From NewMusicUSA: Upcoming Events
CONCTR3T/XYZ
Saturday, May 5, 2018
at 10:00 PM
National Sawdust
80 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11249
$40—50
Caravan Gitane will present the worldwide debut of CONCR3T LIVE, a multi-sensory musical journey that combines music, art installations, and video projections. Audiences will immerse themselves in a multimedia installation constructed by architects as the artists explore the relationships between humans, nature, and machines. National Sawdust itself will transform as audiences will step into another plane of reality entirely, experiencing new dimensions only possible via the convergence of artists both versed in sight and sound.
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Emily Wells
Saturday, May 5, 2018
at 7:00 PM
National Sawdust
80 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11249
$17
“Quietly transfixing” composer / producer Emily Wells is known for her varied use of classical and modern instrumentation, deft approach to live sampling, and “dramatic, meticulous and gothic songs” (New York Times) that blend “traditionalism with electronic ambiance” (NPR). Fresh off a new album, Wells steps out of the studio this May for an intimate show at National Sawdust where she experiments with songs old and new.
On stage Wells’ builds a “new instrument” out of acoustic and electronic drums, synth, violin, and her evocative solo performances leave audiences equal parts dancing and grieving. Her latest work, This World is Too _____ For You, arranged for chamber ensemble by composer Michi Wiancko, was commissioned by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series premiered in November 2017. This work is being expanded and recorded as a studio LP, out January 2019.
“The new songs are the rub between desire for, and desire to strip oneself of all wanting” Wells says of the new material, which clamors around all the edges, and sometimes into the center of our collective uncertainties. “I grew up with hymns and I often find myself drawn to a form that seeks redemption, even for transgressions unknown.” Wells’ video work will accompany the performances of which she says, “the video and the songs are mirrors of one another: human failing, desire, grace, the body, repetition, muted gutting, and the natural world, beating against our windows, drunk with the answer.”
See the full article here .
Sybarite5 w/ Blythe Gaissert, mezzo & Ehsan Matoori, Santour
Thursday, May 3, 2018
at 8:00 PM
THE CELL
338 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011-2201
$25—59
SYBARITE5, a string quintet dedicated to mold-breaking programming, returns to cell as with a 2018 experimental LAB series featuring the world premiere of Endeavor by #Pulitzer finalist Michael Gilberston, as well as world premieres by Ehsan Matoori, Michael Dellaira, (+Nancy Manocherian librettist) Featuring TWO guest artists Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano and Santour virtuoso Ehsan Matoori.
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TRIPLETS, PLUS 3 SONGS
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
at 8:00 PM
Center for New Music
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
$10—20
“Triplets” is either a poetry reading with music, or music with poetry reading — 20 three-line poems by Alden Jenks, music by Alden Jenks, ensemble of soprano (Jane Spencer), Cello (Charly Akert), Piano (Alden Jenks). Plus three songs — all premieres. The entirety of the program can be seen here:
Participants: Alden Jenks
See the full article here .
CITY IN MOTION – HOMAGE – MATINEE
Sunday, April 29, 2018
at 8:00 PM
H & R Block City Stage
30 W Pershing Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
$15—18
City in Motion Dance Theater presents its Matinee performance of HOMAGE. And for a one-time appearance, you will get a preview of the Apprentice Company performing. We will serve drinks for a donation and offer snacks. This is a great performance to bring the kids to on a Sunday afternoon. There will also be a raffle for prizes! For more information about the performance, see below:
Homage, refers to a special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. This concert will honor Dale Fellin and feature his signature piece Anudu. Mr. Fellin contributed his talents as a dancer and Artistic Co-Director for eleven years, and recently passed away in 2017. The concert will also feature a variety of new works from Artistic Co-Directors Andrea Skowronek and Stephanie Whittler, Associate Artistic Co-Director Amanda January, Guest Choreographers Laura Donnelly and Halley Willcox, and Dancers Rebecca Rooney and François DesMarteau.
Marimba Dreams co-choreographed by Donnelly and Skowronek to music composed by Bryce Craig will open the concert. John Currey will perform Craig’s score Three Questions for Solo Marimba onstage with the dancers.
Participants: Laura Donnelly, Bryce Craig, Andrea Skowronek, John Currey, Kristen Doering
See the full article here .
Zimmermann’s Café Chamber Music – Music Written Today; Composers Here and Now!
Sunday, April 29, 2018
at 4:00 PM
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
100 N. Palmway
Lake Worth, FL 33460
$20
Tickets available at the door:
General Admission $20; Students of any age FREE w/ID
Join Zimmermann’s Café Chamber Music co-founding composers Clare Shore and Greg Stepanich at 4:00pm on April 29, 2018, as they host the final event of their second season at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Lake Worth, FL. Emulating J.S. Bach and the Collegium Musicum he directed in Leipzig, Germany, Zimmermann’s Café Chamber Music will present new works by South Florida composers Michael Bies, Robert Hebble, Dorothy Hindman, Dennis Kam, and Carlos Rafael Rivera.
Performing the five composers’ works will be Elissa Lakofsky, flute; Margaret Donaghue Flavin, clarinet; Celso Cano, guitar; Ashley Leland, soprano; Jerri Goffe, mezzo-soprano; Shane Thomas Jr., tenor; Mark Young, baritone; Michael Lazzaro, Lisa Leonard, and Naoko Takao, piano; Frank Felko and Tina Raimondi, violin; and Jason Calloway and Susan Moyer Bergeron, cello.
See the full article here .
City in Motion – Homage – Gala Night
Saturday, April 28, 2018
at 8:00 PM
H & R Block City Stage
30 W Pershing Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
$15—18
Join us for the Gala performance of City in Motion Dance Theater’s professional concert – HOMAGE. On the Saturday evening performance, there will be wine for a donation and free treats to match the wine. Also, we will be auctioning off a Wall of Wine (WoW) to one lucky person. Proceeds will go to support City in Motion. You can find more specific information about the concert below.
Homage, refers to a special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. This concert will honor Dale Fellin and feature his signature piece Anudu. Mr. Fellin contributed his talents as a dancer and Artistic Co-Director for eleven years, and recently passed away in 2017. The concert will also feature a variety of new works from Artistic Co-Directors Andrea Skowronek and Stephanie Whittler, Associate Artistic Co-Director Amanda January, Guest Choreographers Laura Donnelly and Halley Willcox.
Marimba Dreams co-choreographed by Donnelly and Skowronek to music composed by Bryce Craig will open the concert. John Currey will perform Craig’s score Three Questions for Solo Marimba onstage with the dancers.
See the full article here .
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At New Music USA, we see ourselves first and foremost as advocates. Our mission is to support and promote new music created in the United States. We do that in many ways, fostering connections, deepening knowledge, encouraging appreciation, and providing financial support. In recognition of the possibility and power inherent in the virtual world, we’ve worked to build a strong internet platform to serve our constituency. And that constituency is broad and diverse, from composers and performers to presenters and producers, casual listeners to die-hard fans. We’re truly committed to serving the WHOLE new music community.
As we go about our work, we make a point of not defining too precisely what we mean by new music. To define is to limit. It’s a spectacular time for musical creativity in part because so much music is being made that isn’t bound by conventional limitations of style or genre or background. The music that we hear being created in such abundance all around us is definition enough. We simply want it to flourish.
We’re fortunate to have as our legacy the history of previous decades of good works done by the American Music Center and Meet The Composer, the two great organizations that merged to form us in 2011. Their legacies have also brought a small financial endowment that mostly helps support our grantmaking. But we’re not a foundation. We depend decisively each year on the generosity of so many institutions and individuals around the country who are dedicated as we are to the advancement of new music and are devoted to supporting our work.
New Music USA is part of an international community of advocates for the arts. We’re members of the Performing Arts Alliance, the International Association of Music Information Centres, and the International Society for Contemporary Music. Those partnerships help us represent the interests of our constituents at every level.
No matter how far ranging our networks, our focus is always solidly on what brings these many constituents and communities together in the first place: the music. When someone uses our platform to listen to something new, recommend a favorite to a friend, or to seek financial assistance or information to support the creation or performance of new work, the whole community is strengthened. Together we’re helping new music reach new ears every day.
Our Vision
We envision in the United States a thriving, interconnected new music community that is available to and impactful for a broad constituency of people.
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New Music USA supports and promotes new music created in the United States. We use the power of virtual networks and people to foster connection, deepen knowledge, encourage appreciation, and provide financial support for a diverse constituency of practitioners and appreciators, both within the United States and beyond.
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We believe in the fundamental importance of creative artists and their work.
We espouse a broad, inclusive understanding of the term “new music.”
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For new music by living composers
newsounds.org from New York Public Radio
https://www.wnyc.org/
93.9FM
https://www.wqxr.org/
105.9FM
For great Jazz
88.3FM http://wbgo.org/
WPRB 103.3FM
Dan Buskirk Spinning Jazz Mondays 11:00AM-1:00PM
Will Constantine Jr, Blues Bop and Beyond Thursdays 11:00-2:00 featuring Latin Jazz
Jerry Gordon Serenade to a Cookoo Frdays 11:00AM-2:00PM with Jerry’s Room at 1:00Pm
Jeannie Becker Sunday Jazz 10:00AM-1:00Pm
Please visit The Jazz Loft Project based on the work of Sam Stephenson
Please visit The Jazz Loft Radio project from New York Public Radio
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