conTemplum presents SPLICE Ensemble. All of the works on this program were composed for SPLICE Ensemble as a part of the group’s mission to present dynamic and virtuosic performances that exemplify and expand the field of electroacoustic performance, bring educational opportunities to musicians and students with a focus on developing forward-looking music practices that embrace electroacoustic performance, and commission and collaborate with composers and musicians with the aim of meaningfully developing the repertoire of electroacoustic music.

SPLICE Ensemble is a trumpet, piano, and percussion trio focused on cultivating a canon of electroacoustic chamber music. Called a “sonic foodfight” by Jazz Weekly, SPLICE Ensemble works with composers and performers on performance practice techniques for collaboration and integrating electronics into a traditional performance space, and they were recently awarded a Chamber Music America grant for a commission of a new 25-minute work with composer Caroline Miller. The resident ensemble of both SPLICE Institute and SPLICE Festival, SPLICE Ensemble has been a featured ensemble at M Woods in Beijing, SEAMUS, the Electroacoustic Barn Dance, SCI National, Electronic Music Midwest, and New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music 10. They have recorded on both the SEAMUS and Parma Labels.