"A trustworthy purveyor of fresh sounds... The group almost invariably makes the case that what it plays is worth hearing... You couldn't ask for stronger execution"
- Steve Smith, The New York Times
BIO
Either/Or (EO) is a flexible chamber ensemble based in New York City advancing a repertoire drawn from a wide spectrum of experimental traditions. Winner of the 2015 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, EO presents inclusive concert experiences such as surveys of composers like Tālib-Rāsúl Hākím, Ana-Maria Avram, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Anthony Braxton; explorations of graphic score approaches by artists like Mendi+Keith Obadike, Joanna Ward, and Raven Chacon; and carefully curated sets of works with titles such as Perspectives and Disclosures and Time | Again. EO’s Directors Richard Carrick and Chris McIntyre draw on a broad collective of 10 regular soloists (and guests) to realize the specific requirements of each project. Since forming in 2004, the group has premiered more than 300 works (as well as dozens of student compositions), toured throughout the US and Sweden, and recorded for labels such as New Focus, New World Records, Starkland, and Sterling Classics.
EO performing Joanna Ward’s A London plane tree hid me from the sun (2022), NOv. 2023 - Photo by Inga Chinilina
Either/OR premieres Richard Carrick’s The Atlas for extended piano and string quartet at the DiMenna Center on Sep 20, 2023.