Spitting Image Collective Event Archive
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Spitting Image presents Transient Canvas
April 2022 Spitting Image Collective presents Boston-based contemporary music trailblazers Transient Canvas in a concert featuring works by local Twin Cities composers Joshua Clausen, Daniel Nass, Katherine Bergman, and Jonathan Posthuma, plus music by Yiyang Wang and Mikhail Johnson. |
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Spitting Image presents 10th Wave
June 2021 Spitting Image Collective is teaming up with Minneapolis-based contemporary music group 10th Wave Chamber Collective to present world premieres by Spitting Image composers Katherine Bergman, Joshua Clausen, and Daniel Nass plus special guest composer Joe Horton. The collaboration between Spitting Image and 10th Wave will be released as a video production (36 minute duration) on YouTube followed by a live Q&A with Spitting Image and 10th Wave via Zoom. Co-presented by Studio Z. Watch the video production. |
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Spitting Image presents Hub New Music
Oct. 24-26, 2019
Spitting Image Collective is teaming up with Boston-based contemporary music group Hub New Music to present world premieres by Spitting Image composers Katherine Bergman, Joshua Clausen, and Daniel Nass. Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. Through creative programming and ambitious commissioning projects, the quartet of “intrepids” (WQXR) celebrates the fluidity and diversity of today’s classical music landscape. Its performances have been described as “gobsmacking” (Cleveland Classical) and “innovative” (WBUR).
Oct. 24-26, 2019
Spitting Image Collective is teaming up with Boston-based contemporary music group Hub New Music to present world premieres by Spitting Image composers Katherine Bergman, Joshua Clausen, and Daniel Nass. Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. Through creative programming and ambitious commissioning projects, the quartet of “intrepids” (WQXR) celebrates the fluidity and diversity of today’s classical music landscape. Its performances have been described as “gobsmacking” (Cleveland Classical) and “innovative” (WBUR).
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Spitting Image presents Seen/Heard Trio
April/May 2018 Spitting Image Collective teams up with American contemporary music group Seen/Heard Trio to present new commissions by Spitting Image composers Katherine Bergman, Joshua Clausen, and Daniel Nass. Hailing from cities throughout the country, Seen/Heard Trio comes together to fuel their common dedication to fiercely compelling performances and persuasive story-telling through music. Mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen (Des Moines, IA), flutist Erika Boysen (Greensboro, NC) and harpist Jennifer R. Ellis (Los Angeles, CA) combine the skill and musicianship of classical training with the fearlessness of new music adventurers, helping audiences find the joy and wonder in chamber music. |
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Zeitgeist & Spitting Image Collective
May 2017 Spitting Image Collective is teaming up with acclaimed new music ensemble Zeitgeist to present new commissions by Spitting Image Collective composers Katherine Bergman and Daniel Nass alongside Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung’s captivating work Spiral XIV “Nimitta,” commissioned by Zeitgeist in 2012. One of the longest established new music ensembles in the country, Zeitgeist has maintained a fierce dedication to the creation of new music for nearly four decades, commissioning more than 400 works and collaborating with some of the finest composers of our time. The members of Zeitgeist are: Heather Barringer, percussion; Patti Cudd, percussion; Pat O’Keefe, woodwinds; Nicola Melville, piano. |
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Caricatures
May 2016 From a befuddled philosopher to the queen of the underworld, Spitting Image Collective presents music that parodies a collection of colorful personalities from both fiction and reality. Featuring new music by Katherine Bergman, Joshua Clausen, Ted Moore, and Daniel Nass, and performances by Nexus Duo, Caprice Saxophone Quartet, Jeffery Kyle Hutchins, Joshua Weinberg, Sarah Porwoll-Lee, and Stan Rothrock. |
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push / bend / pull
May/June 2015 We are very pleased to announce second round of commissions and concerts! Spitting Image has commissioned five new works from Twin Cities composers Scott Miller, Joey Crane, Daniel Nass, Ted Moore, and Katherine Bergman to be premiered by top local performers at our push / bend / pull concerts May-June 2015. Come early on May 2-3 for pre-concert composer interviews at 7 p.m. with Charlie McCarron, host of the Composer Quest podcast! |
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The Hear and Now
June 2014 World premiere performances by Twin Cities composers Joshua Musikantow, Noah Keesecker, Daniel Nass, Ted Moore, and Katherine Bergman. |
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