Season 19
Our Mission
To engage our community in all phases of new music’s culture:
- Commissioning and meeting composers – Recent projects by Matthew Ricketts, James Mobberley, Travis Alford and Aaron Brooks!
- Preparing new works for world premiere performances–New projects emerging from Melinda Wagner (Tell It Slant, March 22-23, 2019 premiere) and Lei Liang (spring 2020 premiere)
- Creation of archival recordings
- Pursuing questions of cultural and aesthetic critique.

MODERNMEDIEVAL TRIO OF VOICES [January 10, 2019]
[RESCHEDULED from September 13, 2018 (Hurricane Florence)]

KRISTIN LEE, violin & KWAN YI, piano [January 25, 2019]

TRANSIENT CANVAS [February 21, 2019]

FREQUENCIES [February 26, 2019]

ECU OPERA THEATER, WILLIAM STAUB, Conductor
JOHN KRAMAR, DANIEL SHIRLEY, Directors
MELINDA WAGNER, Composer [March 22-23, 2019]
JOHN KRAMAR, DANIEL SHIRLEY, Directors
MELINDA WAGNER, Composer [March 22-23, 2019]


PREMIERE PERFORMANCES [March 26, 2019]

ECU SYMPHONY [April 6, 2019]

PREMIERE PERFORMANCES [April 16, 2019]

LEI LIANG, composer [September 6-7, 2018]


PREMIERE PERFORMANCES [November 19, 2018]
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Come hear how new ideas are initiated, and celebrate our 19th ANNUAL EXPLORATION OF THE SOUNDS OF OUR TIME
There are concerts, Master Classes with visiting performers and composers, readings of student composers’ works, receptions, discussions and more!
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East Carolina University School of Music, 252-328-6851, or Edward Jacobs, Founder & Director of the NC NewMusic Initiative, at NewMusic@ecu.edu 252-328-4280