UNLV Music Department

N.E.O.N. Nevada Encounters of New Music

January 31 - February 3, 2008 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Guest Faculty Composers: Bruce Broughton, Chen Yi, Bernard Rands, Dmitri Tymoczko

Virko Baley and Jorge Grossmann, co-directors

The second edition of N.E.O.N., Nevada Encounters Of New Music, the composers' symposium and festival at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, offers four days of intensive activities including concerts, lectures, private lessons (one with each faculty member), and master classes. This student-focused program combines active learning with enriching exposure to new music, allied to the excitement of the Las Vegas experience.

Two ensembles will be in residence in order to guarantee excellent performances of selected works: NEXTET, UNLV's new music ensemble, with a history that goes back to early 1970s, and TALEA, a New York based group. TALEA's performers, under the artistic direction of Alex Lipowski are a young and dynamic group with a strong commitment to new music, having given dozens of world premieres of contemporary works. The two ensembles will perform faculty and student compositions in three evening concerts.

ALL CONCERTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN DR. ARTURO RANDO-GRILLOT RECITAL HALL (BEAM MUSIC CENTER)

ALL COMPOSER SEMINARS WILL TAKE PLACE IN HFA 147 (HAM FINE ARTS BUILDING)

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MAX DI JULIO COMPOSITION PRIZE

During the final concert, two participating students will be selected by the faculty to receive the following commissions each in the amount of $1,000:

Max DiJulio Prize for Music Composition (to compose a new work for NEXTET)
Max DiJulio Prize for Trumpet Composition (to compose a new work for trumpet)
Both works to be premiered during NEON 2009.

Faculty composers

Bernard Rands,* Harvard University emeritus
Chen Yi,** Conservatory of Music - University of Missouri-Kansas City
Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University
Bruce Broughton, Emmy winning film and TV composer, USC and UCLA
Virko Baley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jorge Grossmann, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

*Pulitzer Prize for 1984 **Ives Living Award 2001-2004

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, January 31

1:45-3:15 Composer's Seminar - Dmitri Tymoczko

3:30-5:00 Composer's Seminar - Virko Baley

7:30 PM Concert No. 1

From Elements Suite (2006-7) Stephen Bachicha (b. 1980)
I. Fire

NEXTET
Phillip Lenberg, conductor

Shadowings (2007)* Matthew Schreibeis (b. 1980)
I. A long time ago...
II. How very seldom do such things happen in this world
III. A Shape, vague and vast
IV. It was I--I--I!
V. Sewing by the light of a paper-lamp
* World premiere: commissioned by the 2007 Max Di Julio Prize

Krista Aasland, flute
John De La Paz, clarinet
Crystal Yuan, violin
Andrew Smith, cello

Qi (1997) Chen Yi (b. 1953)

Daria Binkowski, flute
Christopher Gross, cello
Aaron Wunsch, piano
Alex Lipowski, percussion

Beat Therapy for Jazz/Funk ensemble (2005) Dmitri Tymoczko(b. 1969)
UNLV Jazz Ensemble/Dave Loeb, conductor

Friday, February 1

11:15-12:15 Auditors' masterclass

1:45-3:15 Composer's Seminar - Bruce Broughton on Film music

3:30-5:00 Composer's Seminar - Bernard Rands

7:30 PM Concert No. 2

Burlesca (2003) Dante De Silva (b. 1968)

Eric Carlson, violin
Rena Moore, clarinet
Aaron Wunsch, piano

The Ayatollah's Sermon (2006-7) Jason Slaughter (b. 1983)

Sallie Pollack, piano

Changing Lights (2007) Bruno Siberchicot (b. 1963)
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Stephen Caplan, oboe

A Primer for Malachi (2005) Bruce Broughton (b. 1945)
1 Flowing 2 Faster
3 Rhapsodically
4 Very Quick
5 Very Calm

Daria Binkowski, flute
Rena Moore, clarinet
Christopher Gross, cello
Sallie Pollack, piano

Saturday, February 2

11:15-12:15 Auditors' masterclass

1:45-3:15 Composer's Seminar - Jorge Grossmann

3:30-5:00 Composer's Seminar - Dmitri Tymoczko on music analysis

7:30 PM Concert No. 3

Sleepless City Wah-hei Ng (b. 1982)

Daria Binkowski, flute
Christopher Gross, cello
Aaron Wunsch, piano

Actions & Resonances (2005) Alex Miller (b. 1982)
I. Actions
II. Resonances

Elena Miraztchiyska, piano

Erneuerung (2007)* Kye Ryung Park (b. 1974)
I.
II.
III.

* World premiere

Andrew Smith, cello
Enrico Elisi, piano

Three Etudes (2007) Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (b. 1973)
No. 1 - Leggiero
No. 2 - Adagio - for the left hand
No. 3 - Brusco

Carolyn Villavicencio Grossmann, piano

Petroushka Dreams (2006) John G. Bilotta (b. 1948)
Rena Moore, clarinet
Christopher Gross, cello
Aaron Wunsch, piano

Sunday, February 3

1:00-2:30 PM Composer's Seminar- Bruce Broughton

2:45-4:15 PM Composer's Seminar - Chen Yi

8:00 PM Concert No. 4

a quiet way (2006) Eun Young Lee
poem by Emily Dickinson (b.1967)
Veera Asher, soprano
NEXTET with
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Virko Baley, conductor

From Dreamtime for 6 instrumentalists (1993-95) Virko Baley (b. 1938)
I. Through A Glass Darkly
II. The Stillness
III. Tears
IV. Kaleidescope
V. West Wind
XV. Adams's Apple
Daria Binkowski, flute
Rena Moore, clarinet
Eric Carlson, violin
Christopher Gross, cello
Aaron Wunsch, piano
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Virko Baley, conductor

"now again" - fragments from Sappho (2006) Bernard Rands text fragments from The Love Songs of Sappho (b. 1934)
Juline Barol-Gilmore, mezzo soprano soloist
Elizabeth Rasmussen, soprano
Amanda Mura, alto
Megan Lanz, flute
Heidi Booth, clarinet
Walter Blanton, trumpet
Michelle Gott, harp
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Wei-wei Le, violin
Crystal Yuan, viola
Andrew Smith, cello
Virko Baley, conductor

For further information contact:
Jorge Grossmann
(702) 895-5040
jorge.grossmann@unlv.edu