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

PNC Recital Hall
$10 suggested donation

Patrick Burke will lead Duquesne’s Contemporary Ensemble in a concert including

Aria by Kevin Puts for violin and piano
Canzon by Judd Greenstein for euphonium and delay pedal
Sonnets/Unrealities, a text setting of e.e. cummings by Bjork
Mariel by Osvaldo Golijov for cello and marimba
Les Moutons de Panurge by Frederic Rzewski

A quick reminder about two three upcoming concerts:

On Thursday, February 12, David Stock leads the Duquesne Contemporary Music Ensemble in premieres by Andrew Kaiser and Paul Richards.

On Saturday, February 14, Mattin performs at Future Tenant with local improvisation artists Michael Johnsen, Melissa St. Pierre, and Tusk Lord. 

Update: On Sunday February 15, The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble performs at Carnegie Mellon’s Alumni Hall with local artists Michael Boyd and Ryan Socrates

You can find out details for both these concerts by visiting the Events Calendar.

Duquesne University’s PNC Recital Hall

David Stock conducts the Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble in premieres by Andrew Kaiser and Paul Richards.

$10 suggested donation

Posted for Patrick Burke

Next Thursday— December 4—the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble will premiere my new work for chamber orchestra, “Breakthrough: Music for an Imaginary Film.” Over the years, many people have told me that my music evokes a visual image or a narrative. And lately, I’ve been writing music for film. So with this piece, I took a theme that intentionally sounds cinematic, inviting the audience to imagine their own story line. I hope you’ll join me for this “riveting” music that opens the concert!

Duquesne University Contemporary Ensemble
Thursday, December 4, 8PM ($10, students free)
PNC Recital Hall (First floor of the music school)

Many thanks,
Patrick
www.myspace.com/patrickaburke

PNC Recital Hall
David Stock, conductor 
$10 Suggested Donation