As our ardent supporters, we seek your input for programming our upcoming historic 2012-13 campaign. Simply click here to browse our diverse repertoire list from 1999 through 2012. Recommend your favorite work from the past for a repeat performance or perhaps suggest a new work inspired (or not!) from these composers and their pieces. Have fun, and look for an announcement about our entire Season 20 repertoire, including your audience pick, soon!

newEar Announces the Third Annual Composers' Competition!

newEar composer spotlight: Lansing McLoskey

Winner of the inaugural newEar Composers Competition, Lansing McLoskey (b.1964) came to the world of composition via a somewhat unorthodox route. The proverbial "Three B's" for him were not Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, but rather The Beatles, Bauhaus and Black Flag. His first experiences at writing music were not exercises in counterpoint, but as the guitarist and songwriter for punk rock bands in San Francisco in the early 1980's. It was actually through these years in the visceral world of punk that he first developed a love for classical music (but that's another story).

Lansing McLoskey has had his music performed to critical acclaim across the U.S. and in twelve other countries on six continents. His music has an emotional intensity that appeals to academic and amateur alike, defying traditional stylistic pigeonholes. His music is released on Albany, Wergo Schallplatten, Capstone, Tantara, and Beauport Classics, and available from Subito Music and ACA Publishing. A monograph CD of his music - Sixth Species - was released to critical praise in 2008, and his award-winning orchestral work Prex Penitentialis was released on Albany Records in Aprilof 2011.

Listen for Lansing's 2009 work Processione di lacrime (Pavan) on our Concert 3, February 11, 2012.

Reading with new Ears

Plan now to attend the third installment of the newEar book club on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. No prior musical knowledge is required to join the discussion, just a love of great conversation and delicious treats with fellow bibliophiles! For this edition prior to Concert 3, Dr. Andrew Granade will again moderate as we contemplate one of the most influential and controversial works of the 20th century by way of author Kyle Gann's No Such Thing As Silence: John Cage's 4'33". Get a copy today at your favorite local bookstore, and we look forward to you joining the conversation!

7:00PM at the Writers Place (3607 Pennsylvania)

Thank you for donating to Thailand Flood Relief

Donations to help the flood victims in Thailand were collected at our November concert and are being sent to the Thai Red Cross. Thanks for your generosity!