International Contemporary Ensemble: MATA's Radical Pairings

MUSIC
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021
7:00 PM

TUES@7
International Contemporary Ensemble Stream

Free (registration required)
https://www.iceorg.org/events/tues7-mar23

The MATA Festival programs a couple of weeks of solo World Premieres and recent pieces by paired composers. Tonight, Evan Williams, now resident in Memphis (which seems appropriate), writes eclectic but individual music that is great listening (try to hear his Dead White Man Music, not on the program tonight as it requires an ensemble). Saxophonist Ryan Muncy's past performances of Rock Steady — on tonight's program — have been astonishing, which only whets your appetite for the new solo sax piece Williams is having Muncy premiere along with it. The other composer is perennial List fave Bethany Younge, creator of raw, percussive, yet somehow dreamy, sonic experiences. And she's performed tonight by an über List fave, vocalist Charlotte Mundy!

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Gin and Bènèdictine: now there's a radical pairing. Poet's Dream: pour 1 oz. each of Gin and dry Vermouth, and 1/2 oz. Bénédictine, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.