Composer Portraits
Matana Roberts
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 8pm
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
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Matana Roberts is an American composer, saxophonist, and creative artist. Their work is visceral, brilliant, relevant, engaging, and challenging; it defies categorization and focuses on sonic experimentation through a multi-faceted, often socially and politically conscious lens. Experience the world premiere commission of a new iteration of I call america: Sandy Speaks, a multimedia work for twelve improvising musicians written in reflection of Sandra Bland—her life and death.
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Performers
- Matana Roberts composer/performer
- Matt Lavelle bass clarinet and pocket trumpet
- Stuart Bogie tenor saxophone
- GENG PTP/King Vision Ultra wordspeak/sampler
- LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs wordspeak/electronics
- Tomas Fujiwara drumset
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- International Contemporary Ensemble
- Joshua Rubin clarinet
- Ryan Muncy saxophone
- Rebekah Heller bassoon
- Katinka Kleijn cello
- Cory Smythe piano
- Nathan Davis percussion
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- Ross Karre video projection technician
- Ben Manley technical director
- Caley Monahon-Ward sound engineer
- Nicholas Houfek lighting designer
Repertoire
- I call america: Sandy Speaks - iteration II (2019, rev. 2022) world premiere, Miller Theatre commission This work was originally commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust for TIME:SPANS 2019
Additional Information
Miller Theatre's 2021-22 season is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Support for contemporary music is provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Additional support is provided by the Amphion Foundation.
Photo by Evan Hunter McKnight
