Bang on a Can

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is a uniquely structured chamber music ensemble comprised of thirty dynamic and versatile young performers. Through innovative programming, multimedia collaborations, commissions by young composers, and performances in nontraditional venues, ICE has rapidly established itself as one of the leading new-music ensembles of its generation, winning first prize in the 2005 CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming, and performing over sixty concerts a year around the world. Formed in 2001, ICE has given over 400 world premieres to date, and has performed the music of young composers from 25 different countries. In 2004, ICE launched the 21st Century Young Composers Project which culminated in a weeklong festival, Polyphonic Voices: Music by Emerging Composers from Around the World, that presented the premieres of works by young composers. ICE is also the Ensemble-in-Residence at both New York University and Columbia College Chicago.