The Center for 21st Century Music is pleased to co-sponsor, a presentation and masterclass by Tomas Henirques, will take place Wednesday, September 18th 10am-12pm lecture and 1-3pm Masterclass in the Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall (3rd Floor of 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo). Dr. Henriques', a composer, output includes works for acoustic instruments, from full orchestral pieces to solo works, and compositions for electronic and mixed media. His music has been performed in Europe and the USA by groups such as the Portugese Symphony Orchestra, the Psaphha Ensemble, the Swith~Ensemble, Champs d'Action, Ensemble Antipodes and more. His research encompasses the fields of music theory, digital music instrument creations, spatial audio design, game-interfaces, and computer-aided vision. Most recently, he worked with Yamaha engineers to develop a 52.1 surround mixing system, installed at Ciminelli Hall, for which he created the software for creative diffusion of multi-channel sound.
The Center for 21st Century Music is pleased to co-sponsor, a presentation and masterclass by Tomas Henirques, will take place Wednesday, September 18th 10am-12pm lecture and 1-3pm Masterclass in the Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall (3rd Floor of 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo). Dr. Henriques', a composer, output includes works for acoustic instruments, from full orchestral pieces to solo works, and compositions for electronic and mixed media. His music has been performed in Europe and the USA by groups such as the Portugese Symphony Orchestra, the Psaphha Ensemble, the Swith~Ensemble, Champs d'Action, Ensemble Antipodes and more. His research encompasses the fields of music theory, digital music instrument creations, spatial audio design, game-interfaces, and computer-aided vision. Most recently, he worked with Yamaha engineers to develop a 52.1 surround mixing system, installed at Ciminelli Hall, for which he created the software for creative diffusion of multi-channel sound.
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lippes Concert Hall
Admission: $10 or free with a student ID
The Center for 21st Century Music, with the Slee Sinfonietta, will premiere four pieces by UB graduate student composers: Thomas Little, Brian Caswell, William Brobston, and 5th year student James P.A. Falzone’s dissertation work, Ricercar in Sixth-Tone Harmony. Falzone, in particular, takes the Sinfonietta to new places, as he utilizes his newly devised sixth-tone tuning system. The work features three separate pianos (tuned differently!) for the first time in the Sinfonietta’s history, and will show the ensemble in its largest formation in over a decade. Brian Caswell’s work Arrow Through Time, also in an ‘absolute music’ vein, features polymeter, a technique in which different musical parts play at the same time but using different meters, or time signatures, for a richly complex rhythmic effect. Going a different direction, Thomas Little’s work Two Visions of the Prophet Ezekiel is a tone poem based on the first and 37th chapters of the Biblical book of Ezekiel.
Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Lippes Concert Hall
FREE and open to the public
The internationally-renowned Talea Ensemble makes their anticipated second trip to Buffalo this academic year, during which they will premiere six works by UB graduate student composers Andres Bonilla-Garcia, Lihuen Sirvent, Jackson Roush, Francisco Corthey, Sohwa Lee, and Chi-Yen Huang. Each composer participated in a recorded workshop during the ensemble’s fall residency, and embarked on edits, revisions, and in a few cases complete rewrites of their drafted pieces. The pieces are extremely diverse in terms of instrumentation (from trio to full ensemble), use of electronics, use of contemporary or extended techniques, and includes sonic material similar to that found during Beethoven’s time, Korean folk tunes, noise, and everything in between. This concert is FREE and open to the public.
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2025
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
PBS’ “Songs for Buildings and Moods,” in conjunction with UB student composers, will record a concert of works by students inspired by Silo City – and then perform the works within Silo City! The Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble has performed worldwide, with a particular focus on developing collaborative projects with both leading and emerging musical artists. The NYC-based ensemble assembles independent expert musicians for each project, and specializes in site-specific works.
Please visit our Archives for a complete list of previous guest artists.