NUMUS Northwest Music Festival

Elliot Cole — Flowerpot Music No. 1
Christopher Cerrone — Hoyt-Schermerhorn
John Cage — Four^6
Pauline Oliveros — Greeting Meditation
Pauline Oliveros — Single Stroke Roll Meditation
Pēteris Vasks — Sonata for solo flute
Ivan Arteaga — Despierte; Descargue; Descanse
Luigi Nono — Djamila Boupacha
Sarah Bassingthwaighte — Further Letters from Earth
Daron Hagen — Chamber Symphony

A day-long, artistically-stunning event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music in Seattle. We've planned a fantastic program of workshops and performances with time to breathe in between.

Who should attend? You! Students. Friends. Colleagues. Musicians. Artists. Creators. People who don't know they like this kind of music (yet!)

Tickets available online or $20 cash at the door.

Schedule:

9:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Welcome

10:30-11:30 New Music Speed Dating

12:00-1:00 Workshops

• What’s Your Story? (Aaron Grad)
• Group Improvisation Session (Steve Treseler & Kaley Eaton)
• 9 Things to Facilitate Collaborative Composition (Jessi Harvey & Lena Console)

1:00-2:30 Lunch break

2:30-3:30 Afternoon concert

• Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
(Melanie Voytovich and Storm Benjamin, percussion)

• Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
(Jesse Myers, piano & live electronics)

• John Cage – Four^6
(Inverted Space Ensemble)

4:00-5:00 Workshops, talks, & demos

• Fundraising & Cultivating the Medicis of Today (Jeremy Jolley & Rose Bellini)
• Defying Boundaries (Lori Goldston)
• Making Room for the Muse (David Schneider)

5:00-6:00 New Music Happy Hour

6:00-7:30 Dinner break

8:00-10:00 Evening concert

• Pauline Oliveros – Greeting Meditation & Single Stroke Roll Meditation
(University of Washington Percussion Ensemble – Bonnie Whiting, director). Note: Greeting Meditation begins at 7:45, welcoming the audience into the hall.

• Pēteris Vasks – Sonata for Solo Flute
(Paul Taub, flute)

• Ivan Arteaga – Despierte; Descargue; Descanse
(Ivan Arteaga, alto saxophone; Marcin Pączkowski, electronics; Allison Burke, dance; Greg Sinibaldi, baritone saxophone; Chris Icasiano, percussion)

• Luigi Nono – "Djamila Boupacha" from Canti di vita e d’amore: sul ponte di Hiroshima
(Stacey Mastrian, soprano)

• Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Further Letters from Earth
(The Sound Ensemble)

• Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony
(The Sound Ensemble)

See full session details here. We can't wait. See you on the 28th!