Contemporary Improvisation Small Ensembles: Chase Interdisciplinary Ensemble, Netsky Jewish Music Ensemble, & Mantilla Contemporary Rock Ensemble

THREE SETS: 7:00 PM, 8:15 PM, & 9:30 PM

This event will be in-person and also livestreamed.

Watch livestream from Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
 

7:00 pm - Interdisciplinary Ensemble

This ensemble gives students a chance to explore using writing prompts, learning and analyzing existing repertoire, and workshopping their works-in-progress.

Linda Chase, Coach
Tiana Hathiramani, voice
Stuart Ryerse, recorder/mandolin/piano
Thatcher Harrison, guitar 
Evan Haskin, guitar 
Anwei Wang, guzheng
Tejas Nair, esraj
Moyu Zhang, piano/voice

8:15 pm - Jewish Music Ensemble

The NEC Jewish Music Ensemble offers students an opportunity to perform and arrange repertoire from a variety of Jewish traditions, including Klezmer, Cantorial, Middle Eastern, Hassidic, Yiddish Theatre, and folksong.

Hankus Netsky, Coach
Catherine Byrne, violin
Noah Kelly, violin
Kaitlyn Knudsvig, violin
Dan Hirsch, trumpet 
Kimberly Sabio, trumpet 
Kaia Berman-Peters, accordion/voice
G Korth Rockwell, banjo/guitar
Emily Mitchell, guitar/voice
Anwei Wang, guzheng
Emmett Mathison, keyboard/electronics
Henry Wilson, percussion
Maude Bastien-Desilets, drums 

9:30 pm - Contemporary Rock Ensemble

This ensemble is an introduction to the diverse repertoire of underground music of the 1970s and 1980s. This music was created in opposition of mainstream culture and often contributed as a medium to bring about a radical awareness to any form of discrimination and used as a platform for political and social protest. By arranging and recomposing music from Dead Kennedys, Frank Zappa, Black Flag, The flat duo Jets, among many others, students gain knowledge of different compositional and improvisational approaches and explore what Bertolt Brecht may or may not have been loosely quoted as saying, “Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

Lautaro Mantilla, Coach
Ariel Vera, voice 
Adrian Chabla, voice/electronics
Nikita Manin, clarinet
Noah Kelly, violin
Kaia Berman-Peters, accordion/voice
Roman Barten-Sherman, guitar/banjo
Ben Roberts, cello
Miguel Landestoy, piano/keyboard
Skyler Lim, keyboard/piano
Solomon Caldwell, bass
Alex Yoo, percussion