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New Music Series
Peter Jarvis, Director

2009-2010 marks the 32nd season of the highly distinguished New Music Series at William Paterson University. Directed by Peter Jarvis, the series is widely known for innovative programming and excellence in performance. Throughout the season the series will include new and recent works by some of America's most distinguished composers with emphasis on the music of composers from the William Paterson University community. Performances by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, the William Paterson University Percussion and New Music Ensembles and several distinguished guests will be featured.

Monday, November 16, 2009
7:30 PM in Shea Center's
Shea Auditorium

Suggested contribution $5
(Free for students)

featuring the
WPUNJ New Music Ensemble
with guest Michiyo Suzuki - Clarinets
and Frank Pavese - Piano

Music of Béla Bartók, Darren Gage, Gene Pritsker, Steve Reich, David Saperstein and Joji Yuasa

Including Three World Premieres

Program:
Clarinet Solitude (1980) - Joji Yuasa
Michiyo Suzuki - clarinet

Three Marimba Solos (2009)* - David Saperstein
Payton MacDonald - marimba

Gimme Five (2009)* - Darren Gage
Peter Jarvis - solo drumset

Sonata for Piano, Sz.80 - BB.88 (1926) - Béla Bartók
Frank Pavese - piano

Nagoya Marimbas (1994) - Steve Reich
Alan Buxbaum, Nick Doktor - marimba
Peter Jarvis - coach

A Certain Degree of Neurosis (2009)* - Gene Pritsker
Michiyo Suzuki - Bass Clarinet
Peter Jarvis - Percussion

* - World Premiere

Monday, November 30, 2009
7:30 PM in Shea Center's
Shea Auditorium

Suggested contribution $5
(Free for students)

WPU New Music Ensemble and Friends
with guest Kiara Hwang - Flute

A Passing Shadow (2002) - Ron Mazurek
for Alto Saxophone with Digital Delay and Electronic Sound
Julia D'Amico - Alto Saxophone
Peter Jarvis - Coach

IV (1935) - Johanna Magdalena Beyer
for Percussion Ensemble
Maggie Wright, Errold Lanier, Christian Deutsch, Vic Goldinak, Miles Austin, Anthony Fabrizio, Tony Franco, Angel Manzueta, Jenna Sandman
Payton MacDonald - coach

Wind Tunnel (2009) - Peter Jarvis
for Solo Flute
Kiara Hwang - flute

Songs of Age (1981 and 2002) - Helmut Christoferus Calabrese
poems by William Butler Yeats
I. When You Are Old; II. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water; III. Three Things
Stephanie Irven - Soprano
Joseph Latka - Piano
Peter Jarvis - Coach

Humoresque op. 44 (1957) - René Leibowitz
for Six Percussionists
John Ferrari - Conductor

In C (1964) - Terry Riley
for Mixed Ensemble