Concert #2 of the 8th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music

On Saturday, August 7th the second concert of the 8th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music took place.  This concert featured seven pieces, four of which were acoustic pieces and three were for instrument and electronics.  This was the first year in which we programmed three such pieces in one concert.  Actually, prior to this year we had programmed only one instrument and electronics piece total.  The setup for this concert provided a different set of challenges than we were used to, but we were able to get through each of these without many problems.

The acoustic pieces provided a wide variety of styles of music.  The first piece on the program was Paul Hembree's Passion for soprano, clarinet, percussion and double bass.  The concert ended with the final scene of John Bilotta's chamber opera Trifles.  I feel that this was our most ambitious program on the Festival yet.  All of the music was wonderfully performed and in spite of our best efforts the concert came off smooth and professional.  I am excited to see what next year brings!