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Aries Composers Festival 2018
February 11-13
​Fort Collins, Colorado

Tentative Schedule


Sunday, Feb 11
6:00 PM - CSU Percussion Ensemble Concert (Griffin Concert Hall)
  • Douglas Hertz - Fixtures in the Fold
  • Carl Schimmel - Serving Size-4 bunnies
  • David Reeves - Send and Receive
  • Michael Johanson - Grooves and Diversions
  • James Romig - Out of Frame

8:00 PM - Opening Reception (Griffin Lobby)

Monday, Feb 12
10:00-11:30 AM - Panel Discussion I: The Roles of Percussion in Contemporary Music (Runyan Music Hall)
  • Moderator: James M. David, Associate Professor of Composition, Festival Director
  • Faculty and Guest Panelists: TBA
  • All guest composers and presenters are encouraged to participate!

1:30-3:00 PM - Presentations I (Organ Recital Hall)
  • Payton MacDonald - Concertos for Tabla and Percussion Quartet
  • Ben Justis - The Drum Set as Percussion's Swiss Army Knife

3:00 PM - Composer/Performer Colloquium (Wild Boar Café)
7:30 PM - CSU Faculty Chamber Concert (Organ Recital Hall)
  • Dan Van Hassel - Ghost in the Machine
  • Pierce Gradone - In Memory's Twilight
  • Nicole Murphy - Parched Paddock
  • Eric Lagergren - Cosmic Vignettes: Oort Cloud
  • Alexis Lamb - Sacred Spirits: Forces of Nature​
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9:00 PM - Informal Reception (Café Vino)
 
Tuesday, Feb 13
10:00-11:30 AM - Panel Discussion II: Composers and Performers and Composer/Performers (Runyan Music Hall)
  • Moderator, Dr. John Pippen, Assistant Professor of Music History, Associate Festival Director
  • Faculty and Guest Panelists: TBA
  • All guest composers and presenters are encouraged to participate!

1:30-3:00 PM - Presentations II (Organ Recital Hall)
  • Abigail Shupe - Percussion in the Works of George Crumb
  • Dave Hall - Advanced Polyrhythms: Michael Gordon's XY
  • Marianne Parker - Transferred Fluency: How reciprocal instrument knowledge informs collaboration in L+M Duo

4:00 PM - Electroacoustic Percussion Concert (The Music District)
  • Kevin Olson - Anasi
  • Aaron Graham - Manifesto
  • Ivonne Paredes - Fantasmagoria
  • Aaron Parker - suotnoiyo

6:00 PM - Closing Reception (The Mayor of Old Town)


Previous Festival Schedules

Aries Composers Festival 2013
New Music at Colorado State University
Master Schedule

Sunday, October 20

2:00-3:30 PM     Concert I: CSU Percussion Ensemble, Vasanta Quartet, and Oasis Quartet (Griffin Concert Hall)

4:00-6:00 PM     Workshop by Michael Colgrass “The Key to Creativity: Think Like a Kid” (UCA Room 158)

6:00 PM            Dinner Break

7:30-9:00 PM     Concert II: CSU Combined Choirs Concert (Griffin Concert Hall)

Monday, October 21

11:00 AM           Concert III: Saxophone Quartet Recital by the Oasis Quartet (UCA Room 158)

12:00 PM           Lunch Break

1:00-2:00 PM     Paper Presentations  (UCA Room 136)

2:30-3:30 PM     Panel Discussion I: Composer/Performer/Conductor Relationships (UCA Room 136)

4:00-5:00 PM     Composers’ Colloquium: open session with all attending composers
                         (UCA Room 136; refreshments provided)

5:00 PM             Dinner Break

7:30-9:00 PM     Concert IV: Faculty Chamber Ensemble (Organ Recital Hall)

Tuesday, October 22

11:00 AM           Lecture: Andrew Paul MacDonald, Bishop's University, Quebec (Organ Recital Hall)

12:00 PM           Lunch Break

1:00-3:30 PM     Workshop by Michael Colgrass: “Three Thunderbolts” (Organ Recital Hall)

3:30-4:30 PM     Panel Discussion II: Entrepreneurship and New Music (UCA Room 158)

5:00 PM            Dinner Break

7:30-9:00 PM     Concert VI: Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band (Griffin Concert Hall)



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Aries Composers Festival 2011 

New Music at Colorado State University
Master Schedule

Sunday, November 6

9:30 – 11:30 am                      ASCAP Composer Career Workshop I
                                               Stephen Paulus and Alex Shapiro, presenters (UCA 158)

11:30 am – 12:30 PM              Lunch Break

12:30 – 2:30 PM                     ASCAP Composer Career Workshop II (UCA 158)

3:00 PM                                  Concert I: Percussion Ensemble Concert (Griffin Concert Hall)

5:00 – 7:00 PM                       Dinner Break

7:30 PM                                  Concert II: Fountain City Ensemble Concert (Organ Recital Hall)

9:00 PM                                  Post-concert reception (UCA Lobby)

Monday, November 7

9:00 – 10:00 am                     Lecture: Stephen Paulus (Organ Recital Hall)

10:00 – 11:30 am                   Paper Presentations (UCA 158)

12:00 – 1:00 PM                     Concert III: Sound de Trois (Organ Recital Hall)

1:00 – 2:00 PM                       Lunch Break

2:30 – 3:30 PM                       Panel Discussion I: Composer/Performer Relationships (Organ Recital Hall)

4:00 – 5:30 PM                       Masterclass/Q&A with Stephen Paulus (UCA 136)

5:30 – 7:30 PM                        Dinner Break

7:30 – 9:00 PM                        Concert IV: CSU New Music Ensemble and CSU Jazz Ensemble I
                                               (Griffin Concert Hall)

9:00 PM                                   Post-concert Reception (Griffin Lobby)

Tuesday, November 8

10:00 – 11:30 am                    Panel Discussion II: Arts advocacy and entrepreneurship (Organ Recital Hall)

12:00 – 1:30 PM                      Lunch Break

2:00 – 3:30 PM                        Concert V: Electroacoustic/Chamber Music (Organ Rectial Hall)

4:00 – 5:30 PM                        Masterclass/Q&A with Alex Shapiro (Organ Recital Hall)

5:30 – 7:30 PM                        Dinner Break

7:30 – 9:00 PM                        Concert VI: CSU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra (Griffin Concert Hall)

9:00 PM                                  Post-concert Reception (Griffin Lobby)

(locations listed in parentheses; UCA – University Center for the Arts)

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