International Contemporary Ensemble

Featuring a premiere by David Lang, distinguished visiting professor of composition and composer in residence

Saturday, January 21, 2012, 8 p.m.

Tickets: $37 Public, $27 Seniors/OC Staff & Faculty, $12 Students (purchase tickets)
All tickets $3 more at the door
Location: Finney Chapel (directions)

With a flexible roster of thirty-three leading instrumentalists, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) functions as performer, presenter, and educator, developing innovative new works and pursuing groundbreaking strategies for audience engagement. Since its founding in 2001 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music by Claire Chase ’01, ICE has premiered over 500 compositions, the bulk of them by emerging composers, in venues ranging from New York’s Lincoln Center and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art to galleries, bars, clubs, and schools around the world. ICE’s commitment to build a diverse, engaged audience for contemporary music, inspired The Listening Room, a new educational initiative targeting public schools whose music programs have been cut in the recent recession.

“…the International Contemporary Ensemble has proved itself one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music.”

New York Times