The Wooster Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
The Wooster Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, sponsored by The College of Wooster, champions the work of living composers. The ensemble focuses on music written after the year 2000 and showcases the aesthetic diversity of the 21st century. The WCCE also highlight the achievements of composers at The College of Wooster with regular calls for scores and student premieres, reading sessions, and performances of faculty pieces. The ensemble is currently co-directed by Dylan Findley and Perry Roth.
So far, the WCCE has performed the following works:
Al-Zand, Karim: Four Not So Serious Songs (III.)
Anderson, T.J.: Another Solo Flight*
Bingham, Judith: Hodge, Dr. Johnson’s Cat
Brouwer, Leo: Perpetuum Mobile
Chen Yi, Tunes from My Home (II. Nostalgia)
Childs, Billy: A Day in the Forest of Dreams
Cleare, Ann: fiáin
Darvishi, Aftab: Daughers of Sol
Eberhardt, Dorothee: Zusammen
Esmail, Reena: Piano Trio (I.)
Findley, Dylan: An Undisclosed Location*
Frank, Gabriela Lena: Hilos (VII)
Fung, Vivian: White on Black
Gallagher, Jack: Variations for Cello and Piano
Goldstein, Perry: Late Night Thoughts from the V.A. (I.)
Green, Brittany: 25
Hailstork, Adolphus: “Detroit” Piano Quintet (IV. Prayer)
Haxo, Cara: Feathers
Haxo, Cara: says the almanac
Hand, Colin: Sonata Breve
Hisaishi, Joe: “Other World” from Vermeer & Escher
Jack, Gracelyn: Deckhand’s Reprieve
Jons, Theo: War-Dragon*
Kim, Soomin: The Fairy and the Woodcutter
Kirkland Snider, Sarah: How Graceful Some Things Are, Falling Apart
Mazzoli, Missy: A Thousand Tongues
Minchew, Everette: Open Piece No. 6
Minchew, Everette: Solo Sonata for Tenor Sax
Montgomery, Jesse: Loisaida, my love
Mowrey, Peter: Ingrid’s Dance*
Mowrey, Peter: Sextet
Negrón, Angélica: bubblegum grass / peppermint field
Okpebholo, Shawn: Circleplay II
Pastorius, Jaco: Portrait of Tracy
Smithers, Jackson: Shattered Glass*
Steinke, Harriet: One Foot in the Dark
Scott, Jeff: Un Abrazo Para Sharon
Tavener, John: Songs of the Sky (Mvts. I-III)
* Indicates world premiere
Current and past ensemble performers include:
Chung, Jieun
de los Reyes, Sam
Franklin, Stuart
Gannon, Sova
Gardiner, Ricky
Hankin, Jacob
Hankin, Noah
Harbur, James
Hoo, Gabriella
Jack, Gracelyn
Kotora, Elizabeth
Levine, Jaden
Markland, Alex
Mattison, Henry
Moscardelli, Boris
Nolte, Jane
Palmer, Katrina
Piersol-Freedman, Jemella
Puster, Anna
Schrein, Colin
Shah, Anakha
Simonson, Grace
Stafford, Dylan
TerLouw, Hailey
True, Sitara
Venzon, Hannah
Washinger, Abby
Wells, Hannah
Yoder, Ethan
Zito, Paul