Exploring the Metropolis: Eric Lemmon & Migrations
Exploring the Metropolis presents:
EtM Con Edison Composers Concert Series
Eric Lemmon & Migrations
Anita's Way
(The through block connecting W 42nd and W 43rd St. btwn 6th Ave and Broadway)
Friday, September 18 @ 12:00pm
FREE
Composer Eric Lemmon and Flute-Cello duo, Migrations (Maria Johnson & Paul Wolfram) present a brief glimpse into the world of what small chamber ensembles and soloists can do when combined with electronic instruments and processing. The program will feature two pieces for solo viola & electronics, and a world premiere for Flute, Cello and electronics. Migrations will also be bringing another work by a contemporary composer from their repertoire.
Eric Lemmon:
Violist and Composer Eric Lemmon’s music has been described as using “a broad range of extended techniques and complex rhythms to create [a] beautifully ethereal nebulousness of sound”. He received his Bachelors in Music at New York University’s Music and Performing Arts Program, a Masters in Viola Performance from the Mannes Conservatory and an Artist Diploma from University of Miami’s Frost School of Music where he was awarded a Mancini Fellowship. He is the founder and editor of the music criticism and review site OpenSourceMusic.org, founder of composer’s collective Circles and Lines and an artistic advisor to Nodes Performing Arts.
His works have appeared in venues ranging from underground bars (le) Poisson Rouge and SubCulture to the FIGMENT arts festival on Governor’s Island. They have been reviewed by the New York Times and featured on WQXR’s Q2. Eric has been awarded NYU’s Creative Collaboration Grant, Mannes’ Peter M. Gross Grant, MetLife’s Creative Connections Grant and ConEd’s Exploring the Metropolis Residency. Recent commissions include works for Jacqueline LeClaire and the International Double Reed Society, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, and the Flute, Cello duo Migrations. He recently premiered a work for chamber orchestra and four voices based on the collection of essays and poems, The Impossible Will Take a Little While at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
Migrations:
MIGRATIONS is a flute & cello duo founded by Maria Johnson and Paul Wolfram in 2012. Their repertoire includes works by Béla Bartók, Leonard Bernstein, Astor Piazzolla, Kaija Saariaho, and Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well their own arrangements of Argentinian and Brazilian tangos. Migrations is actively seeking commissions from young composers. Their 2015 concerts will feature premieres by Doug Detrick, Noam Faingold and Eric Lemmon.
Maria Johnson is a Brooklyn-based flutist who has appeared at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Le Poisson Rouge, and Roulette, as well as in Italy and China. Her recent appearances have been with Opera Mission, Mimesis Ensemble, New York Chamber Players, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Bleecker Street Opera, and One World Symphony. In her spare time, Maria enjoys long-distance sports, gardening, and 8-bit music.
Paul Wolfram is a New York City-based cellist who has performed at venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Rockwood Music Hall, Roulette, and the York Theatre. He has recently appeared with the Barrow Street Piano Quartet, Little Opera Theatre of New York, Mimesis Ensemble, The New Ensemble, operamission, and Stretto. He has also performed with singer-songwriter Rachel Zylstra, including on her 2012 album Strings, and on the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale. When not playing the cello, Paul loves to bike, run, and cook with locally grown fruits and vegetables.
About Exploring the Metropolis:
Since 2009, Exploring the Metropolis has administered the EtM Con Edison Composers’ Residency, a program which grew out of their 2008 study, “Where Can We Work?”.
This annual residency is open to New York City composers. Five composers, chosen by a panel of music professionals, receive a stipend and six months of free suitable workspace in a cultural or community facility.
More information available at exploringthemetropolis.org
EtM Con Edison Composers Concert Series
Eric Lemmon & Migrations
Anita's Way
(The through block connecting W 42nd and W 43rd St. btwn 6th Ave and Broadway)
Friday, September 18 @ 12:00pm
FREE
Composer Eric Lemmon and Flute-Cello duo, Migrations (Maria Johnson & Paul Wolfram) present a brief glimpse into the world of what small chamber ensembles and soloists can do when combined with electronic instruments and processing. The program will feature two pieces for solo viola & electronics, and a world premiere for Flute, Cello and electronics. Migrations will also be bringing another work by a contemporary composer from their repertoire.
Eric Lemmon:
Violist and Composer Eric Lemmon’s music has been described as using “a broad range of extended techniques and complex rhythms to create [a] beautifully ethereal nebulousness of sound”. He received his Bachelors in Music at New York University’s Music and Performing Arts Program, a Masters in Viola Performance from the Mannes Conservatory and an Artist Diploma from University of Miami’s Frost School of Music where he was awarded a Mancini Fellowship. He is the founder and editor of the music criticism and review site OpenSourceMusic.org, founder of composer’s collective Circles and Lines and an artistic advisor to Nodes Performing Arts.
His works have appeared in venues ranging from underground bars (le) Poisson Rouge and SubCulture to the FIGMENT arts festival on Governor’s Island. They have been reviewed by the New York Times and featured on WQXR’s Q2. Eric has been awarded NYU’s Creative Collaboration Grant, Mannes’ Peter M. Gross Grant, MetLife’s Creative Connections Grant and ConEd’s Exploring the Metropolis Residency. Recent commissions include works for Jacqueline LeClaire and the International Double Reed Society, Cadillac Moon Ensemble, and the Flute, Cello duo Migrations. He recently premiered a work for chamber orchestra and four voices based on the collection of essays and poems, The Impossible Will Take a Little While at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
Migrations:
MIGRATIONS is a flute & cello duo founded by Maria Johnson and Paul Wolfram in 2012. Their repertoire includes works by Béla Bartók, Leonard Bernstein, Astor Piazzolla, Kaija Saariaho, and Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well their own arrangements of Argentinian and Brazilian tangos. Migrations is actively seeking commissions from young composers. Their 2015 concerts will feature premieres by Doug Detrick, Noam Faingold and Eric Lemmon.
Maria Johnson is a Brooklyn-based flutist who has appeared at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Le Poisson Rouge, and Roulette, as well as in Italy and China. Her recent appearances have been with Opera Mission, Mimesis Ensemble, New York Chamber Players, Reading Symphony Orchestra, Bleecker Street Opera, and One World Symphony. In her spare time, Maria enjoys long-distance sports, gardening, and 8-bit music.
Paul Wolfram is a New York City-based cellist who has performed at venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Rockwood Music Hall, Roulette, and the York Theatre. He has recently appeared with the Barrow Street Piano Quartet, Little Opera Theatre of New York, Mimesis Ensemble, The New Ensemble, operamission, and Stretto. He has also performed with singer-songwriter Rachel Zylstra, including on her 2012 album Strings, and on the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale. When not playing the cello, Paul loves to bike, run, and cook with locally grown fruits and vegetables.
About Exploring the Metropolis:
Since 2009, Exploring the Metropolis has administered the EtM Con Edison Composers’ Residency, a program which grew out of their 2008 study, “Where Can We Work?”.
This annual residency is open to New York City composers. Five composers, chosen by a panel of music professionals, receive a stipend and six months of free suitable workspace in a cultural or community facility.
More information available at exploringthemetropolis.org
