Projects
Photo: Annabel Mehran
Photo: Annabel Mehran
FIREWORKS
Fireworks ensemble is a classically-trained but musically eclectic, eight-player ensemble dedicated to performing the music of our time. The ensemble is known for its remarkable stylistic range, running the gamut from inventive reinterpretations of classical masterpieces such as Stravinsky’s “The Rite Of Spring,” to world dance music traditions spanning five continents, to classic cartoon music, to the virtuoso instrumental rock of Frank Zappa.
One of the leading contemporary music groups in New York, the ensemble has championed new music from Adams to Zorn, and has commissioned over 100 works from both emerging and established composers such as David Del Tredici and Glenn Branca. The ensemble will release an album of Frank Zappa’s chamber rock pieces on E1 in Spring 2012.
BING AND RUTH
Brooklyn band Bing and Ruth is an 11-piece ensemble led by composer and pianist David Moore. Described by the New York Times as “making the most of layered and atmospheric melody,” the band utilizes clarinets, human voice, cellos, and a buffet of other acoustic instruments to craft expansive soundscapes and quiet microtonal textures. Formed among friends in 2006, they have released two records, the “Bing and Ruth” EP in 2006, and the full-length “Kentile Floors” in 2007. In it’s young career the ensemble has garnered a reputation for unique and engaging live performances, and have played widely throughout New York area including two shows for the Wordless Music Series, the MATA Festival, the WFMU Festival, Stochastic Brooklyn, and the Darmstadt New Music Series at Issue Project Room. David, along with Bing and Ruth, was recently commissioned to create two new multimedia works with filmmaker Sébastien Cros that saw their premier at the 2009 MATA Festival in New York City. The ensemble recently released a new full-length album in October 2010.