On Sunday April 19, guitarist Jordan Dodson, percussionist Colleen Bernstein, and “daredevil” soprano Charlotte Mundy join members of ICEensemble for Vox Populi, Vox Machina, which reimagines the garage band aesthetic for an age of technological anxiety. Voice, guitar, and drum set are deconstructed and remixed with autotune, PVC pipes, and more, exploring the struggle of human individuality in a digital world. This intimate evening includes the American premiere of Maurizio Azzan’s Geometrie nelle mani, a performance of Her Disappearance by Mundy and composer-vocalist Bethany Younge, and excerpts from Alex Dowling’s Reality Rounds, performed by the composer alongside vocalists Annika Socolofsky, Emma O’Halloran, and Chris Douthitt. Additional works by Lawrence Dunn, Yvette Janine Jackson, and Anna Korsun.

PROGRAM:

Maurizio Azzan (Italy): Geometrie nelle mani (2016) [AP]

Lawrence Dunn (UK): While we are both (2016/17) [NYP]

Anna Korsun (Ukraine/Germany): Tollers Zelle (2017)

Alex Dowling (Ireland/USA): Excerpts from Reality Rounds (2019) [NYP]

Bethany Younge (USA): Her Disappearance (2015)

Yvette Janine Jackson (USA): Deliberate (Afraid of Nothing) (2019) [NYP]