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New Thread Quartet: avalanche lily

New Thread Quartet returns to our stage with a program of new works for saxophone. The concert centers on Amy Beth Kirsten’s avalanche lily, a multi-movement work inspired by wildflowers from the mountains of Wyoming and developed with support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program. Each movement draws from a unique concept found in nature, from flowers whose appearance indicates a risk of avalanche, to plants that split stones and trees holding onto nutrients to survive until spring.

The program continues with several works close to NTQ’s heart. Alon Nechushtan’s Quarantingo was composed during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and blends extended saxophone technique with tango and jazz elements. Jonathan Harris’ M. cassinii draws inspiration from a cicada with a 17-year cycle, building a unique soundscape entirely from multiphonics. Emily Koh’s homonym employs microtonal melodies inspired by words that are spelled identically and sound the same, but have different meanings.


New Thread Quartet: avalanche lily
Friday, March 4 2022 @ 7:00pm
Grace Church Van Vorst – 39 Erie St, Jersey City, NJ
In person: FREE, all ages welcome
COVID-19 vaccine and masks required
Livestream: Con Vivo Music on YouTube

Program:
Emily Koh – homonym
Jonathan Harris – M. cassinii *
Alon Nechushtan – Quarantingo * (world premiere)
Amy Beth Kirsten – avalanche lily * +

* written for New Thread Quartet
+ This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

CVM works to ensure that our concerts are accessible to all. If you require a special accommodation or have specific questions, please contact us at least two weeks prior to your visit.

CVM’s 2022 Season is supported by The Langworthy Foundation.

This event is part of JC Fridays, a free city-wide visual & performing arts festival. JC Fridays is a program of Art House Productions. www.jcfridays.com.

This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a division of the Department of State, and administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive & the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners.

CVM Presents New Thread Quartet

New Thread Quartet returns to CVM’s stage with a kaleidoscope of modern music for saxophone quartet by living composers. These unique compositions from the past 6 years range in inspiration from post World War II jazz in Europe to sunsets on the New Mexican landscape. Each work approaches the saxophone in a modern light, employing a variety of extended techniques to create a sound world unlike any other.

CVM Presents New Thread Quartet
FREE, all ages welcome
Saturday, Dec 1 @ 7:00pm
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church – 85 Wayne St, Jersey City, NJ
Learn more at our event page

Sponsored by The Barrow Mansion Development Corporation.

CVM’s 2018 Season is supported by The Langworthy Foundation and SILVERMAN.
This program has been proudly supported by a grant from Investors Foundation.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of The National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. Degise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

April 23 – A musical sunrise!

CVM joins Drawing Rooms to celebrate Earth Day weekend! Join us for a workshop performance of Not Less Than the Good, a 60-minute musical sunrise and celebration of morning as embraced by Henry David Thoreau in Walden. Not Less Than the Good is composed for the bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth (July 12, 2017).

Not Less Than the Good simulates a sunrise by combining the meditative playing of the saxophone quartet with ambient synthesizers. The music grows from a single quiet note, adding notes and timbres, growing in fullness and depth. Underneath this are sounds recorded during the pre-dawn and early morning hours at Walden Pond: a chorus of insects, the lone song of dawn’s first bird which is joined by others in a raucous counterpoint, and the splashing of morning swimmers. The hour-long performance is punctuated by readings of excerpts from Walden, selected as a secular prayer of hope for enlightenment and performed by poet J. D. McClatchy.

FREE, all ages welcome
Sunday, April 23, 6-7pm
The Barrow Mansion – 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City, NJ
Not Less Than the Good, composed by David Morneau
New Thread Quartet (saxophones), David Morneau (synthesizer), pre-recorded narration by poet J.D. McClatchy, and field recordings from Walden Pond.
Learn more here

Sponsored by The Barrow Mansion Development Corporation.
Con Vivo Music’s 2017 Season is sponsored by SILVERMAN.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of The National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. Degise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

New Thread Quartet premiere of “Sunstruck”

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The next major concert of our season features our artistic director Zach Herchen’s New Thread Quartet! NTQ is a saxophone quartet that specializes in contemporary chamber music, recently had their Carnegie premiere, and has received multiple grants for recent projects. New Thread is excited to bring their biggest project yet to Con Vivo’s stage: a new 30 min piece commissioned by Ben Hjertmann.

Sunstruck is an epic work focus on the idea of intuition. The piece was composed freely at the piano in its entirety before the editing process began, in order to preserve the initial intuitive structure. The result is a contemplative microtonal work.

Preview Sunstruck in a live stream video chat with NTQ and Ben Hjertmann:

Live stream video chat w/ Ben Hjertmann
Sun, Sep 21 @ 6pm
-video stream will be posted at http://www.newthreadquartet.com/

You are invited to join the discussion by submitting questions/comments via social media!
NTQ on Facebook
@NewThreadQtet on Twitter

Then join us for the premiere in Jersey City:

Premiere performance of “Sunstruck”, and pre-performance chat w/ Ben Hjertmann
Sun, Sep 28 @ 5pm
St. Paul Lutheran Church – 440 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Full recital with music by Hjertmann, Djupstrom, Lazcano, and Kalb
FREE

Sunstruck was supported by New Music USA. To follow the project as it unfolds, visit NTQ’s project page: https://www.newmusicusa.org/projects/sunstruck/
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Con Vivo Presents: New Thread Quartet + Iktus Duo

New Thread Quartet

Con Vivo is bringing an exciting double bill concert to Jersey City: New Thread Quartet and Iktus Duo!

New Thread Quartet is NYC’s premiere saxophone quartet and specializes in newly composed music, plus Con Vivo’s own artistic director Zach Herchen is a member. NTQ will perform a range of pieces including one of the oldest sax quartet compositions, a modern work based on Buddhist text, and two works with electronics.

Iktus Duo (a project of Iktus Percussion) is a percussion/flute duo focused on contemporary classical repertoire. Based in NYC, Iktus is describe by Time Out New York as a group “you won’t want to miss.”

FREE!
Friday, Sept 5, 7:00-8:30pm
Barrow Mansion – 83 Wayne St, Jersey City, NJ 07302

NTQ Set:
Caryl Florio: Quartette
Marcelo Lazcano: Ser
Erin Rogers: Mother Earth for sax quartet, flute (Hristina Blagoeva), and electronics
Daniel Wohl: Microfluctuations in Plainchant for sax quartet and electronics

Iktus Duo Set:
selection of pieces for percussion and flute performed by Chris Graham (percussion) and Hristina Blagoeva (flute)

Coming Soon…

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We’ve got some great concerts in the works for 2014! While we finalize the details, here’s a few highlights:

June 21 – Stockhausen’s “Tierkreis” – based on the 12 zodiac signs and performed on the summer solstice
July 23 – Groove on Grove – we’ll be playing a solid 3 hour set at the Grove PATH plaza
Sept 20 – All About Downtown – we return to our favorite JC street fair
plus performances by New Thread Sax Quartet, POV trio, and more

Also, stay tuned for the release of our Kickstarter funded CD!

Mercado Park: New Thread Sax Quartet

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Next Tuesday is our second 2013 Mercado Park show, featuring New Thread Quartet! New Thread will be playing a range of music from classic French saxophone quartet rep to new works by NYC based composers. The concert is part of our monthly Mercado Park summer concert series (funded by Jersey City’s HDSID).

Come check it out:
FREE!
Tuesday, June 4, 6-8pm
Mercado Park – intersection of Newark Ave and Jersey Ave, in Jersey City, NJ

Con Vivo at Mercado Park: the 2013 Season

Thanks to the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District for hosting us!
Mercado Park is at the intersection of Jersey and Newark Streets in downtown Jersey City.
All shows are free and will take place from 6:00-8:00PM. In case of rain, the artists will play indoors at Two Boots Pizza, 133 Newark Ave.

May 7 – Mangobot percussion group (Joe Bergen, Jude Traxler, Mike Perdue)
June 4 – New Thread Sax Quartet
July 9 – German Gonzalez Trio (German Gonzales, guitar; Jon di Fiore, drums; Daniel Duke, upright bass)
Aug 6 – Daniel Lippel and Martin Moretto, Latin American jazz guitar duo
Sept 3 – Jody Redhage and Sara Caswell, cello/violin duo