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EVERGREEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
613 University
(across from Rhodes College)
Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

Free Admission

Esther Gray Lemus (soprano)
Andrew Drannon (piano)
Nobuko Igarashi (clarinet)
Daniel Gilbert (violin)
The concert will feature arts songs by Debussy, de Falla, Obradors, Libby Larsen, and a new song cycle Way of the River by Memphis composer Robert G. Patterson. In addition the program contains music for violin and clarinet by Milhaud.

A SWEET SERENADE
Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum
Valentines Concert &
Chocolate Tasting and Toasting
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Esther Gray Lemus (soprano)
Mark Volker (guitar)
The concert will feature love songs by Schubert, Villa-Lobos, de Falla, and a new set of Spanish songs by Mark Volker

Tickets are $35* per person and are available by calling 901-526-1469, 901-647-8978, or 901-493-0958 or sending email contact@lunanova.org

*Everyone who goes to Luna Nova concerts knows that they are almost always free. For this event, however, we are very happy to be collaborating with the Woodruff-Fountaine House Museum to produce a beautiful gala. Profits will go to the Museum. We are delighted to be making new friends with museum lovers in Memphis. Please buy a ticket and enjoy this celebration.

 

Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum

The Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum is collaborating with Luna Nova Music in sponsoring a benefit concert and a chocolate tasting and toasting. The evening will begin with a concert of love songs by Schubert, de Falla, Villa-Lobos, Obradors, and Volker. The concert will be followed by a tasting extravaganza in the party room with a wide variety of treatments of chocolate in both food and drink.
2012 Student Composition Contest Guidelines
Deadline March 1, 2012
Luna Nova Member Updates
John McMurteryJohn McMurtery, founding member of Luna Nova, is President of the New York Flute Club and This spring he is playing third flute and piccolo with the Oregon Symphony. John, cellist Craig Hultgren, and pianist Adam Bowles will be performing at the St. Louis New Music Circle on April 14.
Craig HultgrenCraig Hultgren, founding member of Luna Nova, teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Alabama School of Fine Arts and Birmingham-Southern College where he directs the BSC New Music Ensemble. He is a founding member and former President of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and is on the Board of Directors of Scrollworks. Craig is a CAMA artist (Collaborating Artists Manifesting Adventure) with the St. Louis New Music Circle and will be presenting programs there for three seasons. Watch this YouTube video about his work with Scrollworks.
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It takes a lot of work to produce concerts and attract audiences. Here are some of the areas where we need help. If you are interest please send email to contact@lunanova.org.

  • Distributing concert posters
  • Ushering and handing out program at concerts
  • Housing guest artists and students during the Belvedere Festival in June
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Since its formation in 2002, Luna Nova, a group of artists devoted to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, has performed in colleges, museums, churches, and concert halls across the country. Its repertoire consists of recognized masterworks as well as works by emerging composers. With concerts, masterclasses and private instruction, Luna Nova maintains a strong commitment to the education of performers and listeners, and to the cause of new music. Luna Nova is currently the core ensemble for the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival held each June in Memphis, Tennessee.