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Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
- Steinmetz Hall
- Tickets: $10–20
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The UCF New Music Ensemble presents “FREE | VERSE,” an evening-length collaboration with the UCF composition studio that explores the boundaries between poetry, composition and improvisation.
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Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
- Steinmetz Hall
- Tickets: $10–20
- Purchase Tickets
- Jump to Program
Under the direction of Thad Anderson and Alexander Burtzos, the UCF New Music Ensemble presents “FREE | VERSE,” a new program created in collaboration with the UCF composition studio (Alex Burtzos, chair). Over the course of 11 world premiere performances, the New Music Ensemble will present, reshape and recontextualize a single poem, presenting listeners with a dynamic palette of sounds. This will be among the first contemporary music to be heard in the brand-new Steinmetz Hall — this is a can’t-miss opportunity to hear exciting new pieces in Orlando’s newest world-class performance space.
Featuring world premieres by:
Joey Baroco
Sean Brogan
Yaeli Colon-Degro
Crystal Fuentes
Peter Goricki
Andy Hernandez
Matthew Herzog
Ryan Lewert
Ashton Sarlo
Kris Zaballero
UCF New Music Ensemble
Thad Anderson, artistic director
Alexander Burtzos, director of composition
FREE | VERSE
This program will be performed without pause.
| The world’s second light bulb was smaller than the sun. | Yaeli Colon-Degro | ||
| It shone bright only for a moment, | Kris Zaballero | ||
| Always in the shadow of precedent. | Crystal Fuentes | ||
| Dimmed out, it reflected on its purpose – | |||
| Aimless and obscure, enveloped in fog. | Joseph Baroco | ||
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| Strange that it didn’t realize it was always glowing – strange that we couldn’t see it | Ryan Lewert | ||
| As it put out all and sundry. | Ashton Sarlo | ||
| After all, I was there to wipe it clean. | Sean Brogan | ||
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| In the primordial state which gave rise to all things, | |||
| There was no introspection. | Mathew Herzog | ||
| Rather, there was freedom, and the light of its virtues, | Peter Goricki | ||
| And a truth that could be embraced, or at least pursued. | Andy Hernandez |
Personnel
Amanda Wiebelt, flute
Morgan Magnoni, clarinet
Joseph Baroco & Kris Zaballero, piano
Jessica Cowan, Michael Mortilla, & Zachary Schoonmaker, percussion
Cesia Corrales, violin
Ari Cricks, viola
Jomar Cruz & Annalise Lang, cello
Geordan Raisler, double bass
Lyman Brodie, narrator