Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music presents

New Music Series Fall 2012



All events are in Westbrook Auditorium unless otherwise specified

September 18

Symposium of Contemporary Music
Chinary Ung, guest composer; Susan Ung, guest violist
A concert of music by the masterful Cambodian-American composer, performed by superb musicians from California, Chicago and central Illinois
8 PM

September 19

Symposium of Contemporary Music
Guest Lecture: Adam Greene
Still Life After Death: Transcendent Spiritualism in the Music of Chinary Ung

A former student of Ung's and an authority on his music, Greene discusses the strong spiritual element in Ung's work
School of Music 258
11 AM

September 23

Faculty Recital: Keith Zimmerman, saxophone; William West, piano
A triple threat on soprano, alto and baritone, Zimmerman celebrates sixty years as a saxophonist with a program of 20th and 21st-century compositions
3 PM

October 5

Student Composition Concert
7:30 PM

October 27

Jazz Ensemble Halloween Concert
Timothy Pitchford, Director
Music of Mingus, Thad Jones, Basie and more!
7:30 PM

October 28

Fall Choral Concert
Collegiate Choir, J. Scott Ferguson, Director
University Choir, Jonathan Green, Director
Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and music by Penderecki,
Kostiainen, Rutter, and Orfe
Second Presbyterian Church, 313 North East Street, Bloomington
3 PM

October 28

Faculty Recital: Lisa Nelson, viola; R. Kent Cook, piano
Bulgarian viola music of the 20th and 21st centuries
7:30 PM

November 8

New Music Café
Featuring music of guest composer Marcos Lucas Vieira (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil) and IWU Provost Jonathan Green, along with a selection of contemporary Bulgarian compositions.
8 PM

November 17

Jazz Lab Concert,
Timothy Pitchford, Director
8 PM

December 1

Improvisation Class Concert
3 PM

December 1

Student Composition Concert
7:30 PM

December 6

Jazz Combos Concert
Timothy Pitchford, Director
8 PM
   
   

All events are free and open to the public