Our 2009/2010 season has come to a close. Check back soon for details about next year's season. Planned higlights include:
• The release of our first disc on Carrier Records
• We'll be the ensemble-in-residence for Lubbok, TX's New Music Festival
• A new piece by David Bithell for pianos, percussion, and robotics
• and much more!
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Past 2009/2010 Concerts
'Composing NYC 2'
June 5th, 2010 at 8pm - $10
Roulette - 20 Greene St, NYC 10013.
The second of our local composers series, this concert will feature four new works from the composers of the Wet Ink Ensemble.
Eric Wubbels - Alphabeta
Kate Soper - Wolf
Sam Pluta - Tile Mosaic (after Chagall)
Alex Minck - Pendulum VI: "Trigger"
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Composing NYC 2 Preview/Discussion
June 1st, 2010 at 8pm - free
Troutman Hall - 1717 Troutman St 214, Ridgewood, Queens
Yarn/Wire will be previewing and discussing two of the works from our Composing NYC premieres project with composers Alex Mincek and Kate Soper. A reception will follow.
This event is made possible by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department fo Cultural Affairs.
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Columbia Composer's Concert
April 3rd, 2010 - 8pm - free
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43a W 13th St, NYC
New works by Courtney Bryan, Mahir Cetiz, Daniel Iglesia, Yoshiaki Onishi.
Yarn/Wire culminates a residency at Columbia University with a concert of world premieres.
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Yarn/Wire @ Davidson College
March 9th, 2010 - 7:30pm
Duke Family Performance Hall
207 Faculty Drive, Davidson, NC
Luciano Berio - Linea
Aaron Einbond - Passagework
Joseph Di Ponio - Chora
Mei-Fang Lin - Yarny/Wiry
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Composing NYC 1 @ North River Music
February 18th, 2010 at 8pm
Greenwich Music House - 46 Barrow St, NYC
$15 / $10 student & senior
David Franzson - The Negotiation of Context (B)
Sebastian Armoza - Valanche
Joseph Di Ponio - Chora
Aaron Einbond - Passagework
New York City is one of, if not the musical capital of the world, and the breadth of compositional talent is nearly overwhelming. Yarn/Wire has chosen some of our favorite upcoming composers and asked them to write pieces for our multi-concert 'Composing New York' series.
The concert is generously supported by Meet the Composer: MetLife Creative Connections.
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Composing NYC 1 Preview/Discussion
February 16th, 2010 at 8pm
Troutman Hall - 1717 Troutman St 214, Ridgewood, Queens
FREE
Yarn/Wire will be previewing and discussing two of the works from our Composing NYC premieres project with composers Sebastian Armoza and Joseph DiPonio. A reception to follow.
This event is made possible by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department fo Cultural Affairs.
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Two-Headed Yarn/Wire
January 28 - February 14, 2010
Shows are Thursday - Sunday at 8pm
Ontological-Hysteric Theater, NYC
Yarn/Wire teams up with renowned avant-garde theatre company, Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf for a production of Susan Glaspell's 1916 masterpiece, Trifles.
More information at Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf.
For performance details and tickets, visit Ontological Hysteric Theater.
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Winter Yarn/Wire*
December 19th, 2009 at 8pm - $20/$15
Southampton Cultural Center
Poison Darts (2006) - Charlie Looker
Questionable Tactics (2008) - Jorge Boehringer
Selections from Játékok - György Kurtág
Cordes à vide & Galamb Borong - György Ligeti
Yarn/Wire presents performances of works by emerging American talents Charlie Looker and Jorge Boehringer paired with those from Hungarian masters Ligeti and Kurtág.
More infromation at Southampton Cultural Center.
*This event was snowed out! We're rescheduling if for the Spring, date tbd.
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Yarn @ The Stone
December 12th, 2009 at 8pm - $10
the corner of 2nd Avenue and Avenue C, NYC
Percussionists Antonio and Greeberg give the premiere performances of Poison Darts by Charlie Looker and Questionable Tactics by Jorge Boehringer at famed downtown venue The Stone.
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Yarn/Wire 2009/2010 Fundraiser
November 3rd, 2009 - Troutman Hall - 7pm until late!
1717 Troutman St, Suite 214 - Ridgewood, NY
Join us for an evening of special performances, prize drawings, and complementary food and beverages featuring beer from Brooklyn Brewery.
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The Piano: Inside and Out
October 8th, 2009 at Islip Arts Council
East Islip Public Library - 7pm - free
rerendered (2003-04) - Simon Steen-Anderson
Guero (1970) - Helmut Lachenmann
Five Pieces for Piano (1962) - George Crumb
The Aeolian Harp (1923) - Henry Cowell
Three Piano Pieces Op. 11 (1909) - Arnold Schoenberg
The piano has become the musical and decorative centerpiece of many a concert hall and parlor. Yarn/Wire discusses and demonstrates how the piano is still an evolving and vital 21st century instrument at Islip Arts Council's Discover Music Series.
More information at Islip Arts Council.
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Prelude Fest 09'
October 3rd, 2009 - 5:45pm
Elebash Hall, CUNY
Trifles (1916) - Susan Glaspell
Yarn/Wire joins forces with the award-winning modern theatrical ensemble, Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf for a sneak-peak at Susan Glaspell's Trifles.
More information at Prelude NYC.
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Pixilerations 2009
September 26th, 2009 - Providence, Rhode Island
Whistle From Above (2007) - David Bithell
Antonio and Greenberg revisit David Bithell's technological/theatrical masterpiece at Pixilerations, a festival of digital media and interactive performance.
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Yarn @ The Maze
September 22nd, 2009 at 8pm
The Maze - Brooklyn, NY - free
simultaneous realizations of:
A is for Azimuth and Arnica... (2009) - Benjamin Carson
Join us at the 2nd Annual You Are Here, aka The Maze, an interactive maze and performance festival created by Trouble. Antonio and Greenberg will be performing Ben Carson's delicate solo percussion work in which various pathways taken result in dramatically different readings.
