MANTRA PERCUSSION The Opening Nights of the Ecstatic Music FestivalProduced and Presented by Arts Brookfield in partnership with the Kaufman Music Center

Winter Garden at Brookfield Place January 15-16 at 8:00pm

Running time: 1 hour, no pause or intermission

January 15Public Transaction (World Premiere) by Ian WilliamsCommissioned by Arts Brookfield

January 16New works by Wet Ink composers Commissioned by Arts Brookfield

Coalescent Interference (World Premiere) by Alex Mincek Points of Focus (World Premiere) by Eric Wubbels Four Sixes (World Premiere) by Sam Pluta

All works accompanied by Refract, a three-part dance work with film by Deborah Lohse.

Mantra Percussion performers are Joe Bergen, Al Cerulo, Chris Graham, Mike McCurdy, Jude Traxler and Owen Weaver.

The Ecstatic Music Festival returns for a fifth season of one-night-only performances bringing together artists from across the sonic spectrum. For the first time, the Festival launches in Lower Manhattan with two FREE World Premiere performances presented by Arts Brookfield, showcasing new music, dance and film. The festival will continue at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Concert Hall with even more collaborative works by nearly 100 composers and performers. For more information, visit EcstaticMusicFestival.com.

JANUARY 15

PUBLIC TRANSACTION (World Premiere)Music by Ian Williams in collaboration with Mantra PercussionPerformed by Mantra Percussion with Ian Williams, guitar and electronicsLighting design by Robert W. Henderson, Jr.

This performance will be recorded by Q2 Music for on-demand streaming at q2music.org.

JANUARY 16

COALESCENT INTERFERENCE (World Premiere)Composed by Alex MincekPerformed by Mantra PercussionChoreography by Deborah Lohse featuring the Shakedown Dance Collective dancers Roberta Alessandra, Jamie Benson, Guillaume Debourayne, Jan Kliger, Midori Okuyama, Susanne Pichler, Mary Carney, Lisa Chan, Elisa Decker, Sandra Levis, Janet O’Connell, Julie Conason, Caitlin Boyle, Olivier Herbin, Yi Wu, Christine DubovLighting design by Robert W. Henderson, Jr.

recall i (electronic interlude) by Sam Pluta

POINTS OF FOCUS (World Premiere)Composed by Eric WubbelsPerformed by Mantra PercussionFilm by Deborah Lohse, edited by Courtney Boyd Lighting design by Robert W. Henderson, Jr.

recall ii (electronic interlude) by Sam Pluta

FOUR SIXES (World Premiere)Composed by Sam PlutaPerformed by Mantra PercussionChoreography by Deborah Lohse Featuring Andraé Gonzalo and Deborah LohseLighting design by Robert W. Henderson, Jr.

All works accompanied by Refract, a three-part dance work with film by Deborah Lohse.

The creation of Refract has been underwritten in part through an artist residency at The Yard (Dancetheyard.org) in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, an artist residency at Acadia Summer Arts Program, generous support of Island Moving Company’s Open for Dancing, and Arts Brookfield. Deborah Lohse gives a shimmering thanks to the dancers of Shakedown, Jamie Benson, Courtney Boyd, Emily Sears and Brandon Wolcott. A special thanks to Andraé for making the world sparkle and this vision a reality. Big thanks to Mantra and the composers of Wet Ink for inviting us to shine with you under the palm trees.

Mallets for this performance generously provided by Innovative Percussion.

MANTRA PERCUSSION Committed to honoring the past and expanding the far-flung future of percussion music, Mantra Percussion brings to life new works for percussion by living composers, collaborates with artists from diverse genres and styles, and questions what it means to communicate by making music with and on percussive objects. Mantra Percussion devotes their collective energy toward engaging new audiences by challenging the standard concert format through evening-length events that look toward a grander artistic vision.

IAN WILLIAMS (Guitarist/Composer)Ian Williams is the founder of rock/electronic/experimental hybrid band known as Battles who are putting out their 3rd LP on Warp Records in 2015. He was also a member of Touch and Go Records recording artists Don Caballero from 1992-2000 and the free form band Storm and Stress during the same period. This past November, he debuted a piece of orchestral music called Clear Image with the American Composer’s Orchestra at Zankel Hall. He is also in the process of completing a visual/sonic collaboration with artist Ron Amstutz.

ALEX MINCEK (Composer) A New York-based composer and performer who has studied composition with Tristan Murail and Fred Lerdahl at Columbia University (DMA) and with Nils Vigeland at the Manhattan School of Music (MA). He is currently the saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and artistic director of the Wet Ink Ensemble, a group dedicated to contemporary music, which he founded in 1998.

SAM PLUTA (Composer)A New York City-based composer, laptop improviser, electronics performer, sound artist and technical director of the Wet Ink Ensemble. By creating unique interactions of electronics, instruments, and sonic spaces, Pluta’s vibrant musical universe fuses the traditionally separate sound worlds of acoustic instruments and electronics, creating sonic spaces which envelop the audience and resulting in a music focused on visceral interaction of instrumental performers with reactive computerized sound worlds.

ERIC WUBBELS (Composer) A composer, pianist, and Executive Director of the Wet Ink Ensemble, a New York collective devoted to creating, promoting, and organizing adventurous contemporary music. He has received commissioning

grants from Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning Program, ISSUE Project Room, the Jerome Foundation, New Music USA, and Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, and has been awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Civitella Ranieri Center (Italy).

DEBORAH LOHSE (Choreographer/Filmmaker) Her work has been presented throughout the United States. She has received artist residencies from The Yard, SILO and Acadia Summer Arts Program. Born and raised in California, Lohse received degrees in both dance and theater from the University of California, San Diego.

THE SHAKEDOWN DANCE COLLECTIVE The brain-child of dancers Deborah Lohse and Jamie Benson, “The Shakedown” is a relentless dare to the masses to sweat, laugh and dance more. A community dance ensemble that meets in weekly 2 hour sessions, the group performs throughout the NYC area.

ROBERT W. HENDERSON, JR. (Lighting Designer) Credits include Fleur d’ Orange’s IDENTITY as part of Center Stage; Stellar Whisper, Seoul; Khmer Arts Ensemble’s Bend in the River; Royal Ballet of Cambodia’s The Legend of Apsara Mera; Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 International Arts Education Week, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris; Khmeropedies I & II; Mary’s Wedding and A Christmas Carol, Westport Country Playhouse; Resident Lighting Designer at Theatre Three, NY; select Barneys NY, Cole Haan and Tiffany & Co. flagship store display windows; Brooklyn Historical Society’s exhibitions The Emancipation Proclamation and Brooklyn Abolitionists/In Pursuit of Freedom. MFA from NYU Tisch Design. Member of USA 829.

Kaufman Music Center is New York’s go-to place for music education and performance. We are Merkin Concert Hall; Lucy Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school; and Special Music School, a groundbreaking K-12 public school for musically gifted children. KaufmanMusicCenter.org

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BANG ON A CAN MARATHON

SAVE THE DATE JUNE 21, 2015Presented by Arts Brookfield

and Bang on a Can as part of The River to River Festival

FEBRUARY 18 & 20

BLANCANIEVES (2012) Written and Directed by Pablo Berger

Score Composed by Alfonso Vilallonga

PERFORMED BY WORDLESS MUSIC ORCHESTRA WITH ALFONSO VILALLONGAConducted by Ryan McAdams

Image © Arcadia Motion Pictures

SILENT FILMS/LIVE MUSIC RETURNS TO BROOKFIELD PLACE!

February 17 - 20, 2015 at 8:00 PM 230 Vesey Street, NYC

Curated by John Schaefer, host of WNYC’s New Sounds Live

FEBRUARY 17 & 19

FOUR FILMS BY MAN RAYSelected by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan):

Retour a la Raison (1923)Emak Bakia (1926)

Les Mysteres Du Chateau Du De (1929)L’Etoile De Mer (1928)

© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2014

WORLD-PREMIERE SCORES COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY SQÜRL

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