James Ilgenfritz (born 1978) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

, and multi-instrumentalist.Nastos, Michael. “James Ilgenfritz: Artist Biography” https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-ilgenfritz-mn0002297215/biography Allmusic. Web. 18 Jan. 2020. He is also a jazz sideman. As a composer, he is known for his surreal experimental multimedia chamber operas, including ''The Ticket That Exploded'' (2011, in residency at

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), and ''I Looked At The Eclipse'' (2019, in residency at

Roulette Intermedium Roulette Intermedium is a performing arts and new music venue located in Brooklyn, New York City. Founded in 1978, it has been located in the neighborhoods of Tribeca and SoHo in Manhattan, and now resides in a renovated theater in downtown Brookly ...

), and frenetic chamber works including ''In The Summer Every Truth Is Like A Saturday'' (2019).Longley, Martin. 2019. "Ostrava Days 2019" https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ostrava-days-2019?pg=2 All About Jazz. Sep 17, 2019. Web. 18 Jan. 2020. As a jazz and experimental music sideman, he has collaborated with

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and

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(in the trio Hypercolor), Elliott Sharp,

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, Anthony Braxton,

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, SEM Ensemble,

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, and

Ghost Ensemble Ghost Ensemble is a New York-based experimental new music ensemble composed of flute, oboe, accordion, percussion, harp, viola, cello, two contrabasses, and conductor. Frequently commissioning new repertoire that merges classically notated music ...

.Carey, Christian. 24 Jun 2017. "Ghost Ensemble: We Who Walk Again (LP Review)" http://www.sequenza21.com/2018/06/ghost-ensemble-we-who-walk-again-lp-review/ Sequenza21. 24 Jun 2017. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.Gottschalk, Kurt. 2020. "Liturgy" https://www.star-revue.com/liturgys-rite-of-passage-and-metals-new-maturity/ Red Hook Star-Revue. Ilgenfritz studied at

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with Mark Dresser, Charles Curtis, and

Miller Puckette Miller Smith Puckette (born 1959) is the associate director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts as well as a professor of music at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been since 1994. Puckette is known for auth ...

. He also runs the label Infrequent Seams, which has released music by Ilgenfritz, Elliott Sharp, Andrew Cyrille,

Richard Teitelbaum Richard Lowe Teitelbaum (May 19, 1939 – April 9, 2020) was an American composer, keyboardist, and improvisor. A student of Allen Forte, Mel Powell, and Luigi Nono, he was known for his live electronic music and synthesizer performances. He was ...

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, Andrea Parkins, Zeena Parkins, Myra Melford, Ben Richter, Object Collection, and others.

Discography

*''You Scream A Rapid Language'' - CD (Infrequent Seams, December 2019) *''Opalescence'' - CD (Telegraph Harp, July 2018) *''Origami Cosmos'' - CD (Infrequent Seams, March 2017) *''The Ticket That Exploded (An Opera)'' - CD (Con D'Or, 2015) *''Compositions ( Braxton)'' - CD (Infrequent Seams, 2012)

References

External links

Official web site
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