2 disc live recording of performance held at Paula Cooper Gallery, December 16, 2003. Includes performances of works by Petr Kotik, Olga Neuwirth, Christian Wolff, Elisabeth J. de la Guerre, and Sabrina Schroeder, with solo performances by Chris Nappi, Tom Kolor, Conrad Harris, Ludmila Konstantinova, Bradley Brookshire, Jacqueline Horner, Ory Brown, and Joseph Kuber. "Founded in 1970 by Petr Kotik, S.E.M. Ensemble is dedicated to the performance and advancement of new music... Over the past ten years, the repertoire of SEM has included compositions by Brown, Wolff, Lucier, Cage, Feldman, Kotik, Phil Niblock, Somei Satoh, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Leroy Jenkins, Robin Haller, and Sinan Savaskan. This repertoire, much of it written specifically for the orchestra, represents the core of SEM''s artistic and intellectual pursuits." --S.E.M. statement.