Ensemble 365
Founded in 2012 at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Ensemble 365 presents themed concerts, combining both new and standard chamber and solo repertoire. Its members perform regularly in concert halls and festivals in the US and abroad. Collectively they have commissioned, premiered, and recorded over 150 new works by living composers.
In 2015, Ensemble 365 was been named a Queens New Music Festival proposal winner. We performed as part of the QNMF May 17, 2015. Ensemble 365 is: Mary Hubbell, soprano Sara Paar, soprano Alice Jones, flute Karen Rostron, violin Marta Bedkowska, cello Mirna Lekic, piano Praise for Ensemble 365's CD Eastern Currents from Colin Clarke in Fanfare Magazine
"The standard of performance throughout by all performers is pretty much faultless." "The performance here [of Frangiz Ali-Zadeh's Three Watercolors] is fabulous, the aching loneliness of “Narcissus” for soprano and flute (itself implying a shakuhachi) balanced by the angular play of “The Boatman.” "Mary Hubbell is a most expressive soprano, and Alice Jones the perfect partner (the two parts are very much equals). The deep flute resonance of the opening of the final movement, “Dream Song,” and the way Hubbell’s blanched tone morphs with the flute sound is a spectacular sonic feat that captures the fluidity of sound that lies at the heart of Lam’s music." "A phenomenally interesting release... required listening." |
Selected performances:
June 21, 2017
Make Music New York
Bard College Graduate Center Art Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Jacques Ibert, Deux nocturnes (1946)
May 17, 2015
Queens New Music Festival
The Secret Theatre Mainstage, Long Island City, NY
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Aramesh (2015), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Ravi Shankar: Sonata for cello and piano, Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Toru Takemitsu: From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
May 13, 2015
Queensborough Community College
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Aramesh (2015, world premiere), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Ravi Shankar: Sonata for cello and piano, Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Toru Takemitsu: From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
March 22, 2015
SEM Ensemble presents: Ensemble 365
Willow Place Auditorium
Program: "Eastern Currents: Contemporary Music of Asia"
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Astvihad (2012), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
June 5, 2014
First Thursdays at the Firehouse Space
Program: Eric Nathan, Wing Over Wing; Inés Thiebaut: cuncta fluunt; Gregory Brown, Drei Jahreszeiten
October 10, 2013
Elebash Recital Hall
Program: Inés Thiebaut, cuncta fluunt (eternal flux) (world premiere); Dan Welcher, The Bequest; Dana Dmitri Richardson, Sonata for Ellen (world premiere); Eric Nathan, Wing Over Wing (world premiere); Gregory Brown, Drei Jahreszeiten (world premiere); André Previn, The Giraffes Go to Hamburg
February 17, 2013
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Program: "Turn of an American Century" -- Greg Brown [world premiere settings of Rilke]; Thomas Oboe Lee [world premiere work]; John Corigliano, Three Irish Folk Song Settings; Dan Welcher, The Bequest
June 21, 2017
Make Music New York
Bard College Graduate Center Art Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Jacques Ibert, Deux nocturnes (1946)
May 17, 2015
Queens New Music Festival
The Secret Theatre Mainstage, Long Island City, NY
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Aramesh (2015), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Ravi Shankar: Sonata for cello and piano, Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Toru Takemitsu: From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
May 13, 2015
Queensborough Community College
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Aramesh (2015, world premiere), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Ravi Shankar: Sonata for cello and piano, Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Toru Takemitsu: From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
March 22, 2015
SEM Ensemble presents: Ensemble 365
Willow Place Auditorium
Program: "Eastern Currents: Contemporary Music of Asia"
Frangis Ali-Zadeh: Three Watercolours (1987), Ramin Heydarbeygi: Astvihad (2012), Bun-Ching Lam: Autumn Sound (1982), Bright Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs (1988), Ming-Hsiu Yen: Kuang Tsao (2012)
June 5, 2014
First Thursdays at the Firehouse Space
Program: Eric Nathan, Wing Over Wing; Inés Thiebaut: cuncta fluunt; Gregory Brown, Drei Jahreszeiten
October 10, 2013
Elebash Recital Hall
Program: Inés Thiebaut, cuncta fluunt (eternal flux) (world premiere); Dan Welcher, The Bequest; Dana Dmitri Richardson, Sonata for Ellen (world premiere); Eric Nathan, Wing Over Wing (world premiere); Gregory Brown, Drei Jahreszeiten (world premiere); André Previn, The Giraffes Go to Hamburg
February 17, 2013
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Program: "Turn of an American Century" -- Greg Brown [world premiere settings of Rilke]; Thomas Oboe Lee [world premiere work]; John Corigliano, Three Irish Folk Song Settings; Dan Welcher, The Bequest