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Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days

Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music presents Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days,
a series of music events taking place Thursday through Sunday, October 28-31, 2010, involving Maine composers, musicians, educators, artists, and students. The four day Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days features contemporary music with film, visual art, and live performances . . .
DAY ONE - Let's Talk Music
Thurs, Oct 28, 2010, 6:30 PM, Bay Square at Yarmouth
A lively evening of music, talk, active listening and refreshments

On the Program:
Pawel Lukaszewski: String Quartet No. 3 (2004)
Pawel Lukaszewski: Angelus Domini (1995)
Heather Schmidt: Solus (1996)
Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik Funeral Music (1936)
John Aylward: An Der Quelle (At the Source) (2007)
György Ligeti: Hungarian Rock (1978)
Adrienne Albert: Winter Solace (2002)
Krystof Penderecki: De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1966)
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
Kinan Azmeh: Dream (2007)

Hosted by Vinny Fuerst, director of Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
Presentation of this event supported by Bay Square at Yarmouth
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DAY TWO - Film and Music
Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:30 PM, The Log Cabin, Main Street, Yarmouth
An evening of film, music, lively discussion and refreshments
 
On the Program:
[Man With a Movie Camera (1929) - Michael Nyman]
[Lost Horizon (1937) - Dimitri Tiomkin]
[The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Erich Korngold]
[Now, Voyager (1942) - Max Steiner]
[The Louisiana Story (1948) -Virgil Thomson]
On the Waterfront (1954) - Leonard Bernstein
Ben-Hur (1959) - Miklos Rozsa
The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein
Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
[Jaws (1975) - John Williams]
The Shining (1980) - Krystof Penderecki
Chariots of Fire (1981) - Vangelis
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) - Philip Glass
The Piano (1993) - Michael Nyman
[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Tan Dun]
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Howard Shore
[The Hours (2002) - Philip Glass]
[The Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Hans Zimmer]
[There Will Be Blood (2007) - Arvo Pärt]

Hosted by Vinny Fuerst, director of Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
Support for this evening's films provided by Videoport, Portland

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DAY THREE - Ten by Ten
Saturday, Oct 30th, 2 PM, North Yarmouth Academy, Higgins Hall
Performances of 10 pieces written by 10 contemporary composers




Joshua DeScherer: Untitled Sequence of Signals For A Forgotten Ritual (2010)
for trumpet, woodwinds, contrabass, percussion and dancers; Choreography by Ren Morrill

Beth Wiemann: Waver (2003)
Beth Wiemann, bass clarinet

Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata/2nd movement (1932)
Barbara Graustien, cello & Leah Neuchiller, piano

Yaakov Geringas: Grasshopper and March, from "Shifting: Thirty Studies for Young Violinists" (1987)
Margaret Edwards, violin

Jon Forshee: Double Mirror (2000)
Yasmin Craig Vitalius, violin

~  Intermission  ~

Christopher Staknys: Unreal Truths (2010)
for wind trio

Daniel Sonenberg: Mutiny (2008)

Robert Starer: Purple, from "Sketches in Color" (1963)
Vinny Fuerst, piano

Bill Matthews: Flurry III:  Cloudy with a Chance of Death Star (2010)
Bill Matthews, flute

Gregory Hall: Compositional Improvisation from "The Mysteria" (2010)
Gregory Hall, piano

Presentation of this concert supported by North Yarmouth Academy
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DAY FOUR - Visual Art and Music: Music as Inspiration
Sunday, October 31, 2010, 2 PM, Yarmouth High School
A gallery walk through art inspired by contemporary music and created by area artists and students

Featuring artworks by the students of:
Cam Weir (Yarmouth Elementary School)
Melissa Noak (Yarmouth High School)
Holly Houston (Yarmouth High School)

















With day-of-the-event artworks being created by special guest artists:
Scott Flanders
Frank Peabbles
Tracy Ginn



Featuring the music:
John Aylward: An Der Quelle (At the Source) (2007)
Kinan Azmeh: Dream (2007)
John Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 1 (1948)
Dorothy Hindman: Trembling (1998)
György Ligeti: Hungarian Rock (1978)
Pawel Lukaszewski: String Quartet No. 3 (2004)
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
Alex Shapiro: Bioplasm (2004)
Dmitri Tymoczko: The Eggman Variations, I (2005)
 
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Music - Dmitri Tymoczko: The Eggman Variations, I (2005)

In addition to the four events, the Pytheas Center's website - pytheasmusic.org - will present information related to each event, as a means to extend and expand the cultural experience. Information on the composers will be available, as well as a wide variety of other resources relating to contemporary music.

All Events are FREE and made possible by a grant from Yarmouth Arts. Donations will be accepted at the door of each event and go toward funding the Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music. For more information contact the Pytheas Center at 207-846-6658 or vfuerst@maine.rr.com


And click  here  for our full poster for Yamouth Contemporary Music Days. Come and enjoy!


The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music - pytheasmusic.org -  is a Maine-based nonprofit organization that promotes contemporary concert music. Its mission is to promote the appreciation and understanding of contemporary art/classical music through contact, education and live performance.

Yarmouth Arts - yarmoutharts.org - is a non-profit organization made up of local citizens committed to encouraging arts and cultural activities within the community of Yarmouth. Their mission is to enhance the cultural life of Yarmouth community by increasing awareness of existing cultural opportunities; promoting greater participation in the arts and cultural activities for all ages and interests; and facilitating and supporting cultural events and activities in Yarmouth. As a local arts organization, they seek to support the creative community by connecting artists with audiences of all kinds, encourage creativity in its broadest sense, and believing that sharing arts and cultural experiences brings us together.

For press inquires, photos, or directions contact the Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music at
207-846-6658 or vfuerst@maine.rr.com
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Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
389 Cousins Street
Yarmouth, ME  04096
207-846-6658
www.pytheasmusic.org

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