May
22
12:30 PM12:30

Live at MATCH with Loop 38

Longleaf is an evening-length multimedia work by composer Ben Morris commissioned by Loop38. The piece tells the story of the longleaf pine forest, an endangered ecosystem spread throughout the American Southeast with its last stands in rural East Texas. The piece will trace the history of the tree and the timber industry in East Texas with video projections, historical photographs, natural soundscapes, and music, raise awareness about the ecological importance of old-growth forests, and encourage forest preservation and appreciation in the future.

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Mar
7
12:00 PM12:00

On Tour with Loop38

Longleaf is an evening-length multimedia work by composer Ben Morris commissioned by Loop38. The piece tells the story of the longleaf pine forest, an endangered ecosystem spread throughout the American Southeast with its last stands in rural East Texas. The piece will trace the history of the tree and the timber industry in East Texas with video projections, historical photographs, natural soundscapes, and music, raise awareness about the ecological importance of old-growth forests, and encourage forest preservation and appreciation in the future.


This residency at Stephen F. Austin will mark the work’s world premiere and will be accompanied by a recording session, several outreach events such as masterclasses, a panel discussion, and a walking tour of Stephen F. Austin’s Experimental Forest.

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Nov
2
to Nov 4

Waveform Collective at Berklee (Splice Festival V)

SPLICE Festival is a three-day festival that blends engaging live performances with new technologies. Composers, performers, and composer/performers gather online for a weekend of concerts and presentations covering topics such as aesthetics, technology, and issues of performance practice, with the goal of inspiring, educating, and sharing information amongst the attendees and the students at the host institution. SPLICE Festival is designed to foster community and to create bonds between performers and composers dedicated to music that involves dynamic, live performance with technology.

SPLICE Festival 5 will be hosted by the Berklee College of Music from November 2-4, 2023. Activities will include concerts, presentations, and hands-on workshop sessions. Concerts will feature performances selected from submitted works and a curated concert by the SPLICE Ensemble. Lectures and workshops will be presented by participants and SPLICE faculty.

The Waveform Collective will present a piece for double bass, percussion, and electronics by Molly Monahan entitled “Bloom”

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Jul
1
10:00 AM10:00

Waveform Collective @ Splice Institute

SPLICE Institute is a week-long, intensive summer program for performers, composers, and composer-performers interested in music that combines live performance and electronics.

Each year, SPLICE Institute faculty and participants present up to nine concerts featuring some of the most exciting contemporary music involving live performance and electronics. Since 2015, hundreds of works for live performance and electronics, including 123 world premieres, have been programmed at SPLICE Institute. 

The Waveform Collective (Quincy Doenges, percussion and Max Winningham, double bass) performed on July 1, premiering two new electro-acoustic commissions by composers Jasmine Thomasian and Max Gibson.

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Jun
10
4:00 PM16:00

International Society of Bassists: Composition Competition Recital

The biennial competition, which honors the memory of double bass educator, performing artist and composer David Walter, is open to all composers. The ISB renamed the competition as a tribute to his legacy in 2004.

All entries, submitted anonymously, are works in any style that have not yet entered the standard double bass repertoire. The grand prize of $1,000 for each division was made possible through the generous support of the Robert Black Foundation, and also includes a performance at the 2023 ISB Convention, to be held June 5-10 at the University of MIchigan in Ann Arbor.

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Arkhe: an original recital by Max Winningham
May
9
7:30 PM19:30

Arkhe: an original recital by Max Winningham

This recital will include one of the first live performance of Max’s "Manifestations" for solo bass, and a world premiere of his new piece, Arkhē: for mezzo-soprano, tenor, double bass, percussion, and electronics. In this electro-“oratorio,” two characters (played by mezzo-soprano Caroline Lee and tenor Kyle Felkins) look up at the night sky with reactions of both fear and wonder due to the expansive unknown it represents. Quincy Doenges plays percussion alongside Winningham on double bass.

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