FSW’s Humanities Colloquium Presents the NOW Ensemble
Feb 4, 2016
FEBRUARY 4, 2016 – FORT MYERS, FLA – Florida SouthWestern State College’s (FSW) Humanities Colloquium: Education for a New Humanity presents the NOW Ensemble at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13, in Building U, Room 102, at the FSW Thomas Edison Campus, Fort Myers.
The NOW Ensemble is a dynamic group of performers and composers dedicated to making new chamber music for the 21st century. With a unique instrumentation of flute, clarinet, electric guitar, double bass, and piano, the ensemble brings a fresh sound and a new perspective to the classical tradition, infused with the musical influences that reflect the diverse backgrounds of its members.
One of the NOW Ensemble's main goals has been to create a musical paradigm in which continuous collaboration between composers and the performers is taken as a given. This philosophy has been put into practice in residencies at numerous institutions including Yale, Princeton, University of Virginia, and the New College of Florida. The NOW Ensemble's performances have been featured on NPR's “All Things Considered” and on live on WNYC, and its sophomore album “Awake” charted at #1 in Amazon's Classical Chamber Music Charts. Since 2004, NOW has worked with over 60 of today's most exciting composers including Nico Muhly, Timothy Andres, Missy Mazzoli, Judd Greenstein, Kathryn Alexander, Jason Treuting, and Sean Friar.
NOW has performed this new repertoire at such venues as Miller Theater, Merkin Hall, the Bang on a Can Marathon, The Kitchen NYC, The Stone, the Carlsbad Festival, the Festival International Chihuahua, the Look and Listen Festival, The Music Gallery Toronto, Sarasota's New Music New College, the Southern Exposure Series, Pittsburgh's Music on the Edge, Cal Arts, MIT, and Juilliard. This past fall and spring saw the group travel to the Apples and Olives Festival in Zurich, Switzerland, Town Hall Seattle, Da Camera Houston, the Lincoln Center Atrium, and the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert series.
“We are thrilled to have this prestigious group perform for us, and we are excited to introduce a new audience to their music,” said Dr. Wendy Chase, FSW Humanities professor.
FSW’s Humanities Colloquium: Education for a New Humanity is sponsored by a grant from the Florida Humanities Council.
A full schedule of colloquium events can be found at https://www.fsw.edu/newhumanity/schedule. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Chase, (239) 489-9470 or Wendy.Chase@fsw.edu.
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Last Updated: February 4, 2016
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