New Music and Dance Ensemble
The NYU New Music and Dance Ensemble
ongoing call for scores, New York and Italy
1. Electronic Tape works over which a flexible instrumental ensemble could improvise, to be staged and choreographed for both musicians and dancers.8-12 minutes.
2. Works for various solo instruments and tape: 8 to 10 minutes
flute and tape; violin and tape; clar and tape; viola and tape; oboe and tape; cello and tape; bassoon and tape; contrabass and tape; marimba (perc.) & tape; piano and tape
Submissions should be sent to:
Prof. Esther Lamneck
Music and Performing Arts Professions
New York University
35 West 4th St., #777
New York, NY 10012
email: Esther.Lamneck@nyu.edu
Professor Esther Lamneck, Director
The NYU New Music and Dance Ensemble, directed by Dr. Esther Lamneck, is recognized for the promotion and performance of improvisational music, particularly ethinic and jazz influenced works as well as experimental and interactive computer music. Performers in the ensemble include dancers along with musicians who play traditional, ethnic and electronic instruments. The ensemble has premiered works throughout the United States and in festivals in Hungary, France, Yugoslavia, and Italy where it is in residence every summer during the NYU Graduate Music Program Abroad. In addition to their regular concert series at the NYU Theater, the New Music and Dance Ensemble has made guest appearances at the American Festival of Microtonal Music, the Center for Women in Music at NYU, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Hall, and major universities throughout the United States.Praised for their close work with composers, the ensemble has received numerous dedications and commissions. Compositions by internationally recognized composers such as Pierre Boulez, Cort Lippe, Harry Partch, Barbara Jazwinski, and Ron Mazurek as well as new works created by ensemble members are presented. Leo Kraft's Washington Square, composed for the ensemble, was recorded and released on CD by Capstone. From Stockhausen and Crumb to improvisation and interactive theater pieces, their performance seasons are filled with exciting works which feature dancers, video, ethnic instruments and new technology.
Director Esther Lamneck is an internationally renowned solo clarinetist and chamber musician, "an astonishing virtuoso" as quoted by the New York Times. Awarded the Naumberg scholarship, she received her Doctorate from the Julliard School of Music. A versatile performer and advocate of contemporary music, she is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of music to create new art forms which include performance movement and instrumental theater. She is presently the Director of Instrumental Studies and also of the Graduate Music Program in Italy for New York University.