S.E.M. Ensemble

Monday, April 14, 2025

Willow Place Auditorium

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Program TBA

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Bohemian National Hall, New York

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Program TBA

August 11-30, 2025

Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ostrava Days 2025

Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn

Phill Niblock Forever: A Marathon Memorial

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor

Program:

Phill Niblock - Exploratory, Rhine version "Looking for Daniel"

American premiere of a work for large orchestra, composed for Petr Kotik and the festival Ostrava Days 2019

As part of "Phill Niblock Forever: A Marathon Memorial"

12-hour continuous event from noon to midnight

Aula Maxima, School of Film, Music and Theatre, University College Cork (Ireland)

Ostravská banda with members of S.E.M. Ensemble

Petr Kotik, Conductor

with special guests 

Irena Troupová, soprano
John Godfrey, electric guitar
Susan Stenger, flute
Alex Petcu, percussion
Yseult Cooper Stockdale, violoncello 

Program:

Martin Smolka - Oh, My Admired C-Minor 

Donnchach Mac Aodha - Music for Flute and a Two Handed Pianist 

Petr Kotik - Many Many Women Plus I 

Phill Niblock - Petr’s Charm 

The Guesthouse, Cork (Ireland)

Ostravská banda with members of S.E.M. Ensemble

Petr Kotik, Conductor

with special guests 

Irena Troupová, soprano
John Godfrey, electric guitar
Susan Stenger, flute
Yseult Cooper Stockdale, violoncello 

Program:

Concert I, 3:00pm
Karen Power - Bats of Namibia (2020)
Luboš Mrkvička - Quartet, Part A (2019)
Jonathan Mangle - Granular Dusk (2022)
Danny McCarthy - XXXXII (2010)
Isabel Mundry - Balancen (2006)
Morton Feldman - Structures for string quartet (1951) 

Rudolf Komorous - Olympia (1964) 

Concert II, 6:00pm
Christian Wolff - Flutist
Danny McCarthy - Five Leave Falling
John Godfrey - Bus Piece
George Brecht - Drip Music
Petr Kotik - Many Many Women Plus II  

Closing Event, 7:30pm
Pauline Oliveros - From Unknown Silences

DOX+, Prague    

Essential Sciarrino

Plus Luigi Nono

Ostravská banda
Quartetto Prometeo
Hana Kotková, violin
Anna Radziejewska, soprano
Otto Katzameier, baritone
Petr Kotík, conductor

Program:

Salvatore Sciarrino – Quaderno di Strada (2003); Allegoria della notte (1985); Efebo con Radio (1981)

Luigi Nono – Fragmente – Stille, an Diotima (1979–80)

Bohemian National Hall, New York

Nationality? Works of Art? Music? Reflections on The Year of Czech Music

Screenings of documentaries Ostrava Days 2007 and 2023

Plus panel discussion moderated by Tereza Porybná, Director of Czech Center New York

Participants:

Michael Beckerman
Amina Claudine Myers
Jordan Dykstra
Ian Davis
James Falzone
Kurt Gottschalk
Petr Kotik
Miya Masaoka
Alex Mincek

Willow Place Auditorium

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Kamala Sankaram, voice
Petr Kotik, conductor

Roberta Michel, flute
David Valbuena, clarinet
Sam Jones, trumpet
Chris Foss, bassoon
Christopher McIntyre, trombone
Ben Stapp, tuba
Conrad Harris, violin
Theresa Salomon, violin
Pauline Harris Kim, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Anna Heflin, viola
Ben Larsen, violoncello

Program:

John Cage – Concert for Orchestra (1958) with Aria (1958) for voice

Anna Heflin – The man who owned the forest also owned the racetrack (2023)                    

Luboš Mrkvička – Quartet, Part A (2021)

Morton Feldman – Structures for string quartet (1951)                        

Petr Kotik – Why Melody? For orchestra (2024 – premiere), with solos

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

Kamala Sankaram, voice
Petr Kotik, conductor

Roberta Michel, flute
David Valbuena, clarinet
Sam Jones, trumpet
Chris Foss, bassoon
Christopher McIntyre, trombone
Ben Stapp, tuba
Chris Nappi, percussion
Conrad Harris, violin
Theresa Salomon, violin
Pauline Harris Kim, violin
Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
Anna Heflin, viola
Ben Larsen, violoncello
James Ilgenfritz, contrabass

Program:

John Cage – Concert for Orchestra (1958) with Aria (1958) for voice

Anna Heflin – The man who owned the forest also owned the racetrack (2023)                    

Luboš Mrkvička – Quartet, Part A (2021)

Rudolf Komorous – Olympia (1962)

Morton Feldman – Structures for string quartet (1951)                        

Petr Kotik – Why Melody? For orchestra (2024 – premiere), with solos

Švanda Theater Grand Hall, Prague                   

Composition as a Process – Petr Kotik directs members of the Prague Philharmonia and guests:

Irena Troupová, Elmaz Mrkvičková, voice
Daniel Havel, Petr Kotik, Eliška Bošková, flute
Ladislav Kozderka, Svatopluk Zaal, trumpet
Miroslav Beinhauer, Kamil El-Ahmadieh, synthesizer
Štěpán Hon, percussion
Barbora Kolářová, Kateřina Krejčová, violin
Michal Sedláček, viola
Andrej Gál, Balázs Adorján, cello

Program:

Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 1; Piece in the Shape of a Square for two flutes; Two Pages

Petr Kotik – Ariane for violoncello and piano; Now Distance (Overture to the opera Master-Pieces); Many Many Women Plus

Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn

Emerging Composers Workshop – Readings

S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Director

Participating Composers: Alon Nechushtan, Jesse Gelaznik, Xu Zheng, Brady Wolff, Charles Waters, Judith Berkson

Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn                          

S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, Conductor

Katie Cox, Flute
Bohdan Hilash, Clarinet
Blair Hamrick, Horn
Chris Nappi, Percussion
Joseph Kubera, Piano
Lynn Bechtold, Violin
Ben Larsen, Cello

Program:

Alon Nechushtan – Delusions of Grandeur (2024)                                                                                           

Jesse Gelaznik – A Ransom Note for solo violin by Jangles Zeeski (2024)                                         

Xu Zheng – Three Deaths (2024)                                                                                                             

Brady Wolff – On the Ephemeral Nature of Vernal Pools (2024)

Charles Waters – Anonymous Landscapes (2025)

Judith Berkson – Phase (2024)