Thanks to generous funding from the Rivendell Foundation, the Macalester Music Department presents two to three concerts per season focusing on New Music and Jazz.  

Past guests have included So Percussion, jazz pianist/composer/arranger Uri Caine, singer Lucy Shelton, Enso String Quartet, pianist/composer Frederic Rzewski, Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Yehudi Wyner, chamber group eighth blackbird, jazz composer/bandleader Maria Schneider and So Percussion. Guest artists work with Macalester students in classes and master classes and give free concerts open to the public. 

2011-2012 New Music Series

Theo Bleckmann, jazz singer and new music composer (in residence at Macalester September 21-23)

Theo Bleckmann, jazz singer and new music composer
Concert: Friday, September 23, 8 p.m
Macalester Plymouth United Church
1658 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul

A jazz singer and new music composer of eclectic tastes and prodigious gifts, Grammy-nominated Theo Bleckmann makes music that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful. His work provokes the mind to wonder, but connects immediately with the heart.

This free concert is open to the public.

Matt Haimovitz, cellist (in residence at Macalester February 1–3, 2012)

Concert: Friday, February 3, 2012, 8 p.m
Weyerhaeuser Chapel, Macalester College

Cellist Matt Haimovitz has inspired classical music lovers and countless new listeners by bringing his artistry any place where passionate music can be heard. Through his visionary approach—bringing a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, championing new music, and initiating groundbreaking collaborations and innovative recording projects, Haimovitz is redefining what it means to be an artist for the 21st century.

This free concert is open to the public.