at Miller Symphony Hall website<\/a> and at the hall box office at 23 N. 6th St., Allentown. They’re also expected to be available at Di Vinci Center door at 815 Hamilton St., Allentown. <\/p>\nAdmission is free for students 21 and younger.<\/p>\n
The concert will showcase original innovative compositions by primarily local composers, featuring any combination of string quartet (violin I, violin II, viola and cello) and two additional instruments for a few added innovative elements (percussion and electric bass).<\/p>\n
Compositions will include those from the 10 finalists of the symphony’s Call for Scores program, chosen by Symphony Composer-in-Residence Clarice Assad and Symphony Music Director and Conductor Diane Wittry. <\/p>\n
The winners are Andrew Ardizzoia, Benjamin Miller, Bernard Walasavage, Bettina Gray, Sami Seif, Ric DelNero, Sean OBoyle, David Dawson, Daniel Hagenbuch and Erin Busch.<\/p>\n
Each composition, limited to about five minutes or less, was required to include a full score, individual parts for musicians and an MP3 recording. <\/p>\n
Some composers also included detailed notes for musicians and an innovative visual element.<\/p>\n
‘Music at its most adventurous’<\/h2>\n
In addition to the new works, the concert will feature an entirely improvised piece by Assad, performing alone using innovative technology.<\/p>\n
The concert also will feature a work for solo viola by noted composer Anne Clyne.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis season will offer a new kind of listening experience, where each work explores uncharted creative territory \u2014weaving cutting-edge technology with acoustic instruments.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Allentown Symphony Composer-in-Residence Clarice Assad <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Da Vinci Center’s Curiosity Hall has a 3,000-square-foot screen \u2014 58 feet wide and 53 feet high \u2014 onto which visuals will be projected behind the musicians “to bring these original compositions to life,” the release said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis season will offer a new kind of listening experience, where each work explores uncharted creative territory \u2014weaving cutting-edge technology with acoustic instruments,” Assad said.<\/p>\n
“Incorporating electronic soundscapes and visual elements, introducing newly invented instruments, and reimagining the concert experience through unconventional formats.<\/p>\n
“This is contemporary chamber music at its most adventurous: a celebration of what happens when tradition meets experimentation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u200aThe concert will be the first of two New Chamber Music Concerts this season. The Spring concert, America 250!, will be 7 p.m. March 24 at a location to be determined.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n