David Ibbett, Composer

The music of David Ibbett, Composer

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MoR: Impulse @ The Armory

A huge thank you to all of our incredible colleagues who helped us put on an amazing show in Somerville!  To all of the terrific composers who wrote new works - Emily Koh, Giovanni Piacentini, Sam Torres, Clifton Ingram, and Curtis K. Hughes.  To the amazing cellist Stephen Marotto who joined us on stage.  To the Armory for all their invaluable help in putting on a technically spotless show.  And of course, to biologist Paul Garrity, for believing in our work and teaching us about the evolution of sensory perception.  

We also had an amazing time leading workshops at Yamaha and Boston University!  Thanks to all for an inspiring few days in the Boston area!

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We had an amazing time at the NoiseGate Festival a few weeks back.  A huge thank you to Dr. Tae Hong Park who brought us on board, the whole NoiseGate crew who made the show run smoothly, our videographers, and of course, everyone who came out!   A very special thanks to the NYU physics students who came to our pre-concert event and asked us GREAT questions.  And lastly, a huge thank you to physicist Matthew Kleban who has continually supported our efforts and is a wonderful (and brilliant) human being.  

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CMB Sonifications

Sonifications of the Cosmic Microwave Background signal from the last Music of Reality Show, created from data collected by NASA’s WMAP probe.

In order to experience the data’s underlying patterns, Dr. Matthew Kleban of NYU Physics and I have collaborated to produce these harmonic sonifications. By mapping multipole moment and temperature fluctuations to frequency and amplitude, a musical chord can be produced which reveals the harmonic relationships of the universe’s early plasma state. The sonifications simulate the gradual emergence of this chord from total noise - a journey from the early universe to the present day - and go on to playfully explore higher partials and raw radio telescope static. Gradually, the intensity of the harmonic peaks is sharpened to allow the universal harmonies to shine out.

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Music of Reality @ Noisegate Festival NYC

8pm Friday, Sept 23, 2016 @ New York University, Steinhardt, NYC

PROGRAM:

Cosmic Microwave Background Sonifications - David Ibbett Talk - Dr. Tae Hong Park: Urban Noise Pollution Nunataks - John Luther Adams Omniscience is a Collective - Jaime Reis Night Music - Stephan Cabell Talk - Matthew Kleban: "Pure Noise: Discoveries from the Cosmic Microwave Background" Music of Reality I & II - David Ibbett

Lecture: Prof. Matthew Kleban - "Pure Noise: Discoveries from the Cosmic Microwave Background"

PERFORMERS: Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano David Ibbett, electronics

DETAILS:

The inaugural NoiseGate Festival is a collaboration between The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN) Global Arts Initiative, Citygram, Harvestworks, Monthly Music Hackathon, Music of Reality, Kadenze, ThinkCoffee, University of Redlands. The theme of the festival is centered on the environment in a broad sense, while also aiming to bring awareness to spatial noise, with a particular focus on urban noise pollution.  More information: http://www.unsdsnarts.org/noisegate-festival

This program is rooted in our relationship with the physical world.  Man-made noise, as with any other kind of pollution, masks parts of our world and renders it different from before.  As a word in our cultural language, noise is often associated with “non-music” and the ugly, but noise is everywhere on this earth, and is part of its sheer beauty, when one listens.  

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Excited to introduce the new trailer for my performance series Music of Reality, co-directed with pianist Sophia Vastek.

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Islands at Original Gravity

Cellist Stephen Marotto gave the Massachusetts premiere of Islands, concerto for cello and electronics at the Mystic Brewery, Chelsea. The concert was presented by Original Gravity, an organisation that pairs contemporary music with uniquely crafted beers. www.originalgravitymusic.org

I was privileged to run the live sound for a host of local composers including Dan Tramte, Dan Van Hassel and Scott Barton with his robotic orchestra!

A snippet from the Chelsea Record, who reported on the event:

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Branches performed at NYCEMF

I was thrilled to join Transient Canvas as they performed Branches at the New York City Electronic Music Festival this year! Fantastic venue - the Abrons Playhouse - with superb 8-channel donated by Genelec.

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Installation: 10 Minutes In The Forest

10 Minutes In The Forest is an immersive, interactive, intense experience that allows you, the audience, to be the protagonist in fairy tale. Enter the deep forest with Baba Yaga and the Firebird and test your bravery, courage and cunning!

This immersive theater piece is also a playable game and art installation. 10 Minutes In The Forest will be produced at The Slate, a new black box theater in Seattle run by the The Pocket LLC at 815 Seattle Blvd. S, inside the Inscape Arts Building. Performances are June 2-5th and June 9-11th, 2016.

Visit the Kickstarter page

Produced by Casework Productions

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Music of Reality launches - 16th of May at Spectrum, NY

Music of Reality is a collaborative concert series founded by myself and pianist Sophia Subbayya Vastek to celebrate the beauty of reality illuminated by science. 

We are proud to announce that the project launches this month at Spectrum, NY on the 16th of May. Sophia will be premiering my compositions Beauty from Nothing and Web of Life for piano and electronics. We will be joined by composers Elijah Shiffer and Austin O’Rourke, and theoretical physicist Dr. Matthew Kleban of NYU - giving a talk on cosmic bubble collisions in the early universe. 

 www.musicofreality.com

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Aeolian Progression - November Tour, 2015

A shot of our full live-diffusion setup amidst the Logos Foundation’s robot orchestra!

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Aeolian Progression - November tour, 2015 

David introduces Europa to a Belgian audience

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Aeolian Progression - November tour, 2015

Karin performs No Sun, No Moon by Jorge Garcia

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Tour with Aeolian Progression

Karin and I are very excited to be touring the UK and Belgium this November with our collaboration Aeolian Progression. 

Programme

Jorge Garcia del Valle, No sun, no moon, for bass flute and electronics 

Neal Farwell, Shroud, for piccolo / alto flute and electronics 

David Ibbett, Europa, for flute, piccolo, bass flute and electronics

Dates

13/11/15 - lunchtime concert at the University of Bristol, UK followed by a lecture demonstration for Bristol’s composers and performers. 

1pm: Victoria Rooms Auditorium, Bristol, BS8 1SA

19/11/15 - lecture recital at Gent Conservatoire, discussing techniques from Europa for composers and performers

1pm: Hogeschool Gent: departement Conservatorium, 9000 Gent, Belgium

19/11/15 - evening concert at the Logos Foundation, Gent

8pm: Logos Foundation, Bomastraat 24, 9000 Gent, Belgium

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Branches premiered by Transient Canvas

Premiere of Branches by Transient Canvas at Boston’s Record Company.

The piece is part of the ensemble’s 2015 tour:

Boston Conservatory Alumni Showcase

October 17, 2015 at 5:30pm The Boston Conservatory, 132 Ipswich Street, Boston, MA

Travelogue

November 5, 2015 at 6:30pm Fort Howard Hall, Weidner Center University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Green Bay, WI

Travelogue

November 6, 2015 at 8:00pm Music Building Recital Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Kinetics

November 12, 2015 at 7:30pm BOP STOP @ The Music Settlement, 2920 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH

Travelogue

November 14, 2015 at 7:00pm Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music, 96 Front Street, Berea, OH

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British composer/electronic artist David Ibbett’s "Branches" beautifully melds European electronic dance music with contemporary classical music.

Transient Canvas Ensemble on the premiere of Branches for bass clarinet, marimba and electronics

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Transient Canvas ensemble, Avaloch Farm Residency

In July 2015, I was invited to undertake a residency with the fantastic Transient Canvas ensemble - Matt Sharrock and Amy Advocat - at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute of New Hampshire. There, we collaborated to create a composition for bass clarinet, marimba and electronics due for premiere on the 12 of July at The Record Company in Boston.

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Horn Sonata with Meredith Moore

On the 19th of June 2015 Meredith Moore premiered my Horn Sonata ‘Where the Path Ends...’ at Brooklyn’s Shapeshifter Lab, with wonderful pianist Sophia Vastek.