Duke New Music Ensemble
George Lam, director
“The birth of a winning new music enterprise in Durham … this ensemble rocks!”
- Classical Voice of North Carolina
The Duke New Music Ensemble ([dnme] for short) brings together undergraduate and graduate students in performing music written in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as new works by Duke student composers. In addition, [dnme] also collaborates regularly with faculty and guest artists from the Duke University Department of Music and other institutions across North Carolina. [dnme] rehearses twice a week, and performs in two concerts each semester.
Fall 2008 Concerts
- The Music of Jennifer Fitzgerald (1975-2007)
featuring PULSOPTIONAL, SLOAN HOFFMAN, horn and JOHN McDONALD, piano
September 26, 2008, 8:00pm, The Ark Dance Studio (East Campus)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Produced with the Department of Theater Studies and Hoof 'n' Horn
October 23-November 2, various times, Reynolds Industries Theater (Bryan Center)
Admission charge; call 919-684-4444 or visit www.tickets.duke.edu
Personnel
Andy Bonner (Faculty, Music), violin
Quentin Conrate (Graduate School, Art History), percussion
Peter Dong (T ’09), flute and saxophone
Sarah Griffin (Graduate School, Music), violin
Oshri Hakak, oboe
Alex Kotch (Graduate School, Music), clarinet and saxophone
George Lam (Graduate School, Music), violin
Dan Ruccia (Graduate School, Music), viola
Elizabeth Terry (Graduate School, Music), violin and piano
Michael Wood (T ’09), flute
Kirill Zikanov (T ’09), piano
Past Guest Artists include
Jay O’Berski (Faculty, Theater Studies), narrator
Reginald Patterson (Graduate School, Romance Studies), viola
Susan Fancher (Faculty, Music), saxophone
Previous Works Performed include
Kathleen Bader (b. 1982)
waterslide (2007)*, for violin, soprano saxophone and clarinet
Benito Crawford (b. 1979)
“If it's controlled by moral people, then it'll be moral.” “Oh, I know I'm not moral. As a matter of fact, I should be arrested for the thoughts I have now.” (2007)*, open instrumentation
Henryk Górecki (b.1933)
Little Fantasia, Op. 73 (1997), for violin and piano
Alex Kotch (b.1983)
The Way Home (2005), for solo piano
Paul Leary (b. 1974)
The Children of Chernobyl (2007)*, for viola and digital media
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Primavera Porteña (arr. José Bragato), for flute, alto saxophone and piano
Frederic Rzewski (b.1938)
Coming Together (1972), open instrumentation with narrator
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Seven Canons (1905-1045), open instrumentation
David Stock (b.1939)
Keep The Change (1981), open instrumentation
James Tenney (1934-2006)
Ergodos (1963), for tape
String Complement (to Ergodos I or II) (1964), for tape with string instruments
Christian Wolff (b.1934)
Toss (1970), open instrumentation
* indicates a [dnme] world premiere.
For more information about the Duke New Music Ensemble, or to be added to the mailing list, please contact George Lam.