Past Seasons

35th Anniversary Season: 2011-2012

November 28, 2011 - NYNME does Mixed Media - 7:30 pm
 Guest artists: Susan Narucki, soprano; Lois Martin, viola; Deborah Wong, violin

Center For Jewish History - 15 West 16th St. NY, NY 10011

World premiere performance of:
 David Glaser's Of Twilight (1999 / rev.2011)(violin, bass clar, piano percussion), based on Charles Simic’s "Dimestore Alchemy" recounting Joseph Cornell’s life and box constructions.

Steven Dembski, The Show, (1986) by Donald Barthelme, with projections of Barthelme's steel engravings.

Joan Tower Rising (2010) for flute and string quartet

April 1-4 NYNME'S 35th Anniversary TOUR

College of Charleston presents NYNME as "Quattlebaum Artists-in-Residence" with master-classes, student readings and performance of works by Zhou Long (NYNME commission), Eric Chasalow, and more.

University of Pennsylvania - performance of works by Nami Leef, Eric Chasalow, Elliott Carter, Charles Wuorinen, and Ezequiel Viñao.

April 16, 2012 - 35th Anniversary Celebration, Merkin Hall - NYC

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.

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

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