Boston University Center for New Music
For nearly three decades, Boston University has been powerful force for new music. The school has trained generations of composers and performers across all departments, hosted visits by leading composers, and through Alea III, led by Theodore Antoniou, has presented thousands of works by known and unknown composers alike.
This year, the Boston University School of Music at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University seeks to further this tradition by launching the Boston University Center for New Music. This center, located at the heart of a thriving music school, will seek to enhance the presence of cutting edge music within the curriculum while encouraging awareness of new music to the BU arts community. To widen the conversation within the greater university, the Center will host lectures, demonstrations, and performances that will be open to the public, providing an open forum for broader interdisciplinary involvement. To that end, the center will also host several institutional collaborations, including its partnership with the Boston-based contemporary music sinfonietta Sound Icon, and selected concerts that will be staged at off-campus venues.
The Center is honored to host a number of artists-in-residence for its inaugural season. Lauded Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino will be in residence for three weeks in the second semester. In addition, Gunther Schuller and Philippe Leroux will have short-term residencies. These residencies will be complemented by a rich variety of visiting ensembles, including the Jack Quartet and the ensemble Court-Circuit along with Alea III, who will all be performing and working with students. [sound icon], will hold two events this season at Boston University, each comprising of a reading of student works for sinfonietta-sized ensemble and a major concert . The Center will also work with SI to help them perform pieces by two of the Center’s visiting composers at major off-campus venues. Other eminent guests will will include Roger Reynolds, Cindy Cox, and Enrico Chapela, who will present events in Composer’s Forum. The Boston University School of Music at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University is excited to offer this slate of events that will place innovation and creation as cornerstones of the musical experience for the BU community. We would also like to thank FACE: the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music for their generous support.
Artists in Residence
Gunther Schuller
October 29-November 2, 2012 Schuller’s residency includes a presentation in Composer’s Forum, as well as masterclasses and private lessons for students.
Philippe Leroux
November 13-14, 2012 Leroux’s residency includes a presentation in Composer’s Forum, as well as masterclasses and private lessons for students.
Enrico Chapela
December 11, 2012 Chapela’s residency includes a presentation in Composer’s Forum, and a master classes for students.
Salvatore Sciarrino
February 18-March 2, and March 25-31, 2013 Sciarrino’s three week residency will include multiple Composer’s Forum Lectures, pedagogical events for students, and an afternoon reading/recording session in the CFA Concert hall.
Ensemble Court-Circuit
March 18, 2013 This residency will include a presentation in Composer’s Forum by the superb French clarinetist Pierre Dutrieu on contemporary clarinet techniques, and a concert by the ensemble Court-Circuit.
Concerts
Rodney Lister
September 14, 2012 8PM
CFA Concert Hall
855 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring music by Eric Satie and John Cage.
Alea III
OCTOBER 7, 2012 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Thirtieth International Composition Competition
Featuring premiere performances of the finalists’ works. At the conclusion of the concert, the Alea III prize shall be awarded by a panel of distinguished judges.
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OCTOBER 21, 2012 8PM
CFA Concert Hall
855 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring the US Premiere of Mark André’s NI, Gérard Grisey’s Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, and a selected student work.
Boston University Wind Ensemble
OCTOBER 23, 2012 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Premiere of Ketty Nez’s thresholds for piano and wind ensemble
Featuring soloist Pei-Yeh Tsai and conductor David Martins. Also on the program, Andreas Makris’s Aegean Festival Overture, Scott Lindroth’s Spin Cycle and James Syler’s The Hound of Heaven.
Alea III
November 14, 2012 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Iannis Xenakis in First Person
Alea III celebrates the life and work of Iannis Xenakis, on the 90th anniversary of his birth.
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November 17, 2012 8PM
Fenway Center
77 ST. STEPHEN ST.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Voi(Rex) and (D’)Aller by Phillipe Leroux.
Alea III
February 6, 2013 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Young Composers Experiment
The 2013 Alea III Composers Workshop performs new works specially written for the group by an international group of seven young composers.
Boston University’s Time’s Arrow Ensemble
February 11, 2013 8pm
808 Gallery
808 Commonwealth Ave
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring James Tenny’s Form #3 and #4, Elliott Carter’s La Musique, Judith Weir’s Wake Your Wild VoiceMichael Finnissy’s Vigany’s Cabinet (US premiere), and Morton Feldman’s Three Clarinets, ‘Cello, and Piano and Voice, Violin, and Piano
Salvatore Sciarrino
FEBRUARY 22, 2012 7:30PM
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
100 NORTHERN AVE.
Tickets: $20, $10 students, and Boston University faculty and staff with Valid University ID
Featuring Sciarrino’s Infinito Nero and Romitelli’s Professor Bad Trip (Parts 1, 2, and 3) performed by [sound icon].
Jack Quartet
February 26, 2013 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Salvatore Sciarrino’s 7th Quartet, Georg Friedrich Haas’ 5th Quartet, Enno Poppe’s Tier, and Roger Reynolds’ not forgotten.
Boston University Wind Ensemble
FEBRUARY 28, 2012 8PM
TSAI PERFORMANCE CENTER
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
World-wide Concurrent Premiere of Baris Perker’s Saxophone Concerto for sax and wind ensemble. Featuring soloist Ken Radnofsky and conductor David Martins.
Boston University’s Time’s Arrow Ensemble
March 2, 2013 8PM
Marsh Chapel
735 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Melincolia I for cello and piano, Melincolia for violin and viola, and Nocturne #2 for piano, with several of the 12 Madrigals performed by the BU Chamber Choir.
BU Symphony Orchestra Concert
March 7, 2013, 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Conducted by David Hoose. Featuring Salvatore Sciarrino’s Shadow of Sound.
Court-Circuit Ensemble
March 18, 2013, 8PM
CFA Concert Hall
855 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
One of the very best French contemporary chamber ensembles on its first ever American tour, featuring works by Grisey, Hurel, Manoury and Fineberg.
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March 23, 2013 8PM
CFA Concert Hall 855 COMMONWEALTH AVE.
Featuring Carter’s ASKO concerto, Gervasoni’s Epicadenza, and works by Anthony Cheung and John Aylward.
String Quartet Recital
March 30, 2013, 8PM
CFA Marshall Room
855 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Scelsi’s 3rd Quartet and Fragmente-Stille, An Diotima by Luigi Nono. Marcio Candido, Natalie Calma, Minjung Chun, and Stephen Marotto.
Sciarrino Masterclass and Coaching of his Chamber Music at BU
March 29, 2013, 3-6PM
Marshall Room
2nd floor of 855 Commonwealth Ave.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Maestro Sciarrino coaching his solo, duo and trio works including De La Nuit, Nocturne, Canzona di Ringrazimento, Tre duetti con l’eco for flute, All’Aure in una Lontananza, Notturno 2, Esplorazione del Bianco I, produced in collaboration with the New England Conservatory and performed by NEC performers.
Concert of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Chamber Music at NEC
March 31, 2013, 8PM
NEC Brown Hall
290 Huntington Ave.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Tre duetti con l’eco for flute, All’Aure in una Lontananza, Notturno 2, Esplorazione del Bianco I and other solo, duo and trio works by Sciarrino, performed by NEC performers.
Alea III
April 3, 2013 8PM
Tsai Performance Center
685 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Violinist Scott Woolweaver and friends present an evening of international music for viola.
Boston Harp Trio
April 10, 2013, 8PM
CFA Concert Hall
855 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring works by Martin Amlin, Matti Kovler, Angelica Negron, Keeril Makan, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Earl Kim.
Boston University’s Time’s Arrow Ensemble
May 3, 2013 8PM
Morse Auditorium
602 COMMONWEALTH AVE
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring Andriessen’s, A Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata, Little Quartet No. 1 by Peter Maxwell Davies, Ruinen by Georges Asperghis, Incantation by Augusta Read Thomas, Two Psalms by Michael Finnissy (first performance–written for Time’s Arrow), and Gay Guerilla by Julius Eastman.
Composer’s Forum
All Composer’s Forum events are held from 12:30-2pm.
October 2, 2012 Lecture by Roger Reynolds, Electronic Studio Room B38
October 30, 2012 Presentation by Gunther Schuller, location tbd
November 13, 2012 Presentation by Philippe Leroux, location tbd
December 11, 2012 Presentation by Enrico Chapela, location tbd
February 19, 2013 Lecture by Salvatore Sciarrino, CFA Concert Hall
February 26, 2013 Lecture by Salvatore Sciarrino with demonstrations by the Jack Quartet and performances by Ari Streisfield, CFA Concert Hall
March 5, 2013 Lecture by Cindy Cox, CFA Electronic Studio Rm. B38
March 18, 2013 Lecture by Clarinetist Pierre Dutrieu on contemporary clarinet techniques, CFA Concert Hall
March 26, 2013 Lecture by Salvatore Sciarrino, CFA Concert Hall
April 30, 2013 Lecture/Demonstration by accordionist Luca Piovesan, CFA Electronic Studio Rm. B38
For more information about the Center, email Joshua Fineberg, Director of the Center for New Music.