- Tyshawn Sorey, drums
Movement for Piano
Artists- Chi-Wei Lo, piano
A public discussion with Tyshawn Sorey and Contemporary Improvisation faculty discussing Sorey's genre-free approach and career in music.
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
ABOUT TYSHAWN SOREY
A multi...
Featuring the music of NEC jazz composers.
1 – 3 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: The masterclass will take place in Brown Hall, not Pierce Hall as previously stated.
ABOUT TYSHAWN SOREY
A multi-instrumentalist...