Jan
26
3:00 PM15:00
Jan
27
to Feb 2
Mar
11
3:30 PM15:30
Decoda at Carnegie Hall - Human Nature
Decoda—comprising alums of the adventurous Ensemble Connect and featuring “some of the brightest young classical musicians in the world” (Time Out New York)—is Carnegie Hall’s first-ever affiliate ensemble. With every concert, the spectacularly versatile ensemble showcases its commitment to virtuosic performance, audience and community engagement, and seemingly boundless repertoire. For its 2024–2025 Carnegie Hall concert, Decoda performs works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Gustav and Alma Mahler, Schoenberg, and a one-of-a-kind collaborative suite by four of today’s leading composers, featuring live narration and singers.
Mar
13
12:00 PM12:00
Apr
4
to Apr 6
Apr
7
to Apr 12
Nov
18
to Nov 24
Musical Masterworks Residency in Old Lyme, CT
Clara Lyon, violin; George Meyer, violin/viola ; Claire Bryant, cello ; Kris Saebo, bass
Decoda will spend a week with Waterford Country School, a nonprofit dedicated to educating at risk youth who have been unsuccessful in traditional school settings. The creative community project is designed to foster trust and a sense of community and boost confidence through the vehicle of chamber music. Decoda will also return to Fitch High School in Groton to work with their instrumental ensembles as well as their advanced theory and composition students. The goal is to help them envision and experience the world of professional musicians/composers as they work with our Ensemble-in-Residence, Decoda. A highlight is when Decoda performs the student compositions to a live audience of friends, family, and community!
With workshops over the past two years at Vista, a nonprofit creating community and pathways to independence for young adults with neurological disabilities, a true partnership has developed. Members of the Vista community now regularly attend MM main series concerts. In addition, staff from MM attend presentations by the Vista Community. Last season Decoda was delighted to expand the scope of our creative workshops with their community and incorporate both music and the visual arts into the program.
In addition to the residency programs, Decoda will be performing at a FREE family concert on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 2:30pm at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme. In addition, we will host a formal concert on Sunday, November 24, from 2:00-3:30pm at Saint Ann’s Church in Old Lyme followed by a post-concert reception.
Oct
28
1:20 PM13:20
Deerfield Academy - Concert & Masterclass
Chamber Music concert and Masterclass for students at Deerfield Academy.
Paul Cho, clarinet
Shelley Monroe, bassoon
Mika Sasaki, piano
Oct
27
3:00 PM15:00
Brick Church Series - Deerfield, MA
Paul Cho, clarinet
Shelley Monroe, bassoon
Mika Sasaki, piano
Sep
24
5:30 PM17:30
Reza Vali: Portrait Concert
REZA VALI: PORTRAIT CONCERT
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY—Chancellor Green Rotunda
Tuesday September 24, 5:30pm
This Portrait concert features three Decoda artists and celebrates the works of Reza Vali, as part of a year of events and performances dedicated to Vali’s unique accomplishments and artistic identity. Dedicated to championing the work of living composers, Decoda has a particular history working with Vali, and brings forth an especially committed and informed interpretation of his distinct musical voice. This performance marks the premiere of a new version of Vali’s work ‘Mystery of the Rose’ for flute, cello and piano.
“The Mystery of the Rose” for flute, cello, and piano
“Kord (Calligraphy No. 9)” for solo cello
“Kismet (Calligraphy No. 7)” for solo flute and electronics
“Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 16C)” for cello and piano
“Folk Songs (Set No. 9)” for flute and cello.
Featuring Decoda artists Catherine Gregory, flute; David Kaplan, piano; and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Jul
8
to Jul 12
Decoda at Cheshire Correctional Institute with Musical Masterworks
Decoda continues their residency with Musical Masterworks in Old Lyme, CT this week with a five-day songwriting workshop at Cheshire Correctional Institute, a maximum security facility in Cheshire, CT. Following up on their successful songwriting project at Cheshire in Fall 2023, four musicians (Brad Balliett, bassoon; Catherine Gregory, flute; David Kaplan, piano; and guest vocalist Majel Connery) will facilitate the creation of brand new music composed by the incarcerated participants. The project culminates in a prison-wide performance on Friday, July 12th.
This songwriting project is particularly special to this community as the first creative musical program of its kind, and gives participants the opportunity to be creative and forge connections within the prison community. The theme of the songwriting project (chosen by the participants) is 'Heavy Pain', and will provide a creative outlet to discuss the painful experience of incarceration.
Jun
29
3:00 PM15:00
DCMF Festival Artists Concert Finale
The DCMF Festival Finale is Saturday, June 29 at 3PM in the Williams Recital Hall. Featuring all twenty-three young artists, the program will feature chamber music by Clara Schumann, Reena Esmail, Edouard Destenay, Maurice Ravel, Alberto Ginastera, Viet Cuong, and Erich Korngold. All events are free of charge and open to the public.
Kittredge Music Wing - Williams Recital Hall
Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
FREE! Come one, come all!
Jun
28
6:30 PM18:30
DCMF Festival Artists Concert - Arboretum
On Friday, June 28 at 6:30PM, Decoda Faculty joins forces with the 2024 Festival Artists for a unique side-by-side, outdoor performance of Arboretum, a recent work by Decoda’s own Brad Balliett. Comprised of instrumental solos layered intricately by the composer, each solo in Arboretum is inspired by a different kind of tree. Balliett says about the work:
“I’ve always been really into nature since I was a little kid, and my professional path has diverged away from it,” composer Brad Balliett says. “And recently, I’ve been trying to get back to it and find all the ways that I can combine these two passions—can I bring some of my love of nature into my life as a bassoonist and as a composer?”
Following Arboretum, audiences will commune in the Williams Recital Hall at 7PM for the first of two performances featuring the 2024 Festival Artists, with music by Antonin Dvorak, Samuel Barber, Franz Schubert, Vincent Persichetti, and world premiere performances of new works by two DCMF composers-in-residence, Soumili Mukherjee (Peabody Conservatory) and Ian Schwalbe (Florida State University).
FREE!
Jun
26
7:00 PM19:00
Decoda Faculty Concert at Decoda Chamber Music Festival
Join us for our 10th Anniversary Season of Decoda Chamber Music Festival at our new North Carolina home at Warren Wilson College! Our first performance of the festival features our five DCMF faculty, Decoda artists Brad Balliett, bassoon, Claire Bryant, cello, Catherine Gregory, flute, David Kaplan, piano and Clara Lyon, violin.
In a program that shows off Decoda’s unique programming, you will be delighted by chamber music from Valerie Coleman, Felix Mendelssohn, and a new work by incarcerated composer and friend of Decoda, Xiaobao He. Also on the program are two Decoda arrangements by Brad Balliett, one by North Carolina native John Coltrane, and another in honor of the late South Carolina astronaut, Dr. Ron McNair. Anchoring the program is another Decoda original arrangement by Catherine Gregory, Reimagined Dance Suite, a mashup of the French Baroque by Rameau, and the Neo-Classical with Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite.
Maombi for flute, violin, and cello by Valerie Coleman
Andante espressivo from Piano Trio No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn
Poetic Distance Suite for bassoon, cello and piano by Xiaobao He
Fantasy on Rendezvous 5 (Ron’s Piece) by Jean-Michel Jarre / Brad Balliett
brief intermission
Reimagined Dance Suite Rameau/Stravinsky (arr. Catherine Gregory)
Naima by John Coltrane (arr. Brad Balliett)
FREE!
May
28
7:00 PM19:00
Music from Sing Sing - Composer Portrait: Xiabao He; Weill Music Room, Carnegie Hall
Weill Music Room at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 7pm
Tickets are limited; to reserve please email info@decodamusic.org
With the support of the Cultural Development Fund for New York City, Decoda will record and perform the complete chamber music of Xiao Bao He, a composer currently incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The concert will take place May 28, 2024 at 7:00 pm in the Weill Music Room in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing, and the recordings will take place at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn.
Over the past five years, Xiao Bao He has written a series of chamber pieces for Decoda and for Decoda members. Through a partnership with Musicambia, Teaching Artist Brad Balliett (former Artistic Director of Decoda) has worked with Xiao Bao He for many years, facilitating the creation of these new works. Decoda will record three Suites by He, including works that received their premieres at Carnegie Hall, Trinity Wall Street, and the Peabody Institute of Music.
This project represents a continuation and widening of Decoda's Music for Transformation initiative, a series of residencies, creative workshops, and performances that aims to center the compositional voices of incarcerated songwriters and composers.
May
14
7:30 PM19:30
Reverberations at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall featuring Ringdown
Decoda returns “home” to Carnegie Hall, where the collective met and received the shared training as fellows in Ensemble Connect. This year’s program celebrates influence, inspiration and imagination. Decoda is thrilled to collaborate with the new duo, Ringdown, featuring composers and vocalists Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee for a brand new Carnegie Hall commission written for and performed alongside Decoda.
Reverberations
COPLAND Midday Thoughts for Solo Piano. (1944/rev. 1982)
HANNAH KENDALL. Vera (2008)
HANNS EISLER. Septet (Suite) No. 1, Op. 92a, Variations on American Children’s Songs (1941)
WOODY GUTHRIE / BILLY BRAGG. Eisler on the Go (arr. Claire Bryant) (1949/1998)
RINGDOWN New Work – World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall (2024)
AARON COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 Instruments (1945/1970)
Catherine Gregory, flute; Moran Katz & Paul Cho, clarinets; Shelley Monroe Huang, bassoon; David Kaplan, piano; Clara Lyon, Mari Lee, George Meyer, Doori Na, violins; Dana Kelley & Caeli Smith, violas; Claire Bryant & Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cellos; Evan Premo, bass
Reverberations is an exploration of the profound relationship between inspiration and imagination, presenting a series of musical escapades that reveal an interconnected web of influence. Central to the program is the work of Aaron Copland, whose Appalachian Spring and Midday Thoughts both celebrate an 80th Anniversary this year, and whose music sought to carve a place for American music on the concert stage. Copland uses American folk music as source material from which to craft a sonic language, borrowing from, amplifying, distorting, and subverting in the process. Tonight’s special guest collaborators – Ringdown – undertake a resonant composition process with their performance alongside Decoda, building a new multilayered work that refracts elements of Copland’s musical perspective. Hannah Kendall’s brilliant early work, Vera, suggests a kinship with folk music that is built from a rigorous musical architecture, with a nod to 20th Century iconoclast Arnold Schoenberg. Hanns Eisler, an Expressionist who studied the works of the great Romantics with Schoenberg, uses American children’s songs as a vehicle of inspiration in his charming Septet No.1. Finally, Decodan Claire Bryant borrows from folk legends Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg in her re-setting of “Eisler on the Go”. An unfinished Guthrie song completed over thirty years later by another politically active singer-songwriter, this dark ballad depicts Eisler’s exile from America as a result of the anti-communist craze of the 1940s and 50s. Reverberations celebrates the life cycle of creativity - from inspiration to imagination, from ideas to action - through the art of making music.
Apr
5
8:00 PM20:00
Feb
8
8:00 PM20:00
Jan
22
to Jan 28
Jan
20
to Jan 22
Jan
17
to Jan 19
Nov
13
to Nov 19
Nov
6
to Nov 12
Oct
20
to Oct 21
Oct
14
12:00 PM12:00
Decoda at St.-Mary-in-the-Highlands
Decoda musicians are presented at St. Mary's inaugural chamber music concert, which promises to have something for everyone. This fun hour-long program, including works by Schubert, Ravel, Piazzola and Brahms, draws inspiration from jazz, tango and Roma (Gypsy) music and will include a surprise tribute to a musical that had its start in Cold Spring.
ARTISTS
Anna Elashvili, violin
Yonah Zur, violin
Yves Dhar, cello
Angelina Gadeliya, piano
PROGRAM
String Trio - Schubert Trio in Bb D. 471
Duo - Ravel “Blues” mvt from Violin and Piano Sonata
Piano Trio - Piazzolla "Otono Porteno" Autumn from the 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires
Piano Quartet - Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor
Oct
5
to Oct 9
San Antonio Chamber Music Society
Decoda makes its San Antonio debut with the San Antonio Chamber Music Society, performing a program which explores the emotional power and complexity of dance music across four centuries and three continents.
SCHEDULE
October 8, 2023: Mainstage concert (3:15 PM)
October 9, 2023: School performance/Interactive performance
ARTISTS
Clara Lyon, violin
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Catherine Gregory, flute
Brad Balliett, bassoon
David Kaplan, piano
Sep
22
to Sep 30
Lake City, SC Artfields Community Collective
New York City-based chamber music collective, Decoda, is heading to Lake City, South Carolina from September 22 - September 30, 2023 for a community residency presented by the Lake City Artfields Collective. The Affiliate Ensemble of Carnegie Hall, Decoda’s mission is to create a more compassionate and connected world through music by curating outstanding musical performances, facilitating creative songwriting projects, and training the new generation of young artists to rethink and reimagine their role in society.
Decoda will be joined by celebrated vocalist/composer Sarah Elizabeth Charles and her duo partner, pianist/composer Jarrett Cherner, for a series of kickoff concerts the weekend of September 22nd, including a public and free performance on Sunday, September 24th at 4pm at the Stables. Throughout the week, Decoda and Sarah Elizabeth Charles will bring an eclectic program of music to community venues in and around Lake City, including several area schools and the Lake City Senior Center.
The centerpiece of Decoda’s partnership residency with the Lake City Artfields Collective is a six-day creative songwriting project with high school students at the J Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet School. Decoda members Clara Lyon (violin), Claire Bryant (cello), Catherine Gregory (flute), Brad Balliett (bassoon), David Kaplan (piano), and Sarah Elizabeth Charles (vocals) will work alongside up to 25 students throughout the week, collaboratively writing new songs around the theme of Infinite Exploration. Inspired by the legacy of Lake City native, astronaut and saxophonist Ron McNair, the idea of boundless exploration through both music and composition as well as the new Artfields exhibit Southern Voices, Global Visions (opening the weekend of September 23, 2023) will serve as a catalyst for the creative community project.
Public events include the Sunday, September 24th concert at the Stables at 4pm, which will feature music by South Carolina composers Andy Akiho, David Kirkland Garner, and other works by Clara Schumann, Stravinsky, Chick Corea, and Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner. The performance will feature a brand new arrangement by Decoda’s Brad Balliett called Fantasy on a Rendezvous 5 (Ron’s Piece) created especially for this partnership. “Ron’s Piece” is based on Jean-Michel Jarre’s piece "Final Rendez-vous: Ron’s Piece - Challenger", written in 1986 in honor of Ron McNair and the six other crew members aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle. Decoda is honored to share this musical tribute to McNair's legacy in his hometown community of Lake City.
The culminating celebratory performance of the community residency will be held on Saturday, September 30 at 2pm at the Stables and will feature the new songs written by the participants from J Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet School alongside Decoda.
Please join Decoda and the Artfields Collective for Infinite Exploration around Lake City, South Carolina. Public events include the Sunday, September 24th concert at the Stables at 4pm, which will feature music by South Carolina composers Andy Akiho, David Kirkland Garner, and other works by Clara Schumann, Stravinsky, Chick Corea, and Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner. The performance will feature a brand new arrangement by Decoda’s Brad Balliett called Fantasy on a Rendezvous (Ron’s Piece) created especially for this partnership. “Ron’s Piece” is based on Jean-Michel Jarre’s piece "Final Rendez-vous: Ron’s Piece - Challenger" written in honor of Ron McNair after his untimely death.
The culminating celebratory performance of the community residency will be held on Saturday, September 30 at 2pm at the Stables and will feature the new songs written by the participants from J Paul Truluck Creative Arts and Science Magnet School alongside Decoda.
Please join Decoda and the Artfields Collective for Infinite Exploration around Lake City, South Carolina.
SCHEDULE
September 22, 2023: private performance for Santa Fe Institute at the Bean Market
September 23, 2023: songwriting workshop with students from J Paul Truluck Arts and Sciences Magnet School
September 23, 2023: 8PM sneak-preview performance at the Inn at the Crossroads
September 24, 2023: 4pm Decoda with Sarah Elizabeth Charles & Jarrett Cherner: Infinite Exploration in honor of Ron McNair
September 25 - 30, 2023: Decoda & Sarah Elizabeth Charles songwriting residency at J Paul Truluck Arts and Sciences Magnet School
September 30, 2023 2pm: Celebratory Collaborative Concert: Infinite Exploration featuring students from J Paul Truluck Arts and Sciences Magnet School with Decoda and Sarah Elizabeth Charles
ARTISTS
Clara Lyon, violin
Claire Bryant, cello
Catherine Gregory, flute
Brad Balliett, bassoon
David Kaplan, piano
Sarah Elizabeth Charles with Jarrett Cherner
Jul
23
to Aug 6
2023 Decoda Chamber Music Festival
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
JULY 23 - AUGUST 6, 2023
Decoda and Lawrence University are pleased to announce our tenth annual Decoda Chamber Music Festival in Appleton, Wisconsin. From July 23 - August 6, 2023, Decoda faculty and guests work with 30 pre-professional young artists to curate performances and interact with communities at venues across the Fox Valley. Participants have daily rehearsals, the opportunity for private lessons, master classes, and workshops. They also create original song arrangements in collaboration with singer-songwriters from the Mile of Music festival. All events are free and open to the public, as well as professionally recorded.
Catherine Gregory, flute - Alicia Lee, clarinet - Brad Balliett, bassoon
Clara Lyon, violin - Dana Kelley, viola - Claire Bryant, cello - Kris Saebo, double bass - Michael Mizrahi, piano
Leila Adu- Special Guest Composer and Performer
Jun
17
to Jun 21
Decoda at Við Djúpið
Decoda returns to Iceland where a trio will be performing and teaching at the Við Djúpið Festival in Ísafjörður. Along with headlining the opening and closing concerts of the festival, Decoda members will be giving masterclasses and mentoring chamber groups, as well as presenting lunchtime community concerts.
PERFORMERS
Catherine Gregory, flute
Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello
David Kaplan, piano
PROGRAM
Trio programs
SCHEDULE
June 21, 2023: 8PM — PERFORMANCE
Other events to be announced
Jun
9
7:30 PM19:30
9131: A Sing Sing Opera
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
JUNE 9, 7:30 PM
A special performance featuring the world premiere of 9131 — a new chamber opera by incarcerated composer Joseph Wilson.
This concert presents works written by three talented musicians who are currently incarcerated. All three of them have participated in creative musical workshops over the past ten years with organizations including Decoda, Musicambia, and Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections Program. All three composers have a rich history of both performance and composition, and the works heard tonight represent the culmination of years of study and sustained practice.
CAST & LEADERSHIP
Kimberli Render, Ifeyinwa & Corrections Officer
Dominic Armstrong, Hunter
Derek Lee Ragin, Corrections Officer & Prisoner
Marcus King, Corrections Officer & Prisoner
Benjamin Grow, conductor
Karina Parker-Mura, director
Kenyatta Emmanuel, director
Brad Balliett, producer
DECODA ARTISTS
Michelle Ross, violin
George Meyer, viola
Yves Dhar, cello
Kris Saebo, bass
Mika Sasaki, piano
PROGRAM
Birds in Flight* Robert Carter (b. 1975)
Suite Xiaobao He (b. 1986)
Silent Tears / Memoir Departure
Waltz for Celia
Whirlwind Residuals
Grace Note*
Where the Past Begins
When We Are Poor
Decoda: Michelle Ross, violin; George Meyer, viola; Yves Dhar, cello; Kris Saebo, bass; Brad Balliett, bassoon; Mika Sasaki, piano
9131: A Sing Sing Opera* Joseph Wilson (b. 1979)
with Xiabao He
Overture
Scene 1: Visiting Room
Scene 2: Canned Strange Fruit
Scene 3: Strip Search
Scene 4: Secrets
Scene 5: On the Cell Block
Scene 6: Die in My Dreams
May
19
8:00 PM20:00
PLOT / TWIST: ICEBERG x DECODA x KORNFELD & ANDREWS (2/2)
PERFORMANCE 2 OF 2
ICEBERG New Music partners with acclaimed ensemble Decoda ("Some of the brightest young musicians in the world." - Time Out) and master improvisers Kornfeld & Andrews ("Refined... effortless... Almost mystical." - New York Times) to create a new program of world premiere music and improvised drama. Ten pieces of never-before-heard music will inspire ten never-before-seen plays, performed by some of the best contemporary musicians and improvisers in the country.
These concerts will feature world premieres by Drake Andersen, Victor Baez, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Alex Burtzos, Yu-Chun Chien, Derek Cooper, Jack Frerer, Max Grafe, Jessica Mays, and Harry Stafylakis. Like all ICEBERG events, the events will include open bar happy hour and will be followed with an opportunity to talk with the composers, musicians, and improvisers. This show is suitable for listeners ages 13+.
Check back here for more information about tickets.
PERFORMERS
Siwoo Kim, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Michael Katz, cello
Angelina Gadeliya, piano
PROGRAM
Featuring world premieres by Drake Andersen, Victor Baez, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Alex Burtzos, Yu-Chun Chien, Derek Cooper, Jack Frerer, Max Grafe, Jessica Mays, and Harry Stafylakis
SCHEDULE
May 19, 2023: Performance (8PM)
Apr
28
8:00 PM20:00
PLOT / TWIST: ICEBERG x DECODA x KORNFELD & ANDREWS (1/2)
PERFORMANCE 1 OF 2
ICEBERG New Music partners with acclaimed ensemble Decoda ("Some of the brightest young musicians in the world." - Time Out) and master improvisers Kornfeld & Andrews ("Refined... effortless... Almost mystical." - New York Times) to create a new program of world premiere music and improvised drama. Ten pieces of never-before-heard music will inspire ten never-before-seen plays, performed by some of the best contemporary musicians and improvisers in the country.
These concerts will feature world premieres by Drake Andersen, Victor Baez, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Alex Burtzos, Yu-Chun Chien, Derek Cooper, Jack Frerer, Max Grafe, Jessica Mays, and Harry Stafylakis. Like all ICEBERG events, the events will include open bar happy hour and will be followed with an opportunity to talk with the composers, musicians, and improvisers. This show is suitable for listeners ages 13+.
Check back here for more information about tickets.
PERFORMERS
Catherine Gregory, flute
Paul Wonjin Cho, clarinet
Shelley Monroe Huang, bassoon
Angelina Gadeliya, piano
PROGRAM
Featuring world premieres by Drake Andersen, Victor Baez, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Alex Burtzos, Yu-Chun Chien, Derek Cooper, Jack Frerer, Max Grafe, Jessica Mays, and Harry Stafylakis
SCHEDULE
April 28, 2023: Performance (8PM)
Mar
26
to Apr 2
Music for Transformation: Residency at Lee Correctional Institution
Decoda returns to Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum security facility in South Carolina, just 20 miles from Decoda cellist Claire Bryant’s home. A flagship program of the ensemble, Music For Transformation is inspired by the power of music to help with rehabilitation and anti-recidivism. Decoda’s annual residency promotes self-expression in a creative space, strengthens citizenship within the prison community, and uses collaborative activities to foster social and analytical skills for success. Decoda has been in residence at Lee since 2013, and our work there has been highlighted in the Washington Post, CNN, and the White House, where Decoda showcased songs by incarcerated musicians with President Obama’s Office of Urban Affairs.
Decoda artists Brad Balliett, Claire Bryant and Clara Lyon are joined by collaborator and jazz vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles, who has been a prominent part of Decoda’s work at LeeCI over the years.
ARTISTS
Clara Lyon, violin
Claire Bryant, cello
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, vocalist
Mar
24
7:30 PM19:30
Decoda at Merkin Concert Hall's Bridges Series
Decoda performs at Merkin Concert Hall (Kaufman Music Center) as part of their BRIDGES Series — the culminating event of Decoda’s residency at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, featuring Decoda artists and students of the John J. Cali School of Music.
This performance features the featured composition of Benjamin Horne, the winner of the Cross-Country Chamber Consortium’s first ever Black, LatinX, and Indigenous Emerging Composer Commission.
Read more about Benjamin and the CCCC.
ARTISTS
ToniMarie Marchioni, oboe
Catherine Gregory, flute
Moran Katz, clarinet
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Laura Weiner, horn
Suliman Tekali, violin
Yves Dhar, cello
David Kaplan, piano
PROGRAM
BENJAMIN HORNE – Clarinet Quintet
IGOR STRAVINSKY – Symphonies of Wind Instruments
JOSEPH JONES – Wind Quintet
JOHN HARBISON – Music for 18 Winds
Mar
20
to Mar 24
John J. Cali Immersive Residency (Montclair State University)
8 Decoda musicians join the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclaire State University for a week-long residency, designed to contribute to an ongoing exploration of the ever-changing landscape of music today. The residency introduces students and the community at large to amazing events of today and to a future that will be, at times, less traditional.
This residency culminates in a Decoda performance at Merkin Concert Hall (Kaufman Music Center) as part of their BRIDGES Series.
PERFORMANCE ON MARCH 24, 2023 AT 7:30 PM.
ARTISTS
ToniMarie Marchioni, oboe
Catherine Gregory, flute
Moran Katz, clarinet
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Laura Weiner, horn
Suliman Tekali, violin
Yves Dhar, cello
David Kaplan, piano
PROGRAM
BENJAMIN HORNE – Clarinet Quintet
IGOR STRAVINSKY – Symphonies of Wind Instruments
JOSEPH JONES – Wind Quintet
JOHN HARBISON – Music for 18 Winds
RESIDENCY SCHEDULE/ACTIVITIES
MARCH 20, 2023
Composition Practicum
Orchestra rehearsal
MARCH 21, 2023
Rehearsals
Woodwind Instrumental Techniques
MARCH 22, 2023
Strings/Piano Methods
Classroom Methods Instruction
Performance Entrepreneurship
Cello Instrumental Techniques
MIDWEEK CONCERT AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (1:30 PM)
MARCH 23, 2023
Entrepreneurial Workshop
Improv/arranging Session
March 24, 2023
PERFORMANCE AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL (7:30PM)
Mar
8
7:30 PM19:30
Transformations at Carnegie Hall
Hear world premieres by Joseph Jones and Sarah Kirkland Snider; John Coltrane’s “Naima,” arranged by Decoda founding member and artistic director Brad Balliett; selections from Corea’s Children’s Songs, arranged by Decoda; and Stravinsky’s Suite italienne and selections from Rameau’s Les Gentils Airs, both arranged by Catherine Gregory.
MARCH 8, 2023: PERFORMANCE (WEILL RECITAL HALL)
7:30 PM
ARTISTS
Catherine Gregory, flute
Alicia Lee, clarinet
Brad Balliett, bassoon
Clara Lyon, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Claire Bryant, cello
Kris Saebo, bass
Angelina Gadeliya, piano
PROGRAM
JOSEPH JONES Fragments No. 2, Op. 115 (World Premiere)
COREA Selections from Children's Songs (arr. Decoda)
COLTRANE "Naima" (arr. Brad Balliett; World Premiere)
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER O Sweet and Most Beloved Mother (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
JOSEPH WILSON Lovely Nights
STRAVINSKY Suite italienne (arr. Catherine Gregory)
RAMEAU Selections from Les Gentils Airs (arr. Catherine Gregory)