Colgate’s music department welcomes New York City-based ensemble Contemporaneous for a three-year residency at the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently composed of 23 musicians, Contemporaneous was founded by students at Bard College. Known for their innovative educational programs, the group performs and promotes the work of living composers through concerts, commissions, and recordings. Their liberal arts background, says Assistant Professor of Music Ryan Chase, helps the musicians relate to Colgate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe musicians have a real understanding of what our students encounter every day in their curriculum. They understand that, in the morning, students are scientists. In the afternoon, they might be painting or sculpting,\u201d says Chase. \u201cSo the musicians really connect with students on that level.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group first visited Colgate in spring 2023, when they worked with students in Chase\u2019s MUSI 245: Composition class. In addition to working with the musicians one-on-one, students composed a piece for Contemporaneous to play live in a public concert at the end of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey really learned a lot in those three days. You could see that their skill levels, especially among our music majors, just shot up over the course of a weekend,\u201d says Chase. \u201cStudents are very excited to have them back and get that sort of \u2018booster shot\u2019 of inspiration to keep them going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During their residency at Colgate, Contemporaneous will provide numerous opportunities to work with campus and community members, including playing alongside students in workshops focused on improvisation. In line with the Third-Century Plan<\/em>\u2019s emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration within the Middle Campus, Chase hopes to incorporate studio art, theater, and dance students into Contemporaneous\u2019 work, perhaps creating visual art installations or performance pieces based on the group\u2019s improvisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Chase, the visit from Contemporaneous highlights the value of having visiting teachers and scholars share their knowledge and experience with students \u2014 especially those in the arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAll artists are very individual in the paths that they forge,\u201d says Chase. \u201cSo to be able to see how a group like Contemporaneous functions, how they work together, how they cooperate, how they communicate with one another and with students \u2014 that\u2019s invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colgate’s music department welcomes New York City-based ensemble Contemporaneous for a three-year residency at the University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":14336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1986,600,924,84,398],"coauthors":[1720],"class_list":["post-13909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scene","tag-contemporaneous","tag-liberal-arts","tag-middle-campus","tag-music","tag-third-century-plan"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-3Cl","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/01\/ContemporaneousEnsemble_credit-Stratos_2023_11-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13909"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14355,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13909\/revisions\/14355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13909"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}