On October 15th & 16th, 02022, EDME hosted a New Music Festival in Eugene, Oregon, USA, Earth.

It was amazing.

Our Sunday evening show was at New Zone Gallery. Earlier in 02022, we sent out a call for new music scores for our ensemble to perform. Of many received, we chose ten.* This album is the aural document of that wonderful evening and those lovely ten scores. It was phenomenal fun, and we are profoundly appreciative of the composers who submitted works.

Here are the program notes for that night:
"Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble will perform ten scores by living
composers. These works explore the visions and sounds of young artists writing music today, compositions profoundly engaged with the world as we live it now, post-pandemic, climate changed, and culturally embattled."

The individual tracks feature the original program notes and bios from each composer, as well as a list of the performers.

Also tune into our radio show The Sound Of Curiosity on www.bewaretheradio.com to hear biweekly interviews with and more music by the composers featured in this and future festivals.
Shows are archived on www.mixcloud.com/BewareTheRadio/

Finally, we want to share what our Executive Director, JP Lempke wrote in the program notes for the whole festival:

Welcome to EDME’s first annual New Music Festival!
Our weekend of events is about variety and diversity. Featuring a
broad spectrum of voices and an intriguing number of styles, the
Festival’s three concerts have something for everyone. Whether you
like electronic peculiarities, video projections complementing sonic
landscapes, cozy gallery spaces, or even the chance to play along
with trained musicians, there’s a musical setting for you. We hope
to create a unique experience for our listeners and introduce the
local community to new and innovative means of making
music. As our mission states: “The Eugene Difficult Music
Ensemble performs and commissions underrepresented
experimental works in order to open ears and minds. We work to
expand the definition of what music can be and what music is
capable of achieving, as well as who is capable of achieving it.”

Come hear performances of electronic music and performance art
by our guest artists in the Farmer’s Market Pavilion Plaza. Robert
Long’s psychedelic projections will accompany their sets on the
outer wall of the Pavilion. Our audience participation concert
invites trained and untrained musicians alike to make beautiful
sounds together at First Christian Church. At our last concert in
the New Zone Gallery, EDME’s musicians and many guests have
worked hard to prepare scored works by living composers,
everything from solos to ensemble pieces. Some are purely acoustic
and others are concoctions of traditional instruments with
electronics. Regardless of which show you attend (or even if you
attend all of them!), we have plenty of strange new music to share!

This festival is the result of countless hours of organizing,
fundraising, practicing, volunteering, and rehearsing among EDME
members and guest musicians. It is made possible through the
support of the local community. These include the individuals,
non-profits, and other organizations who gave us time, money,
space, and equipment, as well as local businesses who donated to
our cause. We thank them for helping us turn our vision into a
reality!
Enjoy the shows!
JP Lempke
Executive Director, Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble

* One composer asked not to be included in this release.