By Jill Yesko, University Relations
Composers residing in the Carolinas will take center stage as part of the New Music Festival to be held Oct. 12-14, at the School of Music at UNCG. This year’s edition of the festival is titled "Shake it Up!"—a reference to the various activities of contemporary music composers.
“Composers have the ability to present their unique, aesthetic viewpoints,” said Dr. Mark Engebretson, assistant professor of composition and the festival’s organizer. “They compose music, of course, but they also interact with performers and audiences, they stage events, they question, they challenge, they present their own aesthetic viewpoints. In short, they shake things up.”
Performers include the UNCG Chamber Winds, Contemporary Chamber Players, percussionists Scott Herring and Michael Haldeman, soprano Wendi Washington-Hunt, clarinetist Christopher Grymes, saxophonist Susan Fancher and the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet.
"The Shake it Up!" schedule includes:
Thursday, Oct. 12, 4 p.m., School of Music, Collins Lecture Hall.
Reginald Bain: “Strange Attractors & Logarithmic Spirals.” Free admission.
Thursday, October 12, Weatherspoon Art Museum. All events free admission.
6 p.m. John Fitz Rogers, pre-concert talk: “Once Removed.”
6:30-7:30 p.m. concert—music by Reginald Bain, John Fitz Rogers, James Paul Sain, Ben Johnston
7:30-9 p.m. reception—museum is open for visitors.
Friday Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall.
7:30 p.m. concert—music by Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, Mark Engebretson, Edward Jacobs, Michael Rothkopf ; $10 admission/$6 seniors/$3 students.
Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall.
7 p.m. Scott Lindroth, pre-concert talk: “Stomp.”
7:30 p.m. concert featuring UNCG Ensembles. Music by Karel Husa, Scott Lindroth, Adam Josephson, Lawrence Dillon.; $10 admission/$6 seniors/$3 students.
Additional lectures and master classes by Stephen Anderson, Allen Anderson and Michael Rothkopf will be scheduled during the daytime of the festival. Contact http://www.uncg.edu/mus/ or http://home.earthlink.net/~mark.engebretson/ for more information.
Tickets are available at the UNCG box office (336) 334-4849. All performances and lectures are open to the public.
