March 5, 2013
- Annual WIU New Music Festival - Concert III
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Location: COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: The annual New Music Festival at Western Illinois University provides a rare opportunity for our community and region to hear new music and meet recognized composers and performers. The events of the festival provide an opportunity to experience and understand the music of our time.
The festival brings together some of the university's fine performing faculty, guest artists, faculty and student composers, and student performers in lectures, concerts, and workshops that explore many exciting facets of today's new music world.
The festival's directors are WIU composition faculty James Caldwell, Paul Paccione, and James Romig.
For additional information please contact Dr. James Caldwell via email at J-Caldwell@wiu.edu or visit the website at http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/newmusicfestival/
Concert I - Monday, March 4 - 7:30pm
Concert II - Tuesday, March 5 - 2:00pm
Concert II - Tuesday, March 5 - 7:30pm
PROGRAM:
Texturologie 16: Owl Tree Gongs (2013) - James Caldwell
- James Caldwell, Wii™ remote and computer with collage drawings
Faubourg Tremé (2008) - John Cooper
Hopper Jazztet
- John Cooper, trumpet
- John Vana, alto saxophone
- George Turner, guitar
- Michael Stryker, piano
- Matt Hughes, bass
- Kevin Nichols, drumset
Time Seems To Pass (2012) - James Romig
- Tammie Walker, piano
- Jeffrey Brown, piano
fleeting world (2013) - Julieta Mihai
- fixed electronic media
Tapestry Studies (2012) - Paul Paccione
I. First Things
II. Habanera
III. Eventide
IV. Invention
V. Serenade
VI. Campanille
VII. March
VIII. Aubade
IX. Scribbling
- Jenny Perron, piano
Prelude to Alone (2010) - Michael Jon Fink
- Eric Ginsberg, clarinet
- John Mindeman, alto trombone
- James Caldwell, tenor trombone
- Joseph Brown, bass trombone
- Michael Jon Fink, electric guitar
Adorned with Lightning: An Invocation to Mahakala (2004) - Michael Jon Fink
- Eric Ginsberg, clarinet
- Joseph Brown, trombone
- John Mindeman, trombone
- Adam Gorz, percussion
- Kevin Nichols, percussion
- Michael Jon Fink, electric guitar
- James Caldwell, samples
New Music Festival 2013 is made possible with support from the Visiting Lecturers Committee; Steve Smith, Barnyard Guitars, 135 South Randolph, Macomb; the Performing Arts Society and the School of Music.
All performances are in the COFAC Recital Hall.
- Related Web Site: New Music Festival
- Contact Information:
James Caldwell
Phone: 309-298-1240
Email: j-caldwell@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
