Music Festival / Fair
derek.charke@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1270
The Acadia New Music Society proudly presents the premier event of the 2018 Acadia New Music Festival, featuring the WIRED! Ensemble performing the music of Ana Sokolovic & Gérard Grisey. This concert features two preeminent composers performed by some of the top classical new-music performers in the province.
Programme:
Ana Sokolovic / Danses et Interludes
Heather Price, piano
Ana Sokolovic / Prélude et Toccate
Susan Sayle, viola
Simon Docking, piano
Ana Sokolovic / Vez
Norman Adams, cello
Intermission
Gérard Grisey / Vortex Temporum (I & II)
WIRED! Ensemble
Mark Hopkins, Conductor
Derek Charke, Flute
Eileen Walsh, clarinet
Gillian Smith, violin
Susan Sayle, viola
Norman Adams, cello
Simon Docking, piano
About the Acadia New Music Festival:
The Acadia New Music Society promotes contemporary concert music in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Co-Directed by Derek Charke and Mark Hopkins, the primary outlet for this is an annual New Music Festival. The scope of the Acadia New Music Society’s activities has blossomed over the past ten years. We have successfully presented over 50 concerts, including a CBC national broadcast, initiated the creation of four commercial CD’s, and hosted multiple composers, musicians, and ensembles. Most of all, we have presented a fantastic collection of Canadian artists over these years.
WIRED! is the resident ensemble of the Acadia New Music Society. The WIRED! Ensemble is the brainchild of conductor Mark Hopkins and composer Derek Charke. Along with some of the finest performers in the Maritimes, (including members of Symphony Nova Scotia and teaching Faculty from two Maritime universities), this ensemble seeks to perform the great chamber music of our time to the highest professional standard.
About the composers:
Ana Sokolovic is a Montreal-based composer of Serbian origin whose contemporary pieces have won several awards in Canada. Her music has been performed at London’s Royal Opera House and Montreal’s Conservatory of Music. Sokolovic is the first woman composer to create an operatic work for the Canadian Opera Company. Sokolovic was also a nominee for the Juno Awards of 2017.
Gérard Grisey's music is often considered to belong to the genre of spectral music. Grisey won the highly coveted Prix de Rome. Vortex Temporum, the work presented on this concert is a tour-de-force, featuring Simon Docking on Piano with the WIRED! Ensemble, conducted by Mark Hopkins.
derek.charke@acadiau.ca
(902) 585-1270
The Acadia New Music Society proudly presents the premier event of the 2018 Acadia New Music Festival, featuring the WIRED! Ensemble performing the music of Ana Sokolovic & Gérard Grisey. This concert features two preeminent composers performed by some of the top classical new-music performers in the province.
Programme:
Ana Sokolovic / Danses et Interludes
Heather Price, piano
Ana Sokolovic / Prélude et Toccate
Susan Sayle, viola
Simon Docking, piano
Ana Sokolovic / Vez
Norman Adams, cello
Intermission
Gérard Grisey / Vortex Temporum (I & II)
WIRED! Ensemble
Mark Hopkins, Conductor
Derek Charke, Flute
Eileen Walsh, clarinet
Gillian Smith, violin
Susan Sayle, viola
Norman Adams, cello
Simon Docking, piano
About the Acadia New Music Festival:
The Acadia New Music Society promotes contemporary concert music in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Co-Directed by Derek Charke and Mark Hopkins, the primary outlet for this is an annual New Music Festival. The scope of the Acadia New Music Society’s activities has blossomed over the past ten years. We have successfully presented over 50 concerts, including a CBC national broadcast, initiated the creation of four commercial CD’s, and hosted multiple composers, musicians, and ensembles. Most of all, we have presented a fantastic collection of Canadian artists over these years.
WIRED! is the resident ensemble of the Acadia New Music Society. The WIRED! Ensemble is the brainchild of conductor Mark Hopkins and composer Derek Charke. Along with some of the finest performers in the Maritimes, (including members of Symphony Nova Scotia and teaching Faculty from two Maritime universities), this ensemble seeks to perform the great chamber music of our time to the highest professional standard.
About the composers:
Ana Sokolovic is a Montreal-based composer of Serbian origin whose contemporary pieces have won several awards in Canada. Her music has been performed at London’s Royal Opera House and Montreal’s Conservatory of Music. Sokolovic is the first woman composer to create an operatic work for the Canadian Opera Company. Sokolovic was also a nominee for the Juno Awards of 2017.
Gérard Grisey's music is often considered to belong to the genre of spectral music. Grisey won the highly coveted Prix de Rome. Vortex Temporum, the work presented on this concert is a tour-de-force, featuring Simon Docking on Piano with the WIRED! Ensemble, conducted by Mark Hopkins.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: $20 / $10 Students
