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CONTACT:
Mary Beth Zeman, 973-720-2444
zemanm@wpunj.edu


November 13, 2006


William Paterson University Presents New Music Concert on December 11

The William Paterson University New Music Ensemble will present a concert of twentieth century music on Monday, December 11 as part of the New Music Series on campus in Wayne.  The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Shea Center on campus.  Admission is free.

The ensemble, comprised of students from the University’s music program, will perform works by Steve Reich, John Cage, Michael Colgrass, Daniel Levitan and Henry Cowell.  Peter Jarvis, a percussionist and adjunct professor of music at William Paterson, will conduct.

Jarvis is the director of the highly acclaimed New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and is active as a percussionist, conductor, educator, composer and administrator.  He has premiered more than 100 works including pieces composed for him and the ensemble by Charles Wuorinen and Milton Babbitt, among others. Over the years he has played with and conducted many of the major new music groups in New York and New Jersey including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Group for Contemporary Music, and Talujon Percussion Quartet.  His extensive touring has brought him to Asia, Russia, Canada, Mexico and throughout the United States presenting concerts and master classes. Jarvis is on the faculty of William Paterson University, Bergen Community College and Connecticut College where he teaches percussion and conducts chamber music.

For additional information, please contact the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.

 

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