New Music New Haven features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis in Apr. 30 concert
Correction 4/15/2013: This concert will take place at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street, New Haven. Kernis draws inspiration from the Italian Renaissance in his “da L’Arte dalla Dansar” The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The concert features faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis and his 2011 piece da L’Arte della Danssar, written for the [...]
New Music New Haven presents new music by five Yale faculty composers Mar. 28
Featuring the works of Lang, Bresnick, Vees, Marshall and Lash The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 28, 2013. The concert features new music by five faculty composers: Martin Bresnick, David Lang, Hannah Lash, Ingram Marshall, and Jack Vees. David Lang‘s “Orpheus Over and Under,” for two pianos, [...]
New Music New Haven presents music by Michael Daugherty Mar. 7
Michael Daugherty has “a maverick imagination, fearless structural sense and meticulous ear.” – The Times (London) The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The performance features two pieces by renowned composer (and Yale School of Music alumnus) Michael Daugherty along with music by YSM graduate composers. Performers [...]
New Music New Haven presents a world premiere by Ezra Laderman Feb. 7
“Ezra Laderman has been a major behind-the-scenes force in American music for many decades.” –New Music Box The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, February 7, 2013. The event features a new piece by faculty composer Ezra Laderman alongside the music of five up-and-coming young composers. The centerpiece of the concert is [...]
New Music for Orchestra features works by student composers Dec. 6
The Yale School of Music presents the annual New Music for Orchestra concert on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The program features the music of five up-and-coming composers performed by the Yale Philharmonia, conducted by Shinik Hahm. The concert presents five new pieces for chamber orchestra: “Guess That Shape” by Stephen Feigenbaum; “Arion” by William Gardiner; “Sinfonia [...]
New Music New Haven hosts renowned composer George Crumb Nov. 15
“One of the most distinctive compositional voices to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century.” –AllMusic The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert featuring the music of George Crumb on Thursday, November 15, 2012. One of today’s most-performed composers, Crumb is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy Award, [...]
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 [...]
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho featured in New Music New Haven concert April 12
“She is, quite simply, one of the most original compositional voices of our time.” — Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert featuring guest composer Kaija Saariaho on Thursday, April 12. Saariaho’s pieces Serenatas and Terrestre will be performed alongside new works by students in the [...]
Steve Reich featured in March 29 NMNH concert
Reich is “…the most original musical thinker of our time.” – The New Yorker The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven performance featuring guest composer STEVE REICH on Thursday, March 29. Musicians from the Yale School of Music will perform two of Reich’s works as well as music by students in [...]
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 [...]
New Music New Haven features Ezra Laderman’s Piano Sonata No. 5 on Feb. 2
Featured performers include TwoSense, pianist Amy J. Yang The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven performance on Thursday, February 2 at 8pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College St., New Haven, corner of Wall St.). The performance will feature the Piano Sonata No. 5 of Yale faculty composer [...]
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 [...]
New Music New Haven features music of Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall Nov. 3
The Yale School of Music features the music of two of its faculty composers in a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Guest performers, including the Double Entendre music ensemble and violinist Todd Reynolds, will perform works by faculty composers Martin Bresnick and Ingram Marshall. The concert will also include music [...]
Concert features music of David Lang Oct. 6
The Yale School of Music presents the first New Music New Haven concert of the year on Thursday, October 6, 2011. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, a faculty member and graduate of the School of Music, is the featured composer. The concert will take place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague [...]
New Music New Haven features the Pulitzer Prize-winning String Quartet No. 2 by Aaron Jay Kernis
“A composer of real mastery and individuality.” –The New York Times The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 8 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church (292 Orange Street, New Haven). The concert will feature faculty composer Aaron Jay Kernis, whose String Quartet No. 2, musica [...]
New Music New Haven features Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner April 14
The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert will feature composer Yehudi Wyner, a graduate of Yale (’50BA, ’51BM, ’53MM) and a former professor at the Yale School of [...]
New Music New Haven features Ezra Laderman’s Piano Sonata No. 2
The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The concert will feature faculty composer Ezra Laderman and his Piano Sonata No. 2, written in 1956. The four-movement work will be performed [...]
New Music New Haven features David Lang’s “Pierced”
“Dark, mordant and rhythmically relentless, Pierced is the most exciting new work in years from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.” – San Francisco Chronicle The Yale School of Music will present a New Music New Haven concert on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, [...]
Yale Philharmonia features composer Martin Bresnick in concert of New Music for Orchestra Dec. 9
Other works in the Sprague Hall concert include Andy Akiho’s concerto for steel pans and Reena Esmail’s Aria with Hindustani vocalist Meena Shivram The Yale School of Music presents its annual New Music for Orchestra concert with the Yale Philharmonia on Thursday, December 9 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 [...]
New Music New Haven features guest composer David Felder
Concert also presents chamber works by Yale School of Music composers The Yale School of Music presents a New Music New Haven concert featuring guest composer David Felder (pictured at right) on Thursday, November 4 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). The evening will open with [...]
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 [...]
New Music New Haven features faculty composer Ezra Laderman and his “Nonet of the Night” April 22
The New Music New Haven concert series presents a program of new music featuring faculty composer Ezra Laderman on Thursday, April 22 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. Laderman, a composer with a long and distinguished career, will work with graduate performers on his Nonet of the Night, written in 2004. The 20-minute piece is [...]
New Music New Haven features guest composer and Yale graduate Tom Johnson in April 1 concert
Program includes the premiere of “Four Note Chords,” dedicated to Allen Forte The New Music New Haven concert series presents a program of new music featuring guest composer Tom Johnson on Thursday, April 1 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Johnson, a minimalist composer who studied at Yale College and [...]
New Music New Haven features an extended piano quartet by Aaron Jay Kernis
Program also presents the rescheduled US premiere of Jack Vees’s “Party Talk” FEB. 5, 2010 | The New Music New Haven concert series presents a program of new music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Jack Vees, and other Yale composers on Thursday, March 4 at 8 pm in Sprague Hall. The program opens with Reena Esmail’s [...]
