Active from 1972 | ||
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Albums Collage New Music: Works by Andrew Imbrie & John Stewart McLennan Record labels Albany Records, GM Recordings, eOne Music International Classics Similar Frank Epstein, Cantata Singers and Ense, Boston Modern Orchestra, Charles Fussell, Gunther Schuller | ||
Collage New Music is a classical music ensemble specialising in performance of works by 20th- and 21st-century composers. It was founded in 1972 by percussionist Frank Epstein who served as its Music Director until 1991. Since that time its Director has been the conductor David Hoose.
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The Ensemble
Collage New Music is a Boston-based ensemble. Since 2009, their main performing venue has been the Longy School of Music's Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall. Since its inception in 1972, Collage New Music has maintained a reputation for performing works by the great composers of the 20th and 21st century, such as Edgar Varese, John Cage, Yehudi Wyner, Olivier Messian, and Joan Tower. Collage opened the 2001 Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood with a concert featuring composers long associated with the ensemble: Gunther Schuller, John Harbison, and Donald Sur. While honoring the music of the earlier 20th century, Collage has a longstanding tradition of commissioning new works by living composers and often providing many Boston premieres.
Collage also host a composer-in-residence each year that allows the ensemble to engage with young Boston composers, and attain a consistent working relationship with the community through various outreach activities. Collage now host annual composer competitions for high school students, fostering the development and progression of music.
Commissioned composers
Curtis K. Hughes, Martin Brody, Michael Gandolfi, Andy Vores, Richard Cornell, and Lior Navok
Board of Trustees
Recordings
Awards and Nominations
Songs
Catena IIICollage New Music Performs Donald Sur · 2009
Satori on Park AvenueCollage New Music Performs Donald Sur · 2009
The Unicorn and the LadyCollage New Music Performs Donald Sur · 2009