The Kennesaw State Festival of New Music celebrates the work of artists creating and performing the music of today with each concert offering a different perspective on the art form. The Festival highlights works by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer David Lang, featured composer of the 2013 KSFNM.

The Child Project, featuring gloATL and Sonic Generator

February 12, 2013
At 8 p.m.

Morgan Hall, Bailey Performance Center
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Daring, unique, and unconventional, contemporary dance company gloATL joins forces with Sonic Generator, new music ensemble-in-residence at Georgia Tech, for a performance based on David Lang’s the child project. gloATL choreographer and artistic director Lauri Stallings brings Lang’s work to life with KSU’s music students opening the program, performing works written by their peers.

Faculty Artist Showcase

February 13, 2013
At 8 p.m.

Morgan Hall, Bailey Performance Center
Free admission

Kennesaw State’s music faculty is comprised of talented performing artists who hail from the nation’s top music schools and conservatories. With a combined wealth of knowledge and ability, these fine musicians collaborate to present a variety of new works by composers including David Lang, and KSU Composer-in-Residence Laurence Sherr

KSU Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

February 14, 2013
At 8 p.m.

Morgan Hall, Bailey Performance Center
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The Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble present an exciting program to include the world-premiere of Remember the Molecules, a new work by Michael Markowski, commissioned by KSU along with eight other university partners.

Sō Percussion

February 15, 2013
At 8 p.m.

Morgan Hall, Bailey Performance Center
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Can an amplified cactus be a musical instrument? Sō Percussion thinks so. “Innovative” only begins to describe Sō Percussion, the Brooklyn-based percussion quartet who for over ten years has been turning conventional musical ideas on their head. The ensemble has initiated a number of collaborations with important composers, artists, and institutions, and is widely recognized in percussion and new music circles as an exceptional example of musical innovation.