To all new music lovers, I would like to invite you to our New York City debut. I look forward to meeting you at the concert. artistic director of Brave New Works. Brave New Works Ensemble Steven Miahky, Violin Tim Christie, Viola Katri Ervamaa, Cello Sarah Brady, Flute Amy Ley, Harp Jennifer Goltz, Soprano Winston Choi, Piano Chris Kim, Director With Guest Artists: Minghuan Xu, Violin Kevin Schempf, Clarinet Friday, March 31, 2006 Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street New York, NY 212/929-1037 or 212/645-2800 www.tenri.org The vibrant young chamber group, Brave New Works makes its New York City debut as guest ensemble for the League of Composers/International Society of Contemporary Music. Brave New Works will be performing on Friday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. at the Tenri Cultural Institute (www.tenri.org). The concert will include Sungji Hong's Impetuso (winner of the 2005 Brave New Works Composers Competition), Kaija Saariaho's New Gates, Gordon Beeferman's Manic Panic from Phenomena, Ming-Hsiu Yen's Sorrowful Beauty (winner of the 2005 ISCM composer competition), Leslie Bassett's Pierrot Songs and Magnus Lindberg's Piano Quintet, '...de Tartuffe, je crois.' Brave New Works Brave New Works is a vibrant performing ensemble of ten musicians dedicated to performing and promoting new music. The mission of Brave New Works is to engage, enrich and educate through contemporary music. A not-for-profit organization since 2003, Brave New Works was nurtured by the rich artistic landscape of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and formed in 1997 by three students at the University of Michigan: percussionists Chris Froh and Eli Shapiro, and conductor Chris Younghoon Kim. The concept was simple: to make great music, discover new sounds and ideas, and perform with kindred spirits. The musicians of Brave New Works have performed all over the world and have collaborated with some of the most influential composers of the 20th and 21st centuries including Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett, and George Crumb. Brave New Works has commissioned and premiered numerous works for its unique instrumentation of string quartet, piano, flute, harp, clarinet, and soprano. The Art of the Fugue Project of 2002 marked Brave New Works' most ambitious commissioning project, soliciting composers from around the United States and Europe for scores to be conceived in response to Bach's towering masterpiece. Brave New Works has served its educational mission through several college and university residencies around the country, including stays at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and an ongoing relationship with Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. In October 2003 Brave New Works served as Ensemble in Residence at the New Music and Art Festival at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Today, many of the musicians of Brave New Works hold teaching positions at prestigious colleges and universities around the country, and all maintain individual performing careers. Brave New Works strives to uphold the values out of which it was formed and remains true to its first simple concept: to make great music, discover new sounds and ideas, and perform with kindred spirits. Chris Younghoon Kim artistic director of Brave New Works www.bravenewworks.org