Krzysztof Penderecki	George Tsontakis
Andrew Norman	Ingrid Stölzel

Legendary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s Clarinet Quartet (1993) is featured along with works by new music stalwart George Tsontakis, as well as the much-lauded Andrew Norman and Lansing McLoskey. We continue to support Kansas City composers in performing pieces by newEar favorite Ingrid Stölzel and emerging talent Nick Omiccioli.

More information and tickets here!

Reading with new Ears returns!

Join us Wednesday, February 8 to discuss author/composer Kyle Gann’s illuminating study of one of the 20th century’s most famous and misunderstood musical works: 4’33” by John Cage. Find out more here.

Spotlight on Concert 3 composer Nick Omiccioli

Nicholas S. Omiccioli (b. 1982) is currently a Preparing Future Faculty Fellow at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Production Coordinator of newEar. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Italy, Thailand, and China by such ensembles as the Jasper String Quartet, Indaco Quartet, Society for New Music in Syracuse, ConTempo Beijing, DuoSolo, Brave New Works, Contemporaneous, The Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, and the Kansas City Chorale.

Nicholas S. Omiccioli

Mr. Omiccioli has been commissioned by the Wellesley Composers Conference, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and the Missouri Teachers Association. Some of his recent awards include two nominations for awards by the American Academy of Arts & Letters, an ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Beijing Modern Music Festival Young Composer Award, and 1st place in the Thailand International Composition Festival Award.

Invisible Worlds (2010) is a dramatic work for flute and piano that was inspired by the eternal darkness of the deep ocean. More information is known about our moon than this arcane habitat. At just under a mile below the surface of the ocean, the only visible light is that produced by the creatures that reside within these depths. This region of the ocean is called the Bathypelagic Zone and sometimes referred to as the midnight or dark zone. At this depth, water pressure can reach levels close to 6,000 pounds per square inch making research difficult, if not, impossible to conduct. This zone only makes up the top third layer of the ocean. Venturing deeper toward the trenches promise no shortage of life and yield a vastly unexplored landscape…

Listen to a recording of Invisible Worlds now!

Reminder: newEar Composers’ Competition deadline is February 15!

All details here.

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Financial assistance for newEar has been provided by the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation, Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Carolyn L. Hart Memorial Trust, DST Inc., Francis Families Foundation, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.