Ostrava Days 2021: August 9-28!

S.E.M. ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

“Letters to Olga” by Petr Kotik (1988)

For two narrators, winds and guitars

On text by Václav Havel

"Observing with Variations No. 33" by Petr Kotik (2020-2021)

For alto flute and guitar

Wednesday, May 19

WhiteBox @ El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in collaboration with 2B&2C

Thursday, May 20

Kentler International Drawing Space

S.E.M. Ensemble’s 2020-21 season has been made possible with the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Amphion Foundation, The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music, The Fromm Music Foundation, The Low Road Foundation, Sheldon Berlow, Stephen J. Deutsch, Virginia Dwan, Martina Forman, Philip Foster, Allegra Fuller Snyder, Beth Greenberg and Jim Wright, Charlotta Kotik, Raymond Learsy, Julian Lethbridge, Rotraut Moquay, and Noni Pratt. Special thanks to Paula Cooper, Jasper Johns, Werner Kramarsky, and Brooklyn District 33 Councilman Stephen T. Levin.

SEM's New Music Outdoors I concert is now available to watch on YouTube.

OCNM has published a video of SEM's performance of "Song Books I, II" by John Cage at the NODO 2018 Festival. Watch it here.

Check out the first two segments of "Unfolding the Past" on SEM's history here! More soon.

NODO 2020 took place in Ostrava from August 29th-31st. Highlights can be found here.

"The World: Ostravská banda Solos" is a new video series from OCNM, with new music posted every Wednesday. The first video, featuring a new composition by Petr Kotik is up now!

Watch our video program "SEM at 50" here.