Sound Will Alarm

Alarm Will Sound have announced their 2006-2007 season.

RE: the Feb. 4 Perspectives at Carnegie gig, AWS managing director Gavin Chuck writes:

The Feb 4 show is curated by David Byrne who has chosen drones as the theme. So all the pieces we will perform will be drone-based.

New York hits:

Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 3:00pm
Reich Legacy
Whitney Museum of American Art, Madison Avenue & 75th Street, NY, NY
Steve Reich, Proverb
Michael Gordon, Yo Shakespeare
Caleb Burhans, Amidst Neptune
Steve Reich, Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ (with So Percussion)

Friday-Saturday, October 20-21, 2006 at 8:30pm
Work in Progress
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, NY, NY
Conlon Nancarrow, Player Piano Study No. 2 arr. Gavin Chuck
Conlon Nancarrow, Player Piano Study No. 6 arr. Yvar Mikhashoff
Conlon Nancarrow, Player Piano Study No. 3A arr. Derek Bermel
Benedict Mason, Animals and the Origins of Dance
John Orfe, new work
György Ligeti, Piano Concerto, first movement (John Orfe, piano)
Thoinot Arbeau, Branle des Hermites arr. Courtney Orlando
Anonymous, Budi imya Gospodnie arr. Jessica Johnson
Anonymous, Ot Yunosti Moieya arr. Jessica Johnson
Anonymous, Blagoviernomu Tsariu arr. Jessica Johnson
Johannes Ciconia, Le ray au soleyl arr. Gavin Chuck
Solage, Fumeux fume par fumee arr. John Orfe
Anonymous, Saltarello arr. Payton MacDonald
Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum

Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 8:00pm
Composer Portrait: Edgard Varèse
Miller Theatre, Columbia University, 116th Street & Broadway, NY, NY
(with musicians from the Manhattan School of Music)
Dance for Burgess
Offrandes
Hyperprism
Déserts
Ionisation
Un grand sommeil noir
Poème électronique arr. Evan Hause
Octandre
Density 21.5 (Jessica Johnson, flute)
Intégrales

Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 7:30pm
One Note (part of David Byrne's Perspectives series, with Haale and Camille)
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NY, NY
Aphex Twin, Cliffs arr. Caleb Burhans
Giacinto Scelsi, Pranam II
Anonymous, Saltarello arr. Payton MacDonald

Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 3:00pm
In Your Ear Redux: Out of Our Heads
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NY, NY
John Adams, Scratchband
Stefan Freund, new work
Caleb Burhans, Amidst Neptune
Autechre, Cfern arr. Dennis DeSantis
Payton MacDonald, Cowboy Raga/Cowboy Tabla (Payton MacDonald, percussion)
Miles Brown, Q-Ball
Gavin Chuck, Seen
John Orfe, Cyclone (John Pickford Richards and Caleb Burhans, violas)
Aphex Twin, Four arr. Jessica Johnson and Payton MacDonald
Aphex Twin, Avril 14th arr. John Pickford Richards
Aphex Twin, Jynweythek Ylow arr. John Orfe
Aphex Twin, Prep Gwarlek 3B arr. Courtney Orlando
Aphex Twin, Cock/Ver 10 arr. Stefan Freund
Remixes by Dennis DeSantis
Super Marimba Boys with Toys

Comments

[Corey Dargel]

1.

For a supposedly progressive ensemble, AWS's programming certainly lacks a forward-looking curatorial vision. Byrne's input notwithstanding, these are pretty ordinary ho-hum names. The only new faces are composers who also happen to be members of the ensemble, and while there's nothing wrong with that, it's so much less than visionary.


Also, Caleb Burnhams is a sweetheart, but putting his name in the lineage of Reich's legacy, now that's just absurd!

[DJA]

2.

Hey Corey,

My understanding (and keep in mind, I may be wrong on this... ) is that AWS was originally intended to be primarily a vehicle for the compositions of the players in the group. But in order to build their reputation, they found they had to de-emphasize their "originals" in favor of more "respectable" new music repertoire.

Now that they've had some success, it seems they are moving somewhat towards their original vision by performing more works by the composers in the ensemble, and it's hard to begrudge them that. I think we would both like to see them take more chances with younger and lesser-known composers beyond the usual suspects, but I also think it's fair that the guys in the band get first dibs.

[Corey Dargel]

3.

Agreed. Thanks, Darcy.

[Caleb]

4.

Corey,
At least spell my name correctly.
Also, Steve picked my piece for that program.