Quintet
- Matt Mottel
- hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo
- Loren Connors
- guitar
- Suzanne Langille
- lyricist, vocals
- Yuko Otomo
- poetry, vocals
- Daniel Carter
- reeds
Music performance residency / The New School, New York
The Stone / 2024
Original composition, ensemble improvisation and collaborative performance.
The Stone residency held several kinds of music in one week: an opening quintet, composition for a large ensemble, an improvising trio, and Parents in the Avant Garde. The April 20 Scribble Scores programme sits within the wider music residency.
April 17–20, 2024 / four-night residency
Ensembles and programmes
Large ensemble
- Matt Mottel
- hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo, composition
- Peter Gordon
- saxophone, keyboard
- Ernie Brooks
- bass
- Tony Cenicola
- drums, metals
- Nicole Davis
- trumpet
- Smoota
- trombone
- Aquiles Navarro
- trumpet, synthesizer
- Angel Lau
- percussion
- Carter Thornton
- guitar
Trio
- Matt Mottel
- hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo
- Cooper-Moore
- percussion, diddley bow, self-built instruments
- Jean Carla Rodea
- vocals, electronics
Parents in the Avant Garde / Scribble Scores
The ensemble performs the graphic scores of their children’s scribbles.
- Matt Mottel
- hybrid keytar, piano, synthesizer, banjo, composition
- Nicole Lattuca
- children’s music toys, found sound objects
- Genevieve HK
- children’s music toys, found sound objects
- Daniel Fishkin
- daxophone
- Tcheser Holmes
- drums
- Matt Nelson
- sax
- Jessica Cook
- children’s music toys, found sound objects
- Moppa Elliott
- bass
- Justin Frye
- bass, guitar
- Jessica Paps
- vocals
March 29, 2024 / Jesse Rifkin
Residency preview / interview
A preview of the residency and a wider interview about Mottel’s practice.
Moving image
Performance excerpts
April 17, 2024 — Quintet. Matt Mottel, Loren Connors, Suzanne Langille, Yuko Otomo and Daniel Carter. Artist-supplied performance excerpt.
April 18, 2024 — Large ensemble. Artist-supplied performance excerpt. Matt Mottel with Peter Gordon, Ernie Brooks, Tony Cenicola, Nicole Davis, Smoota, Aquiles Navarro, Angel Lau and Carter Thornton.