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newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble announces new season
newEar recently announced its 18th season called "Spectra 2010/11" and will continue with it successful collaboration projects begun last season.
Concert 1: Between Tides
Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:00PM
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
In addition to works by Roderik de Man, Bonnie Miksch and Edward Jacobs, this engaging concert features a work by the student winner of the first newEar Composers’ Competition, Yuan Peiying: 5 Elements. The centerpiece of the evening will be Takemitsu’s coruscating, gorgeous Between Tides for piano trio.
Concert 2: Pulitzer Autumn Reflections
Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:00PM
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Curated by long-time newEar pianist Robert Pherigo, this program features works by recent winners of the Pulitzer Prize in music. A bouquet of chamber and solo pieces by John Corigliano, Steven Stucky, Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, and Leon Kirchner compose this distinguished and variegated collection, many of which are Kansas City premières.
Concert 3: Vocalissimus
Saturday, February 19, 2011 8:00PM
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Grawemeyer Award-laureate Sebastian Currier’s massive soprano / chamber ensemble song cycle, Vocalissimus, tethers a concert of vivid aural bliss. Prismatic pairings by Sofia Gubaidalina, Leon Kirchner, and Sara Graef balance the program, along with a solo work by Tomas Svoboda.
Information about season ticket packages can be found at newear.org. To become a newEar season subscriber, please call the Central Ticket Office at 816.235.6222 or toll-free at 1.888.286.4849.
Chromatic Collaboration with Owen/Cox Dance Group
Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:00PM
Union Station – H&R Block City Stage Theatre
newEar is thrilled to present a blockbuster partnership with Kansas City’s preeminent dance collective, the Owen/Cox Dance Group. For two performances only, this intense, vibrant event will be a brilliantly hued feast for the senses! Works by the never-dull Jacob TV (Garden of Love for sax and boombox) and Hyekyung Lee (Shadowing for alto sax and clarinet) will be performed, among other collaborative and solo gems, as well as Louis Andriessen’s stultifyingly amazing Worker’s Union. Don’t miss this dazzling intersection of music and motion!
This special event is separate from the newEar subscription season as tickets will be available from the Union Station box office ONLY. Please call 913-338-1500 for more information.
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