The Nief-Norf Summer Festival is an interdisciplinary summer music festival that attracts contemporary music performers, composers, and scholars to an environment of performance, creation, and discussion. The 2018 nnSF takes place June 11-25 with public performances in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall of the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center at the University of Tennessee.
Individual performance tickets: $15
VIP Festival Passes: $135 (admittance to all twelve festival concerts)
Tickets are available at https://nnsf18.brownpapertickets.com/
CONCERT 1 – Monday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Opening concert of the 2018 Nief-Norf Summer Festival performed by 2018 festival faculty: Allison Dromgold Adams, Andy Bliss, Lisa Cella, Andrea Violet Lodge, Eric Retterer, Jay Sorce, and Eric Willie.
Opening concert of the 2018 Nief-Norf Summer Festival performed by 2018 festival faculty: Allison Dromgold Adams, Andy Bliss, Lisa Cella, Andrea Violet Lodge, Eric Retterer, Jay Sorce, and Eric Willie.
Shadowbox by Hanna Hartman
the square of yellow light that is your window by Anne Cleare
Linea D’ombra by Magnus Lindberg
the square of yellow light that is your window by Anne Cleare
Linea D’ombra by Magnus Lindberg
CONCERT 2 – Thursday, June 14, 7:30 PM
Music by Christopher Burns, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, Isaac Schankler, and Toru Takemitsu.
Music by Christopher Burns, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, Isaac Schankler, and Toru Takemitsu.
H. by Fernanda Aoki Navarro
unlit cigarettes by Christopher Burns
And then I knew ‘twas Wind by Toru Takemitsu
Sad Trombone by Isaac Schankler
unlit cigarettes by Christopher Burns
And then I knew ‘twas Wind by Toru Takemitsu
Sad Trombone by Isaac Schankler
CONCERT 3 – Friday June 15, 7:30 PM
Features music by Christopher Adler, Sidney Boquiren, Carolyn Chen, and Jinhee Han (Composer-in-Residence). This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival.
Features music by Christopher Adler, Sidney Boquiren, Carolyn Chen, and Jinhee Han (Composer-in-Residence). This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival.
Pan-lom by Christopher Adler
The Book of Mourning, Quarto III: Tala by Sidney Boquiren
Made in China, Made in California by Carolyn Chen
Echoes of Home by Jinhee Han
The Book of Mourning, Quarto III: Tala by Sidney Boquiren
Made in China, Made in California by Carolyn Chen
Echoes of Home by Jinhee Han
CONCERT 4, Part 1 – Saturday, June 16, 11:30 AM
Works by Chen Yi, Christopher Adler, Soo Yeon Lyuh
Works by Chen Yi, Christopher Adler, Soo Yeon Lyuh
CONCERT 4, Part 2 – Saturday, June 16, 1:30 PM
Music by Carolyn Chen, Viet Cuong (Call for Scores Winner), and Chatori Shimizu This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival!
Music by Carolyn Chen, Viet Cuong (Call for Scores Winner), and Chatori Shimizu This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival!
Fine Feathered Friends by Carolyn Chen
Traditional solo Guqin set performed by Carolyn Chen
Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine by Viet Cuong
Traditional solo Guqin set performed by Carolyn Chen
Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine by Viet Cuong
CONCERT 5 – Saturday, June 16, 7:30 PM
Music by Carolyn Chen, Juro Kim Feliz (Composer-in-Residence), Akira Nishimura, and Evan Ziporyn. This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival.
Music by Carolyn Chen, Juro Kim Feliz (Composer-in-Residence), Akira Nishimura, and Evan Ziporyn. This concert is also part of the New Asia Research Summit that takes place during the festival.
Fine Feathered Friends by Carolyn Chen
Kecak by Akira Nishimura
Pangkur by Juro Kim Feliz
This is a Scream by Carolyn Chen
Aneh Tapi Nyata by Evan Ziporyn
Kecak by Akira Nishimura
Pangkur by Juro Kim Feliz
This is a Scream by Carolyn Chen
Aneh Tapi Nyata by Evan Ziporyn
CONCERT 6 – Monday, June 18, 7:30 PM
Music by Drew Baker, Sidney Boquiren, Jordan Munson, and Mayke Nas.
Music by Drew Baker, Sidney Boquiren, Jordan Munson, and Mayke Nas.
I Delayed People’s Flights By Walking Slowly In Narrow Hallways by Mayke Nas
Nox by Baker
Firmament by Jordan Munson
Tres Marias by Sidney Boquiren
Nox by Baker
Firmament by Jordan Munson
Tres Marias by Sidney Boquiren
CONCERT 7 – Tuesday, June 19, 7:30 PM
Music by Carolyn Chen, Morton Feldman, Thomas Meadowcroft, Frederic Rzewski, and Vanessa Tomlinson.
Music by Carolyn Chen, Morton Feldman, Thomas Meadowcroft, Frederic Rzewski, and Vanessa Tomlinson.
Walkman Antiquarian by Thomas Meadowcroft
Field Response by Carolyn Chen
Moonrise with Memories by Frederic Rzewski
Instruments 1 by Morton Feldman
Static by Vanessa Tomlinson
Field Response by Carolyn Chen
Moonrise with Memories by Frederic Rzewski
Instruments 1 by Morton Feldman
Static by Vanessa Tomlinson
CONCERT 8 – June 20, 7:30 PM
Music by Carolyn Chen, Lukas Foss, Erin Gee, and Anthony Pateras.
Music by Carolyn Chen, Lukas Foss, Erin Gee, and Anthony Pateras.
Mouthpiece 28 by Erin Gee
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Lukas Foss
Refractions by Anthony Pateras
Relationships with Gravity by Carolyn Chen
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Lukas Foss
Refractions by Anthony Pateras
Relationships with Gravity by Carolyn Chen
CONCERT 9 – June 21, 7:30 PM
Music by Christopher Adler, Carolyn Chen, Alexander Schubert, and Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II.
Music by Christopher Adler, Carolyn Chen, Alexander Schubert, and Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II.
Point Ones by Alexander Schubert
Signals Intelligence by Christopher Adler
Drown by Carolyn Chen
Twelve Virtues by Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II
Signals Intelligence by Christopher Adler
Drown by Carolyn Chen
Twelve Virtues by Baljinder Singh Sekhon, II
CONCERT 10 – June 22, 7:30 PM
Eleven world premieres by composer fellows Logan Busch, Weijun Chen, Stephen Downing, Jason Eldridge, William Lamkin, Charles Lutvak, Jonathan Newmark, Varun Rangaswamy, Conner Shaw, Kelley Sheehan, and Sebastian Zel.
Eleven world premieres by composer fellows Logan Busch, Weijun Chen, Stephen Downing, Jason Eldridge, William Lamkin, Charles Lutvak, Jonathan Newmark, Varun Rangaswamy, Conner Shaw, Kelley Sheehan, and Sebastian Zel.
CONCERT 11 – June 23, 7:30 PM
Music by guest ensemble Hypercube.
Music by guest ensemble Hypercube.
FINALE: Nief-Norf Summer Festival 2018 Marathon Concert
June 24, 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Music by Christopher Adler, Christopher Burns, Matthew Burtner, Natacha Diels, Tan Dun, Daniel Fawcett, Ashley Fure, Federico Garcia-De Castro, Tomas La Porta (Composer-in-Residence), George Lewis, Jessie Marino, Kaija Saariaho, John Supko, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Nina Young.
June 24, 3:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Music by Christopher Adler, Christopher Burns, Matthew Burtner, Natacha Diels, Tan Dun, Daniel Fawcett, Ashley Fure, Federico Garcia-De Castro, Tomas La Porta (Composer-in-Residence), George Lewis, Jessie Marino, Kaija Saariaho, John Supko, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Nina Young.
