Saturday June 2, 2018
Southland Ensemble: Byzantine Rites
New Work by Laura Steenberge
Southland Ensemble concludes its 2017/18 season with the premiere of a new work by Los Angeles composer Laura Steenberge.
Byzantine Rites is a new collection of pieces in which chant-inspired musical textures accompany actions performed with household objects. The title speaks in part to the borrowing of fragments of medieval Byzantine chants to form the musical materials, and in part to the use of Byzantine to refer to unnecessarily complicated procedures.
This concert is presented in conjunction with the Dog Star 14th annual festival of experimental music.
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ABOUT SOUTHLAND ENSEMBLE
Formed in 2013, Southland Ensemble is a contemporary chamber ensemble dedicated to the interpretation and performance of experimental music. The ensemble consists of eight core members and often collaborates with guests as the music requires. Each member of the ensemble is proficient on a least one or more traditional Western instruments, as well as spoken word and found objects - stones, radios, sheet metal, and household items to name a few.
It is the mission of Southland Ensemble to present experimental music to a wide variety of audiences through the mediums of interactive concerts, lectures and workshops. The ensemble believes strongly in the power of creative programming to educate and enhance the audience’s understanding of an historical or artistic period. Each concert is carefully programmed to reflect a specific creative period in a location or composer's career. Since its formation, the ensemble has presented works by Christian Wolff, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Robert Ashley, James Tenney, Alison Knowles, Anthony Braxton and Laurence Crane, among others.
for more information about Southland Ensemble::
https://www.southlandensemble.com/
for more information about Laura Steenberge:
https://laurasteenbergeportfolio.com/
This concert is presented in conjunction with the Dog Star 14th annual festival of experimental music.