Bowerbird is excited to present a rare evening of all contemporary music for brass ensemble featuring musicians from the Arcana New Music Ensemble. The program encompasses a wide variety of compositional voices from the last sixty years, including Lois V. Vierk’s thorny Jagged Mesa, Michael Nyman’s very un-Cagein For John Cage, and more recent works by Philadelphia based composers Rene Orth and Dustin Hurt.
PROGRAM
Lois V. Vierk: Jagged Mesa for brass ensemble
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Rene Orth: Leaguered in Fire, Lagooned in Gold for brass quintet;
George Walker: Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane for brass quintet
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Igor Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater for two trumpets;
Dustin Hurt: Per Novem for brass ensemble
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Lois V. Vierk: Sunbow for brass quintet
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Sofia Gubaidulina: Trio for Three Trumpets
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Joan Tower: Copperwave for brass quintet;
Michael Nyman: For John Cage for brass ensemble
ARCANA NEW MUSIC (BRASS) ENSEMBLE
Tessa Ellis, trumpet and piccolo trumpet;
Paul Futer, trumpet and flugelhorn
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William Gregory, trumpet and piccolo trumpet
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Alex Serio, trumpet and flugelhorn;
Josh Cote, horn;
Matt Gould, tenor trombone and euphonium
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RJ McGhee, tenor trombone
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Jason Stein, tenor trombone and bass trombone;
JJ Cooper, bass trombone
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Dan Nosheny, tuba;
Jay Krush, tuba and conductor
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Dustin Hurt, conductor
Admission is FREE