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Lunatics at Large Series

Lunatics at Large, called "young, energetic and finely polished” by Allan Kozinn of The New York Times, is a large mixed ensemble combining voice, strings, winds and piano. The group was formed in 2007 to explore the timbral possibilities of chamber music repertoire from the beginning of the 20th century until now. In thematic concerts, the group's programs juxtapose standard repertoire and established composers of the 20th century with more recent compositions. Lunatics at Large thus encourages listeners to hear connections between different works and appreciate very recent compositions in the perspective of the evolution of classical music over the last 110 years.

Lunatics at Large is committed to working with living composers and to commissioning new pieces for its expanded Pierrot instrumentation. The group also embraces collaborative projects with artists from other media, such as the Sanctuary Project - a multi-disciplinary performance, which featured collaborative works of five poets and five composers commissioned to explore the universal, yet personal theme Sanctuary in words and sounds.

 Concerts during the 2011-12

Lunatics at Large Series

will take place on these evenings @ 7:30pm:

October 13th: "Come Round...Druckman, Carter, Schober"

December 8th: "Berio Sequenzas"

February 3rd: "Utopia - Experimental Music"

March 1st: "Kaija Saariaho & Influences"

May 24th: "Harbison, Saariaho, Schuller, Fairouz"

Thursday, March 1st @ 7:30pm

 "Kaija Saariaho & Influences"

Debussy - Sonata for flute, harp and viola
Saariaho - Die Aussicht
Janacek – Violin Sonata
Saariaho - Cendres
Dallapiccola - Divertimento in quatro esercizi
Saariaho - Je sens un deuxieme coeur

Hannah Fuerst, soprano (guest)
Jonathan Engle, flute
Ryan Walsh, oboe
Ben Ringer, clarinet
Arthur Moeller, violin
Jen Herman, viola
Andrea Lee, cello
Mirna Lekic, piano (guest)
Carol Minor, piano (guest)
Nuiko Wadden, harp (guest)

Mohammed Fairouz, composer
Music Faculty, Northeastern University 

Laura Koplewitz, composer
Professor, Stony Brook University

Joel Lester, Dean of Mannes College the New School for Music

Alex Shapiro, composer

David Schober, composer
Assistant Professor, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College

David Shapiro, poet
Tenured Art Historian, William Paterson University. Visiting and Adjunct Professor, Cooper Union, since l980

www.lunaticsensemble.com