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EDGE ENSEMBLE
Discover Joseph Schwantner’s distinctive voice in an intimate performance of his classic masterpiece Distant Runes and Incantations, Taking Charge for flute, piano and percussion and Sparrows.
Doors open at 7PM. Food and cocktails served throughout the performance.
PROGRAM
Joseph Schwantner: Distant Runes and Incantations
Joseph Schwantner: Taking Charge…
Joseph Schwantner: Sparrows
PULITZER PRIZE COMPOSER FESTIVAL WITH JOSEPH SCHWANTNER
Joseph Schwantner is one of this country’s most prominent composers. Revered as a gifted orchestral colorist, his dramatic and unique music is admired for its deft implementation of luminous color and fluctuating rhythms. Several of his concert pieces have become classics and some of the most-performed large ensemble works of the last forty years. Shenandoah New Music welcomes and celebrates Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwanter with two concerts featuring works ranging from intricate chamber pieces to evocative classic masterworks for large ensembles.
FULL SCHEDULE
Concert I
EDGE Ensemble
Friday, November 2 at 8PM
Bright Box Theater
Discover Joseph Schwantner’s distinctive voice in an intimate performance of his classic masterpiece Sparrows, Velocities for solo marimba, and Taking Charge for flute, piano and percussion.
GET TICKETS >Concert II
Large Ensembles
Saturday, November 3 at 8PM
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory’s premier instrumental and vocal ensembles perform Schwantner’s world-renowned large ensemble works, including classic explorations of instrumental sound, such as …and the mountains rising nowhere and more.
GET TICKETS >Photos by C. King Photography and courtesy of artist
