315 Ensemble returns with a performance at the Cazenovia Library in Cazenovia, NY on June 3rd at 1 pm.

We will be bring our unique mix of classical, electronic, and ambient music to the Cazenovia Library for a fun afternoon concert. We will be performing some of our favorite works by Ed Ruchalski, Emily Levy, Yaz Lancaster, and Chris Cresswell, as well as new arrangement of Evan Williams's 'bodies upon the gear'. These works will be performed alongside some of our favorites, listed below:

Emily Levy - Sorry, Where are we now? (2017)
Chris Cresswell - From Dreams, We Emerge (2015)
yaz lancaster - intangible landscapes (2019-2020)
Alex Groves - Curved Form (St Endellion) (2019)
Evan Williams - bodies upon the gear* (2013/2023)
Ed Ruchalski - Song and Variant (2022)
Chris Cresswell - Sonic Abstractions (2019)

*world premiere

315 Ensemble Presents: The Evolution of the Arm

An "unconventional quartet" from Buffalo, NY, "The Evolution of the Arm" will be coming to Syracuse, NY as part of a Northeast tour celebrating the release of their new album.

Members of 315 Ensemble will open for The Evolution of the Arm, performing works by Chris Cresswell, Andrew Rodriguez, and Melissa Keeling.

More about "The Evolution of the Arm":

The Evolution of the Arm, having materialized from Buffalo's vibrant experimental music scene five years ago, now releases Telepathic Music Vol. 1, its first album of music improvised on the astral plane.

This album, the first in their series of Telepathic Music releases, is a document of that first group improvisation on the astral plane, and of many that followed. It lives in a wormhole between the known and the unknown, where the attitude of listening transcends the physical space between us.

The Evolution of the Arm first convened in November 2017 in Buffalo, NY under the creative auspices of Western New York expatriate Michael McNeill (keyboards, composition). Having worked together in various combinations in Wooden Cities, Buffalo Bach Project, and Parvenue, Mike called upon Megan Kyle (oboe, English horn), Evan Courtin (violin, voice), and Katie Weissman (cello, electronics) to join him in this new endeavor. Very quickly, the group decided to focus solely on their own compositions.

An unconventional quartet drawing on collective experience in classical, jazz, noise, theater music, and beyond, The Evolution of the Arm combines the subtle precision of notated concert music performance with the wild spontaneity of free improvisation, superimposing or moving seamlessly between these extremes in their original compositions. The instrumentation of oboe, piano, violin, and cello allows unique timbral amalgamations, while their heterodox approach to counterpoint and form manifest as a kind of doppelgänger of classical music—built from the flotsam and jetsam of Baroque intricacy and Romantic lyricism.

We will be celebrating the music of our founder/Artistic Director, Chris Cresswell with world premieres and old favorites. Join us at OCC’s Recital Hall in Academic II.

315 Ensemble & Wunderbar Presents: An Arts Salon. An opportunity for musicians, poets, actors and artists of all genres to connect, collaborate, and share their work. We strongly encourage artists to share "in progress" and experimental work, in a warm, welcoming environment. If you're interested in performing or have questions, please reach out to Chris Cresswell at ChristopherECresswell@gmail.com.

315 Ensemble will present their next concert on Saturday, December 10th at WCNY Performance Studio at 7:30 pm. The concert will feature the world premiere of Ed Ruchalski’s Song and Variant, Chris Cresswell’s As Yet Untitled Piece, alongside music by Yaz Lancaster, Andrew Rodriguez, Kyong Mee Choi, and Alex Groves.

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315 Ensemble will be bringing a special guest, trumpet player Andy Kozar to Syracuse. Andy is a New York City based trumpeter, improviser, composer and educator that has been called a 'star soloist' by TimeOutNY and noted for his 'precise trumpeting' by New York Classical Review. An advocate of contemporary music, he is a founding member of the contemporary music quartet loadbang which has been called ‘inventive’ by the New York Times and ‘cultivated’ by The New Yorker. The concert will feature the world premiere of Chris Cresswell’s Convenient bits of unupholstered furniture.

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We’ve partnered with Wunderbar to launch an Experimental Open Mic night on 11/16. This is an opportunity for musicians, poets, actors and artists of all genres to connect, collaborate, and share their work. We strongly encourage artists to share "in progress" and experimental work, in a warm, welcoming environment. If you're interested in performing or have questions, please reach out.

While not technically a 315 Ensemble gig, Chris Cresswell's new work, Maybe home is the sum of all our stories will premiere with the Society for New Music at Critz Farms in Cazenovia, NY.