New Music Ensemble

Music Building and Recital Hall

Presented in collaboration with the Emerging String Quartet Program at Stanford University, the Balourdet Quartet is one of the finest young string quartets in North America, and they make their San Francisco debut with Noe Music!

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Balourdet String Quartet

Noe Valley Ministry

“The New Virtuoso“ is a series of programs featuring works that defy genre expectations for a solo instrument, and in doing so carve out novel texture, affect and technique in Symphonic composition. This program features works that question the nature and effect of political, gender, and ecologic borders, and how we as humans move and migrate in reaction. With conductor Mei-Ann Chen on the podium, this concert features guitarist Mak Grgik, cellist Inbal Segev, and violinist Curtis Stewart.  ACO will perform three commissions by Kebra-Seyoun Charles, Paul Novak, and Curtis Stewart, alongside works by Michael Abels and Victoria Polevá.

New Virtuoso: Borders

Carnegie Hall

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) represents endless possibility. To date, the ensemble has performed works by more than 800 American composers—a stunning number that becomes even more amazing upon seeing the list of names. Its first concert of the Carnegie Hall season includes world premieres by rising composers Paul Novak and Kebra-Seyoun Charles, who joins on bass. ACO welcomes guitarist Mak Grgic in a New York premiere by Michael Abels, who won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for his work with Rhiannon Giddens. The orchestra also performs the New York premiere of Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva’s The Bell with cellist Inbal Segev, who premiered the piece in 2023 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Paul Novak

Events

Upcoming events

1 - 2 May, 2027

Pines of Rome · California Symphony

Past events

Mar 4, 2026

New Music Ensemble · Butler School of Music

Nov 17, 2024

Balourdet String Quartet · Noe Music

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