Yarn/Wire Currents is a commissioning series started in 2013. Focused on the creation of new works specifically for Yarn/Wire, the series serves as an incubator for experimentation in which a diverse range of musicians, artists and composers explore intersections of composition, technology, installation, improvisation, live performance, music theater and more, in an effort to expand the ensemble’s performance practice and reflect music’s fluidity and reach. The 2023 edition of Yarn/Wire Currents features 3 world premieres by composers Heather Stebbins, Jordan Dykstra, and Jessie Cox.
Yarn/Wire performing ensemble:
Laura Barger, piano
Julia Den Boer, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Heather Stebbins, electronics
In the past, the project has been co-presented by Issue Project Room and Blank Forms. Recordings are subsequently released on the ensemble’s own imprint. Past commissions and collaborations include works with and by Catherine Lamb, Sam Pluta, Øyvind Torvund, Mark Fell, Klaus Lang, Ann Cleare, Olivia Block, Sarah Hennies, Alvin Lucier, and Thomas Meadowcroft, among others.
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing. Watch below or on YouTube.
