CONCERT No. 5 - Saturday April 11, 5:00pm

Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall (BMC 118)

Song of Liberty (2008) Brian Penkrot (b. 1978)
NEXTET Ensemble
Arsenia Soto, soprano
Megan Lanz, flute, alto flute
Raymond Sicam, violoncello
Ryan Simm, percussion
Carolyn Grossmann, piano
Jorge Grossmann, conductor

Songs of Moonlight & Shadows (2008) Jason Thorpe Buchanan (b. 1986)
NEXTET Ensemble
Arsenia Soto, soprano
Megan Lanz, flute, alto flute
Raymond Sicam, violoncello
Ryan Simm, percussion
Carolyn Grossmann, piano
Jorge Grossmann, conductor

Guo Shang (Hymn to the Fallen) (2008) Yiwen Shen (b. 1986)
TALEA Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Steve Beck, piano
Alex Lipowski, conductor

Self (2005) Eduardo Caballero (b. 1976)
TALEA Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Steve Beck, piano
Virko Baley, conductor

Carillon Sky (2005) Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)
Wei-wei Le, solo violin
Kelli Kathman, piccolo/flute
Mark Runkles, oboe
Rane Moore, clarinet
Steven Trinkle, trumpet
Nathan Tanouye, trombone
Alex Lipowski, Melody Loveless and Joseph Chudyk, percussion
Steve Beck, piano
Kim DeLibero, harp
Eric Carlson, violin I
Crystal Yuan, violin II
Chris Gross and Mandy Andreason, violoncello


Two participating student composers will be selected and announced during this program to receive commissions in the amount of $1,000 each.
• Max Di Julio Prize for Music Composition (to compose a new work for NEXTET)
• Max Di Julio Prize for Trumpet Composition (to compose a new work for trumpet)
New works will be premiered at NEON 2010.

Seminar No. 5 - Music of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

Saturday 1:30-3:30, HFA 147

CONCERT No. 4 - Friday April 10, 7:30pm

Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall (BMC 118)

Penumbrae (2008) Luke Dahn (b. 1976)
NEXTET Ensemble
Thomas Kmiecek, clarinet
Brian Hwang, violin
Crystal Yuan, viola
Raymond Sicam, violoncello
Sallie Pollack, piano
Virko Baley, conductor

Violelation (2002) Tom Flaherty (b. 1950)
Matthew Johnson, viola

Evocation No. 2 (1979) Ralph Shapey (b. 1921, d. 2002)
TALEA Ensemble
Chris Gross, violoncello
Steve Beck, piano
Alex Lipowski, percussion

Páramo (1999) Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (b. 1962)
TALEA Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Ryan Simm, percussion
Steve Beck, piano
Virko Baley, conductor

Seminar No. 4 - Music of Jorge Grossmann

Friday, 3:30-5:00 HFA 147

CONCERT No. 3 - Thursday April 9, 7:30pm

Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall (BMC 118)

Ohne Grenzen (2001) Kye Ryung Park (b. 1974)
Megan Lanz, flute

Sonatine (1951) Karlheinz Stockhausen (b. 1928, d. 2007)
TALEA Ensemble
Erik Carlson, violin
Steve Beck, piano

(Dis)tensioni (2007) Paolo Cavallone (b. 1975)
TALEA Ensemble
Rane Moore, clarinet
Steve Beck, piano

Somewhere (2008-9)* Eun Young Lee (b. 1967)
NEXTET Ensemble
Steven Trinkle, trumpet
Chris Gross, violoncello
Ryan Simm, percussion
Joseph Chudyk, percussion
Virko Baley, conductor
* World premiere: commissioned by the 2008 Max Di Julio Prize

Scherzi (1974) Bernard Rands (b. 1934)
TALEA Ensemble
Rane Moore, clarinets
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Steve Beck, piano

Seminar No. 3 - Music of Augusta R. Thomas

Thursday 3:30-5:00, HFA 147

Auditor's Masterclass

Thursday, 1:15-3:15, HFA 147

CONCERT No. 2 - Wednesday April 8, 7:30pm

Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Recital Hall (BMC 118)

Kinematics (2008) Andrew McPherson (b. 1982)
Eric Carlson, violin

Five Miniatures (2008) Fusun Koksal (b. 1973)
Ryan Shaffer, marimba

Ko-Loh (1966) Giacinto Scelsi (b. 1905, d. 1988)
TALEA Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet

Path (2008)* Ng Wah Hei (b. 1982)
NEXTET Ensemble
Megan Lanz, flute
Thomas Kmiecek, clarinet
Raymond Sicam, violoncello
Carolyn Grossmann, piano
Ryan Simm, percussion
Jorge Grossmann, conductor
* World premiere: commissioned by the 2008 Max Di Julio Prize

Siray (2005) Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (b. 1973)
TALEA Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Steve Beck, piano
Alex Lipowski, conductor

-- Reception to follow - Hosted by the College of Fine Arts --

Seminar No. 2 - Music of Tom Flaherty

Wednesday 3:30-5:00, HFA 147

Seminar No. 1 - Music of Virko Baley

Wednesday 1:45-3:15, HFA 147

N.E.O.N. POSTER

CONCERT No. 1 - Tuesday April 7, 7:30pm

Fifth Street School Auditorium
401 South 4th Street (between Clark and Lewis Street)
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Approximately 4.5 miles North of the main campus and location of the remaining festival events.

VIRKO BALEY (b. 1938)
70th Birthday Celebration Concert
Talea Ensemble
Kelli Kathman, flutes
Rane Moore, clarinets
Erik Carlson, violin
Chris Gross, violoncello
Steve Beck, piano
Alex Lipowski, percussion
Virko Baley, conductor

DREAMTIME
(1993-1995; revised 2005)
Revised version with one percussionist

A Masque for six instrumentalists
(flutes, clarinets, keyboard, one percussionist, violin and violoncello)

* World premiere of the revised 2005 version

The original version for seven instrumentalists of Dreamtime was commissioned for the California E.A.R. Unit by Dr. W. Howard Hoffman