This past weekend, composer Rhys Chatham teamed up with Brooklyn experimental group Oneida for a collaboration at the Ecstatic Music Festival. The performance was reviewed by Steve Smith in today's New York Times, where Smith remarked, "the bulk of the crowd was transfixed... the effect was undeniably ecstatic."
The full review can be read here.
This week, composer Dan Deacon was interviewed by Amy Lee in the Huffington Post, where he shared his thoughts on his performance style, the future of alt-classical crossovers, and the life of a composer. Read the full article here.
Tonight marks the return of Dan Deacon to the Ecstatic Music Festival, when he premieres new compositions featuring NOW Ensemble and the...
Mariam Wallentin, hailed for her “beyond gorgeous” voice (Prefix) in the band Wildbirds & Peacedrums, teams up with acclaimed composer Mikael Karlsson to create a new song cycle, The Spirit & the Cloud, performed with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. The evening will also include a selection of Karlsson’s instrumental compositions and arrangements of Wildbirds...
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Got started a bit late on the Ecstatic Music Festival? Thanks to the festival's partnership with Q2 Music, the first four performances of the 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival are now available for streaming on WQXR's website! The concerts featured are Jherek Bischoff and the Wordless Music Orchestra (February 4th), Sxip Shirey and Angélica Negrón (February 7th), Richard...
Nick Zammuto of The Books and Jason Treuting of So Percussion hit the Merkin stage next Thursday, February 23rd, for an Ecstatic Music Festival performance alongside janus, guitarist Grey McMurray and vocalist Daisy Press. Below, hear them discuss spelling bees, homemade videos, and what to expect at their upcoming show.
Video by Steve Taylor.
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On Tuesday night, the 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival continued with its second performance of the season, featuring Sxip Shirey, Angélica Negrón, Face The Music, Todd Reynolds, Noveller and Jonny Rodgers.
Of the evening's collaboration between Shirey and Negrón, Allan Kozinn of The New York Times stated, "'Asa Nisi Masa' was an entrancing exploration of timbre and...
This past Saturday, the 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival kicked off with producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jherek Bischoff in a sold out collaboration with the Wordless Music Orchestra. In a partnership with Q2 Music, the concert was presented via live audio webcast on WQXR's website.
Relive the opening night magic and listen to full audio of the concert here...
The chamber sextet yMusic, which will make its Ecstatic Music Festival debut alongside Son Lux and Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry tomorrow night, was featured in this past weekend's New York Times.
On the sextet, Ecstatic Music Festival curator Judd Greenstein stated, "What yMusic is doing is bridging a gap between two contemporary practices, a contemporary...
On February 9th Christopher Tignor and his band Slow Six, along with This Will Destroy You, will be playing with the self-conducted string orchestra A Far Cry. Some thoughts, via email...
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What is it like to do arrangements for Slow Six vs. other groups, like A Far Cry?
The meaningful difference is between doing arrangements for existing songs, like I've done...
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Read a New York Times review of Rhys Chatham and Oneida’s Ecstatic Music Festival Performance!
Dan Deacon Interviewed in the Huffington Post! 
NEW VIDEOS! EMF preview with Mikael Karlsson and Mariam Wallentin 
Listen to the First Four 2012 Ecstatic Music Festival Performances on Q2 Music! 
Interview with Upcoming EMF Artist Jason Treuting 
NEW VIDEO: Nick Zammuto and Jason Treuting Discuss Their Upcoming Ecstatic Show! 
The New York Times Reviews Sxip Shirey & Angélica Negrón’s Ecstatic Music Fest Performance 
Hear Audio of Jherek Bischoff’s Ecstatic Music Festival Performance! 
Ecstatic Music Fest performers yMusic Featured in The New York Times! 
6 Questions for Upcoming EMF Artist Christopher Tignor 