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August 2nd-9th NMCE Composer Symposium Guest Composer: Sky Macklay August 5th, 6:30pm NMCE Composer Symposium Concert featuring works by Sky Macklay, Sarah Hennies, and Michele Abondano JUNO Brewing 1501 1st St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 August 6th, 6:30pm NMCE Composer Symposium Concert featuring works by Sky Macklay, Sarah Hennies, and Michele Abondano No Name Cinema 2013 Pinon St, Santa Fe, NM 87505 October 24-27th NMCE Directors Residency at UNM October 24th NMCE Directors with UNM Composition Students October 27th NMCE Directors at UNM Composition Colloquium October 27th NMCE Concert at ArtsLAB December 9th, 2pm Mountain ALUCINARI Concert Online Now available on bandcamp: |
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OUT NOW: Live from Sandbox Music Series |
FRom NMCE Members Patrick Debonis and Clara Byom |
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Inspired by the writings of C.G. Jung on symbols of transformation.
Throughout the work lush textures of acoustic sound unconsciously transform into amplified masses without notice. As a statement about places in our unconscious where mysterious transformations happen, the work is a meditation for the now. Commissioned and Premiered by New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble, this work was conceived as 14 one measure pieces for a postcard exchange in honor of James Tenney and was recorded in February of 2020. released May 1, 2020 [places of transformation] composed by joshua carro Clara Byom - Accordion Dalton Harris - Trombone Ian Brody - Cellos Alan Zimmerman - Vibraphone Joshua Carro - Electroacoustic Processing, Vibraphones, Marimbas, Crotales, Bells, Tam Tams, Harps, Pianos Photography - P.M. Carro |
Recorded live by David Forlano at the Sandbox Music Series in Santa Fe, NM. June 20th, 2022.
Performers: Clara Byom - clarinet, accordion, toys, found objects Rosie Hutchinson - violin, toys, found objects Martin Ly - guitar, toys, found objects Daniel Orban - electronics, found objects, mastering Thank you to the composers - joshua carro, David Forlano, Stephen Lilly, and Rafael Llanos. Special thanks to the audience at this performance for performing David Forlano's postcard with us. released September 16, 2022 |
Frozen Tung of The Bell is an improvisation for bass clarinet (Byom), tuba (DeBonis) and Max processing. A system of semi-randomly triggered loopers with variable playback speeds, the interplay between two acoustic instruments and the computer travels down the well-worn path of recursion. To be informed by the computer, is to be informed by our own sound, treated anew each time.
The remaining pieces on the album arose from further processing of the same recording session. Contour Casting (Byom) and Drawn Forth (DeBonis) are reworkings informed by our respected electronic music approaches. In Split Brass the bass clarinet and tuba are stripped away, leaving instead multiple (re)processed layers of the original recording. released December 9, 2022 bass clarinet / production: Byom tuba / production / mastering / design: DeBonis Recorded May 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico www.clarabyom.com patrick.h.debonis@gmail.com |