The Lafayette College Contemporary Music Ensemble Student Composer Showcase

Tonight's program features the work of four student composers who work in radically different styles, techniques, and aesthetic approaches. You will hear pieces influenced by composers such as Anton Webern, Terry Riley, Aaron Copland, and Miles Davis. You will hear music composed with a very strict attention to pitch selection and motivic development, and music that relies heavily on improvisation. You will hear music that exploits electronic resources, and music that draws from its composer's love of theater and lush orchestration.

The program features original compositions by Justin Kogasaka '22, Brian Payne '23, Zach Freiheiter '23. The concert concludes with a fully-staged performance (with orchestra) of Anna Zittle '22 's Honors Thesis: a 25-minute chamber opera entitled Missed. 

Missed: A Chamber Opera in One Act

Music by Anna Zittle
Libretto by Anna Zittle and Laura Bedser

Theatrical Consultant: Eleanor Williams

Directed by Anna Zittle

Sarah Candido: Gwyn
Meredith Forman: Lana
Christopher Taverner: Arthur

Corey Beck, conductor