Spring shows 23
March 5, 2023 Avalon, Catskills, NY Eternities (Katie Porter & Bob Bellerue). S͟p͟r͟e͟a͟d͟e͟r͟s͟. M͟a͟r͟i͟e͟ ͟C͟a͟r͟r͟o͟l͟l͟ + Z͟o͟o͟t͟s͟ ͟H͟o͟u͟s͟t͟o͟n͟. U͟g͟l͟y͟ ͟B͟i͟k͟e͟ x M͟i͟d͟n͟i͟g͟h͟t͟ ͟D͟e͟n͟t͟a͟l͟.l. Hosted by Notice Recordings https://www.theavalonlounge.com/show-calendar/notice-recordings-presents-eternities-katie-porter-bob-bellerue-spreaders-marie-carroll-zoots-houston-ugly-bike-midnight-dental
March 9, 2023 Roulette Interpretations Series Brooklyn, NY with Dan Joseph Ensemble: Katie Porter (clarinets), Erin Rogers (sax), Tom Chiu (violin), Clara Kennedy (cello) https://roulette.org/event/interpretations-dan-joseph-michael-byron/
March 11, 2023 4pm Protest Music at UMOCA, SLC. Katie Porter, clarinets. Cecyl Ruehlen, sax. Kelariz Keshavarz, flutes. In support of Women.Life.Freedom.
March 13, 2023 White Rabbit/ Red Rabbit and Protest Music at Westminster College, SLC. 5pm. Theater. 6:30pm reception. 7:30pm Protest music. Katie Porter, clarinets, Cecyl Ruehlen, sax, Kelariz Keshavarz, flutes, Indigo Rain Cook, percussion, Jin-Xiang Yu, soprano. Composer commissions by Bahar Royaee, Amin Sharifi, Devin Maxwell and Jeremy Woodruff. https://westminstercollege.edu/student-life/events-and-performances/performing-arts-events/index.html
March 16, 2023 Yasunao Tone Concert #3, Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley, NYC, NY 8pm. The Fluxus-style The Seminar on the Purloined Letter (1998) is a looping, linear, a-logical composition performed by trombone, guitar, clarinet,
and voice overlaid with an eponymous text written by Tone that results in a dizzying
amalgamation of vocal and instrumental sound. https://artistsspace.org/programs/yasunao-tone-concert-3
April 7, 2023 Phill Niblock premiere in Berlin. Galiläakirche. Katie Porter & Lucio Capece (Phase to Phase) bass clarinets. https://liebig12.net/07-04phill-niblock-katherine-liberovskaya-anna-clementi/
April 10, 2023 Westminster Concert Series – Hear and Now Commission. SLC. New works by Kennedy Taylor Dixon, Raven Chacon, and Devin Maxwell. https://westminstercollege.edu/student-life/events-and-performances/performing-arts-events/westminster-concert-series/index.html
April 16, 2023 NOVA Chamber Music Series SLC. Raven Chacon Bury Me Where The Lightning Will Never Find Me. Katie Porter, bass clarinet, Laura Ha, violin, Noriko Kishi, cello, Keith Carrick, percussion. https://www.novaslc.org/concerts/2022-23/larsen-benavides-kaminsky-harris
April 29, 2023 Ende Tymes Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn119 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn Heights1pm doors, 2pm music
Raven Chacon “Voiceless Mass”with Alex Waterman, Jessica Pavone, Katie Porter, Leila Bordreuil, Luke Stewart, Laura Ortman, gabby fluke-mogul, Laura Cocks, Nava Dunkelman, Steven Long, Patrick Holmes, Carlo Costa, Bob Bellerue // Eternities (Katie Porter & Bob Bellerue) // gabby fluke-mogul & Nava Dunkelman // Chloe Alexandra Thompson.
Winter shows & projects 22/23
Nov 9 2022, Brian Harnetty Words and Silences premiere. Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus,Ohio. Brian Harnetty, piano, Katie Porter, bass clarinet, Jeremy Woodruff, flute/alto sax, Phil Rodriguez, trumpet and William Lang, trombone. https://wexarts.org/performing-arts/brian-harnetty-0
Nov 10, 2022 Residency/ Recording Brian Harnetty at Thomas Merton Hermitage in Kentucky
Nov 13, 2022 Katie Porter solo // OLIVIA DE PRATO record release party (Brooklyn, NY)- ARTIST MOTHER PROJECT https://www.oliviadeprato.com/artist-mother-project on New World Records. Hosted by QUBIT at Mise-En_Place
Dec 1, 2022 Brussels, Belgium. Recording Phill Niblock new piece for two bass clarinets. Katie Porter & Lucio Capece
Dec 2, 2022 Phill Niblock Sub Rosa Special Arcane #6: Phill Niblock/ Katherine Liberovskaya/ Guy De Bievre / Lore Luxenborg / Lucio Capece / Katie Porter. Sweet Potato, Katie Porter & Lucio Capece (Phase to Phase) bass clarinets. Le Lac, Brussels, Belgium produced by Sub Rosa & Guy-Marc Hinant
Saturday 12/3 at Nuit Beautas, Grand Hospice, Brussels
Phase to Phase, S. Kakouri & P.Jacquemyn /Eve Bonneau &PJV/GM Hinant& N.Vanderlinden
Monday 12/5 at Berlin School of Sound, Berlin
Phase to Phase (Katie Porter & Lucio Capece, bass clarinets)//Andrea Parkins (amplified objects & electronics) + Eliad Wagner (synthesizer)// Angeles Rojas -Breathe into the forest, into the bird into the song- Kevin Sommer- Bb clarinet, Katie Porter, bass clarinet, Sofia Salvo, bari sax, Jeremy Woodruff, bari sax, Lucio Capece, feedback, Julian Galay, tuning forks, Angeles Rojas, Shruti box// Jeremy Woodruff – Ne Voyne (Katie Porter, bass clarinet & Jeremy Woodruff, bari sax, field recordings)
Dec 8, 2022 John Hastings Spirals Brick Aux Space, Brooklyn, NY https://www.bricktheater.com/event/the-former-world-a-presentation/2022-12-06/
Dec 19, 2022 Infrequent Seams Streamfest 4 at Roulette with Ghost Ensemble, Either/Or, 4tet2duos Brooklyn, NY https://roulette.org/event/infrequent-seams-festival/
Dec 20, 2022 Infrequent Seams Streamfest 4 at Roulette with Ghost Ensemble Catherine Lamb: interius/exterius, world premiere. Pauline Oliveros: N.Y. Air (Arctic Air) with IONE. Brooklyn, NY https://roulette.org/event/richard-teitelbaum-memorial/
Dec 21, 2022 Phill Niblock SOLSTICE concert at Roulette, Brooklyn, NY https://roulette.org/event/phill-niblock-6-hours-of-music-and-film-5/
Jan 26, 2023 ETERNITIES (Katie Porter/ Bob Bellerue) at Shift 411, Brooklyn, NY 8PM with David Grubbs & Eli Winter, Reg Bloor https://www.411kent.org/shift
Jan 27, 2023 ETERNITIES recording session with Bob Bellerue & Teerapat Parnmongkol at Pioneer Works, NYC
Feb 2-5, 2023 Opening 23 Festival, Trier, Germany. Phase to Phase: Katie Porter/ Lucio Capece http://opening-festival.de/
Feb 7, 2023 Phase to Phase at KM28 Berlin, Germany + Sofia Salvo solo + Quentin Tolimieri’s Bass Clarinet, Piano, Bass (Katie Porter, Werner Dafeldecker, Quentin Tolimieri) https://www.km28.de/
Feb 7/8, 2023 Recordings with Lucio Capece, Quentin Tolimieri, Werner Dafeldecker in Berlin
Feb 9, 2023 Olivia De Prato/ Katie Porter at Brick 15 in Vienna, Austria. Vienna celebration of the record release I.AM ARTIST MOTHER PROJECT https://www.brick-15.at/event-details/olivia-de-prato-violin-i-a-m-artist-mother-project
FALL 2022 UPCOMING SHOWS
Sept 8, 2022 RHIZOME, DC: Quartet or Two Duos (James Ilgenfritz, Teerapat Parnmongkol, Katie Porter, Lucie Vítková) with Matthew Goodheart and Simone Baron. https://www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2022/9/8/quartetortwoduosmatthewgoodheartsimonebaron
Sept 9, 2022 RED ROOM Baltimore: Quartet or Two Duos (James Ilgenfritz, Teerapat Parnmongkol, Katie Porter, Lucie Vítková) with Matthew Goodheart and Ian Power. http://redroom.org/matthew-goodheart-ian-power-and-quartet-or-two-duos-katie-porter-james-ilgenfritz-lucie-vitkova-teerapat-parnmongkol/
Sept 10, 2022 OPUS 40 Verbatim in Saugerties,NY: Quartet or Two Duos (James Ilgenfritz, Teerapat Parnmongkol, Katie Porter, Lucie Vítková) https://opus40.org/events/
Sept 22, 2022 8PM Daniel Goode’s FLEXIBLE ORCHESTRA (NYC, NY) at @ Ukrainian National Home, 140 2nd Ave, at 9th St.
Oct 24, 2022 Abravanel Series, SLC, UT. Katie Porter plays Manuela Meier ‘iterate no trace‘ bass clarinet solo. Abravanel Distinguished Visiting Composer Series: Fred Lerdahl
Oct 31, 2022 Westminster Concert Series, SLC, UT. Katie Porter plays Unsuk Chin’s “Advice from a Caterpillar” from Alice In Wonderland opera, bass clarinet solo. Pushing Boundaries: Isang Yun, Unsuk Chin, Johannes Brahms, Fanny Mendelsohn
Nov 7-12 Residency with Brian Harnetty’s Words and Silences Thomas Merton project. Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Louisville shows and more. https://brianharnetty.bandcamp.com/album/words-and-silences
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION LATELY
Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players proudly presents a concert by Red Desert performing new works by Han Xu, Miles Friday, María Alejandra Bulla, John Eagle, Laura Cetilia, and Joshua Biggs.
RED DESERT: Katie Porter, clarinets, Devin Maxwell, percussion
Concrete Islands // John Hastings & Aaron Meicht // Katie Porter, bass clarinet, Teodora Stepancic, keyboard, Aaron Meicht, trumpet, Ivan Barenboim, contra bass clarinet. Recorded and performed on site, various locations, NYC, NY
Daniel Goode & Katie Porter – Bridges of Pittsburgh Premiere Celebration, April 30, 2022, NYC, NY. Works by Daniel Goode, Giacinto Scelsi, Johanna Beyer. Katie Porter, Eileen Mack and Daniel Goode, clarinets.
Teerapat Parnmongkol (thung kula ronghai). Katie Porter, bass clarinet. Christ Foss, shakuhachi. Sept 2022. Judson Memorial Church, NYC, NY
Summer 2022: Residency at KLANGRAUM in Dusseldorf, Germany / Phase to Phase with Lucio Capece album release on FTARRI / Shows at UMOCA- more
KLANGRAUM residency in Dusseldorf. Week 1, July 5-10 with musicians Eva-Maria Houben, Antoine Beuger, Katie Porter, James Creed, Lörinc Muntag, Bernd Bleffert, Angeles Rojas.
Release date! JULY 3, 2022 Phase to Phase (Lucio Capece/ Katie Porter bass clarinet duo) out on FTARRI Records (Japan) I have CDs in the US! I’ve been talking about this record release for awhile but it’s been impossible to ship things from Japan, so this has been a real labor of love. https://ftarrilabel.bandcamp.com/album/phase-to-phase
July 16 BERLIN, house show with Lucio Capece to celebrate our record release!!! (contact me for details!). ;)))
KLANGRAUM Week 2 in Dusseldorf, July 19-24 Lucio Capece and I will play Phase to Phase with musicians/dancers/artists Joep Dorren, Christoph Nicolaus, Rasha Ragab, Werner Dafeldecker, Alex Mah, Arash Khakpour, Helga Fanderl, Malala Lekander, Marie-Cécile Reber, Els Van Riel.
Release date! Aug 5, 2022 Tombstones live in Brooklyn by Michael Pisaro-Liu. I’m playing bass clarinet and singing a little in these live recordings from Issue Project Room with Julia Holter, released on Jordan Dykstra’s Editions Verde.
Release date! Aug 5, 2022 Side-Scroller by Steve Horowitz. Red Desert recorded this video game inspired piece at our SFS residency
Aug 12, 2022 8pm Christine Tavolacci/ Katie Porter Duo show at UMOCA Art Opening, SLC, Utah
Shows in NYC with James Ilgenfritz, Teerapat Parnmongkol, Lucie Vítková// Red Desert San Francisco State residency// Alvin Lucier Festival in Baltimore
A host of shows coming up with these lovelies:
April 27 Shift 02:
Act 1: Quartet or Two Duos (Ilgenfritz, Porter, Parnmongkol, Vítková)
Act 2: Michael Foster & Ben Bennett
411 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY www.411kent.org
April 29 The Woods, Ridgewood, Queens
Quartet or Two Duos (James Ilgenfritz, Teerapat Parnmongkol, Katie Porter, Lucie Vítková) with Nepenthae : Zach Layton, Henry Fraser and Carola Zaleschi
April 30 Daniel Goode’s Loft, Spring Street, NYC. premiere of The Bridges of Pittsburgh a clarinet duet for Katie Porter with Eileen Mack, and solo clarinet works
May 1 Lace Mill, Kingston NY. Quartet or Two Duos (Ilgenfritz, Parnmongkol, Porter, Vítková) + Jeffrey Leppendorf, shakuhachi
May 3 Freddies, Brooklyn, NY. Quartet or Two Duos (Ilgenfritz, Parnmongkol, Porter, Vítková)
May 4-7 Red Desert Residency at San Francisco State University
May 19-20 Alvin Lucier Festival in Baltimore. I’ll play Alvin Lucier’s Septet and Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Tuba with Laura Cetilia and Liz Prince
Red Desert residency at Cornell, Feb 2022
Red Desert residency at Cornell University, Feb 2022. Feedback – feedback -feedback. We played new music by Maria Bulla, Miles Friday, Laura Cetilia, Han Xu, Josh Biggs and John Eagle. And I performed a little solo set of Giacinto Scelsi & Johanna Beyer. It was so great. Thanks Laura Cetilia and the Cornell composition department for inviting us!!!
Phase to Phase: Lucio Capece / Katie Porter on Ftarri Records (Japan)
It took Lucio and I over a year to write and record these pieces for bass clarinets and Eb contrabass clarinet. We worked slowly over the internet, became good friends, found our favorite sounds, talked about our lives and the instability of this time in this pandemic, and said, “see you next week”. On and on. Until we were finished. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever made. So excited to share, soon, on the amazing label Ftarri in Japan. And the artwork! Whales! Yes, whales
Phase to Phase : Lucio Capece / Katie Porter
Ftarri-969 Ftarri Records, July 3 2022. Cover design by Cathy Fishman.
Sound American No.27: The Life Issue
Katie Porter
It’s Not A Loop, It’s A Spiral: Fragments of Letters I Wrote This Year
I wrote about a lot of things, about collaborations with Lucio Capece and Christine Tavolacci and how music is about people for me, working together, being together. But also, I wrote about the days and days going by, impermanence, isolation and all the little things. Thank you Nate Wooley and Jennie Gottschalk for asking me to contribute to SA27 and thank you to Juho Laitinen for the inspiration to write this year and for always writing me back so beautifully.
Read it Online: https://soundamerican.org/issues/life/its-not-loop-its-spiral-fragments-letters-i-wrote-year
Purchase a Book: https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/sound-american-27-the-life-issue
SHOWS in weird places: whatever year we’re in and onto 2022
Here are some of the shows and projects I have coming up, updated and unfolding slowly on my SHOWS page. I would love to see you!
Oct 23, 2021 Avant GaRAWge, Provo, Utah. 8PM Katie Porter solo bass clarinet and electronics: Michelle Lou, Phill Niblock, John Lely, improvisations on Alice Coltrane. With Larsplund.
Oct 28, 2021 Interstitials Newtown Creek, Queens, NYC. 10:30AM Katie Porter, John Hastings, Aaron Meicht – a short performance activating our urban environment / infrastructure. https://www.johnphastings.org/interstitials
Oct 29, 2021 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. Piano+ Winds Concert #29 St. Paul’s Church. New works for piano and winds by Teodora Stepancic, Laura Cetilia and Assaf Gidron. Katie Porter, Lester St. Louis, Erin Rogers, Assaf Gidron, Douglas Farrand, Weston Olencki
Nov 14, 2021 NOVA Chamber Music Series, Songs of Life, Libby Gardner Hall, SLC, UT 3PM Alfred Schnittke, Serenade for 5 Instruments and Devin Maxwell’s Get Along Little Dogies
Nov 19-20, 2021 High Desert Soundings Festival. Joshua Tree, California. Malosma, Katie Porter and Christine Tavolacci duo.
Dec 6, 2021 Pamela Z’s Twenty Answers with the Westminster Chamber Players at Westminster College, SLC
Dec 15, 2021 QUBIT at Trans-Pecos in NYC https://qubitmusic.com/. Quartet: Katie Porter, James Ilgenfritz, Lucie Vitkova, Teerapat Parnmongkol
Jan 6, 2022 Flexible Orchestra in NYC. Katie Porter premieres Daniel Goode’s Bridges of Pittsburgh duet -POSTPONED-
Jan 31, 2022 Abravanel Series, SLC, UT. Manuela Meier ‘iterate no trace‘ bass clarinet solo -POSTPONED-
Feb 10-14, 2022 Red Desert Ensemble residency at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players
April 3, 2022 Westminster College School of Music. SLC, UT 3-6PM. Red Desert plays Nina C. Young and Michelle Lou/ FILM SCREENING: Sisters with Transistors / Eliane Radigue Tryptich
April 4, 2022 Abravanel Series Concert, SLC, Ut
April 10, 2022 NOVA Chamber Music Series, Songs of the Americas, playing Anthony R Green’s Gettysburg Address at Libby Gardner Hall, SLC, UT 3PM
April 2022 Quartet or Two Duos tour: James Ilgenfritz/Lucie Vítková/Teerapat Parnmongkol/Katie Porter
May 3-6, 2022 Red Desert Ensemble residency at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
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