Brave New Works, a new music series based in Ann Arbor, Michigan will
present a series of performances on February 18, 19, and 20 in the Pease
Auditorium at the Dance Building of the University of Michigan.  (1310 N.
University, behind the Central Campus Recreational Building)

The program will feature a collaboration by five Ann Arbor composers, five
Ann Arbor choreographers and the musicians of the Brave New Works Series.
Inspired by the collaborations of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, Brave New
Works has commissioned the Five Dances from composers: Thomas Schnauber,
Steve Eddins, John Berners, Eli Shapiro, and Mark Kirschenmann and five
choreographers: Deborah Miller, Angela Youells, Jeremy Kallio, Lily
Baldwin and Rishauna Zumberg.

This concert is unique because of the way in which each dance will be
realized.  Usually a composer/choreographer presents a completed piece to
the musicians/dancers at the first rehearsal.  However in the Five Dances
Project, the composer/choreographer pair has created sketches that place
the responsibility of "completing" each piece on the performers.  Many of
the dances use improvisation as a way to elicit interaction among the
instrumentalists/dancers and the composer/choreographer.

It will be possible to catch a preview of the shows during the Merce
Cunningham Dance Company's residency in Ann Arbor.  Brave New Works will
be participating in a workshop with Laura Kuhn, president of the John
Cage Trust, presented by the University Musical Society.  Since the Five
Dances Project is inspired by 16 Dances, a collaborative work of Cage and
Cunningham, Laura Kuhn is the ideal person to comment on this new work and
the Cunningham Residency is the perfect atmosphere for this workshop. The
workshop will take place on Wednesday, February 10.  (For time and place
information contact the University Musical Society at 734-764-2538.)

The program will last about an hour.  Show times for Thursday (2/18) and
Friday (2/19) are at 8 PM.  The Saturday (2/20) performance will be at 8:30
PM.  All performances will be in the Pease Auditorium on the central campus
of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  (1310 N.  University, behind the
Central Campus Recreational Building)

Tickets are $5 per person and are available for purchase one hour before
the performance or at the Michigan Union Box Office (734) 763-8587.  For
more information call 800-896-7340 or email [log in to unmask] and
visit our web site at http://www.umich.edu/~cyoungk.

The program for the February 18, 19 and 20 in Pease Auditorium:

   George Crumb's Madrigals Books I-IV
   Performed by:
     Jennifer Goltz, voice
     Susan Bozell, flute
     Amy Ley, harp
     Anthony Stoops, bass
     Eli Shapiro, percussion

Intermission

   First Dance by Zumberg/Eddins/Ensemble
   Second Dance by Baldwin/Kirschenmann/Ensemble
   Third Dance by Miller/Shapiro/Ensemble
   Fourth Dance by Kallio/Berners/Ensemble
   Fifth Dance by Youells/Schnauber/Ensemble

Ensemble including all dancers and:

   Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
   Alejandra Urrutia, violin
   Carolyn Lukancic, violin/viola
   Katri Ermavaa, cello
   Eli Shapiro, percussion
   Christopher Froh, percussion
   Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor

Hope to see you there.

Chris Younghoon Kim
Brave New Works Series
http://www.umich.edu/~cyoungk