BUFFALO — The UB Music Department is proud to announce the details for the annual, world-renowned composer festival called June in Buffalo, under the directorship of UB faculty member and cellist Jonathan Golove.
The festival, which traditionally accepts 25 accomplished student composers from all over the world by way of a large and competitive pool of applicants, also boasts the week-long residency of five distinguished faculty composers each year.
This year Jonathan Golove, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes and Amy Williams will serve as mentors to the students throughout the week in coaching sessions, lectures and rehearsals while also enjoying performances of some of their own work.
Performances are offered by ensembles and individual musicians who specialize in the performance of very recent music.
This year’s line up of artists includes the return of the famed Arditti Quartet from London, UB’s resident chamber collective The Slee Sinfonietta, guitarist Dieter Hennings, and vocalists Nicholas Isherwood and Tiffany Du Mouchelle. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is an annual participant in the Festival, opening the week’s festivities this year on Sunday afternoon, June 9th.
Weekday afternoon concert events are free and open to the public. Tickets for the evening concerts and the Saturday matinee are $10, and available at TicketMaster.com or one hour before concert time at the concert venue box office.
All UB students with a valid ID will receive a complimentary ticket to each event.
SCHEDULE:
June 9
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Fernanda Lastra, conductor
2:35pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Works by Amy Williams, Anna Heflin, Karola Obermüller and Hilda Paredes.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 10
Slee Sinfonietta with Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano
4pm, Baird Recital Hall (Room 250, Baird Hall)
Program will include chamber music by June in Buffalo’s distinguished student participants.
Free admission — no ticket required.
Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone
7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Program to feature solo vocal works with electronics.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 11
Slee Sinfonietta members and guests
7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Solos and small chamber works by JiB senior composers (Obermüller and Williams) and three participant composers.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 12
Ensemble
Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductor
7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Works by JiB senior composers Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes, Amy Williams and
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 13
Ensemble
Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductor
4pm, Baird Recital Hall (Room 250, Baird Hall)
Program will include chamber music by June in Buffalo’s distinguished student participants.
Free admission — no ticket required
Slee Sinfonietta
James Baker, conductor
7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Large formation works by JiB participant composers.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 14
Slee Sinfonietta and guests, including Dieter Hennings, guitar
4pm, Baird Recital Hall (Room 250, Baird Hall)
Chamber works by JiB senior composer Zohn-Muldoon and participant composers.
Free admission — no ticket required
Arditti Quartet
Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan, violin; Ralf Ehlers, viola; Lucas Fels, cello
7:30pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Works by JiB senior composers Jonathan Golove, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes, Amy Williams. And in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the AQ, Helmut Lachenmann’s Quartet No. 3 “Grido” (2001).
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
June 15
Closing Concert: Slee Sinfonietta
James Baker, conductor
3:00pm, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall
Works by JiB senior composers Jonathan Golove, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes, and
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.
Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.
Listed program information for all concerts is subject to change.