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“expert technique, impassioned playing” - I care if you listen

"...bringing a refreshing edge to the widely conservative genre...NCP's work makes a stage for finding nuance in rigid categories." - VICE

CONTACT
booking[at]nouveauclassical.org

BIO

*Photo by Sachyn Mital for Lincoln Center*

The Nouveau Classical Project is a New York-based contemporary classical music ensemble. Our mission is to promote contemporary music through commissioning and performance and to engage new audiences by fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration.

To provide opportunities for composers, we hold annual Calls for Scores, Calls for Proposals, and commission at least one new work annually via our NCP Commissioning Fund. The collaborative nature of our work also allows us to create opportunities for artists from a variety of disciplines.

NCP has performed at exciting venues such as (le) poisson rouge, Galapagos Art Space, Korea Gallery, Symphony Space, The Center for Fiction, and Issue Project Room as part of MATA’s Interval series. Fashion collaborations include CFDA winner Pamela Love, Project Runway winner Gretchen Jones, Kempner Collection, Ecco Domani winner Novis, Tanya Taylor, and more. Commissions include: the sold-out premiere of “Potential Energies” composed by Trevor Gureckis and choreographer by Barbie Diewald at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM); “Sororatorio” by Vincent Calianno; electro-acoustic works by Olga Bell, David Bird, Gabrielle Herbst, and Isaac Schankler; “mini_014” by Paul Pinto; a new work by NCP founder Sugar Vendil; and more.

AUDIO

PHOTOS

Potential Energies at BAM Fishman Space Photo: Henry Jacobson and Emma Tammi

Credits: 1) Sachyn Mital for Lincoln Center; 2 & 5) Misaki Matsui; 3&4) Henry Jacobson and Emma Tammi

<a href="http://nouveauclassicalproject.bandcamp.com/album/currents">Currents by Nouveau Classical Project</a>

VIDEOS

“Currents” is a concert that features works for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with electronics. Featured composers are Olga Bell, David Bird, Gabrielle Herbst, and Isaac Schankler. Video by VJ Mamiko Kushida. Program Zero Initiative OLGA BELL Where is my voice GABRIELLE HERBST Cy DAVID BIRD Artifacts ISAAC SCHANKLER From the composers: "My piece is called Zero Initiative, and I’m happy to reveal that it prominently features a “field recording” captured two winters ago, at 2am, from the line outside Output. It’s been incredibly fun and restorative working on this music." -Olga Bell "Where is my voice investigates the feeling of not being able to speak – when you can’t find the words or space to express those words. It is a piece about breath, vulnerability and inner voices being translated to the outside world. Through an electronic vocal landscape and acoustic chamber music, the work searches for self-expression, communication and inner peace." -Gabrielle Herbst "Artifacts is in a sense about the collision of time scales that often happens when electronic music and acoustic music meet. Electronic music often asks us to slow down and focus on one particular idea or texture, with minute changes that may take a long time to even become audible. Acoustic music, on the other hand, is often eager to impress or overwhelm us with conflagrations of notes and gestures. When I tried to smoosh these things together, a lot of unexpected byproducts popped out. I decided to keep these artifacts." -Isaac Schankler "Cy is a muted and intricate work inspired by the off-white colors and scribbled, graffiti-like lines in Cy Twombly's paintings. The piece features clarinet preparations and alterations as well as triggered samples of cassette tape tones and tape hiss." -David Bird Musicians: Laura Cocks, flute Isabel Kim, clarinet Mara Mayer, clarinet Kate Dreyfuss, violin Thea Mesirow, cello Sugar Vendil. piano Video by John Albert Harris

SELECTED PRESS

“expert technique, impassioned playing” - I care if you listen

"...bringing a refreshing edge to the widely conservative genre...NCP's work makes a stage for finding nuance in rigid categories." - VICE

"Leading this unlikely intersection of classical music and fashion..." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

"The Nouveau Classical Project is…putting a new face on classical music." - NPR

"Classical music’s got an edge these days, and we have the Nouveau Classical Project to thank for that." - MILK MADE

"NCP...deserve props for the premiere performance..." - NEW MUSIC BOX

CURRENT PROGRAMS

REFRACTION (working title): A new program featuring the CMA-commissioned premiere of a new work by Sugar Vendil and repertoire by Emma O’ Halloran, Meredith Monk, Pamela Z, and more, as well as a new fashion collaboration with designer Jasmine Chong. The theme of this concert revolves around self-reflection, confronting hard truths, and growth.

EDUCATIONAL/ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES: In addition to engaging audiences through innovative concerts, NCP enjoys working with students at universities and conservatories through short-term residencies. Learn more here.