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The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble is one of the nation's oldest professional ensembles devoted to the music of our time. Now entering our 31st year, PNME's summer festival presents new music in a way you won't encounter anywhere else. If you think you don't like modern music, or if you're bored with the "same-old same-old" concert routine, we promise you'll find something at PNME to entice and inspire you. Our festival of music and film takes place at City Theatre, 13th and Bingham Streets, on Pittsburgh's South Side, June 27- July 26, 2008. Concerts are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. City Theatre is a company that shares our vision of bringing new, cutting-edge work to Pittsburgh and presenting it with the highest standards of excellence. City Theatre is near the restaurants and shops of East Carson Street, and has its own parking lot for patrons. We hope you enjoy visiting us as much as we have enjoyed working with this extraordinary organization. PNME is a mission-driven organization, and we're always striving for more compelling presentations that will challenge, delight and move you. We have the future behind us is more than a catch-phrase, it articulates a philosophy of continued artistic growth, a commitment to embracing the New and expressing it with wit, power, insight and beauty. We continue to be energized by our mission and by the response of you, our audience, to the work we do. If you're one of the growing number of devoted PNME fans, welcome back! If you're a newcomer, get ready for a musical experience unlike any other; we hope you are as inspired by what you encounter here as we are to present it. Enjoy! |
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The 1976 brainstorm of composer David Stock, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME) was organized and backed by a small group of people committed to creating something new in the arts. The Ensemble, in residence at Duquesne University, has collaborated with such composers as John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Witold Lutoslawski, Joan Tower, John Harbison, William Kraft, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and with performers as diverse as Richard Stoltzman, Stephen Burns, Ivan Monighetti, Vladimir Feltsman, the String Trio of New York, Leroy Jenkins, and Jean-Luc Ponty. Young composers often share the bill with recognized giants, appearing onstage to speak about their music before it is performed. PNME has premiered more than 100 works, many of which were written especially for them. The Ensemble has further supported emerging composers by sponsoring the Harvey Gaul Composition Contest and the Composer's Forum of Music Lives! The Pittsburgh International Music Festival. The Ensemble tours throughout Pennsylvania and the United States, introducing students of all ages to new music and bringing world-class concerts to enthusiastic audiences at Carnegie Hall as well as at high school auditoriums. |
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| PNME | P.O. Box 99476, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 |
(412) 889-7231 | |
