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Updated 10/8/2019

ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX

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    RI

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Awarded "Ensemble of the Year" in Rhode Island in its inaugural season in 2015, ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX is a new music and multimedia consort based in New England that performs 20th century masterworks alongside 21st century, avant-garde music in the European aesthetic ranging from composers such as Schoenberg, Dallapiccola, and Boulez to Hosokawa, Haas, Francesconi, Nono, Sciarrino, Berio, Grisey, Furrer, Feldman, Vanoni, Ortiz, Manzoni, and its Artistic Director, Farzinpour, alongside multimedia and video art in collaboration with award-winning artists from around the world including Ionee Waterhouse, Zebbler, David Webber, Maura McDonnell, Russell Chartier, A-li-ce, Wolfgang Lehmann, and Jessica Richmond. In only five seasons, E/P has commissioned and premiered over a two-dozen compositions and multimedia pieces, as well as numerous U.S. and regional premieres of compositions. Moreover, E/P is the only ensemble in the world that commissions and performs a new multimedia work alongside every single piece of music it performs. E/P has collaborated with numerous multimedia artists from around the world

 

ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX kicked off its 5th season on September 26 with the first of two 4-city multimedia tours (the second one will ensue in April 2020) with an all Italian program, featuring soprano, Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, performing two stunning pieces by iconoclastic composer, Salvatore Sciarrino: Infinito Nero (Black Infinity) and Le voci sottovetro (The Voices Under Glass), alongside Stanford professor Patricia Alessandrini's gripping work, Nachtgewâchse, accompanied by strikingly captivating videos by multimedia artists and directors Wolfgang Lehmann and University of Central Oklahoma professor, David Webber.  

 

The season will continue with a performance at Stonehill College and will end the season with another 4-city tour featuring the beautifully mesmerizing electro-acoustic multimedia chamber opera, Island of Peoples, by Berklee College of Music professor, Gabriele Vanoni with Malo Lacroix’s gorgeous accompanying video, alongside the world premiere of a companion piece to Island of Peoples titled Intolleranza 2020 by Peyman Farzinpour. The tour will take E/P to Providence, Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia.

 

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Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2015

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2015

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - New

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - In School
  • Social Media Services
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 8

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • Nonprofits
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Geographic Reach:

  • National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • RISCA Grants 2016-2018
  • Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant
  • Winner of "Ensemble of the Year" Award at RI's Dorrys Awards
  • Berklee College of Music Faculty Development and Faculty Recording Grants

Awards

Awards:

  • RISCA Grants 2016-2018
  • Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant
  • Winner of "Ensemble of the Year" Award at RI's Dorrys Awards
  • Berklee College of Music Faculty Development and Faculty Recording Grants

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Music

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Concert Hall, Theater, or Large Gallery with space for a music ensemble and audience.

Fee Range:

$5,000 - $80,000

State of Residence:

Rhode Island

Minimum Number of Performers:

6

Maximum Number of Performers:

40