The popular series of monthly concerts in the galleries featuring young artists from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the joint program with Case Western Reserve University’s early and baroque music programs enters its sixth season. Outstanding conservatory musicians present mixed programs of chamber music amid the museum’s collections for a unique and intimate experience—concerts that regularly feature instruments from the museum’s keyboard collection.

From standard repertoire to unknown gems, these early-evening, hour-long performances are a delightful after-work encounter or the start of a night out.

Program

The CIM New Music Ensemble
Keith Fitch, director

Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
The King of Denmark (1964)

Performed by Andrea Tafelski, percussion

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Christian Wolff (born 1934)
Tilbury 2 (1969)

Performed by Audrey Whartenby, flute; James Thompson, violin; Andrew Stock, viola; Kai Kanda, cello

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Morton Feldman
Durations 4 (1961)

Performed by Brian Stuligross, violin; William Cayanan, cello; Andrea Tafelski, vibraphone

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Morton Feldman
The Viola in My Life 2 (1970)

Performed by Andrew Stock, viola; Audrey Whartenby, flute; Sara Aratake, clarinet; Su Han Ho, celesta; Andrea Tafelski, percussion; James Thompson, violin; Kai Kanda, cello

Gaddiel Dombrowner, conductor

About The Ensemble

The CIM New Music Ensemble was first formed as the CIM Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1973 by composer Donald Erb (a precursor to the ensemble was CIM’s “Portfolio” Series in the early 1970s). Its first concert was given on October 10, 1973 and was devoted to the music of Bernard Heiden, with whom Erb had studied at Indiana University. Since then, the ensemble has been led by Larry Baker and Margaret Brouwer; it is currently led by Keith Fitch, Head of the CIM Composition Department. Devoted to the music of our time—as well as classics of the twentieth century—in recent years, the ensemble has hosted many of today’s leading composers, including Claude Baker, Chen Yi, Donald Crockett, James Mobberly, Shulamit Ran, David Rakowski, Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Stucky, Joan Tower, and George Tsontakis, among others. Members of the ensemble have gone on to found such new music ensembles and series as Classical Revolution Cleveland, FiveOne Experimental Orchestra, and Ars Futura, as well as being members of such nationally-recognized groups as wild Up, the Catalyst Quartet, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Recent alumni of the ensemble include the 2014 Gold Medal Laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Jinjoo Cho. For several years, the ensemble partnered with the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland as part of their concert series; upcoming plans include concerts at the Cleveland Museum of Art and throughout the Cleveland area.