ECHOI

ECHOI is a flexible chamber ensemble that serves as the ensemble-in-residence of Monday Evening Concerts. It was originally founded by Jonathan Hepfer and Alice Teyssier in Oberlin in 2006 as an autonomous group in the tradition of eighth blackbird and the International Contemporary Ensemble. For about a decade, the group's existence was nomadic, giving concerts at SUNY Buffalo, UC-San Diego, Freiburg, Germany, Maastricht, the Netherlands, and the Universities of Huddersfield, Minnesota and Leeds. 

Since 2015, the ensemble has been based in Los Angeles, where it has grown roots, performing at venues such as Hauser & Wirth, the Getty Museum, LAXART and Zipper Hall. Recent projects have included Julius Eastman's Femenine, Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc, Gay Guerrilla and Crazy N, Steve Reich's Drumming and Music for 18 Musicians, Sarah Hennies' Contralto, Pierre Boulez's sur Incises, Yves Klein's Monotone Symphony, John Cage's Speech, Salvatore Sciarrino's Aspern Suite, and Gérard Grisey's Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil. 

ENSEMBLE

Jonathan Hepfer, Artistic Director

Richard An, piano
Séverine Ballon, cello
Mattie Barbier, trombone
Rachel Beetz, flute
Claire Brazeau, oboe
Jay Campbell, cello
Gloria Cheng, piano
Eric Derr, percussion

Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, violin
Dustin Donahue, percussion
Tim Feeney, percussion
Niall Ferguson, cello
Conor Hanick, piano

Sidney Hopson, percussion
Nathalie Joachim, flute
Joshua Johnson, saxophone
Matt Kline, bass
Andrew McIntosh, violin and viola
Cristina Montes Mateo, harp
Todd Moellenberg, piano

Rei Nakamura, piano
Brendan Nguyen, piano

Michael Pisaro-Liu, electronics
Movses Pogossian, violin
Adrienne Pope, violin
Linnea Powell, viola

Vicki Ray, piano
Wendy Richman, viola
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Kathryn Schulmeister, bass
Derek Stein, cello
Christine Tavolacci, flute
Adam Tendler, piano
M.A. Tiesenga, saxophone
Alice Teyssier, flute and voice
Richard Valitutto, piano

Brian Walsh, clarinet
Ashley Walters, cello
Seth Parker Woods, cello
Scott Worthington, bass


WORKS PERFORMED

​Trevor BAČA - Fabergé Investigations
Trevor BAČA - ( H A R M O N Y ) *
Samuel BECKETT - Words and Music
Pierre BOULEZ - sur Incises
John CAGE - Speech 
John CAGE - But What About the Sound of Crumpling...
Julius EASTMAN - Buddha
Julius EASTMAN - Crazy N
Julius EASTMAN - Femenine
Julius EASTMAN - Gay Guerrilla
Julius EASTMAN - The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc
Julio ESTRADA - Canto naciente
Morton FELDMAN - Crippled Symmetry
Morton FELDMAN - For Philip Guston
Morton FELDMAN - Why Patterns? 
Lukas FOSS - Time Cycle
Philip GLASS - Glassworks
​Gérard GRISEY - Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil 

Sarah HENNIES - Contralto
Sarah HENNIES - Souvenir
Yves KLEIN - Symphonie Monoton - Silence
Isabel MUNDRY - Dufay Bearbeitungen
Hilda PAREDES - Demente cuerda
Michael PISARO-LIU - Ricefall
Alexandre RABINOVITCH-BARAKOVSKY - Récit de voyage
Éliane RADIGUE | Carol ROBINSON – OCCAM Hexa 8
Steve REICH - Drumming
Steve REICH - Four Organs
​Steve REICH - Music for 18 Musicians
Steve REICH - Pendulum Music
Salvatore SCIARRINO - Le voci sottovetro 
Salvatore SCIARRINO - Aspern Suite 
Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN - Refrain
Toru TAKEMITSU - Rain Tree
​Simeon TEN HOLT - Canto Ostinato
Wu TSANG - Moby Dick; or The Whale
 Iannis XENAKIS - Pléïades

* Commissioned by M.E.C. and premiered by ECHOI