2005/2006 Concert Season

NEW:

Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The Stone, Manhattan
The S.E.M. Ensemble
8 PM
Reiko Fueting leaving without for piano and clarinet
Sam Hillmer "...the night sweats and the day sweats..." for solo piano
Anne Guthrie Margaret Or Olivier for clarinet, tenor sax, and cello
Morton Feldman Why Patterns? for flute, piano, and percussion

10 PM
John Cage Ryoanji
Julius Eastman Piano 2 (1985) Sonata in Three Movements for solo piano

Sunday, July 2, 2006
Tonic, Manhattan
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Anne Tardos Compositions #1-#4
Jackson Mac Low Milarepa Gatha
John Cage Ryoanji
Petr Kotik There is Singularly Nothing

Friday, June 16, 2006
Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Pierre Boulez Notations VII
Somei Satoh Last Song
Iannis Xenakis Ata
Alvin Singleton Say You Have This Ball of Meaning
Richard Strauss Metamporphosen

Monday, April 24, 2006
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Gallery, Manhattan
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Stefan Wolpe Chamber Piece No. 1
Iannis Xenakis Palimpsest
Morton Feldman For Samuel Beckett

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Friday, February 4, 2006 University of Santa Clara
St. Clara University Orchestra San Francisco, Califoria
Thomas Buckner, Baritone
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Alvin Singleton Say You Have This Ball of Meaning
Chen Yi Romance and Dance

December 20, 2005, 8 PM ($15, $10 s/s)
Paula Cooper Gallery, 521 West 21st St, Manhattan
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director, Flutist
Steven Fox, Tenor
Gayla Morgan, Soprano
Conrad Harris, Violin

Sam Hillmer "...what won't come..."
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto II Opus X "La Notte"
Iannis Xenakis Mikka and Mikka "S"
Petr Kotik Spheres and Attraction (view text here)

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Open Rehearsals/Previews/Workshops

Sunday, April 23, 2006, 8 pm
Willow Place Auditorium
The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Stefan Wolpe Chamber Piece No. 1
Iannis Xenakis Palimpsest

February 13-16, 2006 (Composer’s Workshop)
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor

Readings of New Scores Workshop
Concert, 8 PM
February 16, 2006
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Jill Sokol, Petr Kotik, Flutes;
Carol McGonnell, Clarinet; Alden Banta, Bassoon;
Sam Hillmer, Tenor Saxophone; Marc Peloquin, Piano/Celeste;
Chris Nappi, Percussion; Conrad Harris, Violin;
Ludmila Konstantinova, Violoncello

Charlie Looker Bottled Water
A. Vincent Raikhel go to, go by
Anne Guthrie Margaret or Olivier
José Luis Hurtado De relieve doble
Brendan Connelly Quintet 1

December 18, 2005, 8 PM ($5)
Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow Place, Brooklyn
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director, Flutist
Steven Fox, Tenor
Gayla Morgan, Soprano
Conrad Harris, Violin

Sam Hillmer "...what won't come..."
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto II Opus X "La Notte"
Iannis Xenakis Mikka and Mikka "S"
Petr Kotik Spheres and Attraction