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Wayward Music Series | Wayward in Limbo # 119

THE TOWER OF BROKEN MIRRORS

Josiah Boothby, French horn

Leanna Keith, flutes

Ewa Trębacz, violin & electronics

The soundscape emerged from our collective hallucinations at the CT3 cooling tower and the reactor building at Satsop Nuclear Plant. We wandered around, improvised, and the spaces responded with their lovely echoes and delays. All of the sounds were recorded, processed and mixed in Ambisonics, the version presented here is a binaural mix. More about this project...

SCHAEFFERIADA 90
A special concert, celebrating Bogusław Schaeffer's 90th Birthday

Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 7 PM
Gallery of Contemporary Art "Bunkier Sztuki" in Kraków
pl. Szczepański Sq. 3a, Kraków, POLAND

The concert included a new reading of Schaeffer's composition Spektra, a multichannel version of his Missa Elettronica, as well as Les Sons Esoteriques for flutes and electronics by Barbara Buczek. The concert also included a series of 90-sec long miniatures based on the "BSCH" theme, composed for this occassion by the former students of Professor Schaeffer: Marek Chołoniewski, Martin Daske, Anna Jędrzejewska, Krzysztof Kostrzewa, Hossam Mahmoud, Joanna Stępalska-Spix, Too Jung Shin, Ewa Trębacz and Nicole Younes.

PROGRAM

Bogusław Schaeffer - Spektra
Barbara Buczek - Les Sons Esoteriques

90 sec for 90 years
Anna Jędrzejewska - Video Score 3
Krzysztof Kostrzewa - Trio
Marek Chołoniewski - BeSCH
Martin Daske - Tinguelytude
Hossam Mahmoud - Schaefferiade
Soo Jung Shin - Musik für BSCH
Joanna Stępalska-Spix - Schema BSCH
Ewa Trębacz - B-SCH 90!
Nicole Younes - blessing

Bogusław Schaeffer - Missa Elettronica

PERFORMERS

Muzyka Centrum Ensemble
Joanna Stępalska-Spix - flute, Marek Chołoniewski - electronics, Mariusz Pędziałek - oboe, Jan Pilch - percussion, Kazimierz Pyzik - double-bass

Concert organized by:
Academy of Music in Kraków (Composition Faculty and Studio of Electroacoustic Music)
Gallery of Contemporary Art "Bunkier Sztuki", Kraków
 

February 28, 2019

World premiere of Inanna Descending 

for Ambisonic sound and variable ensemble

by Ewa Trębacz

Music of Today / DXARTS: Until Spring 
Meany Center for the Performing Arts - Gerlich Theater
University of Washington Campus in Seattle

Performed by
Mirta Wymerszberg (bandoneon), Josiah Boothby (French horn),

 Kin of the Moon ensemble: Heather Bentley (viola), Kaley Lane Eaton (soprano), Leanna Keith (flute) 

February 22, 2019

World premiere of Winter After Times of Fire 
for ensemble and surround sound

by Ewa Trębacz

Work commissioned by Kin of the Moon 
through a grant from King County's 4Culture 
 

New Phase: Faculty Concert Featuring Kin of the Moon 
PONCHO Concert Hall at Cornish College of the Arts 
710 E Roy St, Seattle, Washington 98102

Heather Bentley, viola | Leanna Keith, flute | Kaley Lane Eaton, soprano

December 6, 2018

Chordochromies, a 2003 piece  for harpsichord and computer-realized sound by Ewa Trębacz, was performed by Alina Ratkowska on December 6, 2018 in Gdańsk, Poland. The concert was part of their "New Music in Old Townhouse" series.

The concert included works for harpsichord (Alina Ratkowska) and piano (Małgorzata Walentynowicz) with electronics, by composers Ewa Trębacz, Francois Sarhan, Edward Sielicki, Krzysztof Knittel, and Michael van der Aa. Sound diffusion: Dariusz Mazurowski. 

Full program (in Polish)... 

Minotaur at SPLICE Festival II

BGSU College of Musical Arts

Minotaur for horn and surround sound, an Ambisonic work by Ewa Trębacz, was performed by Josiah Boothby as part of SPLICE Festival II Concert 4, Bowling Green State University. 

Recorded live on November 10, 2018 
Bryan Recital Hall, BGSU College of Musical Arts 
Josiah Boothby - French horn | Ewa Trębacz - electronics

Saturday, June 30, 2018, 4-10pm

NEW MUSIC MARATHON 
at Taipei Cultural Center, NYC

1 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017 

Ewa Trębacz joined an international team of 25 Visiting Composers at the Fifth MISE-EN Music Festival, for the New York City premiere of her work Ligeia. 

The four-day new music festival, organized by Ensemble MISE-EN and artistic director Moon Young Ha, took place in Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY, from June 27 to 30. In total, the Mise-En Music Festival  featured the work of 25 contemporary composers spanning 15 countries, including 24 premieres. The works of these composers were selected from the festival's call for scores, which yielded 572 submissions. 
 

Ewa Trębacz - Composer’s talk:  Wednesday, June 27th, 3pm  

MISE-EN_PLACE Bushwick, 678 Hart St #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11221

August 3rd, 2017, 8:00 pm 
WAYWARD MUSIC SERIES 
 

Nonsequitur presents: 

THEA FARHADIAN + EWA TRĘBACZ 

Performances by 
Josiah Boothby, French horn 
Thea Farhadian, violin / electronics
Ewa Trębacz, violin / electronics

Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center 
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Fourth Floor, Seattle, WA

June 19-25, 2017 - NYCEMF 2017 

New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival

Concert 9, Abrons Art Center, Playhouse
Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 8-10:30 PM

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Ewa Trębacz 
Minotaur for horn and computer-realized surround sound 
Josiah Boothby, French horn

May 25-26, 2017, 7:30pm 

WAYWARD MUSIC SERIES

ALUMNI ALCHEMY
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center in Seattle

Concert 1   |   Concert 2

Two consecutive evenings of electroacoustic music, video and performance by University of Washington Alumni composers and friends. 

Works by Linda Antas and her colleague from Montana State University Jason Bolte, Tom Baker, Donald Craig, Ryan M. Hare, Ben McAllister, Douglas Niemela, Joshua Parmenter, and Ewa Trębacz with Josiah Boothby.

May 12, 2017, 7:30pm

MUSIC OF TODAY
UW Alumni Composers
 

Meany Hall for the Performing Arts 
University of Washington Campus in Seattle

An evening of computer music and video from the UW School of Music and DXARTS Alumni composers. Works by Linda Antas, Bret Battey , Donald Craig, Ewa Trębacz, Ben McAllister, and Nicolás Varchausky.

Full program...

November 25, 2016

LabSen CSW, Toruń, Poland

Polish-Dutch harpsichordist Gośka Isphording performs Chordochromies for harpsichord and computer-realized sound at the new contemporary music festival "Słuchalnia" in Toruń, Poland.

Studio recording (G.Isphording, harpsichord)...

October 2nd, 2016, 7:30pm

DIGITAL IMMERSION
Montana State University, Reynolds Recital Hall 

An evening of immersive audio works for digitally created sounds and live performers.

Works for instruments and electronics by composers Linda Antas (MSU) 
and Ewa Trębacz (DXARTS, University of Washington). 

Performances by MSU School of Music faculty

Mike Nelson, Stephen Versaevel, Jeffrey Vick, Linda Antas

and guest Andrew Miller.

April 9th, 2016, 8pm 

"Musica Electronica" 
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Fourth Floor, Seattle, WA 

Seattle Modern Orchestra in partnership with DXARTS 
presented an evening of electronic music, including three works 
from three different generations and three stages of technological development. 

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PROGRAM 
Differences - Luciano Berio
Ligeia for invisible soprano, ensemble,and surround sound - Ewa Trębacz
Lichtbogen - Kaija Saariaho

February 20, 2016, 7:30pm
 

Seattle Modern Orchestra Benefit Concert
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Fourth Floor, Seattle, WA

Minotaur for horn and surround sound was performed by Josiah Boothby at the Seattle Modern Orchestra annual fundraiser event.
 

September 30, 2015

Minotaur at ICMC 2015

Minotaur for horn and surround sound was performed by Heather Suchodolski at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas, as part of the 41 International Computer Music Conference.

The conference was organized by the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI), Division of Composition Studies, University of North Texas.

https://icmc2015.unt.edu

May 7th, 2015, at 8pm
WAYWARD MUSIC SERIES:
Machinations Musical, Divers & Sundry

Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Fourth Floor, Seattle, WA

Current and past students from the University of Washington School of Music and DXARTS join forces to present an evening of experimental music and performance.

Works and performances by

Daria Binkowski, flute and Anna Stachurska, live electronics
Josiah Boothby and Ewa Trębacz, violin/horn duo with surround sound
Donald Craig, 19-tone equal temperament electric guitar
Inmi Lee, vocal performance with live electronics and kinetic sculpture
Joshua Parmenter, cello with live electronics
Douglas Niemela and Donald Craig, duo improvisation of sound and video

Full program...   |   Facebook Event Page...

Open Borders Generation Concert Tour 2014

Polish and American musicians present music by a selection of Polish composers born in the 1970s.

Three concerts include works by Paweł Hendrich, Agata Zubel, Ewa Trębacz, Cezary Duchnowski and Krzysztof Wołek.

November 12, 7:30pm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Tryon Festival Theatre, Urbana, IL

November 14, 8:00pm
University of Louisville School of Music
Margaret Comstock Concert Hall
Louisville, KY

November 16, 8:30pm
Frequency Series Constellation
3111 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL

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PROGRAM

Pawel Hendrich – Emergon αβ
for large ensemble and electronics

Agata Zubel - Not I
for soprano, ensemble and electronics

Ewa Trębacz - Minotaur
for horn and surround sound

Cezary Duchnowski - 1 5 1, 2 4 2, 3 3 3
for violin, cello and electronics

Krzysztof Wołek - Motions, Stases
for piano and large ensemble

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Agata Zubel, soprano

Małgorzata Walentynowicz, piano

Jancie Philippus, French horn

Illinois Modern Ensemble

Stephen Andrew Taylor, conductor

January 23 and 24, 2014, 7:30pm

 Chapel Performance Space in Seattle

DXARTS and Wayward Music Series present:

CROTCHETS, QUAVERS ... AND SILICON PARCHMENT
New works for electronics, video and interactive media.

A two-night festival of interactive art featuring new and recent works by Donald Craig, Eunsu Kang, Ewa Trębacz, Marcin Pączkowski, Joshua Parmenter, Robert Blatt, Alexis Eggertsen, Joel Ong, Hector Bravo Benard, Ha Na Lee, Sergio Luque, Shih-Wei Lo and Steve Escoffery.

With performances by Josiah Boothby (French horn).

April 20, 2013

NORTHWEST HORN SYMPOSIUM

Montana State University School of Music

Bozeman, Montana

Josiah Boothby performed Minotaur at Northwest Horn Symposium 2013 
Montana State University. The 2013 Northwest Horn Symposium was held at the Montana State University School of Music, April 19 through April 21 in Bozeman, Montana. Horn players of all ages attended from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, New York, Colorado and Wyoming.

Concert recording (mp3)...

February 24, 2013, Warsaw, Poland
 

ANC'L'SUNR (2012) 

Spatial Soundscape with Orchestra in the Foreground
premiered at the W.Lutosławski Concert Studio

The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marek Moś, premiered ANC'L'SUNR for orchestra and Ambisonic sound by Ewa Trębacz at the W. Lutosławski Concert Studio S1 in Warsaw.

The concert was a part of the Generations XVI annual event, organized by the Polish Radio, the Polish Composers Union and the Polish Society of Authors and Composers ZAIKS. This year it featured works by 4 composers: Paweł Buczyński, Krzysztof Meyer, Anna Zawadzka-Gołosz and Ewa Trębacz. The concert was broadcast live on the Polish Radio Programme II.

November 16, 2011 

Wayward Music Series: The Last Minute
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center in Seattle

An evening of electroacoustic music and digital video by Seattle-based composers Donald Craig, Pete Moss, Douglas Niemela, Joshua Parmenter and Ewa Trębacz. The concert will include a digital video work Symphony By Numbers by Donald Craig and three surround sound pieces: Risonanza for computer-realized sound by Joshua Parmenter, Heat for computer-realized sound by Pete Moss, and Minotaur for horn and surround sound by Ewa Trebacz, with horn playerJosiah Boothby. It will also include two works for viola and computer-realized sound: Retro by Douglas Niemela, and a new work by Donald Craig titled November 16, featuring violist Brianna Atwell.

March 26, 2011 - Los Angeles
 

"Polish Music: The New Generation. With guest artist, David Lynch."

Works by Wojtek Blecharz, Mikołaj Górecki (son of the late Henryk Mikołaj Górecki), Jarosław Kapuściński, Robert Pierzak, and Ewa Trębacz. 

Ewa Trębacz's work Minotaur for horn and surround was performed by Seattle-based French horn player Josiah Boothby at the special event featuring works by Polish composers living in the United States. The concert was organized by the Polish Music Center at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

The evening was capped with a special performance by filmmaker David Lynch, appearing in a keyboards-grand piano duet of free improvisations with Marek Żebrowski.

December 8th, 2010 - Warsaw
 

"Portraits of Composers": Ewa Trębacz 
Event organized by Polish Composers Union 

PROGRAM 

Minotaur for horn and surround 
Chordochromies for harpsichord and computer-realized sound 
Sekwens, animated film, dir. Robert Sowa, music and sound by Ewa Trębacz 
Interior Portrait, animated film, dir. Robert Sowa, music by Ewa Trębacz 

Alina Ratkowska - harpsichord 
Henryk Kowalewicz - French horn 

September 19th, 2009 - Warsaw
 

Errai premiered at the 52nd International Festival of Contemporary Music WARSAW AUTUMN.

"Errai" is an audiovisual immersive work by Ewa Trębacz, created in collaboration with Josiah Boothby (French horn), Anna Niedźwiedź (soprano) and Robert Sowa (lighting animation).  Stereoscopic animation and Ambisonic soundtrack were realized by Ewa Trębacz at DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle.

The work is based on encounters of spaces and encounters of artistic personalities, where the entire physical and perceptual space, including the audience, is considered the resonance box of a single instrument. Selected immersive technologies are combined together in an attempt to challenge our perception of the real and the imaginary.

Spaces compete.  While the sound fills the entire physical space, and even extends it, the visual layers focus the visual perception at certain moments, events, and selected parts of the time-space. Spaces overlap. Sound and imagery compete for audience attention demanding at times an extreme focus and willingness to stretch the borders of perception.

This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.