2021 / 2022 Season

October 9, 2021
Chartreuse Trio
Studio Z | 7:00 pm

October 10, 2021
Chartreuse Trio
Studio Z | 2:00 pm

January 16, 2022
Bent Duo
Brooklyn, NYC | 4:00 pm

February 10, 2022
Loadbang
7:00 pm

February 11, 2022
Loadbang
7:00 pm

May 26-29, 2022
Twin Cities New Music Festival

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Past Events

July 2, 2021
Composer to Composer: Steven Takasugi
The world premiere of Michael Duffy’s film for Das Fliegenpapier by Steven Takasugi, with a live lecture and Q&A with Dr. Takasugi. Co-hosted by 113, the American Composers Forum, and the University of Minnesota.
12:00 - 1:30 pm | University of Minnesota Saint Paul Student Center Theater
FREE / Register to join virtually HERE

July 8-10, 2021
Twin Cities New Music Festival
Featuring the music of Anthony R. Green, Joe Horton, Mauricio Kagel, György Kurtág, Dieter Schnebel, Steven Takasugi, Bethany Younge, and more! More information soon!

April 10, 2021
Piano Recital
Longtime collaborator Nanyi Qiang will perform a livestreamed piano concerto of works for solo piano, including Call for Scores selection flagellatio ii (torso) by Raphaël Languillat, and the world premiere of Seven Pieces for Piano by Anthony Donofrio.
Video archive on YouTube here.

March 19, 2021
Resistance/Resonance Album Release
Virtual album release! Our long-awaited recording of works for two violins performed by Duo Gelland is finally here, released on New Focus Recordings

February 20, 2021
Removed From Air: A Video Show
A livestream performance of video work by Elizabeth A. Baker, Joey Crane, Anthony R Green, Joe Horton, Sam Krahn, Heather Mease, Josh Musikantow, Tiffany M. Skidmore, and Bethany Younge
Video archive on YouTube here.

January 23, 2021
The Golden Ass
A virtual livestream opera screening of The Golden Ass by Tiffany M. Skidmore (libretto by Patrick Gallagher, Apuleius, and C’hu Yuan), featuring performance by Quince Vocal Ensemble, Adam Zahller, and Justin Anthony Spenner
Video archive on YouTube here.

November 3, 2020
LIVE ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE (a fluxus show)
Coverage begins at 1:13 pm and continues until 1:13 am, or until the tape runs out.
Watch trailer here, here, and here.
Video archive on YouTube here.

August 10, 2020
PIANO BURN
River Falls, WI | 5:30 - 9:00 pm

May 18- 31, 2020
Twin Cities Virtual New Music Festival
Every day we will share archive footage from over the years,
featuring 113 Composers, Performers, Call-for-Scores Winners, and Friends!
Follow along on social media!
https://www.facebook.com/113MN
https://twitter.com/113_collective

April 5, 2020
Bent Duo
Areté Venue and Gallery | 4:00 pm
Brooklyn, NY
***postponed due to covid19***

February 21 - 23, 2020
Quince Ensemble + Justin Anthony Spenner & Adam Zahller
with Nautilus Music Theatre
Premiere performance of Tiffany M. Skidmore’s The Golden Ass
Additional information here

2019

October 14 - 22, 2019
Acute Trio Tour
113 presents a series of concerts and a workshop featuring the Acute Trio

October 14
Masterclass at the University of Minnesota
3:00 pm | Ferguson Hall, Room M61
FREE

October 15
Concert at Studio Z
7:30 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul, MN
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free

October 16
Concert at Gamut Gallery
7:30 pm | 717 10th Street South, Minneapolis
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free
Additional information here

October 17
Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago | 8:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

October 19
Areté Venue and Gallery, Brooklyn NYC | 5:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

October 21
SMILES Children’s Concert, Christiansburg Primary School | 8:00 am
FREE

October 21
Music on Monday’s Recital Series, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | 8:00 pm
$15/$10 students

September 20, 2019
Season Kickoff Backyard Bash
4:00 - 7:00 pm | The Ale Jail, 1787 Saint Clair Ave in St. Paul, MN
FREE
*free beer and wine tasting with food from Anchor Fish & Chips available for purchase

May 17-19, 2019
New Music for: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble
7:30 pm | Studio Z
$15 / $10 students & seniors

April 6-18, 2019
113 California Tour
113 presents a series of concerts and masterclasses throughout California
Featuring Nina Dante, soprano; Duo Gelland, violins; Neil Nanyi Qiang, piano; and Maria Ritzenthaler, viola

April 6
UC Berkeley Concert at CNMAT
8:00 pm | McEnerney Hall (1750 Arch St.)
$10 General Admission
Additional information here

April 7
Stanford University Concert
7:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
FREE
Additional information here

April 8
Center for New Music Concert
7:30 pm | 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco
$15 General, $10 Members, $5 for Students & Seniors, Under 18 Free
Additional information here

April 10
San Diego State University Residency
Masterclass
7:00 pm | Smith Recital Hall

April 11
San Diego State University Residency
Concert
12:00 pm | Smith Recital Hall

April 12
ArtShare LA Concert
8:00 pm | 801 E. 4th Place, Los Angeles
$15 general admission / $5 students / children under 18 are free
Additional information here

April 14
Springfest 2019: Experiments in Music
Space 4 Art
5:00 pm | 340 16th Street, San Diego
FREE
Additional information here

March 15, 2019
György Ligeti Portrait Concert
7:30 pm | Studio Z
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free

February 23 and 24, 2019
New Music for: TAK Ensemble

February 23, 7:30 pm | Studio Z
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free
Free workshop at Studio Z 5:00pm - 6:00 pm*

February 24, 7:30 pm | Studio Z
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free
Free workshop at Studio Z 5:00pm - 6:00 pm*

*Composers, performers, and the general public are invited to a free workshop on writing and interpreting graphic notation, presented by 113 and the TAK Ensemble on Saturday, February 23, 5pm, and again on Sunday, February 24, 5pm, at Studio Z. Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments and food will be served.

January 12, 2019
The Music of Folwell School
7:30 pm | Studio Z
Free and open to the public

2018

December 15, 2018
Screening of György Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre
7:30 pm | ACF Landmark Cente, St. Paul
FREE

October 19-21, 2018
Twin Cities New Music Festival

October 19
7:30 pm | New Music for Voice: Nina Dante
9:00 pm | György Kurtág's Kafka Fragments

October 20
7:30 pm | Chamber Music

October 21
3:00 pm | Screening of Chaya Czernowin's Infinite Now
7:30 pm | Portrait Concert: Helmut Lachenmann

Work by *Pedro Alvarez, Juan Campoverde, Pablo Chin, Nina Dante, *Christian Dimpker, *James Erber, *Inti Figgis-Vizueta, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Stratis Minakakis, *Valentin Pelisch, Tiffany M. Skidmore, Jeremy Wagner, and Bethany Younge (*Call for Scores Selected Works)

Performances by Heather Barringer, Bethany Battafarano, Joey Crane, Nina Dante, James DeVoll, Gabrielle Doran, Benjamin Downs, Rebeccah Parker Downs, Svea Drentlaw, Michael Duffy, Kathryn Eakright, Yumhali Garcia, Jeremy Johnston, Pat O'Keefe, Laura Kuschel, Monte Mason, Liam Moore, Tiffany M. Skidmore, Walter Skidmore, Justin Spenner, Irving Steinberg, KrisAnne Weiss, and Adam Zahller.

All Events are at Studio Z, St. Paul
$5 for each concert / $20 Festival Pass for all events / children under 18 are free

September 15, 2018
Season Kickoff at Modist Brewing
7:30 pm |  505 N 3rd St, Minneapolis
Performances by Alyssa Anderson, Joey Crane, Benjamin Mansavage Klein, and Adam Zahller

June 1 & 2, 2018
Face Wails in Mouth! featuring Jeffery Kyle Hutchins and Adam Zahller
Work by Aaron Cassidy, Joey Crane, Kurt Schwitters, and Simon Steen-Andersen

June 1
Free Workshop 6:00 pm
Concert 7:30 pm | Tilsner Artist Lofts, St. Paul
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free

June 2
Free Workshop 6:00 pm
Concert 7:30 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free

May 27, 2018
Frequency Series presents 113 with Artemis Vocal Ensemble
May 27, 2018, 8:30 pm | Constellation, Chicago
Work by Joey Crane, *Nomi Epstein, Sam Krahn, Joshua Musikantow, Tiffany M. Skidmore (*Call for Scores selected work)

March 2 & 4, 2018
113 Contemporary Music Festival

March 2, 2018 (three sets)
     7 pm: featuring Yamhali Garcia (violin), Neil Nanyi Qiang (piano), and Justin Spenner (baritone)
     8 pm: featuring Alyssa Anderson (mezzo-soprano), Rebeccah Parker Downs (cello), Jeffery Kyle Hutchins
     (voice/saxophone), and Neil Nanyi Qiang (piano)
     9 pm: featuring Alyssa Anderson (mezzo-soprano), Jeffery Kyle Hutchins (saxophone), Neil Nanyi Qiang
(piano), and Paul Schimming (clarinet)

March 4, 2018
4 pm: featuring the Hutchins/Qiang Duo (saxophone and piano)
Work by Peter Ablinger, *Amer Ali, *Per Bloland, *Jeffrey Bowen, *Nuno Costa, Joey Crane, Chaya
Czernowin, James Dillon, Sam Krahn, *Dario Pino, Tiffany M. Skidmore, *Zach Thomas, Jeremy Wagner, and
Adam Zahller (*Call for Scores selected works)

All events at Studio Z, St. Paul
$15 / $5 for students / children under 18 are free

Supported in part by the Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization Program

Featured performance of James Dillon's Traumwerk
October 27, 7:30 pm | Schubert Club, Courtroom 317
$15 / $5 for students / chilren under 18 are free

September 9, 2017
Season Launch Party and Fundraiser
September 9, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Bang Brewing Company, St. Paul
Tickets $10 at the door.
Join us and our friends 6 Families, Punk-Ass Classical, and Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble for a party and joint fundraiser at Bang Brewing. There will be performances by members of each group and plenty of beer!

September 1, 2017
Opera Screening: Pnima...ins Innere by Chaya Czernowin
September 1, 7:30 pm | Landmark Center, St. Paul
Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the American Composers Forum
Chaya CZERNOWIN: “Pnima...ins Innere“
Courtesy of Mode Records ©2006 (from DVD mode 169) http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/169czernowin.html

June 2 - 5, 2017
Twin Cities Residency: Schuyler Tsuda
June 2, 7:30 pm | The Tilsner, St. Paul - featuring Strains New Music Ensemble
June 4 | Why World House Show (1070 13th Ave SE), Minneapolis - featuring Shield Your Eyes
June 5, 1 pm | Regis Center for Art eStudio, Minneapolis - Audio Circuit Design Workshop featuring Schuyler Tsuda
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

May 7 and 13, 2017
New Music for Voices: The Gregorian Singers
May 7, 4:00 pm | Lakewood Cemetery Chapel, Minneapolis
May 13, 7:30 pm | Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
$15 / $5 for students / children free
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
With support from Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

April 26 and May 3, 2017
Extended Vocal Techniques Workshop
April 26, 7:00 pm | 215 Ferguson Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
May 3, 7:00 pm | Graham Place Senior Apartments, St. Paul 
Free and open to the public. 
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

April 7 - 8, 2017
New Music for: Strains New Music Ensemble
April 7, 7:30 pm | Sateren Auditorium, Augsburg College, Minneapolis
April 8, 2 pm | Landmark Center Courtroom, St Paul
$15 / $5 students / children free
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

March 4 - 5, 2017
New Music for Strings: Bishop String Quartet
March 4, 3 pm | Flaten Art Barn, St Olaf College, Northfield
Pre-concert Lecture by Etha Williams, 2 pm
March 5, 7:30 pm | Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Pre-concert Lecture by Etha Williams, 6:30 pm
$15 / $5 for students / children free

February 3 - 5, 2017
Twin Cities Residency: Anthony Cheung and Fonema Consort
Colloquium: Anthony Cheung
February 3, 4 pm | Ferguson Hall, Minneapolis
New Music for: Fonema Consort
February 4, 7:30 pm | Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis
February 5, 4 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul

2016

December 1, 2016, 7:30 pm
New Music for Percussion: Bill Solomon and Mike Truesdell
Studio Z | Saint Paul, Minnesota

October 17 - 28, 2016
Twin Cities Residency: Duo Gelland
Performances and workshop with students at University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota Duluth; Anoka Ramsey Community College; Loveworks Academy for the Arts; Pratt Community School; Graham Place Senior Center; and Avalon School.
New Music for Violin: Duo Gelland
October 28, 7:30 pm | Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

May 6 and 8, 2016
New Music for Strains New Music Ensemble: Jeffery Kyle Hutchins (saxophone), Carlynn Savot (cello), James DeVoll (flute), and Jeremy Johnston (percussion)
May 6, 7:30 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul
May 8, 4 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul
Pre-concert talk on May 8, 2:30 pm

March 22 - April 9, 2016
Twin Cities Residency: Duo Gelland
Performances and workshops with students at the University of Minnesota; Avalon School; Valley View Middle School
New Music for violin: Duo Gelland
April 3, 4 pm | Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

March 21 - 22, 2016
Twin Cities Residency: Michael Pisaro
Composition Seminar
March 21, 3:30 pm | 280 Ferguson Hall, Minneapolis
Composition Masterclass
March 22, 2 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul
Concert of Works by Michael Pisaro
March 22, 7:30 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul
Performed by members of 113 and Strains New Music Ensemble

February 5 and 7, 2016
New Music for Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo: Lauren McNee (flute) and Emily Beisel (clarinet)
February 5, 7:30 pm | Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
February 7, 4 pm | Studio Z, St. Paul