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From Walter Morales, Director of the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble
Dear friends and colleagues,
The School of Music of Carnegie Mellon University is presenting two free concerts featuring the music of John Adams.
We start our John Adams Week on Saturday, March 14 th with a Piano Recital featuring China Gates, American Berserk, and Hallelujah Junction with pianists Robert Frankenberry and Jack Kurutz. The program also includes Alan Hovhaness’ Mihr, Ko-ola-u, and Vijag with pianists Jack Kurutz and Billie Jo Miller. The recital on Saturday, March 14th is at 5 PM and it is free to the public.
The following weekend (March 21) Jack Kurutz, Robert Frankenberry and the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of Walter Morales will give the Pittsburgh Premiere of John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music.
The Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble concert on Saturday, March 21st will also feature the World Premieres of Sookyung Sul’s Cello Concerto and Chad Robinson’s Fools Cry. Also in the program is Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht in its original string sextet version. The Contemporary Ensemble concert on Saturday, March 21st is at 5 PM and it is free to the public.
CMU Contemporary Ensemble
March 11, 2009 at 9:17 pm Comment (1)
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Alumni Concert Hall
CMU College of Fine Arts, free
Featuring China Gates, American Berserk, and Hallelujah Junction with pianists Jack Kurutz and Robert Frankenberry
CMU Contemporary Ensemble
February 27, 2009 at 12:41 pm Comments (0)
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For its February 7th concert the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble will give the world premiere of Manuel Evancho’s Piano Concerto Apophenia with graduate student Ting-Ting Wong as soloist. Also in the program is the Pittsburgh premiere of Noel Zahler’s Agarttha for large ensemble. The concert also includes the Pittsburgh premieres of Modal Duets of Brasilian composer Ernst Mahle and Eolia by French composer Phillipe Hurel.
CMU Contemporary Ensemble,
Premieres
February 4, 2009 at 10:46 pm Comments (0)
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Kresge Recital Hall Alumni Concert Hall
College of Fine Arts, free
Walter Morales, Director
Jack Kurutz and Robert Frankenberry join the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble for the Pittsburgh Premiere of John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music. Also in the program is Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht.
CMU Contemporary Ensemble
January 2, 2009 at 2:55 pm Comments (0)
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Kresge Recital Hall Alumni Concert Hall, free
Walter Morales, Director
World Premiere of Manuel Evancho’s Piano Concerto Apophenia
Ting-Ting Wong, soloist
And the Pittsburgh Premieres of
Noel Zahler’s Agarttha for large ensemble
Ernst Mahle’s Modal Duets
Phillipe Hurel’s Eolia
CMU Contemporary Ensemble
January 2, 2009 at 2:49 pm Comments (0)