Pittsburgh New Music Net

This Thursday and Friday, dancer Gia Cacalano will premiere new pieces that combine choreography and improvisation in dance with music by vibraphonist Jeff Berman and David Bernabo. The performances take place at The Space Upstairs (214 N. Lexington St, above Construction Junction) and you can see a preview of the show in this week’s City Paper. Find out more about the show here.

And don’t forget that Alia Musica Pittsburgh’s summer recital series continues this weekend as well when clarinetist Rachael Stutzman performs music by Bernstein, Copland, and a premiere by Federico Garcia. The concert takes place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Friday at 7:30 and you can find out more about the show from the AMP homepage.

Lots of great new music coming up as we head into the fall and I’ll be updating the main events calendar in the near future.

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Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble kicks off its summer season tonight with music by Joan Tower, Ted Hearne, Aaron Kernis, David Lang, and Thomas Albert. It’s the start of a great month of new music here in the Burgh. And don’t forget to check out the excellent season previews in the Post-Gazette and Tribune Review. Andy Druckenbrod focuses mostly on programming content, while Mark Kanny highlights the financial difficulties PNME (like all small arts organizations) is facing. They’re both worthwhile reads to be sure.

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On Tuesday, March 30th, come see CAPA High School’s new music ensemble, Antithesis, perform alongside percussionist/composer Lukas Ligeti and Ben Opie (saxophonist of Opek and Thoth Trio) at Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Ave.  The concert begins at 7:30 pm and admission is $10, open to all ages.  Hope to see you there!

Andy Druckenbrod interviews Mason Bates in anticipation of this weekends PSO concerts.

Music on the Edge presents ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) this Saturday night at the Warhol and the crack new music group’s program has attracted a lot of attention from local media. You can see Mark Kanny’s preview in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review and another by Aaron Jentzen in this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper.

ICE performs on Saturday, January 9 at The Andy Warhol Museum at 8 p.m. Tickets are available through ProArts and at the door. Find out more about the concert here.

Cross-posted at music.pitt.edu.

Mark Kanny of the Tribune Review sums it up nicely here.

Andy Druckenbrod reviews last night’s PNME opener in the Post-Gazette. The program repeats tonight at 8 at City Theatre.

This one got by me last week, but if you haven’t done so, stop by Andy Druckenbrod’s blog for coverage of NIME. The post includes an excellent video montage from the conference featuring CMU’s Roger Dannenberg.