Jeffrey Gavett, baritone

Upcoming Performances

Wild Project - February 10^th 2012, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Randy Gibson's Circular Trance with Ekmeles

195 E. 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
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Wild Project - February 11^th 2012, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Music of John Cage with loadbang, Vicky Chow & al.

195 E. 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
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Wild Project - February 15^th 2012, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Jeffrey conducts music of Jenny Olivia Johnston

195 E. 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
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Wild Project - February 17^th 2012, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Music of Eve Beglarian with Ekmeles, Vicky Chow, and BRIM

195 E. 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
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Roulette - March 3^rd 2012, 8PM

Columbia Composers
Ekmeles performs premieres by Columbia graduate composers

509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY
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Greenwich House Music School - March 8^th 2012, 8PM

North River Music presents: John Cage: A Portrait in 5 Parts
loadbang celebrates Cage's centennial

46 Barrow Street, Manhattan, NY

Past Performances

New York University - February 4^th 2012, 8PM

First Performance Club
Premieres by NYU graduate composers with Ekmeles

Abrons Arts Center - January 21^st 2012, 8PM

The River Project
Music of Eve Beglarian with BRIM, the Guidonian Hand and loadbang

Le Poisson Rouge - January 16^th 2012, 7:30PM

Experiments in Opera
Matthew Welch's Borges and the Other with Blarvuster on a program of experimental operas

The Tank - December 15^th 2011, 7:30PM

Worlds Collide
loadbang performs a program of ancient works and premieres

Issue Project Room - December 10^th 2011, 8PM

Darmstadt Essential Repertoire: Terry Riley's "In C"
Jeffrey joins an all-star cast to perform Riley's minimalist classic

First Presbyterian Brooklyn - November 18^th 2011, 7:30PM

Circular Trance
Ekmeles premieres Randy Gibson's new concert-length commission for 7 voices and sine waves

Roger Smith Hotel - October 23^rd 2011, 4PM

The Art of Transcription
Performing Marc Sabat's arrangement of Harry Partch's "Leaving Santa Barbara" with Talea Ensemble

Italian Academy - October 21^st 2011, 8PM

Madrigals and Metamorphoses
Ekmeles sings a program of modern madrigals and transformations of older music

Issue Project Room - October 6^th 2011, 8:30PM

Triple Bill
Ekmeles performs with Ascoli Ensemble and Ergodos Musicians in an epic triple bill

Yes!Oui!Si! Space - June 25^th 2011, 2PM

Rhymes with Opera
Singing (and playing ukelele) in 3 short contemporary operas with string quartet

Real Art Ways - June 24^th 2011, 7:30PM

Rhymes with Opera
Singing (and playing ukelele) in 3 short contemporary operas with string quartet

Issue Project Room - June 2^nd 2011, 8PM

loadbang with Pygmy Jerboa
Performing Lucier's The Queen of the South as part of the Darmstadt Essential Rep series

Italian Academy at Columbia University - May 13^th-14^th 2011, 8PM

Invisible Cities
Ekmeles performs the ensemble roles in Chris Cerrone's opera with Red Light New Music.

loadbang tour - May 1^st-3^rd 2011

loadbang on the road
Played new and old works in Cornell, Bloomsburg, PA; and Baltimore, MD

Brandeis University - April 30^th 2011, 10PM

BEAMS Marathon
Steven Kazuo Takasugi's Strange Autumn with Talea Ensemble as part of the BEAMS marathon, running 12PM-12AM.

ArtSPACE, New Haven, CT - March 25^th 2011, 5PM

SCRAWL
I appear as a disembodied head with loadbang at the reveal of this corps exquis gallery. Red white and black dress code, cocktails, free mustaches.

Yale University, New Haven, CT - March 24^th 2011, 8PM

New Music New Haven
loadbang performs the premiere of the entirety of Andy Akiho's Love Lost Lust Lone.

Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY - February 27^th 2011, 7:30PM

Yale Triple Bill
loadbang plays new works by Yale composers, and is joined by composer/performers Andy Akiho and Ted Hearne on sets of their own

Yale Club, Manhattan, NY - February 23^rd 2011, 7PM

Yale Premieres
loadbang plays new works by Andy Akiho, Chris Cerrone, Richard Harrold, and Adrian Knight.

Wild Project, Manhattan, NY - February 12^th 2011, 8PM

John Cage at the Avant Music Festival
Ekmeles performs Cage's Song Books. Other performances by Vicky Chow, William Lang, and Randy Gibson.

The Tank, Manhattan, NY - January 11^th 2011, 8PM

Resonances - Ekmeles
Performing a program of resonances vocal, metal, glass, and historical. David Lang's 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion will be joined with a world premiere by Martin Iddon, hamadryads, and Alvin Lucier's Theme.

Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY - December 4^th 2010, 8PM

Darmstadt Essential Repertoire - Ekmeles
Ekmeles joins an all-star group including impresario and tenor Nick Hallett, composer Eve Beglarian, and Ethel violinist Mary Rowell to perform excerpts from Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach.

The Tank, Manhattan, NY - November 8^th 2010, 7PM

Pairings - Ekmeles
Performing a program of duos with Rachel Calloway, including Cage's Litany for the Whale and new works by Jude Traxler and Troy Herion

Alice Tully Hall, Manhattan, NY - November 12^th 2010, 8PM

New Juilliard Ensemble
The Western Hemisphere premiere of Luca Lombardi's Lucrezio - Part II

Love Power Church, Minneapolis, MN - October 1^st 2010, 8PM

Spark Festival
Steven Kazuo Takasugi's Strange Autumn with Talea Ensemble. Program also featuring works by Ferneyhough and Stockhausen

The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY - September 26^th 2010, 4PM

Reimagined Tunings
Sang Ben Johnston's arrangement of Harry Partch's Barstow with the killer Talea Ensemble

Our Saviour's Atonment Lutheran Church, New York, NY - September 24^th 2010, 7:30PM

The Tower of Babel
My New Music vocal ensemble Ekmeles had their debut performance, featuring music of Cassidy, Gaburo, Kagel, Saariaho and Scelsi

Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, Wintergreen, VA - July 19^th to 28^th

5 vocal master classes with Paul Sperry and three concerts, featuring music of Viennese composers, under the auspices of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation

Merkin Hall, New York, NY - May 27^th 2010, 7:30PM

US Premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's The Corridor, and World Premiere of Nico Muhly's Stabat Mater with Signal Ensemble

The Tank - May 20^th 2010, 9:30PM

Get Tanked with loadbang
loadbang returns to The Tank with a decadent program of new commissions lightly frosted with old favorites.

Juilliard - May 13^th 2010, 8PM

Performed Steven Kazuo Takasugi's Strange Autumn with Alex Lipowski and Victor Adán.

dorkbot nyc - May 5^th 2010, 7PM

loadbang played Nick Didkovsky's Firm, soapy hothead.

Gershwin Hotel - April 8^th 2010, 8PM

loadbang does a double bill with The Batteries Duo. Tuba, mirum spargens sonum per sepulchra Gershionem.

Galapagos Art Space - March 19^th 2010, 8PM

The Little Death
Jeff was part of the Little Death Praise Chorus in this wild opera by Matt Marks

Issue Project Room - March 18^th 2010, 8PM

That New Music smell
loadbang played a program of all premieres, including works by Didkovsky, Füting, Lunsqui, Worthington, and a new piece by Jeff

Paula Cooper Gallery - March 16^th 2010, 7:30PM

S.E.M. Ensemble
Somei Satoh's The Passion with S.E.M. Ensemble and Thomas Buckner, led by Petr Kotik

Roger Smith Hotel - February 28^th 2010, 4PM

loadbang iNSIDE Out
All brand-new original compositions by all members of loadbang.

Wild Project - February 26^th 2010, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Am Himmel wandre ich... with Megan Schubert

Wild Project - February 20^th 2010, 8PM

Avant Music Festival
Cage's Song Books with Randy Gibson, Andy Kozar, Will Lang and Megan Schubert

Issue Project Room - February 15^th 2010, 8PM

Theatre of Music
Iannis Xenakis's Kassandra and the US Premiere of Steven Kazuo Takasugi's Strange Autumn with Alex Lipowski of Talea Ensemble

Willow Place Auditorium - February 11^th 2010, 8PM

S.E.M. Ensemble Workshop
Somei Satoh's The Passion with S.E.M. Ensemble and Thomas Buckner, led by Petr Kotik

The Flea - February 7^th 2010, 3PM

Music with a View: Singer/songwriters?
Matt Marks' gruesome Adventures of Albert Fish

Think Coffee - January 21^st 2010, 8PM

Caffeine and Cage
loadbang played works of Cage, Machaut, and more

Galapagos Art Space - January 19^th 2010, 8PM

Soundscapes, Beats and Songs
You Can Just Park Right Here premiered my arrangement of Dillinger Escape Plan's Calculating Infinity

Bennington College - October 4^th 2009, 8PM

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Am Himmel wandre ich... with soprano Megan Schubert
Deane Carriage Barn

St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, MA - August 10^th 2009

loadbang played an exciting set for a receptive church audience.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeport, PA - July 19^th 2009

loadbang had a great time at Trinity's concert series.

Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA - July 18^th 2009

loadbang played a show with the fantastic Luminescent Orchestrii!

Sakura Park, Manhattan, NY - June 21^st 2009

Karlheinz Stockhausen's Am Himmel wandre ich... with soprano Megan Schubert
Thanks to everyone who stuck it out in the rain!

Jeffrey Gavett

Baritone, composer, improviser

Upcoming Performances

Wild Project - February 10th 2012, 8PM

Wild Project - February 11th 2012, 8PM

Wild Project - February 15th 2012, 8PM

Wild Project - February 17th 2012, 8PM

Roulette - March 3rd 2012, 8PM

Greenwich House Music School - March 8th 2012, 8PM

Past Performances

New York University - February 4th 2012, 8PM

Abrons Arts Center - January 21st 2012, 8PM

Le Poisson Rouge - January 16th 2012, 7:30PM

The Tank - December 15th 2011, 7:30PM

Issue Project Room - December 10th 2011, 8PM

First Presbyterian Brooklyn - November 18th 2011, 7:30PM

Roger Smith Hotel - October 23rd 2011, 4PM

Italian Academy - October 21st 2011, 8PM

Issue Project Room - October 6th 2011, 8:30PM

Yes!Oui!Si! Space - June 25th 2011, 2PM

Real Art Ways - June 24th 2011, 7:30PM

Issue Project Room - June 2nd 2011, 8PM

Italian Academy at Columbia University - May 13th-14th 2011, 8PM

loadbang tour - May 1st-3rd 2011

Brandeis University - April 30th 2011, 10PM

ArtSPACE, New Haven, CT - March 25th 2011, 5PM

Yale University, New Haven, CT - March 24th 2011, 8PM

Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY - February 27th 2011, 7:30PM

Yale Club, Manhattan, NY - February 23rd 2011, 7PM

Wild Project, Manhattan, NY - February 12th 2011, 8PM

The Tank, Manhattan, NY - January 11th 2011, 8PM

Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY - December 4th 2010, 8PM

The Tank, Manhattan, NY - November 8th 2010, 7PM

Alice Tully Hall, Manhattan, NY - November 12th 2010, 8PM

Love Power Church, Minneapolis, MN - October 1st 2010, 8PM

The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY - September 26th 2010, 4PM

Our Saviour's Atonment Lutheran Church, New York, NY - September 24th 2010, 7:30PM

Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, Wintergreen, VA - July 19th to 28th

Merkin Hall, New York, NY - May 27th 2010, 7:30PM

The Tank - May 20th 2010, 9:30PM

Juilliard - May 13th 2010, 8PM

dorkbot nyc - May 5th 2010, 7PM

Gershwin Hotel - April 8th 2010, 8PM

Galapagos Art Space - March 19th 2010, 8PM

Issue Project Room - March 18th 2010, 8PM

Paula Cooper Gallery - March 16th 2010, 7:30PM

Roger Smith Hotel - February 28th 2010, 4PM

Wild Project - February 26th 2010, 8PM

Wild Project - February 20th 2010, 8PM

Issue Project Room - February 15th 2010, 8PM

Willow Place Auditorium - February 11th 2010, 8PM

The Flea - February 7th 2010, 3PM

Think Coffee - January 21st 2010, 8PM

Galapagos Art Space - January 19th 2010, 8PM

Bennington College - October 4th 2009, 8PM

St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, MA - August 10th 2009

Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeport, PA - July 19th 2009

Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA - July 18th 2009

Sakura Park, Manhattan, NY - June 21st 2009

Projects

loadbang

Battleaxe Brigade

Recitals