Ossia, the Eastman School of Music's student-run new music ensemble, will present a
concert of works by Eastman faculty composers Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in
Hendricks Chapel. The free concert is sponsored by the composition department in the Rose,
Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University's College of Visual
and Performing Arts (VPA).
The concert will feature work by David Liptak, Robert Morris, Allan Schindler, Ricardo
Zohn-Muldoon and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez.
Liptak's "Starpoints" for solo violin and "The Trees Have Spirits" for solo bass explore the
full expressive potential of these string instruments from opposite ends of the size spectrum.
"The Trees Have Spirits" is dedicated to Daniel S. Godfrey, professor of composition at the
Setnor School.
The concert will also feature Morris' "Roundelay" for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin
and cello; Schindler's "Take Me Places;" Zohn-Muldoon's "Flores del Viento," a setting of
poems for baritone, cello and piano inspired by the myth of Quetzalcoatl, a powerful pre-
Hispanic god and a historical figure in Toltec culture; and Sanchez-Gutierrez's "Trio-
Variations" for flute, clarinet and piano.
Since it was formed in 1997, Ossia has produced more than 60 professional-quality concerts
of contemporary music. Its goal is to bring concert audiences into contact with works by
underrepresented composers and to support the development of young composers by
commissioning new works. It is an entirely student-run organization, financially supported
by the Howard Hanson Fund.
Each spring, Ossia invites the general public to submit proposals of single works, concerts
and special projects for future concert seasons. For more information, visit
http://www.ossianewmusic.org.
For more information about the concert, contact Elizabeth A. Kelly of Ossia at (734) 645-
0173, or Bobbi Lonobile of the Eastman School of Music at (585) 274-1052.
