Encounters: with the music of our time

Encounters: with the music of our time, now in its 35th season, is the Department of Music's new music concert series.

The Encounters series brings together world-class visiting artists and the works of Duke Music Department composition students. Students have the opportunity to have their works read, recorded, and performed publicly by professional ensembles like Da Capo Chamber Players, Bang on a Can, and others.

This Year's Artists

Deviant Septet
Formed in 2010, Deviant Septet has been hailed as an “exciting” (New York Times), “stylish new ensemble” (New York Magazine). The goal of Deviant Septet is to fulfill the vision Igor Stravinsky had for his "L’histoire du Soldat" ensemble by bringing together an unusual combination of instruments— the soprano and bass voice of every instrument family: violin and bass, clarinet and bassoon, trumpet and trombone, and percussion.

Encounters News

Sid Richardson receives Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Sid Richardson writes concert music that imbues modern idioms with emotional grit and cerebral wit.  He has collaborated with ensembles such as The Da Capo Chamber Players, Ensemble Amarcord,...
Duke composers meet the North Carolina Symphony
"Invès" by Yahn Wagner de Mello Pinto and "Vicious Circles" by Scott Lee were created especially for the orchestra.  The rehearsal capped a year-long engagement between the Duke University...
Encounters 2014-15 season: Da Capo Chamber Players and the return of yMUSIC
The Encounters 2014-2015 season features two residencies with outstanding new music groups.  On November 9, the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players will perform in Baldwin...

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