The Treachery of Sounds

Steven Bryant

(A PNME Commission/World Premiere)

Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte is known for thought-provoking images that challenge our pre-conceived notions of reality. From “The False Mirror” to “Not to be Reproduced” Magritte shows us time and again that the eye may well lie to us. But what of sounds? Do you trust them? Inspired by a series of specific Magritte paintings, Steven Bryant’s masterful “The Treachery of Sounds” grapples with music’s core integrity and authenticity, inviting us into surreal scenes of love, loss, alienation, attraction, and wonder.
Stories, scenarios, and lyrics by Kevin Noe and Lindsay Kesselman, choreography and dance by Gary Abbott of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater in Chicago.

 

The Gray Cat and the Flounder

Kieren MacMillan

(A PNME Commission/World Premiere)

Our beloved production of “The Gray Cat and the Flounder” was featured in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2019!

Check our demo here, AND WEAR HEADPHONES!

60 Second Trailer. HEADPHONES MUST BE WORN!

90 Second Trailer. HEADPHONES MUST BE WORN!

Check out highlights reel from last season!

"Bringing Together the People and the Arts of Our Time". Join us this July for a different expression of new art and community each weekend. Using music as the vehicle for larger ideas, PNME will unveiled 5 world premieres, along with visual art, puppetry, film, animation, and touching stories.

Season Trailer from 2018:

Take a trip down memory lane with us and rediscover all 4 weeks of the PNME Theatre of Music's 43rd Season in 2018! Filled with art, fellowship, and a head-shaped microphone - what could be better?! See you same time, same place next July!

PNME in action...

The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble presents the first movement of Thierry de Mey's "Musique de Table". From left to right: Norbert Lewandowski (cello), Kevin Noe (Executive Artistic Director), & Ian Rosenbaum (percussion)

"Musique de Table" Mvt. 1

BY THIERRY DE MEY

PNME artists Norbert Lewandowski (cello), Kevin Noe (Artistic Director), and Ian Rosenbaum (percussion)
2016

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble play Chris Cerrone's "Naomi Songs". Live recording July 28, 2017.

"Naomi Songs"

BY CHRIS CERRONE

PNME Artists. Kevin Noe, Baritone
2017

South Catalina performed live on July 29, 2017 by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Lindsey Goodman, flute Eric Jacobs, clarinet Nathalie Shaw, violin Norbert Lewandowski, cello Daniel Pesca, piano Ian Rosenbaum, percussion Kevin Noe, artistic director Further information here: http://christophercerrone.com/south-catalina Video shot by Michael Pisano Edited by Point of Order Productions Recorded by Chris McGlumphy Mixed by Mike Tierney Lighting Design by Andrew Ostrowski http://www.pnme.org/

"South Catalina"

BY CHRISTOPHER CERRONE

PNME Artists 2017

From a live performance for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble on July 15, 2015. Norbert Lewandowski, cello. Program Note from the composer: Three Shades, Foreshadows is a cello solo with stereo digital playback written for Mariel Roberts. The live solo part is often shadowed, or mimicked by the other three electronic parts.

Three Shades, Foreshadows

BY ANDY AKIHO

PNME cellist, Norbert Lewandowski
2015 Live Performance

The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble plays NO one To kNOW one with the composer, Andy Akiho.

"NO one To kNOW one"

BY ANDY AKIHO

PNME Artists.
Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano.
2016 Live Performance.

Double Happiness performed live on July 29, 2017 by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Daniel Pesca, piano Ian Rosenbaum, percussion Double Happiness was written in the fall of 2012. While the piece was composed in New York, much of the piece was inspired by a summer spent in Italy while I was a fellow at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation's castle in Umbria.

"Double Happiness"

BY CHRISTOPHER CERRONE

Ian Rosenbaum, PNME Percussionist
Daniel Pesca, Guest Pianist
2017