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User:Knifegames/sandbox/Mariel Roberts

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Mariel Roberts
BornDenver, Colorado
Genrescontemporary classical, avant-garde, noise, improvised music
Occupation(s)composer, cellist
Labelsfigureight, New Focus, Innova
Websitewww.marielroberts.com

Mariel Roberts is a Brooklyn-based cellist, composer, and improviser of contemporary classical and experimental music.[1][2][3]

Known for both technical virtuosity and avant-garde innovation,[4][5] Roberts has received wide acclaim for her solo albums[6][7] and is a co-director of Wet Ink Ensemble.[8][9] She is a former founding member of Mivos Quartet[10] and has performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble,[11] Bang on a Can All Stars,[12] and Ensemble Signal.[13]

Education and Career

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Originally from Denver, Colorado, Roberts attended public arts magnet school Denver School of the Arts[14] before enrolling at Eastman School of Music at The University of Rochester.[15] Roberts received her Master of Music (M.M.) at Manhattan School of Music,[16] where she was a member of student ensemble Tactus[17] and Mivos Quartet;[18] she was also awarded the Van Lier Fellowship that led to her solo debut.[19]

Roberts' first solo album, Nonextraneous Sounds (2012), comprises works by Andy Akiho, Sean Friar, Alex Mincek, Daniel Wohl, and Tristan Perich.[2] Her second solo album, Cartography (2017), features compositions by David Brynjar Franzson, Eric Wubbels, Cenk Ergün, and George E. Lewis.[1] (Roberts has also performed Lewis's compositions extensively live, including for WQXR[20] and in a 2020 "virtual" performance filmed at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.[21]) Cartography was included among the year's best albums in both Bandcamp Daily[7] and the Chicago Reader.[6] Roberts' third solo release, Armament (2021), is an original collection of improvised works for cello and electronics.[22][23][24]

In February of 2020, Roberts traveled along the Mexico–United States border wall with Danish sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard; she has used the resulting field recordings in performances and compositions.[25][26]

Other artists with whom Roberts has collaborated or recorded include Tim Hecker,[27] M Lamar,[28] Ambrose Akinmusire,[29] Ingrid Laubrock,[30] Nate Wooley,[31] Patrick Higgins,[32] Jen Shyu,[33] Sam Pluta,[34] Miranda Cuckson,[35] and Zola Jesus.[36]

Discography

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Solo albums

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Year Title Label Composers
2012 Nonextraneous Sounds[2] Innova Andy Akiho, Sean Friar, Alex Mincek, Tristan Perich, Daniel Wohl
2017 Cartography[37] New Focus Cenk Ergün, Franzson, George E. Lewis, Eric Wubbels
2021 Armament[38] figureight original improvised works

As co-lead

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Year Artist Title Label
2013 Mivos Quartet Reappearances[39] Carrier
2016 Mivos Quartet Garden of Diverging Paths[40] New Focus
2018 Mivos Quartet Frank Horvat: For Those Who Died Trying[41] ATMA
2023 Pablo Gīw & Mariel Roberts Kryo[42]
2023 Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts Setting Fire to These Dark Times[43] figureight

As performer

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References

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  1. ^ a b Armbrust, Doyle (22 May 2017). "Poetry and Technique on Exquisite Display in Mariel Roberts' 'Cartography'". New York Public Radio: New Sounds.
  2. ^ a b c Johnson, Daniel Stephen (17 September 2012). "Q2 Music Featured Album: Cellist Mariel Roberts's 'Nonextraneous Sounds'". WQXR. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ Smith, Mat (14 April 2021). "Mariel Roberts – Armament". Further. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ Armbrust, Doyle (14 November 2012). "Unorthodox cellist delivers an outstanding debut". TimeOut. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ Howe, Brendan (24 May 2017). "Pervasive Atmospheres". VAN Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b Margasak, Peter (5 January 2018). "Peter Margasak's 40 favorite albums of 2017". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved 5 January 2021. Cite error: The named reference "Chicago Reader Best 2017" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Margasak, Peter (22 December 2017). "The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2017". Bandcamp. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ "About Wet Ink". Wet Ink Ensemble. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  9. ^ Walls, Seth Colter (5 December 2018). "The Best Classical Music of 2018". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  10. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (14 October 2012). "Architects of Sound, Creating Structures From the Ground Up". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ^ "After Experimental Music: Matana Roberts + ICE". TIME:SPANS. August 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  12. ^ Farber, Jim (26 February 2019). "L.A. Opera's the loser Is a Winner". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Ensemble Signal Concert". Library of Congress. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  14. ^ Rinaldi, Ray Mark (11 April 2013). "Mariel Roberts and her very expressive cello come to DU". The Denver Post. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Eastman Broadband Bids 'Arrivederci' and 'Adiós'". Eastman School of Music. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Contemporary Performance Program: Notable Alumni Ensembles". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  17. ^ Kozinn, Allan (23 March 2011). "Idiosyncratic Pairings on a Wide Playing Field". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  18. ^ Battey, Robert (10 February 2014). "Mivos Quartet tackles all-British program at Phillips Collection". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  19. ^ Hansen, Tim (14 November 2012). "Mariel Roberts launches new album nonextraneous sounds". American Composers Forum. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Watch: Cellist Mariel Roberts Performs Solos by George Lewis and Pauline Oliveros". WQXR. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Live from Columbia: Mariel Roberts, cello". Arts Initiative at Columbia University. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  22. ^ Walls, Seth Colter (28 January 2021). "10 Classical Concerts to Stream in February". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  23. ^ "AMN Reviews: Mariel Roberts – Armament (2021; Figureight Records)". Avant Music News. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  24. ^ Roseblade, Nick (17 February 2021). "Mariel Roberts: Armament". The Quietus. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  25. ^ "Jacob Kirkgegaard and Mariel Roberts with special performance by Matt Barbier". Automatala. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  26. ^ "World Premiere of Mariel Roberts Sunder in New York". Some Serious Business. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  27. ^ a b Currin, Grayson Haver (28 September 2018). "Tim Hecker: Konoyo". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  28. ^ Bernstein, Felix (25 April 2016). ""Virtuosity Provides Freedom": Thoughts from an African American Composer". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  29. ^ Chinen, Nate (4 October 2018). "Ambrose Akinmusire's 'Origami Harvest' Speaks To Our Moment Now And Beyond". NPR. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  30. ^ "TUES@7: From Scratch". WRTI. April 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  31. ^ a b Acquaro, Paul (16 April 2021). "Nate Wooley - Mutual Aid Music (Pleasure of the Text Records, 2021) *****". The Free Jazz Collective. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  32. ^ "Rock's Out and Bach's In on Patrick Higgins' TOCSIN". Star-Revue. 13 October 2020.
  33. ^ a b McDowall, Kerilie (January 2018). "Jen Shyu: Song Of Silver Geese". DownBeat. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  34. ^ a b Meyer, Bill (10 November 2017). "Composer and electronicist Sam Pluta premieres a bracing hybrid piece with Mivos Quartet at Constellation". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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  37. ^ "AMN Reviews: Mariel Roberts – Cartography [New Focus fcr185]". Avant Music News. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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  39. ^ Grella, George (20 December 2013). "A compelling concert by a young quartet playing younger music". New York Classical Review. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  40. ^ "Mivos Quartet: Garden of Diverging Paths". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  41. ^ "Mivos Quartet: Frank Horvat: For Those Who Died Trying". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  42. ^ "Pablo Gīw and Mariel Roberts release their album "Kryo"". NICA. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  43. ^ Allen, Richard (18 April 2023). "Chaz Knapp & Mariel Roberts ~ Setting Fire to These Dark Times". A Closer Listen. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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  50. ^ Barbiero, Daniel (9 April 2018). "AMN Reviews: Eric Wubbels – being-time [Carrier037]". Avant Music News. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  51. ^ Russonello, Giovanni. "Ambrose Akinmusire's Trumpet Takes a Back Seat to His Pen on 'Origami Harvest'". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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