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GVSU NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE [email protected] • 616-460-4339 • www.newmusicensemble.com
February 29, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bill Ryan
! photo credit: www.pablomahave.com
MIDWEST TOUR Bringing recent commissioned music to Midwest audiences
The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble (Allendale, MI) travel to five
cities March 16-21, 2016 (Cleveland, OH, Oberlin, OH, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN,
Chicago, IL), to present their Music in their Words project: newly commissioned music from
Sarah Kirkland Snider, Gyan Riley, Todd Reynolds, Anna Clyne, Michael Lowenstern, and
Marc Mellits. Each work combines the speaking voice of the composers’ compositional
heroes—Arvo Pärt, Terry Riley, Meredith Monk, John Cage, James Brown, and Steve Reich,
along with the ensemble. In addition, as a tribute to Terry Riley’s 80th birthday year, they will
perform selections from their acclaimed CD “In C Remixed”. Commissions from their National
Parks project, dance-inspired commissions, and a soundtrack to an animated short film
complete the program.
ABOUT THE GVSU NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble is an undergraduate classical
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chamber ensemble that promotes the music of our time through commissions, tours,
recordings, collaborations, outreach events, and workshops. Founded in 2006 by its director
Bill Ryan, the ensemble not only prepares students for careers that include contemporary
music, but also helps them to become exceptional educators, advocates, and leaders in the
music field. The group has been profiled in numerous publications including Newsweek, the
New York Times, and Billboard Magazine, and featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, All
Things Considered, and WNYC's Radiolab. They have performed at notable venues
including New York’s Carnegie Hall, World Financial Center, Lincoln Center, and le Poisson
Rouge, Detroit’s DIA and Max Fisher Music Center, Washington D.C.’s The Atlas, and
Chicago’s Millennium Park. The ensemble has released three critically acclaimed recordings
named to best release lists by the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Weekly, Time Out
Chicago, and many others.
TOUR SCHEDULE
• March 16, 2016, 8:00pm • tickets BOP STOP at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OH
• March 17, 2016, 2pm • free admission Kendal Oberlin, OH
• March 18, 2016, 7:30pm pre-concert talk, 8:00pm concert, free admission Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH
• March 19, 2016, 7:30pm • tickets Theater at the Fort Indianapolis, IN
• March 20, 2016, 8:30pm • tickets Constellation Chicago, IL