Submissions for scores and applications for guest artists are open on our website! Click here if you have a score you'd like us to play for our New Music Festival on October 15th-16th, 2022, and click here if you're interested in performing a 30-minute set on one of the concerts. The Festival will feature three concerts in downtown Eugene, from the Park Blocks to the First Christian Church and the New Zone Gallery. The Light and Art show in the Park Blocks will draw on the energy of ArtCity's BEAM, with amplified music and an interactive light exhibit for audience members. Our audience participation concert draws trained and untrained musicians alike into a collective sound-making space at the First Christian Church, and our concert at New Zone will set pieces for the ensemble in an inviting visual atmosphere. The Call for Scores closes June 1st, and the Guest Artist Application closes July 1st.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN
FIRST EVER
EUGENE, OR
THREE CONCERTS
OVER THE COURSE OF
TWO DAYS
FEATURING OVER
20 COMPOSERS
AND
GUEST ARTISTS
We invite you to our first annual festival of experimental scored and unscored works, improvisations, and audience participation pieces! This two-day, three-concert event features a variety of styles by a diverse array of composers. Performances by EDME members, invited musicians, and guest artists will fill downtown spaces with strange and enticing sounds, including the Farmer's Market Pavilion Plaza*, First Christian Church, and New Zone Gallery. The first concert will feature a projection-mapping exhibition with light, video, and interactive visuals. The unique events, the first of their kind, are free and open to the public.
CONCERT 1 OPEN-AIR LIGHT AND SOUND
CONCERT 2 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
CONCERT 3 IN THE GALLERY
October 15th, 7:00-10:00PM
Farmer's Market Pavilion Plaza
October 16th, 3:00-4:30PM
First Christian Church
October 16th, 7:00-8:30PM
New Zone Gallery
FEATURED PIECES AND CREATORS
CONCERT 1
25-minute sets by our invited guest artists with projection-mapped video art
Aine Nakamura
Free Static
Isaac Paris
Mystic Elevator
M Denney
CONCERT 2
Perform alongside our ensemble with these audience participation pieces
[[Rosetta.new].do].ppt - Ryan Carraher
Quiet(Assisted) - Robert Carl
Direct Attention - Ryan Carter
Hidden Variables - Jessie Lause
Groupthink - Daniel Perrea
Humanity: From Survival to Revival - Cecilia Suhr
Earth is a Breathing Valley - Matti Cicero Weisberg
Playground - Joshua Weitz
THE TALENT
CONCERT 3
Experimental works performed by EDME in a casual gallery setting
Storm King - Erin Blake
Sages' Gardens - Josiah Tayag Catalan
For it is Our First Universe - Pedram Diba
B Movie - Gracie Fagan
guerrilla de dientes entre los árboles - Luis Fernando Amaya
portals II (everywhere and everything right now) - Nolan Hildebrand
As the Clouds Gather - Shelbie Rassler
Crumbs - Leah Reid
... Moments Musicaux ... - Jee Seo
Declamation - Sarah Wald
EDME MUSICIANS
Thomas Calletano Gonzalez - Violin
Christian Li - Violin
Gabi Choma - Viola
JP Lempke - Piano
Kiernynn "Kiwi" Grantham-Crum - Percussion
Kathie Hsieh - Percussion
Lee Sparks Pembleton - Electronics and Found Objects
GUEST MUSICIANS
Tyler Kashow - Bassoon
Lily Slaton-Barker - Violin
Pete Amawattana - Cello
Kathryn Brunhaver - Cello
Emma Rose Lynn - Voice
VISUAL ARTIST
Robert Long
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