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PAST PERFORMANCES: 
​2017-18

FALL 2017

​September 23, 2017: Ten Thousand Birds
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis
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Alarm Will Sound

John Luther Adams, ​Ten Thousand Birds

October 1, 2017: Alien Jungle
New World Center, Miami
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​New World Symphony Percussion Consort

Steve Reich, Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ
George Crumb, Dream Sequence
István Márta, Doll's House Story​

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October 20, 2017: Reflector Bryce Dessner
Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall, Hamburg

Symphoniker Hamburg
Bryce Dessner, guitar
Aaron Dessner, guitar

Bryce Dessner, Quilting 
Hans Abrahamsen, Stratifications
Bryce Dessner, St. Carolyn By the Sea

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November 3, 2017: The Varèse Legacy
The New School; New York City 
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Mannes American Music Ensemble

​Frank Zappa, Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat
Edgard Varèse, Intégrales
Tyondai Braxton, Common Fate
Frank Zappa, G-Spot Tornado 

November 16, 2017: Steve Reich Residency
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University; Chicago

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

Steve Reich, Radio Rewrite
Steve Reich, Pulse
Steve Reich, Tehillim 

December 6, 2017
The Missouri Theatre; Columbia, Missouri 

Alarm Will Sound 

Clint Needham, Urban Sprawl  
Mary Kouyoumdjian, Paper Pianos
John Adams, Scratchband  
Caleb Burhans, Escape Wisconsin 
Andrew Norman, Try
Stefan Freund, Unremixed

SPRING 2018

January 25, 2018: 1969
Moss Arts Center; Blacksburg, Virginia

Alarm Will Sound
Robert Stanton, Jon Patrick Walker, David Chandler, actors

1969
created and developed by Andrew Kupfer, Nigel Maister and Alan Pierson
conceived by Alan Pierson 
music by Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, Stefan Freund, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Karlheinz Stockhausen 

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January 27, 2018: 1969
Royce Hall, UCLA; Los Angeles

Alarm Will Sound
Robert Stanton, Jon Patrick Walker, David Chandler, actors

1969
created and developed by Andrew Kupfer, Nigel Maister and Alan Pierson
conceived by Alan Pierson 
music by Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, Stefan Freund, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Karlheinz Stockhausen 

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February 8, 2018: American Immigrants
The Sheldon Concert Hall; St. Louis

Alarm Will Sound 

François Sarhan, Hands
Mary Kouyoumdjian, Paper Pianos 

February 26, 2018: Remix
The New School; New York City 
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Mannes American Music Ensemble


Sciarrino, Le Voci Sottovetro
John Orfe, Dowland Remix
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Song Play Company

March 9, 2018
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

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

​Shawn Yaeger, Letters Made with Gold 
Sofia Gubaidulina, Yetzt Immer Schnee 

March 16, 2018: "This Music Shouldn't Exist"
Carnegie Hall; New York City

Alarm Will Sound with Nadia Sirota 

"This Music Shouldn't Exist" 
produced by Alex Overington, Alan Pierson, and Nadia Sirota

György Ligeti, Piano Concerto  
György Ligeti, Chamber Concerto  

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April 21, 2018: Northwestern University New Music Conference
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

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

Ashley Fure, Albatross 
Derek Bermel, Canzonas Americanas 
Simon Steen-Andersen, Chambered Music

May 9, 2018: Alarm System
The Sheldon Concert Hall; St. Louis

Alarm Will Sound 

Oren Ambarchi arr. Conrad Winslow, Quixotism Part 5) 
Oren Ambarchi arr. Marcos Balter, Sbagliato)
Eartheater arr. Conrad Winslow, Steven Snowden, and Aaron Parker, When Fire is Allowed to Finish (28’)
King Britt and Chris Stark, The Intention
King Britt and Charlie Peck, The Moment of the Fall
King Britt and Chris Mayo, The Cosmos Feel Me 
Burhans, Escape Wisconsin (Alarm Remix)

May 17, 2018
Galvin Hall at Northwestern University; Chicago

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

Conor Hanick, piano 

Anna Thorvaldsdottir Ro
Conlon Nancarrow, arr. Derek Bermel, Study 3A
Conlon Nancarrow, arr. Chuck, Study 2A
György Ligeti, Piano Concerto

May 27, 2018: Beijing Modern Music Festival
Beijing, China 

Alarm Will Sound 

Andrew Norman, Try  
Stephen Yip, Realm of the Immortals  
Zhong Juncheng, Blast
Zhou Long, Bell Drum Towers
Charles Peck, Vinyl 
Chen Yi arr. Freund, Sparkle  
Caleb Burhans, Escape Wisconsin (Alarm Remix)

May 28, 2018
Guangxi Culture and Art Center Concert Hall; Nanning, China 

Alarm Will Sound 

Chen Yi arr. Freund, Sparkle
Charles Peck, Vinyl  
Zhong Juncheng, Blast
Andrew Norman, Try
Zhou Long, Bell Drum Towers
Aphex Twin arr. Burhans, Blue Calx
Caleb Burhans, Escape Wisconsin (Alarm Remix)

May 31, 2018
Guangxi Culture and Art Center Concert Hall; Nanning, China 

Alarm Will Sound 

Caleb Burhans, Escape Wisconsin (Alarm Remix)
Zhou Long, Bell Drum Towers 
QiuPang YangYang, Fiesta of Ganzhuang Mountain
Aphex Twin arr. Burhans, Blue Calx
Ramon P. Santos, Diwa
Deqing Wen, Ink Splashing I
Zhong Juncheng, Blast 

June 17, 2018: Mostly Modern Festival
Arthur Zankel Music Center; Saratoga Springs

American Modern Orchestra

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Mirror II
Robert Paterson, Electric Lines
Igor Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements

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July 26, 2018: Mizzou International Composers Festival
Missouri Theatre; Columbia, Missouri

Alarm Will Sound

King Britt and Chris Stark, The Intention 
Alex Mincek Chimeras: Part  I, "Prologue/Sisyphus"
Robert Morris, In Concert )
Stefan Freund and Matt Marks, Kinda Asleep

July 28, 2018: Missouri International Composers Festival
Missouri Theatre; Columbia, Missouri
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Alarm Will Sound

Igor Santos, through thoughts of a different kind 
Amanda Feery, This is the House of
Christine Burke, Ah! The hovering…! 
Oren Boneh, Unseen Beneath the Ice
Gemma Peacocke, Skirl
Douglas Osmun, in effigies
Viet Chuong, Electric Aroma
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