Noise News

Illusions & Hallucinations

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Great Noise Ensemble presents: Illusions & Hallucinations Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30pm Ward Recital Hall, The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music The Catholic University of America General $25 / Students & Seniors $15 CUA Students, Faculty & Staff Free with CUA ID Inspiration can come from a myriad of places, and not all of [...]

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Twilight Music

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring hosts GNE on October 30, 2009 for Twilight Music, a program of works by David Smooke, John Harbison, Roberto Sierra, Masatoshi Mitsumoto and Blair Goins inspired by light, poetry and musical intervals.

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Urban Saloon

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Great Noise Ensemble’s fifth season opens with Urban Saloon, a program highlighting works inspired by scenes from evocative locales such as the Deep South and the historic American West, as well as music from the Balkans, India, jazz and John Cage.

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Fresh Currents: Songs of the New Millenium

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:30 pm The Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts On Saturday, May 30, Great Noise Ensemble makes its official Kennedy Center debut, performing with one of D.C.’s best-loved choral groups, the Congressional Chorus! This concert features the world premiere of part of Revolutions of Ruin by Daniel [...]

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GNE Members To Perform At Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center!

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

On Tuesday, April 21st, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Mark Sylvester will be performing his newest compositions for banjo and small ensembles from his 2009 CD, New Music for Banjo at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on their Spring Fling Free On the Plaza series. Sylvester will be joined by Matan Mintz on cello, [...]

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Tiffany Windows

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Windows shape the way we view the world, whether through the subjects they frame looking out or looking in, the images they depict in lead and glass and color, or in the materials with which those images and frames are constructed. On March 27th, Great Noise Ensemble presents a concert showcasing the views afforded and colored by these prismatic portals.

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Support GNE at iGive.com

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Help support Great Noise Ensemble without spending an extra cent through iGive.com!

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Machines, Love & Espionage

Friday, February 6th, 2009

On February 13th, Great Noise Ensemble presents a concert highlighting the form, function and intersection of man and machine through works of Mallamud, Mellits Goins and Sparr.

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Tacit Dances

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

John Cage, Frank Zappa, a world premiere and two bass clarinet soloists: on December 7th Great Noise Ensemble will present the third concert of its blockbuster fourth season and the second concert of its Catholic University residency, a program full of heavy-hitting new music legends and works on track to become legendary.

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Autumnal Songs

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Great Noise Ensemble continues its fourth season with Autumnal Songs, a program highlighting the seasons and cycles of the human experience, from the shape of thoughts to the cycles of nature to the reflections, mirrors, and gray areas of the human life span.

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