03/10 @ 8:00pm - MATA Interval 3.2: poweRed Line

MATA Interval is a bi-monthly concert series dedicated to small-scale performances by emerging performers and composers based in New York City. Produced by MATA in conjunction with ISSUE Project Room, Interval’s programming is developed and produced by selected participants in MATA’s Curatorial Associate program. The intimate and community-based character of Interval encourages risk taking and allows MATA to showcase a wide array of aesthetics from the city’s vibrant musical culture.

On March 10, we invite you to join us for poweRed Line, curated by Baljinder Sekhon, II,  featuring Red Line Saxophone Quartet as they premiere five new works for Saxophone Quartet and a variety of electronics.

poweRed Line will demonstrate an imaginative use of state-of-the-art technology, such as interactive multimedia software with live video and audio processing, while spotlighting the award-winning talent of the Red Line Saxophone Quartet. The use of electronics will vary from piece to piece and will allow the saxophone ensemble to play in microtonal temperaments, generating hundreds of incredibly-quiet synthesized tones at different frequencies which are slowly navigating a three-dimensional space, tracking pitches of the acoustic saxophone in order to control processsors and spatialization with sound, and to play back manipulated saxophone samples while the performers interact with the computer in conversation.

The quartet will perform new pieces by composers Andy Akiho, Matthew Barber, Andrew Colella, Robert Pierzak and Baljinder Sekhon to explore a wide spectrum of compositional techniques, electronic implementation, and emotion.