Another Exciting Season
All concerts are held at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University. The venue is accessible via the MBTA Green Line and is wheelchair-accessible.
Twenty-Sixth Int'l. Composition Competition
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 7 p.m.
Free admission
Special event for the premiere performance of the finalists' works. At the end of the concert, the ALEA III Prize will be awarded by a distinguished panel of judges.
Works:
- Giovanni Bertelli | Im Anfange Ruhiges
- Josué Zamora | Difracción
- Jelle Tassyns | Stax I
- Kazutomo Yamamoto | Open Cluster
- Marios Joannou Elia | Apophis
- Timothy Ernest Johnson | Antyphony: Kasparov vs Deep Blue
- José Minguillón | Inesplicable
Soloists:
- Rebekah Alexander | Soprano
Theodore Antoniou | Conductor
Harps, Strings, Colors, etc...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 8 p.m.
Free admission
A concert including works of unusual instrumentation.
Works:
- Joshua Fineberg | Recueil de Pierre et de Sable
- Theodore Antoniou | Colors
- Donald Martino | Romanza
- Nikos Skalkottas | Octet
- Michalis Economou | Allilon
- Martin Amlin | Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano
Soloists:
- Yevgeny Kutik | Violin
- Martin Amlin | Piano
- Linda Toote | Flute
Michalis Economou | Conductor
When the Piano Acts
Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 8 p.m.
Free admission
The many personalities of the piano: from the traditional performance, to piano and electronics, to extended techniques, to piano+, to music theater.
Works:
- Leon Kirchner | Piano Sonata
- Erwin Schulhoff | Sonata No. 1
- Mauricio Kagel | MM 51
- Theo Abazis | Dreaming
- Lorenda Ramou | Autobiography
- Stathis Gyftakis | Home Suite, Home
- Mark Wingate | Sombras
- Robert Cogan | Contexts/Memories: Version C for Two Pianos
Pianists:
- Janice Weber
- Donald Berman
- Rami Sarieddine
- Jon Sakata & Jung Mi Lee
- Lorenda Ramou
A Young Composers' Workshop
Monday, March 23, 2009, 8 p.m.
Free admission
New works for large ensemble by talented young composers from around the world, specially written for ALEA III.
Works:
- Brian Buch | USA
- Jean Francois Charles | France
- Phivos-Angelos Kollias | Greece
- Mary Montgomery Koppel | USA
- Michael Maganuco | USA
- John Muniz | USA
- Ilias Nikolaidis | Greece
- Tolga Tüzün | Turkey
Soloists:
- Alan Lenarcic | Tenor Saxophone
Theodore Antoniou | Conductor
Open Rehearsals to the Public:
Come to see how new music is prepared for performance. Both rehersals are held at 855 Commonwealth Avenue.
- Friday, March 20 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Room 171)
- Friday, March 20 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Room 167)
Celebrating Yehudi, a Great Master
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 8 p.m.
Free admission
ALEA III celebrates Yehudi Wyner, a great master, with an evening exclusively devoted to his music.
Yehudi Wyner:
- The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women
- Quartet
- Horntrio
- Passage
Soloists:
- Karyl Ryczek | Soprano
- Yehudi Wyner | Piano
- Jennifer Slowik | Oboe
- Laura Carter | Horn
- Krista Buckland Reisner | Violin
- Peter Sulski | Viola
- Leo Eguchi | Cello