FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Music Edmonton Presents
NOW HEAR THIS
Featuring the Music of György Ligeti
A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC, MARCH 20 - 22, 2015
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
10037 84 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, CANADA
Individual Tickets: $10 - $20
Festival Passes: $65; $50 - students and seniors; $40 - members
Available at Tix on the Square (www.tixonthesquare.com) or at the door
New Music Edmonton is proud to announce Now Hear This 2015…
Featured is the 20th Century avant-garde Romanian composer György Ligeti; several
works will be performed, many of them receiving their first-ever Edmonton
performance…
Guest ensembles and Edmonton favourites Pro Coro Canada, the WindRose Trio and
Duo Majoya will offer our audiences spectacular works by Ligeti along with premieres
and recent compositions gathered from across Canada and the world. Contempo, the
University of Alberta’s contemporary music ensemble, will kick off our festival on
Friday with a selection of works including Ligeti’s infamous Poéme Symphonique for
100 metronomes! Two concerts will feature New Music Edmonton's own Violet
Collective, a group of some of Edmonton’s most accomplished musicians, now in their
second season. They will offer audiences a rare opportunity to hear recent works for
ensemble and electronics - all Edmonton premieres. Capping off the festival, the Violet
Collective will give a performance of Ligeti’s incredible Chamber Concerto.
Friday and Saturday will end with late-night performances of electronic and improvised
music; New Music Edmonton will also host free talks and workshops, social events and a
wonderful opportunity to meet old and new friends.
FEATURED CONCERTS / GROUPS - subject to change
Friday, March 20: Contempo - 6:30 pm; Violet Collective - 8:00 pm; Late night
electronic and improvisation 10 pm
Saturday, March 21: the WindRose Trio - 2 pm; Duo Majoya - 7 pm; Pro Coro - 9:00
pm; Late night electroacoustic and improvisation 10 pm
Sunday, March 22: Violet Collective -2 pm
For further details and updates please check out website: www.newmusicedmonton.com
About New Music Edmonton:
New Music in Edmonton (NME) has been Edmonton’s premier organization for the
promotion and presentation of contemporary music and sound-related arts for three
decades. NME is committed to the goal of seeking out and bringing the widest possible
spectrum of musical and sonic art practices to its audiences.
LISTING INFORMATION
New Music Edmonton presents NOW HEAR THIS, a festival of concerts, workshops
and sound installation featuring the works of György Ligeti with Edmonton new music
artists, Canadian and international guests; Friday, March 20th to Sunday, March 22nd.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Single
tickets, $10-20, Festival Pass $65, Students and Seniors $50, members $40. Available at
the door or in advance through www.tixonthesquare.com
New Music Edmonton gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its many sponsors: