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New Art/New Music: Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration

Shepherd School composers Nicky Sohn, Lucas Lemonholm, Alex Moreno, Olivia Bennett, and Daniel Zlatkin had their pieces performed and recorded at Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University as a part of the New Art/New Music concert! You can check out the exciting performances and premieres from the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WDTowA7DFq4

New Art/New Music: Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration Responding to the Moody's spring exhibition Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration, Shepherd School of Music composers and musicians will per...

Article from Rice News about the special concert at Rice Stadium. 🎶

https://news.rice.edu/2021/03/29/bright-lights-big-sound/

Bright lights, big sound Shepherd School composition students use Rice stadium for socially distanced concert of works written during the pandemic

A wonderful interview with the first year DMA composer Badie Khaleghian on his new work for the Moody Center’s New Art New Music series!

http://news.rice.edu/2020/11/16/new-art-new-music-series-gets-even-more-experimental-this-fall/

New Art/New Music series gets even more experimental this fall Badie Khaleghian’s interactive composition with 1,024 possible permutations among new compositions for Moody’s ‘States of Mind.’

Fall 2020: New Art / New Music

Works by Joanna McDonald, Jake Sandridge, and Auburn Lee.

https://youtu.be/ss8IYoaSyfY

Fall 2020: New Art/New Music Responding to the Moody's fall exhibition "States of Mind: Art and American Democracy," Shepherd School of Music students composed new works which were perfo...

Rehearsal for the stadium project with the brass and percussion departments began today! We had pieces by Alex Moreno and Nicky Sohn and we’d like to thank Jerry Hou and everyone involved for this special collaboration! Stay tuned for the performance on Saturday, November 14 at 8pm!!

Rice percussion, brass, and composition departments are collaborating to create a special performing event at the Rice Stadium this fall. Composers were invited to the stadium last Thursday to test out some of the logistics of the project! Stay tuned for more updates on this awesome project. :)