Preliminary information – specific details to follow in the Circular, coming soon.
Chamber Project St. Louis
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 7:30 pm
- Adrianne Honnold, saxophone
- Jennifer Gartley, flute
- Dana Hotle, clarinet
- Laura Reycraft, viola
- Amanda Kirkpatrick, piano
- Valentina Takova, cello
Venue TBA
Chamber Project St. Louis performance celebrates the success of contemporary American female composers.
Golden Quartet
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 7:30 pm
- Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Vijay Iyer, piano
- Pheeroan akLaff, drums
- John Lindberg, bass
560 Trinity Building at Washington University
Golden Quartet is an ensemble of master composers / performers whose experimental practice utilizes the quartet form.
NMC Showcase – Five Innovative Artists
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7:30 pm
- Eric Hall – Electronics and processed instruments
- Zlatko Cosic – Video Artist
- Laurie des Marais – Sound designer and choreographer
- BaBa Mike Nelson – Sound artist and vocalist
- Ron Coulter – Percussion, electronics, voice, and self-built instruments
Steinberg Auditorium at Washington University
This concert is an opportunity to experience the creativity of five innovative regional artists as they present individual sets of recent work.
Bloom Project – Thollem Mcdonas & Rent Romus
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7:30 pm
Kranzberg Arts Center
Bloom Project is a spirited collaboration between pianist Thollem Mcdonas and saxophonist producer Rent Romus.
LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 7:30 pm
Focal Point
Violinist and violist, LaDonna Smith, and guitarist, Davey Williams, perform a concert of intricately unified improvisation.
CAMA Event! – Craig Hultgren, cello
Saturday, March 5, 2011, 7:30 pm
Focal Point
CAMA artist and cellist Craig Hultgren presents a concert of some of the 20th Century’s most severe musical compositions that are associated with the music courses in contemporary music given in Darmstadt, Germany.
Peter Henderson, piano
Saturday, April 2, 2011, 7:30 pm
Venue TBA
Noted St. Louis pianist, Peter Henderson, will perform The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski and 24 Studies in African Rhythms by Fred Onovwerosuoke.
NMC Laptop Orchestra Project – Premiere Performance
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 7:30 pm
William A. Kerr Foundation
An orchestra of laptop performers join together to present a multidimensional texture of sound layers with lighting and projected video. Organized by the NMC and James Hegarty.
CAMA Event! – Combination Tones – Tom Hamilton
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 pm
Kranzberg Arts Center
Combination Tones is the new work by composer/performer Tom Hamilton. In combining his electronic sound with 2 longtime collaborators, the musicians will form a confluence of changing sonic ideas and moods.
Trio Kinsella
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7:30 pm
Jonathan Borja, flute
Ben Gitter, cello
Brendan Kinsella, piano
Venue TBA
The Kinsella-Gitter-Borja Trio performs George Crumb’s Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale). The highly dramatic work demands almost constant extended techniques while the performers appear in masks amid a wash of deep blue stage lighting.
