Twin Cities New Music Festival

113 is delighted to announce the return of the Twin Cities New Music Festival, running March 2 through March 4, 2023. This year’s festival will feature James Dillon, Noriko Kawai, Mivos String Quartet, Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Yu-Chun Chien, Javier Torres Maldonado, and some of the Twin Cities’ best local musicians.

THURSDAY MARCH 2, 7PM
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (900 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105)

The New York-based Mivos String Quartet performs works by composers chosen from 113’s annual Call-for-Scores, including Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Yu-Chun Chien, and Javier Torres Maldonado

FRIDAY MARCH 3, 12PM
University of Minnesota, Ferguson Hall, Room 280
2106 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Author and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Sumanth Gopinath, presents research on James Dillon’s “Echo the Angelus”
FREE and Open to the Public!

FRIDAY MARCH 3, 7PM
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (900 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105)

Co-Sponsored by the University of Minnesota School of Music, internationally-acclaimed pianist Noriko Kawai performs works for solo piano, including the world premiere of James Dillon’s “Purple Blooms and Scarlet Stains” and the American premiere of Dillon’s “Echo the Angelus”
FREE and Open to the Public!

SATURDAY MARCH 4, 2PM
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (900 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105)

The New York-based Mivos String Quartet performs James Dillon’s “The Soadie Waste” and “String Quartet No 8,” and Joshua Musikantow’s “Yiddish is my Homeland” with guest artists Alyssa Anderson, Justin Anthony Spenner, and Shannon Wettstein

SATURDAY MARCH 4, 7PM
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (900 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105)

The American premiere of “The Louth Work,” by James Dillon, conducted by Betsy McCann