Guest artists and scholars join Bienen faculty, students and ensembles
The Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music hosts its biennial Northwestern University New Music Conference (NUNC! 6) from Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27. One of the leading new music conferences in the world, the event welcomes composers, performing musicians, scholars and other new music advocates for workshops, panel discussions and concerts.
“I think [this year’s] conference has become even more expansive and diverse in a number of different ways: aesthetically, demographically, technologically,” says Institute for New Music director Alex Mincek.
“I’m especially happy that our Symphonic Wind Ensemble will be a part of the conference for the first time,” Mincek added. “I’m thrilled that the International Contemporary Ensemble, in addition to their own featured concert, will play alongside our students during the Contemporary Music Ensemble concert, which will also include students from Jazz Studies for the first time.”
Amsterdam-based composer, vocalist, and producer Bec Plexus and composer, musicologist, and trombonist George Lewis will each give presentations as part of the conference. Kirsten Speyer Carithers ’17 PhD, assistant professor of music history at the University of Louisville, will present the keynote address April 26.
All events take place on Northwestern’s Evanston campus and are open to the public, and most are free. Tickets to performances with an admission charge are available from the Bienen School Ticket Office at 847-467-4000 or music.northwestern.edu/nunc6.