UWM Peck School of the Arts Joins The Marcus Center In The Center's Vogel Hall for Unruly Music Fall Festival 9/8-10

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts and UWM Peck School of the Arts team up for three days of Unruly Music in The Marcus Center's Vogel Hall.

Now in its fourth season, Unruly Music has been producing virtuoso performances of postclassical music in Milwaukee since 2006. Spanning a wide variety of genres and styles, the series explores contemporary trends in chamber music, improvisation, and electronic sound. In 2009-2010, Unruly Music presents two festivals of the music of our time as part of the 40th anniversary season at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts. The festival format will enable us to schedule additional activities, like pre-concert talks, around the performances-creating a critical mass of new music activity at Vogel Hall, and creating a wider audience for the series. Unruly Music is directed by composer and UWM faculty member Christopher Burns. A complete list of events can be found at arts.uwm.edu/unruly.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September 8, 7:30 pm, Recitations with Susan Bender. Theater piece, poetic investigation, and musical tour de force, Georges Aperghis' Recitations is a landmark of late twentieth-century writing for the voice. By turns playful, hypnotic, and heartbreaking, Recitations explores the primal expression of emotion, and the spaces in between language and sound. For the Wisconsin premiere, we present the work with newly created video projections which enrich the musical experience and illuminate the text and score. Stellar soprano Susan Bender, described by the Washington Post as "nothing short of breathtaking," performs.

Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 pm, MiLO: the Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra. MiLO is a new improvisation collective, fusing live electronic sound, instrumental performance, and video projection into a rich multimedia experience. The group embraces a wide variety of electronic practices: circuit-bending, software synthesis, repurposed effects pedals and portable game devices, live processing of instrumental sound, VJing, and procedural animation all find their way into the mix. Expect a rich, immersive tapestry of sound and image, all created live and in the moment.

Thursday, September 10, 7:30 pm, C2. C2 is a virtuosic new chamber music duo. Lisa Cella (flute) and Franklin Cox (cello) share a love for classical contemporary music, above all for challenging and highly original new works. With C2 they bring together their precision, energy, and intense musicality to create compelling sonic exploration and musical communication. Their Unruly Music recital features works by key figures of the avant-garde like Elliott Carter and Kaija Saariaho, along with younger composers who have created new works especially for the group. C2 will be in residence with the UWM Peck School of the Arts Music Composition and Technology program in September and April. In addition to performing on Unruly Music, they will work with undergraduate and graduate students and prepare a concert of works by UWM's advanced composition students to be performed on the spring festival. For more information go to: http://arts.uwm.edu/unruly).

The fall festival will run Tuesday-Thursday, September 8-10, 2009 and will feature different guest artists each night. Tickets are $15 general/$12 seniors/$7 students. Fall pass: 3 concerts for $36. Spring pass: 4 concerts for $48. Festival Pass: 7 concerts for $77 and are currently on sale at the Marcus Center Box Office (414) 273-7206 or online at www.MarcusCenter.org.

ABOUT THE UWM PECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
The Peck School of the Arts, the only multi-disciplinary school of the arts in Wisconsin in a major urban area, provides quality education and professional training in the arts at the undergraduate and graduate level in Dance, Film, Music, Theatre and Visual Art. The school is one of Milwaukee's most active presenters, offering more than 350 performances, exhibitions and screenings each year, and it fosters collaboration with the region's arts organizations and artists to provide creative experiences for its students, faculty and the community.

ABOUT THE MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is owned and partially funded by Milwaukee County. The Marcus Center has been the premier entertainment destination for Milwaukee and Wisconsin since 1969. It provides the setting for outstanding cultural experiences, where the arts come to life for current and future generations. Located in the heart of the Downtown Theater District, the Marcus Center is a community facility that offers live performance of opera, ballet, children's theater, symphony and first-class national touring productions. More information on the Marcus Center visit our website at: www.MarcusCenter.org.

 

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