“yMusic are part of a resourceful, engaged cluster of young classical musicians
who are furiously networking a full-blown scene into existence.
Collectively, they represent the movement’s best qualities:
broad-minded, ambitious, eagerly collaborative.” – Pitchfork
who are furiously networking a full-blown scene into existence.
Collectively, they represent the movement’s best qualities:
broad-minded, ambitious, eagerly collaborative.” – Pitchfork
“The flexibility of the yMusic players puts them at the forefront
of a rapidly changing performance culture…
The group has set the bar high.” – The New York Times
of a rapidly changing performance culture…
The group has set the bar high.” – The New York Times
New York City-based chamber sextet yMusic is proud to share their involvement in New York Live Arts‘ inaugural new music series, titled Come Around. The series will feature three studio concerts featuring six world premiere music commissions by Mark Dancigers and Paul Corley, Qasim Naqvi, Missy Mazzoli and Robert Sirota, and Marcos Balter between September and December 2015. The series will culminate in the world premiere of two new dance commissions by legendary choreographers Bill T. Jones and Dianne McIntyre, who will perform their solo dances alongside Balter (resulting in four total dance performances). More information on those performances is listed below.
Since their inception in 2008, yMusic has sought to bring a classical chamber music aesthetic to venues outside the traditional concert hall. Their unique configuration (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) has attracted the attention of many high profile artists spanning several genres, leading to recordings and performances with Bon Iver, Paul Simon, The National, Meredith Monk, Antony & the Johnsons, David Byrne, The New York Philharmonic, Sufjan Stevens and more.
Since releasing their debut album Beautiful Mechanical on New Amsterdam Records in 2011 (which was deemed “Best Classical Album” by Time Out New York), the group recorded on Dirty Projectors‘ Swing Lo Magellan (and opened for them at Carnegie Hall), Richard Reed Parry‘s Music For Heart and Breath, Beck‘s Song Reader project, and co-wrote and recorded the collaborative album So Therewith Ben Folds (out September 11). They’ve also performed and toured with Jose Gonzales, Blake Mills, Julianna Barwick and more in the past two years, in addition to becoming Duke University‘s Ensemble-In-Residence. Most recently, they were guest artists during Bon Iver’s set at the inaugural Eaux Claires Festival, in addition to performing a set of their own.
With their newest release Balance Problems (which was produced by Son Lux), world-class compositions and peerless performances share the center-stage, as the group continues to develop their own intense, nuanced style around a host of new compositions by Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter, Andrew Norman, Jeremy Turner, Timo Andres, Mark Dancigers, and Sufjan Stevens.
yMusic’s New York Live Arts Performances:
9/11 – New York Live Arts (Third Floor Studios), 8pm
Part I: Mark Dancigers
World Premiere Commissions & Repertory
World Premiere Commissions & Repertory
10/30 – New York Live Arts (Third Floor Studios), 8pm
Part II: Qasim Naqvi & Paul Corley
World Premiere Commissions & Repertory
World Premiere Commissions & Repertory
11/20 – New York Live Arts (Third Floor Studios), 8pm
Part III: Missy Mazzoli & Robert Sirota
World Premiere Commissions & Repertory
12/9-12/12 – New York Live Arts Theater, 7:30pm
Part IV: Marcos Balter World Premiere Commission
Featuring Solo Works Choreographed By Bill T. Jones and Dianne McIntyre & Repertory
Featuring Solo Works Choreographed By Bill T. Jones and Dianne McIntyre & Repertory
12/9 & 12/11 – Bill T. Jones
12/10 & 12/12 – Dianne McIntyre
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