Miller Theatre Sets Winter 2018 Season of Free 'Pop-Up Concerts'

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts announces the winter season of Pop-Up Concerts, a musical happy hour with the audience onstage.

Performances will be: Tuesday, January 23 - Eric Huebner and Steven Beck; Tuesday, February 13 - Mivos Quartet; Tuesday, March 6 - Yarn/Wire; and Tuesday, March 20 - Juilliard415.

Free admission. Doors at 5:30pm, music at 6:00pm. All performances take place at Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street). For tickets and more information, visit www.millertheatre.com/event-series/pop-up-concerts.

From Miller Theatre Executive Director Melissa Smey: "The lineup for Miller Theatre's 2018 Winter Pop-Up concerts exemplifies what's at the heart of this series: the exploration of new works, performed by incredible artists in an intimate setting. Eric Huebner and Steven Beck have performed with various groups on the Miller stage before; for this concert they share the spotlight in a two-piano program. The Mivos Quartet and Yarn/Wire, longtime Miller collaborators, present several premieres. And we welcome back Juilliard415, featuring exceptional young musicians who perform on historical instruments."

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POP-UP CONCERTS:

Whether it is one's first visit to Miller Theatre or fiftieth, the free and fun Pop-Up Concerts provide the perfect opportunity to get up close and personal with today's most exciting new music. Sit onstage and enjoy a free drink during these hour-long weeknight concerts, and mingle with the musicians and fellow concertgoers after the show. Onstage seating is first-come, first-served. All concerts start at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, January 23
Eric Huebner and Steven Beck
Eric Huebner, piano; Steven Beck, piano
The winter Pop-Up series kicks off with two of today's most dynamic and talented new music pianists. When they play together, Eric Huebner and Steven Beck display a remarkable rapport, and here they take the stage for a program for two pianos featuring music by Ligeti, Reich, and Boulez.

PROGRAM
György Ligeti Three Pieces for two pianos (1976)
Steve Reich Piano Phase (1967)
Pierre Boulez Structures I (1952)

Tuesday, February 13
Mivos Quartet
Olivia de Prato, violin; Lauren Cauley Kalal, violin;
Victor Lowrie, viola; Mariel Roberts, cello Called "one of America's most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles" by The Chicago Reader, the Mivos Quartet returns for a unique program highlighting their members as composers. In addition to works by Marisol Jimenez and Jeffrey Mumford, violist/composer Victor Lowrie's Streya for violin solo follows a premiere by cellist/composer Mariel Roberts of a new work for string quartet written for the occasion.

PROGRAM
Mariel Roberts new work for string quartet (2018), world premiere
Victor Lowrie Streya for violin solo (2010)
Marisol Jiménez Sed de Arcano (2004)
Jeffrey Mumford The Promise of the Far Horizon (2002)

Tuesday, March 6
Yarn/Wire
Laura Barger, piano; Ning Yu, piano;
Ian Antonio, percussion; Russell Greenberg, percussion
Yarn/Wire, described as "restlessly curious" (Time Out NY), returns to perform the U.S. premiere of a work by the young, pioneering composer Catherine Lamb. curvo totalitas is a 45-minute tour de force that seamlessly shifts perceptions, allowing the listener to get lost in its unique sound world.

PROGRAM
Catherine Lamb curvo totalitas (2016), U.S. premiere

Tuesday, March 20
Juilliard415
Some of the world's most talented students of 17th and 18th century music make up Juilliard415. The Juilliard School's prestigious period-instrument ensemble made their Miller debut in 2014 to great acclaim, and now return to highlight chamber music repertoire of the Baroque era.

PROGRAM
Leclair Overture in D Major, Op. 13, No. 2
Boismortier Sonata for Flute and Violin in E minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Porpora Sinfonia da camera, Op. 2, No. 3
Handel Trio Sonata in B-flat Major, HWV 50a

Columbia University's Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate
at 116th St. & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall. Directions and information are available online at www.millertheatre.com or via the Miller Theatre Box Office, at 212.854.7799.

Pictured: Yarn/Wire performs a Pop-Up Concert. Photo by Matthew Murphy.