Events
Upcoming Events:
Trio Caveat (James Ilgenfritz Jonathan Moritz Chris Welcome) Special Guest Mat Maneri
2.8.12
Barbes
String Surprise (Al Margolis, Nathan Bontrager, Julianne Carney, James Ilgenfritz)
2.18.12
The Stone
The Ticket That Exploded: An Ongoing Opera
3.13.12
Hunter College Lang Recital Hall
Either/Or Ensemble Composer Portrait: Karin Rehnqvist
3.22.12
Miller Theatre
Past Events 2011:
Hypercolor (Lukas Ligeti Eyal Maoz James Ilgenfritz
12.14.11
Cafe Orwell
James Ilgenfritz Trio with Damon Holzborn (electronics) John O’Brien (drums)
12.11.11
Local 269
Trio Caveat / Josh Sinton CD Release event
12.10.11, 7PM
Unnameable Books (600 Vanderbilt @ St Marks in Prospect Heights)
The music of Lukas Ligeti
12.9.11 7:30PM
Music at First series, First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY
Ted Hearne’s Delusion Story
11.29.11
Public Assembly
Issue Project Room Artist In Residence final event
11.16.11
large-scale improvisational work for Kissing Cousins: a quartet featuring Josh Sinton (amplified contrabass clarinet), Jeremiah Cymerman (amplified clarinet), and Brian Chase (drums, percussion) and the premiere of two new chamber works: Safe Landings, a tragically cloud-like duet for violin and vibraphone and Apophenia I, an enigmatic work featuring New York’s renowned electric guitar quartet Dither, with soloists Sara Schoenbeck (amplified bassoon) and Josh Sinton (amplified contrabass clarinet).
Quartet: Steuart Leibig / Lukas Ligeti / Jason Mears / James Ilgenfritz
11.04.11
The Stone, NYC
IONE’s Dream Festival: Duo w/ Al Margolis
11.05.11
Kingston, NY
Issue Project AIR: World Premiere of The Ticket That Exploded: An Ongoing Opera based on William Burroughs’ 1962novel
10.29.11 | 8PM
Based on William Burroughs’ 1962 dystopian novel about identity disintegration, oppression of humanity’s collective consciousness through technological influence, and revolution through the subversion of those very technologies. The opera will be organized using the same cut-up techniques and emphasis on fragmentation of language that distinguishes Burroughs’ literary work.
Anne Rhodes, Megan Schubert, Ted Hearne, Nick Hallett: Voices
Steve Dalachinsky, Ryan Opperman, Melissa Hughes: Video voices
Jay Rozen: tuba
Sam Kulik: trombone
Douglas Detrick: trumpet
Justin Wood: alto saxophone, flute
Mike McGinnis: clarinet / bass clarinet / flute
Julianne Carney: violin Nathan Bontrager: cello, Denman Maroney: piano
Andrew Drury, John O’Brien, Vinnie Sperazza: Percussion
Taylor Levine, Ty Citerman: Guitar/Electronics
Nicholas DeMaison: Conductor
Jason Ponce: Video Artist / Live Processing
Trio with Steve Swell / Jay Rosen
10.17.11
Douglas Street Music Collective
Hopscotch Festival with Duane Pitre Sextet
09.10.11
Raleigh, NC
Billy Fox’s Blackbirds & Bullets
09.17.11
Trio Caveat and Tin/Bag @ Brooklyn Conservatory
07.21.11 | 8PM
Billy Fox’s Blackbirds & Bullets @ The Stone
07.06.11 | 8PM
Glossary Of Musical Terms at University of the Streets
06.12.11 | 8PM
A night of James’ cue card -based notation systems, including a repeat performance of “The Glossary Of Musical Terms” and a premiere of a new work.
Featuring: Douglas Detrick – trumpet, Sam Kulik – trombone, Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone, Yoni Kretzmer – saxophone, Jackson Moore – saxophone, Lily Maase – guitar, Brad Farberman – guitar, Carl Testa – bass, Sarah Bernstein – violin, Jason Hwang – violin, Anne Rhodes – voice, Evan Mazunik – keys, Vincent Sperazza – percussion, John O’Brien – percussion
Music By Giacinto Scelsi with Either/Or @ the Kitchen
06.03.11
Quartet: Andrew Bishop / Ryan Mackstaller / James Ilgenfritz / Vinnie Sperazza
05.26.11 | 8PM
I-Beam Brooklyn (7th St btwn 4th, 3rd Aves)
Gordon Beeferman’s Music for an Imaginary Band @ Korzo
05.24.11 | 8PM
Hypercolor @ Issue Project Room: Lukas Ligeti, Eyal Maoz
05.18.11 | 8PM
Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble at Crowell Hall
04.25.11 | 8PM
Anthony Braxton Small Ensemble at Crowell Hall
04.27.11 | 8PM
Parias Ensemble at Gerschwin Hotel
04.21.11 | 8PM
Ted Hearne’s IS IT DIRTY (part of Liederabend at THE KITCHEN)
04.07.11 | 8PM
New York, NY
Monday March 28: James Ilgenfritz Sextet at University of the Streets
- Josh Sinton, Jonathan Moritz – reeds / Ryan Blotnick, Chris Welcome – guitars / Andrew Drury – drums
Saturday March 19:: Issue Project Room Artist In Residence
- James Ilgenfritz: Solo contrabass music of Anthony Braxton
- New works for chamber ensemble by James Ilgenfritz
- CD Release Party: Billy Fox’s Blackbirds & Bullets
Saturday March 5: Elliott Sharp’s All Guitar SyndaKit (Issue Project Room 60th Birthday Celebration for Elliott Sharp).
Sunday February 27:: Paraias Ensemble
Friday February 18:: James Ilgenfritz Sextet @ Brooklyn Conservatory
- Josh Sinton: bari sax, bass clarinet / Jonathan Moritz: saxophones / Ryan Blotnick: guitar / Chris Welcome: guitar / James Ilgenfritz: compositions: bass / Jeff Davis: drums
- Also: Kirk Knuffke / Jesse Stacken Duo
- BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
58 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Friday January 21:: University of California San Diego Sonic Diasporas Festival
- James Ilgenfritz performs music by Anthony Braxton
Friday January 14:: Pistol Poems @ Douglas St Music Collective
- Ben Miller: saxophone, baritone guitar, compositions
- James Ilgenfritz: bass
- Andrew Drury: drums
TRIO: Taylor Levine / James Ilgenfritz / Christine Bard
12.10.10 | 8PM
Incubator Arts Project on 131 East 10th Street.
Anthony Braxton Large Ensemble at Crowell Hall
12.08.10
Middletown, CT
James Ilgenfritz Band at Local 269 Evolving Music Series
12.06.10
TRIO: Sam Kulik, Adam Caine, James Ilgenfirtz @ University of the Streets
12.05.10
Parias Ensemble at I-Beam
12.04.10 | 8:30PM
Hypercolor, Many Arms (Philadelphia), and Mothguts (New Jersey/Brooklyn)
11.12.10 | 8PM
East Williamsburg
Duo w/ Steve Swell @ Prospect Series
11.06.10
James Ilgenfritz Band at Roulette
10.13.10 | 8:30PM
Ontological Theater at St. Mark’s Church: Christine Bard Trio feat. Roy Campbell, James Ilgenfritz
10.09.10 | 10PM
New York
Edgefest: James Ilgenfritz Quintet feat. Nate Wooley, Andrew Bishop, Steve Rush, Andrew Drury
09.30.10 | 8PM
Ann Arbor, MI
Local 269: Gordon Beeferman’s Imaginary Band
09.27.10
I-Beam: James Ilgenfritz Quartet w/ Nate Wooley/Josh Sinton/Andrew Drury, Joe Branciforte Trio w/ Ingrid Laubrock, James Ilgenfritz
09.18.10 | 8PM
Trio Caveat (Ilgenfritz/Moritz/Welcome) @ Issue Project Room PLUS: Joe McPhee’s Trio X
09.07.10
Lily Maase’s The Suite Unraveling at Lit Bar
08.11.10
James Ilgenfritz / Angelika Niescier Quartet feat. Denman Maroney, Andrew Drury
08.10.10 | 8PM
Douglass Street Music Collective
Downtown Music Gallery:: SERIOUS DUO w/ Steve Swell, James Ilgenfritz
08.08.10 | 6PM
Chinatown
The Stone: Carsten Ratdke, Motoko Shimizu, David Sherr, Blaise Siwula, Rich Gross, Kevin James, James Ilgenfritz, David Freeman, Bob Meyer
07.31.10 | 8PM
Ave C and E 2nd
Tim Kuhl Band @ Local 269 Evolving Music Series
07.26.10
07.25.10
Baltomore, MD
New Atlantis Festival, Washington DC (James Ilgenfritz / Chris Welcome / Jonathan Moritz)
07.24.10
07.10.10
New Haven, CT
Vision Festival: Tony Malaby Conduction (Les Gallery Clemente Soto Velez)
06.29.10 | 11PM
Vision Festival: Kali Z Fasteu conduction (Les Gallery Clemente Soto Velez)
06.28.10 | Midnight
06.17.10
06.14.10 | 8PM
TRIO: Ben Miller / Andrew Drury / James Ilgenfritz @ ABC No Rio
06.13.10
Downtown Music Gallery with Marco Cappelli, Taylor Levine, Christine Bard
06.06.10 | 6PM
Ben Miller / James Ilgenfritz Duo, ABC No Rio
06.06.10 | 7PM
Duane Pitre Ensemble @ Zebulon
05.30.10 | 8PM
05.26.10 | 8PM
The Cellar and Point
Chris Otto-Violin
Emily Dufour-Cello
Matt Moran-Vibraphone
Joseph Branciforte-Drums/compositions
Chris Botta-Guitar/compositions
James Ilgenfritz-Upright and Electric Bass
05.21.10
Ave C and E 5th
05.18.10
05.01.10 | 8PM
The Cellar and Point
Saturday May 1st, 9pm
Douglass Street Music Collective
295 Douglass St btwn 3&4th Ave, Brooklyn
Chris Otto-Violin
Emily Dufour-Cello
Matt Moran-Vibraphone
Joseph Branciforte-Drums/compositions
Chris Botta-Guitar/compositions
James Ilgenfritz-Upright and Electric Bass
04.27.10
Freddy’s Back Room, Brooklyn
details TBA
Eric Eigner’s Mysterium Project at Spike Hill
04.26.10
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
04.23.10
03.23.10 | 8:30PM
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
03.15.10 | 7PM
NYC
James Ilgenfritz Quintet: Josh Sinton, Joachim Badenhost, Ryan Blotnick, Jeff Davis
02.24.10 | 8:30
Two Boots Tavern, Grand at Norfolk (F to Delancey)
Trio Caveat: James Ilgenfritz / Jonathan Moritz / Chris Welcome
02.05.10 | 8:30
I-Beam, 168 7th Stree, Park Slope
Botta / Branciforte Double Quartet @ Barbes for Bethany Riker’s Stochastic Brooklyn series
01.20.10
Chris Botta – guitar, Joseph Branciforte – drums, Matt Moran – vibes, James Ilgenfritz – bass, Chris Otto – violin, Julianne Carney – violin, Andie Springer – viola, Evelyn Farny – cello
S T R ESS addict: w/ Zach Layton, Ben Miller, Matt Mottel, Gordon Beeferman, Jeff Arnal
01.11.10 | 10PM
Goodbye Blue Monday, Bushwick
9pm – Tim Kuhl’s “Pandora’s Box”
Mikko Innanen – Saxophones, Frantz Loriot – Viola, Ryan Mackstaller – Guitar, James Ilgenfritz – Double Bass, Tim Kuhl – Drums + Cymbals
11pm – The Sky and The Sea
Ryan Mackstaller – Guitar/Compositions, Julianne Carney – Violin, Philip Sterk – Pedal Steel, James Ilgenfritz – Electric Bass, Tim Kuhl – Drums + Cymbals
Tim Kuhl Band: w/ Jonathan Moritz, Ryan Mackstaller, Frantz Loriot
12.14.09
Goodbye Blue Monday, Bushwick
Eric Eigner’s Mysterium Project at Bowery Poetry Club
12.13.09
New York
The Cellar And Point(Newspeak 5th Anniversary event)
12.04.09
Public Assembly, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
December 4, 2009
Infrequent Seams: Robert Dick Solo and Duo with James Ilgenfritz
12.03.09
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
11.30.09
Brooklyn new music series Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant-Garde celebrates its fifth-anniversary with an annual, all-star reading of Terry Riley’s 1964 work, In C. For the past five years, Darmstadt curators Nick Hallett and Zach Layton have gathered a Who’s-Who of the downtown experimental music community at Galapagos for an interpretation of the work like no other. This year’s lineup includes a battery of avant-guitar gods (David Grubbs, Alan Licht among them), veteran composer-performer Jon Gibson (who played in the very first performance of In C), singers, instrumentalists across a wide span of tones and timbres, electronic musicians….all keeping to the beat of drummer Ryan Sawyer. Visuals will be provided by none other than the Joshua Light Show.
Infrequent Seams: James Ilgenfritz Duo with Dave Ballou (Also: Dom Minasi / Fay Victor Duo!)
11.19.09 | 8:30PM
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
James Ilgenfritz Quintet featuring Ryan Blotnick, Kirk Knuffke, Josh Sinton, Jeff Davis
11.05.09 | 9PM
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Gordon Beeferman’s Imaginary Band @ Roosovelt Island
08.29.09
Dakar Jazz:: Tim Kuhl Group w/ Ilgenfritz, Attias, Mackstaller
Eric Eigner’s Mysterium Project @ Spike Hill
08.24.09
Williamsburg
Infrequent Seams:: Billy Fox Group
08.20.09
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill
Dakar Jazz:: Dave Ballou / Ben Gerstein / James Ilgenfritz / Harris Eisenstadt
08.18.09
Roulette, w/ other Music OMI Summer Music Residency artists
08.10.09
Music OMI International Musicians Residency
07.23.09 to 08.09.09
Bowery Poetry Club
07.08.09 | CD Release:: Eric Eigner’s Mysterium Project
New York
Infrequent Seams:: James Ilgenfritz / Julianne Carney / Odeya Nini / Ryan Mackstaller
07.02.09 | 8PM
Julianne Carney Ensemble @ Le Grand Dakar
06.30.09 | 8PM
Odeya Nini Ensemble At the Stone
06.28.09
Make Music New York:: Aaron Siegel Ensemble, “Science is Only a Sometimes Friend”
06.21.09 | 1PM
East Meadow, Central Park
Gordon Beeferman’s Imaginary Band
06.21.09 | 8PM
Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
Music for an IMAGINARY BAND is a (real) 7-piece group led by Gordon Beeferman and comprised of some of New York’s most uniquely creative musicians. The band straddles the fertile and still not-totally-charted territory where classical ‘new-music,’ jazz and free improvisation intersect. Beeferman’s compositions range from the gnarly to the operatic, and are both incredibly detailed and very free; the band’s intensive improvisational explorations are tethered to highly structured frameworks.
Gordon Beeferman – piano & compositions
Kirk Knuffke- trumpet; Matt Bauder, Ken Thomson, Josh Sinton – saxophones;
James Ilgenfritz- bass; Michael Evans – drums
Dakar Jazz:: Josh Sinton / Justin Wood / James Ilgenfritz / Vinnie Sperazza
06.16.09 | 8:30 PM
2009 ISB Conference, Pennsylvania State College
06.11.09 | 1PM:: Sound That Listens – James solo music at International Society of Bassists New Music Summit
Ben Miller / Ravish Momin / James Ilgenfritz @ The Delancey
05.28.09
Zach Layton Quartet at Freddie’s Back Room
05.26.09
Infrequent Seams:: James Ilgenfritz / Jonathan Moritz / Frantz Loriot (ALSO:: Ned Rothenberg / Shanir Blumenkranz / Harris Eisenstadt)
05.21.09 | 8PM
Trio With Michael Jefry Stevens, Josh Sinton, at Douglass St Music Collective
05.12.09
Brooklyn, NY
Michael Jefry Stevens – Piano
Josh Sinton – Bass Clarinet, Bariton Saxophone
James Ilgenfritz – Bass
Infrequent Seams:: James Ilgenfritz / Chris Dingman / Nir Felder
04.30.09 | 8PM
Le Grand Dakar, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Dakar Jazz Tuesdays, 5tet w/ Josh Sinton, Kirk Knuffke, Ryan Blotnick, Jeff Davis
04.28.09 | 8:30 PM
Clinton Hill
Anthony Braxton, Walter Thompson & The Walter Thompson Orchestra
04.17.09 to 04.18.09
Anthony Braxton and Walter Thompson Premiere
A New Soundpainting Composition Performed by
Anthony Braxton, Walter Thompson & The Walter Thompson Orchestra
April 16, 17, 18 — 7:30 pm
Mr. Braxton will be there for all three performances!
New York City, New York, March 9, 2009 – Anthony Braxton, one of music’s most original composers and instrumentalists, has composed a new work in collaboration with Soundpainter Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Mr. Thompson will combine Mr. Braxton’s Language Music System with Soundpainting – the multi-disciplinary live – composing sign language created by Mr. Thompson. The concerts will feature performances by Anthony Braxton, a woodwind virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist and the fifteen musicians and actors of the Walter Thompson Orchestra.
Duane Pitre’s ED09 @ Issue Project Room, w/ Tony Conrad
04.11.09 | 8PM
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Dakar Jazz Tuesdays, w/ Tony Barba & Jeff Davis
04.07.09 | 8:30 PM
Clinton Hill
The Stone, with Hypercolor:: Lukas Ligeti, Eyal Maoz, James Ilgenfritz
03.22.09 | 8PM and 10PM
New York, NY
New works for improvising rock trio. Special guests for 2nd set!
Douglass St Music Collective, w/ Steve Rush, Steve Swell, Aaron Siegel
03.16.09
James Ilgenfritz – Bass
Steve Rush – Piano
Steve Swell – Trombone
Aaron Siegel – Drums
The Stone, W/ Steve Rush, Steve Swell, Aaron Siegel
03.14.09 | 10PM
New York, NY
James Ilgenfritz – Bass
Stephen Rush – Piano
Steve Swell – Trombone
Aaron Siegel – Drums
The Stone Benefit:: John Zorn Improv Night with Lukas Ligeti, John Zorn, etc
03.03.09 | 8PM and 10PM
New York, NY
2 sets! 8 and 10 PM. $20
Monarch Trio, w/ Julianne Carney, Sara Schoenbeck, Brooklyn College
02.28.09 | 12:45
Brooklyn
Issue Project Room, with Steve Dalachinsky, Denman Maroney, Sara Schoenbeck, Jay Rozen, Jay Rosen
02.27.09 | 8PM
Brooklyn, NY
James Ilgenfritz – Bass
with::
Steve Dalachinsky – Poetry
Jay Rozen – Tuba
Jay Rosen – Drums
Denman Maroney – Piano
Sara Schoenbeck – Bassoon
The Stone, W/ Duane Pitre Ensemble
02.26.09 | 8PM
New York, NY
Duane Pitre’s String Ensemble
Dakar Jazz Tuesdays, featuring Dom Minasi
02.17.09 | 8:30 PM
Clinton Hill, NY
Dom Minasi – Guitar
James Ilgenfritz – Bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – Drums
2 Sets! Open session after 10PM
Billy Fox Band @ Kennedy Center, Washington DC
01.27.09
Washington, DC
