Four Dana Alumni Featured in New Music Society Annual Winter Pops Concert

The Annual New Music Society Winter Pops Concert takes place in Bliss Recital Hall, March 3, 8:00 p.m., and will include seven world premieres. Two of these are works by Dana faculty composer Robert Rollin which were commissioned by Dana Alumni. Dana voice instructor Corinne Morini requested a set of songs for soprano and piano on poems by the American poetess Emily Dickinson. Ms. Morini holds a B. Mus. from Dana and an M. Mus. from the New England Conservatory, and is highly regarded as a performer and teacher in the area. She will premiere Three Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson accompanied by another Dana alumnus, Anthony Ruggiero...  More • 

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Bulgarian Pianist Avguste Antonov to be Guest of New Music Society During Annual Fall Concerts

Pianist Avguste Antonov Pianist Avguste Antonov will be the Guest Artist of the New Music Society, appearing with the Dana Composers Ensemble, Robert Rollin director, on the second set of Annual Fall Concerts, November 4-6. The concerts will take place on Wednesday, November 4 at the Music at Noon concert series at the Butler Institute of American Art; Wednesday, November 4 Main Concert at 8:00pm in Bliss Recital Hall; Thursday, November 5 at 5:00pm at Ss. Peter and Paul Church on Covington; and Friday, November 6 at 11:00am at the Dana School of Music Convocation in Bliss Recital Hall... More • 



Local Composers to be Featured at New Music Society Concerts

The New Music Society will open its 2009-2010 season with two Fall Concerts performed by the Composers Ensemble, directed by Dana faculty member Dr. Robert Rollin and featuring music by local composers. The concerts will take place on the Beecher Court Lunchtime Series at 12:15pm, Wednesday, October 7 at the Butler Institute of American Art, and at the Dana School of Music Convocation, 11:00am, Friday, October 9 in Bliss Recital Hall  More • 

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The New Music Society strives to promote appreciation and dissemination of new academic, popular, and ethnic music. Through partnerships with the Dana School of Music, the New Music Guild, and local community and government leaders, the New Music Society has showcased thousands of amateur and professional compositions — all while focusing efforts to ensure the future of this phenomenal creative organization.

Event Calendar

Annual Winter Concerts

February 24, 12:00pm
Noon Hour Recital Guest Artist: Brian Kiser, Tiba; Music by Dana Composers Dan Brandt , Richard Zacharias, Samantha Hogan, and Robert Rollin; guitar solo by Ben Dague
• Butler Institute of American Art

March 3, 8:00pm
Guest Artists Corrine Morini, Soprano; Micah Howard, String Bass; Nathan Welch, Oboe; Anthony Ruggierro and Tim Webb, piano. World premieres by Rollin, Zacharias, Brandt, and Hogan
• Bliss Recital Hall

March 5, 8:00pm
Convocation: Works by Brandt, Rollin and others.
• Bliss Recital Hall

Dana New Music Festival XXVI

Guest Composer and Artists to be announced.

April 21, 12:15pm
Noon Hour Recital: Composers Ensemble directed by Robert Rollin.
• Butler Institute of American Art

April 21, 8:00pm
Festival Chamber Orchestra and Composers Ensemble.
• Location to be announced

April 23, 11:00am
Convocation.
• Bliss Recital Hall

Other lectures and recitals to be announced.