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JACK Quartet Review

JACK Quartet performed a sold-out concert at the Warhol on Saturday night with a program that included the world premiere of music department faculty member Amy Williams' Richter Textures, a work written for JACK through a commission from the Fromm Foundation.

Media Roundup for Jazz Seminar and Concert, Feldman Symposium and Mini-festival, and Sweeney Todd

Music at Pitt is starting November off in a big way and local media have taken notice. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published previews of the Jazz Seminar and Concert and Sweeney Todd, while the City Paper conducted extensive interviews with Jan and Amy Williams in anticipation of the Morton Feldman Symposium and Mini-Festival.

Slee Sinfonietta Previewed in Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette classical music critic Andrew Druckenbrod previews tonight's (Friday, September 16) performance by Slee Sinfonietta. Slee Sinfonietta performs at Bellefield Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m.

Music on the Edge featured in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In the Sunday, January 23rd edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, classical music critic Andy Druckenbrod gave an extensive profile on Music on the Edge, the Department's contemporary music series now in its 20th year.

Music on the Edge and the Warhol recognized for presentation of ICE.

Music on the Edge and The Andy Warhol Museum’s presentation of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) was chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s top ten classical concerts of 2010 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Post-Gazette classical music critic Andy Druckenbrod compiles the annual list, which this year included concerts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, among others.

Previews of ICE

Music on the Edge presents ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) this Saturday night at the Warhol and the crack new music group's program has attracted a lot of attention from local media.

Music on the Edge, IonSound Project Praised in Local Media

The end of 2009 has brought much-deserved recognition to Music on the Edge and IonSound Project, the music department's most prominent contemporary music endeavors.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Previews Alarm Will Sound
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Classical Music Critic Andrew Druckenbrod takes an in-depth look at Alarm Will Sound's music-theater event 1969, to be presented this Friday by Music on the Edge and the Warhol at the New Hazlett Theater. Tickets are available through ProArts and at the door. Details of the concert are available here.
Reminder: No Vox Concert
A quick reminder that MOTE's presentation of Vox, originally scheduled for February 28, has been canceled.
Mary Rowell and Geoffrey Burleson on New Music and their Upcoming MOTE Performance
Violinist Mary Rowell and pianist Geoffrey Burleson perform for Music on the Edge at the Warhol  on Saturday Night (details). Here's a recent e-mail interview with Mary and Geoff cross-posted from Pittsburgh New Music Net. PNMN: Your Music on the Edge program at the Warhol covers a really wide range of styles, from Vincent Persichetti to Arvo Pärt to Amy Kohn… those are three very different artists right there. Do you see any overarching theme for the program or was the goal more to represent the variety of contemporary music? MR: Our programming is...

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