Fall Festival of New Music
| Date/Time: | Friday, 15 Oct 2010 |
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| Location: | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital, Music Building |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | Tammy Krock |
| Phone: | 515-294-3831 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Categories: | Arts, performances |
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Many of these pieces will be performed by various faculty members and several small and large student ensembles from ISU Department of Music and Theatre. The festival will include three concerts on Friday and Saturday featuring works by ICF members, and an Iowa State Singers concert on Sunday afternoon which will include a work by an ICF member. The composers of each ICF work will be in attendance and will introduce their piece to the audience. In addition, there will be a concert Friday evening featuring guest composer Elainie Lillios (Bowling Green State University of Ohio) sponsored by the C. Buell Lipa Festival for Contemporary Music at Iowa State University. Elainie Lillios will give a pre-concert introduction a half hour before this concert. The festival will also include several lectures on topics of interest to composers and arrangers on Saturday and Sunday. All concerts will be held in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall in Music Hall, and with the exception of the Iowa State Singers concert are free. Admission for the Singers concert will be $4 for the general public and $2 for students. The festival is funded in part by the Alvin Edgar Fund for the Performing Arts, a part of the Iowa State University Foundation.
Festival Events:
Friday
ICF Concert featuring electroacoustic and chamber music
4:00 pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall
This concert will include works by Denise Knaack, David DeVasto, Greg A. Steinke, Matthew Dotson, Kris Bryden, and Maria Karpova.
LIPA Festival Concert featuring guest composer Elainie Lillios
7:30 pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall
7:00 pre-concert introduction by Dr. Lillios
This concert will include electroacoustic and visual music work by Lillios, Bonnie Mitchell, Jonathan Hallstrom, Hubert Howe, Arthur Kreiger, and Bill Alves. ISU Faculty flutist Sonja Giles will premier a new work "Among Fireflies" by guest composer Elainie Lillios.
Saturday
Composing and Arranging for Band
10:00-11:00, Room 130 in Music Hall
Presented by Michael Golemo
Lecture on Star Bells for Orchestra and Carillon by Jeffrey Prater
1:30-2:30, Room 130 in Music Hall
Presented by Jeffrey Prater and Tin-Shi Tam
ICF concert featuring works performed by various chamber ensembles and the Iowa State University Wind Ensemble
3:00 pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
This concert will include works by Ron Wray, Jeffrey Prater, Ray Songayllo, Joshua Reznicow, and Derek M. Jenkins.
ICF concert featuring chamber music
7:30 pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
This concert will include works by Bonnie Johansen-Werner, Ted Moore, Stephen Yip, Christopher Gainey, Jodi Goble, Benjamin Martinson, Ralph S. Kendrick, and Zachariah Zubow.
Sunday
Commissioning, Arranging, and Working with Composers for Children's Choir from the Director's Perspective
1:00-2:00, Room 130 in Music Hall
Presented by Sylvia Munsen
Iowa State Singers Concert
3:00 pm in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
This concert will include a work by Philip Wharton, a member of the Iowa Composers Forum. Admission will be charged ($4 general public/$2 students) for those who are not registered for the festival.