The ATLANTA National Conference

February 20-23, 2008

Venues and Events

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

5:30-7:30pm    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall
7:30pm CONCERT I
  neoPhonia New Music Ensemble
Nickitas Demos, Artistic Director
Music by: Brooks, Constantinides,
Lee, H., Martin & Tsontakis
Reception to follow sponsored by the GSU SCI Student Chapter


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

8:00-1100am    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall
9:00am    CONCERT II
  Music by: Callender, Dahn, Freeman, Heinick,
Heuser & Perttu

Location: Aderhold Learning Center, Room 430

11:00am    PANEL: Critics & Composers: Music Journalism in the 21st Century
  Featuring:
Mark Gresham - Creative Loafing Weekly Newspaper
Darren Nelsen - Atlanta Composers Blog
Pierre Ruhe - Classical Music Critic, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall
12:30pm    CONCERT III
  SCI Performers Recording Series CD No. 3 Program
Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano
Music by: Angell, Beeler, Belet, Epstein, Hanna, Lee, S., Lefkowitz, Sheppard, Sherr, Willams, M. & Wishart
 
3:30pm CONCERT IV
  Electro-acoustic Works
Music by: Bloland, Cornicello, Flory, Legname, Sain & Williams, B.
4:30-6:00pm    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall

Location: City Grill

5:30pm    Meeting of the SCI Executive Committee / National Committee

Location: Rialto Center for the Arts

7:30pm    CONCERT V
  Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Robert Ambrose, conductor
Music by: Arrell, Bulow, Mackey, McCloskey, & Newman

Reception to follow sponsored by the GSU School of Music


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

8:00-11:00am    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall
9:00am    CONCERT VI
  Music by: Bohman, Gullickson, Mertl, Moon, Shrude & Vollen
11:30am    CONCERT VII
  Kenneth Long,
Assistant Professor of Clarinet, Coordinator of Woodwind Studies
GSU School of Music
Music by: Bilotta, Osterfield, Rector, Thronock & Weston

Location: Rialto Center for the Arts lobby

1:30pm SCI General Business Meeting

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

3:00pm CONCERT VIII
  Music by: Allemeir, Bevelander, He, Hindman,
Jensen, Nielson & Solomon
4:00-5:30pm    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall

Location: GSU Student Activity Center

5:30pm    SCI Grand Banquet
  Featuring Keynote Address by Special Guest Composer George Tsontakis

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

8:00pm    CONCERT IX
  Music by: Kindred, Lin, Schimmel & Tsontakis
Also featuring premiere of SCI/ASCAP Commission
Winners Maxwell Dulaney and Carolyn O'Brien


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

8:00-11:00am    Registration Booth Open at Kopleff Recital Hall
9:00am    CONCERT X
  Music by: Fleisher, Juusela, Lewis, Sigman & Wang
12:00pm    CONCERT XI
  Music by: Browning, Elwood, Harding,
Milam, Johnston & Parks

Location: Aderhold Learning Center, Room 430

2:00pm    PAPER SESSION
  Presentation by: Merritt
2:30pm    MASTER CLASS
  Tsontakis

Location: Kopleff Recital Hall

4:00pm    CONCERT XII
  Georgia State University Percussion Ensemble
Stuart Gerber, Artistic Director
Works by: Gooch, Hendrix, Kaplan, McNair, Satterwhite, Schuessler & Volker
8:00pm    CONCERT XIII
  neoPhonia New Music Ensemble
Nickitas Demos, Artistic Director
Music by: Baxter, Bryant, Choi, Demos, Garcia, Mason & Tsontakis

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Location: Woodruff Arts Center

3:00pm    CONCERT XIV
  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Program: "Where The Wild Things Are" (semi-staged) by Knussen
"Mother Goose" by Ravel

This is not an official SCI event. However, we are working with the ASO to try and make tickets available to SCI conference participants who wish to linger in Atlanta a little longer. Please check back for updates!