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2006-2007 Season
What do a one-man band, a banjo performer/composer, a New York City cellist and the 2006 Musical America Composer of the Year have in common? The answer can only be newEar contemporary music ensemble. Season 14 promises to be our most exciting season yet, and as always we will bring you Kansas City’s most wildly varied and unique music programming.
2006 July Press Release - newEar Announces 2006-07 Concert Season
2006 August Press Release - newEar to Begin Season With a Bang
2006 November Press Release - newEar contemporary chamber music ensemble presents Reconciliation, an evening of reflective new music on Saturday, November 18, 2006
2007 January Press Release - newEar Presents cellist Madeleine Shapiro on February 3
2007 April Press Release - newEar Presents Pocket Full of Symphonies on April 28
2005-2006 Season
What would Mozart do? That is exactly what composer John Hilliard had to ask himself when he was commissioned to finish a 33-measure fragment for cello and piano that Mozart wrote when he was 26 years old. An opportunity of a lifetime, and as the composer puts it “one of the hardest things” he has ever done. newEar contemporary chamber ensemble kicks off its 13th season with a Free Season Sneak Preview on Friday, September 2...
2005 August Press Release - newEar Announces 2005-2006 Concert Season
2005 September Press Release - newEar Kicks off Mozarts 250th Birthday celebration with "ACTION/REACTION" on October 7
2005 October Press Release - newEar Presents “COMPANIONS” on November 4
2006 March Press Release - newEar Presents “EBB/FLOW” on March 24
2006 April Press Release - newEar Presents “ON/OFF” on May 6
2004-2005 Season
The "indefatigable" newEar, ardent advocates of all that is innovative, refreshing and thought provoking in contemporary chamber music, announces its Season Twelve. newEar promises you no more dead-white-man music. This is the music of today and very much alive! Come listen outside the box with newEar this season.
2004 August Press Release 1 - newEar Presents Expectations on September 10 and September 12
2004 August Press Release 2 - newEar Announces 2004-2005 Concert Season
2004 October Press Release - newEar Presents “THE KISS” on November 12 and November 14
2005 January Press Release - newEar Presents “CELLULAR” on February 12 and February 13
2005 April Press Release - newEar Presents “NUCLEAR” on May 5 and May 8
2003-2004 Season
newEar contemporary chamber ensemble is pleased to present Mirror, Mirror; the opening concert of their eleventh season! Mirror, Mirror asks the question of whether it is possible for one musical creation to be "mirrored" or reflected by another. And on an even larger scale is it possible for the halves of a concert to mirror one another?
2003 September Press Release - newEar is now performing in Lawrence as well as in Kansas City!
2003 October Press Release - newEar presents Electronica on November 7
2004 January Press Release - newEar presents Equilibrium on January 23 and January 25
2004 April Press Release - newEar presents Exotica on April 23 and April 25
newEar receives grant from Aaron Copland Fund for Music!
December 27, 2003 - newEar contemporary music ensemble is pleased to announce the receipt of a $6,000 grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music in recognition of our "contribution to furthering public interest in and appreciation of contemporary American music." Read entire press release