The Bowling Green State University New Music Festival explores nature, sustainability
and the interconnectedness of all things through the work of more than 30 guest
composers and performers Oct. 17-20.The international festival includes
concerts, lectures and workshops, organized around the theme "Music and the
Physical World." This year’s featured guests include award-winning composer
John Luther Adams, author Barry Lopez, the JACK Quartet, sound artist Marina
Rosenfeld and percussionist Doug Perkins.Highlights will include an opening
address by Lopez, a performance of Adams’s environmental outdoor percussion work
"Inuksuit" on the BGSU quad, a concert at the Clazel Theatre
celebrating the influential West Coast new music record label Cold Blue, and a
screening of Leonard Kamerling’s documentary "Strange and Sacred
Noise."Organized by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music (MACCM)
and the BGSU College of Musical Arts, the festival supports the creation of new
work and engages both the university and city communities in the process of
music appreciation and awareness.Founded in 1980, the festival has hosted such
notable composers as John Adams, Milton Babbitt, John Cage, Chen Yi, John
Corigliano, George Crumb, Philip Glass, John Harbison, Lou Harrison, David Lang,
Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Christopher Rouse, Frederic Rzewski, Joseph
Schwantner, Bright Sheng, Steven Stucky, Joan Tower, and more than 400 other
guest composers and musicians.Most festival events are free and open to the
public. For a complete schedule, visit http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/MACCM
or contact the MACCM at (419) 372-2685.
