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newEar announces 19th concert season
Verge 2011-12, newEar Contemporary Chamber Group's 19th concert season will feature more variety, more musicians, and more challenging and innovative music making.
Concert 1: Vortex Memoriam
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, newEar explores the realm of remembrance, memories and time in this concert featuring works “Voices in Memoriam” (for piano and electronics) by Kansas City's award winning composer, James Mobberley and “September Canons” (for violin and electronics) by Ingram Marshall, (September Canons) composed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Other works include Lei Liang's “Memories of Xiaoxiang,” a haunting reminder of the loss of a loved one during the Chinese cultural revolution (for alto sax with dancer) and Gerard Grisey's “Vortex Temporum,” (for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano.)
Concert 2: Strange Nonsense
Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO
New Music equals nonsense? Not at all! newEar invites you to experience their take on "nonsense" – most decidedly more ‘sense’ than non … are Jeremy Podgursky's piano trio "Nonsense or Sorcery" and Kamram Ince's driving, Turkish-inspired "Strange Stone." Olga Neuwirth's colorful and quirky "5 Daily Miniatures. Works by Jay Batzner and Henri Lazarof round out the program.
Concert 3: Worlds Apart
Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO
Anchoring this concert is the remarkable "Clarinet Quartet" of Krzysztof Penderecki. Works by local composers include "For the Time Being" by Ingrid Stolzel and "Invisible Worlds" by Nick Omiccioli receive their Kansas City premieres.
Concert 4: Road Trip
Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO
A newEar Road Trip … what could be more intriguing? John Adam's earbox.com "Road Movies" for violin and piano leads off the first leg of the journey. This concert will also feature the winner of our 2nd Annual Composers'Competition and the premiere of a newly commissioned work as well as works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Per Bloland, and Andy Akiho.
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or toll-free at 1-888-286-4849 or visit newear.org
About newEar
newEar was founded by a group of local musicians with a common interest in contemporary music, and is Kansas City's first (and only) professional contemporary music ensemble. The group has premiered over 70 compositions by such composers as William Kraft, James Mobberley, Judith Shatin, Michael Henry, Adrienne Elisha, John Hilliard, Tina Davidson, and newEar resident composers Ingrid Stölzel, Alonzo Conway, Paul Rudy, Mark Lowry, and Dwight Frizzell. newEar's flexible instrumentation lends itself to the programming of a variety of contemporary works, whether multi-media, theatrical, or strictly musical. Concerts often feature special guests, with notables such as Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, Harry Spaarnay, Fred Ho, Julianna Osinchuk and Yehuda Hanani having shared the stage with newEar
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