Sounds Modern presents Framing Desire in Music, a concert of recent works in which composers express their longing, sentimental and magical, for an unattainable and distant reality. The program includes works that celebrate particular people and places – and especially beloved pieces of music that composers refer to (even incorporate), reframing them much as photographs and video reframe and reinforce elements of the visual world.

TEACHERS & AMATEURS RECITAL

Joel Goodman – USA, Cell Biologist (Texas)
----- Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

Hyekyung Lee – Korea, Private Piano Teacher (Michigan)
----- Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, 1st Movement

Gerrit Pronske – USA, Attorney (Texas)
----- Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

YOUNG ARTISTS RECITAL

Ádám Balogh – Hungary, 17
(2013 Grand Winner, Piano Talents International Piano Competition, Italy)
-----Chopin: Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
-----Scriabin: Etude in D-flat major, Op. 8 No. 10
-----Liszt: Tarentalla

Ruixue Zhang – China, 21
(2015 National Winner, Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Piano Competition, USA)
----- Schubert: Klavierstücke No. 2 in E-flat major, D 946

Guest choreographers and dancers are featured in excited performances in the Modern Grand Lobby. Admission free.

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Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth celebrates the CD/FW company's 25th anniversary season with the special project "Dance Unplugged" as part of the Modern Dance Festival at The Modern.  "Dance Unplugged" will feature a wide array of guest companies and artists performing works celebrating movement as a primary and profound form of communication. These informal performances will take place in the Grand Lobby, and participating artists will agree not to use recorded music or amplification and to refrain from using "technology" (e.g.

Dance On Camera: Dance Shorts

Saturday July 11
12:15 pm
Modern Auditorium/ admission free

Catch the local premieres of short films from the 2015 Dance On Camera festival of New York City.  This 35-minute program features four family-friendly films:

Escualo (Martin & Facundo Lombard, USA, 2014; 4:09) - A "dance scene" set to music by Astor Piazzolla and performed by the Lombard Twins.

Dance On Camera:  Dance Shorts

Saturday July 18; noon
Modern Auditorium/ admission free

Catch the local premieres of short films from the 2015 Dance On Camera festival of New York City.  This 45-minute program includes some content which would be the equivalent of a PG-13 rating:

Well Contested Sites (Amie Dowling, USA, 2012; 13:27) - Developed and shot on Alcatraz Island, this film explores the issue of mass incarceration and the complex experience faced by the incarcerated.

Applause Music Festival
An afternoon of contemporary viola and piano works by living composers. Featuring the music of celebrated composer Joel Hoffman along with a cast of composers active in the field today, Violist Travis Baird and Pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya are sure to please an audience of all ages.
Admission is free.

Our city is rife with musical talent, with a rich history of encouraging young artists. No organization understands that better than the Cliburn, and it is fitting that we launch this year’s Modern series, which celebrates living American composers, with works that were written here in our hometown. Two brilliant composers, who have each chosen to make Fort Worth their home as associate professors at TCU, will showcase their music.