June in Buffalo set for June 9-15

June in Buffalo, the annual, world-renowned new music festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers, will take place June 9-15 on the North Campus under the leadership of cellist-composer Jonathan Golove, associate professor of music at UB.

The festival, which traditionally accepts 25 accomplished student composers from around the world by way of a large and competitive pool of applicants, also features a week-long residency of five distinguished faculty composers. This year Jonathan Golove, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes and Amy Williams will serve as mentors to the students throughout the week in coaching sessions, lectures and rehearsals, while also enjoying performances of some of their own work.

Ensembles and individual musicians who specialize in the performance of very recent music also appear during the festival. This year’s lineup of artists includes the return of the famed Arditti Quartet from London; the Slee Sinfonietta, UB’s professional chamber orchestra in residence and the flagship ensemble of the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music; the [Switch~ Ensemble]; guitarist Dieter Hennings; and vocalists Nicholas Isherwood and Tiffany Du Mouchelle. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is an annual participant in the festival, and will open the week’s events this year on June 9.

June in Buffalo is presented by the Department of Music and the Center for 21st Century Music.

Weekday afternoon concert events are free and open to the public. Tickets for the evening concerts and the Saturday matinee are $10, and available at TicketMaster.com or one hour before concert time at the concert venue box office. All UB students with a valid ID will receive a complimentary ticket to each event.

Concert schedule

June 9

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Fernanda Lastra, conductor

2:35 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall, Slee Hall

Works by Amy Williams, Anna Heflin, Karola Obermüller and Hilda Paredes.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 10

Slee Sinfonietta with Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano

4 p.m., Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall

Program will include chamber music by June in Buffalo’s distinguished student participants.

Free admission; no ticket required.

Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone

7:30 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Program to feature solo vocal works with electronics.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 11

Slee Sinfonietta members and guests

7:30 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Solos and small chamber works by June in Buffalo senior composers Obermüller and Williams, and three participant composers.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 12

[Switch~ Ensemble]

Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductor

7:30 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Works by June in Buffalo senior composers Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes, Amy Williams and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 13

[Switch~ Ensemble]

Jason Thorpe Buchanan, conductor

4 p.m., Baird Recital Hall

Program will include chamber music by June in Buffalo's distinguished student participants.

Free admission; no ticket required.

Slee Sinfonietta

James Baker, conductor

7:30 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Large formation works by June in Buffalo participant composers.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com.  All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 14

Slee Sinfonietta and guests, including Dieter Hennings, guitar

4 p.m., Baird Recital Hall

Chamber works by June in Buffalo senior composer Zohn-Muldoon and participant composers.

Free admission; no ticket required.

Arditti Quartet

Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan, violin; Ralf Ehlers, viola; Lucas Fels, cello

7:30 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Works by June in Buffalo senior composers Jonathan Golove, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes and Amy Williams. And in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Arditti Quartet, Helmut Lachenmann’s Quartet No. 3 “Grido” (2001).

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

June 15

Closing concert: Slee Sinfonietta

James Baker, conductor

3 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall

Works by June in Buffalo senior composers Jonathan Golove, Karola Obermüller, Hilda Paredes and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon.

Tickets are $10 at Ticketmaster.com. All UB students may present a current ID at the box office to receive a complimentary ticket.

Listed program information for all concerts is subject to change.