We are asking for your help today to work towards our goal of supporting new music. We do this by commissioning new works, performing and recording those new works, and educating the worlds next generation of music lovers.
We have so many exciting project coming up so we felt it would be fun to give you a little preview of some of those projects below. Click on the links below to learn more and consider donating so that you can become a New Music Champion!
Friction Presents
Four sets of concerts each season. Each concert curated by a different member of Friction Quartet. The most exciting and innovative programing performed at the highest level. Learn more.
Friction + Nancy Karp
Nancy Karp + Dancers announced collaboration with Friction Quartet. A new work set to music by composer Samuel Adams, followed by the revival of fly through the night, and land near dawn set to music by David A. Jaffe. Learn more.
Friction Commissioning Initiative
A collaboration between Alex Dowling, Andrew Rodriguez, Annika Socolofsky, and Michi Wiancko for the third round of the Friction Commissioning Initiative. Each composer will have the opportunity to create their own mini-album of work meant to be experienced in its fullness as a produced recording rather than the concert hall. These composers have a wealth of knowledge spanning the gamut of composing and producing, and they are incredible artists, vocalists, and instrumentalists.
Paradiso: Weavers of Light
A new work by Paul Mortilla inspired by Dante’s Paradiso and written in Just Intonation for four singers, string quartet and Lumatone. Friction Quartet will be joined with current and former singers from Roomful of Teeth and Chanticleer to bring this piece to life.
Friction Quartet, Nicolás Benavides and Melinda Martinez Becker are producing an album celebrating New Mexican heritage through the string quartet and voice. This project has support from Innova Recordings via The American Composers Forum, NewMusicUSA’s Creator Fund, and the Alice M. Ditson Fund for Recording Projects.