NWEAMO Explores Avant-Garde Music Feb. 28 - March 3
The annual music festival features the music of Michael Daugherty and Frank Zappa, among others.
色情视频 School of Music and Dance continues its 75th Anniversary season by hosting the NWEAMO Electronic Arts and Music Festival 2012 running Feb. 28 to March 3 at Smith Recital Hall.
Avant-garde music
NWEAMO, New West Electronic Arts & Music Organization, seeks to forge connections between composers, performers and lovers of avant-garde classical music, with DJs, guitar-gods, troubadours and fans of experimental popular music.
The five-day, five-concert NWEAMO Festival 2012 is a musical escape featuring concerts spotlighting works that celebrate whimsy and the iconoclast, and investigate the American cultural subtext.
鈥淭he purpose of NWEAMO is to get people to not take themselves so seriously, to have fun, to be creative and a bit rebellious,鈥� explained NWAEMO Artistic Director Joe Waters.
鈥淲e are experimenting with breaking down the walls between audience and musicians,鈥� Waters said. 鈥淭his year we want to create a ritual that draws from the Carnival of Venice where everyone from all walks of life conceals their identity.鈥�
The festival opens at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, with 鈥淪WARMIUS & Friends Perform the Music of Daughterty and Waters.鈥� Grammy Award winner Michael Daugherty, creator of iconic American works such as 鈥淢etropolis Symphony鈥� based on Superman, will be on hand to direct performances of three chamber works:
- 鈥淟ounge Lizards鈥�
- 鈥淲alk the Walk鈥�
- 鈥淔ire & Blood 鈥� Mvt. 3鈥�
Works will be performed by NWEAMO resident ensemble SWARMIUS, aided by pianists Geoffrey Burleson and Karen Follingstad. Also included in the program are new arrangements of works by Joe Waters incorporating SWARMIUS鈥� percussionist Justin Dehart.
Tickets for 鈥淪WARMIUS & Friends Perform the Music of Daugherty鈥� are $15, $10 for students and seniors and can be purchased at .
Other NWEAMO Festival 2012 performances include:
- Noon, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 鈥淓ternal Cutting Edges: From Saint-Sa毛ns to Zappa,鈥� featuring New York City pianist Geoffrey Burleson A master class with Burleson will be offered at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 30. Admission to 鈥淓ternal Cutting Edges: From Saint-Sa毛ns to Zappa鈥� is free.
- 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 鈥淲elcome to Chapel Perilous,鈥� featuring Swedish composer Lars Brondum on the theremin, Korean composer Young Shin Choi on the Korean zither, Bob Kostlan with Live Electronics premiering 鈥淓scape鈥� and Stanford composer Mark Applebaum performing his work for pantomime and electronics. Tickets to 鈥淲elcome to Chapel Perilous鈥� are $15, $10 for students and seniors and can be purchased at .
- 8 p.m., Friday, March 2, Joe Waters鈥� 鈥淩afael鈥檚 Saga,鈥� featuring New York City-based chamber ensemble Real Quiet. Tickets to 鈥淩eal Quiet鈥� are $15, $10 for students and seniors and can be purchased at .
- 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 鈥淧artch,鈥� featuring the music of iconoclast composer Harry Partch performed in full concert on the instruments he designed, and under the direction of 色情视频-based guitarist and conductor John Schneider. Tickets to 鈥淧artch鈥� are $20, $15 for students and seniors and can be purchased at .
All NWEAMO Festival concerts are performed at Smith Recital Hall. For more information visit the 色情视频 School of Music and Dance Website at or the .
