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photo by Sylvia Davis
SPRING 2013
June 2 at 5:00 - Spoleto Festival USA presents an monograph concert of Nathan's works, including Bells, On speaking a
hundred names, and his string quartet Skrzyp Skrzyń (Charleston, SC)
May 17at 7:30 - Da Camera Young Artists presents Luke Hubley performing Diving Bell, Avante Garden, Houston (TX)
May 5 at 8:30 - Doug Perkins CD release concert, featuring Simple Songs of Birth and Return, at the new Constellation (3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL)
May 4 - Collide-O-Scope Music presents
"Walls and Lattices" — a concert-length evening of new music by
Ken Ueno, Nathan Davis, John Mallia, Derek Hurst, Vic Rawlings, Matt
Lima, Jack Callahan, Cenk Ergun, Elizabeth Adams, Jacob Barton, Ramin
Amir Arjomand, Todd Tarantino, Aaron Brooks, Spencer Topel, Lou Bunk,
and Chris Bailey — written to be woven together without pause into a
seamless continuous mosaic work.
the cell A Twenty First Century Salon (338 W. 23rd St., NYC)
April 27 at 9:00 - Ryan Muncy premieres Cipher for bari sax and live electronics, presented with other works performed by Dal Niente at the new Constellation (3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL)
April 24 - Rebekah Heller performs On speaking a
hundred names and other works on The Green Fish at Dartmouth College (One Wheelock, Hanover, NH)
April 17 - ICE performs Kaija Saariaho's ballet "Maa" at the Cite de la Musique in Paris
April 16 - ICE performs chamber music by Kaija Saariaho at the Finnish Embassy in Paris
March 29 -
ICE at Western Michigan University, performing Nathan's On speaking a
hundred names, Crawlspace, and works by Lisa Coons and others (Kalamazoo, MI)
March 25 - Peter Martin performs Simple Songs of Birth and Return at Virginia Commonwealth University, Singleton Center for the Performing Arts (Richmond, VA)
March 22 - Sylvia Milo
performs her monodrama The Other Mozart at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn University - music by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen. (Auburn, AL)
March 21 - solo percussion recital of original works including Simple Songs of Birth and Return and Diving Bell at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
March 19 - masterclass and performance at The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
WINTER 2013
February 26 - Cristina Valdes performs The Mechanics of Escapement for amplified toy piano and clock chimes at Meany Theatre (Seattle, WA)
February 19 - ICE at Denver Friends of Chamber Music, playing music of Takemitsu, Saariaho, and others (Denver, CO)
February 16 - ICE plays music of Carla Kihlstedt and Phyllis Chen at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)
February 6 - Joshua Rubin performs Dowser and other works on The Green Fish at Dartmouth College (One Wheelock, Hanover, NH)
January 29 - Tom Sherwood performs Diving Bell with Sonic Generator at Rich Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta, GA)
January 26 - ICE premieres music of Carla Kihlstedt at Ecstatic Music Festival, Merkin Hall (NYC)
January 18 - ICE gives US premiere of John Zorn's "The Tempest" a trio for flute, clarinet, and drumset, at BAC (NYC)
January 17 - Allison Balcetis performs Cipher at UN Kearney
January 16 - Allison Balcetis performs Cipher at UN Omaha
FALL 2012
December 15 - ICElab, Patricia Alessendrini at Barychnikov Arts Center (NYC)
December 6 - ICE plays music of Olga Neuwirth at Miller Theater (NYC)
November 29-December 1 - ICE Konzert - in residence at Krome Gallery in Berlin, with performances of five of Nathan's works - Bells, pneApnea, On speaking a hundred names, Crawlspace, and Diving Bell - as well as world premier of "The Tempest" by John Zorn and others. (Berlin, Germany)
November 18 - ICElab, Itturalde at Roulette (Brooklyn, NY)
November 15 - James Fusik performs Cipher at High Concept Laboratories (Chicago, IL)
November 9 - James Fusik performs Cipher at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)
November 8 - ICE plays music of Olga Neuwirth at Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna)
October 27 - ICE rejoins John Adams for a program of Adams, Stravinsky, Glass, and Gershwin, in the new Green Theater (Sonoma, CA)
October 26 - The | Sound | Collectors play Australian premiere of Diving Bell at Kew Courthouse Theatre (Melbourne, Australia)
October 24 - Doug Perkins plays Simple Songs of Birth and Return at University of Akron (OH)
October 23 - Talujon plays Whet at Musical Arts Series, Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Durant, OK)
October 21 - Talujon plays Whet at Grace Church, (Nyack, NY)
October 18-20 - International Contemporary Ensemble premieres Dai Fukikura's "Mina", a concerto for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and hammered dulcimer with the Seattle Symphony conducted by Ludovic Morlot, as well as performances of music by Xenakis, Feldman, Scelsi, and others. (Seattle, WA)
October 6 - International Contemporary Ensemble plays Correspondence:
Cage and Boulez at Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)
September 29 - The first annual Morningside Lights - On the
evening of September 29, 2012, a strange and luminous city will suddenly
emerge amidst the winding paths of Morningside Park (NYC), as a procession of
illuminated sculptures makes its way from Harlem to Broadway. It is a
collaboration with Columbia University's Miller Theater and Processional
Arts Workshop with music by Nathan Davis. Visit www.morningside-lights.com
to get involved!
September 26 - Mariel Roberts and Nick Tolle play my piece Kebyar Untai in Mariel's cd release event at Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, NY)
September 20 - International Contemporary Ensemble plays Correspondence: Cage and Boulez at Miller Theater (NYC)
September 10 - world premiere salon performance of John Zorn's "The Tempest" for flute, clarinet, and extended drumkit (NYC)
SUMMER 2012
August 11 - Diving Bell at Newburyport Chamber Music Festival performed by Meehan/Perkins duo (Newburyport, MA)
August 9 - Third Coast Percussion's RENGA:Cage:100 at MoMA (NYC) - a project of 100 short pieces by 100 composers, including Nathan's 7-second contribution Big Box
August 6 - Third Coast Percussion's
RENGA:Cage:100 at Kennedy Center
(Washington DC) - a project of 100 short pieces by 100 composers, including
Nathan's 7-second contribution Big Box
August 5, 8, 11, 12 - International Contemporary Ensemble, in residence at Mostly Mozart Festival (Alice Tully Hall, Park Avenue Armory, Kaplan Playhouse, Rose Auditorium, NYC)
July 13 - Composer in residence at the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vail (NH), with performances of Whet and Winnow
June 29 - World premiere of Cipher for Baritone Sax and electronic, performed by Geoff Deibel at Self Service Open Art Space, Stuttgart, Germany
June 22 - World premiere of Weather Rock for violin, cello, and percussion, plus Diving Bell, and Crawlspace, at Santa Fe New Music (New Mexico)
June 21 - Bells at Santa Fe New Music
(New Mexico)
WINTER/SPRING 2012
May 27 - Georges Aperghis and the New Generation | ICElab on the MCA
Stage, conducted by Ludovic Morlot, Chicago
May 24 - Composer Portrait: Georges Aperghis | Conducted by Ludovic
Morlot Miller Theater, Columbia University (NYC)
May 22 - Third Coast Percussion's RENGA:Cage:100 - a
project of 100 short pieces by 100 composers, including Nathan's
7-second contribution Big Box - preview at Mayne Stage (Chicago)
May 19-20 - ICElab at Reston
(VA) - two days of outdoor programs, opening and closing with the new Reston
Bells by Nathan Davis and including works by Cage, Reich, and
ICElab composers
May 18 -Yarn/Wire
perform Nathan's de clocher à clocher and other works for 2
pianists and 2 percussionists at The Stone (NYC)
May 17 - ICElab
at Atlas Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.)
May 12 - Douglas
Perkins performs Simple Songs of Birth and Return for
mbira and live processing at the Look and Listen Festival (NYC)
May 9-12 - ICE in Paris - concerts at Le Zebre and Fontainbleu - Crawlspace and other works by Davis, Cage, Carter, David Lang, Reich, Ligeti, Toledo, and Davidovsky
May 6 - Cage On-Demand | Music of John Cage at EIGHT BRIDGES | Music
for Cologne (Germany)
May 5 - ICE NYC at EIGHT BRIDGES | Music for Cologne (Germany)
May 3 - ICE
performs Saariaho chamber music portrait at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum (Boston)
May 2 - Changing
Light - ICE performs Saariaho chamber music portrait at Roulette
(NYC)
April 30 - San
Francisco Contemporary Music Chamber Players, conducted by Steven
Schick, perform Nathan's quintet The Bright and Hollow Sky
April 20 - Rebekah
Heller performs On Speaking a Hundred Names and other
new works for solo bassoon and electronics at the Museum of
Contemporary Photography, Chicago (presented by ICE)
April 4
- ICE plays works by Davis, Lewis, Cage, and Couperin, at An Die Musik, Evolution
Contemporary Music Series, in Baltimore, MD
March 22 - Yarn/Wire
play world premiere of Nathan's de clocher à clocher for 2
pianists and 2 percussionists, and new collaboration with Pete Swanson,
in residence at Issue
Project Room (SOLD OUT)
March 11 - Douglas Cardwell performs Diving
Bell at Chatter
Cabaret (Albuquerque, NM)
March 2-3 - concerts and talks as part of ICE's
residency at the Cal State Fullerton New Music Festival, including Like
sweet bells jangled
February 5 - ICE plays George Lewis, Steve Lehman,
Tyshawn Sorey, and Nicole Mitchell at the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago
January 22 - Sylvia Milo
performs her monodrama "Mozart's
Sister" at the Kosciuszko
Foundation (NYC) - music by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen.
January 21 - Odd
Appetite at USC's Southern Exposure series
SUMMER/FALL 2011
November 20 - Sylvia
Milo performs her monodrama "Mozart's
Sister" at Theater Row (NYC) as part of the United
Solo Festival - music by Nathan Davis and Phyllis
Chen.
October 29 - Sylvia Milo premieres her monodrama "Mozart's Sister" at Theater Row (NYC) as part of the United Solo Festival - music by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen.
October 22 - TimeTable Percussion performs "Whet" at AC Institute (NYC).
October 20 - American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival presents "Dowser" performed by Joshua Rubin, at The Kitchen (NYC).
September 23 - Philip Everall performs "Dowser" at Totally Huge Music Festival, Perth, Australia (broadcast on ABC Classic FM New Music Up Late).
July 30 - ICE at Mt. Tremper Arts - performance of "Mt. Tremper Bells" (Mt. Tremper, NY).
June 12 - Walden School residency at Smith College - Rebekah Heller performs "On speaking a hundred names" and Joshua Rubin performs "Dowser".
June 7 - Douglas Perkins performs "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at The Stone (NYC).
WINTER/SPRING 2011
June 4 - ICElab and The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago present premieres of new works from Nathan, Marcos Balter, and Du Yun, at 7:30.
May 31 - Premieres and CD release: ICE presents the world premiere of a new work for voice and large ensemble, the NYC premiere of "On speaking a hundred names" for solo bassoon with electronics, and "The Bright and Hollow Sky" for ensemble with electronics. 7:00 at (le) poisson rouge (NYC) Free!
March 25-May 1 - Camel Art Space presents "Restore Defaults", curated by Carl Gunhouse & Thomas Marquet, featuring "Crawlspace" alongside visual works from four other artists and studios. There will be live performances of "Crawlspace" and "Diving Bell" on March 25 and "Crawlspace" and "Dowser" (performed by Joshua Rubin) on April 8, both at 7:30 (722 Metropolitan, 2nd fl, Brooklyn)
March 21 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra presets "Like sweet bells jangled" as part of the MusicNOW series at Harris Theater, 7:00 (Chicago)
February 22 - Lincoln Center opens its Tully Scope Festival with Bells, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alice Tully Atrium (NYC)
January 24 - ICE performs an evening of Nathan's music at the Southern Theater,(Minneapolis, MN) at 7:30.
January 15 - Alejandro Acierto performs "Dowser" in NY Sound Circuit, 8pm, Brecht Forum (NY, NY)
FALL 2010
November 6 - Odd Appetite at Third Practice Festival at the University of Richmond (VA)
November 2 - ICE at the Menil Collection, presented by Da Camera. Performances of "Dowser" and "pneApnea" (Houston, TX)
October 17 - Amanda Baker performs "pneApnea" at the Katherine Hepburn Theater
in Old Saybrook (CT)
October 8 - Solo show at eyedrum (Atlanta, GA)
October 7 - Sonic Generator performs "Bright and Hollow Sky" at GA Tech (Atlanta, GA)
September 25 - Calder String
Quartet gives west coast premiere of "Skzryp Skzryn" at the Carlsbad Music Festival (CA)
SPRING/SUMMER 2010
July 24 - ICE at Darmstadt. "Bright and Hollow Sky" and other works (Germany)
July 19 - ICE and SO perform Varese at Lincoln Center Festival
July 7 - Odd Appetite at Judson Memorial Church (NYC)
June 20 - TimeTable Percussion premieres "Whet" at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC)
June 19 - Xenakis' Persephassa in Central Park, headlining "Make Music NY" festival
May 2 and 3 - "An outside with an inside in it" premiere by Defenestration at Franklin Pierce University (Ringe, NH)
April 20 - the Calder String
Quartet premieres Nathan's new commission as part of the 2010 MATA
Festival (Le Poisson Rouge, NYC)
FALL/WINTER 09-10
February 26-27 - Odd Appetite residency at University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
February 19-21 - "Armory Show" with the Moving Theater dance company and ICE, featuring music by Nathan, Du Yun, and Mario Diaz de Leon (Park Avenue Armory, NYC)
February 20 - Meehan Perkins Duo plays Diving Bell at Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
December 2 - Solo show in Moving Closer Festival. Klub Powiekszenie, Warsaw, Poland
November 27 - Solo show in Audio Art Festival. Akademia Muzycna, Krakow, Poland
November 26 - masterclass at Akademia Muzyczna, Krakow, Poland
November 11 - Ear ♥ Music : Makers - a discussion of my music with performances by Amelia Lukas and myself. The Tank, Manhattan
October 29 - Phyllis Chen plays "The Mechanics of Escapement" at her cd release party at Christopher Henry Gallery, Manhattan
October 27 - Claire Chase plays "pneApnea" at her cd release party at Velvet Lounge, Chicago
October 23-24 - ICE at the BGSU/MACCM New Music Festival, featuring "Dowser" and "Crawlspace" (Bowling Green, OH) October 18 - Claire Chase plays "pneApnea" at her cd release party at (le) Poisson Rouge, NYC
SPRING/SUMMER 2009
August 7-9 - Douglas Perkins plays "Simple Songs of Birth and Return", Nathan plays "Diving Bell" and lots of other percussion music at Monadnock Music (Peterborough, NH)
June 25 - Duo Breekbaar plays "Like sweet bells jangled" at the Tank (presented by the International Contemporary Ensemble)(NYC)
June 21 - "When to Stop" performed by Matthew Gold for the Mannes Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance (NYC)
June 14 - "Sounder" for septet and Trimpin's sound scultpture premiered by eighth blackbird and friends at the Ojai Festival (Ojai, CA)
May 21-23 - ICE premieres "Like sweet bells jangled" for clarinet, crotales, and ring modulator at PS122 (NYC)
April 15, 8:00 pm - Ethos Percussion Group premieres "Winnow", a new work for percussion quartet, at the The Players Theater, 115 MacDougal (NYC)
April 3, 8:00 pm - Nathan and pianist Cristina Valdes presented by Wayward Music Series at The Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle
FALL/WINTER 08-09
March 18 - Douglas Perkins plays "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at MATA's Interval 2.4 at Issue Project Room (Brooklyn)
February 20 - Phyllis Chen plays "The Mechanics of Escapement" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), presented by ICE
February 16 - Phyllis Chen plays "The Mechanics of Escapement" at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), presented by Concert Artists Guild
February 8-13 - ICE at Helsinki Musica Nova: performances of "The Bright and Hollow Sky" at Sibelius Academy and "pneApnea" at the Korjaamo in Helsinki (Finland)
 February 1 - Odd Appetite at Bowling Green State University/MACCM (Ohio)
January 29 - Amanda Baker (flute) performs "pneApnea" at Spheris Gallery (Hanover, NH)
January 22 - Phyllis Chen premieres Nathan's "The Mechanics of Escapement" for toy piano and electronics at Symphony Space (NYC), presented by Concert Artists Guild
January 16 - Meehan/Perkins duo performs "Diving Bell" at Carnegie Hall (NYC)
November 23 - ICE cd release and some of Nathan's music, Uncommon Ground (Chicago)
November 17 - Claire Chase performs "pneApnea" at Bowling Green State University / MACCM (OH)
November 11 - Amanda Baker (flute) performs "pneApnea" at the Stone in a program by the Janus Trio (NYC)
November 7 - Masterclass at Baylor University (Waco, TX)
November 5 - Doug Perkins plays Nathan's piece "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Austin, TX)
November 4 - Masterclass at Rice University (Houston, TX)
October 24 - Peter Evans (trumpet), David Remnick (saxophone), and Nathan Davis (live electronic diffusion) at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago)
October 16 - ICE plays music of Phillip Hurel at the Gardener Museum (Boston)
September 13, 16, 17 - ICE performs the US premiere of the Oresteia, Xenakis' only opera, at the Miller Theater at Columbia University (NYC)
SPRING/SUMMER 2008
August 9 - Monadnock Music with percussionists Doug Perkins and David Schotzko, playing "Talking to Vasudeva" and works by Xenakis, Takemitsu, Crumb, and others (Peterborough, NH)
July 25 - "Talking to Vasudeva", an improv with Peter Evans and Sam Pluta, and other favorites from the Walden School Players at The Walden School for young composers (Dublin, NH)
June 7 - Nathan plays "Talking to Vasudeva" at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music as part of a benefit for the Buddha's Smile School in India
June 4 - Joshua Rubin plays "Dowser" at the Tank
May 15 - Claire Chase plays "pneApnea" at Columbia College, Chicago
May 8 - Doug Perkins and Nathan play a duo set at The Stone (NYC) featuring music by David Lang, Christian Wolff, James Tenney, and Nathan.
May 1 - Odd Appetite at the Look and Listen Festival, Robert Miller Gallery (NYC)
April 29 - Claire Chase plays "pneApnea" at Merkin Hall, NYC
April 18 - Solo set including "Diving Bell", "Crawlspace", and James Tenney's "Deus ex Machina" at the Hi-Fi Festival, Brooklyn
March 8 Douglas Perkins performs "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at UMass Amherst (MA)
April 6 Meehan/Perkins Duo perform "Diving Bell" at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
April 2 - ICE presents an evening of Nathan's music at the Tank, including the premiere of a quintet "The Bright and Hollow Sky"
March 18, 2008 Douglas Perkins performs "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at Baylor University (Waco, TX)
March 12, 8:00 - Odd Appetite at Symphony Space, presented by ISCM (NYC)
March 9 Douglas Perkins performs "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at Texas A and M (Corpus Christi, TX)
March 8 Meehan/Perkins Duo perform "Diving Bell" at Del Mar Percussion Festival (Corpus Christi, TX)
February 26 - Nathan performs works for percussion and electronics at CalArts (Valencia, CA)
February 25 - Claire Chase plays "pneApnea" and Joshua Rubin plays "Dowser" at CalArts (Valencia, CA)
January 25 - MATA presents Odd Appetite at the Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, NYC)
January 24 - Douglas Perkins gives premiere of "Simple Songs of Birth and Return" at Spheris Gallery (Hanover, NH)
FALL 2007
December 7 and 14 - Solos from Xenakis and Saariaho at the Whitney Museum (NYC) as part of a new work from the Moving Theater dance company in collaboration with ICE
November 15 - International Contemporary Ensemble presents Hurel Portrait at Miller Theater (NYC)
October 23 - Odd Appetite at Princeton University, Taplin Auditorium (Princeton, NJ)
October 20 - ICE / Zhou Brothers collaboration Zhou B Center in Chicago. Superstar action painters the Zhou brothers with composed and improvised music from Nathan and members of the Chicago Composers Forum at the Zhou Brothers Center
October 18 - Claire Chase performs pneApnea in Chicago
October 17 - electroacoustic works for solo bass clarinet and alto flute at Issue Project Room, NYC
October 15 - M/P duo plays Diving Bell at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
October 14 - M/P duo plays Diving Bell at Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
October 13 - M/P duo plays Diving Bell at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
October 13 - Odd Appetite Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (Brooklyn NY)
September 30 - Odd Appetite at the Apositsia Festival III, St. Petersburg, Russia
September 28 - Odd Appetite at the Long Arms Festival, Moscow, Russia
September 28 - Odd Appetite at Logos, Ghent, Belgium
September 25 - Odd Appetite at De Link, Tilburg, the Netherlands
September 24 - Joshua Rubin premieres Dowser for bass clarinet and electronics at the Heaven Gallery as part of ICEfest Chicago.
August 25-29 - American Repertory Theater and Rinde Eckert present "Orpheus X" at the The Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
July 26, 8:00 - The Walden School for young composers (Dublin, NH), pneApnea for alto flute and electronics and other works
SPRING 2007
June 25, 8:30 and 9:30 - Concert of Nathan's works at the Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, presented by 21st Century Schizoid Music. Featuring duos with Ha-Yang Kim and Doug Perkins, Claire Chase and her alto flute, and several electroacoustic percussion solos.
June 2-3, time TBA - Odd Appetite at the Bang on a Can Marathon, The World Financial Center / River to River Festival, NYC
May 7, 8:00 - Solo performance at Chicago's Flatfile Gallerie presented by ICE: FLATFILE galleries, 217 N Carpenter, Chicago IL
April 28, 8:00 - Chez Bushwick/AMBUSH and ICE present a set of Nathan's works for solo percussion, electronics, and waterguns, with dance from the Moving Theater Dance Company: Bushwick Starr, 207 Starr Street, 2nd Floor, Bushwick
April 25, 8:00 - Clair Chase premieres Nathan's new work for flute and electronics at Galapagos Art Space, 70 North 6th Street (Brooklyn)
March 29, 8:00 and 10:00 - Evan Ziporyn Ensemble (EZ - clarinets, Robert Black - bass, Ha-Yang Kim - cello, Nathan Davis - percussion) at The Stone, NYC
FALL 2006
December 9, 8:30 - Odd Appetite and Loop 243 at Brooklyn Fireproof (101 Richardson St., top floor, Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
November 28, 1:30 - Meehan/Perkins Duo perform "Diving Bell"at Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
November 27, 7:30 - Meehan/Perkins Duo perform "Diving Bell" at Stony Brook University Staller Center for the Arts (Stony Brook, NY)
November 4, 10:00 - - Odd Appetite at OT301 (Amsterdam Netherlands)
November 2, 8:15 - Odd Appetite at Witte Dame (Eindhoven, Netherlands), presented by Axes
October 15, 8:30 - Odd Appetite Roulette (20 Greene St., Manhattan)
August 2, 8:00 - Odd Appetite at Tonic (107 Norfolk St., Manhattan) | 
