newEar invites you to participate in Current Conversations with newEar

Two courses offered through the University of Missouri Kansas City's Communiversity will serve as pre-concert conversations for newEar's two remaining performances of our 17th season. newEar's mission, for the two courses, is to provide a forum for music enthusiasts to learn and converse about contemporary composers and their music while placing the music in a larger social context.

Want to know what a zheng sounds like? Come to Section A, held on Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, University Center, Alumni Room, 50th and Rockhill Road. This section will focus on a discussion around Concert 3: China Rising-Saturday, March 13, 2010.

Want to know how much of an influence a composer's mentor has on their creative process? Come to section B, held on Thursday, April 29, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Grant Hall, Room 333, 52nd and Holmes.  In section B we will focus the discussion around Concert 4: Regenerations-Saturday, May 1, 2010.

A recommended reading list will be posted on the newEar website one month prior to each class. To signup for the class, please visit the UMKC website. There is a small fee for the class but each class participant will be provided a FREE ticket to the concert being discussed. Come take part in this dynamic conversation that will aid you in your concert going experience!

Spotlight on Ingrid Stölzel

Ingrid Stölzel, President of the newEar Board of Directors is a composer whose music is being performed across the United States, Canada and Europe.  Ingrid is the winner of the 2010 NewMusic@ECU Festival Orchestra Composition Competition for her orchestral work Genius Loci-Spirit of Place (2009) and has been invited to the IC[CM] 2010 International Conference on Contemporary Music in A Coruña, Spain, where her piano trio The Road is All (2007) will be performed in April.  Her piano trio will also be featured on the NACUSA National Conference in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Ingrid will be a featured composer on the Boston New Music Initiative Concert in February of this year.

Stölzel received her doctorate in composition at the University of Missouri Conservatory of Music and Dance in Kansas City, where she studied with James Mobberley, Chen Yi and Zhou Long and holds a Master of Music in Composition from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut.

Ingrid has written for ensembles including newEar, NOISE/San Diego New Music, California E.A.R. Unit, Adaskin String Trio, Erato Chamber Orchestra, Allegresse Trio and Synchronia. She is a frequent guest composer and her music has been heard at numerous music festivals around the country including the soundOn 2008 Festival of Modern Music, 30th Sacramento State Festival of New American Music, Oregon Bach Festivals, Ernest Bloch Festivals, 2007 Women in New Music Festival, Chamber Music Conference of the East, Otterbein Contemporary Music Festival, and Indiana State Contemporary Music Festival, among others.

Tickets for the China Rising on March 13th

$20 and $8 for students with ID. For ticket information call the Central Ticket Office at 816-235-6222 or toll-free at 1-888-286-4849. newEar

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With your continued support, we look forward to bringing even more new music to Kansas City audiences. newEar is a registered 501(c)3. Please consider making a tax-exempt contribution in any amount by clicking on our secure webpage through the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. It's quick and simple. Our EARS thank you!

Financial assistance for newEar has been provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Carolyn L. Hart Memorial Trust, DST Inc., Francis Families Foundation, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.