| Steven Stucky |
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky and the International Contemporary Ensemble will be
featured guests Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Bowling Green State University’s 30th annual New Music
Festival.
The festival will showcase the work of more than 20 guest composers and performers in concerts, lectures
and workshops. Highlights will include world premieres of several works, a special late-night
performance by the International Contemporary Ensemble at Clazel Entertainment, 127 N. Main St., on
Thursday, and an all-electroacoustic concert on Thursday afternoon.
Stucky, the guest composer, received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for music for his "Second Concerto for
Orchestra." A recording of his "Cradle Songs" by the vocal ensemble Chanticleer won a
Grammy Award in 2000. The Given Foundation Professor of Composition at Cornell University, Stucky has
written commissioned works for solo artists, many major American orchestras and for institutions such as
Carnegie Hall, the Eastman School of Music and the BBC. He is also a writer on music and a conductor
specializing in contemporary music.
Founded in 2001, the 30-member International Contemporary Ensemble took first prize in the 2005 Chamber
Music America/ASCAP Awards. The ensemble released its first critically acclaimed CD in 2007 and recently
released a new album on the New York-based indie label New Focus Recordings. The New York Times has
described ICE as "one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music."
The New Music Festival has hosted more than 300 guest composers and other musicians since its inception
in 1980, including John Adams, John Cage, Philip Glass and Joan Tower.
Organized by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and the College of Musical Arts at BGSU, the
festival supports the creation of new work and engages both the university and city communities in music
appreciation and awareness.
Scheduled events, free unless noted, include:
¥ A festival preview Thursday at noon at the Wood County District Public Library.
¥ Talk by composer Steven Stucky
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.
¥ A chamber music concert including works by Rule Beasley, Kurt Doles, Shane Hoose, Gregory Mertl and
Steven Stucky Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. The
performance is free, but a ticket is required. Tickets will be available at the box office that morning.
¥ Concert featuring electroacoustic works by John Gibson, Allan Schindler, Robert Scott Thompson and BGSU
music faculty member Elainie Lillios Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Kobacker Hall in
Moore Musical Arts Center.
¥ Discussion of the work of guest composer Steven Stucky at 4 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall.
¥ A concert by the International Contemporary Ensemble Friday at 8 p.m. concert in Kobacker Hall
featuring works by Georges Aperghis, Elliott Carter, Reiko Fueting, Edgar Guzmán, Philippe Hurel,
Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho.
¥ A chamber music concert including include music by Rule Beasley, Per Bloland, Thomas Osborne, Andrea
Reinkemeyer and Kaija Saariaho Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Bryan Recital Hall.
¥ Chamber music concert featuring works by John Anthony Lennon, Steve Ricks, Seung-Ah Oh, Harvey
Sollberger and BGSU music faculty member Mikel Kuehn at Saturday 2:30 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall.
¥ Bowling Green Philharmonia concert Saturday at 8 p.m. featuring Steven Stucky’s "Ancora" for
orchestra and "American Muse" for baritone and orchestra; Erica Muhl’s "The Sea and All
Its Fullness," and "A Virtual Reality" by BGSU professor Marilyn Shrude. Tickets are $10
and $7 for students and senior citizens
in advance, and $13 and $10, on the day of the performance. Call (419) 372-8171 or 1-800-589-2224.
On the Net:
http://festival.bgsu.edu
