2008 NewMusic@ECU Festival
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Celebrating the music of our time with
Speculum Musicae
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Christopher Grymes, clarinet
Colin Andrews, organ
ECU Symphony Orchestra
ECU NewMusic Camerata
This year’s festival, our 8th annual celebration of the music of our time, features seven concerts, master classes with visiting composers, performers, conductors, reading sessions of student composers’ works, and more!
Schedule of Events:
Feb. 27
@9pm: Christopher Grymes, clarinet
at The Starlight Cafe
Feb. 28
@8pm: Colin Andrews, organ
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Feb. 29
@3pm: ECU NewMusic Camerata
@8pm: Speculum Musicae
Mar. 1
@3pm: ECU NewMusic Camerata
@8pm: Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Mar. 2
@3pm: East Carolina University Orchestra
at Wright Auditorium
Festival Performers/Composers in Attendance
Performers (Guest artists bold; ECU Faculty italics)
Colin Andrews, organ
Jeff Bair, saxophone
J. Christopher Buddo, conductor
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
Scott Carter, conductor
Elliot Frank, guitar
Alisa Gilliam, piano
Christopher Grymes, clarinet
Christine Gustafson, flute
Tom McCaslin, tuba
Brad Pino, tuba
Chris Nappi, percussion
Perry Smith, tenor
Jonathan Wacker, percussion
Speculum Musicae;
Jennifer Grim, flute
Allen Blustine, clarinet
Curtis Macomber, violin
Maureen Gallagher, viola
Chris Finckel, cello
Aleck Karis, piano
Jared Soldiviero, percussion
James Baker, conductor
ECU Symphony Orchestra
ECU Wind Ensemble members
Composers
David Sanford, Mt. Holyoke College
David Rakowski, Brandeis University
Christopher Dietz, Hillsdale College, Oberlin Conservatory
Marc Faris, East Carolina University
Mark Taggart, East Carolina University
Mark Richardson
Edward Jacobs
Works Performed: [*=world premiere]
Dietz, Christopher, Gharra (2007)
Winner, 2007-08 NewMusic@ECU Orchestra Composition Competition
A dams, John, Shaker Loops (1978)
Antheil, George, Second Sonata, “The Airplane” (1922)
Berio, Luciano, O King (sextet version, 1967)
O King (trumpet/winds version, 1972)
Britten, Benjamin, Nocturnal Op. 70 (1964)
Folksongs:
Sailor-Boy
Master Kilby
The Soldier and the Sailor
Bonny at Morn
The Shooting of His Dear
Broening, Benjamin, Arioso/Doubles (2002)
Davidovsky, Mario, Flashbacks (1995)
Donatoni, Franco, Arpege (1989)
Druckman, Jacob, Glint (1995)
Horst, Martha, Summer Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (2007) WORLD PREMIERE PREVIEW
Jacobs, Edward, A Function of Memory (2001)
Kuster, Kristen, Interior (2006)
Lowenstern, Michael, from Ten Children (2003)
Manoury, Philippe, marimba duo from Le Livre des Claviers (1982)
Messiaen, Olivier, four movements from Les Corps Glorieux (1939)
L’Ascension (1933-34) (complete)
“Dieu Parmi Nous”, from la Nativite du Seigneur (1935)
Moe, Eric, Hey Mr. Drummachine Man (2004)
Musgrave, Thea, Narcissus for clarinet and digital delay (1987)
Nancarrow, Conlon, Tango? (1983)
Nowak, Lionel, Concert Piece for Timpani and Strings (1961)
Persichetti, Vincent, Sonata No. 12, “Mirror Sonata” (1982)
Rakowski, David, Pied-A-Terre (1999)
Études: You Dirty Rag (#23) (1999)
Dorian Blue (#72) (2006)
Schnozzage (#22) (1999)
Moody’s Blues (#52) (2003)
*Clave (#76) (2007) WORLD PREMIERE
*Richardson, Mark, Spin Cycle (2008) WORLD PREMIERE
Sanford, David, Dogma 74 (2002)
Sciarrino, Salvatore, Centauro Marino (1984)
ter Veldhuis, Jacob, The Body of Your Dreams (2002)
Thullier, Francois, Rebellion for Solo Tuba (1999)
Wesley-Smith, Martin, For Marimba and Tape (1982)
White, Barbara, Reliquary (2001)
Wolff, Christian,
Xenakis, Iannis, Rebonds (1988)
Zappa, Frank /arr. Burleson, BeBop Tango (1972)
Sponsors
Acknowledgements & Sponsors
To become one of the growing number of sponsors of the NEWMUSIC@ECU FESTIVAL, please contact: Edward Jacobs, 252-328-4280 or jacobse@ecu.edu
Funded in part through Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program. Leadership support for Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Amphion Foundation, Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, BMI Foundation, Inc., Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Jerome Foundation, media The foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.
This annual celebration of contemporary music is made possible only with the generous sponsorship of foundations, corporations and individuals. We are profoundly grateful for the support they have offered us, and are proud to count those listed below among the NEWMUSIC@ECU FESTIVAL’s benefactors:
Eye Integrated Communications
City Hotel & Bistro
Greenville Hilton
University Book Exchange (U.B.E)
The Starlight Café
Chico’s Restaurants
Jefferson’s
Special Events Committee, ECU School of Music
Student Forum for Music Organizations, ECU School of Music
Student Government Association, East Carolina University
Dept. of Theory, Composition & Musicology, ECU School of Music
Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity
Individual Donors:
Artist Sponsor ($1000 and above):
Tom & Alice Glennon/Greenville Hilton
Nick Glennon/Greenville Hilton
Eye Integrated Communications
Edward Jacobs
NewMusic Seeds ($100 and above)
Michael Crane
Michael Dingfelder
Carol Thomas
Christine Gustafson & David Savage
Jannette and Colin Andrews
Greg Jarrell
Anonymous
Anonymous
NewMusic Friends
John Van Coutren
Corey Briggs
Kristal Wilkinson
Becky Starobin, Bridge Artists Management
Michael Laroche
With special thanks to Paula Toothman, Terri Bostick, Dawn Harrison, Beth Fuller, Dr. Chris Buddo, Michael Crane, the entire School of Music staff, faculty and administration for their ongoing support and assistance throughout the year. And to Pattie Glennon, a special thanks for everything.
NewMusic@ECU–where newmusic is born–
dedicated to those who love to listen.