Muziko Nova Leap Day Concert and New Music Forum
February 27-29, 2004

Schedule of Events

Friday, February 27, 2004
Muziko Nova Student and Alumni Composition Recital
8:15 pm, Orchestra Room, Christiansen Hall of Music
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (click here for directions)
Free and open to the general public

Saturday, Feburary 28, 2004
Muziko Nova New Music Forum
10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN (click here for directions)
$25 adults/$20 students (Includes free ticket to Leap Day Concert)

Sunday, February 29, 2004
100 Years of New Music at St. Olaf
A Presentation by Dr. Peter Hamlin
12:00-1:30 pm, Grandma's
1800 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN
Free/RSVP required

Sunday, February 29, 2004
Muziko Nova Leap Day Concert
2:00 pm, Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN (click here for directions)
$17 adults/$10 students

Click here to register for the New Music Forum and/or order tickets for the Leap Day Concert, or order Leap Day Concert tickets directly from the Southern Theater by calling (612) 340-1725.

New Music Forum schedule
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Southern Theater (click here for directions)

9:30 - 10:00am  Registration

10:00 - 11:00am  Workshop 1: Sound Lighting Choices
Simple ideas for enhancing the lighting of concert performances

Jeff Bartlett, Lighting Designer and Artistic Director, Southern Theater

In this workshop, we'll learn to pay attention to the lighting, and we'll learn about some
simple ways that we might make better-informed choices about the lighting for our concerts.
Essentially non-technical in nature, this workshop is designed to give the musical performer
some basic knowledge that will be useful in working with lighting professionals, to achieve
the best lighting possible under a wide range of circumstances.

11:15am - 12:15pm  Workshop 2: Commissioning Music
How to get started

Heather Hitchens, President, Meet the Composer
Mark Trevino, Senior Program Manager, Meet the Composer
John Nuechterlein, President, American Composers Forum
Heather Barringer, percussionist and Co-Artistic Director, Zeitgeist ensemble
Randall Davidson, composer
Moderated by Mary Ellen Childs, composer

This workshop will focus on practical information about commissioning music, whether
you are a composer interested in receiving commissions or a musician interested in
commissioning new music. We’ll discuss ways to find a compatible composer or ensemble,
how to make agreements (i.e. contract issues), fee guidelines, sources for commissioning funds
(grants, donors, and other creative ideas). Bring your questions about how to get started down
this exciting road of collaboration between composer, ensemble and commissioning source.

12:15 - 1:30pm  Lunch break

On your own or join the folks from Meet The Composer, the American Composers Forum
and Zeitgeist for lunch at a nearby restaurant (not included in the workshop fee). A great
chance to meet and speak informally with workshop participants and presenters.

1:45 - 2:45pm  Workshop 3: Creative Thinking, Creative Process, Creative Practices

Mary Ellen Childs, Composer-in-Residence, Meet The Composer New Residency Program

Artists, composers and musicians are creative, but so is every human on the planet.
Creativity is a universal quality that can be valued and developed. In this hands-on
workshop we’ll look at how can you identify your unique creative habits and tendencies
and foster them, both in your work as a composer or musician and in other areas of your life.

3:00 - 4:00pm  Workshop 4: Composers' Listening Session

Composers (this means you!) are invited to bring 3-4 minute works or
excerpts to play (on CD please). Peter Hamlin, who teaches composition, theory
and electronic music at St. Olaf College, will moderate a discussion about the works.

Click here to register for the New Music Forum and/or order tickets for the Leap Day Concert, or order Leap Day Concert tickets directly from the Southern Theater by calling (612) 340-1725.

Leap Day Concert program
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Southern Theater (click here for directions)

Stopwatch by Laura Conger '05
A Reading From _____ by Ben Houge '96
Echoes of Adagio by Tim Bradley '04
Zailflops by Michael Smith '05
I Offer Flowers by Peter Witrak '02
Jerusalem Luminosa by Abbie Betinis '01
Infervesco by Timothy Takach '00
Hannah's Grave by Daniel Nass '97
Raw Sewage Music, mvt. 1 by Ryan Ingebritsen '95
Carew Songs, mvt. 3 by Alf Houkum '57
"Heart we will forget him," from Hope by Jocelyn Hagen '03
Quartet by Natasha Kelly Foreman '91
Transmogrifications, mvts. 1 & 2 by Michael Sweeney '05
Tempermentality by Amanda Wessel '04
Sonata for Saxophone and Piano, mvts. 3 & 4 by Mark Kilstofte '81
 

Click here to register for the New Music Forum and/or order tickets for the Leap Day Concert, or order Leap Day Concert tickets directly from the Southern Theater by calling (612) 340-1725.

For more information, visit the links below.

Leap Day Concert and New Music Forum home page
General information
Forum registration & concert ticket order form (PDF)
Directions to St. Olaf College
Directions to the Southern Theater

 

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