New Music Series

2006 / 2007 Past Events

Steve Reich 70th Birthday Celebration
• 1/22/07
Absolute Percussion Quartet & WPU New Music Ensemble

Eric Moe & Rederic Rzewski
• 2/12/07
WPU Percussion & New Music Ensembles

Faculty Composers
• 3/5/07
Works by Timothy Newman and John Link

Composer in Residence Day: Daniel Levitan • 3/8/07
Percussion duo of Peter Jarvis & April McClosky
Also, NJ Percussion Ensemble & WPU Percussion Ensemble

Michael Lipsey & Friends • 3/19/07

Thomas Kolor • 3/26/07
Solo recital

WPU Percussion & New Music Ensembles • 4/9/07

Strange & Sacred Noise • 4/12/07
Work by Alaskan Composer John Luther Adams

Special Event-The Roaring '20s • 4/23/07
French composer Darius Milhaud's La Création du Monde &
George Antheil's Ballet mécanique

2005 / 2006 Past Events

Smith Percussion Duo • 9/26/05
Works by Stuart Smith


Bob Becker and the
William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble •
10/17/05
Payton MacDonald, Director
Music by Bob Becker, Iannis Xenakis, and Steve Reich

New Jersey Percussion Ensemble • 11/21/05
Peter Jarvis, Director
Music by Antheil, Carter, and Berio

Flexible Music Quartet • 2/6/06
Music of Andriessen, Berio, and John Link.

William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble and
New Music Ensemble
• 2/27/06
Payton MacDonald, Director Works by Wayne Peterson, Phillip Glass, and Tim Newman.

William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble and
New Music Ensemble
• 3/20/06
Payton MacDonald, Director Compositions by students and alumni, as well as virtuosic work for solo marimba and percussion ensemble by Japanese composer Maki Ishii.

New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and
Friends Salute Milton Babbitt
• 3/24/06
Peter Jarvis, DirectorBabbitt turns 90 years young this year. This concert is dedicated to him and his outstanding legacy as a composer and educator.

New Jersey Percussion Ensemble • 4/17/06
Peter Jarvis, Director “Six Marimbas” by Steve Reich and Percussion Symphony by Charles Wuorinen.

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