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GREAT NOISE ENSEMBLE HONORS GREAT AMERICAN COMPOSER STEVE REICH
Arlington, VA – August 31, 2006 – Great Noise Ensemble kicks off their second season with the 70th birthday celebration of the great American composer Steve Reich on October 7, 2006 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland at 8 PM. This concert is the first performance in Great Noise’s Composers in Profile series and the only event honoring Steve Reich in the Washington, DC region.

Other performances in the 2006-07 season will feature Great Noise’s return to familiar venues from Season One such as the Charles Sumner School and the Patricia M. Sitar Center in Washington D.C.. Also in 2006-07, Great Noise will be the ensemble in residence for the Washington chapter of the American Composers Forum.

Great Noise’s first season was a complete success presenting concerts throughout the DC region. Great Nose also performed at Shenandoah University and garnered praise from Gail Wein on http://www.NewMusicBox.org.

Founded on the internet in the summer of 2005, The Great Noise Ensemble was formed when a call went out on craigslist.com from composer/conductor Armando Bayolo. This call was answered by seven area musicians united in their passion for new music. These seven original members then sent out a call to other like-minded artists and before long Great Noise had grown into the sixteen instrumentalists and two singers which now comprise its core membership. The mission of the Great Noise Ensemble is to promote the work of young, emerging talents in the field of new music from the United States with a focus on composers from the Washington DC area and to further the creation of new musical compositions, present world-class performances of masterpieces of music since 1970 and to educate audiences on the work of both established and emerging composers active in the creation of new concert music.

For questions please contact Executive Director Kristen Benoit at info@greatnoiseensemble.com or visit http://www.greatnoisensemble.com, or http://www.myspace.com/greatnoise.

For information about Steve Reich, please visit http://www.stevereich.com/.