Claire Chase presented by the Cornish Music Series
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Alvin Lucier — Almost New York
Philip Glass — Piece in the Shape of a Square
Steve Reich — Vermont Counterpoint
Edgard Varèse — Density 21.5
Marcos Balter — Selected works
Flutist Claire Chase, "the young star of the modern flute" (The New Yorker) and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow, celebrates the release of her third solo album, "DENSITY," by performing the entire disc as a continuous solo performance in collaboration with the sound designer Levy Lorenzo.
Program
From "Density"
Vermont Counterpoint by Steve Reich
Almost New York by Alvin Lucier
NEW PIECE by Marcos Balter
Piece in the Shape of a Square by Philip Glass
Luciform by Mario Diaz de Leon
Density 21.5 by Edgard Varese
Flutist Claire Chase, a 2012 MacArthur Fellow, is a soloist, collaborative artist, entrepreneur, and activist for new music. Over the past decade she has given world premieres of over 100 new works for flute. Described as a "spectacular flutist" by The New Yorker and a "virtuoso of amazing dexterity and sensitivity" by the Chicago Tribune, Chase has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia; released two critically acclaimed solo albums, "Aliento" (2010) and "Terrestre" (2012); she will release her third, "Density", featuring works by Varese, Glass, Lucier, Reich, Balter, and Diaz de Leon, in September 2013 on New Focus Recordings.
Chase co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in 2001 and serves as the organization's Artistic Director and CEO in addition to playing over 50 concerts a year as an ensemble member. In 2013, Chase founded The Pnea Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the flute and its repertoire in the 21st century through commissions, community engagement, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations, and advocacy.