Dear All,
If you are in the Ann Arbor, MI area this week, you are cordially
invited to a concert by Brave New Works.  The concert will feature
a world premiere of Andrew Mead's Far Cry.  The composer will lead a
pre-concert lecture at 7 pm.  The concert will also feature two winners
of BNW's Annual Call for Scores Program.  BNW have also recently been
awarded the Aaron Copland Recording Grant to record the works of William
Albright and William Bolcolm.

Here is the info on the concert.

On September 9th, 2006 two local not-for-profit organizations, Brave
New Works and Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts are teaming up
with the Residential College Music Program to conduct a one-day Year of
Citizenship festival titled "Are You Brave?".  The three-part event will
include:

"New Voices" - 12:00pm - 2:00 - instrumental and chamber music master
classes by the members of the Brave New Works Ensemble.  All intermediate
and advanced students are welcome to perform compositions from the 20th
and 21st centuries.  Please contact Katri Ervamaa to sign up at (734)
276-4906.  Fee is $20

"Music and Citizenship" - 7:00 - pre-concert lecture by composer Andrew
Mead from the UM School of Music

"Are You Brave" - 8:00 pm -Concert by the Brave New Works Ensemble.

The program will include: The world-premiere of UM composer Andrew Mead's
piece "Far Cry - Four Poems of Amy Clampitt" for soprano and ensemble;
two Brave New Works call-for-scores winners, Canadian Philippe Bodin's
"Peal" and Panayiotis Kokoras' "Holophony" for string quartet and
electronics, a harp solo by Gunther Schuller as well as music by American
composer John Zorn.

Jen Goltz -soprano
Maria Sampen - violin
Stephen Miahky - violin
Tim Christie - viola
Katri Ervamaa - cello
Winston Choi - piano
Amy Ley - harp
Sarah Brady - flute
Chris Younghoon Kim - conductor
and guest artist Nicholas del Grazia - clarinet

All events to take place at the East Quad Auditorium and are free and
open to the public.  East Quad is located at 701 East University in Ann
Arbor, Mi.

Best,
Chris Younghoon Kim
Artistic Director of Brave New Works