Widely regarded as one of Europe's premiere contemporary music groups, Cikada will perform Eivind Buene's Possible Cities/Essential Landscapes, Lars Petter Hagen's Funeral March in memory of Edvard Grieg, and Carola Bauckholt's Treibstoff ("Fuel"). Vist this link for a review of Eivind Buene's composing style as well as a video sneak peek at Cikada performing Buene's work.
Dave Eggar, Charles Palmer, and Rob Frankenberry premiere a new work by Elliott Sharp along with music by Mathew Rosenblum, Alvin Lucier, Charles Wourinen, and others.
We regret to announce that Dean Drummond's lecture has been canceled.
Music on the Edge presents ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) this Saturday night at the Warhol and the crack new music group's program has attracted a lot of attention from local media. You can see Mark Kanny's preview in today's Pittsburgh Tribune Review and another by Aaron Jentzen in this week's Pittsburgh City Paper.
Music on the Edge wraps up its 2009–10 season with Philadelphia's Relâche at The Andy Warhol Museum. MOTE and the Warhol will present the acclaimed new music ensemble along with Pitt's 2010 Franz Lehar Composer in Residence Paul Lansky. The program will feature the Pittsburgh premiere of Lansky's new Relâche-commissioned work Comix Trips. Relâche will also perform Pitt composer Eric Moe's 8 Point Turn, a work the ensemble commissioned and recorded on their CD of the same title. Other works on the program are Kyle Gann's Venus, Guy Klucevsek's Dance from Wing/Prayer, Duncan Neilson's Under the Carnival, and David Mahler's Scenes of Sacred Peace and Pleasure.
We regret to annnounce that Newband's March 20th Performance in Pittsburgh has been postponed until the 2010-11 season.
The end of 2009 has brought much-deserved recognition to Music on the Edge and IonSound Project, the music department's most prominent contemporary music endeavors.
Roger Zahab leads the MOTE Chamber orchestra in works by Mauricio Kagel, Stefan Wolpe, and Roger Zahab with premieres by Anthony Coleman Amy Williams.
Tickets in advance though ProArts: general admission $8.50, students and seniors $5. Visit www.proartstickets.org or call 412-394-3353. Tickets at the door: general admission $15, non-Pitt students and seniors, $10. Pitt students free with valid ID.
Music on the Edge and the Andy Warhol Museum will continue their highly successful collaboration beginning this January with a concert by the New York/Chicago-based International Contemporary Ensemble.