Season 32
New Worlds
newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble is proud to present
New Worlds.
For our thirty-second season, we return to the stage to share new music with in-person audiences. We hope you join us for the most meaningful season yet.
Concert I
Christopher Stark
This is Not a Story - violin, cello, clarinet, piano
Hans Bridger Heruth
Shattered Flame flute - clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
Viet Cuong
Electric Aroma - clarinet, soprano sax, percussion, piano
Yunfei Li
Chasing - fl cl violin cello
Laura Whitney-Johnson
String Quartet
Concert II: Eklektikos
KC VITAs is excited to collaborate on this concert with another fantastic Kansas City new music ensemble, newEar Contemporary Ensemble, for "Eklektikos." As the name suggests, this 'eclectic' concert will feature both vocal and instrumental music performed separately, as well as new choral and orchestral works that have yet to be performed in this region. You won't want to miss it!
Concert III
Gabriela Ortiz
Rios - flute, alto sax, cello, five percussionists
Philip Glass
Etude No. 6 - solo piano
Augusta Read Thomas
Etude No. 1 “Orbital Beacons” - solo piano
Marc-Andre Hamlin
Etude No. 3 “d’apres Paganini-Liszt” - solo piano
Matthias Pintscher,
Study II for Treatise on the Veil - violin, viola, cello
György Ligeti
Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel - Mezzo soprano, four percussionists
Concert IV
Lee Hyla
We Speak Etruscan - bari sax, bass clarinet
Zhou Long
String Quartet
Kurt Knecht
Influences - piano trio
Tania León
Toque - clarinet, alto saxophone, percussion I&II, piano, violin, contrabass
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Snake Oil - saxophone, cello, piano
Susan Kander
newEar Commission
Concerts 1 and 4 will be held at
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Concert 3 will be held at
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
1307 Holmes St, Kansas City MO 64106