New Music On The Point Festival
http://newmusiconthepoint.com

Resident Faculty Composer

Seminars, Master Classes, and Composition Lessons

The New Music On The Point Festival: imaginative collaboration among composers, instrumentalists, and singers creating contemporary music on the shores of Lake Dunmore in Vermont. The 2014 festival includes composers Kathryn Alexander, Chester Biscardi, Robert Paterson and Yehudi Wyner along with the JACK Quartet and the American Modern Ensemble.

Composition Lessons, June 2 — 15, 2014

Seminar Series — Chester Biscardi: Works, June 6, 2014

Composition Masterclass — Composing for Voice, with Chester Biscardi, J. J. Penna, Robert Paterson, and Yehudi Wyner, June 7, 2014

Composition Masterclass — Student Work, co-presented by Chester Biscardi and Missy Mazzoli, June 9, 2014

Composition Masterclass — Student Work, co-presented by Chester Biscardi and Kathryn Alexander, June 13, 2014

"Guru" (1995)
"I Wouldn’t Know About That," from Modern Love Songs (1997-2002)
"I Dance the Tango," from Sailors & Dreamers (2007-2010)

Jennifer Beattie, mezzosoprano
Adam Marks, piano
The Beattie-Marks Duo

Opening Concert #1
June 2, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Works by Kathryn Alexander, Samuel Barber, Lembit Beecher, Chester Biscardi, Tom Cipullo, Aaron Copland, Michael Djupstrom, Robert Paterson, Steve Reich and Yehudi Wyner.

Piano Sonata (1986; rev. 1987)

Clare Longendyke, piano

Salon Concert #1
June 5, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Incitation to Desire (Tango) (1984)

Neil Qiang (Qiang Nanyi), piano

Salon Concert #2
June 6, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

The Child Comes Every Winter (1999)

Alexandra Porter, soprano, and Neil Qiang (Qiang Nanyi), piano

Baby Song of the Four Winds (1994)

Jilian McGreen, mezzosoprano, and Neil Qiang (Qiang Nanyi), piano
Salon Concert #3
June 7, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Modern Love Songs (1997-2002)

Peter Brown, baritone, and Neil Qiang, piano

The Gift of Life (1990-1993)

Elaina Robbins, soprano, and Richard Valitutto, piano

Salon Concert #4
June 10, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Tartini (1972)

The Green Mountain Duo:
Adrianne Pope, violin, and Clare Longendyke, piano

Salon Concert #5
June 11, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Extensions 3 (1952), by Morton Feldman

Richard Valitutto, piano

Companion Piece (for Morton Feldman) (1989)

James Sullivan, double bass & Richard Valitutto, piano

The Viola Had Suddenly Found a Voice (2005)

Kelly Ralston, viola, and Neil Qiang, piano

Salon Concert #6
June 12, 2014
Rec Hall
New Music On the Point
Lake Dunmore
Leicester, Vermont

Footfalls (after Beckett) (2012)

Jenny Davis, flute
Zach Pulse, oboe
Alexandra Matloff, violin
Gregorgiy Khoklov, cello
Clare Longendyke, piano

Final Concert I
June 13, 2014
New Music On the Point
Middlebury Town Hall Theater
Middlebury, Vermont

Piano Quintet (2004)

Adrianne Pope, violin
Leach Kettelkamp, violin
Frakhad Abdirakirov, viola
Zan Berry, cello
Clare Longendyke, piano

Final Concert II
June 14, 2014
New Music On the Point
Middlebury Town Hall Theater
Middlebury, Vermont