New music weekend at Michigan Tech
HOUGHTON — New music is here. four days, six concerts, 360 minutes.
Incredible acoustics, exciting performances, and contemporary music come together for New Music in the Mine. Hear performances of contemporary music performed live in the beautiful setting of the historic Quincy Mine Hoist Building. New Music in the Mine features performances by Pat Booth on saxophone, Adam Meckler on trumpet, Adam Hall on cello, and conScience Chamber Singers under the direction of Jared. The concert includes Luciano Berio’s virtuosic Sequenza V for solo trombone featuring Mike Christenson going “full clown.” Audience members will be able to take part in Tuning Meditation by Paulina Oliveros. Hard hats and masks required! There is Limited seating for these concerts, and the Rozsa recommends the advance purchase of tickets.
The awesome continues Saturday with Wings Attached: New Music Inspired by Bird Song, Saturday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. on stage at the Rozsa Center. Performances by violinist Scott Flavin of the Bergonzi trio and cellist Adam Hall. The show includes new works by Judith Shatin and Libby Meyer and a world premiere of Oliver Caplan’s Canciones de Monteverde by Tuuli String Quartet. Also on the concert will be selections from Catalogue d’oiseaux by Olivier Messaien performed by pianist Stephen Rush. Audiences members will have the opportunity to perform bird calls during Libby Meyer’s Wild Beauty.
What do you get when you put nuts, bolts, and plastic pieces on the inside of a piano? Find out Sunday Oct. 10, 4 p.m. at the Rozsa Center. Stephen Rush performs John Cage’s masterwork for prepared piano, Sonatas, and Interludes.
“My own view on the piece, having played it at least 50 times in public, is that it is ultimately hilarious sculpture. I have a tradition of playing the piece at midnight on the last day of classes at the University of Michigan, where I teach. Only students attend, and they often giggle throughout the opening moments – it looks funny – a grown man playing a grand piano (and all that symbolizes culturally) and the sounds are somewhere between a broken cuckoo clock, a gamelan, and a broken windup toy,” said Rush.
Tickets are available by phone at 487-2073, online, or in person at the Central Ticketing Office in the Student Development Complex.

