Ensemble Ipse

This is the weird thing we're planning at Herbert Von King park and next weekend! 25 composers will come and "cook" with four improvising musicians, via spatially placed, movement→MIDI we**am stations. MIDI stations will cycle through the composers every 85 seconds. At any given moment FIVE composers will be heard, plus the four live improvisors. Beautiful and/or ugly accidents will happen. No one knows what to expect. Audience can participate. It's free to the public. Soup may be served in little cups.

Come get soupy with us! DETAILS HERE: https://www.ipsemusic.com/

PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
(Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li


(Chris Zacharias)
(Dustin Carlson)
(Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
(Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone

(Ian Wiese)

Jason Matthew Malli
(Jon F. Howe)

(Julienne K. Tsang)

Robert Carl


(Tianyi Wang)


And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, (Geoff Burleson) melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.

Two chances to witness (and participate in) this fun and immersive sound experience - “Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown”

Sunday 5/24/26
12:30pm
Amphitheater @ Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette Brooklyn, NY 11216

AND

3:00pm

5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

25 composers will participate in a "Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown” event on 5/24/26 at Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn and CultureLab LIC in Long Island City, Queens. Composers’ audio files will have been loaded into MIDI triggering we**am stations, which will be placed in a spatial arrangement around the performance area. Composers (and any park/gallery viewers) can wander around the stations throughout the event, triggering sounds as they like with their movements. Composers will hear their own sounds and the sounds of the other participating composers as the MIDI instruments cycle through the sounds periodically (and anonymously). Additionally, four Ensemble Ipse musicians will wander among the stations and improvise with the sounds. Participating composers and viewers can “cook” with the musicians!

Participating composers:
Adam Mamula
Alon Nechushtan
Alyse Murray
Andy Li
Bob Goldberg
Brian Ellis
Chris Zacharias
Dustin Carlson
Edmund Song
Edwin O. Munera
Eleonor Sandresky
Emma Cardamone
Erich Barganier
Ian Wiese
James Budinich
Jason Matthew Malli
Jon F. Howe
Josiah Seth Pervis
Julienne K. Tsang
Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Robert Carl
Seong Ae Kim
Smee Wong
Tianyi Wang
Zachary Ritter

And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.