10.15.2019 ENS New Music Series

NEW MUSIC AT WCU Jacob Cooper and Van Stiefel, Directors

Ashley Bathgate, cello TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019 WARE FAMILY RECITAL HALL SWOPE MUSIC BUILDING 8:15 PM

ASH by Sleeping Giant

FOR ASHLEY ......................................................................................................Andrew Norman (b. 1979)

ON BEING WRONG .................................................................................... Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984)

SMALL WONDER...................................................................................................... Timo Andres (b. 1985)

DAVZ23BZMHO ...................................................................................................... Ted Hearne (b. 1983)

LEY LINE ................................................................................................................. Jacob Cooper (b. 1980)

ORISON ............................................................................................................... Robert Honstein (b. 1980)

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American cellist Ashley Bathgate has been described as an “eloquent new music interpreter” (New York Times) and “a glorious cellist” (The Washington Post) who combines “bittersweet lyricism along with ferocious chops” (New York Magazine).

Her “impish ferocity”, “rich tone” and “imaginative phrasing” (New York Times) have made her one of the most sought after performers of her time. The desire to create a dynamic energy exchange with her audience and build upon the ensuing chemistry is a pillar of Bathgate's philosophy as a performer. Dynamism drives her to venture into previously uncharted areas of groundbreaking sounds and techniques, breaking the mold of a cello's traditionally perceived voice. For the past ten years Bathgate was a member of the acclaimed sextet Bang on a Can All-Stars.

She is also a member of the chamber music group HOWL, TwoSense with pianist Lisa Moore, and Bonjour, a low-strung, percussive quintet.

In 2015 Bathgate gave the world premiere of What Moves You, a collaborative performance project with jookin’ dance sensation Lil Buck at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, NC, as well as the world premiere of a new Cello Concerto written for her by Kate Moore for the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht, NL. Subsequently, she released her debut album, Stories for Ocean Shells, featuring a set of works for solo cello, composed by Moore, which was released in 2016 on Cantaloupe Music. That year Bathgate also commissioned the ‘composer collective’ Sleeping Giant to write ASH, a sixmovement suite for solo cello. Both ASH and her latest album, 8 Track, featuring new multitrack works by Alex Weiser and Emily Cooley, as well as a new rendition of Steve Reich’s Cello Counterpoint, will be commercially released this coming season. Most recently, she premiered a new evening length work by Michael Gordon, House Music, at the 2018 Cello Biennale in Amsterdam, NL. Her recorded work can be found on Albany Records, Cantaloupe Music, Innova Recordings, La-La Land Records, Naxos, New Amsterdam, Nonesuch, Starkland and Uffda Records.

Bathgate resides in Saratoga Springs, NY. (www.ashleybathgate.com)

UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Thursday, October 17, 2019, 8:15 PM Fall Choral Festival David P. DeVenney & Ryan Kelly, directors Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Philips Memorial Building Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 8:15 PM Chamber Strings Concert Joseph Caminiti, director Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building Friday, October 25, 2019, 7:30 PM Concert Choir & Mastersingers Concert David P. DeVenney & Ryan Kelly, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Monday, October 28, 2019, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: In Young Lee, soprano & Carl Cranmer, piano Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 8:15 PM Vocal Honors Recital Emily Bullock, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building

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