Founded in 2012 by composer and conductor Robert A. Baker, Newprism Ensemble was active in Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington D.C. between 2012 and 2017. 

art-music of the 20th & 21st centuries

Upcoming Concerts

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Programme

 

Pierre Boulez

Dérive 1 for six players (1984) [VIDEO]

Sarah Kirkland Snider        

You are free for five players (2015)

Jörg Widmann

Fantasie for solo clarinet (1993)

Robert A. Baker

all the lights are gathered in your eyes (2016)  [VIDEO]

Shulamit Ran

Inscriptions for solo violin (1991)

Augusta Read Thomas

Rumi Settings for violin and cello (2001)

 

Musicians

David LaVorgna, flute
Melissa Lander, clarinet
Sarah Manley, trombone
Anna Nizhegorodtseva, piano
Brendan Betyn, percussion
Lauren Rausch, violin

Ismar Gomes, cello
Jesus Apodaca, contrabass

Robert A. Baker, conductor

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Past Concerts

Sunday 22 October 2017
Humanities Theatre, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, USA
presented by The Department of Performing Arts 
15:00

 

 

Monday 23 October 2017

Ward Recital Hall, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA
presented by the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music
19:30

Saturday 17 November 2012

2640 SPACE, Baltimore, MD, USA
19:30

Programme

 

Robert A. Baker                                   

Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays? for solo piano (2010)

Morton Feldman

Projection 2 for five players (1951)

R. A. Baker

Valence I for solo piano (2008)

Gérard Grisey

Talea for five players (1986)

R. A. Baker

Valence IV for six players (2011)*

 

 

 

 





* world premiere

 

Musicians

David LaVorgna, flute
Pamela Helton, clarinet
Chris Gekker, trumpet
Joe Satava, piano
Robert A. Baker, piano
Pat Roulet, percussion
Lauren Rausch, violin

Adam Gonzalez, cello

Robert A. Baker, conductor

Tuesday 4 April 2017

Ward Recital Hall, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA
presented by the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music
20:00

Programme

 

Bent Sørensen

The Deserted Churchyards for six players (1990) [VIDEO]

Anton Webern

Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 7 (1910)

Robert A. Baker

on a fragile curve for solo piano & ten players (2017)* [VIDEO]

Toshio Hosokawa

A Song from Far Away for six players (2001)  [VIDEO]

Jennifer M. Barker                

BuMian for solo piano (2011)

 

 

 

 

 


* world premiere

Musicians

David LaVorgna, flute
Bethany Slater, oboe
Melissa Lander, clarinet
Chris Gekker, trumpet
Jeff Cortazzo, trombone
Francesca Hurst, piano
Anna Nizhegorodtseva, piano
Ivo Kaltchev, piano
Jeff Stern, percussion
Lauren Rausch, violin
Deanna Said, viola

Tobias Werner, cello
Michael Rittling, contrabass

Robert A. Baker, conductor

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