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“Crackling virtuosity … their music grabs the listener by the lapels and refuses to let go.”
— Chicago Tribune

Trombonist and composer George Lewis’ recent book, A Power Stronger than Itself, traces the personal history of the performers and composers that formed the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a group whose experimental legacy is vital more than 40 years after its inception. ICE presents a concert featuring music by George Lewis, whose own accomplishments put him at the frontier of experimentation in jazz, improvised music, computer music research, and trombone performance, alongside works of a younger generation of composers who have been influenced and shaped by Lewis’ pioneering efforts.

Program

• George Lewis: Artificial Life 2007 (2007) for ensemble (15 mins)
• Steve Lehman: Impossible Flow (2010, rev 2011; ICElab commission) for ensemble (17 mins)
• Nicole Mitchell: New work (2012) for two flutes and percussion (7 mins)
• (Pause for brief composers conversation)
• Tyshawn Sorey: Ode to Gust Burns (2012; ICElab commission) for bassoon, piano, percussion, guitar and trombone (6 mins)
• George Lewis: Will to Adorn (2011, rev 2012) for ensemble (14 mins)