Season 3: 2016-2017

Season 3: 2016-2017

November 10, 2016: Versipel Collective I: Pulses and Lines

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The opening concert of Versipel New Music’s season brings to life works bound together by pulse, motion, and texture. From the palpable momentum of Timo Andres’s “Safe Travels” and Zack Browning’s “Moonthrust” to the haunting textures of Philip Glass’s “Metamorphosis” and the curiously abstract sound world of John Cage’s “Ryoanji”, each work marks time in its own unique way, pointing the way forward yet embracing its sound from one exquisite moment to the next. The concert will also feature a solo violin piece by Chinese composer Ziyang Wen, chosen  from Versipel’s Call for Scores.
Cafe Istanbul 7:30 pm. 
Tickets: Suggested Donation $20 Adults/$10 Students/Seniors


January 24, 2017: Visiting Artist Series I: In the Shade

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Join Versipel New Music for a special event featuring Australian cellist Geoffrey Gartner in a solo recital that juxtaposes a masterpiece of the Baroque with the multi-sensory music of the present. This event features the world premiere of an interactive installation for cello and electronics by New Orleans composer Rick Snow entitled In the Shade. During this performance, the sonorous timbres of the cello are blended in real-time with three, spatially disposed resonant sound sculptures, filling the unique space of the Marigny Opera House. Audience members are invited to walk around the hall, immersing themselves in shifting, reverberant soundscapes. With evocative lighting to match, this will truly be a feast for the senses!

This immersive experience will be complemented by a performance of Bach’s Suite IV for unaccompanied cello, placing the past and present in stark relief.

Marigny Opera House

7pm: Audience is invited to interact with the In the Shade installation

7:30: cello performance begins

Tickets: Suggested donation $20 adults, $5 students/seniors/hardship

 

February 15, 2017: Visiting Artist Series II: Loadbang

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Cafe Istanbul 7:30 pm

April 8, 2017: Versipel Collective at French Quarter Festival

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Join the Versipel Collective at the French Quarter Festival as we rock out to Terry Riley’s “In C,” Timo Andres’ “Safe Travels,” and other new works of the 21st century.

St Mary’s  Church at the Old Ursuline Convent

1116  Chartres Street

Saturday April 8, 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

June 19, 2017: Versipel Collective on Instant Opus 

Join the Versipel Collective for an evening of spontaneous creativity as we sink our teeth into graphic and text-based works by Pauline Oliveros, Philip Schuessler, Cornelius Cardew and Christian Wolff.

HiHo Lounge, 10pm

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“Brain Gas” by Philip Schuessler