Ensembles: New Music

Musique 21 (New Music Ensemble)

Musique 21 at the Michigan State University College of Music is a contemporary music ensemble of flexible instrumentation that is devoted to the performance of works written by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. It provides audiences with unique sounds and timbres that have been developed throughout the contemporary era of music. It is comprised of both faculty and students within the College of Music

Since its inception in 1997, the ensemble has performed works by MSU composers Jere Hutcheson, Ronald Newman, and other composers including Evan Chambers, George Crumb, Sofia Gubaidulina, Ian Honeyman, Libby Larson, Gyorgy Ligetti, David Liptak, Stephen Rush, Joseph Schwantner, Michael Torke, Edgard Varese, and Dana Wilson.

Raphael Jimenez, artistic director/conductor

2007-2008 Concert Schedule

Monday, October 1, 2007
Musique 21
7:30 p.m. Music Auditorium

Monday, October 29, 2007

Musique 21
Latin American Music

7:30 p.m. Music Auditorium

Friday, February 15, 2008
Musique 21

8:00 p.m. Music Auditorium

Friday, April 4, 2008

Musique 21

With guest artist Joe Lulloff

8:00 p.m. Music Auditorium

Musique 21 Repertoire (1998-2006)