Tuesday Night New Music is a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series that offers the opportunity to hear music by the next generation of composers: current New England Conservatory composition students.

The series is directed by Stephanie Ann Boyd under the supervision of composition chair Michael Gandolfi. Founded by Lee Hyla in the early 1990s, Tuesday Night New Music is funded in part this season by a grant from the NEC Entrepreneurial Musicianship department.

Kevin Jang (Piano), Minchae Kim (Violin)

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Artwork (detail) by Kledia Spiro

Lien: The Rose

Performed by Duo XAMP at the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik in Bludenz, Austria, 6 October 2019.
https://joshuamastel.com/only-a-still-wind/

only a still wind (for two microtonal accordions)

Song by me.
Video: https://youtu.be/VONdifvyX8M
Recorded on 8/4/2020
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Lyrics:
Where am I?
I look out at the sea.
Three islands
But which one could it be?
Three, two, one.
Is it fun 
being free?

Rough sailing
To island number one
Keep prevailing
Until the job is done
Kill the beast,
Till at least,
I feel none.

Take me home,
Take me home.

Tough going
To island number two
Keep rowing
My heart is overdue
“What is art?”
Breaks apart
Me and you.

Warm waters
To island number three
Mind shudders
With nervous energy

Straight ahead
The riverbed
Upward flowed
Spirits fled
Mounds of gold
To be held
By me.

Summer breeze
Taking home the 
friendly seas
Why is it that
I can’t be with you?

Dancing trees,
Singing lots of
Songs like these,
Never thinking of what
Reasons to. 

New feelings
Had only happened then
Keep dreaming
Everywhere & everywhen
Sun has dropped
Time just stopped
yet again

Take me home (x4)

Where am I?
I look out at the sea.
Three islands
But which one could it be?
Three, two, one.
That’s the fun 
Of being free

Three Islands

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Three Islands

David Lien

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