nadiasirota

Nadia Sirota and LineC3 percussion group at Galapagos!

nadiasir — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00:21 +0000

New works by Marcos Balter and Bill Brittelle, additional info TBA. I’m SUPER psyched, come!!

Guggenheim 50th anniversary with Dustin O’Halloran

nadiasir — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:00:14 +0000

ACME helps celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum at the 2009 Guggenheim International Gala, appearing with composer-performer Dustin O’Halloran.

Tickets and information: 212.423.3539

The Long Count with Bryce & Aaron Dessner

nadiasir — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:00:11 +0000

In preparation for our BAM show in October, the whole crew is packing up and playing a show in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois! Please let us know what we should be doing in the area, aside from eating in strip malls. Last time I was at a loss. Extra-curriculars aside, I am SUPER excited for this show, I hope you can join us!

Show with Nico Muhly at the Dublin Fringe Festival

nadiasir — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:00:18 +0000

Hello Ireland people! I’ll be playing a bunch of Nico’s solo viola music, the concert will be a blast, come and have fun at Nico’s first ever Irish gig!

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ACME and SHUDDER to THINK!

nadiasir — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:00:08 +0000

Join ACME and band Shudder to Think at the Bowery Ballroom September 2nd. Info here

Shudder to Think

FIRST THINGS FIRST and podcasts and streaming things.

nadiasir — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:07:01 +0000

I’ve had a lovely summer full of lots of live radio and a bit of travel. I’m still basking from the release of my new album which you can listen to here and here and buy here and here and here. I’ve participated in a number of podcasts this summer too! This one is kind of serious, and this one is kind of drunk (it’s called a bourbon roundtable with myself and Nico Muhly and Marcos Balter.) Media! Weee!

CD Release & Show!

nadiasir — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:00:20 +0000

I am thrilled to announce the release of my new album First Things First on New Amsterdam Records. The CD contains recordings of works for solo viola, viola and electronics, and viola-heavy chamber music that I have commissioned and performed over the past five years (with one exception, more on that in the news locale of this here website).

To celebrate the release, join me and many fun guests (Nico Muhly! Judd Greenstein! itsnotyouitsme! Clarice Jensen! Chiara Quartet!) at Galapagos (in their new DUMBO space) for a CD release show and generally lovely time.

Friday, May 15, 2009 8pm
Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn
Tix $12, available here, or call 718-222-8500
more info

First Things First

nadiasir — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:04:19 +0000

I am so excited to announce the release of my first solo album, First Things First, on New Amsterdam Records. Come help celebrate at Galapagos in DUMBO on May 15, and don’t forget to pick up your copy on the official release date, May 19.

For me this album is a sort of synthesis of all of these projects and friendships that started in my early twenties. The first piece I ever really commissioned is the first track on this album: Duet No. 1, Chorale Pointing Downwards by Nico. The process of editing and refining this piece (which was originally almost unplayably awkward) was surprisingly wonderful, and I discovered that this type of work was literally my favorite thing.

The music on this album is the result of my collaborations with three fantastic composers, Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter, and Judd Greenstein. Nico I met at school, and Judd and Marcos were both fellows at the Tanglewood Music Center with me, an unspeakably idyllic music festival in the Berkshires.

These guys are wonderful collaborators as well as wonderful friends, and these pieces (most of which were commissioned over a bourbon or two) represent some really lovely collaborations.

The one piece on this album that I did not commission is the last track, The Night Gatherers by Judd. It was commissioned by another Tanglewood friend of ours as a memorial to her grandmother. When I was putting this album together, I thought it would not only contribute beautifully to the arc of the record, but also give me the opportunity to work with my brother, a fantastic violist, and his ensemble, the wonderful Chiara Quartet.

All of these personal connections make this record really special for me, but more importantly, the music on this record is really good; all three of these guys have really strong, individual voices, but I think their music speaks well together. Their music is innovative, and yet feels timely and inevitable. I am so pleased to interpret these guys’ work, and I am thrilled to release this first record.

Timo Andres’ SENIOR with NYYS

nadiasir — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:00:16 +0000

My ACME quartet buddies and I will be premiering Timothy Andres’ new work Senior for string quartet & orchestra with the New York Youth Symphony, under the leadership of Ryan McAdams. Come to Carnegie!

Dumbarton Oaks with Ensemble ACJW

nadiasir — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:30:14 +0000

I’ll be rejoining friends from The Academy to perform Stravinsky’s lervely Dumbarton Oaks.