Group for New Music at University of Illinois

04/11/2019

Congratulations our newly-elected G4NM Board for the 2019-2020 school year:

James Rhyne, president
Drew Farrar, treasurer
David Q. Nguyen, vice president
Geoffrey Schmelzer/Matthew Reeder, secretary squad
Carolyn Borcherding, Kayla McComb, Stephen Caldwell, board members

Stay tuned to see what these committed leaders will bring to the Urbana-Champaign community through new music!

01/21/2019

Our second annual 24 Hour Compose-A-Thon featuring special guest artists Megan Ihnen, Mezzo-Soprano and pianist/composer Justin Paul Ortez culminated in a concert at Urbana's The Iron Post last night! Thank you to everyone who was in attendance! We had a blast!

Ms. Ihnen performed works by composers Daniel Steele and Elizabeth Gartman with harpist Noël Wan and flutist Sammy White. Mr. Ortez performed works by composers Kayla McComb and Eric Zurbin with saxophonist Wilson Poffenberger (fresh off winning the Krannert Debut Artist Competition

12/06/2018

Meeting tomorrow at 2 pm in the Mus 0359 (known as the Fishbowl)!

We'll be discussing and voting on who the special guests for the compose-a-thon will be! (All student and community members can show up and vote)

We'll be going over plans for December 16th's Music and Monologues concert at 25 O'Clock!

Everyone is welcome!

11/02/2018

Today may not be your birthday, but today is a Group for New Music meeting!

Come join us at 2 pm in the Fish Bowl (0359) to help plan our upcoming events at 25 O'Clock, Bake Sale, and 24 Hour Compose-A-Thon.

And yes, as always, there WILL be snacks!

10/05/2018

There is a meeting TODAY at 2 pm in the fishbowl (Mus 0359) in the music building.

We'll be discussing a bunch of the events we began planning last time and welcome everyone :)!

There will be snacks! This adorable cat will serve as moderator. Oh wait, no Ralph will be running the meeting.

09/15/2018

Partch Make-Your-Own-Instrument Day was a great success!

09/12/2018

Happening this weekend!

08/26/2018

Check us out at Quad Day til 4pm!

04/18/2018

Thanks again to everyone who performed, composed for, and came to tonight's show at Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. It was so much fun! Here are some photos from the event :)!

03/02/2018

Next Group for New Music meeting is tomorrow (Friday), March 2 at 4PM in Fishbowl (MB 0359). Come on out!

02/03/2018

As promised, here is a link to our shared google sheets recital info page. Feel free to add your scheduled recital/event of sorts for 2018!

Sheet1 Performance/ Event:, Location:, Time:, Cost:, Details( Optional):

02/02/2018

Today's a meeting day in 0359. We'll be there from 5-5:50.

Don't miss finding out ways you can participate or suggesting your own ideas for making cool music here.

(And don't miss the snacks. I hear the snacks are all based on the letter C.)