Pittsburgh New Music Net

The New Hazlett Theater

As the first installment of Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society Bridges Festival, the Biava Quartet will give the world premiere of David Stock’s 8th String Quartet. The Biava will also perform  Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110 and Mendelssohn String Quartet in f minor, Op. 80.

Updated Ticket Information

There have been a number of schedule and venue changes to the Bridges Festival which you can read about here. I’ll be posting the rest of the new info to the Events calendar soon.

Here’s a really thought provoking interview with Elliott Sharp (text and video) from Frank J. Oteri on New Music Box. The first 30 seconds of video are worth the visit in and of themselves.

NOW Ensemble’s CD NOW received Honorable Mention in the New Yorker as one of Alex Ross’ Ten Best Classical-Music Recordings of 2008. NOW Ensemble features Pittsburgh composer Patrick Burke and the group gave a well received concert here in November for Music on the Edge. Congratulations to Patrick and the rest of the members of NOW Ensemble. We look forward to hearing more from them in 2009.

Chatham University Art and Design Center, 3rd Floor
FREE!

Pittsburgh New Music Net welcomes Michael Boyd, Assistant Professor of Composition, Theory, and History at Chatham University.

On Saturday, December 6 Michael and the Bay Players Experimental Music Collective will present an exciting and diverse program of improvisation, live electronics, theater, and innovative uses of text. For additional information contact: mboyd@chatham.edu, 412-365-1201.

Alumni Concert Hall, FREE

New works presented by CMU’s student composers