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Resounding Earth: A Sonic Landscape SU Humanities Center's Syracuse Symposium, Society for New Music, and the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts welcome composer Augusta Read Thomas for a participatory work of bells and ambient sounds to celebrate community across cultures. Organized by the Society for New Music and the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Resounding Earth inspires a participatory sonic landscape in the park amphitheater, featuring a performance of Pulitzer finalist Augusta Read Thomas's music for percussion quartet and ambient sounds celebrating community across cultures. Ambient sounds, in this case, refer not only to sounds within the natural, outdoor setting but the fact that the musical score calls for 500 bells or sculpted metals of different sizes and shapes, from different cultures and historical periods. To make this distinctive to CNY and the park, four regional composers will create mini-soundscapes in mapped locations nearby for visitors to explore before, during, or after Resounding Earth. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bell to "ring in" the performance, helping to change the sonic landscape for themselves and others. The four movements of Resounding Earth: "Everything that we are made of, everything that we know and love, is made from the stars." —Composer Augusta Read Thomas Lake Effect Ryan Chase lake effect 2023 (world premiere) Performed by the Society Players, conducted by Heather Buchman. Note: Online ticket sales end one hour before the performance.Tickets purchased will be held for you at the door. Libba Cotten: Here this day A staged opera about Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1893-1987), the first "living treasure" of Syracuse who won a Grammy in 1985. The opera, with a libretto by Kyle Bass and a score by Mark Olivieri, features a cast of seven directed by Rodney Tickets purchased will be held for you at the door. Vision of Sound: New Music with Dance Program features music by Sally Lamb McCune, Daniel Thomas Davis, Octavio Vazquez, Paul Leary, and Nic Scherzinger, with choreographers and dancers from across upstate New York, accompanied by the Society Players. Note: Online ticket sales end one hour before the performance.Tickets purchased will be held for you at the door. Vision of Sound: New Music with Dance Program features music by Sally Lamb McCune, Daniel Thomas Davis, Octavio Vazquez, Paul Leary, and Nic Scherzinger, with choreographers and dancers from across upstate New York, accompanied by the Society Players. Vision of Sound: New Music with Dance Program features music by Sally Lamb McCune, Daniel Thomas Davis, Octavio Vazquez, Paul Leary, and Nic Scherzinger, with choreographers and dancers from across upstate New York, accompanied by the Society Players. Prize Winners Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei Residues: I. Ostinato (SNM's 2023 Israel/Pellman Prize winner) Tickets purchased will be held for you at the door. past concertsA Fool There Was: Silent Film with New Music A Fool There Was is the 1915 silent film that made Theda Bara a star as the archetypal vamp! Accompanying the screening will be a live score composed by Loren Loiacono. The music was commissioned by Society for New Music via a grant from County of Onondaga administered by CNY Arts with assistance from the Le Moyne College Film Program. This event is sponsored by the Le Moyne College Film Program, Society for New Music, and the Syracuse International Film Festival, and co-sponsored by the Le Moyne College Music Program and Departments of Visual and Performing Arts and Communication and Film Studies. Note: This event is one of the five concerts included in the SNM season Young Composers Corner performances The Society Players perform completed works from the Young Composers Corner program, with commentary. Bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating. Presented in collaboration with the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce. Creation, A Celebration Program includes dance; poetry by David Hitchcock and Shakespeare; music by Diane Jones, Peter Allen, Persis Vehar, Sami Seif, and Nick Gianopoulis; music videos by Paul Leary and the late Same Pellman. Performers include Sar-Shalom Strong, piano; Lana Stafford, flute; Laura Enslin, soprano; and members of Dominique's Dance Creations. Rising Stars Concert Eric Lee, violin; Michael Guarneiri, organ; and Elijah Gebers, baritone, perform the classics alongside premieres of music by young composers Jaclyn Breeze, Sam Evans, and Emmanuel Sikora. Resounding Earth Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Performers by percussionists Andrea Scheibel, Rob Bridge, Jason Schirripa, and Jennifer Vacanti Rising Stars Concert Prize-winning high school musicians Frank Wang, saxophone; Dominic Fiacco, organ; and Paul DiFolco, piano, perform the classics alongside premieres of music written for them by young composers Jason Cavanagh, Emmanuel Sikora, and Gregg Welcher. Rising Stars Concert Heather Buchanan-Wise, violin; Dominic Fiacco, piano; and Sean Alvaro, trombone, perform the classics alongside premieres of works written for them by young composers Jaclyn Breeze, Gregg Welcher, and Sam Evans. With Sar-Shalom Strong, collaborative pianist. Glorious Mahalia Glorious Mahalia by Stacy Garrop, inspired by radio conversations between Mahalia Jackson and Studs Terkel, plus works by Brian Simalchick and "Doc" Woods SNM Benefit: A Gala Celebration of Musical Tapas Music program followed immediately by a reception with tapas and assorted hors d'oeuvres. Molly Joyce Figure and Form, 2022, performed by Andrea Scheibel, vibraphone This year's honorees are Sharye Skinner, champion of the arts and coordinator of Cazenovia Counterpoint; and Sar Shalom Strong, pianist, long-time SNM performer, acclaimed pedagogue, and generous mentor to Rising Stars. Please purchase tickets by June 20. Young Composers Pop-Up Concert The featured young composers -- Alex McGlaughlin, Zayde Lekic, Nathan Schierer, Jonah Sauve, Holden Shea, Jaclyn Breeze, and Samuel Evans -- range from high school students to grad students. Four of them have participated in the Young Composers Corner more than once, three are S.U. students, two of them are on SNM's board as grad student reps. The performers will be a mix of the composers and the Society Players. Come hear the future of new music. SNM Prize Winners Steve Ferre Shadows of Innocence (first place at Avalon International Competition) |
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