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Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

Based in Allendale, Michigan, The New Music Ensemble at Grand Valley State University is an undergraduate ensemble that promotes the music of our time through commissions, tours, recordings, collaborations, outreach events, and workshops. Founded in 2006 by its director Bill Ryan, the ensemble not only prepares students for careers that include contemporary music, but helps them to become exceptional educators, advocates, and leaders in the field.

The group has been profiled in numerous publications including Newsweek and the New York Times, and featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, All Things Considered, WNYC's Radiolab, and Performance Today

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

By Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Pulses; Section I; Section II; Section IIIa; Section IIIb; Section IV; Section V; Section VI; Section VII; Section VIII; Section IX; Section X; Section XI; Pulses.

Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

by John Kelman
August 31, 2008

When Steve Reich released Music for 18 Musicians (ECM, 1978), it was a consolidation and major leap forward in the pulse-based music that the minimalist progenitor had been exploring on earlier compositions including “Four Organs" (1969), a piece that relied on nothing more than a six-note chord, yet was a near flat-out sonic assault. 18 Musicians ...