New Music Concert Series
New Music Concert Series
Each semester students of Delaware County Community College and residents of the Delaware County region have access to concerts featuring the world's top musicians right in their own backyard. The series highlights the expansive musical experience available in the 21st century, presenting virtuosic and cutting edge musicians from around the globe. The College is proud to present the fifteenth season of the New Music Concert Series for 2022–2023. Don’t miss these incredible opportunities to explore music in ways you’ve never heard before!
Admission
$10 | General Admission (In-Person & Streaming)
FREE | Edu Tickets (In-Person & Streaming)
Students from all schools and colleges, as well as DCCC employees receive complimentary admission to all concerts in this series!
Limit one education ticket per online order. (Please present school ID at ticket table.)
In-person tickets also available at the door.
For more information and group ticket sales, please call 610-359-5266.
ADA Assistive Listening Devices, Accessible Seating and Parking Available
Spring 2023 Concerts
Thursday, March 2 at 5 p.m.
mélomanie2
Thursday, March 2 at 5 p.m.
Large Auditorium • Academic Building • Marple Campus
Join us as we welcome mélomanie2 to the stage at Delaware County Community College for an evening concert followed by a Q&A! mélomanie2, Kimberly Reighley, baroque & modern flutes and Tracy Richardson, harpsichord will perform four world premieres written for them:
Trefoil for alto flute and harpsichord (Mark Hagerty)
Sonata in e minor for baroque flute and harpsichord (Chuck Holdeman)
A Mirror of Midnight for flute and harpsichord (Larry Nelson) new work for flute, harpsichord and sitar (Richard Belcastro)
And two works from the Baroque for baroque flute and obbligato harpsichord:
Sonata 4 in E Minor (Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)
Concert 1 in D Major (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Thursday, March 23 at 5 p.m.
the Lang/Rainwater Project
Join us as we welcome the Lang/Rainwater Project to the stage at Delaware County Community College for an evening concert followed by a Q&A!
The Lang/Rainwater Project is an ensemble dedicated to the new, whether that takes the form of exciting new commissions for trombone and piano, or recontextualizing pre-existing repertoire in a dynamic new form.
Anne Rainwater: Bay Area, California-based pianist Anne Rainwater is a dexterous musician known for her vibrant interpretations of works from J.S. Bach to John Zorn. Recognized for her “boldly assertive rhetoric” (San Francisco Examiner) and “bright golden honeycomb for a brain” (Roy Doughty, poet), she appears as a soloist, chamber musician and lecture artist.
William Lang: Originally from Long Island, trombonist William Lang is an active performer, improviser, and teacher based in New York City. He can be found playing in all settings and styles, from cutting edge new premieres to classical masterpieces with orchstras, as well as Broadway shows and world famous pop artists.
Thursday, May 4 at 5 p.m.
Marianne Parker & Megan Ihnen
Join us as we welcome Pianist Marianne Parker and mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen to the stage at Delaware County Community College for an evening concert followed by a Q&A! Pianist Marianne Parker and mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen present a concert exploring personal growth, evolving roles in life, and the unwavering forward motion amid uncertainty that exists in that space.
About the Ensemble:
Megan Ihnen is a “new music force of nature.” Her performances thrive on elaborate sound worlds and fully-developed dramatic interpretations. A gifted narrative and non-narrative musical storyteller, Megan’s performance work explores the depths of memory, nostalgia, the perception of time, and complex relationships. Passionate about contemporary chamber music and opera, Megan has worked with individuals and ensembles around the globe.
Marianne Parker’s playing has been described as, “a cut above...her sympathetic fingers offering well-sculpted phrases and impassioned pealing” (Chicago Classical Review). Her work can be heard on three albums, Pages intimes (2019), Pyano Sa (2020), and Currents in Time (2020, PARMA/Navona Records). Marianne is curator for the Anthology of 21st century works for solo piano through NewMusicShelf Publishing.