Duke New Music Ensemble
George Lam, director
“The birth of a winning new music enterprise in Durham … this ensemble rocks!”
- Classical Voice of North Carolina
The Duke New Music Ensemble ([dnme] for short) brings together undergraduate and graduate students in performing music written in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as new works by Duke student composers. In addition, [dnme] also collaborates regularly with faculty and guest artists from the Duke University Department of Music and other institutions across North Carolina. [dnme] rehearses twice a week, and performs in two concerts each semester.
2007-08 Concert Season
- “New and Very New Music”
October 4, 2007, 7:30pm, Brody Theater (East Campus)
- “Coming Together”
November 29, 2007, 7:30pm, Brody Theater (East Campus)
- “Interpersonal Beats”
February 20, 2008, 8:00pm, Sheafer Theater (West Campus)
- “The Carillon in My Life ”
"Outdoors": March 31, 2008, 5:00pm, Duke Chapel Plaza
"Indoors": April 4, 2008, 8:00pm, Biddle Music Bldg. (East Campus)
"The Carillon in My Life" (outdoor version)
Duke Chapel Plaza, March 31, 5pm
with J. Samuel Hammond, carillon
* This unique outdoor performance features [dnme] with J. Samuel
Hammond, in a live premiere of two works by Kathleen Bader and Dan Ruccia.
"The Carillon in My Life" (indoor version)
Biddle Music Building, Lower Level, April 4, 8-9pm
* Come hear the new pieces for [dnme] and the Duke Chapel carillon in a unique indoor rendition in the Biddle Music Building.
* Also featuring music by graduate composers Alex Kotch and Paul
Swartzel, and "Three Songs From Shakespeare" by Igor Stravinsky.
* Check out the Duke University Musical Instruments Collection museum between pieces.
* Drop by anytime between 8pm and 9pm, and enjoy food and drinks with your new music!
"Interpersonal Beats"
Sheafer Theater, Feb. 20, 8pm
Program:
Quentin Conrate, Veux-tu me faire de la soupe pour le reste de ma vie.
Henry Cowell, Quartet Euphometric
Alex Kotch, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
C.R. Kasprzyk, Degradations IV-b
Toru Takemitsu, Distance de Fée
Terry Riley, In C
- Quentin Conrate's piece is a world premiere created for [dnme]. Conrate is a visiting Art History graduate student from France;
- C.R. Kasprzyk is currently on the music faculty at Bluefield College in Virginia. Degredations IV-b will be presented in a new version arranged especially for [dnme];
- Alex Kotch, a current Duke graduate student in composition, wil perform in his work Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano.
PersonnelAndy Bonner (Faculty, Music), violin
Quentin Conrate (Graduate School, Art History), percussion
Peter Dong (T ’09), flute and saxophone
Sarah Griffin (Graduate School, Music), violin
Oshri Hakak, oboe
Alex Kotch (Graduate School, Music), clarinet and saxophone
George Lam (Graduate School, Music), violin
Dan Ruccia (Graduate School, Music), viola
Elizabeth Terry (Graduate School, Music), violin and piano
Michael Wood (T ’09), flute
Kirill Zikanov (T ’09), piano
Guest Artists
Jay O’Berski (Faculty, Theater Studies), narrator
Reginald Patterson (Graduate School, Romance Studies), viola
Susan Fancher (Faculty, Music), saxophone
Previous Works Performed
Kathleen Bader (b. 1982)
waterslide (2007)*, for violin, soprano saxophone and clarinet
Benito Crawford (b. 1979)
“If it's controlled by moral people, then it'll be moral.” “Oh, I know I'm not moral. As a matter of fact, I should be arrested for the thoughts I have now.” (2007)*, open instrumentation
Henryk Górecki (b.1933)
Little Fantasia, Op. 73 (1997), for violin and piano
Alex Kotch (b.1983)
The Way Home (2005), for solo piano
Paul Leary (b. 1974)
The Children of Chernobyl (2007)*, for viola and digital media
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Primavera Porteña (arr. José Bragato), for flute, alto saxophone and piano
Frederic Rzewski (b.1938)
Coming Together (1972), open instrumentation with narrator
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Seven Canons (1905-1045), open instrumentation
David Stock (b.1939)
Keep The Change (1981), open instrumentation
James Tenney (1934-2006)
Ergodos (1963), for tape
String Complement (to Ergodos I or II) (1964), for tape with string instruments
Christian Wolff (b.1934)
Toss (1970), open instrumentation
* indicates a [dnme] world premiere.
For more information about the Duke New Music Ensemble, or to be added to the mailing list, please contact George Lam.