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Soundscapes II: Louisiana Edition
8pm, May 5, 2024 at Dixon Concert Hall,Tulane University Notes and Composer Bios: Pre-concert and Interlude field recordings from Tulane Libraries “Sounds of Louisiana” collected by Lisa Hooper, Joseph Stolarick, Philippe Landry, Jeff Rubin with additional recordings by James May and Kari Besharse. Contact lisa Hooper (lhooper1@tulane.edu) if you’re interested in learning more or would…
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Soundscapes I
March 26th, 2024 – New Marigny Theatre, New Orleans, LA Program Notes and Bios: Karen Power Karen’s compositions utilise two primary sources; acoustic instruments and everyday sounds, spaces and soundscapes. Her works are experienced as concert music, sound art, expanded instruments, real+imaginary sonic environments and as multi-sensory moments. Everyday environments and how we hear everyday sounds…
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Soundscapes I
On March 26th, Versipel New Music presents Soundscapes I, the first in an ongoing series of programs designed to immerse the audience in specific places, times, and environments with electro-acoustic and instrumental sonic landscapes. Gabriella Smith’s Anthozoa takes us on a journey through the coral reef off the coast of French Polynesia. John Luther Adams’s The Light Within is inspired by a moment…
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Versipel + Electronics
November 8, 2023 | 8:00 PM |Dixon Annex Recital Hall| Tulane University| Featuring the Versipel Collective and guest artists Reumert/Elten Percussion Duo (Copenhagen) and composer Rand Steiger (UCSD) performing works by Rand Steiger, Kaija Saariaho, Philippe Manoury, and Louis Aguirre. Program: Liminalities (2023) | Rand Steiger Chloe Groth, violin; Jennie Brent, cello; Erin O’Shea, flute; Cari Sands, bass clarinet;…
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Different Trains
May 25th and 26th, 7:30 PM The Marigny Opera House Program: ***click on the title for more information about each work and the performers*** ***click here for Versipel Collective bios*** Twenty Answers (2007) Pamela Z Fast-Paced World (2022) Mendel Lee Island of the Sirens (2017) Eve Beglarian —–Intermission—– Different Trains (1988) Steve Reich Part I:…
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Chamber Cartel performs Crippled Symmetry
Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 7:30 pm University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Versipel New Music presents Atlanta’s Chamber Cartel in their debut performance in New Orleans. Hailed as “the darlings of Atlanta’s [New Music] scene, Chamber Cartel has performed more than sixty unique concert programs since 2012, including the performance of twenty commissioned works…
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The Versipel Collective: Sounds as Written
Join Versipel New Music for the opening concert of its ninth season. We return to one of our favorite venues, Cafe Istanbul, for an evening of intimate chamber works, many of which are taken from our previous International Calls for Scores. The Versipel Collective performs works by JP Lemke, Hakki Cengiz Eren, Chun Ting Pang,…
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Versipel New Music Season IX
We’ve got a blazing Season IX kicking off in December! Some big, big shows with some big, big ideas are coming your way including a show that combines choreography with a live performance of Steve Reich’s “Different Trains” as well as a Versipel commissioned piece by local composer James May that combines NOLA free improvisers…
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Program Notes for May 15th, 2022
Frederic Anthony Rzewski (/ˈʒɛfski/ZHEF-skee; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time.[1][2] His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist Coming Together and the variation set The People United Will Never Be Defeated!,[1] which has been called “a modern classic”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Rzewski…
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Versipel New Music presents “Coming Together” May 15th @7:30 PM
“I think the combination of age and a greater coming together is responsible for the speed of the passing of time…” Samuel Melville, personal journals For our season finale concert, Versipel New Music presents a program of works centered upon the idea of upheaval and fluctuation as a catalyst for positive change. Moving forward demands…
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