The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is an artist collective that explores how new music intersects with communities globally, and was named the 2014 Musical America Ensemble of the Year.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Over the decades, Steve Reich has moved towards an increasingly intuitive compositional direction, stretching his typical structural plans in nonsystematic ways.
Compositional Technique
In Music for 18 Musicians, Steve Reich stretched a sequence of 11 chords across an hour, with the outer sections, where chords are heard quickly, titled 'Pulses.'
Performer Biography
The Colin Currie Group is a virtuosic ensemble specializing in Steve Reich's music, formed in 2006 for a BBC Proms performance of Drumming to celebrate Reich's 70th birthday.
Compositional Technique
Early in his career, Steve Reich's 'process pieces' like Pendulum Music and Four Organs used pulse as both the topic and structural heart of the music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Steve Reich, the composer, began his career writing rigorously systematic music, where the plan was the piece itself.
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