Alarm Will Sound

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Alarm Will Sound
Image:AWS Zappa groupthumb.jpg Alarm Will Sound performing at Carnegie Hall, February 16, 2006.
Origin	Rochester, New York
Years active	2001 – present
Genres	Classical, Experimental, IDM
Labels	Cantaloupe Music Nonesuch Records
Website(s)	http://www.alarmwillsound.com

Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member band that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary music. They are currently Musical Artists-in-Residence at Dickinson College, and their performances have been described as "equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity" by the Financial Times and as "a triumph of ensemble playing" by the San Francisco Chronicle. The New York Times says Alarm Will Sound is "the future of classical music."

Alarm Will Sound's repertoire ranges from European to American works, from the arch-modernist to the pop-influenced. The group fosters close relationships with contemporary composers, premiering pieces by Steve Reich, David Lang, Anthony Gatto, Cenk Ergün, Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Gordon, Augusta Read Thomas, Stefan Freund, and Wolfgang Rihm.

Alarm Will Sound's CD Acoustica (July, 2005 release) features acoustic arrangements of music by Aphex Twin. The first two recordings are of music written by Steve Reich.

Members of the ensemble began playing together while studying at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and have diverse experience in composition, improvisation, jazz and popular styles, early music, and world musics.

[edit] Members

Jessica Johnson - flute
Jackie Leclair - oboe
Elisabeth Stimpert - clarinet, sax
Bill Kalinkos - clarinet, sax
Michael Harley - bassoon, voice
Matt Marks - horn, keyboards, electronics
Jason Price - trumpet, cracklebox, electronics
Michael Clayville, trombone
Payton MacDonald - percussion, tabla, composer
Dennis DeSantis - percussion, electronics, composer
John Orfe - keyboards, composer
Courtney Orlando - violin, voice, keyboards, accordion
Caleb Burhans - violin, viola, voice, mandolin, banjo, electric guitar, composer
John Pickford Richards - viola, accordion
Stefan Freund - cello, composer
Miles Brown - bass
Alan Pierson - artistic director, conductor, keyboards
Gavin Chuck - managing director, composer
Nigel Maister - staging director
Kate Sheeran - personnel manager
Dave Polato - production manager

[edit] Discography

2006. Reich at the Roxy Sweetspot Music (Live album, includes DVD and interviews)
2005. Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound performs Aphex Twin. Cantaloupe Music
2002. Steve Reich, Tehillim/The Desert Music. Cantaloupe Music
2001. Steve Reich, Music for Large Ensemble. WEA/Atlantic Records/Nonesuch Records