Tactus Ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Music at Manhattan School of Music
As Co-Artistic Director of Tactus Contemporary Chamber Music, my colleague Matt Ward and I are thrilled to invite you to 6 concerts of chamber music this year featuring students of Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Performance Program. All concerts are free. Please join us on the Upper West Side this season.
Mon, OCT 7 | 7:30 PM Big Band
Tactus Ensemble features students of the Contemporary Performance Program (CPP)
Erin Rogers and Matt Ward (BM ’98), Co-Artistic and Administrative Advisors With guest artist Todd Reynolds, Soundpainter
PROGRAM: to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem by Andy Akiho Untitled (empathy/the mark of Cain) by Andrew Stock Kore I & II by Anna Webber Sound Painting (Todd Reynolds, Sounpainter)
Ohio State University: Fall Masterclass with Guest Artist, Hypercube
Thursday, October 3, 4pm ET
School of Music, OSU
Weigel Hall
110, 1866 College Rd N
Columbus, OH 43210
Capital University presents Guest Artist, Hypercube, performing works by Marcel Castro Lima, Corie Rose Soumah, Charles Rudig, Eric Wubbels and XY Mike Zhou.
Wednesday, October 2, 6pm ET
Huntington Recital Hall
Conservatory of Music
Capital University
E Main St & College Ave,
Bexley, OH 43209 Concert Listing/More INFO
Johns Hopkins University
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C.
With the support of a generous grant from the Nexus Awards, Dr. Felipe Lara, Polyaspora will hosta five-day contemporary music festival, at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. in fall 2024. Hosted by the Peabody Institute and curated by Professor Lara and George Lewis of Columbia University, Polyaspora centers Black and Brazilian perspectives in contemporary music alongside a showcase of new musical works by Peabody Conservatory students. The globally renowned and New York City-based International Contemporary Ensemble will serve as guest performers and educators for the festival. The festival includes three concerts with pre-concert talks at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center’s state-of-the-art Theatre, and one concert on the Peabody Institute’s Baltimore campus. All four concerts will be free and open to the public. Additional workshops and open rehearsals at Peabody will be open to JHU and Peabody students to attend and participate in.
PROGRAM
Jocy de Oliveira: Nherana (2017) for oboe, clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, cello, electronics
Arthur Kampela: Percussion Study I (1989-1990) for solo guitar
Marcos Balter: Violin Concerto (2016) for solo violin, flute, clarinet, sax, bassoon, percussion, guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello
Igor Santos: Carve (2023, rev 2024) for percussion, piano
Michelle Agnes: Lighter than air (2020) for violin, viola, cello
Felipe Lara: Mosaic Maze (2024) for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxo, horn, percussion I&II, harp, piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello
PERFORMERS
David Fulmer, conductor
Rebekah Heller, conductor
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
Nick Masterson, oboe
Erin Rogers, saxophone
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Alexander Davis, bassoon
Kyra Sims, horn
Josh Modney, violin
Pala Garcia, violin
Wendy Richman, viola
John Popham, cello
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Daniel Lippel, guitar
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Dennis Sullivan, percussion
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Johns Hopkins University
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C.
With the support of a generous grant from the Nexus Awards, Dr. Felipe Lara, Polyaspora will host a five-day contemporary music festival, at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. in fall 2024. Hosted by the Peabody Institute and curated by Professor Lara and George Lewis of Columbia University, Polyaspora centers Black and Brazilian perspectives in contemporary music alongside a showcase of new musical works by Peabody Conservatory students. The globally renowned and New York City-based International Contemporary Ensemble will serve as guest performers and educators for the festival. The festival includes three concerts with pre-concert talks at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center’s state-of-the-art Theatre, and one concert on the Peabody Institute’s Baltimore campus. All four concerts will be free and open to the public. Additional workshops and open rehearsals at Peabody will be open to JHU and Peabody students to attend and participate in.
PROGRAM
Xinglan Deng: That’s the end of winter for oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, harp, piano, and violin
Christopher Thompson: Precipice for soprano saxophone, bassoon, horn, piano, and violin
Rodrigo Valente Pascale: escritura for oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, harp, electric guitar, and violin
Alexander Wu: Measure of the wound for oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, horn, and electric guitar
Spencer Winell: Avec la Gomme for alto saxophone, bassoon, piano, harp, electric guitar, and violin
Jia Yi Lee: Rotations for oboe, soprano saxophone, bassoon, horn, electric guitar, and harp
Emma Tucker: Crudely, Gilded, Brutally Adorned for conductor, oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, harp, electric guitar, and violin
PERFORMERS
Rebekah Heller, conductor
Nick Masterson, oboe
Erin Rogers, saxophone
Alexander Davis, bassoon
Kyra Sims, horn
Josh Modney, violin
Nuiko Wadden, harp
Daniel Lippel, guitar
Jacob Greenberg, piano