2006/2007 Concert Season

Monday, May 21, 2007 at 8 pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Preview: Sunday, May 20, 2007
The Orchestra of The S.E.M. Ensemble
& Ostravská banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone

Stefan Wolpe Chamber Piece No. 1
Earle Brown Available Forms I
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen
Somei Satoh The Last Song
Karlheinz Stockhausen Zeitmasse
Iannis Xenakis Palimpsest

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone

Christian Wolff 37 Haiku
R. Chris Dahlgren A People's History

Friday, March 30, 2007
Herbst Theater, San Francisco
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone

Christian Wolff 37 Haiku
Roscoe Mitchell White Tiger Disguise

Monday, September 25, 2006
Spiegeltent, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, NYC
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Joseph Kubera, Piano
Conrad Harris, Violin

Petr Kotik Wilsie Bridge
Iannis Xenakis Dikthas
Iannis Xenakis Mikka and Mikka “S”
A. Vincent Raikhel go to, go by
Karlheinz Stockhausen Zeitmasse
John Cage Concert for Piano and Orchestra

Sunday, October 8, 2005
Noguchi Museum, Long Island City
in conjunction with the exhibit Best of Friends: Fuller and Noguchi
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director
Gayla Morgan, Soprano
Bruce Rameker, Tenor/Countertenor

Petr Kotik Spheres & Attraction on a text by Buckminster Fuller

October 22-November 7, 2006
European Tour (Bratislava, Cieszyn, Ostrava, and Paris)
The S.E.M. Ensemble with Ostravska banda
Petr Kotik, Conductor

David Chaillou Conversations Avec le Vent
Martin Smolka Oh, my admired C minor
Lubica Salamon-Cekovská new composition (commissioned by Music Center Slovakia)
Michal Pawelek new composition (commissioned by Music Academy in Cracow)
Iannis Xenakis Palimpsest
John Cage Concert for Piano and Orchestra

Thursday, Nov. 9
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Interpretations Series
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, conductor
Thomas Buckner, Baritone

Roscoe Mitchell White Tiger Disguise

Open Rehearsals/Previews/Workshops

Thursday, September 21, 2006
Willow Place Auditorium. Brooklyn
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor
Joseph Kubera, Piano
Conrad Harris, Violin

Petr Kotik Wilsie Bridge
Iannis Xenakis Dikthas
Iannis Xenakis Mikka and Mikka “S”
A. Vincent Raikhel go to, go by
Karlheinz Stockhausen Zeitmasse
John Cage Concert for Piano and Orchestra

Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 8 pm
Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn Heights
Reading of New Compositions
The S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor

Christian Wolff 37 Haiku
Matthew Hough Step Into the Fun Zone
Matt Rogalsky 1985
Charles Waters "...move things around/reduce details/germinate..."
Sarah O'Halloran Push
G. Douglas Barrett Derivation V
R. Chris Dahlgren A People's History