This is the weird thing we're planning at Herbert Von King park and @CulturelabLIC next weekend! 25 composers will come and "cook" with four improvising @ipsemusic musicians, via spatially placed, movement→MIDI webcam stations. MIDI stations will cycle through the composers every 85 seconds. At any given moment FIVE composers will be heard, plus the four live improvisors. Beautiful and/or ugly accidents will happen. No one knows what to expect. Audience can participate. It's free to the public. Soup may be served in little cups.
Come get soupy with us! DETAILS HERE: /
PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
@overnite_sensession (Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li
@bgoldbergaccordion@brianellissound@zachachr1442 (Chris Zacharias)
@carlsondust (Dustin Carlson)
@musixsong (Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
@choreographicpianist (Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone
@erichbarganier@iwiesecomposer (Ian Wiese)
@jamesbudinich
Jason Matthew Malli
@jonfhowemusic (Jon F. Howe)
@josiahsethpervis@kye_tsang (Julienne K. Tsang)
@peter_vukmirovic_stevens
Robert Carl
@seongaekim_composer@smeewong@tianyi2143 (Tianyi Wang)
@zacharyjamesritter
And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
@blu_stocking (Eileen Mack) clarinet
@stephaniegriffinviola , viola
@burlesonogram , (Geoff Burleson) melodica
@chris_nappi , percussion
Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.
Two chances to witness (and participate in) this fun and immersive sound experience - “Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown”
Sunday 5/24/26
12:30pm
Amphitheater @ Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette Brooklyn, NY 11216
AND
3:00pm
@culturelablic
5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
25 composers will participate in a "Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown” event on 5/24/26 at Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn and CultureLab LIC in Long Island City, Queens. Composers’ audio files will have been loaded into MIDI triggering webcam stations, which will be placed in a spatial arrangement around the performance area. Composers (and any park/gallery viewers) can wander around the stations throughout the event, triggering sounds as they like with their movements. Composers will hear their own sounds and the sounds of the other participating composers as the MIDI instruments cycle through the sounds periodically (and anonymously). Additionally, four Ensemble Ipse musicians will wander among the stations and improvise with the sounds. Participating composers and viewers can “cook” with the musicians!
Participating composers:
Adam Mamula
Alon Nechushtan
Alyse Murray
Andy Li
Bob Goldberg
Brian Ellis
Chris Zacharias
Dustin Carlson
Edmund Song
Edwin O. Munera
Eleonor Sandresky
Emma Cardamone
Erich Barganier
Ian Wiese
James Budinich
Jason Matthew Malli
Jon F. Howe
Josiah Seth Pervis
Julienne K. Tsang
Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Robert Carl
Seong Ae Kim
Smee Wong
Tianyi Wang
Zachary Ritter
And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
@blu_stocking (Eileen Mack) clarinet
@stephaniegriffinviola , viola
@burlesonogram , melodica
@chris_nappi , percussion
Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.
A few seconds of the fresh, kaleidoscopic “Never Say Goodnight” by @erinplaysthesax - we premiere the piece tonight with @hypercube_music ! Tickets: /s3s9nc6j
A few seconds of “It Clings for No Reason” by @maxduykers for Mixed Ensemble + Just Intonation electronics, and featuring live movement > MIDI. We premiere the piece this 5/2 @thedimennacenter - tickets here! /s3s9nc6j
Come check out “Never Say Goodnight” hot off the presses by @erinplaysthesax on our concert with @hypercube_music this Saturday 5/2! Tickets here: /s3s9nc6j About the piece, Erin quotes the great Joni Mitchell: “Music comes spilling out into the street. Colors go flashing in time.” Don’t miss it!
We’re thrilled to be premiering Abby Harris’s exciting new piece “Mudskip” written for us with @hypercube_music on 5/2! Abby is an alumnus of the @lunacompositionlab . Tickets here! /s3s9nc6j In Abby’s words: “Mudskip was incredibly fun to write; I’ve been fueled by rhythm for quite a while, and really wanted to make a piece that encapsulated the liveliness of the high-octane music I’ve been listening to recently. The title references a couple of things— a mudskipper, which is an amphibious fish known for using their pectoral fins to “walk” through mud; mudlarking, the process of scavenging through river mud to find items and treasures; and mud itself, often seen as a thing to be reviled in adulthood but a material of great joy to children everywhere. This piece is all about mucking about!”
Come check out @aliyasalmanova ’s vibrant new piece “Fairies” written for us and @hypercube_music on 5/2/26! Aliya is an alumnus of the @lunacompositionlab and we’re thrilled to give her this opportunity. Tickets here: /s3s9nc6j
In her words: “This piece began as part of a world I had been imagining for a video game I’d like to build. Its atmosphere draws on influences like Coraline, The 12 Dancing Princesses, Jacqueline Wilson’s Midnight, and especially the game Child of Light, along with its soundtrack by Cœur de pirate. I first imagined the music within that kind of setting, and over time it evolved into a concert piece for HyperCube and Ensemble Ipse. The piece has two main themes. The opening feels light and fairy-like, while the middle is more playful. Later, parts of the middle theme come back in a more intense, battle-like section. This is one of my longest single-movement pieces, and writing it pushed me to develop my ideas over a longer stretch.”
