Happy New Year! As of this morning, we have officially closed our fundraising campaign and we are truly overwhelmed by your support.

Thank you to everyone who donated to make this possible, and we can't wait to share our work with you soon! 

Sincerely,

Nevermind The Noise

(Dan, Kirsten, Celine, Blake, Joe, Rob, Yiqi, Adam, Cole, Kristian, Nicole, Rafailia, Vicki)

Meet the composers of the Remote Collaboration Series round 3!

Adam Lutz – Adam is a composer whose music is characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and harmony and a deep literary fluency. He is passionate about exploring the varying relationships between existence, consciousness, and experience, often referencing works of the philosophical and literary canon. Check out Adam's Patreon for more: https://bit.ly/3flesyK

Nicole Russell – Nicole is an African-American and Mexican-American composer, pianist, and vocalist born and raised in Austin, Texas. Her work includes art songs, choral music, chamber music, band music, and electro-acoustic music. Nicole is an active pianist and mezzo-soprano, performing as a soloist or accompanist in styles from classical to jazz. Take a look at Nicole's website to listen to her work: www.nicolerussellmusic.com

Dan Langa – Dan's work is deeply influenced by his background as a jazz trumpeter and training as a pianist. He holds a particular fascination with electroacoustic music and how to incorporate elements of the natural world into his work. Growing up in Ann Arbor, MI placed him between the vibrant electronic, soul, and hip-hop scenes of Detroit, the strong folk music community in Ann Arbor, and the classical music concerts presented through the University of Michigan. This eclectic mixture has come to inform how Dan listens to and writes music. You can listen to Dan's music at his website: www.danlanga.com

Your donation to the Remote Collaboration Series helps support our efforts for these composers to work with some of the most celebrated soloists in the scene today through workshops and rehearsals. Thank you!

Last week we had the chance to work with our three collaborators to talk through some early ideas and sketches. We'll be sharing more of the collaboration process as we continue to write and work closely with Dashon, Matt, and Arlen! Thanks for your support of this project and be sure to follow us on social media for more behind the scenes!

For our final performer announcement, we are psyched to have percussionist, Matt Evans joining us! Matt is a Brooklyn-based artist, composer and percussionist creating cross-disciplinary productions and sculptural sound installations through an eco-fictional lens. Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, Evans has maintained numerous musical projects: producing solo performances, writing commissioned compositions, working with choreographers, playing in bands, and performing with new music ensembles. As a solo artist, Evans produces drum performances and sound installations that capture the inexpressible absurdity of supermassive phenomenon (e.g. “global warming” or “the internet”) with a focus toward the fearlessness of the human individual in the face of such circumstances. His debut solo record “New Topographics” explores our cultural epoch’s existence between digital, physical and natural realms via hypnotic compositions for percussion and electronics that “thrust the listener into hyperreal and phantasmal realms” (Wire Magazine). Evans has released recordings with Whatever's Clever Records, New Amsterdam Records, NNA Tapes, Thrill Jockey, Cantaloupe Music and Perfect Wave. Collaboration and community continue to be cornerstones of Evans’ broader artistic practice, having performed, recorded and co-lead projects with Tigue, Bearthoven, Ensemble Signal, Contemporaneous, Thee Obsidian Gong, Open House, Rokenri, and Private Elevators.

Follow Matt on social media and support his projects through his website and Bandcamp:

Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 

Nevermind The Noise is honored to have Dashon Burton working with our composers as part of the Remote Collaboration Series! Dashon has established a world-wide career in opera, recital, and in many works with orchestra. Dashon is a frequent guest with ensembles such as Philharmonia Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, and Boston Baroque; the Carmel and Bethlehem Bach Choir Festivals, and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New Jersey, Oregon, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is a regular guest with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, appearing there in Brahms’ and Mozart’s Requiems, the groundbreaking animated production of Janacek’s 'Cunning Little Vixen' and, most recently, at home and on tour in Europe and Japan in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Forays into more varied repertoire have included his performances of Michael Tippett’s 'A Child of our Time at Harvard,' Barber’s 'Dover Beach' and Hans Eisler’s 'Ernste Gesänge' with A Far Cry chamber orchestra in Boston, Copland’s Old American Songs with the Kansas City Symphony, Schubert’s 'Die Winterreise' with Diderot String Quartet, as well as performances and the original cast recording of Craig Hella Johnson’s 'Considering Matthew Shepard' with the vocal ensemble Conspirare. Last season, he premiered Paul Moravec’s new oratorio, 'Sanctuary Road,' at Carnegie Hall and performed David Lang’s 'The Little Match Girl Passion' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Burton continues as a Resident Artist this season with San Francisco Performances, and sings recitals throughout the US, including a program based on works from his album Songs and Struggles of Redemption; We Shall Overcome, singled out by The New York Times as “profoundly moving…a beautiful and lovable disc.” Dashon is an original member of the groundbreaking vocal ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, with whom he won a Grammy for their recording of Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Prize winning Partita for 8 Voices.

Be sure to follow Dashon on social media and check out his website:

Twitter | Website  

Meet the composers of the Remote Collaboration Series round 2!

Kirsten Ewart - Kirsten is an emerging Canadian composer from Moose Jaw, SK and is currently living in Vancouver, BC. She finds inspiration in the world around her and enjoys writing her music late into the night, which she finds to be a very peaceful time of day. Listen to Kirsten's work on her website: https://www.kirstenewartmusic.ca/

Kristian De Leon - Kristian is a composer, performer, and educator from Southern California. His compositions are colorful and explorative works that explore the human connection between music and mental cognition. As a performer, he specializes in avant-garde and theatrical style that focuses on the physical weight of sound in a sonic space. Listen To Kristian's work on his website: https://www.kristiandeleon.com/

Rafailia Bampasidou - Rafailia is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, pianist and researcher. She was born in Alexandroupolis, a small town in Northern Greece and took music, dancing and painting lessons from the age of 4 and she engaged with music before she even learned to write. Listen to Rafailia's work on her website: https://www.raflak.org/

Your donation to the Remote Collaboration Series helps support our efforts for these composers to work with some of the most celebrated soloists in the scene today through workshops and rehearsals. Thank you!

We are thrilled to announce we will be working with cellist, Arlen Hlusko for the Remote Collaboration Series! Arlen joins us as one of three soloists who will work with members of Nevermind The Noise to digitally premiere new works in February of 2021. Arlen is a dynamic, versatile young artist who has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician across North America, Asia, and Europe. Recently appointed cellist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Arlen is also a laureate of numerous competitions, Grammy-award winner for her collaboration with The Crossing, and recent alumna of the Curtis Institute of Music and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect. In addition to the All-Stars, Arlen regularly performs with several ensembles based on the East Coast, including Dolce Suono Ensemble and Ellipses Ensemble. She has recently been featured performer with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, among others. Arlen has also been on the roster of preeminent summer festivals including Music from Angel Fire, Tippet Rise, Spoleto USA, and Bay Chamber Concerts. As a teacher, she has served on faculty of Curtis Summerfest, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra Teaching Artists, and given masterclasses in USA, Canada, and Germany. Committed to using her music to serve her community, Arlen founded her own interactive chamber music concert series, Philadelphia Performances for Autism, and is involved with several communities in Philadelphia & NYC, including Carnegie Hall’s “Musical Connections” at Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

Be sure to follow Arlen's social media accounts and check out her website!

Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Arlen's Website

Time to meet some of the composers of our Remote Collaboration Series! Over the next couple of weeks, we will introduce you to the composers of Nevermind the Noise involved in this project:

Vicki Leona - Vicki is a Vietnamese-American composer and multi-media artist having written for chamber, orchestral, electronic mediums, and music for media. Her work explores the psycho-social aspects of the human psyche in and out of music. Listen to Vicki's work at her website: http://www.vickileona.com/

Celine Gosselin - Celine is a composer/lyricist/violist living in New York, working on new music for the stage. Her compositions are inspired by literature, mythology and fairytales, with the intent of allowing listeners to experience, explore, and understand her favorite stories in a way that can’t always be expressed by the words on the page. Listen to Celine's work at her website: https://www.celinegosselin.com/

Cole Reyes - Cole grew up as a classical pianist, and the threads and techniques of classical, romantic, and impressionistic era music are very present throughout his music. He is originally from the Chicagoland area, and received his undergraduate degree in Music Composition at Washington University in St. Louis. Listen to Cole's work at his website: https://www.colereyesmusic.com/

Your donation to the Remote Collaboration Series helps support our efforts for these composers to work with some of the most celebrated soloists in the scene today through workshops and rehearsals. Thank you!