Ensemble Ipse

Ensemble Ipse Ensemble Ipse is a contemporary music ensemble based in NYC. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and released an album on New World Records in May, 2019.

Ensemble Ipse is a 501(c)(3) contemporary music ensemble dedicated to showcasing the wide variety of practices in the current new music scene. The ensemble presents concerts of recent music that transcends aesthetic categorization and strives to create a forum for composers and sound artists on the edges of the mainstream of contemporary music. With this in mind, Ensemble Ipse is committed to perf

orming and commissioning the music of emerging composers, as well as composers who have been traditionally under-represented in the larger new music community, including women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+. Since forming in 2016, Ipse has premiered 44 works, 15 of them commissions, held numerous calls for scores for emerging composers, received support from the New York State Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New Music USA, the Queens Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Council, Network of Ensemble Theaters, and the Alice M.

What a blast fostering a beautiful community sound making experience yesterday ! 25 composers played snippets of their c...
25/05/2026

What a blast fostering a beautiful community sound making experience yesterday ! 25 composers played snippets of their compositions via motion sensitive MIDI we**ams, along with 4 Ipse musicians improvising and blending the cacophony. Let’s do another one!

PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
(Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li


(Chris Zacharias)
(Dustin Carlson)
(Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
(Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone

(Ian Wiese)

Jason Matthew Malli
(Jon F. Howe)

(Julienne K. Tsang)

Robert Carl


(Tianyi Wang)


And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, (Geoff Burleson) melodica
, percussion

Warm up your soul with some composer soup! Today 3pm ! 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 Come hear 25 composers ...
24/05/2026

Warm up your soul with some composer soup! Today 3pm ! 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 Come hear 25 composers and 4 live musicians create an immersive sound experience you will not forget! More info here: https://www.ipsemusic.com/

PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
(Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li


(Chris Zacharias)
(Dustin Carlson)
(Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
(Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone

(Ian Wiese)

Jason Matthew Malli
(Jon F. Howe)

(Julienne K. Tsang)

Robert Carl


(Tianyi Wang)


And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, (Geoff Burleson) melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our “Siteworks” series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.

Our park event tomorrow is CANCELLED due to weather. OUR GALLERY EVENT IS ON at 3pm! 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY...
23/05/2026

Our park event tomorrow is CANCELLED due to weather. OUR GALLERY EVENT IS ON at 3pm! 5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 Come hear 25 composers and 4 live musicians create an immersive sound experience you will not forget! More info here: https://www.ipsemusic.com/

PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
(Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li


(Chris Zacharias)
(Dustin Carlson)
(Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
(Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone

(Ian Wiese)

Jason Matthew Malli
(Jon F. Howe)

(Julienne K. Tsang)

Robert Carl


(Tianyi Wang)


And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, (Geoff Burleson) melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.

This is the weird thing we're planning at Herbert Von King park and next weekend! 25 composers will come and "cook" wit...
16/05/2026

This is the weird thing we're planning at Herbert Von King park and next weekend! 25 composers will come and "cook" with four improvising musicians, via spatially placed, movement→MIDI we**am stations. MIDI stations will cycle through the composers every 85 seconds. At any given moment FIVE composers will be heard, plus the four live improvisors. Beautiful and/or ugly accidents will happen. No one knows what to expect. Audience can participate. It's free to the public. Soup may be served in little cups.

Come get soupy with us! DETAILS HERE: https://www.ipsemusic.com/

PARTICIPATING COMPOSERS:
Adam Mamula
(Alon Nechushtan)
Alyse Murray
Andy Li


(Chris Zacharias)
(Dustin Carlson)
(Edmund Song)
Edwin O. Munera
(Eleonor Sandresky)
Emma Cardamone

(Ian Wiese)

Jason Matthew Malli
(Jon F. Howe)

(Julienne K. Tsang)

Robert Carl


(Tianyi Wang)


And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, (Geoff Burleson) melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.

Two chances to witness (and participate in) this fun and immersive sound experience - “Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdow...
13/05/2026

Two chances to witness (and participate in) this fun and immersive sound experience - “Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown”

Sunday 5/24/26
12:30pm
Amphitheater @ Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette Brooklyn, NY 11216

AND

3:00pm

5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

25 composers will participate in a "Siteworks: Composer Soup Throwdown” event on 5/24/26 at Herbert Von King Park in Brooklyn and CultureLab LIC in Long Island City, Queens. Composers’ audio files will have been loaded into MIDI triggering we**am stations, which will be placed in a spatial arrangement around the performance area. Composers (and any park/gallery viewers) can wander around the stations throughout the event, triggering sounds as they like with their movements. Composers will hear their own sounds and the sounds of the other participating composers as the MIDI instruments cycle through the sounds periodically (and anonymously). Additionally, four Ensemble Ipse musicians will wander among the stations and improvise with the sounds. Participating composers and viewers can “cook” with the musicians!

Participating composers:
Adam Mamula
Alon Nechushtan
Alyse Murray
Andy Li
Bob Goldberg
Brian Ellis
Chris Zacharias
Dustin Carlson
Edmund Song
Edwin O. Munera
Eleonor Sandresky
Emma Cardamone
Erich Barganier
Ian Wiese
James Budinich
Jason Matthew Malli
Jon F. Howe
Josiah Seth Pervis
Julienne K. Tsang
Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Robert Carl
Seong Ae Kim
Smee Wong
Tianyi Wang
Zachary Ritter

And featuring Ensemble Ipse + guest musicians:
(Eileen Mack) clarinet
, viola
, melodica
, percussion

Ensemble is very pleased to have received a significant NYC Cultural Development Fund grant to stimulate neighborhood engagement. It is our hope that this event will encourage community and levity in contemporary music. Our "Siteworks" series of events offers free concerts in unusual spaces around New York City, often in locations where passers-by can experience sounds with dispersed placement.

02/05/2026

A few seconds of the fresh, kaleidoscopic “Never Say Goodnight” by - we premiere the piece tonight with ! Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/s3s9nc6j

TONIGHT! 7 new pieces, 6 world premieres, 3 commissions! A vibrant and varied program - not to be missed! Tickets: https...
02/05/2026

TONIGHT! 7 new pieces, 6 world premieres, 3 commissions! A vibrant and varied program - not to be missed! Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/s3s9nc6j

Holy cow we CRUSHED our 2025 Annual Appeal goal! THANK YOU for all your support to make this happen - we are so grateful...
01/01/2026

Holy cow we CRUSHED our 2025 Annual Appeal goal! THANK YOU for all your support to make this happen - we are so grateful and VERY excited to get to work in 2026! 💪🙏🎉 Happy New Year!!

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