SPECTRI SONORI a concert series and a chamber music ensemble specializing in performance of contemporary music, has been in residence at the Newcomb Music Department, Tulane University, since 1987. The series has presented the most recent compositions along with the established masterpieces of the recent past. The aim of SPECTRI SONORI is to introduce the New Orleans audience to the best works in the contemporary music literature and to encourage composers to create new works by offering an international composition competition and various special events in conjunction with the annual concert series. Among the grants the series has been awarded are grants from the French Government, Louisiana State Arts Council, Newcomb Foundation, Leonie D. Rothschild, Presser Foundation of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and a grant and a "Certificate of Excellence for Contribution to the Arts in the Greater New Orleans Community" from the David M. Metzner M.D. Foundation for the Arts.
May 2, 2005
Trio Chausson
Works by Ravel, Dusapin, Huber
April 26, 2005
John Dobry
Graduate Composition Recital
March 29, 2004
The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
Works by Cohen, Jazwinski, Noon, Sampson, Tanenbaum, Trapanese
February 1, 2004
Esther Lamneck (clarinet and tarogato)
Robert Rowe (computer)
Works for Electronic Media and Acoustic Instruments
May 2, 2003
Melissa Pausina
Graduate Composition Recital
April 28, 2003
Jennifer Gosnell
Senior Composition Recital
April 22, 2002
The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
Works by Hampton, Jazwinski, Kershner, Noon, Tanenbaum, Wilder
May 1, 2001
Billy Reisinger
Senior Composition Recital
April 9, 2001
Andrew Guthrie
Graduate Composition Recital
May 1, 2000
Andrew Guthrie, Jennifer Gosnell, Billy Reisinger
Student Composition Recital
March 27, 2000
Janet Packer, violin and Orin Grossman, piano
Works by Debussy, Ravel, Brian, Imbrie and London
March 13, 2000
The Louisiana Sinfonietta
Works by Constantinides, Carastathis, Jazwinski, Johnson, LeDee, Zervas and Pitombeira
February 28, 2000
New York University New Music Trio
Works by Constantinides, Jazwinski, Ghezzo, Schontal, Mazurek, Pitombeira and Cooper
October 25, 1999
Quatuor Francis Poulenc, France
Works by Chabrier, Poulenc, Linde, Ibert and Jazwinski
Newcomb Department of Music, 102 Dixon Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5267 music@tulane.edu