October 20 – November 13 Evenings at 8 P.M. Sunday afternoon at 2 P.M.	THE GREAT HALL at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
The Great Hall at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is conveniently located at Seventh Street and Third Avenue, a short walk from the Eighth Street stop on the N or R subway line or the Astor Place stop on the 6 subway line.

FRIDAY EVENING
OCTOBER 20

Opening Concert: MUSIC NOW

Celebrating Current Works From Around the World
Performed by members of Continuum®, Da Capo Chamber
Players, ModernWorks!, The New York New Music Ensemble,
Newband, Speculum Musicae

Peal for Quintet (2000)	Philippe Bodin
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1999/2000)*	Paul Desenne
Mars Face for violin and microtonal synthesizer (1997/2000)	Dean Drummond
The War between the Mice and Frogs (2000)***	Matthew Greenbaum
At Night Came His Revelry for soprano and cello (2000)	Harold Meltzer
Roaring Hooves for ensemble and audience (2000)**	Younghi Pagh-Paan
Vermont Counterpoint featuring eleven flutists in a special performance of this classic work from 1982	Steve Reich

Meet the artists at a reception following the concert

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
OCTOBER 22 AT 2:00 P.M.

CONTINUUM
SONIC BOOM FOR KIDS (7 to 97)

A whirlwind ride through the amazing world of new music.
Weird and wonderful rhythms and sounds -- instruments
played in strange ways -- electronics -- improbable music-theater
-- with audience participation.

Vasilisa -- or, A Young Girl Meets Baba-Yaga	Jon Deak
and music by
John Cage Ursula Mamlok Aaron Copland Nicolas Slonimsky	Henry Cowell Paul Schoenfield Mario Davidovsky Francis Schwartz

MONDAY EVENING
OCTOBER 23

DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Leafy Speafing

A Musical Remembrance of Stephen Albert
with guest artist soprano Lucy Shelton

I Am Leafy Speafing (1985)	Stephen Albert
To Wake the Dead (1978)	Stephen Albert
Rilke Song (1991) (written for the Da Capo Chamber Players on the occasion of their 20th anniversary)	Stephen Albert
Elegy (1994)	Bruce MacCombie
Whispers (1996)	Sebastian Currier
Riverend (2000)***	Jonathan Leshnoff

FRIDAY EVENING
OCTOBER 27

THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
American Tapestry

Weaving diverse musical styles into a colorfully textured
evening -- featuring two world premieres, including a
new work by 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner Melinda Wagner

A Idyll for the Misbegotten	George Crumb
All Kinds of Time (2000) ***	Jonathan Dawe
Dances in the Dark (1996)	David Rakowski
Glint (1995)	Jacob Druckman
Wick (1999) ***	Melinda Wagner

THURSDAY EVENING
NOVEMBER 2

MODERNWORKS!
Cellissimo!

From Asia to the Andes, with four cellos, glass harmonica
and Chinese bamboo flute

Quaternion (1996) **	Sofia Gubaidulina
Idea and Image (1989)	Ma Shui Long
Las Sombres de los Apus (1999)*	Gabriella Lena Frank
In that Early Light (1999)*	Tina Davidson
Pizzi-quitiplas (1989)	Paul Desenne

SATURDAY EVENING
NOVEMBER 4

NEWBAND
Mesmerizin' Microtones

First performance of Dark Brother in 50 years, the classic
Eleven Intrusions, new works by Drummond and Brown

Dark Brother (1943)	Harry Partch
Eleven Intrusions (1950)	Harry Partch
Before the Last Laugh (1995)	Dean Drummond
Precious Metals (1997)	Dean Drummond
Delirium (1997/2000)	Elizabeth Brown

MONDAY EVENING
NOVEMBER 13

SPECULUM MUSICAE
Electronic Mantra

Three decades of electronic music, including a rare
performance of Stockhausen's classic for two pianos
and ring modulators

Mantra (1970)	Karlheinz Stockhausen
11 Monedas de Hierro (1994)	Martin Matalon
Towards the Center (1988–89)	Tod Machover

* New York Premiere
** U.S. Premiere
*** World Premiere

Programs subject to change

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