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Saturday, April 14, 2012, 7:30 pm
Craig Hultgren – Luna Nova (3)
Craig Hultgren, cello
John McMurtery, flute
Adam Bowles, piano

Christ Church Cathedral
1210 Locust St.
St. Louis, Mo 63103

Comprised of cellist Craig Hultgren, flutist John McMurtery and pianist Adam Bowles, LunaNova(3) will perform a program that features both ensemble and solo compositions by modern masters Olivier Messiaen, Toru Takemitsu, Elliott Carter and Chinary Ung. The concert will also include pieces by Robert G. Patterson from Memphis, Justin Merritt from Minnesota and Monroe Golden from Alabama.

Since its formation in 2002, Luna Nova, a group of artists devoted to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, has performed in colleges, museums, churches, and concert halls across the country. Its repertoire consists of recognized masterworks as well as works by emerging composers. With concerts, masterclasses and private instruction, Luna Nova maintains a strong commitment to the education of performers and listeners, and to the cause of new music.

Detailed program notes are available here (as a PDF file): Luna Nova (3) Program.

Saturday, April 7, 2012, 7:30 pm Frank Stemper Composer Frank Stemper’s 60th Birthday Concert The Altgeld Chamber Players with Lucy Shelton, Soprano Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand St. Louis, MO 63103 Composer Frank Stemper (Carbondale, IL) has been involved with new music for more than 30 years. His music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice [...]

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7:30 pm Larry Ochs presents KIHNOUA Larry Ochs — saxophones and compositions Dohee Lee — vocals Scott Amendola — drums and electronics Trevor Dunn — bass KIHNOUA is a term borrowed from ancient Greek that might have meant “the difference”; or for us now: “the unity of opposites”. This is a [...]

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Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 pm John Hollenbeck – The Claudia Quintet + 1 John Hollenbeck – drums/composer/piano Theo Bleckmann – vocals Chris Speed – clarinet & tenor sax Matt Moran – vibraphone Red Wierenga – accordion/piano Chris Tordini – bass The 560 Music Center Ballroom 560 Trinity Ave. University City, MO 63130 Formed by [...]

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Saturday, January 28, 2012, 7:30 pm Chris Corsano with Darin Gray and Dave Stone Pre-show ambience provided by DJ Jeremy Kannapell Plus free workshop — see below for details. Chris Corsano, percussion Dave Stone, reeds Darin Gray, bass Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand St. Louis, MO 63103 With an expressive palette born from having [...]

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Saturday, December 3, 2011, 7:30 pm Tony Conrad White Flag Projects 4568 Manchester Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110 For nearly fifty years, experimental sound and visual performance artist, Tony Conrad, has been making drone music and short films that re-examine and re-invent their form, content and structure. Conrad was one of the early pioneers of [...]

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Saturday, November 12, 2011, 7:30 pm Keith Fullerton Whitman White Flag Projects 4568 Manchester Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110 Since early childhood, Keith Fullerton Whitman has been interested in electronics. He eventually developed his own process-intensive version of electronic music, often involving a wide variety of electronic instrumentation, ranging from digital processing to analogue synthesis [...]

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CAMA Event! – Combination Tones – Tom Hamilton Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 pm Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand Peter Zummo – trombone Rich O’Donnell – percussion Tom Hamilton – electronics Bill Schulenburg – sound design “Combination Tones” is the new work by composer/performer Tom Hamilton. In combining his electronic sound with 2 longtime [...]

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NMC Laptop Orchestra Project – Premiere Performance Saturday, April 16, 2011, 7:30 pm William A. Kerr Foundation 21 O’Fallon St., St. Louis, MO 63102 An orchestra of laptop performers join together to present a multidimensional texture of sound layers. Individual performers distributed throughout the perfor- mance space explore spatial and antiphonal possibilities in originally created [...]

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Peter Henderson, piano Saturday, April 2, 2011, 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral 1210 Locust St. Peter Henderson will perform The People United Will Never Be Defeated! by Frederic Rzewski and 24 Studies in African Rhythms by fellow St. Louisan Fred Onovwerosuoke. The People United is a theme and 36 variations on “El pueblo unido jamas [...]

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