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2011-2012 Season
August 26-28: Music at Gretna Festival
Mount Gretna, PA
August 26, 8:00pm Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major
Music of Byrd, Palestrina, Perotin, and Arvo Pärt
with Sarah Darling, viola
August 28, 7:30pm
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478
Allen Krantz: Piano Quartet
*world premiere
with Charles Abramovic, piano
September 24-30: Momenta in Indonesia
September 29 and 30, 8:00pm
Music of Tony Prabowo
with Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Komunitas Salihara
Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
October 30-November 6: Ohana Arts Fall Festival of Music- Oahu, Hawaii
November 3, 7:30pm- Music at Manoa, in partnership with Ohana Arts
works by Faure and Chausson
with Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Djordje Nesic, piano; and Rachel Schutz, soprano
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Orvis Auditorium
November 4, 7:30pm- Hawaii Public Radio
works by Chausson, Glass, and Cergio Prudencio
with Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; and Djordje Nesic, piano
Atherton Studio, Honolulu
November 5 and 6, 8:00pm
Milhaud: La Creation du monde Op. 81a, for piano quintet
with Djordje Nesic, piano
Paliku Theater, Kaneohe
November 20: Music Inspired by India
Works by Barbara Benary, John Cage, Philip Glass, and Michael Rose
Rockland Music Conservatory
45 South Main Street, Pearl River, NY
January 10, 7:30pm: Music of Huang Ruo
Works by Huang Ruo, including excerpts from the opera Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
January 28, 8pm: Temple University presents Momenta in NYC
Dalit Warshaw: Elegy on a Theme of Sappho (2006)
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 “Company”
Schubert: Quartet in A minor “Rosamunde”
World premieres by Temple University student composers
Time In Gallery at HiArt!- 227 W. 29th St. Studio 4R, NYC
March 4-5: Music Inspired by Literature
Works by Schubert, Philip Glass, and Dalit Warshaw
Princeton Symphony Chamber Music Series
Princeton, NJ
March 4, 2pm: Stonebridge at Montgomery
March 4, 4pm: Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
March 5, 4pm: Princeton Windrows
March 26, 1pm: Hudson Valley Music Club
Works by Dvorak, Glass, Eric Nathan, and William Byrd
Dobbs Ferry Women’s Club
54 Clinton Ave. Dobbs Ferry, NY
Ancient Soundscapes Reborn
Elizabeth Brown : Mirage for shakuhachi and string quartet
with Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi
March 30, 8pm: Japanese Sacred Gagaku Court Music and Secular Art Music
Miller Theater, Columbia University
March 31, 11am-5pm: Composer’s Workshop- New Music for Gagaku and Hogaku Instruments
Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall, Barnard College
April 3, 7:30pm: Center for Jewish History
Works by David Glaser, Philip Glass, Copland, Strauss, and Eric Nathan
with Blair McMillen, piano; Chris Grymes, clarinet; Elizabeth Brown, flute
15 West 16th St. NY, NY
Cornell University Residency
April 18: World premieres for string quartet and gamelan by Cornell graduate composers
April 19: “Ludwig Van”: a Kagel Double-Bill
Music by Kagel and Beethoven
Screening of Mauricio Kagel’s experimental film “Ludwig Van” Cornell Cinema
April 20: Composition Forum
Barnes Auditorium
May 20, 4pm: Momenta Returns to Cold Spring
Music by Philip Glass, Dalit Warshaw, and Schubert
Chapel of Our Lady Restoration
45 Market Street, Cold Spring, NY
June 10-16: Accent12 Festival
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
June 17-23: Chelsea Music Festival in NYC
August 24: Music At Gretna
Music by Beethoven, Schubert, and a world premiere by Gordon Beeferman
with dancers from SleepDance, and Gordon Beeferman, piano
Music at Gretna Festival, Mount Gretna, PA
2010-2011 Season
October 2, 8:30pm: Season Premiere- “Up, Down and Out of Town”
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Gordon Beeferman: String Quartet (2006)
Melissa Hui: Map of Reality (2009)
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
Roulette, 20 Greene St. NYC
October 10, 7pm: Barbès presents Momenta
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Agustín Fernández: String Quartet No. 1: “Montes” (2007)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion
Barbès, 376 9th. St. Brooklyn, NY
October 24, 4:00 PM
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song *World Premiere*
Cold Spring, NY
February 6, 2:30pm- The 2nd Annual Kampelathon!
67 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 8pm- Williams College
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Cergio Prudencio: Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998) movements D-F
Agustín Fernández: String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Williamstown, MA
February 21, 4-11pm: 2nd Annual Music of Now Marathon
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998) movements D-F
Symphony Space- 2537 Broadway, NYC
February 26, 7pm: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens- Music & Mosaics Concert Series
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lámina (“A Knife All Blade” 1998) movements D-F
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song (2010)
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
1020 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 7pm- World premieres by Anne Neikirk and Adam Vidiksis
Music by Arthur Kampela, Kento Watanabe, and Manena Contreras
HiArt! Studio, 227 W. 29th St. NYC
March 6, 6pm- Brahms at Cornelia Street
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34
with Blair McMillen, piano
Cornelia Street Cafe- 29 Cornelia Street, NYC
March 24, 12:30pm- Rutgers University
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song (2010)
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
March 27, 3pm- Haverford College
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
Tony Prabowo: Pastoral
with Katharine Dain, soprano, and Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Haverford, PA
March 30- Southeast Asian program
Tony Prabowo: Pastoral
Kee-Yong Chong: Silence Cosmos
Yudane: Entering the Stream
Michael Amsara: Three Pieces for solo violin
with Katharine Dain, soprano, and Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
March 31: New works by Cornell Composers
Niccolo Athens: Et in Arcadio Ego (2011)
Eric Nathan: Four to One (2011)
J. Benjamin Jones: Le panache
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
April 5, 7:30pm- Momenta at WMP
Tony Prabowo: Hampa
Yudane: Entering the Stream
Takuma Itoh: Event Horizon*
Prabowo: Pastoral
with Katharine Dain, soprano; Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist, Gordon Beeferman, piano
WMP Concert Hall- 31 East 28th St. NYC
April 11, 8pm- The Center for Jewish History
Noyes Bartholomew: Lament (1999) for solo cello
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
with Katharine Dain, soprano
15 West 16th St., NYC
May 13, 7pm: Museum of Chinese in America
World premieres by Jason Kao Hwang and Kee Yong Chong
Kee Yong Chong: Silence Cosmos
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project
Melissa Hui: Map of Reality
215 Centre Street, NYC
Sponsored by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) www.iscm.org
May 22, 7pm: Gamelan Dharma Swara
Yudane/Jack Body: A House in Bali (2009) for string quartet, narrator, and gamelan
with Gamelan Dharma Swara
Le Poisson Rouge- 158 Bleecker Street, NYC
May 31, 7pm: Music of Julián Carrillo (1875-1965)
The Americas Society- 680 Park Avenue, NYC
2009-2010 Season
October 12, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
Tony Prabowo: B-A-C-H 2004 (Music for Multiple Violas)
Stephanie Griffin: Viola, John Gurrin: Video Accompaniment
November 9, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
Gordon Beeferman: String Quartet (2006)
February 8, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
world premiere of Arthur Kampela’s Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
February 24 All-Latin American program
The Americas Society, New York, NY
Manena Contreras (b. 1966): Instantes (2005)
Cergio Prudencio (b. 1955): Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Arthur Kampela (b. 1960): String Quartet, Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
March 10-11 Residency at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Cergio Prudencio (b. 1955): Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Gordon Beeferman (b. 1976): String Quartet (2006)
Arthur Kampela (b. 1960): String Quartet, Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Philip Glass (b. 1937): Music in Similar Motion (1969)
And 5 new works by Cornell graduate composers
April 29 Lehman College, Bronx, New York
Lecture-performance featuring works by Haydn, Kodály, Philip Glass, Michael Rose, and Agustín Fernández
May 3 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
works by Matthew Greenbaum and Temple University student composers
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34
with Blair McMillen (piano)
May 6
Cohen-Davison Theater, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c minor, op.15
with Soyoung Kim (piano)
May 22 Brooklyn Conservatory New Music Collective’s “East Meets West” series
Brooklyn, NY
Tony Prabowo (b. 1956): Commonality 1 for Viola and Tape (1998)
Michael Rose (b. 1971): Mohini Thinks of Leaving (2007)
Kee Yong Chong (b. 1971): Silence Cosmos (2005)
Michael Asmara (b. 1956): Three Pieces for Solo Violin (2008)
Philip Glass (b. 1937): Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Children’s Workshop: A hands-on exploration of Indian rhythms in music by Philip Glass and Michael Rose, for children ages 8-10.
June 14, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
New York, NY
Christopher Stark: aMBiValence (2009) for amplified string trio and delay
June 17-18 Music of Johanna Doderer
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
American premiere of two works by composer Johanna Doderer
with Blair McMillen (piano) and Joanne Lin (cello)
June 25, Three-Fingered Fun(draiser), Brooklyn, NY
Sebastián Zubieta: Cuarteto (1991) (World premiere)
Cergio Prudencio: Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Martin Iddon: Danaë (2009-10) for string trio
David Simons: Cipher (1992) (World premiere of quartet version)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion (1969)
August 13, Music at Gretna, Mount Gretna, PA
Beethoven: Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola, op.25
Philip Glass (b. 1937): String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34
with Carl Ellenberger (flute) and Blair McMillen (piano)
2008-2009 Season
October 18, 2008, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
New Music Collective/American Opera Projects Present Composers Up Close and Personal: Music by Sonenberg, Pierson, Weisman, and Tan Dun, with pipa player Sun Li, mezzo Abigail Fischer, soprano Donna Smith, baritone Kenneth Overton, and pianist Kelly Horsted
November 9, 2008, Haverford College, PA
Music and Conversation with the Momenta String Quartet and Dalit Warshaw, theremin: Music by Haydn, Warshaw, Arauco, and Schubert
December 15, 2008, Advent Lutheran Church, NY
Music Mondays: Music by Byrd, A. Clementi, Haydn, and Glass
Feb 8, 2009, Boston Conservatory, Seully Hall, New Music Festival
Morton Feldman: Structures
Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet no. 1
Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 5
Dalit Warshaw: Interludes and Etherludes for String Quartet and Theremin
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Mar 26, 2009, Greenwich House Music School, New York
North River Music presents Momenta with composer/pianist Noam Sivan
April 29, 2009: Lehman College
Music by Byrd, Bach, Mozart, Janacek and Glass
May 1, 2009, Advent Lutheran Church, New York
Matthew Greenbaum’s “Nameless” with Momenta Quartet and Cygnus Ensemble.
Featuring Priscilla Smith and Julie Bishop, sopranos; and Elizabeth Farnum, mezzo-soprano
Works by: Stefan Wolpe, James Falconi, Julia Alford-Fowler and Andy Laster
May 11, 2009, Cornelia Street Café, New York
World premiere of Melissa Pausina’s “Bartleby,” a new chamber opera based on Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener”
August 21, 2009, Mount Gretna Playhouse, Mount Gretna, PA
Bloch: Prelude; Beethoven: String Quartet in e minor, op.59, no.2;
Schoenberg: String Quartet no.2 in f-sharp minor, op.10
Guest Soprano: Katharine Dain
August 23, 2009, Mount Gretna Playhouse, Mount Gretna, PA
World Premiere of Kee Yong Chong’s “Suspended Love for Violin and Percussion”;
Berio’s “Naturale for Viola, Percussion and Tape”; and Schumann’s
String Quartet no.3.
Guest percussionist: Nathan Davis
2007-2008 Season
September 10, 2007, Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College: Midday Monday Concert Series: Music by Janacek, Feldman, and Schumann
October 26 & 27, 2007, National Museum of Singapore: Tony Prabowo in Concert with sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet, pianist Adelaide Simbolon, and dancer Okty Budiati; video art by John Gurrin and Cecil Mariani
November 28, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by Olivier, Fernandez, Janacek, and Schumann
January 13, 2008, Stonebridge and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ: Music by Mamlok, Zorn, Schumann, and Schnittke
January 24, 2008, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by McIntyre, Dougherty, Carpenter, Dieffenbach, and Schnittke
March 28 & 29, 2008, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn: Music by Elizabeth Brown; video art by Lothar Osterburg
March 30, 2008, Mannes College of Music, NY: Music Under Construction with clarinetist Gilad Harel and pianist Carol Wong
April 2, 2008, Center for Jewish History, NY: Music by Bloch, Mamlok, Glaser, Feldman, Zorn, and Schnittke
May 17, 2008, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: South Oxford 6: Music by Vrebalov, Ficklin, Sonenberg, Rose, and Pierson
July 11, 2008, Northern Stage, Newcastle University, UK: Opening night of ¡Vamos! Latin & Lusophone Festival: Music by Fernandez, Prudencio, Kampela, and Potes
July 12, 2008, King’s Hall, Newcastle University, UK: Music by Contreras, Fernandez, Rowan, Egan, Papaioannou, and Albans
August 14, 2008, Williamsburg loft, Brooklyn: Salon – music by Schubert and guest composer Potes; excerpt from “Herb and Dorothy”
August 22, 2008, Williamsburg loft, Brooklyn: Salon – music by Haydn and guest composer/thereminist Warshaw; screening of “Love Suicides”
2006-2007 Season
September 30, 2006, Bryn Mawr College, PA: Mozart’s Birthday Celebration Concert: Music by L. Mozart, Dittersdorf, Haydn, Danzi, J. C. Bach, and W. A. Mozart
October 10, 2006, Tonic, NYC: Double bill with Floriculture, music by Prabowo with guest sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet
November 3, 2006, Swarthmore College, PA: Stott Commissioning Program Concert: Music by Mozart, Kurtag, Koontz, and Beethoven
November 5, 2006, Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor: Music by Mozart, Kurtag, and Beethoven
December 1 & 2, 2006, TIM, Jakarta, Indonesia: Music by Prabowo with Continuum, sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet, dancer Okty Budiati, and the Batavia Madrigal Singers
February 9, 2007, Temple Sinai of Bergen County, NJ: Music by Beethoven; Jewish songs with the Stonewall Chorale Chamber Choir
February 19, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by Revak, Greenbaum, Brodhead, Bresnick, and Wright
February 23, 2007, Bargemusic, NY: Evening of Czech Music: Klein String Trio and Dvorak Piano Quartet with pianist Maya Hartman
February 27, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by McIntyre, Falconi, Contreras, Galganski, Martignoni, and Beethoven
March 8, 2007, Shepard Hall, CCNY: Faculty Compositions: Jablonsky, Patitucci, Vrebalov, Weisman, and Felsenfeld
May 21, 2007, Advent Lutheran Church, NY: Music Mondays: Music by Mozart, Brodhead, and Vrebalov
2005-2006 Season
September 26, 2005, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Stravinsky, Haydn, Falconi and Lutoslawski
October 22, 2005, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC: Columbia Composers: Music by Bettendorf, Wang
November 16, 2005, Mannes College of Music, NYC: Robert Cuckson String Trio
November 17, 2005, St. Peter’s Church, Chelsea, NYC: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Quartet, and selections with the Melodia Women’s Choir
December 12, 2005: Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: Music by Rohde, Jacobs, Glaser, Anderson and Greenbaum
December 17, 2005, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: Music by Ficklin, Saulle, Sonenberg and Vrebalov
March 19, 2006, Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor: Music by Haydn, Koontz, and Mozart with guest clarinetist Carol McGonnell
March 23, 2006, Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC: Music by Haydn, Kurtag, Bresnick and Mozart with guest clarinetist Charles Neidich
April 5, 2006, The Stone, NYC: Music by Pausina, Bresnick, Jacob and Kurtag
April 7, 2006, Temple University, NYC: Music by Telemann, Jacob, Purcell, Pausina and Kurtag
2004-2005 Season
November 7, 2004, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture: Music by Locke, Mamlok, Cage, Webern and Bartok
November 8, 2004, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Locke, Webern, Ebbert, Mamlok, Bartok and Cage
November 23, 2004, Mannes College of Music, NYC: Music by Eleanor Cory
March 31, 2005, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, Women’s History Month: Music by C. Schumann, Mamlok, Clarke and Cory
April 10, 2005, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture: Music by Contreras, Ives, Prabowo, Jurcisin and Debussy
April 11, 2005, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Contreras, Geissinger, Ives, Hanna, Jurcisin and Debussy
May 12, 2005, Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: ISCM Concert: Music by Freund, Darbellay, Rakowski, Olan and Bresnick
Spring 2004
March 21, 2004, Temple University, Philadelphia: Mario Davidovsky String Trio
March 22, 2004, Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: Mario Davidovsky String Trio
2020-2021 Season
2019-2020 Season
2018-2019 Season
2017-2018 Season
2016-2017 Season
2015-2016 Season
2014-2015 Season
2013-2014 Season
2012-2013 Season
2011-2012 Season and Earlier
2011-2012 Season
August 26-28: Music at Gretna Festival
Mount Gretna, PA
August 26, 8:00pm Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major
Music of Byrd, Palestrina, Perotin, and Arvo Pärt
with Sarah Darling, viola
August 28, 7:30pm
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478
Allen Krantz: Piano Quartet
*world premiere
with Charles Abramovic, piano
September 24-30: Momenta in Indonesia
September 29 and 30, 8:00pm
Music of Tony Prabowo
with Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Komunitas Salihara
Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
October 30-November 6: Ohana Arts Fall Festival of Music- Oahu, Hawaii
November 3, 7:30pm- Music at Manoa, in partnership with Ohana Arts
works by Faure and Chausson
with Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Djordje Nesic, piano; and Rachel Schutz, soprano
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Orvis Auditorium
November 4, 7:30pm- Hawaii Public Radio
works by Chausson, Glass, and Cergio Prudencio
with Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; and Djordje Nesic, piano
Atherton Studio, Honolulu
November 5 and 6, 8:00pm
Milhaud: La Creation du monde Op. 81a, for piano quintet
with Djordje Nesic, piano
Paliku Theater, Kaneohe
November 20: Music Inspired by India
Works by Barbara Benary, John Cage, Philip Glass, and Michael Rose
Rockland Music Conservatory
45 South Main Street, Pearl River, NY
January 10, 7:30pm: Music of Huang Ruo
Works by Huang Ruo, including excerpts from the opera Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
January 28, 8pm: Temple University presents Momenta in NYC
Dalit Warshaw: Elegy on a Theme of Sappho (2006)
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 “Company”
Schubert: Quartet in A minor “Rosamunde”
World premieres by Temple University student composers
Time In Gallery at HiArt!- 227 W. 29th St. Studio 4R, NYC
March 4-5: Music Inspired by Literature
Works by Schubert, Philip Glass, and Dalit Warshaw
Princeton Symphony Chamber Music Series
Princeton, NJ
March 4, 2pm: Stonebridge at Montgomery
March 4, 4pm: Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies
March 5, 4pm: Princeton Windrows
March 26, 1pm: Hudson Valley Music Club
Works by Dvorak, Glass, Eric Nathan, and William Byrd
Dobbs Ferry Women’s Club
54 Clinton Ave. Dobbs Ferry, NY
Ancient Soundscapes Reborn
Elizabeth Brown : Mirage for shakuhachi and string quartet
with Elizabeth Brown, shakuhachi
March 30, 8pm: Japanese Sacred Gagaku Court Music and Secular Art Music
Miller Theater, Columbia University
March 31, 11am-5pm: Composer’s Workshop- New Music for Gagaku and Hogaku Instruments
Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall, Barnard College
April 3, 7:30pm: Center for Jewish History
Works by David Glaser, Philip Glass, Copland, Strauss, and Eric Nathan
with Blair McMillen, piano; Chris Grymes, clarinet; Elizabeth Brown, flute
15 West 16th St. NY, NY
Cornell University Residency
April 18: World premieres for string quartet and gamelan by Cornell graduate composers
April 19: “Ludwig Van”: a Kagel Double-Bill
Music by Kagel and Beethoven
Screening of Mauricio Kagel’s experimental film “Ludwig Van” Cornell Cinema
April 20: Composition Forum
Barnes Auditorium
May 20, 4pm: Momenta Returns to Cold Spring
Music by Philip Glass, Dalit Warshaw, and Schubert
Chapel of Our Lady Restoration
45 Market Street, Cold Spring, NY
June 10-16: Accent12 Festival
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
June 17-23: Chelsea Music Festival in NYC
August 24: Music At Gretna
Music by Beethoven, Schubert, and a world premiere by Gordon Beeferman
with dancers from SleepDance, and Gordon Beeferman, piano
Music at Gretna Festival, Mount Gretna, PA
2010-2011 Season
October 2, 8:30pm: Season Premiere- “Up, Down and Out of Town”
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Gordon Beeferman: String Quartet (2006)
Melissa Hui: Map of Reality (2009)
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
Roulette, 20 Greene St. NYC
October 10, 7pm: Barbès presents Momenta
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Agustín Fernández: String Quartet No. 1: “Montes” (2007)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion
Barbès, 376 9th. St. Brooklyn, NY
October 24, 4:00 PM
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song *World Premiere*
Cold Spring, NY
February 6, 2:30pm- The 2nd Annual Kampelathon!
67 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 8pm- Williams College
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Cergio Prudencio: Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998) movements D-F
Agustín Fernández: String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Williamstown, MA
February 21, 4-11pm: 2nd Annual Music of Now Marathon
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998) movements D-F
Symphony Space- 2537 Broadway, NYC
February 26, 7pm: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens- Music & Mosaics Concert Series
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Arthur Kampela: Uma Faca Só Lámina (“A Knife All Blade” 1998) movements D-F
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song (2010)
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
1020 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 7pm- World premieres by Anne Neikirk and Adam Vidiksis
Music by Arthur Kampela, Kento Watanabe, and Manena Contreras
HiArt! Studio, 227 W. 29th St. NYC
March 6, 6pm- Brahms at Cornelia Street
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34
with Blair McMillen, piano
Cornelia Street Cafe- 29 Cornelia Street, NYC
March 24, 12:30pm- Rutgers University
Kento Watanabe: Traveler’s Song (2010)
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project (2009)
Manena Contreras: Instantes (2005)
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
March 27, 3pm- Haverford College
Dvorak: String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
Tony Prabowo: Pastoral
with Katharine Dain, soprano, and Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Haverford, PA
March 30- Southeast Asian program
Tony Prabowo: Pastoral
Kee-Yong Chong: Silence Cosmos
Yudane: Entering the Stream
Michael Amsara: Three Pieces for solo violin
with Katharine Dain, soprano, and Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
March 31: New works by Cornell Composers
Niccolo Athens: Et in Arcadio Ego (2011)
Eric Nathan: Four to One (2011)
J. Benjamin Jones: Le panache
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
April 5, 7:30pm- Momenta at WMP
Tony Prabowo: Hampa
Yudane: Entering the Stream
Takuma Itoh: Event Horizon*
Prabowo: Pastoral
with Katharine Dain, soprano; Ubiet, Indonesian vocalist, Gordon Beeferman, piano
WMP Concert Hall- 31 East 28th St. NYC
April 11, 8pm- The Center for Jewish History
Noyes Bartholomew: Lament (1999) for solo cello
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
with Katharine Dain, soprano
15 West 16th St., NYC
May 13, 7pm: Museum of Chinese in America
World premieres by Jason Kao Hwang and Kee Yong Chong
Kee Yong Chong: Silence Cosmos
Huang Ruo: The Flag Project
Melissa Hui: Map of Reality
215 Centre Street, NYC
Sponsored by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) www.iscm.org
May 22, 7pm: Gamelan Dharma Swara
Yudane/Jack Body: A House in Bali (2009) for string quartet, narrator, and gamelan
with Gamelan Dharma Swara
Le Poisson Rouge- 158 Bleecker Street, NYC
May 31, 7pm: Music of Julián Carrillo (1875-1965)
The Americas Society- 680 Park Avenue, NYC
2009-2010 Season
October 12, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
Tony Prabowo: B-A-C-H 2004 (Music for Multiple Violas)
Stephanie Griffin: Viola, John Gurrin: Video Accompaniment
November 9, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
Gordon Beeferman: String Quartet (2006)
February 8, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
world premiere of Arthur Kampela’s Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
February 24 All-Latin American program
The Americas Society, New York, NY
Manena Contreras (b. 1966): Instantes (2005)
Cergio Prudencio (b. 1955): Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Arthur Kampela (b. 1960): String Quartet, Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
March 10-11 Residency at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Cergio Prudencio (b. 1955): Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Gordon Beeferman (b. 1976): String Quartet (2006)
Arthur Kampela (b. 1960): String Quartet, Uma Faca Só Lâmina (“A Knife All Blade”, 1998)
Agustín Fernández (b. 1958): String Quartet No. 1 “Montes” (2007)
Philip Glass (b. 1937): Music in Similar Motion (1969)
And 5 new works by Cornell graduate composers
April 29 Lehman College, Bronx, New York
Lecture-performance featuring works by Haydn, Kodály, Philip Glass, Michael Rose, and Agustín Fernández
May 3 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
works by Matthew Greenbaum and Temple University student composers
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34
with Blair McMillen (piano)
May 6
Cohen-Davison Theater, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c minor, op.15
with Soyoung Kim (piano)
May 22 Brooklyn Conservatory New Music Collective’s “East Meets West” series
Brooklyn, NY
Tony Prabowo (b. 1956): Commonality 1 for Viola and Tape (1998)
Michael Rose (b. 1971): Mohini Thinks of Leaving (2007)
Kee Yong Chong (b. 1971): Silence Cosmos (2005)
Michael Asmara (b. 1956): Three Pieces for Solo Violin (2008)
Philip Glass (b. 1937): Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Children’s Workshop: A hands-on exploration of Indian rhythms in music by Philip Glass and Michael Rose, for children ages 8-10.
June 14, “Serial Underground”, Cornelia Street Cafe
New York, NY
Christopher Stark: aMBiValence (2009) for amplified string trio and delay
June 17-18 Music of Johanna Doderer
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY
Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
American premiere of two works by composer Johanna Doderer
with Blair McMillen (piano) and Joanne Lin (cello)
June 25, Three-Fingered Fun(draiser), Brooklyn, NY
Sebastián Zubieta: Cuarteto (1991) (World premiere)
Cergio Prudencio: Transfiguraciones (2006/7)
Martin Iddon: Danaë (2009-10) for string trio
David Simons: Cipher (1992) (World premiere of quartet version)
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion (1969)
August 13, Music at Gretna, Mount Gretna, PA
Beethoven: Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola, op.25
Philip Glass (b. 1937): String Quartet No. 5 (1991)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34
with Carl Ellenberger (flute) and Blair McMillen (piano)
2008-2009 Season
October 18, 2008, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
New Music Collective/American Opera Projects Present Composers Up Close and Personal: Music by Sonenberg, Pierson, Weisman, and Tan Dun, with pipa player Sun Li, mezzo Abigail Fischer, soprano Donna Smith, baritone Kenneth Overton, and pianist Kelly Horsted
November 9, 2008, Haverford College, PA
Music and Conversation with the Momenta String Quartet and Dalit Warshaw, theremin: Music by Haydn, Warshaw, Arauco, and Schubert
December 15, 2008, Advent Lutheran Church, NY
Music Mondays: Music by Byrd, A. Clementi, Haydn, and Glass
Feb 8, 2009, Boston Conservatory, Seully Hall, New Music Festival
Morton Feldman: Structures
Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet no. 1
Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 5
Dalit Warshaw: Interludes and Etherludes for String Quartet and Theremin
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Mar 26, 2009, Greenwich House Music School, New York
North River Music presents Momenta with composer/pianist Noam Sivan
April 29, 2009: Lehman College
Music by Byrd, Bach, Mozart, Janacek and Glass
May 1, 2009, Advent Lutheran Church, New York
Matthew Greenbaum’s “Nameless” with Momenta Quartet and Cygnus Ensemble.
Featuring Priscilla Smith and Julie Bishop, sopranos; and Elizabeth Farnum, mezzo-soprano
Works by: Stefan Wolpe, James Falconi, Julia Alford-Fowler and Andy Laster
May 11, 2009, Cornelia Street Café, New York
World premiere of Melissa Pausina’s “Bartleby,” a new chamber opera based on Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener”
August 21, 2009, Mount Gretna Playhouse, Mount Gretna, PA
Bloch: Prelude; Beethoven: String Quartet in e minor, op.59, no.2;
Schoenberg: String Quartet no.2 in f-sharp minor, op.10
Guest Soprano: Katharine Dain
August 23, 2009, Mount Gretna Playhouse, Mount Gretna, PA
World Premiere of Kee Yong Chong’s “Suspended Love for Violin and Percussion”;
Berio’s “Naturale for Viola, Percussion and Tape”; and Schumann’s
String Quartet no.3.
Guest percussionist: Nathan Davis
2007-2008 Season
September 10, 2007, Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College: Midday Monday Concert Series: Music by Janacek, Feldman, and Schumann
October 26 & 27, 2007, National Museum of Singapore: Tony Prabowo in Concert with sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet, pianist Adelaide Simbolon, and dancer Okty Budiati; video art by John Gurrin and Cecil Mariani
November 28, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by Olivier, Fernandez, Janacek, and Schumann
January 13, 2008, Stonebridge and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ: Music by Mamlok, Zorn, Schumann, and Schnittke
January 24, 2008, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by McIntyre, Dougherty, Carpenter, Dieffenbach, and Schnittke
March 28 & 29, 2008, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn: Music by Elizabeth Brown; video art by Lothar Osterburg
March 30, 2008, Mannes College of Music, NY: Music Under Construction with clarinetist Gilad Harel and pianist Carol Wong
April 2, 2008, Center for Jewish History, NY: Music by Bloch, Mamlok, Glaser, Feldman, Zorn, and Schnittke
May 17, 2008, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: South Oxford 6: Music by Vrebalov, Ficklin, Sonenberg, Rose, and Pierson
July 11, 2008, Northern Stage, Newcastle University, UK: Opening night of ¡Vamos! Latin & Lusophone Festival: Music by Fernandez, Prudencio, Kampela, and Potes
July 12, 2008, King’s Hall, Newcastle University, UK: Music by Contreras, Fernandez, Rowan, Egan, Papaioannou, and Albans
August 14, 2008, Williamsburg loft, Brooklyn: Salon – music by Schubert and guest composer Potes; excerpt from “Herb and Dorothy”
August 22, 2008, Williamsburg loft, Brooklyn: Salon – music by Haydn and guest composer/thereminist Warshaw; screening of “Love Suicides”
2006-2007 Season
September 30, 2006, Bryn Mawr College, PA: Mozart’s Birthday Celebration Concert: Music by L. Mozart, Dittersdorf, Haydn, Danzi, J. C. Bach, and W. A. Mozart
October 10, 2006, Tonic, NYC: Double bill with Floriculture, music by Prabowo with guest sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet
November 3, 2006, Swarthmore College, PA: Stott Commissioning Program Concert: Music by Mozart, Kurtag, Koontz, and Beethoven
November 5, 2006, Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor: Music by Mozart, Kurtag, and Beethoven
December 1 & 2, 2006, TIM, Jakarta, Indonesia: Music by Prabowo with Continuum, sopranos Binu Sukaman and Ubiet, dancer Okty Budiati, and the Batavia Madrigal Singers
February 9, 2007, Temple Sinai of Bergen County, NJ: Music by Beethoven; Jewish songs with the Stonewall Chorale Chamber Choir
February 19, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by Revak, Greenbaum, Brodhead, Bresnick, and Wright
February 23, 2007, Bargemusic, NY: Evening of Czech Music: Klein String Trio and Dvorak Piano Quartet with pianist Maya Hartman
February 27, 2007, Rock Hall, Temple University, PA: Music by McIntyre, Falconi, Contreras, Galganski, Martignoni, and Beethoven
March 8, 2007, Shepard Hall, CCNY: Faculty Compositions: Jablonsky, Patitucci, Vrebalov, Weisman, and Felsenfeld
May 21, 2007, Advent Lutheran Church, NY: Music Mondays: Music by Mozart, Brodhead, and Vrebalov
2005-2006 Season
September 26, 2005, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Stravinsky, Haydn, Falconi and Lutoslawski
October 22, 2005, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC: Columbia Composers: Music by Bettendorf, Wang
November 16, 2005, Mannes College of Music, NYC: Robert Cuckson String Trio
November 17, 2005, St. Peter’s Church, Chelsea, NYC: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Quartet, and selections with the Melodia Women’s Choir
December 12, 2005: Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: Music by Rohde, Jacobs, Glaser, Anderson and Greenbaum
December 17, 2005, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music: Music by Ficklin, Saulle, Sonenberg and Vrebalov
March 19, 2006, Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor: Music by Haydn, Koontz, and Mozart with guest clarinetist Carol McGonnell
March 23, 2006, Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC: Music by Haydn, Kurtag, Bresnick and Mozart with guest clarinetist Charles Neidich
April 5, 2006, The Stone, NYC: Music by Pausina, Bresnick, Jacob and Kurtag
April 7, 2006, Temple University, NYC: Music by Telemann, Jacob, Purcell, Pausina and Kurtag
2004-2005 Season
November 7, 2004, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture: Music by Locke, Mamlok, Cage, Webern and Bartok
November 8, 2004, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Locke, Webern, Ebbert, Mamlok, Bartok and Cage
November 23, 2004, Mannes College of Music, NYC: Music by Eleanor Cory
March 31, 2005, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, Women’s History Month: Music by C. Schumann, Mamlok, Clarke and Cory
April 10, 2005, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture: Music by Contreras, Ives, Prabowo, Jurcisin and Debussy
April 11, 2005, Temple University, Philadelphia: Music by Contreras, Geissinger, Ives, Hanna, Jurcisin and Debussy
May 12, 2005, Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: ISCM Concert: Music by Freund, Darbellay, Rakowski, Olan and Bresnick
Spring 2004
March 21, 2004, Temple University, Philadelphia: Mario Davidovsky String Trio
March 22, 2004, Leonard Nimoy Theater at Peter Norton Symphony Space, NYC: Mario Davidovsky String Trio