Thursday, November 6, 2025
Ware Family Recital Hall
Swope Music Building 7:30 PM
PROGRAM
Network for New Music
Susanna Loewy, flute
Sean Bailey, clarinet and bass clarinet
Arlen Hlusko , cello
Thomas Schuttenhelm, electric guitar
Phillip O’Banion, percussion
Charles Abramovic , piano
The Dawn Is Full of Nightmares (2025) .....................................................................................................Christian Mechem (WCU Master of Music ‘26)
I. Red-shift
II. Plagues of Accelerated Time
III. Are You Okay?
IV. Return to Dark Ages
Ensemble
Peripateia (2025) .....................................................................................................................................................
Ty’lei Singleton (WCU Bachelor of Music ‘26)
Ensemble
Small, Flickering Lights (2025) .............................................................................................................................Annika Willow (WCU Master of Music ‘27)
Ensemble
not say a word (2022)
That Radiant Outburst (2015)
Ari Sussman (Wells School of Music Faculty ) Abramovic
Adam Silverman (Wells School of Music Faculty )
Bailey, Hlusko, O’Banion and Abramovic
Nonstandard Deviations (2025) ..............................................................................................................................Mark Rimple (Wells School of Music Faculty )
I. The Old Man is Sick (a Prophecy)
II. False, Perverse
III. Out of the Whirlwind
IV. Dame Fortune Turning Her Wheel (with apologies to Binchois and Byrd)
Bailey, Schuttenhelm and Hlusko
Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices .
ARTIST PROFILE
About Network for New Music: Recognized for their dynamic performances of contemporary compositions by both emerging and established composers, Network for New Music continues to be Philadelphia's "premier new music organization" (Philadelphia Inquirer). Founded in 1984, the flexible ensemble has presented over 700 works and recorded four CDs for Albany Records and on the Innova label. In addition to presenting "tomorrow's music today", the Network Ensemble has had educational residencies at the Mann Center (All -CityOrchestra-Summer-Academy), the Curtis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Swarthmore College, West Chester University, and since 2007, it has maintained an ongoing residency at Haverford College.
Website : www.networkfornewmusic.org
Instagram/Facebook/YouTube : @networkfornewmusic
UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
For full event details visitwcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739
Friday, November 7, 2025 , 7:30 PM
Criterions Concert
Jonathan Ragonese, director
Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center
226 N. High St., West Chester PA
Friday, November 14, 2025 , 7:30 PM
WCU Opera Theatre: The Three Feathers*
Nicholas Provenzale, director
Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall
Philips Memorial Building
Saturday, November 15, 2025 , 7:30 PM
Symphony Orchestra Concert
Paul Bryan, director
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Performing Arts Center
Sunday, November 16, 2025 , 7:00 PM
Wind Symphony & Concert Band Concert
Adam Gumble & Hannah Morrison, directors
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Performing Arts Center
Thursday, November 13, 2025 , 7:30 PM
Trumpet Ensemble Concert
Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski & Robert Skoniczin, directors
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Performing Arts Center
Saturday, November 15, 2025 , 3:00 PM
WCU Opera Theatre: The Three Feathers*
Nicholas Provenzale, director
Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall
Philips Memorial Building
Sunday, November 16, 2025 , 3:00 PM
Liberty Youth Wind Symphony Concert
Adam Gumble & Hannah Morrison, directors
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre
Performing Arts Center
Monday, November 17, 2025 , 7:30 PM
Chamber Strings Concert
Adriana Linares, director
Ware Family Recital Hall
Swope Music Building
*Ticketsarerequired for this event.
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