The Madison New Music Festival launches the Wisconsin Composers Project with a virtual online concert this Friday night, Sept. 25

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By Jacob Stockinger

The Ear has received the following announcement to post:

The Madison New Music Festival is pleased to announce the launch of the Wisconsin Composers Project.

Both a community resource and annual series, the project consists of a database and a virtual concert meant to increase composers’ visibility and encourage local curators and performers to collaborate with their neighbors.

We invite all Wisconsin-affiliated composers to sign up to be included in the database on our website: https://madisonnewmusic.org/aboutwcp

Please join us for the live streaming event of the Wisconsin Composers Project Concert on this Friday night, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. CDT on our website at https://madisonnewmusic.org and enjoy new music from all over Wisconsin from the comfort and safety of your home.

The pre-recorded concert will profile five Wisconsin-based composers (below) and performances of their works, one of which refers to the pandemic quarantine.

Audience members will hear directly from the composers about their music and influences, and enjoy the diversity of the Wisconsin musical community.

Featured composers and their works include:

Brent Michael Davids (above, top left): In Wisconsin Woods, performed by the composer. (In the YouTube video at the bottom, you can hear the UW-Whitewater Chamber Singers and the Medicine Bear Singers perform “Sanctus: Singing for Power” from Davids’  Requiem for America.)

Jerry Hui (above, top right), a UW-Madison graduate who now teaches at UW-Stout: Quarantine Canzonets, performed by soprano Jennifer D’Agostino  and baritone Michael Roemer.

Laura Schwendinger (above, bottom left), an internationally recognized and prize-winning composer and UW-Madison professor: All the Pretty Little Horses, performed by cellist Trace Johnson.

Asha Srinivasan (above, top center): Dyadic Affinities, performed by tubist Tom Curry.

Lawren Brianna Ware (above, bottom right): Borealis, performed by the composer.

The suggested donation to stream this concert is $15 per person.

For more information, please visit our website at madisonnewmusic.org or find us on Facebook (@Madison New Music Festival) or Instagram (@madisonnewmusic).

 

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