2011 NOW Music Festival at Capital University



The Capital University Conservatory of Music will present the NOW New Music Festival 2011 featuring Capital University faculty and students composers

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, November 1 at 
7:30 pm
Contemporary percussion ensemble Galaxy with APE (Akademie Percussion Ensemble – Seoul)
Mees Hall Auditorium


Wednesday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Original music by the Conservatory faculty: Tony Zilincik
Mees Hall Auditorium


Thursday, November 3 at 7:30 pm
Original music by the Conservatory faculty: Roger Hines, Mark Flugge, Rocky Reuter, Stan Smith, Vera Stanojevic , Christopher Weait, Tom Zugger,
Huntington Recital Hall.

Friday, November 4 at 10 am
Original music by the Conservatory students
Mees Hall Auditorium

Friday, November 4 at 7 pm
Ensemble NOW
Stairwell behind the Conservatory office

More about the NOW MUSIC Festival

Why NOW?

The festival's name indicates an emphasis on music being composed now—that is, within the last ten years. Many works are premiered each year during the festival concert series.
Much of this year's music will receive its world premiere or, at the very least, its American or Ohio premiere.
 

What is the Festival's history?

From the early '60s to the mid '70s Capital's Conservatory of Music hosted a number of contemporary composers and played their compositions during a contemporary music festival organized by the Conservatory Dean, Mark Meyers.

In the early '80s, Timothy E. Swinehart joined the faculty and featured guest composer/conductors annually with the Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds. In 1986 composer Rocky J. Reuter joined the faculty, and in 1987 he founded the NOW MUSIC Festival.
 

What happens during NOW week?

Most years, the NOW Festival brings international, national, and regional composers, conductors, and guest ensembles and chamber and solo performers to Central Ohio.

Through festival activities, such as concerts, lectures, and workshops, the role of music in contemporary society is explored and discussed. The concert series is eclectic in nature, covering a diverse range of compositional and performance styles. The result is exposure and education for the entire community.
 

Who have past Festival Composers-in-Residence been?

• Karel Husa
• Libby Larsen
• Eric Whitacre
• Eric Ewazen
• Elliot Schwartz
• Michael Schelle
• Elliot Del Borgo
• James Curnow
• Fisher Tull
• W. Francis McBeth
• Anthony Iannaccone
• David R. Holsinger
• Marilyn Shrude
• Joseph Koykkar
• Béla Faragó
• Jackie Dempsey
• Graham Fitkin
• William Jentzsch
• Ingram Marshall
• William Dougherty
• Dean Roush
• Howard Fredrics
• Thomas Flaherty
• Günter "Baby" Sommer
• Tim Davies
• Alex Shapiro



As well as many guest performers.