Photos from our 6/22/24 and 6/23/24 Siteworks series events at the Endale Arch and Tenri Cultural Institute:

Siteworks Series: cory ryan kasprzyk
June 22nd, 2024, 1pm, Endale Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
June 23rd, 2024, 4pm Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC
“mere objects” (2024) - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE

Photos from our 5/23/24 Performer Portrait concert with Caleb van der Swaagh and Geoffrey Burleson at Greenwich House Music School:

Performer Portrait Series 
Caleb van der Swaagh & Geoffrey Burleson
May 23rd, 2024, 7:30pm
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street, NYC

Featuring selections from our 2024 call for scores:
-Peter Kramer - “In Miniature”
-Todd Taratino - “All the Plain of the Sea is Silent” - N.Y. PREMIERE
-Bike Öner – “Hiç Farketmez” WORLD PREMIERE

And:
-Naoki Kondo – “Mono #2-24”, WORLD PREMIERE
-Claude Vivier – “Piece for Cello and Piano”
-Undine Smith Moore - “Before I’d Be A Slave”
-Diego Tedesco – “Nocturno”, U.S. PREMIERE
-Nina Shekhar - "A negative space", U.S. PREMIERE
-David Chaillou - “Diableries”

Photos from our 12/2/23 and 12/3/24 event with the Tiffany Mills Company at National Sawdust:

Tiffany Mills Company + Ensemble Ipse @ National Sawdust
Saturday 12/2/23 7:30pm
Sunday 23/3/23 7:30pm
National Sawdust
80 N 6th St, Brooklyn

Program:

• Tony Prabowo - "Doa Persembunyian - A Prayer for Refuge" for choir, arr. Griffin,
• Stephanie Griffin - “Poem from Exile”
• Max Giteck Duykers, - “Vapor/Blood” WORLD PREMIERE

Photos from our 6/29/23 Concert of Commissions & Recent Works:

Ensemble Ipse
Concert of Commissions & Recent Works
Thursday, June 29th, 2023, 7:30pm
DiMenna Center for Classical Music - Benzaquen Hall

Program:

Seong Ae Kim – “Equal Magnitude” - IPSE COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE
Aruán Ortiz – “Piedras de ida y vuelta” - IPSE COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE
Treya Nash – “Tor” - 2023 Call for Scores Selection, U.S. PREMIERE
Charles Peck – “Kindling” - 2023 Call for Scores Selection
Ilari Kaila – “Cameo”
Joseph Di Ponio – “DUST: Revealing/Concealing” - WORLD PREMIERE

Photos from our 1/13/23 NY Premiere of Max Giteck Duykers & Philip Kan Gotanda’s opera “Both Eyes Open”:

Photos: Carlos Castañeda, Jr.

The Paul Dresher Ensemble, OPERA America’s New Works Forum, Ensemble Ipse, and First Look Sonoma present:

“Both Eyes Open”, NY Premiere
A Chamber Opera
By Max Giteck Duykers and Philip Kan Gotanda

Friday January 13th, 2023
The Flea Theater
20 Thomas St, New York, NY 10007

With: Suchan Kim, Zen Wu, and John Duykers
Featuring Ensemble Ipse, with conductor Ben Makino
and Joel Davel, Marimba Lumina

Both Eyes Open is an experimental chamber opera by Brooklyn-based composer Max Giteck Duykers and Berkeley-based playwright Philip Kan Gotanda. This work explores the psychic scarring that Japanese-Americans experienced during World War II and suggests paths toward healing.

Both Eyes Open tells a haunting love story and tale of perseverance about a Japanese American farmer, Jinzo Matsumoto, and his wife, Catherine, who are incarcerated in an American concentration camp during World War II. Before leaving their farm, they bury a Daruma Doll on their land. According to tradition, these papier-mâché idols are given when embarking on a challenging endeavor or making of a promise. One eye is painted on the doll to symbolize the commitment, and if success comes, the doll receives its second eye and is burned ceremonially to release its spirit. 

The story’s characters endure and reclaim a vibrant humanity in the face of betrayal and sacrifice. This opera-theater hybrid features the latest stagecraft side-by-side with elements of ancient traditions, in a poetic melding of historical atrocity and the whimsical lore of the Daruma Doll. The music ranges from soaring lyricism to taiko drumming, big band, and undulating electronic samples. Vivid scenic projections enhance this surreal, psychological journey of awakening. Combining contemporary music and singing, interactive audio and video, and narrative-based movement, Both Eyes Open revisits a pivotal moment in U.S. history and ethnic tensions that still resonate today.

MORE INFO: www.beo-opera.com 

Photos from our 9/24/22 and 9/25/22 Concerts of “Territorial Refrains” by Michael Pisaro-Liu:

Photos: John Gurrin and Max Duykers

Ensemble Ipse
Siteworks Series
Michael Pisaro-Liu: “Territorial Refrains”

Saturday 9/24, 1pm - Endale Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Sunday 9/25, 3:30pm - Culture Lab LIC, Gallery 1

Ensemble Ipse presents Michael Pisaro-Liu's "Territorial Refrains", a 100-minute continuous piece that sonically marks a space in the landscape over an extended performance period. The work was composed specifically for the Endale Arch in Prospect Park, Brooklyn and the unique acoustics that space provides. As songbirds mark their territory, the ensemble will arrive at the performance location and make a series of ‘refrains’: essentially a set of environmental variations from a musical crystal (i.e., a multifaceted durational/harmonic template). These variations have elements that can be selected on the spot, and as well as a general trajectory, such as a directional change in elements of the crystal: orchestration, dynamics, harmonic range, etc.

Photos from our 6/5/22 Concert of New Music for Seven Violas and Dance:

• Eden Lonsdale – “Shedding” - IPSE COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE
• Santa Bušs - "In qual parte del ciel..." - IPSE COMMISSION and WORLD PREMIERE
• Joseph Di Ponio - "Slowly Filling Space" - WORLD PREMIERE
• Tony Prabowo - "Doa Persembunyian - A Prayer for Refuge" for choir, arr. Griffin, *
• Stephanie Griffin - “Poem from Exile” *

Ensemble Ipse & Guest Artists:
Stephanie Griffin, Michael Davis, William Hakim, Caroline Johnston, Jeremy Kienbaum, Beth Meyers, Chieh-Fan Yiu, violas
Guest Conductor: Carl Bettendorf

*Choreography: Tiffany Mills with creative contributions from the Tiffany Mills Company
Company Dancers: Alex Biegelson, Tiffany Mills, Jordan Morely, Nik Owens, Emily Pope

Photos from our 12/19/21 Concert of new Commissions and Premieres:

• Peter Apfelbaum - “Song of the Mystic Thread” - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE
• Mike Boyd - “Getting Across Town” - NY PREMIERE
• Kirsten Broberg - “Withering Frost” - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE
• James Sellars - "Elms" - WORLD PREMIERE
• Ursula Kwong Brown - “Unwinding V” - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE

Feature guest cellist Laura Metcalf and guest clarinetist Eileen Mack.

Photos from our 9/18/21 Performer Portrait concert with Caleb van Der Swaagh:

• Nina C. Young – “Ansi soit-il” - NY PREMIERE
• Alvin Lucier – “Music for Cello and Vases”
• Matthias Pintscher – “Figura V/Assonanza”
• Zeynep Toraman – “Dal Vero”
• Stephanie Griffin – “Un cygne des temps” - WORLD PREMIERE
• Domenico Gabrielli & Caleb van der Swaagh – “Ricecari” - WORLD PREMIERE
• Jonathan Harvey – “Ricercare una melodia” - NY PREMIERE

Photos from our 6/27/21 Streaming presentation of “Cooking Algorithms”, a new commission from Phivos-Angelos Kollias:

Photos from our 5/30/21 Streaming Concert of Recent Pieces:

• Evan Williams – “Cantigas" - Complete NY Premiere
• Stephanie Griffin - “Four Bonangs”
• Seong Ae Kim - “Garak”
• Elizabeth Hoffman - “for margaret: bloom back brighter” - NY Premiere
• Philip Schuessler - “Patchwork Vespers” - NY Premiere

Featuring guest cellist Sofia Nowik, and guest violinist Emilie-Anne Gendron

Photos from our 3/20/21 event, “retrospectiveDisconnect”, a 3-hour immersive sound film experience with New Renaissance Artist The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker, including the newly commissioned sound film [place]:

Photos from our 6/21/20 Siteworks at Home event, with Scott Smallwood, Stephan Moore, Miguel Frasconi, and Joseph Di Ponio:

Ensemble Ipse’s presentation of “Siteworks at Home” was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.

Photos from our 5/30/20 Co-presentation of the Accidental Music Festival with Timucua Arts Foundation and Pulp Arts:

Ensemble Ipse’s co-presentation of “The Accidental Music Festival” was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.

• Burleson, Geoffrey - “Powerhouse Passacaglia, a Fantasy–Hommage on Raymond Scott’s ‘Powerhouse’”
• Chong, Kee Yong - “Temple Bell Still Ringing in My Heart”
• Duykers, Max Giteck - “Flame”
• Garner, Erol - “Misty”
• Kampella, Arthur - “Bridges”
• Meyer, Jessica -”Released”
• Pintscher, Matthias – “Figura V/Assonanza”
• Polansky, Larry - “Daughter of Piker”
• Prabowo, Tony - “Ke Erse”
• Rakowski, David - “Riccio (Prelude #43)”; “Pull A Wall Up (Prelude #4)”
• San Martin, Laurie - “Dances for solo piano”
• Walker, Gregory T.S. - “the mountain’s third face”

Photos from our 3/7 & 3/8 Siteworks Event, “Manual Eardrums: an Interactive Sound Installation by Judy Dunaway”:

3/7/20 & 3/8/20
12-6pm both days
Chashama
21 Greenwich Ave, NYC

MANUAL EARDRUMS is about seeing sound with your hands via holding an inflated latex balloon.  In this interactive sound installation, listening with the ears is not the intention, but rather surfing the sound waves by feeling them as they mutate, shift and change through the space.  The gallery is stripped bare of visual material, save for the bodies of the installation visitors moving freely through the space as they explore the ever changing acoustic patterns.   Each visitor will be provided an inflated latex balloon and instructions for how to participate.

Ensemble Ipse’s presentation of “Manual Eardrums” was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.

Photos from our 9/6/19 workshop presentation of Max Giteck Duykers’ chamber opera Both Eyes Open:

Friday, 9/6/19
Shapeshifter Lab
18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, 7:30pm
Ensemble Ipse, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, and First Look Sonoma presented "Both Eyes Open" - a workshop presentation of Max Giteck Duykers' new opera with a libretto by Philip Kan Gotanda.

Kelvin Chan (baritone), "Jinzo Matsumoto"
Kalean Ung (soprano), "Catherine Matsumoto"
John Duykers (tenor), "Daruma Doll"

Ensemble Ipse:
Christa Van Alstine, clarinet
Esther Noh, violin
Geoff Burleson, piano
Ben Grow, conductor

Special Guest from the Paul Dresher Ensemble:
Joel Davel, Marimba Lumina

Direction: Melissa Weaver

Photos from our 5/31/19 Performer Portrait Concert with Margaret Lancaster:

Ensemble Ipse Performer Portrait - Margaret Lancaster
May 31st, 2019, 7:30pm
Church of the Intercession, NYC

• Jacob ter Veldhuis - "Garden of Love”
• Jeff Herriot - "Wanderer Hymn" - NYC Premiere, call for scores selection
• Joseph Di Ponio – "Interiors I" - WORLD PREMIERE
• Bekah Simms - “Skinscape” - NYC Premiere, call for scores selection
• Monique Jean - "Low Memory" #2
• Nathan Haering -"Cimmerian Isolation” - Call for scores selection
• Milica Paranosic - "Lady M" - NYC Premiere

Photos from our 6/4/19 CD Release Party at Charrua Uruguyan Bistro:

Photos from our 12/4/18 String Quartet Concert:

December 4th, 2018, 8pm
Recent Music for String Quartet
Areté Gallery, 67 West Street, Brooklyn

• Can Bilir – "String Quartet no. 2 – ‘A wordless tale dedicated to the Flying Willendorfs in the windowless skies’" NYC PREMIERE
• Alec Hall – "28 Hours
• Stephanie Griffin – "Happy Car Ride from the Lost Quartet" - NYC PREMIERE

And our 2018 Call for Scores selections:
• George Lam – "String Quartet" - U.S. PREMIERE
• Ari Sussman – "needless to say" - NYC PREMIERE
• Ursula Kwong-Brown – "Emerald Meditations" - NYC PREMIERE
• Matt Frey – "Procession"

Photos from our 10/16/18 - 10/18/18 recording session at Oktaven Audio with producer Judith Sherman for an album release on New World Records next year:

Photos from our 9/8/18 Siteworks Concert, the premiere of "Seven" by Joseph Di Ponio, under the 7 Train in Sunnyside, Queens:

Siteworks
September 8th, 2018
Under the 7 Train in Sunnyside, Queens
Queens Boulevard between 40th and 41st Streets
Joseph Di Ponio - "Seven" WORLD PREMIERE

Margaret Lancaster, flutes
Esther Noh, violin
Emma Dong, violin*
Fiona Last, oboe*
Alicia Bennett, clarinet*
Geoffrey Burleson, melodica
Cory Ryan, alto saxophone*
 Caitlin Sullivan, cello
Timothy Leonard, cello*
Mara Mayer, bass clarinet*
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon*
Myeonghan Yu, tenor saxophone*
Danielle Tagar, trombone*
Joseph Higgins, double bass*
Matt Ward, percussion

*Guest performer

Photos from our 5/6/18 Concert, "La Tierra Llama" at Shapeshifter Lab:

"La Tierra Llama" 
A Concert of Latin American Composers
May 6th, 2018, 7pm, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn
Guest curated by Ricardo Gallo
PROGRAM:
• Igor Santos - “Lamento” - 2018 Call for Scores Selection
• Gabriel Bolaños -“Sonorita" - 2018 Call for Scores Selection - NY PREMIERE
• Cecilia Pereyra -“Réplicas"
• Patricia Martínez - "Los Tiempos Del Alma”
• Matías Hancke - New Work - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE
• Ricardo Gallo - “Prismá volador” - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE, featuring guest Chilean poet/performer Cecilia Vicuña

Photos from our 4/19/18 Happy Hour Benefit at Broadway Dive:

Ensemble Ipse Happy Hour Benefit
Thursday 4/19, 7pm
Broadway Dive (2662 Broadway, NYC)
Musical Performances by:
Gabe Shuford, Erin & Her Cello, Gregor Kitzis, 
Dary-John Mizelle, Eric Heilner, and Jacob Elkin
 

Photos from our 4/6/18 Performer Portrait Concert at Tenri Cultural Institute:

Performer Portrait Concert
Recent Works for Violin, Piano, and Electronics
April 6th, 2018, 7:30pm, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC
Featuring Esther Noh, violin and Geoffrey Burleson, piano
PROGRAM:
• Kyong Mee Choi - “To Unformed” - 2018 Call for Scores Selection
• Luigi Nono - “...sofferte onde serene...”
• Paula Matthusen - “In absentia”
• Bernard Parmegiani - “Violostries”
• Max Giteck Duykers “Ocean Filigree” - WORLD PREMIERE
• Joseph Di Ponio - "It Was and Then..." - WORLD PREMIERE

Photos from our 3/5/17 Concert at Shapeshifter Lab:

Spring Concert:
Sunday 3/5/17 at Shapeshifter Lab - 18 Whitwell Pl, Brooklyn, NY

• Larry Polansky, "viiiivvi" (2017) - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE
• Kirsten Broberg, "Increscent"
• Robert Carl, "Bullet Cycle"
• Max Giteck Duykers, "Folding Music" (2017) - WORLD PREMIERE
• Joseph Di Ponio, "Transits II (Always Into and From)"  (2017) - WORLD PREMIERE
• Jae-Moon Lee - "M.O.N.T.A.G.E." - U.S. PREMIERE, 2017 Call for Scores Selection

Guest Performers Caitlin Sullivan, cello and Ben Grow, conductor

Photos from our 9/23/16 concert at Tenri Cultural Institute
 

Inaugural Concert
Friday 9/23 at 8pm at Tenri Cultural Center - 43 W 13th St, NYC

• Lou Harrison – "Suite for Percussion" (1940) arranged for sextet by Miguel Frasconi; (2016) - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE
• Dai Fujikura - "The Voice" for bassoon and cello
• Ashley Fure - "Therefore I Was" for cello, piano and percussion
• Max Giteck Duykers - "Dark Body" for flute, violin, cello and piano
• Joseph Di Ponio - "Lines of Flight" for bassoon and thundersheet (2016) – WORLD PREMIERE
• Miguel Frasconi - "Reading Poetry with Eyes Closed" for sextet and Buchla synthesizer; (2016) - IPSE COMMISSION & WORLD PREMIERE

Guest performers: Miguel Frasconi, Buchla synthesizer and Stephanie Corwin, bassoon