Berkeley New Music Project

Description/History

The Berkeley New Music Project is a group dedicated to the performance of new music by the graduate student composers in UC Berkeley's Department of Music. Supported by funding from the Department of Music, Townsend Center and the Graduate Assembly, BNMP presents at least two concerts per year as part of the Hertz Hall evening concert series featuring new compositions by graduate student and faculty composers.

BNMP concerts feature the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, David Milnes, music director and conductor, an ensemble drawing from many of the top musicians in the Bay Area. BNMP/BCCP concerts often include electro-acoustic works with support from the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies.

For more information, please visit: bnmp.wordpress.com.

Sound Clips

From the 11/24/08 concert in Hertz Hall:

Upcoming Performances

  • Wednesday, November 18, 2009, noon, Hertz Hall
    New music from the composers in the graduate composition seminar of Franck Bedrossian.
  • Thursday, December 17, 8pm, Hertz Hall
    New acoustic and electronic music by graduate student and faculty composers fo the BNMP performed by members of the Berkeley Contemporaty Chamber Players (BCCP)

For more information, see music events calendar.

Recent Performances

  • 2009 October 12, Hertz Hall
    Iannis Xenakis, Rebonds a
    Isamu Kanai, Music of Mercurius
    Anonymous, Banshikicho-no Chosi (from 10th-century Japanese Gagaku music)
    Keiko Harada, Structured Improvisation I-X
    Heather Frasch, entangled strife
    Daniel Cullen, Sculpture Garden
    Jen Wang, Orography

Past performances