NEWS
In Spring 2010, Due East will proudly give world premiere performances of two new works written especially for us!
Alex Mincek's Double Concerto will see its debut performance on April 14th, as part of the First NIU New Music Festival. We will be joined by the Avalon String Quartet and other faculty colleagues and string students, under the baton of Dr. Lucia Matos.
Bernhard Lang, famous Austrian composer, has written a new work for Due East as part of his Difference/Repetition series. This is #21, and we will perform this work on the NIU New Music Festival on April 15th, as well as in New York City in late May at the Roger Smith Hotel.
About DUE EAST
DUE EAST won first prize in the 2008 National Flute Association Chamber Music Competition. The duo has performed in Brazil, Europe, Canada and the USA at venues such as the Warsaw Crossdrumming Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the SEAMUS conference, Bargemusic, the National Flute Association Conventions in Kansas and New York and the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions in Texas, Tennessee and Ohio.
The duo has given recitals at performing arts series, such as Ke’nek’t (SUNY-Oswego) and Arts and Ideas(Lewis University); new music festivals (Greensboro, NC and Moline, IL); and universities across the United States. In 2005, DUE EAST was an invited ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival.
DUE EAST actively promotes new music, and has commissioned several works. They have given American premieres of works by David Lang and Alejandro Viñao, and world premieres of numerous works through organizations such as Wet Ink Musics (NYC), Composer’s Concordance (NYC), Columbia University Composers Ensemble, Princeton University Composer’s Ensemble and New York University’s First Performance. In addition, Lesser and Beyer are frequently asked to present workshops for composers and instrumentalists on contemporary music and its various extended techniques for their respective instruments.
Both accomplished and virtuosic soloists in their own right, Beyer and Lesser work closely with young composers to develop unique and engaging 21st century repertoire. Their programs are varied and highly engaging, ranging from extensive multi-media and technology-driven works to pieces that call for a variety of world music instruments in combination with folksong-like vocals and narratives. Beyer is an expert performer of the Afro-Brazilian berimbau, and incorporates this instrument into DUE EAST shows.
Here is what others are saying about DUE EAST:
"In DUE EAST, Erin Lesser and Greg Beyer have achieved a rare level of
synergy that makes for an amazingly expressive and delightful program.
Their wide-ranging repertoire is delivered with passion and vibrancy,
and audiences are witnesses to an astonishing display of virtuosity. DUE
EAST is a joy to behold."
- Rich Holly, Immediate Past President, Percusssive Arts Society
"Due East brings a deep musicianship and stunning virtuosity to all that they play. In a single evening they travel through the raw beauty of Brazilian folk music to the intricate scores of Xenakis with an unwavering commitment. Due East does not merely play together, they breathe as one, inspiring audiences with illuminating insight into new musical vistas."
-Seth Knopp, Artistic Director, Yellow Barn Music Festival
Pianist, Peabody Trio
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