Instruments of Happiness Guitar Quartet performs on March 30 at The Warhol.
Co-directed by Eric Moe and Mathew Rosenblum, Music on the Edge (MOTE) presents about six concerts each year featuring visiting artists as well as the Music on the Edge Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Roger Zahab. The series is devoted to the performance of contemporary music by professional musicians.
Recent concerts featured International Contemporary Ensemble, Newband and the Harry Partch Instruments, grammy nominated cellist Dave Eggar, and exciting new ensembles such as JACK Quartet.
For Department of Music concert information and tickets, call 412-624-4125, or visit our Events Calendar.
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Music on the Edge 2019
Transient Canvas
Saturday, January 19 8 p.m.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Co-presented with The Andy Warhol Museum
Da Capo Chamber Players
Saturday, February 2, 8 p.m.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Co-presented with The Andy Warhol Museum
Mivos String Quartet
Saturday, March 2, 8 p.m.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Co-presented with The Andy Warhol Museum
Instruments of Happiness Guitar Quartet
Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m.
The Andy Warhol Museum
Co-presented with The Andy Warhol Museum
TICKETS
Tickets are available through the University of Pittsburgh Stages Box Office, by calling 412-624-7529, or visiting music.pitt.edu/tickets. Tickets in advance: general admission is $15; students and seniors are $10. At the door: general admission is $20; students and seniors are $15.
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Presented by the Department of Music in the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Music on the Edge is codirected by Pitt faculty composers Eric Moe and Mathew Rosenblum. The series is devoted to the performance of contemporary music by outstanding artists from around the world. Music on the Edge is generously supported by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Pitt Arts, the Bessie Pearl Snyder Music Legacy Fund, the Alice M. Ditson Foundation, and the Amphion Foundation, Inc.
The Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, serves more than 80,000 visitors of all ages per year. Opened in 1994, the museum features extensive permanent collections of art and archives of one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. The museum, a primary resource for anyone seeking insights into contemporary art and popular culture, also is an active cultural center that presents contemporary performance through its Sound Series and Off the Wall series.