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The Seattle-based Eurasia Consort will present the New York Premiere of Alice Shields' The Wind in the Pines, with texts and music by the composer. Scored for Soprano, alto recorder, alto flute, Renaissance bray harp, oud, Therobo, and percussion, the work is dedicated to the Consort, which received a Classical Commissioning Program grant from Chamber Music America in working with the composer and presenting this new work.

This commission was made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Founded by Tomoko Sugawara and August Denhard in 2013, The Eurasia Consort has given frequent concerts in New York, Seattle and Houston.They have collaborated with leading musicians from East Asia and the Middle East. Past performances are in the Gotham Early Music Midtown Concert seriesin the Chapel at St. Bartholomews Church, the Rubin Museum, Tenri Institute in New York and Trinity Parish Church, the Edmonds Library, the Gig Harbor History Museum in Pacific Northwest in Seattle and Asia Society in Houston.

The concert also features music performances by flutist Laura Falzon and harpist Susan Jolles.

Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 8pm - Contemporary chamber music at Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011

San-Antonio based SOLI Chamber Ensemble, presents the 2019-2020 season, collectively titled Rarified Air, beginning with the sounds of nature --the Natures Voices program Oct. 14-15.

"Commissioning new music has been a key part of SOLIs mission since its beginnings in 1994. Of over 100 pieces commissioned over the last 25 years, there isnt a dud among them, according to clarinetist Stephanie Key, and we have all this repertoire now to pay forward."

Only one piece of music to be performed during the season was written by a composer whos no longer alive. Synoecy by Robert Ceely (1930-2015) , Keys mentor at the New England Conservatory, serves as an anchor for the entire Rarified Air season, sculpted by Key as a means to lift our audience to give them that clarity, and lift them up and out of the congestion of our time.

The title Synoecy refers to two typically opposing sides with nothing much in common, Key said, which she sees as nature versus technology, expressed in the piece as the natural clarinet against electronic and synthesized sounds. In the 1970s and 80s when Ceely wrote the composition, they really had nothing in common and butted up against each other a lot. Slowly over the course of the piece, they learn how to live together. Theyre not intermingled, theyre not one, but theyve learned how to live side by side.

Other works in the series include Steven Snowdens Land of the Living, Yvonne Freckmann's commissioned piece, Nest, uses recordings of cicadas and other creatures on a ranch south of San Antonio, and Red River by composer Mason Bates features field recordings from along the length of the Colorado Riverand a world premiere of music by Lukas Ligeti.

• Date: 10/14/19
• Time: 7:30pm
• Venue: Jazz, TX, Pearl Brewery
• City: San Antonio , TX
  
• Date: 10/15/19
• Time: 7:30pm
• Venue: Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, Trinity University

The premiere of Tom Flaherty's Cello Concerto, written for and performed by the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Robert deMaine and pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee, will be performed in its piano reduction on Sunday, September 15 at 3:00 PM in Bridges Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. FREE ADMISSION! (photo credit: Matthew Imaging)

Richard Cameron-Wolfe's "Reconciliation" - July 9, 2019 at the Cxid Opera House outdoor stage in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Cameron-Wolfe's RECONCILIATION, a chamber symphony for 10 soloists, will be performed on Tuesday, July 9 at 8:30PM in the outdoor concert "Pocket Music #2". Sergii Gorkusha will conduct the Cxid Opera Ensemble in a program which also includes Frederic Rzewski's Pocket Symphony, John Corigliano's Bob Dylan-texted cycle Mr. Tambourine Man, and a new work by gifted young Ukrainian composer Sergei Vilka. Address: Boulevard Sumska 25, Kharkiv. Admission: 100 hryvnia (ca. $4.00).

Aquava New Music Studio & Carmen-Helena Tllez together with the John Eaton Music Foundation, present the premiere recording of John's works El Divino Narciso, Sor Juana Songs, Tocotin, and Sor Juana's Dream. These works represent the best of Eaton's microtonal layering technique, and further establish the importance of this MacArthur Genius Award recipient, composer John Eaton. Available at most digital retail outlets including Amazon.

Album Notes

This dual album comprises his compositions based on works by the extraordinary Mexican poet and polymath Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz (1648-1695), and features some of the most exciting performers working in contemporary music in the US, including the sought-after mezzo-soprano Kate Maroney; the critically-praised tenor Tony Boutt; the award-winning mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim; and the fearless coloratura Bridget Parker; accompanied by the instrumental virtuosity of Dieter Hennings-Yeomans (guitar), Christopher Oldfather (piano), Roberta Michel (flutes), Peter Sachon (cello), Karolyn Stonefelt (percussion) and Jamie Sunshine (percussion); under the musical direction and production of Carmen-Helena Tllez and Gregory Geehern of Aquava New Music Studio (aquavanewmusic.com)

John Eaton was called "the most interesting opera composer working in America today" by the eminent critic Andrew Porter in the Financial Times, and he won the MacArthur "Genius" Award in Music in 1990. He enjoyed a career that was both distinguished and unusual. His uncompromising microtonal language addressed both the most tragic and humorous aspects of the human experience. Although known for his operas, both in grand formats ("The Cry of Clytemnestra" and "The Tempest" are examples), and in chamber combinations (such as The Curious case of Benjamin Button"), he also devoted important areas of his output to concert works for the voice, inspired by his wife, the distinguished mezzo-soprano Nelda Nelson.

In 1987, as Nelda Nelson pored over Sor Juana Ins de la Cruzs allegorical play El Divino Narciso (The Divine Narcissus,) John Eaton became fascinated by the way in which the complex theological concepts were cast into sensuous poetry. He specifically loved how the Greek character of Narcissus becomes the Divine Narcissus, that is Christ, who upon seeing his reflection in the water, sees not Himself, but Human Nature, and falls in love with her. Margarita Pea, the eminent scholar of Mexican literature, encouraged him to engage in a musical setting, since she was familiar with Eaton's mastery of exalted topics. Thus began the collaboration of John Eaton with his wife Nelda Nelson as the translator and adapter of Sor Juanas lengthy baroque play into an English libretto for a cantata, which Eaton completed in 1990. Neldas virtuosity as a coloratura mezzo-soprano influenced his setting of Spanish accents, elisions and diphthongs, but also the extraordinary vocal demands of all the roles. She has commented on Eatons ability to cut through cultural and temporal differences to focus on the greatness and uniqueness of Sor Juanas work. When he finished writing "Narciso," his interest in Sor Juanas output turned into a long-term composition project. He returned to "Narciso" in 1998, adding two framing movements intended for dance. That same year he composed "Sor Juanas Songs," a setting of three of her baroque sonnets; followed by "Tocotn," a villancico written in Nahuatl; and finally, "Sor Juanas Dream," based on her mystical and autobiographical poem El Sueo, a telling of her quest for knowledge and meaning.

Lovers and collectors of avant-garde music will admire the exhilarating variety of colors that John Eaton was able to produce out of small collections of instruments, thanks to his expert handling of microtonal tunings, extended techniques and electronic manipulation. The vocal writing is also extremely complex. The music requires attentive listening, as many events may take place in one bar, in response to nuances of emotion and imagery in the poetic text. Those interested in examining the scores may visit the catalog of the American Composers Alliance (https://composers.com/). For more information on John Eaton, please visit the page of The John Eaton Foundation (johneatonfoundation.org).

The Randy Nordschow memorial concert is planned for Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Sunny's Red Hook, 253 Conover St. in Brooklyn. Jenny Lin will play piano works by Randy Nordschow.

Nordschow (born Los Angeles, California 1969) was a composer, performer and transdisciplinary artist. Renowned musicians including members of the Janacek Philharmonic, Apartment House, Ictus, Essential Music, pianoduo Post & Mulder, the Bugallo/Williams duo, Fred Frith, Daan Vandewalle, and Tosiya Suzuki have performed his music throughout the United States and Europe. His music draws upon elements and concepts associated with the visual arts rather than musical tradition.In addition to gallery exhibitions of his sound and visual work, Nordschow created performance art in a variety of contexts. He participated in several international music festivals, including Music at the Anthology 2002 Festival, Ostrava New Music Days 2001, the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2000, Voix Nouvelles, New Music Miami, and June in Buffalo. He participated in workshops and master classes with composers Brian Ferneyhough, Vinko Globokar, Toshio Hosokawa, Bernard Rands, Kevin Volans, and others. He has received grants from Meet the Composer, the French Ministere de la Culture, the Dutch Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, as well as commissions from Daan Vandewalle, Essential Music and MATA. He was awarded two alumni scholarships from Mills College, where he studied composition with Alvin Curran and Pauline Oliveros.

New Music Box Remembering Randy Nordschow article here

Tax deductible contributions to support work on Randy's music archive and further promotion of his music are gratefully accepted at either of the links below.

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A Certain Stunned Muteness by Andrew Ardizzoia will be played by Ben Toth on a memorial concert for David Macbride at the Hartt School on October 4th. Lincoln Theater, 7:30pm.

The Hartt School, University of Hartford, will celebrate the life and work of composer David Macbride in a series of concerts October 2-4 devoted to his music, and his creative influence on generations of composers. David was a faculty member at Hartt from 1984 until his untimely death in September 2018. He was an undergraduate at Hartt, and was awarded the Schools Distinguished Alumni Award. His body of work is prolific and wide-ranging, covering almost every medium of concert music. But undoubtedly his greatest impact on the field has been that of his percussion music, which are firmly entrenched in the repertoire, with continuing performances nationally and internationally.

Richard Cameron-Wolfe participates in Symposium "Mikrotone: Small is Beautiful", June 28-30 at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria.

The International Society of Ekmelic Music, in cooperation with Mozarteum Universitys Institute for New Music, presents a three-day Symposium, offering numerous microtone-focused lectures, discussions, and concerts. On Friday June 28 at 6:30PM in the Mozarteums Kleines Studio, Richard Cameron-Wolfe's Kyrie(Mantra)I flute trio will have its European premiere, performed by Irmgard Messin, Gundl Aggermann, and Vera Klug. Then, on Sunday June 30 at 1:45PM, he will present a lecture on his teacher-mentor John Eaton, titled Microtones and the Human Psyche: the Legacy of John Eaton (1935-2015), focused on Eatons microtonal operas. Three-day Symposium pass: EUR25/EUR13; One-day pass: EOR15/EUR8; Single concert ticket: EUR10/EUR5.

Pianist Se-Hee Jin is the Founder and Music Director of the American Living Composer Series. The composer portrait series continues in 2020 with a concert of music by John Harbison (Pulitzer Prize winner 1987; Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Louis Karchin (New York Composer; Professor of Music, New York University). Dr. Jin will present her solo recital at the renowned ppIANISSIMO International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music in Bulgaria in March 2020.

The recital will be held on March 28, 2020 at the Concert Hall in the National Academy of Music at Sophia, Bulgaria. As a part of ppIANISSIMO Festival - International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music. Works scheduled to be performed:

Louis Karchin

Three Epigrams
Ghost Waltz (European-premiere)
Sonata-Fantasy (world-premiere)

John Harbison

Gatsby Etudes (European-premiere)
Nocturne(European-premiere)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (European-premiere)

Dr. Jin has been acclaimed for her keen musical intelligence and exquisite sensitivity. She currently serves as Teaching Assistant Professor of Piano at Oklahoma State University. As a solo pianist, Dr. Jin has been featured in various recitals including concerts at the Weill-Carnegie Hall, Kaufman Music Center, Bentley Recital Hall, and Seiji Ozawa Hall.

"Walt" Whitman (1819-1892) was born 200 years ago this coming May 31. Celebrations everywhere will no doubt honor this American poet, essayist, and journalist. Described as a humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which has been an unending source for musical settings by composers. Listed below, the musical works in the American Composers Alliance catalog that have been inspired by this great poet, settings in song and choral works, as well as in larger forms. Write us at sales @ composers.com for more info or perusals.

Andrew Ardizzoia: Three Whitman Lullabyes (2006)
Voice, piano from Leaves of Grass
"Memories"
"A clear midnight"
"Twilight"

Elizabeth R. Austin: Good-Bye My Fancy (2019)
High Baritone, piano

Balazs Frederic: Five Songs
voice & piano

Balazs Frederic: 'Song' Orchestra and Chorus (2008)
Boy's chorus, soloists, orchestra

Becker, John: Out of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking (1929)
Narrator, Sop, Ten, SATB, orch

Blank, Allan: Four Poems (1997)
Baritone, piano
I. Halcyon Days
II. The Voice of the Rain
III. Continuities
IV. Old Salt Kossabone

Blank, Allan: The Dalliance of The Eagles (2012)
male voice, piano

Borroff, Edith: Five Whitman Songs (1990)
Tenor, Piano
Love
Wonder
Tears
Mother
The Last Invocation

Bottje, Will: What Is A Man (1999)
SATB, narr, WW quintet, brass, perc(2), 2piano

Brooks, Richard: As Adam Early In the Morning (1986)
TTBB, piano

Brooks, Richard: I Am He That Aches With Amorous Love (1981)
SATB, or TTBB a cappella

Brooks, Richard: Two Whitman Choruses (1998)
SATB or TTBB
Adam Early in the Morning
I am he that Aches with Amorous Love

Carl, Robert: Beginning My Studies (1998)
high voice, piano

Carl, Robert: Our Heart and Home Is With Infinitude (1998)
high voice, piano

Ceely Robert: Five Songs On Texts of Walt Whitman (2005)
Soprano, piano

Childs, Barney: Quodlibet For Singers (1967)
choral a cappella/multiple voices

Childs, Barney: When Lilacs Last In the Dooryard Bloom'd (1971)
Chorus, orch., band

Edwards, George: The Resurrection of The Wheat (1993)
Soprano, piano

Fennelly, Brian: Proud Music "Proud Music of The Storm (1995)
SATB, 2tpt, 2tbn, org

Fennelly, Brian: Soon Shall the Winter's Foil (1994)
SATB chorus a capella

Fennelly, Brian: Two Whitman Songs (2005)
voice+keyboard
A noiseless patient spider, The last invocation

Goossen Frederic: A Song of The Rolling Earth (1950)
Mezzo Sop, Bar soli, SATB, picc-2-2-C.A.-2-b cl-2-cbn. 4-3-3-1 timp/prec (1 pl): pair large cymbals, bass drum, strings

Goossen Frederic: American Meditations (1968)
SSA or 3-part boy's choir

Goossen Frederic: Collected Songs, Memories (1950)
Mezzo Sop, Baritone, or Soprano, and piano

Goossen Frederic: Whispers of Heavenly Death 6 Songs (1991)
Mezzo Sop, ob, string quartet
1. Dearest Thou Now O Soul
2. Whispers of Heavenly Death
3. A Noiseless Patient Spider
4. Pensive and Faltering
5. As I Watch'd the Ploughman Ploughing
6. The Last Invocation

Kelly, Robert: Emancipation Symphony, Op 39a (1990)
wind band:1-alfl-1-ehn- 1-bcl-1-cbsn,4-3-1-btbn-1,2perc, timp & narrator

Kreiger, Arthur: A Noiseless Patient Spider (1989)
childrens chor,SSAA & tape

Liptak, David: The Sleepers (2015)
Soprano and chamber orch

Lockwood, Normand: Darest Thou Now O Soul 'Whispers of Heavenly Death' (1959)
SSAATTBB & piano

Lockwood, Normand: Four Songs-A Cycle (1979)
Sop,vln,org OR Sop, piano

Lockwood, Normand: Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Text: Drum Taps (1957)
SATB & orch

Luedeke, Ray: of Him I Love Day & Night; A Noiseless Patient Spider (1973)
SATB,sax qrt (SATB),cb,2perc/chorus+orchestra/ens

Luedeke, Ray: Whispers of Heavenly Death and Chanting the Square (1974)
2 Sopranos, piano

Luening, Otto: Hast Never Come To Thee An Hour (1989)
Sop, flute

Miller, Scott L.: Twilight (2013)
Sop, Bass Clarinet, Vibraphone, Fixed Media Electronics

Mitchell, Darleen: In Clouds Descending (2018)
Baritone, piano

Mitchell, Darleen: Look Down Fair Moon (2018)
Baritone, piano

Pleskow, Raoul: Paumanok: A Long Island Cantata (1985)
Sop,SATB, fl,cl,piano,timp,2vln,vla,vcl

Read, Thomas L.: Four Whitman Songs (2003)
Mezzo Sop, piano

Rockmaker, Jody: After the Dazzle of Day (1996)
Mezzo Sop, cl, hn, piano

Silsbee, Ann: Darest Thou Now O Soul (1988)
SATB mixed choir, piano

Stearns, Peter Pindar: Grand Is the Seen (1958)
SATB

Stearns, Peter Pindar: Whitman Cycle 3 (1955)
low voice, piano
As i ebb'd with the ocean of life
Tears
To the Man of War bird
On the beach at night

Stearns, Peter Pindar: Whitman Cycle 4 (1959)
Sop, piano

Van De Vate, Nancy: Cantata for Women's Voices Choir and Ensemble
(1979) (Whitman's "Faces" and "Tears"
SSAA, pic, fl, cl, 2 perc, cel, hp

Warfield, Gerald: A Noiseless Patient Spider (1967)
SATB OR ttbb OR ssaa

Willingham, Lawrence: Carol of The Thrush, Op 15 (1977)
Sop,fl,cl,vln,vla,vcl

Zupko, Ramon: Proud Music of The Storm (1976)
orchestra, 2 bands, chorus, dancers, electronic tracks, narrators, visuals

Vermont Virtuosi, spring concert: Neighbors: Impromptu for Clarinet and Piano; Concerts in Montpelier and Burlington, Vermont. For more Information: L Maurer or Facebook link. While the music of composers Thomas Read, Allen Shawn, and Louis Moyese are stylistically diverse, these concerts will reveal how each is also a musical neighbor to the others.

Katie Oprea, oboist, will premiere Thomas L. Read's new Concerto for Oboe and Strings with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Yutaka Kono, conductor, on March 24th at 4 PM in the UVM Recital Hall, Southwick Campus, Burlington Vermont on a program with works by J.S.Bach and Samuel Adler.

Tickets $30. Adults, $10. Students.
Flynntix.org or call 802-86-FLYNN

Richard Cameron-Wolfe and composer Andrey Merkhel (Director of the Kyiv ensemble Sed Contra) have devised a concert of American and Ukrainian music of the XX-XXI centuries, performed by Sed Contra, the Kharkiv Guitar Quartet, and other guest artists. Featured on the program will be David Frooms solo flute Ribbons, performed by Serhii Vilka, plus Cameron-Wolfes quintet Contra-dictions (premiere) and guitar quartet Mirage desprit.
The program also includes music by John Cage, Leo Ornstein, Frederic Rzewski, Volodymyr Runchak, and Sergey Zazhytko. This free concert, supported by the National All-Ukrainian Music Union, will take place in the Chamber Hall of the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine at 7:00PM on November 7.

Join Doug Nottingham for an evening of 21st century compositions for percussion and electronics. The recital will feature works by Alex Christie, Hee Sook Kim, Cort Lippe, Barry Moon, Eric Schultz, Christopher Shultis and J.B. Smith. Guest musicians include Stefanie Gardner, Barry Moon, Joseph Millea, Ashley Oakley and J.B. Smith with stage design by Kris Swinson. The recital is in the GCC Performing Arts Center,Glendale Community College, 6000 W Olive Ave, Glendale AZ, and admission is free.

Upcoming performances of music by Lawrence Dillon -Jan 12 Low and Lower (cello-bass duo) premiere 'Play On Words' on a faculty artist program at UNCSA. 7:30 pm, Watson Hall Jan 29 Featured on A Night of Innovation, the premiere of 'Child's Eye' for five winds. 7:30 pm, Watson Hall
Feb 1 Ida Kavafian, David Jolley and Gilles Vonsattel (Trio Valtrona) premiere 'Stillness and Velocity' for violin, horn and piano at Music for a Great Space in Greensboro.
Feb 16 The UNCSA Orchestra premieres Nest, with the composer conducting. 7:30 pm, Crawford Hall.

Music by John Luther Adams, Wendy Lee, Alvin Brehm, Robert Ceely, and a world premiere work by Robert Carl will be presented at Mise-En Place, Bushwick, featuring Ensemble Mise-En and trombonist Mark Broschinsky. On the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, Broschinsky has been praised by the Rapid City Journal as a true virtuoso on the instrument. A zealous advocate of new music, he has commissioned numerous solo pieces, performs regularly with ensemble mise-en, and has appeared with New York-based ensembles Argento New Music Project, Talea Ensemble, and Tilt Brass. Program listing below:

John Luther Adams: The Light Within, chamber version (2007)
Wendy Lee: Silent Blooms (2013)
Alvin Brehm: Trio for Brass (1977)
Robert Carl: Threading Space for Brass Trio (2019)
Robert Ceely: Trio (2010)

The Phoenix Symphony will present Glenn Stallcop's City Music on November 8, 9, & 10 with Tito Munoz conducting. City Music was composed in 1974, "a lifetime ago" says the composer, who composed it just after finishing college.

City Music was Stallcop's first major effort for orchestra, composed at the time he took a position as double bassist with the Phoenix Symphony. City Music was written as a gift and tribute to Vilem Sokol, legendary conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony. It was first performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony, Sokol conducting, at the Seattle Opera House in May 1976.

The first movement, "Song", paints an exotic and cosmopolitan picture of the city with its esoteric sophistocation. Essentially a set of variations, the movement features two lavish and virtuosic fast variations and an extended bluesy cadenza for solo violin. The second movement, "Dance", characterizes the hustle, bustle, and mega-caffinated reality of life in the big city. Its popular rhythms, cast in the form of a rondo, come together for an extendedcoda which builds to a wild frenzy at the end. The piece is scored for large orchestra and features seven percussionists!

Excerpt from - Kathy Parsons, Mainly Piano: "Glenn Stallcop is an active and versatile composer. Originally from Seattle, WA, he earned his Bachelors degree in Music from the University of Washington in 1976 and a Masters degree in Music from Arizona State University in 1993. The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra has performed nine of his orchestral works and his music is performed by symphonies, festivals, chamber musicians, and youth orchestras around the country. At the keyboard, Stallcop has been active in classical music, jazz, free improvisation and the performance of his own music. After playing classical piano and rock music in his teens, he turned to improv in the 1970s and has performed almost exclusively in free improvisation, both as a soloist and in groups."

Conductor Tito Muoz is internationally recognized as one of the most gifted conductors on the podium today. Now in his sixth season asMusic Director of thePhoenix Symphony, Tito previously served as Music Director of theOpra National de Lorraineand theOrchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancyin France. Other prior appointments include Assistant Conductor positions with theCleveland Orchestra,Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,Cincinnati Chamber Orchestraand theAspen Music Festival.

Each season, The Phoenix Symphony offers inspiring Classics and Pops concerts and one-of-a-kind Specials in downtown Phoenix and throughout central Arizona.

Three Walt Whitman Songs by Darleen Mitchell, including "In Clouds Descending" and "Look Down Fair Moon" were recently performed at the CMS - College Music Society Conference at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
The song set will also be performed at the upcoming 2019 Region VI SCI conference at Texas A & M University in Commerce, Texas on April 12.

Upcoming performances of music by Bruce Reiprich -

Luculent. Ana Cludia Assis, piano. Kitt Recital Hall. Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, Arizona. 7:30pm. March 5, AND Quivering in the Dark . . . Grasses for flute, vibraphone, harp and piano.World Premiere. Ensemble Flageolet. Paul Hostetter, conductor. Kitt Recital Hall. Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, Arizona. 7:30pm. March 9.

The 21st Century Consort, award-winning contemporary music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution for over four decades, embarks on its thirteenth season at the Smithsonian American Art Museums Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. Artistic Director Christopher Kendall presents a season of new music and high drama featuring artists Paul Cigan, Lisa Emenheiser, Dan Foster, Lee Hinkle, Alexandra Osborne, Sara Stern, and Rachel Young.

ATTENDANCE IS FREE. Seating begins at 3:30. Concert is at 5:00, preceded by a 4:00 discussion with composers and performers, and followed by a post-concert reception.

1. October 20, 2018

Sites Unheard

A sly musical take on the Smithsonian American Art Museums exhibition of artist Trevor Paglen, who makes the invisible world visible via photography and video, journalism, geo-politics, and astronautical engineering, documenting the infrastructures of American surveillance. The Consort surveils music by a select database of extant American composers.

1. Annie Gosfield -Lost Signals and Drifting Satellites
2. Frederik Rzewski -Winnsboro Cottonmill Blues
3. Gemma Peacocke -Lumen
4. Robert Paterson -Star Crossing
5. Robert Gibson -Night Music
6. Jon Deak -Greetings from 1984
7. David Froom -Hidden Motives