yMusic
Performers
yMusic
·· Rob Moose, Violin and Guitar
·· Nadia Sirota, Viola
·· Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
·· Hideaki Aomori, Clarinets
·· Alex Sopp, Flutes
·· CJ Camerieri, Trumpet and Horn
Program
SON LUX Eleven
TIMO ANDRES Safe Travels
ANDREW NORMAN Music in Circles
SON LUX Suite: Paris, Memory Wounds, First
CAROLINE SHAW Draft of a High-Rise (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
SUFJAN STEVENS Year of the Dragon (arr. Nico Muhly)
SUFJAN STEVENS Year of the Dog (arr. Rob Moose)
CHRIS THILE 134 Eldridge (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
MISSY MAZZOLI Ecstatic Science (US Premiere)
Clearing, Dawn, Dance
Encore:
ROBERT SIROTA Epimetheus
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.Pre-Concert Talk
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 PM in Zankel Hall with composer Caroline Shaw and yMusic members CJ Camerieri, Rob Moose, and Nadia Sirota in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.Lead support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Public support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Additional funding is provided by members of Carnegie Hall's Composer Club.
Bios
yMusic
Rob Moose, Violin and Guitar
Nadia Sirota, Viola
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Hideaki Aomori, Clarinets
Alex Sopp, Flutes
CJ Camerieri, Trumpet and Horn
Hailed by NPR's Fred Child as "one of the groups that has really helped to shape the
future of classical music," yMusic is a collective of six New York City instrumentalists
flourishing in the overlap of the pop and classical worlds. The group's virtuosic execution
and unique configuration (comprising string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) has
attracted the attention of high-profile collaborators--from Ben Folds to Dirty Projectors
to José González--and inspired an expanding repertoire of original works by some of today's
foremost composers, including Nico Muhly and Andrew Norman.
The 2016-2017 season--yMusic's most high-profile to date--features the group's Carnegie
Hall debut; a groundbreaking collaborative album with composer Son Lux and producer Thomas
Bartlett (also known as Doveman); and premieres of a half-dozen newly commissioned works,
including a major new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and MacArthur
Fellow Chris Thile's first instrumental composition written without his own performative
element.
Other season highlights include European concert dates in collaboration with chanteuse
Anohni (Antony and the Johnsons), as well as a developmental-film project in collaboration
with choreographer Bill T. Jones and composer Marcos Balter; part documentary and part
concert DVD, the film traces the events that led Mr. Jones out of retirement to dance in
public for the first time in nine years.
Finally, capping off a little more than a season of touring with famed songwriter Ben
Folds, yMusic and Mr. Folds are releasing a 10-inch, live-concert record that features song
collaborations, favorite live improvisations, and chamber music. yMusic has released two
full-length solo albums, Balance Problems (2014) and Beautiful Mechanical (2011); the
latter was named Time Out New York's Classical Record of the Year.
In addition to performing its own repertoire, yMusic serves as a ready-made collaborative
unit for bands and songwriters, having lent its distinctive sound to dozens of albums, most
recently, Ben Folds's 2015 So There. Other recent collaborations include recordings and
tours with José González, The Tallest Man on Earth, Dirty Projectors, The Staves, Bon Iver,
and Blake Mills.