"1492" AND "HAZMAT" TO BE PERFORMED BY
THE NEW YORK NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 3-- Compositions by two University
of Virginia professors will be performed during the New York New Music
Ensemble concert on Sunday, April 6.  The concert featuring music by
Virginia composers will begin at 8:15 p.m. in U.Va.'s Cabell Hall. 
	Composers Judith Shatin and Alicyn Warren find inspiration in
historical and modern events to create contemporary musical works. 
	It's 1492.  Columbus is sailing for the New World; the Jews
are being expelled from Spain, and France is being invaded by Henry
VII.  It is a time of exhilaration and turmoil. These world-changing
events are the stimulus for "1492," a composition by Judith Shatin,
music professor and chairman of U.Va.'s McIntire Department of Music. 
	In this three-part work for piano and percussion, Shatin sets,
stretches and breaks boundaries. In the central section, the pianist
transforms into a percussionist and the percussionist into a keyboard
player.  In the outer sections the performers storm into each others
territories.  By contrast, in the middle section there is a more
contemplative feeling.  Shatin creates the rhythmic structure by
employing permutations of the numbers in the title. 
	"1492" was commissioned by the Arioso Ensemble and has toured
throughout the United States.
	"HAZMAT," a work for bass clarinet, cello, piano and
percussion by Alicyn Warren, gets its title from the unsettling
experience of driving on an urban highway as a huge truck full of
flammable material hurtles by in the next lane.  The rich voices of
the bass clarinet and cello are often set against the bright timbre of
the piano and percussion.  "HAZMAT" was composed in early 1997 by
Warren, an assistant professor. 
	The New York New Ensemble is known for its performances,
recordings and commissions of important contemporary composers. 
	Tickets to the concert are $7 for the general public and $5
for students.  U.Va. students may use ARTS$ for the event.
	For information, call the Cabell Hall box office at (804)
924-3984.   
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April 2, 1997
	For more information, contact Judith Shatin at (804) 924-6503
or Alicyn Warren at (804) 924-6499.  Television reporters should call
our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.