ZouM New Music Ensemble
The ZouM Faculty New Music Collective consists of faculty members from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Music. Formed in 2016, the group’s mission is to promote chamber works by living composers, and to foster community within our School of Music. ZouM recently commissioned St. Louis-based composer Christopher Stark, which was made possible by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation and the Mizzou New Music Initiative.
Program:
Portrait Sequence (Blanching Out) (2012) Jacob Gotlib (b.1984)
Abby Rehard, percussion
Megan Arns, percussion
Dejate Caer (2012) Carolina Heredia (b.1981)
for solo violin and electronic playback
Julie Rosenfeld, violin
Carolina Heredia, electronics
Southern Harmony (2014) Jacob Bancks (b. 1982)
selections from ten songs on shape-note texts
1. Devotion – Isaac Watts
2. Bear Creek – Isaac Watts
5. The Old Ship of Zion – Thomas W. Carter
7. Holy Manna – George Atkin
10. Funeral Thought – Reginald Heber
Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano
Neil Minturn, piano
Winter Haiku (2016) Dennis Leclaire (b. 1950)
Esterhazy String Quartet
Eva Szekely, violin
Julie Rosenfeld, violin
Leslie Perna, viola
Eli Lara, cello
Intermission
Tantrums (2017) Asha Srinivasan (b. 1980)
for saxophone, percussion and interactive electronics
DRAX
Leo Saguiguit, baritone saxophone
Megan Arns, percussion
Asha Srinivasan, electronics
Monday, Midnight (2017) Christopher Stark (b. 1980)
Steven Tharp, tenor
Kristine Poulsen, alto flute
Wesley Warnhoff, clarinet
Julie Rosenfeld, violin
Eli Lara, cello
Neil Minturn, piano
Megan Arns, percussion
Stefan Freund, conductor