NEC's New Music Ensemble, led by Stefan Asbury, joins forces with the Composition Department's 2026 Malcolm Peyton Composer-in-Residence, Colin Matthews, for an exciting evening of diverse contemporary music. 

Performing on Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques (“Exotic Birds”)

Repertoire:

Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
Ligeti: Etudes for Piano
     No. 5 "Arc-en-ciel"
     No. 8 "Fém"
     No. 11 "En suspens"
     No. 12 "Entrelacs"
Karen Tanaka: Techno Etudes
Peyton: Piece for Solo Cello 
Colin Matthews (Malcolm Peyton Composer-in-Residence): Postludes
Matthews: Little Continuum from Two Tributes

Concert will be livestreamed:https://necmusic.edu/on-campus/performances-events/streaming-performances/jordan-hall/