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Past Events

CAMA Event! – Craig Hultgren, cello Saturday, March 5, 2011, 7:30 pm The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd. in downtown Maplewood, just south of Manchester. A large public parking lot is located off Marietta Ave, just east of Sutton. CAMA artist and cellist Craig Hultgren will present a concert of some of the 20th Century’s [...]

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LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams Saturday, February 12, 2011, 7:30 pm The Focal Point 2720 Sutton Blvd. Violinist and violist LaDonna Smith has been on the international new music scene for well over 20 years. She is an active performer, as well as an educator and native of Birmingham, Alabama. LaDonna has created a style [...]

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Bloom Project – Thollem Mcdonas & Rent Romus Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7:30 pm Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand Bloom Project is a spirited collaboration between pianist Thollem McDonas and saxophonist producer Rent Romus. McDonas has logged thousands of miles touring throughout world performing his unique brand of compositional improvisation with eighteen recordings spanning [...]

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Download the 2010-2011 New Music Circular (PDF) (Season Brochure) NMC Showcase – Five Innovative Artists Saturday, December 4, 2010 7:30 pm 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. Eric Hall (electronics and processed instruments) is [...]

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Wadada Leo Smith and The Golden Quartet

Wadada Leo Smith and The 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, which is the purest foundation [...]

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Chamber Project St. Louis

Chamber Project St. Louis Saturday, October 16, 2010, 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St. Adrianne Honnold, saxophone Jennifer Gartley, flute Dana Hotle, clarinet Laura Reycraft, viola Amanda Kirkpatrick, piano Valentina Takova, cello Chamber Project St. Louis celebrates the success of contemporary American female composers by presenting an exhilarating program featuring works by Pulitzer [...]

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SEPARATE CHECKS – Tom Hamilton

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CAMA Event Saturday, May 8, 2010 – 7:30 pm Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand Separate Checks is a new work by composer/performer Tom Hamilton that combines electronic sound with acoustic performers. Hamilton continues the direction started in his CAMA event last season by directing a stream of improvising musicians to create a confluence of [...]

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FLICKER TONE PULSE – Curtis Roads and Brian O’Reilly

Saturday, May 1, 2010 – 7:30 pm Mildred E. Bastian Theatre (Forest Park C.C.) 5600 Oakland Ave. Co-sponsored by Forest Park Community College A prolific composer, performer, and author, Curtis Roads says he “pursues research in the interdisciplinary territory spanning music and technology.” He was Editor and Associate Editor of Computer Music Journal (The MIT [...]

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STAINS – Craig Hultgren

CAMA Event! Saturday, April 3, 2010 – 7:30 pm Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand Cellist Craig Hultgren is an activist for new music, the newly creative arts, and the avantgarde. Possessing a broad range of instrumental techniques from traditional to radical, he has had over 100 new works written for him. He currently plays [...]

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DRONNING MAUD LAND – John Tamm-Buckle

Saturday, March 13, 2010 – 7:30 pm Kranzberg Arts Center 501 N. Grand “Ice is personal to me – it reminds me of the cultural autonomy I felt as a child growing up in all-engulfing Nordic winters.” –John Tamm-Buckle John Tamm-Buckle’s musical background ranges from classical training to rave-scene electronica. Growing up in Scandinavia and [...]

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