Pittsburgh New Music Net

PNC Recital Hall at the Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University
Free

Spring has finally arrived and the antarctic-like weather has subsided. Our concert celebrates the arrival of spring with seven very distinct, colorful pieces. I am very happy and excited to say that the concert features not one, but THREE new works by Duquesne student composers…

Chris Jarvis’ Music for When the Sun is Absent from the Sky (world premiere, based on G. Gabrieli and Thomas Hardy)

Gracie Sutherland’s Novaya Zemyla (back by popular demand)

Scott Steele’s Three Cello Shorts (world premiere of second movement)

….as well as a new arrangement of a work by Mark Danciger’s Thaw, a new arrangement of a song by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Chrysalis), and the second Pittsburgh performance of Missy Mazzoli’s Magic with Everyday Objects. All three of these pieces are truly magical, and the performances will be so focused that they will surely help to usher in spring. Please join us for music, magic and food afterwards.

The Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble is:

Caitlyn Bovard, flute

Nolan Petote, clarinet

Abby Gross, alto saxophone

Chris Jarvis, euphonium, composition

Molly Rae Maiolo, soprano

Michael Borowski, electric guitar

Scott Steele, percussion, composition

Mary Kefferstan, piano

Cara Garofalo, violin

Peter Levine, cello

Amy Gilman, contrabass

Patrick Burke, co-director

Submitted by Patrick Burke

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