The University of Chicago New Music Ensemble Performs at the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium 2010 New Music Concert
Presenting works by the graduate student finalists of the MGMC’s 2010 nation-wide call for scores
Hyde Park, IL, April 10, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The University of Chicago New Music Ensemble performs the works of five graduate student composers chosen by a panel of judges from a nation-wide call for scores by the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (MGMC). The concert, part of MGMC's 14th annual meeting at The University of Chicago, takes place on Saturday, April 17 at 8 p.m. in Fulton Recital Hall, under the direction of Barbara Schubert.
The Midwest Graduate Music Consortium is a joint venture organized by graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and The University of Chicago. Conferences allow graduate students in various fields of music to come together and to share ideas on a vast array of topics in a professional and collegial atmosphere. Conferences are held annually on a rotating basis at Madison, Evanston or Chicago.
This year’s winning composers include: Christopher Chandler (Bowling Green State University), Lonnie Hevia (The Peabody Conservatory of Music), Hojin Lee, (Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music), Tsai-Yun Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Steven Snowden (The University of Texas at Austin).
Chandler’s the resonance after..., for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano, and electroacoustic sounds, exploits the resonance that is left after a sharp attack. Hevia’s Nefarious, for unaccompanied violoncello, was born from the composer’s obsession with an old rock song entitled Heroin by The Velvet Underground. The title, meaning “wicked” or “villainous,” refers not only to the work’s character, but also to its level of technical difficulty. The Chinese poem “Mooring by the Maple-Bridge at Night” inspired Huang’s “The Moon Lost in the Frost Sky,” for flute and 2-Channel CD accompaniment. It uses recorded flute/piccolo sounds and flute samples as sound sources processed in Pro Tools, the most advanced audio creation and production software. Lee’s Spectrum, for clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion, was inspired by the work aggregation of Korean artist Kwangyoung Chun. The piece uses instrumental timbre and subtle changes in color as its primary focus with quartertone inflections, various timbral effects, and changes in instrumental color to produce the overall sense of density, movement, and mass throughout the work. Snowden’s The Devil's Nine Questions, for piano quintet, was inspired by over 1600 folk songs recorded by Max Hunter, a traveling salesman from Springfield, Missouri. Hunter made his recordings of singers from the backwoods of the Ozark Mountains on a reel-to-reel recorder over a 20-year period beginning in 1956.
The MGMC 2010 New Music Concert is made possible by support from the Franke Institute for the Humanities and the University of Chicago Music Department. MGMC is a joint venture organized by graduate students from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, The University of Chicago, and Northwestern University.
Quick Facts
What: New Music Ensemble
Midwest Graduate Music Consortium concert
Barbara Schubert, director
When: Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Where: Fulton Recital Hall
1010 E. 59th St., on the University of Chicago campus
Admission: Free.
Event Hotline: 773.702.8069 • music.uchicago.edu
Persons who require assistance should call in advance: 773.702.8484.
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The Midwest Graduate Music Consortium is a joint venture organized by graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, and The University of Chicago. Conferences allow graduate students in various fields of music to come together and to share ideas on a vast array of topics in a professional and collegial atmosphere. Conferences are held annually on a rotating basis at Madison, Evanston or Chicago.
This year’s winning composers include: Christopher Chandler (Bowling Green State University), Lonnie Hevia (The Peabody Conservatory of Music), Hojin Lee, (Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music), Tsai-Yun Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Steven Snowden (The University of Texas at Austin).
Chandler’s the resonance after..., for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano, and electroacoustic sounds, exploits the resonance that is left after a sharp attack. Hevia’s Nefarious, for unaccompanied violoncello, was born from the composer’s obsession with an old rock song entitled Heroin by The Velvet Underground. The title, meaning “wicked” or “villainous,” refers not only to the work’s character, but also to its level of technical difficulty. The Chinese poem “Mooring by the Maple-Bridge at Night” inspired Huang’s “The Moon Lost in the Frost Sky,” for flute and 2-Channel CD accompaniment. It uses recorded flute/piccolo sounds and flute samples as sound sources processed in Pro Tools, the most advanced audio creation and production software. Lee’s Spectrum, for clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion, was inspired by the work aggregation of Korean artist Kwangyoung Chun. The piece uses instrumental timbre and subtle changes in color as its primary focus with quartertone inflections, various timbral effects, and changes in instrumental color to produce the overall sense of density, movement, and mass throughout the work. Snowden’s The Devil's Nine Questions, for piano quintet, was inspired by over 1600 folk songs recorded by Max Hunter, a traveling salesman from Springfield, Missouri. Hunter made his recordings of singers from the backwoods of the Ozark Mountains on a reel-to-reel recorder over a 20-year period beginning in 1956.
The MGMC 2010 New Music Concert is made possible by support from the Franke Institute for the Humanities and the University of Chicago Music Department. MGMC is a joint venture organized by graduate students from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, The University of Chicago, and Northwestern University.
Quick Facts
What: New Music Ensemble
Midwest Graduate Music Consortium concert
Barbara Schubert, director
When: Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Where: Fulton Recital Hall
1010 E. 59th St., on the University of Chicago campus
Admission: Free.
Event Hotline: 773.702.8069 • music.uchicago.edu
Persons who require assistance should call in advance: 773.702.8484.
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University of Chicago Department of Music
Rashida N. Black
773.702.3427
music.uchicago.edu
Rashida N. Black
773.702.3427
music.uchicago.edu
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