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COLLEGE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Brave New Works is committed to educational programs through the
exploration of contemporary music. The College Residency Program (CRP)
is an extension of that commitment. In a residency (usually between two
and ten days) the musicians of Brave New Works give open rehearsals,
conduct instrumental, vocal, and chamber music master classes, and work
with student composers, reading their compositions in a workshop
environment. When resources allow, Brave New Works also provides
student composers with recordings of their works. Residencies culminate
in a full-length evening concert program by Brave New Works.
To date, Brave New Works has conducted programs at Lewis and Clark
College in Portland, Oregon, and at the University of Puget Sound in
Tacoma, Washington. In June 2003, Brave New Works traveled to Boston
for a ten-day residency at Tufts University, and in October 2003 to
Bowling Green, Ohio to participate in the Bowling Green State University
New Music and Art Festival as the festival's ensemble in residence.
NEW VOICES
As part of Brave New Work's mission to Engage, Enrich and Educate, we
offer a specially designed program for middle through high school
students. The program, called "New Voices", is a combination of
performance and discussion that serves to provide insight into the world
of modern music and the lively arts. The members of Brave New Works
perform compositions from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
exploring with students the ways in which these compositions challenge
previous musical conventions and expectations. The process invites
students to open their minds and ears to new possibilities. Topics for
discussion include historical context, ways in which today's composers
extend the traditional techniques of playing each instrument, and how
composers develop new languages for communicating their ideas. We will
also discuss and demonstrate the ways in which popular music, such as
rock, hip-hop, and jazz influence modern classical music. The "New
Voices" program is valuable to both music and non-music curricula alike,
and can be tailored to fit individual class periods or large student
assemblies. Our objective is to awaken students to the exciting
possibilities of this fresh and living genre of classical music.
For more information about our educational programs, please e-mail us at
info@bravenewworks.org or call (734) 276 4906
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