This event is part of Roulette’s 2025 series in honor of composer Anthony Braxton’s 80th birthday year. Earlier in 2025 Roulette honored Braxton at our annual Gala; The Music of Anthony Braxton is a four-part series throughout November that continues our celebration of Braxton’s incomparable and ongoing contributions to creative music spanning more than half a century.

The International Contemporary Ensemble is most excited to be included in Roulette’s season-long celebration of the work of Anthony Braxton. The Ensemble has for many years regularly engaged in collaborations, performances, and public pedagogical workshops devoted to Braxton’s music—most recently in April 2025 at the Northwestern University New Music Conference.

The performance will feature works by Braxton and his former collaborator, composer-guitarist Mary Halvorson, for an ensemble of 10 performers.  Both Halvorson and George Lewis, the Ensemble’s Artistic Director, have performed with Braxton, in two different generations, and a pre-concert “mutual interview” between Lewis and Halvorson will provide a unique insider perspective on Braxton’s legacy and the field of experimental music more generally.

Described as “America’s foremost new-music group,” (The New Yorker), International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is dedicated to supporting living composers through commissioning, developing, and premiering new works. Now in its third decade, ICE has premiered over 1,000 works and plays a pivotal role in launching and shaping the careers of today’s most influential composers. Through its bold programming and innovative curation, ICE continues to redefine the possibilities of contemporary music.

ICE has brought its vision of a mosaic musical ecosystem to festivals and venues all over the world including Warsaw Autumn, Berliner Festspiele, HEAR NOW Los Angeles, Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, Ojai Music Festival, TIME:SPANS, Big Ears Festival, Adelaide Festival, the Dutch National Opera, Cité de la Musique (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Japan Society, NYU Skirball, and Carnegie Hall.