Chaospace 2025 Special Edition
for Apply Triangle
Chaospace, in collaboration with Apply Triangle Ensemble, is excited to announce an Open Call for Composers to create a new work for Apply Triangle — a trio of flute, bassoon, piano, and electronics.
The selected composer will be commissioned to write a 7–8 minute piece, which will be premiered at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan on November 23, 2025.
Submission Requirements
Please submit the following materials:
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2–3 composition samples, each including:
• Score (PDF)
• Audio or video recording -
At least one submitted work must include electronics
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Composer CV or short bio
Timeline
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Submission deadline: August 20, 2025
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Selected composer announced by: August 25, 2025
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Final score & materials due: October 15, 2025
Commission Details
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Selected composer(s) will be awarded an honorarium of $300
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The commissioned work must be 7–8 minutes in length
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The composer must be available for 2–3 rehearsals with Apply Triangle prior to the performance
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The composer must attend the premiere in NYC and operate the live electronics
Apply Triangle is a NYC-based electroacoustic trio of Yoshi Weinberg (flutes), Christopher Foss (bassoon/shakuhachi), and Jixue Yang (piano). Blending live electronics, multimedia, and socially engaged themes, the trio has performed internationally at the SinusTon Festival (Germany), NYU’s Pulsing and Shaking Macro Festival, Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Pennsylvania, and led residencies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Florida. Their first Call for Scores led to Oxalis Triangularis, a three-album collection of 33 remotely recorded works released on cmntx records in 2024, reviewed by I Care If You Listen and Neon Music UK for its innovation and artistic breadth. A recipient of Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward Grant in 2021, Apply Triangle continues to champion bold new voices in electroacoustic chamber music.
Pronouns: They/Them
Yoshi Weinberg (they/them) is a NYC-based flutist, harpist, and composer. Lauded for their “sublime tone” and “creative interpretation and technical virtuosity” (I Care If You Listen), Yoshi is a dedicated performer of contemporary and experimental works. Yoshi has performed as a soloist across North America and Europe including Carnegie Hall (NYC), Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA), the Fitzgerald Theater (St. Paul, MN), among many others. They currently are Artistic Director of InfraSound, and is
founding member and flutist for Apply Triangle, InfraSound, and Aqueeressence. An active freelancer, Yoshi performs regularly with Talea, Contemporaneous, and ChambeQUEER, and as a guest artist with Ensemble Signal, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Zeitgeist, and many others. They currently sub on Reed 1 for The Lion King on Broadway. Additionally, Yoshi served as Artistic Director of the Minnesota new music ensemble RenegadeEnsemble for the 2017-2018 season. As a composer, Yoshi’s compositions have been described as “a stunning compositional display of polyphony and texture” (ICIYL) and “transcendent, emotional, and intimate” (Sparks and Wiry Cries). Their works have been premiered by Contemporaneous, ChamberQUEER, InfraSound, e(L)ement duo, the dream songs project, and RenegadeEnsemble, and have been featured on Minnesota Public Radio and at the American Harp Society Summer Institute. Yoshi is currently studying their DMA in Flute Performance at CUNY Graduate Center, studying with Robert Dick. They received their MM in Contemporary Performance from Manhattan School of Music with Tara O’Connor, and their BM in Performance from Saint Olaf College with Catherine Ramirez.
Pronouns: He/They
Brooklyn bassoonist Christopher Foss is a multi-instrumentalist who has been praised for "aggressively imaginative contributions" in new music (NY Classical Review.) Recently returned from a two-year Broadway tour of The Sound of Music, he is working with groups such as SEM Ensemble and Wordless Music after performing across much of China and Southeast Asia. He is formerly contrabassoonist with the Bakersfield Symphony and American Youth Symphony with performances in Walt Disney Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and in the international opening of the new Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center in Mumbai, India. He has appeared as a soloist with the New Millennium Orchestra, Divertimento Strings, and premiered new works for bassoon at REDCAT Theatre in Downtown LA. He has been lucky to appear in concert with critically acclaimed artists such as Joanna Newsome, Ravi Coltrane, and Kathleen Battle among many extraordinary performers.
His credits in contemporary classical music include work with WildUp, Relachê Ensemble, SEM Ensemble, Tri-Centric Foundation, Atlantic Music Festival, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Curiosity Cabinet, recording with Roscoe Mitchell, and interdisciplinary works within series at Roulette Intermedium. He frequently performs in house concerts, improvisations, experimental music venues, and plays Wandelweiser works with LCollective on Teodora Stepančić’s series Piano+. He has completed graduate studies at the California Institute of the Arts, an orchestral fellowship with Lynn Philharmonia, and research in reed construction at the Gaetano Donizetti institute in Bergamo, Italy. He is an adjunct instructor of music at CUNY CityTech, St. Francis College, and is an active elementary teaching artist with Midori & Friends as well as the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. He is pursuing Alexander Technique certification at Balance Arts Center and is a continuing student of Kinko-ryu shakuhachi playing with studies in Tokyo and had the opportunity to perform at the 2025 World Shakuhachi Festival alongside his teachers Ralph Samuelson and Elizabeth Brown.
Pronouns: She/They
New York-based pianist Jixue Yang is known for her genre-defying performances that explore sound, gesture, and identity through experimental and electroacoustic music. She was the first Chinese citizen admitted to the Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program, where she is currently completing her Doctor of Musical Arts. Her principal teachers include Phillip Kawin, Margaret Kampmeier, Solomon Mikowsky, and Inesa Sinkevych.
Yang has received the Gold Award at the Singapore International Music Competition and was named Pianist of the Season at the Ad Libitum Piano Competition, with multiple top prizes recognizing her interpretations of 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. She has performed internationally at venues including Akoesticum (Netherlands), Hochschule für Musik Leipzig and Dresden, Opera America’s Marc A. Scorca Hall, DiMenna Center, and the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Her residency and festival appearances include SinusTon Festival, Nief-Norf, Cortona Sessions, Creative Dialogue IX, NYU’s Pulsing & Shaking Festival, and the Negentropy Nexus by Absonus Lab.
A dedicated educator, Yang has taught at Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University, and through community programs such as the Misty Copeland Foundation’s Be Bold initiative. Her teaching focuses on inclusivity, critical listening, and experimental techniques. She has presented lectures and workshops at institutions including the University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania, Bowling Green State University, and Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, often centering underrepresented voices and evolving technologies in contemporary music.
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