MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music

05/14/2024

We were just informed of the passing of Chas Smith, a great instrument inventor and fantastic pedal steel guitarist who lent his talents to both new music and countless film scores from Thomas Newman and Hans Zimmer. He was a friend and colleague of our Fearless Leader, and will be missed.

Cold Blue Music did a concert at Amoeba 1-24-2010 and we had to keep it short and quiet...

05/12/2024

This might read weird coming from a zany new music outfit like ours, but Roger Corman provided a blueprint for all of us creating art on a shoestring budget even when other folks thought we were crazy.

He lived a full and prosperous life, but I never before considered a world without him and his amazing ideas.

Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of B movies and discovered Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.

04/29/2024

Doctorate in Contemporary Music - Bowling Green State University students Rachel Constantino and Shelly Du present Anne LeBaron’s 'Cosmic Rose' for horn and harp, commissioned in 2022. This project was made possible with generous assistance from the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and the International Horn Society’s Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Grant. Thanks to BGSU College of Musical Arts for supporting this project, and many thanks to Anne LeBaron for this wonderful contribution to the horn repertoire!

Cosmic RoseComposed by Anne LeBaronPerformed by Rachel Constantino and Shelly DuCommissioned by Rachel ConstantinoThis commission was funded in part by the M...

03/18/2024

So proud of our BGSU alums in ADJ•ective New Music, LLC and their amazing new project with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra premiering this weekend!!!

As we get closer to the premiere of “…of the spheres…” we’re going to dive into the inspiration behind each of the movements. This project, also affectionately known as “The Orchestra’s Guide to the Galaxy” was conceived of as a foil to the Holst, in that we’ve been inspired by the scientific properties of our star system. To get inspired Toledo Symphony Orchestra and ADJ•ective New Music, LLC partnered with the The University of Toledo Department of Physics and Astronomy to tell us more about each planet’s composition, orbit, and resonances. UT scientists Michael Cushing and Heidi Westrick remained “on call” to answer questions throughout the composing process. Our mission from music director Alain Trudel… “help us learn something new about the cosmos at this concert!”

11/13/2023

Concert tonight!

09/23/2023

Congratulations to the composers selected for this year's Toledo Symphony Orchestra Student Composer readings!

Joshua DeLozier
Zachary Flasch
Thomas Johnston
Sum Yee Lee
Alex Schildgen

Looking forward to hearing your music!

07/27/2023

Check out our upcoming dates, and go to our website for more info!

Highlights include the Hyde Park Jazz Festival with Ensemble Dal Niente performing Courtney Bryan's "Requiem," and our debut appearance at Kaufman Music Center with Paul Pinto!

We're also returning to our alma mater, Bowling Green State University thanks to MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music and the KEAR Residency!

https://www.quince-ensemble.com/events

Photo by Karjaka Studios

07/24/2023

Not to hop too much on the Barbenheimer trend, but here's a great performance by Jocelyn Zelasko of John Adams' "Am I In Your Light?" from "Doctor Atomic," based on the same book Christopher Nolan used for the film.
Jocelyn Zelasko and New Music Detroit at the 2019 Bowling Green New Music Festival.

Am I in Your Light? from Dr. Atomic by John Adams arranged for string quartet by Evan Ziporyn and performed by New Music Detroit.

06/27/2023

We are pleased to announce Piyawat Louilarpprasert has accepted the composition position. Piyawat is from Thailand and has most recently been teaching at Cornell University. He holds the BM in Composition and Conducting from Mahidol University (Thailand), MM in Composition in Composition and Conducting from the Royal College of Music (UK), and a DMA in Composition from Cornell University. He is excited to join the CMA faculty in the fall. Thank you to search committee chair Chris Dietz and committee members Marilyn Shrude, Elainie Lillios, Justin Johnson and Dan Piccolo for their diligent work in bringing this search to a conclusion. Please join us in welcoming Piyawat to BGSU!

06/02/2023

A great composer, a great mind, has passed.

A statement from the family of Kaija Saariaho.

05/08/2023

Congrats to Congrats to Rihannon Giddens, Michael Abels, and their crew!, Michael Abels, and their crew!

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

04/15/2023

Here in Detroit today for the culmination of a two+ year project!

04/13/2023

BGSU's Opera Department presents "MicroOperas 2023."

Please join us for this exciting evening of student-produced and performed music featuring three 13-minute "micro" operas by BGSU student composers Shahrzad Talebi, Matthew Lam, and Sierra Wojtczack.

WHEN: Monday, April 17 at 8:00 P.M.
WHERE: Marjorie Conrad Choral Room in the Wolfe Center.
Price: FREE and open to the public.

04/07/2023

Jennifer Higdon is a Pulitzer Prize and three-time Grammy-winning composer and major figure in contemporary classical music. Higdon is the first classical composer to successfully own and manage her own publishing company.

Join us for E-week April 11-14 to learn more about Jennifer’s journey to entrepreneurship: https://bit.ly/2FMbLqP

03/21/2023

Our mini festival is THIS WEEKEND!!! We're so excited to share some great music from BGSU students, our call for scores winner Zach Gulaboff Davis, and our guest artists Max Alper, and D. Turner Matthews! It'll be a great time and we hope you can join us!

03/13/2023

Quasar quatuor de saxophones in 30 minutes!

03/10/2023

Next week, we are pleased to host Quasar quatuor de saxophones! Be sure to attend their concert and masterclass! Many thanks to MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music for making this residency possible through BGSU's Music at the Forefront series!

02/22/2023

Join us this Sunday, February 26th at 3pm at the ’s Great Gallery for a chamber music program from Bowling Green!

02/14/2023

Kronos Quartet and some special BGSU College of Musical Arts guests! Tonight at 8!

02/14/2023

At 50, the Kronos Quartet has its sights fixed on the future BGSU College of Musical Arts BGSU University Arts MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
http://bgindependentmedia.org/at-50-the-kronos-quartet-has-its-sights-fixed-on-the-future/

02/08/2023

Kronos Quartet brings its ’50 for the Future’ project to BGSU College of Musical Arts MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
http://bgindependentmedia.org/kronos-quartet-brings-its-50-for-the-future-project-to-bgsu/

01/30/2023

New music by our composers. Join us on Tuesday January 31 at 8:00pm Bryan Hall.

01/26/2023

MACCM's distinguished graduate assistant Eli Chambers!

BGSU student has composition “a vagrant thought” performed by Toledo Symphony (Video) BGSU College of Musical Arts MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
http://bgindependentmedia.org/bgsu-student-has-composition-a-vagrant-thought-performed-by-toledo-symphony/

01/12/2023

Celebrating a decade of collaboration with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra!

01/05/2023

https://www.quince-ensemble.com/summer-institute

JULY 12-16, 2022 Our first annual summer intensive for contemporary vocal chamber music will be held at the University of Washington in Seattle. Designed for pre-professional and early career singers who are ready to explore the potential of their voice and artistry in a supportive environment, the....

11/18/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/11/18/ned-rorem-dead-composer-diarist/

He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his orchestral suite “Air Music.” His diaries offered entree into elite gay and artistic circles.

11/15/2022

New music by our composers. Join us on Wednesday Nov 16 at 8:00pm Bryan Hall! Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/user/bgsumusic

11/10/2022

11/09/2022

Join us tomorrow Nov 9th at 3:30 pm Kobacher hall for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Reading Section. They will read our 5 talented students’ works. At 7:00 pm, Professor Zosha Di Castri from Columbia University will give a master class at Conrad Hall in the Wolfe Center.