Music by Christopher Theofanidis featured in Feb. 28 concert
Henschel String Quartet and pianist Donald Berman perform chamber music The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents the Henschel Quartet Munich and pianist Donald Berman in a concert of chamber music by faculty composer Christopher Theofanidis on Thursday, February 28. The concert takes place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College [...]
New Music New Haven presents Theofanidis premiere Oct. 4
“Theofanidis is an unusually skilled, communicative composer.” –Baltimore Sun The Yale School of Music presents the world premiere of Allegory of the Cave by faculty composer Christopher Theofanidis on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The piece, written for string quartet and piano, will be performed by recent graduates of the School of Music, including . “Theofanidis [...]
All-City Honors Band 2012 finale concert
The Yale/New Haven All-City Honors Band completed its second season on Tuesday, May 8 with a 7pm concert in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall. The program featured pieces by Yale School of Music faculty composers Thomas C. Duffy and Christopher Theofanidis, among others. As conductor, Duffy was assisted by New Haven Public School [...]
YSM composers among American Academy of Arts & Letters awardees
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced recently the eighteen recipients of this year’s awards in music, which total $190,000. The winners were selected by a committee of Academy members. The awards will be presented at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial in May. Candidates for music awards are nominated by the 250 members of the [...]
New Music New Haven concert features solo works by Aaron Jay Kernis & Christopher Theofanidis
Performers in March 1 concert include Wesleyan University Balinese Gamelan The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 1 at 8 pm. Faculty composers Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Theofanidis are featured on the program, as are several graduate composers. The concert will take place in Morse Recital [...]
Yale Philharmonia performs new music Dec. 8
The Yale School of Music presents the Yale Philharmonia in a concert on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Shinik Hahm will conduct the orchestra in new music by graduate students in the School of Music’s composition program. The concert takes place at 8 pm in Woolsey Hall (500 College Street, New Haven). The program will open [...]
Guitarist Benjamin Verdery plays music by Yale composers Nov. 29
The Yale School of Music presents classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery in a Faculty Artist Series concert on Tuesday, November 29. Verdery will perform his own music as well as that of other Yale composers: Martin Bresnick, Christopher Theofanidis, Ezra Laderman, David Lang, and Jack Vees. The concert will feature multiple premieres, including the world premiere [...]
Arts Journal profiles faculty composer Christopher Theofanidis
Mind the Gap at Arts Journal talked to composer Christopher Theofanidis, a professor of composition at the School of Music and the artistic director of the New Music New Haven concert series. Molly Sheridan writes, “Christopher Theofanidis talked about letting go of his concern for solid ground in his creative process, opening up his musical [...]
New Music New Haven opens the 2010-11 season with featured composer Christopher Theofanidis
Concert also highlights three Yale alumni who will be showcased at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge October 11 The Yale School of Music presents the first New Music New Haven concert of the year on Thursday, October 7 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall. The concert will feature faculty composer Christopher [...]
Wendy Sharp and guests perform chamber music for strings, including Schoenberg’s sextet Verklärte Nacht
January 16 program also features a new work by Christopher Theofanidis Violinist Wendy Sharp will bring together several guest artists for a Faculty Artist Series concert on Saturday, January 16 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. Joining Ms. Sharp will be Andrea Schultz, violin; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Carol Rodland, viola; Scott Kluksdahl, cello; and Mimi [...]
New Music New Haven 11/19 features composer Jack Vees
Program includes Vees’s “Party Talk” and premieres by other Yale composers The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert featuring composer Jack Vees on Thursday, November 19 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. The highlight of the concert will be Vees’s Party Talk, a piece written in 1996 for narrator and [...]
