unheard-of//ensemble performs “Family Picnic” – Miami University, OH

Date: February 14, 2019
Time: 7:30 pm

unheard-of//ensemble’s 2018-19 season spotlights the Unheard-of//Dialogues Project, examining the modern voice of the Messiaen quartet instrumentation, featuring works written for Unheard-of by Reiko Füting, Erin Rogers, and Christopher Stark, as well as the premiere of a new work by Ken Thomson supported by the Johnstone Fund for New Music.

Thursday, February 14, 7:30pm
Souers Recital Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056

February 14, 2019

unheard-of//ensemble performs “Family Picnic 2008” – Columbus, OH

Date: February 13, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm

The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents NYC’s Unheard-of//Ensemble, in a contemporary chamber ensemble dedicated to the development and performance of new music by living composers.

Wednesday, February 13, 7:00PM
Short North Stage
1187 N High St
Columbus, OH 43201

PROGRAM
“Uneasy” by Ken Thomson (2019) [World premiere, commissioned by Johnstone Fund for New Music)
“Maple” by Christopher Stark (2018) [Midwest premiere]
“Shifting Baseline Syndrome” (2018) by Margaret Schedel [Midwest premiere]
“Hum Phenomenon” (2017) by Tonia Ko-Hum
“Family Picnic 2008” (2017) by Erin Rogers
“procession-process: peace (dona nobis pacem)” (2017-18) by Reiko Füting
“lumine” by Leah Asher

This concert is part of the free “New Music at Short North Stage” concert series. Seating is limited and available on a first-come first-served basis. Recommended for ages 9 and older. Cocktails are available for purchase an hour before each concert at Ethel’s Lounge, adjacent to the theater. Parking is available at a lot just south of the theater and at nearby meters. Free street parking is available after 6:00 p.m. on the south side of Fifth Avenue west of High Street.

February 14, 2019

Chunky in Heat – workshop performance, Flea Theatre

Date: February 13, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm

The Flea Theater
20 Thomas St
“The Pete”
7pm – RSVP (free)

Experiments in Opera and Contemporaneous present the premiere of Chunky in Heat an opera based on a libretto by celebrated author A. M. Homes.  Chunky in Heat tells the story of a young girl who comes of age poolside at her family’s home in the canyons of Los Angeles. Against this backdrop of privilege, she struggles to understand her place in her family and the world.  Chunky in Heat features music by Jason CadyPaula MatthusenErin RogersAaron SiegelShelley Washington and Matthew Welch. This production is directed by Alison Moritz.

Featuring

Sarah Tupper Daniels, Chunky (Cheryl)
Timothy Stoddard, Walter / Fiancee / Beekeeper
Emily Geller, Mother
Joshua Jeremiah, Father
Rachel Doehring, Abigail / Shapeshifter

Contemporaneous
David Bloom, Music Director

February 14, 2019

Hypercube // CalArts Residency

Date: February 8, 2019

Feb 7-8, 2019

CalArts residency
Performing works by Nick Deyoe, Lilac Atassi, Ben Richter, Sivan Silver-Swartz
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Los Angeles, CA

November 25, 2018

Hypercube // CalArts Residency

Date: February 7, 2019

Feb 7-8, 2019

CalArts residency
Performing works by Nick Deyoe, Lilac Atassi, Ben Richter, Sivan Silver-Swartz
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Los Angeles, CA

November 25, 2018