2001 NewMusic@ECU Festival

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March 1-3, 2001
East Carolina University School of Music
Greenville, North Carolina
7 concerts, a composition/technology workshop, readings of student compositions, and seminar/discussions will highlight this First Annual Festival of New Music at East Carolina University. For more information contact: Edward Jacobs, 252-328-4280

Schedule of 2001 NewMusic@ECU Events:

All events in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall unless noted.

March 1, Thursday

8:00 p.m.
John Sampen, alto saxophone
Mark Bunce, composer/engineer
John Cage, Four 5 (pre-concert music)
Joan Tower, Wings
Marilyn Shrude, Visions in Metaphor
Bernard Rands, Memo 6
Mark Bunce, Waterwings
Rodney Waschka II, The Definitions Aria
Burton Beerman, Concerto I (Alto Saxophone & Taped Instruments)

March 2, Friday

11:00 a.m.
Seminar–John Sampen
Contemporary Performance Techniques for Saxophone

2:00 p.m.
Readings of works in progress
New Music Festival performers read works by student composers from UNC-Chapel Hill, NC School of the Arts and East Carolina University.

4:00 p.m.
Concert: Solo and Chamber Music
Kryzstof Penderecki, Capriccio, for solo tuba
James Crowley, Skeleton Crew, for percussion ensemble
Gunther Schuller, Trio, for oboe, horn, viola
William Vollenger, “The Eagle Who Was Raised as a Chicken,” for baritone, soprano, clarinet and piano

7:00 p.m.
Concert: Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schonberg
Guest Artist Christine Schadeberg, soprano with the ECU School of Music New Music Camerata: Christine Gustafson, fl; Nathan Williams, cl; Ara Gregorian, vln/vla; Kelly Mikkelsen, vc; Mark Richardson, pno; Christopher Knighten, cond.

8:00 p.m.
Contemporary Jazz
ECU Jazz Ensemble’s “Jazz at Night”
in the Mendenhall Student Center (tickets required for this event)

March 3, Saturday

10:00 a.m.
Panel: “Bringing New Music Beyond Conception”
An open forum and panel discussion–including performers, composers–addresses the process of commissioning new music.

1:00 p.m.
Concert: New Electro-Acoustic Music
Michael Rothkopf, A Winter Partita, for flute
Craig Walsh, Junket for tape
Art Kreiger, Electronic Study: In Memorium Vladimir Ussachevsky
Michael Rothkopf, Quieto, for guitar and electro-acoustic sounds
Michael Rothkopf, Improvisation for flute and computer

2:30 p.m.
Composition/Technology workshop
Michael Rothkopf (North Carolina School of the Arts) introduces, discusses, and demonstrates the technologies heard in the 1pm concert.

4:00 p.m.
Nathan Williams, clarinet +
Edison Denisov, Sonata, for solo clarinet
Tristan Keuris, Canzona, for solo
Edward Jacobs, A Function of Memory for clarinet and tape (World Premiere)
Luciano Berio, Sequenza IXa
Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint

8:00 p.m.
Concert: Solo and Chamber Music
Allen Anderson, Collected Letters, for solo cello
Henryk Gorecki, Aria for tuba, percussion, piano
Allen Anderson, In and Around the Rectangle, for saxophone quartet
Mark Richardson, Moonscape, for flute, clarinet, cello (World Premiere)
Robert Erickson, Kryl for solo trumpet

Festival Performers

Angela Taylor, flute, North Carolina School of the Arts
Christine Gustafson, flute
Bo Newsome, oboe
Nathan Williams, clarinet
John Sampen, also saxophone, Bowling Green State University
Mary Burroughs, horn
Britton Theurer, trumpet
Jeff Jarvis, tuba
Ara Gregorian, violin, viola
Kelly Mikkelson, ‘cello
Samuel Taylor, guitar, North Carolina School of the Arts
Mark Richardson, piano
Catherine Hanna, piano
John Kramar, baritone
Christine Schadeberg, soprano
Rebecca Siler, soprano
Christopher Knighten, conductor
ECU Jazz Ensemble, Carrol Dashiell, Jr., Director

Festival Composers in attendance

Allen Anderson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mark Bunce, Bowling Green State University
Edward Jacobs, East Carolina University
Mark Richardson, East Carolina University
Michael Rothkopf, North Carolina School of the Arts
Rodney Waschka II, North Carolina State

Works performed:

Allen Anderson, Collected Letters, for solo cello
In and Around the Rectangle, for saxophone quartet
Burton Beerman, Concerto I for alto saxophone and taped instruments
Luciano Berio, Sequenza IXa for solo clarinet
Mark Bunce, Waterwings
John Cage, Four 5
James Crowley, Skeleton Crew for percussion ensemble
Edison Denisov, Sonata for solo clarinet
Robert Erickson, Kryl, for solo trumpet
Henryk Gorecki, Aria for tuba, piano, bass drum
Edward Jacobs, A Function of Memory for clarinet and tape
Tristan Keuris, Canzona for solo clarinet
Art Kreiger, Electronic Study: In Memorium Vladimir Ussachevsky
Krystof Penderecki, Capriccio for solo tuba
Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint
Mark Richardson, Moonscape for flute, clarinet, cello
Arnold Schonberg, Pierrot Lunaire
Gunther Schuller, Trio for oboe, viola, horn
Marilyn Shrude, Vision in Metaphor
Joan Tower, Wings
Bernard Rands, Memo 6
Michael Rothkopf, A Winter Partita for flute
Quieto for guitar and electro-acoustic sounds
Improvisation for flute and computer
William Vollenger, The Eagle Who was Raised as a Chicken for baritone, soprano, clarinet, piano
Craig Walsh, Junket for tape
Rodney Waschka II, The Definitions Aria