NC NewMusic Initiative 2015-2016

Miranda Cuckson, violin [September 10, 2015]

Violinist and violist Miranda Cuckson is acclaimed for her performances of a wide range of repertoire, from early eras to the most current creations. Praised for her “undeniable musicality” (New York Times), “command of line and naturalness of expression” (Gramophone) and “seemingly inexhaustible arsenal of technical abilities” (AllMusic Guide), she is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician. Her recording of Luigi Nono’s “La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura” was named a Best Classical Recording of 2012 by the New York Times.

Sept. 8, 4pm (A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall): Miranda speaks about experiences commissioning and premiering new works
Sept. 8, 5pm (Rm. 110): Miranda works with violin and viola students in a Master Class setting
Sept. 9, 1pm (A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall): Miranda reads and records works-in-progress by student composers.

[September 10, 2015 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital, 7:30pm]

Yarn|Wire [October 3,2015]

With two percussionists & two pianists, Yarn|Wire slips between classics and modern works that continue to forge new boundaries. Yarn|Wire is admired for the energy and precision they bring to performances of today’s most adventurous music. The results of their collaborative initiatives with genre-bending artists such as Two-Headed Calf, Pete Swanson, and Tristan Perich point towards the emergence of a new and lasting repertoire that is “spare and strange and very, very new.” (Time Out NY)

Oct. 2, 11am (A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall): Yarn/Wire reads and records works-in-progress by student composers;
Oct. 2, 2pm (Rm. 110): Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg work with percussion students in a Master Class setting;
Oct. 2, 2pm (Rm. 375): Ning Yu and Laura Barger work with piano students in a Master Class; and speak about career, literature, commissioning;
Oct. 3 10-12 (A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall): Yarn/Wire open rehearsal

[October 3, 2014 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Premiere Performances [November 5, 2015]

ECU School of Music performers focus their talents on the music of ECU composers in these first ever public performances–world premiere performances. The first of three concerts each year dedicated to the newest ideas of these developing young composers.

Program to include:
Christopher Short, In Her Eyes, for violin & piano
Patrick Rose, Unsettling Sentiments, for solo violin
Daniel Peterson, Tridgeridoo, for men’s voices
Isaac Ward, Apathetic Piece, for solo violin
Andrew Howell, Systematic Musing, for four clarinets
Sarah Hemminger Johnson, Without Music, for solo viola
Julian Ward, Chronicle, for tuba & electronics
Timothy Wells, Light, for mixed choir

[November 5, 2015 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Dorian Wind Quintet [February 6, 2016]

Recognized by critics, audiences, and professional musicians alike for its uniquely polished and passionate performances, The Dorian Wind Quintet is known worldwide as one of chamber music’s preeminent and longest continuously-active ensembles. The Quintet has literally been around the world-concertizing in the United States and Canada, touring Europe eighteen times, and playing throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and Asia. The Dorians made history as the first wind quintet to appear at Carnegie Hall.

Feb 5, 11-1pm: The Quintet reads and records student composers’ works (Rm 105);
2-4pm: Master Classes
Gerard Reuter, oboe (Rm 305)
Adrian Morejon, bassoon (Rm 265)
Karl Kramer-Johansen, horn (Rm 200)

4-5pm: The Quintet explores the ins and outs of commissioning; (Rm 200)

Feb. 6, 11am-15pm : Master Classes
Benjamin Fingland, clarinet (Rm 200)
Gretchen Pusch, flute (Rm 105)

7:30pm: Concert (A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall)

[February 6, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

The Book of the Hanging Gardens [February 8, 2016]

ECU Faculty pianist sopranos Kathryn Mueller and Rachel Copeland join forces with pianist Catherine Garner in rare presentation of Arnold Schönberg’s The Book of the Hanging Gardens (Op. 15, 1908-1909). This performance is enhanced by Prof. Daniel Guberman’s bringing us helpful musical and historical commentary.

[February 8, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Frequencies

Frequencies is an ensemble created and directed entirely by students. These remarkable members of the ECU School of Music’s community make programming decisions, form ensembles, rehearse and prepare works for performance. Frequencies is music’s future blooming before our ears. Come hear what drives the next generation’s musical interests and passions!
With music by Gyorgy Ligeti, Andy Akiho, Krzysztof Penderecki, Kaija Saariaho, Arnold Schonberg, and a world premiere by Paul Sanho Kim!

[February 18, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Loadbang [March 3, 2016]

New York-based new music chamber group loadbang is building a new kind of music for mixed ensemble. Their unique lung-powered instrumentation (bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, baritone voice) has provoked diverse responses from composers, resulting in a stylistic palette ranging from whistled Brazilian rhythms and microtonal jazz standards to the decoupled and deconstructed sounds of the second modernity. They have been praised as ‘cultivated’ by The New Yorker, ‘exhilarating’ by the Baltimore Sun, ‘inventive’ by the New York Times and called a ‘formidable new-music force’ by TimeOutNY.

Tuesday, March 1
3-4, rm 265; Andy Kozar, on his music
4-5, Recital Hall; About careers, commissioning, more
5- , rm 136; Jeffrey Gavett, Voice Master Class
rm 200; Carlos Cordeiro, Clarinet Master Class
rm 105; Andy Kozar, Trumpet Master Class

Wednesday, March 2
10-11, rm 265; Jeffrey Gavett, on his music
1-3, Recital Hall; recorded readings of student composers music
4- , rm 105; Will Lang, Trombone Master Class
5-6, rm 126; Carlos Cordeiro, on his music

Thursday, March 3
11-12, rm 216; Will Lang, on his music
7:30, Recital Hall CONCERT

[March 3, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

ECU Symphony [March 19, 2016]

Jorge Richter , director in a program featuring the WORLD PREMIERE of John Costa’s Esperança , winner of our 11th Annual Orchestral Composition Competition ; as well as the world premiere of Mark Taggart’ s Concerto da Camera for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, with guest soloist Elliot Frank ; and Karel Husa’s Pastorale.

[March 19, 2016 Concert @ Wright Auditorium, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Premiere Performances [March 31, 2016]

ECU School of Music performers focus their talents on the music of ECU composers in these first ever public performances–world premiere performances. The second of three concerts each year dedicated to the newest ideas of these developing young composers. Can’t get here? Access a live stream.

Program to include:
Julian Ward, Vivyrian Folk Tales (The Merry Trickster), for solo violin
Isaac Ward, Ebb and Flow (Color Tides), two piano & two percussion
Max Mallett, Distance, for string quartet
Christopher Short, Immortality , for tenor, piano violin
Josh Poyner, Rememory, for tuba and vibraphone
Daniel Peterson, Forward, for brass quintet
Davis Martin, As the Forest Expands, for string quartet
Patrick Rose, Color Palette, for wind quinte

[March 31, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]

Premiere Performances [April 14, 2016]

ECU School of Music performers focus their talents on the music of ECU composers in these first ever public performances–world premiere performances. The third of three concerts each year dedicated to the newest ideas of these developing young composers.

Program to include:
Davis Martin, Becoming Unanchored , for solo piano
Isaac Ward, A Partial Piece , for horn and interactive electronics
Emerson Voss, On Two Poems by Emily Dickinson , for fixed media
Andrew Howell, Fantasy from the Far Side , for euphonium/tuba quartet
Drew Keil, Menus , for fixed media
Patrick Rose, SnapArt , for fixed media
Zack Grass, Tubstep , for tuba and fixed media
Emerson Voss, Music for Winds and Percussion , for mixed ensemble

[April 14, 2016 Concert @ A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free admission.]