2011-2012: 35th Anniversary Season

The New York New Music Ensemble, a veritable collection of New York's finest musicians, celebrates 35 years of commissioning and performing new music.


April 1-4 NYNME'S 35th Anniversary TOUR

Celebrating 35 years of commissioning and performing new music, NYNME is proud to present three newly-commissioned works, each different and dynamic. Deriving inspiration from ancient Chinese shamanic poetry, Zhou Long has composed Cloud Earth;  Eric Chasalow has composed a work incorporating electronic sound entitled On That Swirl of Ending Dust, the title of which is from the poem Dream Song by John Berryman; and Yiorgos Vassilandonakis' work Quatuor pour le fin d’une ère  takes inspiration from Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Elliott's instruments is Rand Steiger's homage to the music of Elliott Carter on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

College of Charleston Monday Night Concert Series presents NYNME as "Quattlebaum Artists-in-Residence" with master-classes, student readings and performance - April 1-3, 2012 (Performance is April 2, 2012 at 8pm - Simons Center Recital Room)
University of Pennsylvania - Penn Contemporary Music presents NYNME in performance on April 4, 2012 - 8pm at the Fisher-Bennett Hall: Rose Recital Hall


NEW MUSIC FOR NYNME's 35th ANNIVERSARY
Monday, April 16, 2012
Merkin Hall - NYC 8:00 pm

Rand Steiger, elliott's instruments, (2010) East coast premiere
Eric Chasalow, On that Swirl of Ending Dust (2012) World premiere, written for NYNME*
Zhou Long, Cloud Earth, (2012) World premiere, written for NYNME**
Yiorgos Vassilandonakis Quatuor pour la fin d'une ère (2012) World Premiere, written for NYNME

*Commission made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

**Commission made possible by The Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.


European Hits: NYNME Favorites
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Merkin Hall, NYC 8:00 pm

Franco Donatoni, Ave (1987)
Philippe Hurel, Step (2007) Written for NYNME
Anneliese van Parys, Fragrances (2008) Written for NYNME
Gérard Grisey, Vortex Temporum (1996)


NYNME does Mixed Media
Monday, November 28, 2011 8pm
Guest artists: Susan Narucki, soprano; Deborah Wong, violin; Lois Martin, viola

Center For Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. NYC - 7:30 PM
Tickets: $20 general admission; $10 students; Free for YUM Members/YU Staff with ID

World Premiere, written for Susan Narucki:
David Glaser's Of Twilight (1999/ rev.2011), based on Charles Simic’s "Dimestore Alchemy" recounting Joseph Cornell’s life and box constructions.
Stephen Dembski, The Show (1986), by Donald Barthelme, with projections of Barthelme's steel engravings.
Joan Tower Rising (2010)