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PAST PERFORMANCES: 
​2016-2017

FALL 2016

​September 17, 2016: The Hunger
The Touhhill Performing Arts Center; St. Louis
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Alarm Will Sound
Iarla Ó Lionáird, sean-nós singer 
Katherine Manley, soprano
Tom Creed, director
Jim Findlay, set and video design 

Donnaha Dennehy, The Hunger

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September 20, 2016: Composing the Island
The National Concert Hall; Dublin

Crash Ensemble
Iarla Ó Lionáird, sean-nós singer
Michelle O'Rourke, mezzo-soprano
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Andrew Hamilton, Music for People Who Like Art 
Donnacha Dennehy, Grá agus Bás

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September 24–25, 2016: Vireo

Alarm Will Sound

Lisa Bielawa, Vireo

September 30–October 1, 2016: The Hunger
BAM Next Wave

Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; New York City

Alarm Will Sound

Iarla Ó Lionáird, sean-nós singer 
Katherine Manley, soprano
Tom Creed, director
Jim Findlay, set and video design 

Donnaha Dennehy, The Hunger

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October 14, 2016: MACE
The New School; New York City

Missy Mazzoli, Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Arnold Schoenberg, Chamber Symphony

October 19, 2016: The Fever
​Belfast International Arts Festival

Grand Opera House; Belfast

Crash Ensemble

Donnacha Dennehy and Colm Tóibín, The Dark Places 

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November 4, 2016: Katrina Ballads
San Francisco Conservatory; San Francisco 

San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble
Angela Davis, special guest vocalist

Ted Hearne, Katrina Ballads 
Frederic Rzewski, Coming Together 

November 19, 2016
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
with Ben Bolter, co-Artistic Director

Alex Mincek, Chamber Concert 
Andrew Norman, Try 
Helmut Lachenmann, Mouvement

November 21, 2016: MusicNOW; Steve Reich 80th Birthday Celebration
Harris Theater at Millennium Park; Chicago

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Steve Reich, Proverb
Steve Reich, Different Trains
Steve Reich, Double Sextet

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December 16, 2016: John Adams
The Sheldon Concert Hall; St. Louis

John Adams, Chamber Symphony 
John Adams, Son of Chamber Symphony 

SPRING 2017

January 10–11, 2017
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Luxembourg

Crash Ensemble
Claudia Boyle, soprano
Robin Adams, baritone
Katherine Manley, soprano
Mikel Murfi, actor 
​Enda Walsh, director

Donnacha Dennehy, The Last Hotel 

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February 1, 2017
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
with Ben Bolter, co-Artistic Director

Derek Bermel, Canzonas Americanas
Iannis Xenakis, Jalons 
Wesley Levers, new work

February 9, 2017: Steve Reich Residency
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University; Chicago

Steve Reich, City Life
Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians

March 11–12, 2017: The Cave
Haertter Hall in St. Louis
Alarm Will Sound

Steve Reich, The Cave

April 21, 2017: Ten Thousand Birds
Toledo, Ohio

John Luther Adams, Ten Thousand Birds 

April 22, 2017: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Memorial Concert 
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble; Donald Nally, conductor

Dietrich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri 
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Ad Cor 
Dowland, Flow My Tears
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Song, Play, Company 

April 23, 2017: Ten Thousand Birds
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

John Luther Adams, Ten Thousand Birds 

April 29, 2017: Wall to Wall Steve Reich
Symphony Space; New York City

Alarm Will Sound

Steve Reich, City Life
Steve Reich, Four Genesis Settings
Steve Reich, Radio Rewrite 

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May 5, 2017
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
with Ben Bolter, co-Artistic Director

Joon Park, new work 
Tyler Kramlich, new work
Zappa, Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat 
Varèse, Intégrales

May 12, 2017: Alarm System
The Sheldon Concert Hall; St. Louis

Alarm Will Sound

March 14, 2017: Ten Thousand Birds
Symphony Space in Morningside Park; New York City

John Luther Adams, Ten Thousand Birds

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May 26, 2017: Varèse and Zappa
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 
Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
with Ben Bolter and Victor Yampolsky, co-Artistic Directors

May 28, 2017: Varèse and Zappa
Pritzker Music Pavilion at Millennium Park; Chicago

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 
Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
with Ben Bolter, co-Artistic Director

July 2017: Mizzou International Composers Festival
Missouri Theatre; Columbia, Missouri

Alarm Will Sound

Dan Visconti, Psychedelia 
Robert Sirota, Three Nocturnes 
Don Freund, Hard Cells 

July 29, 2017: Missouri International Composers Festival
Missouri Theatre; Columbia, Missouri
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Alarm Will Sound


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