2004 NewMusic@ECU Festival

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March 23-27, 2004
East Carolina University School of Music
Greenville, North Carolina (driving directions)
7 concerts/recitals, 4 Master Classes, 4 Seminars, and readings of student compositions will highlight this Fourth Annual Festival of New Music at East Carolina University.
For more information contact: Edward Jacobs, 252-328-4280

Schedule of 2004 NewMusic@ECU Events

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

March 23, Tuesday

8:00 p.m.
Concert I: Concertante
Contemporary works for strings, including Jan Radzynski’s Five Duets, Oliver Knussen’s Secret Song, Ittai Shapira’s Virtuoso Variations, Enesco’s Octet. (Tickets: $10 general/$5 students) March 24, Wednesday

3:00 p.m.
Master Class I: Mario Davidovsky w/ECU student composers
in ECU Center for Composition with Electronic Media (Fletcher C203)

8:00 p.m.
Concert II: Concertante
Contemporary works for strings, including Bohislav Martinu Sextet, Chen Yi’s Sound of the Five, Osvaldo Golijov’s The Last Round .
(Tickets: $10 general/$5 students) March 25, Thursday

2:00 p.m.
Seminar I: Mario Davidovsky, composer
Speaks to Music Theory and Music History classes; A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall

4:00 p.m.
Master Class II: Benjamin Broening, composer (University of Richmond)
Fletcher Music Center, Rm. 200

8:00 p.m.
Concert III: Contemporary works for Clarinet and Piano
Christopher Grymes, clarinet and Peter Henderson, piano
Kryzstof Penderecki, Three Miniatures (1959)
Benjamin Broening, Arioso and Arioso/Doubles (2002)
David Schober, Small Hole at the Top of the Sky (1997)
Michael Hersch, Ballade (1995, world premiere)
Mark Taggart, Breaking In Pieces (1988, world premiere)
Jason Haney, Four Preludes for Piano (2003, world premiere)
Edward Jacobs, Aural History (2004, world premiere)
(Tickets: $5)

March 26, Friday

10:00 a.m.
Seminar II: Mario Davidovsky
Speaks to Advanced Music Theory classes; A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Fletcher Music Center, Rm. 305

11:00 a.m.
Master Class III: Thomas Massella, composer
Fletcher Music Center, Rm. 305

1:00 p.m.
Seminar III: Choral Competition
Rehearsal and Recording of Choral Composition Competition Winner: work by Leon Harrell
Featuring ECU Chamber Singers, Daniel Bara

3:00 p.m.
Concert IV: New Music for Mixed Ensembles
ECU New Music Camerata

Thomas Massella, September Music (2001); Michael Stephenson, saxophone; Jill Bazar, piano
Andrew Zohn, E Sonata for solo guitar (2003, world premiere), Elliot Frank, guitar
John Stevens. Salve Venere, Salve Marta; (1990) Jeffrey Jarvis, tuba
Gary Smart, The Major’s Letter (2003) (world premiere); John Kramar, baritone; Eric Stellrecht, piano
Thomas Massella, Reveries; (2003, world premiere); Michael Stephenson & Jeff Bair, saxophones; Alisa Gilliam, pno
Mark Richardson, Arcs and Spirals (2004, world premiere); Britt Theurer, trumpet, Gary Smart, piano
(Tickets: $5)

8:00 p.m.
Concert V: PRISM Unplugged – PRISM Saxophone Quartet

Joe Cutler, Screaming 229a (1996)
Jennifer Higdon, Short Stories (1996)
James Primosch, Short Stories (2003)
Gabriel Erkoreka, Duduk II (2000)
Terry Riley, Tread on the Trail (1965)
William Albright, Fantasy Etudes (1993) (Tickets: $5)

March 27, Saturday

12:00 p.m.
Master Class IV: Approaching a New Work
Prism Saxophone Quartet reads news works by student composers (Fletcher Recital Hall)

1:00 p.m.
Seminar IV: Triple Helix: What Music Tells Us of a Composer’s World
Acclaimed piano trio in a revealing lecture/demonstration (Fletcher Recital Hall)

3:00 p.m.
Concert VII: New Music for Large Ensembles
Members of the ECU Wind Ensemble, Christopher Knighten, conductor;
Gyorgy Ligeti, Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953)
Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question (1906)
Darius Milhaud, La Creation du Monde (1923)

8:00 p.m.
Concert VIII: Triple Helix; A Sense of Time and Place

Mario Davidovsky, Chacona (1972)
Arlene Zallman, Trio 1999 (“Triquetra”)
Bright Sheng, Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990)
Martin Brody, Book of Hours (World Premiere) (2003) Charles Ives, Piano Trio (Tickets: $10 general/$5 students)