Pamela Madsen’s Luminous Etudes: Visions of the Black Madonna of Montserrat (Premiere)

Part of The 15th Annual New Music Festival

Featuring Eleonor Sandresksy and Kathleen Supové, pianos, with members of loadbang, the CSUF New Music Ensemble, and CSUF’s Collegium Musicum (director, Dr. Nicole Baker). 

Madsen’s composition is based on the 14th century Spanish devotional text, the Llibre Vermell (Red Book).

California State University, Fullerton’s School of Music, Interarts Collaborative Projects and Dr. Pamela Madsen, artistic director, are pleased to present the 2016 New Music Festival: Sound, Healing and Light: Ancient and Contemporary Practices. The multi-day festival features workshops, masterclasses, lectures, and nightly concerts.

This year’s festival celebrates the theme of Sound, Healing and Light: Ancient and Contemporary Practices featuring the Northern Lights-Music of composers Anna Thorsvaldsdottir,  Arvo Part, Kaija Saariaho and Pamela Madsen. Performers include loadbang, pianists Kathleen Supove and Eleonor Sandresky, Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, Divan Consort, and the CSUF New Music Ensemble.

The festival will be held in conjunction with the 6th Annual Collaborative Arts Symposium, featuring video and new music works by students of professor of photography, Julie Orser, and Pamela Madsen on Tuesday, May 10th in the Recital Hall.