Noise Catalogue
Biography
“These are exceptional musicians who are wholly committed to advancing the cause of contemporary music.”
-New York Concert Review
Described as “compelling”, “highly energetic”, “fascinating”, and “loud” by New York Concert Review, Noise Catalogue is a contemporary music collective comprised of Madeline Hocking (violin), Dániel Matei (percussion), and Jonathan Collazo (percussion), in addition to the vast array of musicians and artists with whom they collaborate in their unique concert curations.
Noise Catalogue was founded upon a shared passion for bringing new musical works to life, and a vision for diversifying the artistic voices in the world of contemporary music. Their work is centered around intimate collaborations with composers and creators in other mediums, and composing genre-fluid original works which explore the members’ rich array of musical influences as performer-composers. The ensemble maintains a busy performance schedule at venues such as the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Tenri Cultural Institute of NYC, the New School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Sō Percussion Studio, and Bito Performance Space at the Bard Conservatory. They have been awarded grant funding from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, and were winners of the 2023 Dwight & Ursula Mamlok Junior prize, awarded to individuals or ensembles making a significant contribution to the performance of contemporary music. Recent performance highlights for the ensemble include playing a double bill concert with the Rhythm Method Quartet in New York City, being featured on the ‘Sō Laboratories’ concert series in Brooklyn, performing in the Evolution: Classical Festival in Banff, Canada, and collaborating with composers Thomas Palmer, Bahar Royaee, and visual artist Knox Peters on an interdisciplinary concert program which premiered last spring.
Mission
Noise Catalogue was founded upon a desire to create universally engaging contemporary music concerts. Our work draws on a diverse range of musical influences, including minimalism, contemporary classical avant-garde, Hungarian and Romanian folk, and electro-acoustic ambient music. We seek new ways of synthesizing these influences by collaborating with artists of diverse backgrounds, as well as creating original works.
We believe that amid the constant flow of data and stimuli that surrounds us, meaning can be discovered through experimentation and synthesis. Our name serves as a metaphor for this process - cataloguing the noise of the world and recombining it into concert experiences which are both innovative and emotionally resonant. Using this guiding principle, we design experiences which celebrate the diverse means by which humans sift through the world’s chaotic noise to uncover purpose, connection, and beauty.
Press & Concert Announcements:
Review: New York Concert Review, “The Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation Presents The 2023 Mamlok Prize for Interpreters of Contemporary Music Award Concert”; January 30, 2024
Review: Oberon’s Grove, ‘Noise Catalogue @ Sō Percussion Studio’; April 13, 2023
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, ‘Evolution Classical Participant Concert’; August 16, 2023
NYC NOISE, 'Noise Catalogue + Knox Peters'; May 20, 2023
Sophie "Knox" Peters, Portfolio: ‘3D/Performance/Photography’; May 2023
Semiosis Quartet, Special Event: Noise Catalogue ‘From the US to Hungary’; May 7, 2023
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, 2023 Emergency Grant Recipients; spring 2023
Bard College, Noise Catalogue, Featuring Percussion Alumni; October 15, 2022
Kiscelli Museum (in the Budapest History Museum), performance at the “Design Without Borders” Exhibition; November 2020
2023-2024 Collaborators
Knox Peters - live painting, video projections, spoken word
Erich Barganier - composition, video projections
Obsidiana Duo, voice & piano
Claudia Do Minh, viola
Riley Palmer, percussion
Austin Philemon, organ
Bahar Royaee, composition
Brian Ellis, lighting design
Alex Ring Gray, sound
Savannah Gentry, flute
Nacho Ojeda, piano
Thomas Palmer, composition
Adrienne Schoenfeld, double bass
Nicole Parks, violin
Michael Knox, double bass
Petra Elek, percussion
Mckenzie Squires, percussion
Dennis Matos, composition
Jemina Brechoire, composition
Molly Herron, composition
Gabriel Garcia, baritone
Tobias Fandel, composer