Pittsburgh New Music Net

On the Saturday morning that Snowmageddon unleashed its fury on the region I had the pleasure of video chatting with flutist extraordinaire Lindsey J. Goodman about her upcoming Music on the Edge recital at the Warhol. Well known to local new music audiences for her exquisite performances with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Lindsey will share a recital with Anthony Coleman on February 27. She’ll perform three pieces for flute and electroacoustics—by Mathew Rosenblum, Jacob Ter Veldhuis and Russell Pinkston—and the world premiere of a solo flute piece by Grant Cooper. In the following audio interview, Lindsey talks about the different pieces on the program, her love for electroacoustic elements, and what she looks for when she’s thinking about tackling a new piece. She also gives a little preview on the upcoming PNME season.

As always, I encourage you to listen to the whole interview.

Full Interview

And here are some excerpts from the full interview. First of all, I asked Lindsey to describe what was on her program.

“…some of my favorite pieces…”

When I asked Lindsey about how her affinity for electroacoustic elements developed, her thoughts ranged from being able to perform “chamber music for one person” to how this genre is particularly relevant to our technological society.

“Electroacoustic music is completely relevant to our society”

Russell Pinkston’s Lizamander is for flute and MaxMSP and Lindsey discussed both the intense satisfaction and the risks of working with live signal processing.

“…the world’s most perfect flute section…”

Finally, Lindesy gave us a preview of the upcoming PNME season as well as some her new projects which include concerto performances and (maybe, possibly) recording projects.

Preview of Coming Attractions

For details about the concert visit Music on the Edge at www.music.pitt.edu/mote.

The Andy Warhol Museum
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Philadelphia’s internationally acclaimed Relâche will perform works by Kyle Gann, Guy Klucevsek, David Mahler, Eric Moe, and a new commission from Paul Lansky.

Sadly, this concert has been postponed until the 2010–11 season.

Bellefield Hall Auditorium
FREE

Versatile cellist and Attack Theater music director Dave Eggar will give a free concert for Music on the Edge featuring a world premiere by Elliott Sharp along with music by Mathew Rosenblum, Alvin Lucier, Charles Wourinen, and others.

Bellefield Hall Auditorium
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UPDATE: Please note this concert is a 7 p.m., not 8 p.m. as originally listed.

Roger Zahab leads the MOTE Chamber Orchestra in works by Mauricio Kagel, Stefan Wolpe, and Roger Zahab with premieres by Anthony Coleman Amy Williams.

The Andy Warhol Museum
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Composer Pianist Anthony Coleman will perform his recent music including selections from his new release Freakish (on the Tzadik label) and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble flutist Lindsey J. Goodman performs works with live electronics by Mathew Rosenblum, Jacob ter Veldhuis, and more.

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.

Happy New Year to all of you who faithfully read this blog!

If it seems as though the new music scene has been a little feast or famine this season, well then prepare to feast! 2010 gets underway in grand style starting this Saturday night at the Warhol when Music on the Edge hosts ICE (the International Contemporary Ensemble). And to make things just perfect, the high on Saturday is supposed to be a whopping 16º! (Is it too late for them to change their name to BALMY?)

The following week includes concerts by the Polish Cultural Council presenting Zygmunt Krauze at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (January 13), Alia Musica Pittsburgh’s winter chamber music concert at Chatham University (January 14), and on January 18, the Emerson Quartet performing music by Ives, Janacek, Barber, and Shostokovich. While the Emerson concert isn’t new music per se, it’s hard for me to imagine anyone appreciating this program more than the new music community.

That’s what I know of for January; you can find more details at the Events Calendar. I’ll begin posting events for the rest of the winter and spring soon, so as always, if you have info about an upcoming performance, do tell.

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
For ticket information, please call 412-871-3347
or visit PolishCulturalCouncil.org

The Polish Cultural Council will present composer/pianist Zygmunt Krauze in a piano recital with improvisations celebrating the Year of Chopin. Krauze will perform works of Chopin, Paderewski, Lutoslawski and his own compositions. Cosponsored by Music on the Edge.

UPDATE: This concert begins at 7 p.m.

The Andy Warhol Museum
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Music on the Edge and the Andy Warhol Museum will continue their highly successful collaboration beginning this January with a concert by the New York/Chicago-based International Contemporary Ensemble. The concert will feature

Amy Williams’ Cineshape 1
Elliott Carter’s Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux
Philippe Manoury’s Last
Magnus Lindberg’s Linea d’Ombra
Reiko Fueting’s Infinite Spring

You can read the full press release here.