Collage New Music: The Fire Within (at Longy School of Music)
Oct
4
3:00 PM15:00

Collage New Music: The Fire Within (at Longy School of Music)

Collage New Music
Eric Nathan, conductor
Longy School of Music
Pickman Hal

Paola Prestini: Spell (2008)
Clarinet, cello, percussion

Katherine Balch: musica spolia (2021)
Flute, violin, piano, percussion

Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Aid for Sex (2019)
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

JaRon Brown: Sewn from a quilted puzzle of cloth (2026)
Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

INTERMISSION

Ileana Perez Velázquez: New Work (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Joan Tower: Into the Night (2022)
50th Anniversary Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

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Collage New Music: The Fire Within (at Williams College)
Nov
2
7:30 PM19:30

Collage New Music: The Fire Within (at Williams College)

Collage New Music
Eric Nathan, conductor
Williams College
Brooks-Rodgers Auditorium

Paola Prestini: Spell (2008)
Clarinet, cello, percussion

Katherine Balch: musica spolia (2021)
Flute, violin, piano, percussion

Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Aid for Sex (2019)
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

JaRon Brown: Sewn from a quilted puzzle of cloth (2026)
Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

INTERMISSION

Ileana Perez Velázquez: New Work (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Joan Tower: Into the Night (2022)
50th Anniversary Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

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Ken-David Masur and Collage New Music: Short Stories
Nov
15
7:30 PM19:30

Ken-David Masur and Collage New Music: Short Stories

Curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Tony Arnold, soprano
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, double bass
Collage New Music
Goethe-Institut Boston

Kebra-Seyoun Charles: This is the Day (2021)
Bass

Kebra-Seyoun Charles: I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me (2024)
Bass

Eun Young Lee: Minhwa (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission 
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Peter Child: New Work (2026)
World premiere, 2026-2027 Collage Commission 
Soprano, cimbalom, violin, cello, bass

INTERMISSION

György Kurtág: Shadows from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass

György Kurtág: Hommage à John Cage from Signs, Games and Messages
Bass

Eric Nathan, “I. Cello” from Short Stories (2021)
Collage commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

György Kurtág: Scenes from a Novel 
For Kurtág’s 100th birthday celebration

Soprano, violin, bass, cimbalom

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Jakub Przybycien with Collage New Music:  Just A Moment
Feb
28
3:00 PM15:00

Jakub Przybycien with Collage New Music: Just A Moment

Curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
Jakub Przybycien, conductor
Collage New Music
Longy School of Music
Edward Pickman Hall

Eric Nathan: Just A Moment (2021)
Flute, clarinet

Amy Williams: Give Way (2020) and Stop / Yield (2015)
Cello, piano

Sid Richardson: Ratyll (2021)
Bass clarinet, marimba

Kay Rhie: ...in the dreams of another (2023)
Violin, viola

INTERMISSION

Curtis Stewart: Invention #3: Threat (2024)
Featuring vocal students from Longy School of Music
Viola, cello, two vocalists

Collage Fellow: New Work (2027)
World premiere Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Arthur Levering: Twenty Ways Upon the Bells (1994)
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano/celeste, percussion

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David Hoose with Collage New Music: Triple Duo
Apr
25
3:00 PM15:00

David Hoose with Collage New Music: Triple Duo

Curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
David Hoose, conductor
Collage New Music
Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall

Juri Seo: “I. Jack in the Box” from Toy Store (2022)
violin, electronics

Augusta Read Thomas: Acrobats (2018)
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Yu-Hui Chang: Intersect (2014)
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Richard Cornell: The Light of October (1998)
Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

INTERMISSION

Gunther Schuller: “IV. Fiddle Music” from Duologue (1983)
Violin, piano

Elliott Carter: Triple Duo (1983)
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

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Collage New Music Gala: Marcos Balter Portrait
Jun
2
7:00 PM19:00

Collage New Music Gala: Marcos Balter Portrait

Hosted and curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
Marcos Balter, guest composer
Collage New Music
Harvard Musical Association

Music by Marcos Balter:

Machaut Transcription (2011) for flute trio
*** (2014) for solo piano
A vis (2007) for clarinet and violin
Pessoa (2021) for bass flute and electronics
False memories (2022) for solo pianoPerformers:

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Collage New Music: What is Home? (world premiere)
Apr
26
3:00 PM15:00

Collage New Music: What is Home? (world premiere)

Curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
Eric Nathan, conductor
Tony Arnold, soprano
Collage New Music

Edward Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA)
 Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00pm

Christopher Trapani: Waterlines (2005/2012)
Soprano, Guitarist (steel-stringed guitar, electric guitar, Turkish fretless banjo), flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, viola (=stroh violin), cello, bass and electronics/amplification

INTERMISSION

What is Home? (World Premiere)
Collage Co-Commissions with Eighth Blackbird and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion

April Dawn Guthrie: New Work

JaRon Brown: New Work

Angelica Negron: New Work

Juri Seo: New Work

Erin Gee: New Work

Eric Nathan: New Work

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Collage Composers Colloquium
Apr
25
10:00 AM10:00

Collage Composers Colloquium

Eric Nathan, host
Featuring Mentor Composers
Angélica Negrón, Yu-Hui Chang and Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Presented by Collage New Music and Longy School of Music

An event-filled day that brings together composers in the greater Boston region for workshops and talks. The day provides opportunities for composers to meet and share ideas with each other, and benefit from observations on their own music by mentor composers.

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Anna Handler and Collage New Music: Missing Words (world premiere)
Mar
1
3:00 PM15:00

Anna Handler and Collage New Music: Missing Words (world premiere)

Anna Handler, conductor
Collage New Music
Presented in Partnership with Goethe-Institut Boston
Goethe-Institut

Pre-Concert Talk at 2:00pm

Eric Nathan: Missing Words (2013-2021) concert premiere

Missing Words I 
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, double bass

Missing Words II 
for brass quintet

Missing Words III 
for violoncello and piano

INTERMISSION

Missing Words IV
for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello

Missing Words V
for violin, violoncello, piano

Missing Words VI 
for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello


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Collage New Music: Clocks for Seeing
Nov
2
3:00 PM15:00

Collage New Music: Clocks for Seeing

Curated by Eric Nathan, Artistic Director
Jeffrey Means, conductor
Tony Arnold, Soprano
Collage New Music

Edward Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA)

György Ligeti: Poème Symphonique (1962)
100 Metronomes (courtesy of Rodney Lister)

Inga Chinilina: In den finsteren Zeiten (2022) 
soprano, alto flute, bass clarinet, perc, piano, violin

Anthony Cheung: Clocks for seeing (2023) 
Flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano (doubling synthesizer keyboard)

INTERMISSION

Gaston Gosselin (Julie I. Rohwein Collage Fellow): New Work (2026) (World Premiere) Collage Commission
Flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

Eric Chasalow: Three Tastes of Home (2025) (World Premiere) Collage Commission
Soprano + Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion

Olivier Messiaen: "Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes" from Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano

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