Pittsburgh New Music Net

Alia Musica Pittsburgh returns January 30th with their annual Winter Chamber Concert; featuring the best of this summer’s recital series, including pieces by composers near and far, such as Burkhardt Reiter, Steven Stucky, Francis Poulenc, and many others.  Come join us at James Laughlin Hall on the Chatham University campus (music building) at 7:00 PM.  Tickets are $12 at the door, $10 in advance (through the website www.alia-musica.org, or from an Alia Musica Pittsburgh member).

Under the musical direction of Maestro Ronald Zollman, Carnegie Mellon’s Contemporary Ensemble is exploring and presenting some very exciting new works to the Pittsburgh community. An interpretive dance troupe joins the ensemble for Hindemith’s Der Dämon.

The final (free!) concert of the year takes place at 8 p.m. this Friday, April 30 in Kresge Theatre on the CMU campus.

John Casken – Infanta Marina
(conductor: Jan Pellant)
Kenneth Hesketh – Threats and Declamations
(conductor: Tobias Volkmann)
Annika Socolofsky* “Three Images of a Winter Night”
(conductor: Jan Pellant)
Jindrich Feld – Nonet (conductor: Jan Pellant)
Jorge Sastre-Martinez Trapped Metamorphosis
(conductor: Tobias Volkmann)
Paul Hindemith – Der Dämon
(conductor: Ronald Zollman)

*Annika is a sophomore dual degree student, majoring in music performance and chemistry.

Carnegie Mellon’s Wind Ensemble presents a lively program featuring two world premieres: Professor Marilyn Taft Thomas’ Snapshots of a Great City (transcription by director Denis Colwell), and Scatterbrain by composition student Alex Weston (BFA ’11). Other contemporary works will include Ticheli’s Blue Shades, Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Whitacre’s October, and High Flight, a high energy piece commissioned by the U.S. Air Force Band. The concert begins at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24 in Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and can be purchased in advance online at http://music.cmu.edu. College students w/valid ID receive FREE admission!

Hear world premieres by three acclaimed Carnegie Mellon student composers this Wednesday, February 24 at 8 p.m. in Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall. Along with guest conductors Tobias Volkmann and Jan Pellant, music director Ronald Zollman will lead the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in this concert of original music that also will feature concertmaster Emma Steele on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor.

Tickets are $5 general admission, $4 senior citizens and free to all students with ID. Visit music.cmu.edu for more information.

Hear world premieres by four up-and-coming Carnegie Mellon student composers this Wednesday, February 17 at 8 p.m. in Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall. Along with guest conductors Tobias Volkmann and Jan Pellant, music director Ronald Zollman will lead the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in this concert of original music that also will feature soprano Danielle Messina on Barber’s classic Knoxville, Summer of 1915.

Tickets are $5 general admission, $4 senior citizens and free to all students with ID. Visit music.cmu.edu for more information.