Zeitgeist

Performing Arts Center Arena Theater, April 5^th, 7:30pm

Founded in 1977, Zeitgeist has earned an international reputation for its superb craftsmanship and virtuosic performance of contemporary music.  Their performing excellence and unique repertoire have led to invitations to perform at prestigious venues throughout the U.S.A. and Europe, including Merkin Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall and The Kitchen in New York; at the Los Angeles County Museum's contemporary music series; The Festival of New American Music at Sacramento; several appearances at New Music America (New York, Minneapolis and Miami); and in many other U.S. cities including Atlanta, Seattle, Phoenix, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Durham, St. Louis, San Francisco, Helena, Des Moines and, in Minnesota, Ely, Northfield, New Ulm, Grand Rapids and Rochester, among others.  The ensemble has conducted six European tours, performing in Lisbon, Bonn, London, Zagreb, Berlin, Cologne, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Finland.  Zeitgeist performs frequently in the Twin Cities, and enjoys a special relationship with Walker Art Center and The Southern Theater, leading venues for new and experimental art.

Zeitgeist has released five compact discs, including She's a Phantom, music of Harold Budd (New Albion Records); Intuitive Leaps, music of Terry Riley (Work Music London and Sony Music Entertainment); A Decade, music of Frederic Rzewski (O.O. Discs); Eric Stokes (New World Records) and If Tigers Were Clouds (Innova recordings).  Individual recorded works can also be heard on two other discs—Earthworks, featuring the music of Steve Heitzeg (Innova), and Opere Della Musica Povera, featuring the music of Martin Bresnick (CRI).

A non-profit organization incorporated in Minnesota, Zeitgeist receives generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, COMPAS, the Yvar Mikhashoff Fund, the Target Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, Chamber Music America, Meet The Composer/Arts Endowment Commissioning Music/USA, The Bush Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature.

e-mail: hbarring@pressenter.com

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All events are free and open to the Public.

Parking: For the evening performances, parking is available anywhere on campus after 7 pm. Evening performances will be held in the Performing Arts Center Arena Theater. For daytime events, parking is available in Lots K and M on the St. Cloud State University campus. Free shuttle buses will be provided from K Lot to within one short block of the festival venue. Day events will be held in the Atwood Little Theater.
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