Aries Composers Festival – New Music Concert VI
Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 07:30 PM
Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts

CSU’s large ensembles close out the stunning series of Aries Festival concerts with works by award-winning American composers in the new concert music genre.

The orchestra, conducted by Wes Kenney, performs works by festival guest Stephen Paulus, hailed as “…a bright, fluent inventor with a ready lyric gift.” (The New Yorker). American Passions “is powerful yet reflective and a true pyro-technical challenge for the ensemble,” said Kenney.

The Wind Ensemble presents Alex Shapiro’s Immersion, bringing listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm; Joseph Eidson’s Upon a Dark Horizon, music inspired by NASA’s Deep Impact mission to send a probe to explore the interior of a comet; and Josh Hummell’s A New Splendor Arises, a piece based on sacred text exulting in the joy of the birth of Christ.

Followed by a Meet the Artist Reception sponsored by Great Harvest Bread Co., Mugs Coffee Lounge and Whole Foods.

Tickets

$7/CSU students
$1/youth (2 – 17)
$12/adult
$32/festival pass

Buy online at  www.CSUArtsTickets.com.

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Event Contact: Jennifer Clary can be reached at (970) 491-3603

Sponsored by School of the Arts