Yesterday evening, our Artistic Director Aaron Holloway-Nahum and Artistic Board Member Celeste Cronje spoke on Resonance FM about our recent Songs and Haiku concert at the Warehouse. The discussion ranged from advice for composers in writing for the voice, to thoughts of programming and presentation, and included a number of the live performances from the […]
One of the things I most enjoy about The Riot Ensemble is that all of our concerts and projects are planned and produced by the same artists who perform the music. This means that the same artist who performs a contemporary work to a new audience has had a real hand in curating both that work […]
So the Rite of Spring is 100 years old, and so it the ‘Riot’ that accompanied it. Commentators then and now seem divided on what caused the fracas; was it the music, the dancing, the performance itself, or some class-based tension in the audience that had little or nothing to do with the show? The […]
We are pleased, proud and very grateful to announce that The Holst Foundation has generously made a grant toward the remainder of the 2013 Riot Ensemble Season. The grant comes less than halfway through our first full season, and will be a significant help in successfully completing all of our 2013 concerts. If you’d like […]
We’re really pleased to announce that we’re running our first call for scores! The call is in collaboration with the fantastic East Coast Contemporary Ensemble. Two scores will be selected for performance at both The Forge (Camden, 16th July) and The Meetinghouse (Brighton, 17th July) as part of our Transatlantic Collaborations projects. You can apply […]
Christopher Theofanidis is certainly one of the most prolific and decorated American composers. He is currently working on two (different!) operas for the San Francisco and Huston Grand opera companies, and has received (among other awards) the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright, SIX (!) ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes, and the American Academy of Arts Charles Ives’ Fellowship. He […]
We had a fantastic response to our first concert of the 2013 season, and it was great to hear an extended concert that focused on the many personalities and guises of the contemporary flute player. Kate Walter (above, warming up for the concert) performed on bass, alto, and c-flute for the concert. Watching her perform, […]
Posted by Riot Ensemble pianist, Adam Swayne I have a confession to make: I’ve never been very keen on works for flute and piano. I usually think of the combination as like a lemon curd sandwich where the flute is the curd (always delicious in a symphonic cake) and the piano is the ever-dependable bread. But […]
I’m very excited about our upcoming season which reflects The Riot Ensemble’s dedication to introducing British audiences to contemporary music by composers from around the world. In our first concert of 2013, ‘The Magic Bass Flute,’ we have programmed a piece entitled Two Monologues by American composer Amy Beth Kirsten. Amy was previously a singer-songwriter based in […]
We’re extremely excited about our upcoming 2013 season. Here’s a list of the composers we’ll be performing, with links to websites where available. Giovanni Albini Terence Allbright Julian Anderson John Aylward Samuel Barber George Benjamin John Cage Henri Dutilleux Patrick Harrex Aaron Holloway-Nahum Marc Hyland Mario Garuti Ric Graebner Helen Grime Amy Beth Kirsten György […]
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