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The Grammy® nominated Neave Trio to perform music by Dutch, American, and other composers from across the globe, including Summit Trio, consisting of the three piano trio movements from Triple Concerto.
Winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Elmaleh Competition, the Dior Quartet performs the European premiere of String Quartet No. 1 by Robert Paterson, MMF’s Artistic Director, and world premieres by Dutch composers and composers from across the globe.
Mostly Modern Festival | The Netherlands Season Finale features the European premiere of Triple Concerto., new works by young composers from the Muziek School Zeeland, and new work(s) by participant composers at the festival.
Winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Elmaleh Competition, the Dior Quartet performs String Quartet No. 3 by Robert Paterson on this Death of Classical series, a.k.a. Ghosts of Gotham, presented by Crypt.
World premiere of Kama for SATB choir and handpan performed by Paterson, commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Founding Artistic Director, as Ember's first Composer in Residence.
World premiere of Kama for SATB choir and handpan performed by Paterson, commissioned by Ember Choral Arts, Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Founding Artistic Director, as Ember's first Composer in Residence.
Preview performance of the piano/vocal version of Robert Paterson’s New York Stories with American Modern Ensemble, featuring librettos by New York City-based librettists, including Mark Campbell, David Cote, Margot Connolly, Briana Elyse Hunter, John De Los Santos, and Sokunthary Svay.
Preview performance of the piano/vocal version of Robert Paterson’s New York Stories with American Modern Ensemble, featuring librettos by New York City-based librettists, including Mark Campbell, David Cote, Margot Connolly, Briana Elyse Hunter, John De Los Santos, and Sokunthary Svay.
The world premiere of the piano/vocal version of Robert Paterson’s New York Stories with American Modern Ensemble, featuring librettos by New York City-based librettists, including Mark Campbell, David Cote, Margot Connolly, Briana Elyse Hunter, John De Los Santos, and Sokunthary Svay.
New York Premiere of Joy Ride for solo piano by Amir Farid at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Farid’s Carnegie Hall debut concert.
Performance of The Thin Ice of Your Fragile Mind on this evening of brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.
Robert Paterson’s Pegasus for flute and harp, and a spectacular line-up of arias and song cycles. Ten top vocalists from across the United States & abroad will be showcasing their talents for Saratoga Springs.
World premiere Celestial Harmonics, featuring Mostly Modern Orchestra, David Amado, conductor. Other works include classical standards, two brand-new works from two of our ‘Mostly Modern’ composers, and Elliot Carters’s bracingly American Oboe Concerto, featuring one of the two winners of our annual MMF Concerto Competition.
Performance of Relative Theory, along with brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.
Join us for our first orchestral concert of the season with Mostly Modern Orchestra, Ankush Kumar Bahl, Maestro from the Omaha Symphony. A broad palette of musical styles define us, entirely ‘mostly modern.’ Not to be missed!
World Premiere of New York Stories for two singers and chamber ensemble at Mostly Modern Festival, featuring librettos by New York City-based librettists and scenes inspired by the Five Boroughs. Librettists include Mark Campbell, David Cote, Margot Connolly, Briana Elyse Hunter, John de los Santos, and Sokunthary Svay.
Performance of Ouvir Estrelas for soprano and piano, along with a spectacular line-up of 20th & 21st-century arias, art songs, and song cycles. Ten top vocalists from across the United States & abroad will be showcasing their talents, from the avant-garde to post-modern romance.
Winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Elmaleh Competition, the Dior Quartet performs String Quartet No. 1 on this program, which features Mostly Modern Festival composers and selections from the Dior Quartet’s repertoire.
World premiere of Journey of a Dragonfly on this season finale, evening concert celebrating all American composers, featuring JoAnn Falletta of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Performance of one or more works at the Zodiac Music Academy & Festival in Côte d'Azur, France, from July 2-15. These performances will take place while directing the composition course at the academy.
Performance of two works at the Lunigiana International Music Festival in Fivizzano, Tuscany, Italy, from July 18-28. These performances will take place while teaching composition, giving seminars, and directing the Contemporary Music Ensemble and Contemporary Music Program with Victoria Paterson. Up to eight composers from around the world who have new or recent works performed by the Contemporary Music Ensemble will be selected to take part in this program.
Performance of I Go Among Trees at Southwestern Oklahoma State University by Southwestern Singers, featuring Micheal Barnes, marimba. The exact date and time are TBD.
This program features the European premiere of Star Crossing, world premieres, and European premieres of works by Dutch, American, and other composers worldwide, including composers chosen to be part of the MMF | NL Cultural Institute.
Micheal Barnes performs Pyro and Binary Hearts for solo marimba on this recital.
Performance of Variations and Fantasies on an Accordion Song for solo piano on a recital by Geoffrey Burleson.
Performance of Wind Quintet by the Italian Dèdalo Ensemble, Vittorio Parisi, Director, and Conductor, on a program entitled "Quintets plus 1," which includes a Sextet by Janacek/Mladi and another work by Giancarlo Facchinetti.
Micheal Barnes gives the world premiere of Pyro for solo marimba on this faculty recital at the Ed and Winnie Ola Berrong Music Hall.
Micheal Barnes performs Binary Hearts for solo marimba on this faculty recital.
North Carolina premiere of Glitch for solo harp, featuring Anna Reinersman on this program entitled “After Work: Classical Rebels” at the Carolina Chamber Music Festival.
The Bedford Trio, the Ensemble in Residence at the University of Toronto New Music Festival, performs the fourth movement entitled “Moon Trip” from Moon Trio.
Winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Elmaleh Competition, the Dior Quartet performs “Poet Voice,” the third movement from String Quartet No. 3 by Robert Paterson, MMF’s Artistic Director, at this YPCA Showcase at APAP|NYC 2024 at Carnegie Hall. Open to the public, reception to follow.
The VCU Symphony conducted by Daniel Myssyk performs Triple Concerto, featuring the Grammy® nominated Neave Trio.
Portuguese premiere of Dark Mountains by Orquestra do Algarve, Martim Sousa Tavares, Conductor. This concert is part of a week dedicated to Mental Health in partnership with the University of the Algarve and the Luso-American Development Foundation - FLAD.
Dior Quartet performs selections from String Quartet No. 3 at the bi-annual Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards Ceremony sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute.
A spectacular line-up of 20th & 21st-century arias, art songs, and song cycles, including Robert Paterson’s and David Cote’s Extraordinary for soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble. Ten top vocalists from across the United States & abroad will be showcasing their talents, from the avant-garde to post-modern romance.
World premiere of Soar for trumpet and piano, featuring Lexie Signor, trumpet, and Geoffrey Burleson, piano, on this program that features Mostly Modern composers and selections from guest ensemble Atlantic Brass Quintet’s 20th-century repertoire. World premieres abound at Mostly Modern, and tonight is no exception!
Performance of In Real Life, music by Robert Paterson, words by David Cote. This performance consists of a staged version of In Real Life I, In Real Life II, and Extraordinary for soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble, featuring singers from Mostly Modern Festival.
Join us for an evening concert celebrating all American composers, featuring JoAnn Falletta of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mostly Modern Orchestra, and the Neave Trio performing in the world premiere of Robert Paterson’s Triple Concerto.
Festival composers and faculty from all over the United States and abroad come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.
World premiere of Summit Trio, a new piano trio consisting of a suite of the three solo trio movements from Triple Concerto, which will be premiered at Mostly Modern Festival. This program also features our Mostly Modern composers and selections from Neave Trio’s repertoire.
Performance of Electric Lines with Mostly Modern Orchestra, Aram Demirjian, conductor, Maestro from the Knoxville Symphony. A broad palette of musical styles define Mostly Modern, entirely ‘mostly modern.’ Not to be missed!
Performance of Elegy (version for two bassoons and piano) at Mostly Modern Festival. Festival composers and faculty from all over the United States and abroad come together for a night of brand-new works and premieres featuring the beloved American Modern Ensemble.
Performance of Elegy for Two Cellos and Piano as part of a memorial celebrating the life of sculptor Tony Paterson (1934-2022).
Join Musica Sacra, Sing for Hope & Mostly Modern for a very special choir program at the Oculus World Trade Center. Lead by Maestro Kent Tritle and featuring Robert Paterson’s Look to the Sky, written in memory of 9/11, commissioned by New York Choral Consortium.
This program features the European premiere of Dark Mountains, as well as works by Mostly Modern Festival | The Netherlands composers, including two new works by composers from the MMF | NL Cultural Institute, a performance of a work by the Ukrainian/Dutch composer Svitlana Azarova, and the European premiere of Robert Paterson’s Dark Mountains.
This program features our Mostly Modern composers, as well as works by our composition faculty members and other classic 20th and 21st-century chamber works.
Vocal concert featuring Alyson Cambridge, soprano, and Keith Phares, baritone, singing the European premieres of In Real Life I for soprano and chamber ensemble, and In Real Life II for baritone and chamber ensemble, as well as Extraordinary for soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble.
Silver prize winners of the 2021 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and Bronze Medalists of the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Dior Quartet performs the European premiere of String Quartet No. 3 by Robert Paterson, Mostly Modern Festival’s Artistic Director, and world premieres by participant composers from around the world.
Performance of Elegy for two cellos and piano and other works for cello and piano by Dave Eggar, cellist, and Paolo Gorini, pianist, including three European premieres.
This program features our Mostly Modern composers, as well as works by our composition faculty members and other classic 20th and 21st-century chamber works.
This program features selections from the classical percussion repertoire, the world premiere of a new work by Celia Swart, and the European premiere of Robert Paterson’s Stealing Thunder and Stillness for alto flute and marimba, featuring special guest Daniela Mars on alto flute. Enjoy free admission to the opening concert!
Performance of Stealing Thunder with the Temple University Percussion Ensemble, Phillip O’Banion, director.
