Music on the Edge: Transient Canvas
Copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum
Copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum
In a Dark Wood, a film about Mathew Rosenblum's Lament/Witches Sabbath by Pittsburgh filmmaker David Bernabo will premiere at the Pittsburgh JFilm Festival on Monday, April 30th! In a Dark Wood charts the path of the composer's Lament/Witches’ Sabbath, a highly personal concerto written for world famous clarinetist/composer David Krakauer.
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The highly regarded French ensemble presents a program featuring David Felder’s Partial (dist)res(s)toration, Philippe Leroux’s Continuo(ns), Christophe Bertrand’a Sanh, and Sean Shepherd’s The birds are nervous, the birds have scattered.
Copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum
The groundbreaking NYC ensemble performs Elena Medoza’s Nebelsplitter, Douglas Boyce’s Etude, Kyle Bartlett’s Twitch, Mario Davidovsky’s Quartetto #3, And Gabriel Erkoreka’s Rondo.
counter)induction's mission since its inception has been clear: world-class performances of contemporary chamber music, without hype and without agenda other than our complete commitment to the most compelling music of our day.
Select events will be available via livestream on the Music at Pitt YouTube channel.
Saturday, January 13, 8:00 pm - counter)induction | Music On the Edge
Monday, January 22, 3:00 pm - Naomi André | Visiting Scholar Series
Brandes and Moe join forces to perform Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis, Schönberg’s Book of the Hanging Garden, Barbara White’s I hear a clear stream singing, beneath these frozen tears, and some of Moe’s own vocal compositions.
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Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium will feature three days of concerts and symposia by leading performers, composers, and theorists of microtonal music.
Copresented with The Andy Warhol Museum
Three days of concerts and symposia by leading performers, composers, and theorists of microtonal music!
Concert, Beyond Festival Orchestra, Gil Rose conductor
Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Associate professor Amy Williams has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for 2017–18 at University College Cork, Ireland. During her Fulbright year she will split her duties between teaching and composing. Williams intends to compose several pieces including a Koussevitsky commission for soprano Tony Arnold and Jack Quartet.
Charles Lwanga has had a productive and rewarding spring, including the premiere of a new duet for trombone and percussion and being appointed Visiting Assistant Professor at Skidmore College. Lwanga completed his PhD at Pitt in composition/theory and is preparing to defend a second PhD in ethnomusicology, so he is particularly well suited to a position at Skidmore that will call on him to teach both music theory and ethnomusicology courses.