EarRelevant Staff | 23 MAR 2023
BBeginning this Sunday, the SoundNOW Contemporary Music Festival returns to Atlanta to showcase the city’s vibrant new music scene, presenting 12 local contemporary music ensembles in seven concerts at three venues in one week, March 21 through April 1.
Four of the Festival’s seven concerts will take place downtown in the 400-seat Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University, two at the First Existentialist Church in Candler Park, and one “house concert” at a private home in southwest Atlanta.
The inaugural SoundNow Festival launched in April 2016 and has been held annually each spring, except for two intervening years when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a shut down (2020 and 2021).
Now in its sixth iteration, SoundNOW hosts nine returning musical ensembles in 2023 and introduces three new groups to its lineup: the Scibelli/Lombardi Duo, the Subaerial Collective (from nearby Athens, Georgia), and Ensemble VIM.
Atlanta is one of the southeast’s most important centers of contemporary classical music. SoundNOW promises a week of wildly eclectic musical styles and chamber experiences, spotlighting many gifted local artists and composers creating diverse musical expressions and aesthetics.
A list of the 2023 SoundNOW concerts and locations appears below. For more information about the 2023 SoundNOW Contemporary Music Festival, visit their website at atlantasoundnowfestival.com. ■
2023 SoundNOW Festival
- Sunday, March 26 @ 8 p.m.
at First Existentialist Congregation; donations encouraged
Atlanta Improvisors Orchestra
Artifactual String Unit - Monday, March 27 @ 8 p.m.
at Kopleff Recital Hall; free
Chamber Cartel
Scibelli/Lombardi Duo - Tuesday, March 28 @ 8 p.m.
at Kopleff Recital Hall; free
neoPhonia New Music Ensemble
Subaerial Collective - Wednesday, March 29 @ 8 p.m.
at Kopleff Recital Hall; free
Terminus New Music Ensemble
Ensemble Vim - Thursday, March 30 @ 8 p.m.
at Kopleff Recital Hall; free
Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble - Friday, March 31 @ 8 p.m.
A House Concert – Residence of Majid Ariam (2171 Star Mist Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA,
30311); free
Majid Ariam - Saturday, April 1 @ 8 p.m.
at First Existentialist Congregation; donations encouraged
smol ensemble
Moloq
The Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble
EXTERNAL LINKS:
- Atlanta SounndNOW Festival: atlantasoundnowfestival.com
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