Rebekah leads the International Contemporary Ensemble in a thrilling program at the TIME:SPANS Festival in New York City

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Njabulo Phungula
ochre song, 2024*
for flute clarinet, saxophone horn, trombone, percussion, harp, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
* NY Premiere

Imsu Choi
Pop, 2023*
for flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, and electronics
* US Premiere

Farzia Fallah
I did not paint the war. I lived the war. - une Aubade, 2025*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and double bass
* US Premiere
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Christine Schug-Mewes and Joachim Mewes, and Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ with the support of Ammodo.

Márton Illés
Forajzok , 2021*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass
* US Premiere

International Contemporary Ensemble

Rebekah Heller, conductor

Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
Jasmine Daquin, oboe
Emmalie Tello, clarinet
Alexander Davis, bassoon
Erin Rogers, saxophones
Nicolee Kuester, horn
Gareth Flowers, trumpet
Michael Lormand, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
Modney, violin
Leah Asher, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
Irène Han, cello
Randall Zigler, bass
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Ross Karre and Clara Warnaar, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano

RIGHTEOUS RAGE, Rebekah’s 3rd solo album, is officially released on CD and all streaming platforms. VINYL info coming soon.

Pre-order from Cantaloupe Music here:

https://rebekahheller.bandcamp.com/album/righteous-rage

Celebrate with Rebekah the release of her long-awaited 3rd solo album, on Cantaloupe Music, Righteous Rage!

Featuring bassoon ensemble repertorire, multi-tracked by Rebekah, from composers:
Julius Eastman, Steve Reich, Jessie Cox, Fay Victor and Britany J Green

This will be a listening event and celebration.

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Rebekah curates and conducts the Mannes Wind Orchestra

Rebekah conducts International Contemporary Ensemble’s return to Oberlin for this week-long residency, “Composing While Black, Volume II.”  Curated by the Ensemble’s Artistic Director, George Lewis, “Composing While Black” at Oberlin is conceived as a pair of residencies spanning a period of two years. The highly successful “Composing While Black, Volume I” took place in 2025, and this second residency will include rehearsals, workshops, and panel discussions for Oberlin students. 

The residency will culminate in a concert featuring members of the Ensemble in collaboration with members of Oberlin’s Contemporary Music Ensemble in a program of large-scale works conducted by Tim Weiss and Rebekah heller. This collaboration celebrates Oberlin & the Ensemble’s shared history as well as the rich musical connections fostered at Oberlin.

This performance is made possible through lead support from the Arlene & Larry Dunn Fund for Afrodiasporic Music.

Rebekah conducts the International Contemporary Ensemble in an evening of exciting new music created by the next generation of composers. In collaboration with Columbia Composers—a student-run organization dedicated to showcasing works by doctoral composition students at Columbia University—this concert features world premieres and recent works that reflect the diversity and innovation of today’s contemporary music scene. As part of an ongoing partnership that champions emerging voices, the Ensemble brings its signature artistry and adventurous spirit to the performance of these student compositions, offering audiences a dynamic glimpse into the future of experimental sound.

Rebekah conducts International Contemporary Ensemble as the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival opener on March 19, featuring a new co-commissioned world premiere arrangement by 2026 Composer-in-Residence Alla Zahaykevych, whose works receive U.S. premieres across all concerts

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Rebekah gives a masterclass to students at Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

Rebekah conducts a World Premiere by Brittany J. Green
with the Harlem Chamber Players
Commissioned by Cheswatyr Commissions and Produced by Composers NOW

FREE W RSVP

Rebekah performs the masterpiece Quasi Hoquetus, by Sofia Gubaidulina, with her Mannes Colleagues: Milan Milisavljevic, viola, and J.Y. Song, Piano on a program featuring chamber music collaborations by Mannes Faculty Members

https://event.newschool.edu/manneschamberfestfall2025

Rebekah performs with her International Contemporary Ensemble Colleagues the music of the legendary Anthony Braxton and innovative composer / guitarist Mary Halverson

FREE with RSVP

More info / RSVP HERE

Rebekah is thrilled to make her conducting debut at the iconic NYC new music festival, TIME:SPANS
with The International Contemporary Ensemble

featuring US premieres by Marcos Balter and Corie Soumah
TIX and more info

PROGRAM

Ashkan Behzadi: Carnivalesque (2014-16)
for conductor, flute (piccolo), bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello

Tebogo Monnakgotla: Wooden bodies (2020)
for string quartet

Corie Rose Soumah:  Tossed Parachutes of Lilacs and Lungs (2025, US Premiere)
Co-commissioned by Darmstadt Summer Course and The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust
for conductor, flute, clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, electronics 

Marcos Balter: New Work (2025, US Premiere)
Co-commissioned by International Contemporary Ensemble, Darmstadt Summer Course and The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust
for conductor, flute, clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, electric bass, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, electronics

Thierry Pécou: Méditation sur la fin de l'espèce (2017)
for conductor, flute/alto flute, [Cb Cl- contrabass clarinet?], electric guitar, keyboards, solo cello, violin, double bass, electronics (tape)

PERFORMERS

International Contemporary Ensemble
Rebekah Heller, conductor
Mariel Roberts, cello

Alice Teyssier, flute
Campbell MacDonald, clarinet
Daniel Lippel, electric guitar
Randy Zigler, electric bass
Erika Dohi, piano
Modney, violin
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
Mariel Roberts Musa, cello
Levy Lorenzo, percussion and electronics

Photo by Cherylynn Tsushima for Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Rebekah plays a solo electro-acoustic show, featuring music by her and others.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebekah-heller-tickets-1323615502599?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Concerts with Fay Victor and Josh Rubin, along with a solo performance on the FROMM Distinguished Scholar series featuring the work of Rand Steiger.

Fromm show INFO / TIX
April 4 at 7pm

Rebekah is thrilled to perform a FREE program of new music for bassoon choir by composers from the African Diaspora, on the iconic Pop-Up series by Miller Theatre at Columbia University

PROGRAM

Fay Victor                  
Nurture (for Ingram) (2024) for solo bassoon and seven pre-recorded bassoons, world premiere (solo version)
commissioned by Rebekah Heller

Brittany J. Green        
Righteous Rage (2024) for solo bassoon and seven pre-recorded bassoons 
world premiere 
commissioned by Rebekah Heller

Jessie Cox
Sonic Cartographies (2021) for solo bassoon and six pre-recorded bassoons 
commissioned by Rebekah Heller

Julius Eastman (arr. Rebekah Heller)
The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc (1981/2024), for solo bassoon and nine pre-recorded bassoons 

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Rebekah conducts International Contemporary Ensemble for 2023 MacArthur Fellow Courtney Bryan’s Miller Theatre Composer Portrait

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Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

Rebekah performs in a new ICE commission of experimental artist Earl Howard

Info / ticket link forthcoming

Three Short Duos for Bassoon:
Bassoon/Bass Guitar
Bassoon/Voice
Bassoon/Bassoon
Concert includes a Talkback with the artists:
Rebekah Heller + Maribel Alonso (bassoons), Jochem van Dijk (bass guitarist), Fay Victor (composer, voice)

Rebekah joins vocalist and longtime duo partner Fay Victor and saxophonist and composer Matana Roberts for Matana’s Stone Residency.

One night only

August 1, 8:30
$20 at the door

http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=2

Rebekah is joined by 10 of the world’s most impressive bassoonists for a one-night only, once-in-a-lifetime event.
Experience the magic of 10 LIVE BASSOONS playing new sounds by incredible composers.

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On June 8, at the Fridman Gallery, the HELLER BASSOON ENSEMBLE will present the WORLD PREMIERES of::

Grand Street Counterpoint, by Steve Reich, arranged for bassoons by Rebekah Heller

The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc, by Julius Eastman, arranged for bassoons by Rebekah Heller, and featuring vocalist Damian Norfleet singing the haunting Prelude

Nurture (for Ingram), for 8 bassoons, by Fay Victor (who will be in attendance)

PERFORMERS:

Maribel Alonso
Trey Coudret
Alexander Davis
Ryan Ghassemi
Joy Guidry
Stephanie Patterson
Sara Schoenbeck
Jamael Smith
Joseph Swift
Francisca Wright

CONDUCTOR:
Lester St. Louis

GUEST VOCALIST:
Damian Norfleet

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