International Contemporary Ensemble joins contemporary string quartet The Rhythm Method on a free program titled "A Pin Drops" premiering new works by composers Kevin Ramsay and Lewis Nielson. A Pin Drops Like a Pungent Odor for string quartet and contrabass, commissioned and performed by the Ensemble as part of their  "Call for ____" program, “focuses primarily on theoretical and practical aspects of sound deconstruction and reassembly with the exploratory themes of rhythm and auditory phenomena,” said composer Kevin Ramsay.
 
The second half of the program features The Rhythm Method, joined by flutist, soprano and sound artist Alice Teyssier, in Lewis Nielson’s Pastorale para los pobres de la tierra. Inspired by the work of two Spanish poets, Antonio Machado and Pablo Neruda, as well as the Canticles of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pastorale para los pobres de la tierra calls on all performers to play and to sing for each other as the audience overhears their interaction.