Contemporary Music Ensemble
When:
Thursday, February 6, 2020
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors
Conductor Ben Bolter premiered Drew Baker’s Noxat Chicago’s 2016 Ear Taxi Festival. Taking its title from poet Anne Carson’s elegiac book, Nox uses spatial arrangement to connect seemingly opposing ideas and sounds, surrounding the audience with four groups of performers for an immersive sound experience. Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee, completed in 2008, was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Snow Queen” and the canons of J. S. Bach. With its delicate textures and evocative instrumentation, Schnee evokes a wintry landscape covered in fresh snowfall.