FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2009
CONTACT: Marge Dwyer, Manager of Media Relations
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Longy’s Premiere New Music Ensemble, Longitude,
To Open Season with Nov. 11 Concert
Cambridge, MA -- Longy School of Music’s Longitude New Music Ensemble will present a concert on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. at Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden Street in Cambridge (Harvard Square). Admission is free. Longy is located near public transportation (the MBTA’s Red Line stop at Harvard Square and various buses stop nearby). The concert hall is wheelchair accessible.
Celebrating the exploration of texture and style, this concert promises to be an exciting opener to the 2009-10 Longitude season. The program will feature Sofia Gubaidulina’s Rejoice! for Violin and Cello, Roger Zahab’s Venus Transported for String Quartet, Stefan Wolpe’s Suite Im Hexachorde for Oboe and Clarinet, and Joan Tower’s Amazon.
About Longitude
Longitude, Longy School of Music’s premiere new music ensemble, is dedicated to 20th and 21st century chamber works and performs three to four concerts each academic year. Its repertoire extends from works by such masters as Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Hindemith to premieres by contemporary composers. The ensemble often works directly with composers, including Leon Kirchner, John Harbison, Lee Hyla, John MacDonald, Boris Tischenko, Scott Wheeler, and Longy’s own composition faculty and students. Longitude is under the artistic direction of Longy faculty members Paul Brust and David Russell.
About Longy School of Music
Longy School of Music, founded in 1915 by renowned oboist Georges Longy, is a degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school serves 225 undergraduate and graduate students from 37 states and 21 countries, and nearly 1,000 children and adults from the Greater Boston area. For all students, Longy provides a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters inquiry about the role of music and the musician in the larger world. With a curriculum rooted in the traditions of Western music, Longy’s mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the world. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Music. For more on Longy and directions, visit our website at www.longy.edu.
