Welcome to The New Music Circle, a not for profit organization dedicated to presenting a variety of cultural events emphasizing contemporary music and enhancing Saint Louis' reputation as a significant location for the creation and performance of improvisational and experimental music.

New Music Circle opens its 50th season with a phenomenal display of talent in the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble!  Analog synth legend Morton Subotnick will perform in November, and we’ve brought our CAMA initiative back for a second season.  Be sure to renew your membership to receive a full season of New Music Circle tickets, and a substantial discount on our day-of-show prices.
Unless otherwise noted, tickets to all shows are $15 regular admission, $7 for students with a valid ID.
                Download the New Music Circle 50th Anniversary Circular!             
(includes Season Ticket Membership Form)
  CAMA Event!
Rich O’Donnell and friends
WORDSDROW
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 – 7:30 p.m.
Satori
3003 Locust St.

Rich O’Donnell’s career as a composer and performer spans five decades and multiple media.  Aside from his 40 plus years as a percussionist with the St. Louis Symphony, his talents range from inventor of seesaw drumming to avant-garde electronic composer.  In his latest multimedia work, WORDSDROW, O’Donnell collaborates with poet Anna Lum, performance artist Tom Brady, visual artist John Newman, and a troop of acro-yogis.  A three-part piece, WORDSDROW  will feature electronically manipulated "word-poems,” fractured speaking, and images of word-pictures accompanied by electronic music and yogic asanas morphed into words.   “WORDSDROW is intended to “create a peaceful jitter between the left and right sides of the brain” (O’Donnell).

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Artwork by John M Newman

Leroy Jenkins: “Driftwood” (The Art of Improvisation)