Please check the Concert Hotline (540-568-3481) for venue and time changes.
February 6 - 10, 2008
James Madison University School of Music
We are very excited to have as our guest this year composer Steve Reich.
For more information about him and a list of his works, visit http://www.stevereich.com .
Wednesday, Feb. 6
12:20 Brown Bag Lecture by Bill Wightman - "Cool, reductive and industrial: The aesthetics of minimalist art" , Music Building Room 142
1:25 Masterclass with Steve Reich, Music Building Room 108
5:00 Barnes & Noble event with Steve Reich
7:15 Pre-concert Conversation with Steve Reich, Wilson Hall Auditorium
8:00 Concert I, Wilson Hall Auditorium - featuring Music for 18 Musicians
Thursday, Feb. 7
10:30 Steve Reich on Music: A Reading, Listening and Discussion, Wilson Hall Auditorium
7:15 Pre-concert Conversation with Steve Reich, Wilson Hall Auditorium
8:00 Concert II, Wilson Hall Auditorium - featuring the Madison Singers
Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) Steve Reich
Rësa Curley, Adam Ashforth, Charles Gardner,, Adam Riley, Zachary Wadsworth, claves
Piano Phase (1967) Steve Reich
Andrew Richardson, Jamieson Carr, marimbas
Menhir (1983) John Hilliard (b. 1947)
I. Stenness
II. Cerrig Duon
III. Avebury
James Kluesner, trumpet and percussion, Michael Overman, percussion, Lori Piitz, piano
V. Laudate Dominum Urmas Sisask (b. 1960)
from Gloria Patri
Lux Aeterna Michael McGlynn (b. 1964)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994) Steve Reich
(arranged by Patrick Walders)
Madison Singers, Patrick Walders, director
Friday, Feb. 8
8:00 Concert III, Wilson Hall Auditorium - featuring the JMU Percussion Ensemble
Time Curve Preludes (1978) William Duckworth (b. 1943)
Eric Ruple, piano
from Seeing Things (2007) Jason Haney (b. 1969)
(text by Seamus Heaney)
II. Claritas
Carrie Stevens, mezzo-soprano, Carl Donakowski, cello
Tres Lent (hommage a Messiaen) (1994) Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Carl Donakowski, cello, Gabriel Dobner, piano
from Zwölf Lieder und Balladen Wilhelm
aus Des Kaben Wunderhorn (1958) Weismann (1900-1980)
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
Bei Nacht
Nachtmusikanten
Wieland Mueller, baritone, Gabriel Dobner, piano
from Song of ‘Almah (2006) Andrew Beall
1. Rose of Sharon
Emily Foster, soprano, Andrew Richardson, marimba
Surge(2003) Rob Smith
JMU Percussion Ensemble, C. William Rice, director
Saturday, Feb. 9
3:00 Student Composers' Recital, Music Building Room 108 - featuring winners of JMU Student Composers' Competition
8:00 Concert IV, Wilson Hall Auditorium - featuring the JMU Brass Band
Vier Lieder, op. 2 (1900) Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)
Erwartung
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm
Erhebung
Waldsonne
Lauren McDonald, soprano, Jonathan Keener, piano
from Book of the Arnold Schönberg
Hanging Gardens, op. 15 (1909)
Jedem Werke bin ich fürder tot
Angst und Hoffen wechselnd mich beklemmen
Wenn ich heut nicht deinen Leib berühre
Streng ist uns das Glück und Spröde
Das schöne Beet beträcht ich mir im Harren
Carrie Stevens, mezzo-soprano, Eric Ruple, piano
Seven Macabre Songs (1979) Tina Davidson
John Little, narrator, Patricia Brady, piano
…Dove Descending (1999) Phillip Wilby (b. 1949)
JMU Brass Band, Kevin Stees, director
Sunday, Feb. 10
3:00 Concert V, Wilson Hall Auditorium - featuring the JMU Jazz Ensemble and Wind Symphony
Mad Rush (1979) Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Michael Scales, piano
Exsequiae (2007) David Pope (b. 1972)
Janice L. Minor, clarinet, David Pope, tenor saxophone
Maxfield John Hollenbeck
Petite Bete Noir Chuck Dotas (b. 1962)
JMU Jazz Ensemble, Chuck Dotas, director
In evening’s stillness…(1996) Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
Angela Stevens, piano
JMU Wind Symphony, Stephen Bolstad, director
Niagara Falls (1997) Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
JMU Wind Symphony, Stephen Bolstad, director
Tickets for Concerts I - V are $6 ($3 student/senior). Pass for all concerts is $24 ($12 student/senior), available at the door or at the Music Office (Music Building room 123). All other events are free and open to the public.
www.jmucmf.org
For more information contact Jason Haney at 568-6664 or haneyjx@jmu.edu.
This festival is made possible in part by a generous grant from Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.
Last year's Festival:
The New Millenium Ensemble:
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Mariane Gythfeldt, clarinet
Sunghae Ana Lim, violin
Gregory Hesselink, cello
John Ferrari, percussion
Margaret Kampmeier, piano
New Millennium Ensemble, winner of the 1995 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award, has established itself as one of New York's finest young ensembles. Appearing in concert series throughout the United States, the group has premiered over fifty new works and earned praise for its brilliant performances and wide ranging repertoire. Allan Kozinn of the New York Times wrote, "...the expert young players of the New Millennium Ensemble have an admirable catholicity of taste and the virtuosity to support it." In recognition of its pioneering spirit, New Millennium Ensemble has been honored with a CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.
More information may be found at the ensemble's website:
http://www.newmillenniumensemble.org
