Rebekah premieres REICH & EASTMAN at Long Play Festival
FREE SHOW!!!!!!!!!
Rebekah plays the US premiere of Grand Street Counterpoint, her collaboration with legendary composer Steve Reich, and the World Premiere of Heller’s bassoon arrangement of Julius Eastman’s The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc, for solo bassoon and 9 pre-recorded bassoons.
Performance date: 5:30pm, May 4th; BRIC arts
Featuring 50+ concerts , Long Play also showcases a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn – with performances at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Roulette, Public Records, BRIC, Murmrr, Irondale Center for the Arts, The Center for Fiction, plus outdoor events and more. A limited number of 3-day Early Bird Festival and Supporter Passes are on sale now!
More info Here
Rebekah joins ICE for a concert of BONITA OLIVER, SYLVAIN SOUKLAYE & MORE!
Rebekah joins ICE colleagues Fay Victor, Alice Teyssier, Clara Warnaar and Nathan Davis in an evening of Call for ___ premieres featuring composers Bonita Oliver and Sylvain Souklaye. She also joins Varun Rangaswamy in the performance of a piece for 2 bassoons by Victor.
TICKETS COMING SOON
More info Here
Rebekah joins ICE for a concert of ANTHONY DAVIS & LEILA ADU-GILMORE
The International Contemporary Ensemble returns to NYU Skirball with a program of works by composer/pianist Anthony Davis and composer/vocalist Leila Adu-Gilmore. The evening will feature Adu-Gilmore’s Mahakala Oratorio (2020-23, world premiere of the live version) and Alyssum (2014); and Davis’s Wayang No. II (Shadowdance) (1982), Clonetics (1983), and a special solo performance by Davis. Drawing on an ultra-cosmopolitan range of musical and cultural sources, Leila Adu-Gilmore and Anthony Davis exemplify some of the many ways in which Afrodiasporic new music becomes revealed as an intercultural, multigenerational space of innovation that offers new subjects, histories, and identities.
More info Here
STONE Residency - 55 W. 13th St
WEDNESDAY 2/7 - CROSSFADES QUARTET
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher (flutes)
Shara Lunon (vocals and electronics)
Clara Warnaar (percussion and electronics)
Rebekah Heller (bassoon and vocals)
THURSDAY 2/8 - TRIO
Jessie Cox (drums)
Joy Guidry (bassoon)
Rebekah Heller (bassoon)
FRIDAY 2/9 - Victor / Heller DUO
Fay Victor (Voice)
Rebekah Heller (Bassoon)
SATURDAY 2/10 - TRIO
Wendy Eisenberg (guitar)
Brian Chase (drums)
Rebekah Heller (bassoon)
Rebekah Conducts ICE / LEWIS
Rebekah makes her International Contemporary Ensemble Conducting DEBUT on a concert featuring the music of George Lewis and members of the AACM at the Part Avenue Armory
GIOfest VX
Rebekah joins colleagues from International Contemporary Ensemble, the Glasgow Improvisors Orchestra, and Douglas Ewart for a program of both pre-composed and improvised works.
Photo by Jeenah Moon
NOH Opera Exploration
Rebekah joins International Contemporary Ensemble for this one-of-a-kind experience:
In response to John Cage’s unrealized project, Noh-opera: Or the Complete Musical Works of Marcel Duchamp, which he envisioned to premiere in Japan, Tomomi Adachi seamlessly integrates the alluring aspects of opera and noh, using AI to compose music and lyrics from koan—short Zen Buddhist riddles.
Composing while Black Part 1
Rebekah performs with International Contemporary Ensemble for a program featuring composers from the African Diaspora, curated by George Lewis.
Featuring works by Courtney Bryan, Brittany J Green, and more.
Solo and trio explorations at the Fridman
Rebekah premieres new compositions and improvisations for solo bassoon.
She also plays a set with International Contemporary Ensemble colleagues Joshua Rubin and Fay Victor.
More info and ticket link forthcoming
photo by Tarishi Gupta
Fay Victor and Rebekah Heller Duo
Fay Victor and Rebekah Heller perform at the Mutual Mentorship for Musicians Festival at Roulette! Performing compositions by both Victor and Heller, their thrilling collaboration heavily features free improvisations.
Bassoon Festival at UNAM Mexico City
Rebekah performs works by Joy Guidry, Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and herself, and teaches a guest artist class at UNAM Mexico City’s first Bassoon Festival.
Hosted by frequent collaborator, Bassoonist Maribel Alonso
TIME:SPANS Festival
Rebekah performs with International Contemporary Ensemble. Works by Wadada Leo Smith, Andile Khumalo and more.
IDRS Gala Concert
Rebekah performs Grand Street Counterpoint, a new piece by Steve Reich for Solo Bassoon and 10 pre-recorded bassoons at the International Double Reed Society Convention in Bangkok.
Steve Reich World Premiere - GRAND STREET COUNTERPOINT
Rebekah presents the World Premiere of Grand Street Counterpoint by Steve Reich at the Born Creative Festival in Tokyo.
She’ll also be performing solo works by:
Joy Guidry
Jessie Cox
Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi
Nathan Davis
More info:
https://www.borncreativefestival.com/bassoon
Ensemble Evolution
Rebekah joins colleague Fay Victor as Co-Director of this Summer’s Ensemble Evolution - a program by The International Contemporary Ensemble in Partnership with The New School’s College of Performing Arts.
Public concerts on June 26 and 29
More info at https://iceorg.org/ensemble-evolution
In residence with New World Symphony
Rebekah returns to The New World Symphony for a week of coaching and performances in Miami Beach, Florida
Perle Noire at Dutch National Opera
Rebekah joins 4 International Contemporary colleagues, composer and performer Tyshawn Sorey and vocalist Juila Bullock in this intimate and moving work about the artistry and activism of Josephine Baker. Directed by Peter Sellers.
Opera Forward Festival, Amsterdam
Suzanne Farrin Portrait Concert
Rebekah joins International Contemporary ensemble in a deep dive of longtime collaborator and Rome Prize Winner Suzanne Farrin’s work
https://iceorg.org/events/2023/2/2/composer-portrait-suzanne-farrin
International Contemporary Ensemble 20th Anniversary GALA!
Come party with me as we celebrate the beautiful and wild 20 year history of the International Contemporary Ensemble!!
Duo Show with Maribel Alonso
Rebekah joins Mexico City based Bassoonist and Improvisor Maribel Alonso for an exciting duo show
Artist Residency at Hacienda Subin
Heller retreats to her favorite artist residency in the beautiful Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to work on two upcoming solo albums
Stone Residency Night 4 - TRIO
This performance has been POSTPONED in solidarity with the striking Part Time Faculty of The New School
The final night of Rebekah’s 2022 residency features a new trio with two fantastic artists, Lester St. Louis and Chris Williams. This evening will be entirely acoustic, exploring the incredible sonic interplay between these three instruments rarely heard alone together.
Lester St. Louis, cello
Chris Williams, trumpet
Rebekah Heller, bassoon, voice and compositions
Stone Residency Night 3 - Victor / Heller Duo
This performance has been POSTPONED in solidarity with the striking Part Time Faculty of The New School
Night 3 features the dynamic duo of Fay Victor and Rebekah Heller. Founded in early 2021, this duo has flourished through deep artistic connection and an electric musical language and communication.
Victor and Heller both compose for this duo, as well as honoring lots of open space for free improvisation.
Fay Victor, voice and compositions
Rebekah Heller, bassoon and compositions
Stone Residency Night 2 - SOLO
Night 2 features Rebekah Heller on bassoon, Vox and using electronics in an evening of new and older works - all written for Rebekah, by Rebekah, or improvised.
Bach is a huge influence on this evening’s offerings
Stone Residency Night 1 - TRIO
Rebekah’s First ever STONE residency opens with a wind trio, featuring her longtime trusted International Contemporary Ensemble Colleagues Isabel Gleicher and Joshua Rubin. Music by Mario Diaz de Leon, Gleicher and Heller
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flutes and compositions
Joshua Rubin, clarinets and electronics
Rebekah Heller, bassoon, voice and compositions
TIME:SPANS
Amy Williams
Telephone, 2021
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Felipe Lara
Metafagote, 2015
Heller and Lewandowski
Arnold Schoenberg
Kammersymphonie op 9, 1906
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Players TBA
Heller and Lewandowski
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Maciej Lewandowski, electronics
[POSTPONED] Born Creative Festival
A solo appearance at the Born Creative Festival in Tokyo.
2022 NewBassoon Workshop
Rebekah Heller is featured as a special guest in the 2022 NewBassoon Workshop, taking place in Chestertown Maryland from June 4-11 in conjunction the National Music Festival.
New Works by Kate Gentile and Fay Victor
International Contemporary Ensemble performs world premieres by Kate Gentile (commissioned by the Ensemble) and Fay Victor at Roulette Intermedium.