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Chicago-based early music collective Schola Antiqua returns to the Memorial Art Gallery for a program highlighting themes in the Memorial Art Gallery’s recent installation of Renaissance stained glass. Wide-ranging expressions from the pre-modern sound world interweave with the provocative chamber music of American minimalist Philip Glass, performed by Eastman School of Music contemporary music ensemble OSSIA. Naomi Gregory will contribute from the Italian Baroque organ.
About the Performers
OSSIA New Music is a student-run organization at the Eastman School of Music committed to performing the works of contemporary composers. OSSIA hosts concerts and events at Eastman and throughout the Rochester community and promotes the music of diverse and vibrant composers. OSSIA is generously funded through the Howard Hanson Fund and grants from Eastman’s Institute of Music Leadership.
Supported by generous grants from the University of Rochester Humanities Project, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library, the Dean’s Office of the Eastman School of Music, and the Arthur Satz Department of Music. Co-sponsored by the departments of History; Musicology; Conducting & Ensembles; Humanities (Eastman); All Eastman Events; the Visual and Cultural Studies Program; Art and Art History; Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards; Religion and Classics; Chamber Music; and Voice, Opera, and Vocal Coaching.