S.E.M. Ensemble, Inc.
25 Columbia Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 488-7659
info@semensemble.org
Contact Dexter Dine, Managing Director at:
pksem@semensemble.org
Upcoming Performances
We are now accepting submission to our 2020 Emerging Composers Workshop, which will take place from February 10-14. Submission guidelines here.
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Music as Situation
The S.E.M. Ensemble
presents
Music as Situation
December 18, 2019
- at -
Paula Cooper Gallery
524 W 26 St, New York, NY
Brooklyn Preview Concert
December 16, 2019
- at -
Paula Cooper Gallery
524 W 26 St, New York, NY
Program:
Ian Davis - Three Movements for Ensemble (2019) (World premiere)
Petr Kotik - Tubamirum (2019) (World premiere)
Judith Berkson - Partial Memories Part III (2019) (U.S. premiere)
John Cage - Cheap Imitation (1969/1982)
Sean Kiley - ancient cascades (2019) (U.S. premiere)
Petr Kotik - Torso (String Quartet No. 2) (2012)
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, director
Judith Berkson, voice
Petr Kotik, flute & conductor
John Altieri, tuba
Lucie Vítkova, accordion
Ian Davis, piano
Chris Nappi, percussion
Leah Asher, violin
Mioi Takeda, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Meaghan Burke, cello
S.E.M. Ensemble’s 2019-20 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, Virginia Dwan, Noni Pratt, Martina Forman, Allegra Fuller Snyder, Sheldon Berlow, Philip Foster, Julian Lethbridge, Raymond Learsy, Anthony Hume, Beth Greenberg & Jim Wright, and Renée Levine Packer. Special thanks to Paula Cooper, Werner Kramarsky, and Brooklyn District 33 Councilman Stephen T. Levin.
Recent News
Petr Kotik conducted "Essential Xenakis" at DOX+ in Prague on November 5th. Photos here.
Photos of SEM's concert at Bohemian National Hall on May 28th can be viewed here.
SEM's concert at Bohemian National Hall was mentioned in the New Yorker, check it out here.
Charles Curtis and the S.E.M. Ensemble's performance of Alvin Lucier's "Orpheus Variations" is out now on Important Records. Read Exclaim's review here.
Photos of SEM's concert at Paula Cooper Gallery on December 19th can be viewed here.