newEar contemporary chamber ensemble ::

newEar contemporary chamber ensemble – …ardent advocates of all that is innovative, refreshing and thought-provoking in contemporary chamber music, promises no more dead-white-man music. This is the music of today and very much alive!

Come listen outside the box with newEar.

"newEar scores with ambitious... and consistently interesting concerts..."

— Paul Horsley, Kansas City Star

newEar contemporary chamber music ensemble presents Pacific Rim Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8:00 PM at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO. A pre-concert talk will begin at 7:15 p.m. There will be a reception immediately following the concert.

newEar contemporary chamber ensemble newEar welcomes guest artist Jin Hi Kim. Acclaimed as both a virtuosic komungo (Korean fourth century fretted board zither) performer and composer, newEar will premiere her work commissioned for the concert, featuring the composer on komungo. We also welcome back two founding members of newEar, Pat Conway and Jeffrey Ruckman, and Gamelan Genta Kasturi to help us celebrate the close of our 15th season with two new compositions written for gamelan and newEar.

Tickets for Pacific Rim are $20 and $8 for students with ID. For ticket information call the Central Ticket Office at 816.235.6222 or toll-free at 1.888.286.4849.

Financial assistance for newEar has been provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, DST Systems, Inc., the Carolyn L. Hart Memorial Trust and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.