The biggest festival of contemporary music in the Midwest enters its double digit years! New Music Detroit expands their music marathon to three action-packed days of experimentation and sound exploration. Weekend and Day General/VIP passes on sale at dso.org or 313.576.5111 (DSO Box Office)
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DAY 1
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Friday Sept 22, 5pm-11pm
Trinosophes 1464 Gratiot
Day/weekend tickets: https://goo.gl/QQTEz8
5pm: Khemia Ensemble
chamber ensemble from Ann Arbor
6pm: Juxtatonal
Jocelyn Zelasko, voice / Bryan Hayslett, cello
7pm: YAK
Bowed strings+cymbals and electronics, music for yaks
8pm: Trinosophes presents Joel Peterson's "Guitar Quartet" with Lisa Raschiatore, Abby Alwin, and James Greer
9pm: New Music Detroit performs Nico Muhly, David Lang, Annie Gosfield, and Nik Bärtsch
10pm: Rebecca Goldberg LIVE
electronic instruments, live PA techno
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DAY 2
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Saturday Sept 23, 2pm-11pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Cube
Day/weekend tickets: https://goo.gl/g6C9YE
2pm: Ryan Jewell + Rafael Toral
free improvisation, percussion and electronics from Ohio
3pm: Aaron Michael Butler
minimal compositions, "A Vast Absence" for tam tam and live electronics
4pm: Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble
with music off their new album "RETURN"
5pm: Clem Fortuna + Ben Willis
piano and bass free improvisation, this will be their first time performing together
6pm: Latitude 49
contemporary compositions ft. Steve Mackey's "Micro Concerto"
7pm: James Cornish
Detroit radical improvisors performing and opera
8pm: New Music Detroit performing Steve Reich's
"Music for 18 Musicians" and "Pendulum Music"
10pm: Wolf Eyes
inzane psycho jazz
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DAY 3
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Sunday Sept 24, 2pm-10pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - MOCAD
Day/weekend tickets: https://goo.gl/LKDwFG
2pm: Nick Zoulek
"Rushing Past Willow", saxophone and video
3pm: Nick Photinos (cellist, founding member of Eighth Blackbird)
music and live video from his new album "Petit Artefacts"
4pm: SHOWCASE: Wayne State University Music Technology
ft. SPLICE Ensemble (Kalamazoo), Joo Won Park, electronic music ensemble wayne state (EMEWS), Matt Younglove (Saxophone Professor), music by Elainie Lillios performed by WSU Faculty
6pm: Onyx Ashanti
sonocybernetics
6:30pm: Donald Sinta Quartet
saxophone quartet, winners of Concert Artist Guild Prize
7:30pm: New Music Detroit: Tribute to the late Pauline Oliveros
8pm: Vicky Chow, solo piano presented by Yamaha Music USA
9pm: Saajtak
4-piece glitchy avant-rock / experimental jazz
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TICKETS
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General Admission (Advance) $15
General Admission (Door) $20
General Admission Weekend Pass (Advance) $25
General Admission Weekend Pass (Door) $30
VIP Weekend Pass $110
VIP Weekend Pass holders will receive the following amenities throughout the festival:
• One reserved seat throughout the entire festival
• Complimentary light appetizers for the evening (September 23 only)
• Exclusive buffet dinner (available from 5:30pm-7:30pm September 23 only)
• One complimentary drink, with access to cash bar thereafter
Day 1: http://www.dso.org/ShowEventsView.aspx?id=4518&prod=4517
Day 2: http://www.dso.org/ShowEventsView.aspx?id=4555&prod=4553
Day 3: http://www.dso.org/ShowEventsView.aspx?id=4561&prod=4556
Select "GA Weekend" on any of the ticket links for the weekend general admission level ticket. VIP Weekend Experience also available, including food and drink courtesy of the DSO.
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SPONSORS
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New Music Detroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Bureau of Sound
Yamaha Artist Services
Wayne State University Department of Music
Knight Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
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