This season features performances, collaborations and explorations in contemporary music across UB and the community.
Immersive audio demonstration in B1 Slee using the new Meyer Audio system. Featuring original works by students in Slee Visiting Professor Nina Young’s Computer Music seminar.
PhD composition students travel to New York City with Prof. Eric Huebner to attend rehearsals and a concert of works by Chaya Czernowin and Hans Abrahamsen performed by the New York Philharmonic and Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. The visit includes a Juilliard composition seminar with Czernowin and a meeting between students and Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, who will premiere student compositions on April 2 in Buffalo.
Immersive audio demonstration in B1 Slee featuring new student works from Nina Young’s Computer Music seminar.
UB Composers@Hallwalls
Date: Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hallwalls - 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
Feldman@100 marks the composer’s centennial with two days of performances, talks, and reflections on his work.
3:30 p.m. Pre concert talk #1 - Baird Recital Hall
Ray Fields discusses Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet
5 p.m. Concert #1 - Slee Hall
Piano and String Quartet (1985) - Morton Feldman
Amy Williams and JACK Quartet
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Akea - Iannis Xenakis
JACK Quartet and Eric Huebner, piano
7:30 p.m. Concert #2 - Slee Hall
Piano Trio (1982) - Morton Feldman
Horzowski Trio
1 p.m. Concert #3 - Baird Recital Hall
New works by UB PhD Composers
JACK Quartet
4 p.m. Preconcert Talk #2 and Film Screening - Baird Recital Hall
Jan Williams, Amy Williams, Ray Feilds, Eric Huebner, Ming Tsao, Nils Vigeland
5 p.m. Concert #4 - Baird Recital Hall
Fantasie in F minor for four hands (1828) - Schubert
Eric Huebner and a student, piano
Palais de Marie (1986) - Feldman ’
Eric Huebner, piano
The I and Thou (1987) - Barbara Monk Feldman
Amy Williams, piano
7:30pm Concert #5 - Slee Hall - Lippes Concert Hall
A very short trumpet piece (1986) - Feldman
Jon Nelson, trumpet
Bass clarinet and percussion (1981) - Feldman
Michael Tumiel, bass clarinet
Tom Kolor and Steve Solook, percussion
Durations IV&V (1960-61) - Feldman
Huebner, Kolor, Golove, vln, hrn & hp. TBA
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Rothko Chapel (1971) - Feldman:
UB Chamber Choir, Students, Guest performers
Germany-based vocal ensemble showcases radical vocal experimentation in works by Brahms, Lachenmann, and UB composers.
Baird Lecture Series
Lachenmann, Brahms, and “late style”
Featuring Profs. Ming Tsao and Eric Huebner with guests Barrett Ham (clarinet) and Christopher Gross (cello), plus analytical presentations by PhD composition students.
UB Composers@Hallwalls
Date: April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hallwalls - 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
Date: June 1-7, times coming soon
Locations: Visit the June in Buffalo webpage for more details
A contemporary music festival showcasing works by emerging and established composers.