By Request: Sounds Modern Commissions

Sounds Modern: By Request is presented in conjunction with the Modern’s exhibition In the Making: Stories from the Collection. Sounds Modern’s “collection” includes pieces written specifically for us. By Request features our commissions from seasons past, as well as new pieces we’ll unveil during this concert.

Featured composers will include local composers Hunter Long, Sungji Hong, and Ermir Bejo, as well as José Luis Hurtado and Roscoe Mitchell. Performers will include Elizabeth McNutt, flute; Mia Detwiler, violin; Kourtney Newton, cello; Christopher Teal, percussion; Jung Choi, oboe; Jeff Lankov, piano; and Victoria Donaldson, bassoon.

This concert is free and open to the public.

The most up-to-the-minute and least predictable concert music series in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sounds Modern has been exploring links between contemporary music and visual arts for over a decade. Sounds Modern reaches beyond the traditional context of classical music, collaborating with modern art presenters and other non-traditional venues to share adventurous new music with adventurous new audiences. Conceived and directed by virtuoso flutist Elizabeth McNutt in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sounds Modern adds a sonic dimension to the ideas represented in the galleries, and brings the artwork to life in the concert hall.