Johnstone Fund for New Music

Johnstone Fund for New Music

Our mission is to expand the audience for new music in Central Ohio by helping to fund the creation and performance of new works.

The Johnstone Fund has supported performances by BalletMet Columbus, Brass Band of Columbus, Carpe Diem String Quartet, Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Children's Choir, Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus Symphony, Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra, Greater Columbus Community Orchestra, Jazz Arts Group, Lancaster Festival, New Albany Symphony Orchestra, New Music Collective, Newark-Granvil

6/18 Concert: 7 VILLAGES 05/06/2024

June 18! 7:00! Be there!!!

6/18 Concert: 7 VILLAGES Scott Woods presents, in partnership with the Johnstone Fund for New Music, 7 VILLAGES on June 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Short North Stage. Admission is free. An exploration of drum-centered solos and due…

Photos from Quince Ensemble's post 10/04/2024

Quince!

10/04/2024

Quince Ensemble: “Dust to Dust”

09/04/2024

Louise our poet!

09/04/2024
09/04/2024

Ready for Quince!

A once-enslaved man’s music was hidden for centuries. Go on a journey to rediscover his melodies 29/03/2024

This is unbelievable!

A once-enslaved man’s music was hidden for centuries. Go on a journey to rediscover his melodies Connecticut volunteers have reconstructed the life of Sawney Freeman, a violinist and composer, and restored his work for contemporary muisicians.

25/03/2024

Coming in May!

Dear friends, I hope you will join me on April 28 and May 5 to explore the art and music from the latest The Response Project. After my Essential Tremor diagnosis in 2020, I decided to use creativity to acquaint myself with my new reality. Working with concert:nova, Visionaries and Voices, and composers Molly Joyce, Forrest Pierce, Adeliia Faizullina, Matthew Evan Taylor, and Hanna Benn, we are presenting music and artwork that explores what it means to search for belonging in a world unprepared to embrace differences.

Please see the facebook events for more info and links to tickets:
TREMOR art exhibition April 28, 4-8 PM at The Well with music at 5:30
TREMOR concert May 5, 6PM at American Sign Museum

P.S. Columbus friends, the concert will repeat on May 7 as part of the Johnstone Fund for New Music concert series.

Roy Minoff Composition Competition | Kent State University 04/03/2024

Composers! Attention! This is a good one!

Roy Minoff Composition Competition | Kent State University Roy Minoff Composition Competition School of Music | The Kent State Hugh A. Glauser School of Music is proud to announce the Roy Minoff Composition Competition 2024 to support the creation of a significant new work that will receive its world premiere at Kent State University.

06/02/2024

What To Do Tuesday, Feb 6: Johnstone Fund for New Music: Hypercube & Louise Robertson: Speaker for the Dead - Charles Rudig, Western Music - Marcel Castro-Lima, Transmutable Music - Ricardo Gallo, Spinning, Touched, Undreamt; Snow. - Corie Rose Soumah, Maze - XY Mike Zhou (free) 7pm

Hypercube
Johnstone Fund for New Music
Short North Stage

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Photos from Chamber Brews's post 07/12/2023

See what you missed?

27/11/2023

Next Tuesday!!!!

Next Tuesday, December 5, join us as we present our new concert, Harmonic Visions.

Dec 5, 7PM
The Short North Stage Green Room

Join us as we study how Philip Glass, Rebecca Clarke, and Jennifer Higdon fracture boundaries by developing their own harmonic languages evoking emotion and a unique sense of space.

Louise Robertson, the Johnstone Fund’s Poet in Residence, will recite a poem revealing her interpretation of this program.

Photos from Unheard-of//Ensemble's post 15/11/2023

Unheard-of last Tuesday! Sorry you missed it!

10/11/2023

Ching-chu on Sunday!

Join us for the first Masterworks concert of the season and experience music inspired by Eastern cultures. You will hear a world premiere, a romantic Chinese violin concerto, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s epic symphonic poem, Scheherazade.

Fiber Art inspired by the program and created by Celeste Malvar-Stewart will be on display and could be yours to take home.

Benedicta Enrile Masterworks Series
WCO: Stories from the East
Sunday, November 12, 2023, at 5 p.m.

Worthington United Methodist Church

Visit www.worthingtonchamberorchestra.com for details and 🎟️ tickets.

Brian Harnetty keeps the gift in motion with ‘The Workbench’ 06/11/2023

Hear this tomorrow! 7:pm

Brian Harnetty keeps the gift in motion with ‘The Workbench’ In the weeks and months after his father died in October 2021, Brian Harnetty would visit his mother in the home his parents once shared. Once there, he would i

05/11/2023

Next Tuesday! Short North Stage! 7 pm.

Ohio! We’re coming for you next week! Our first stop happens to be in Iva’s hometown— Columbus’ for the series, followed by in Athens, Bexley Library Series, and a recording session in Oxford.

We’re premiering the winning multimedia pieces from our Johnstone Fund Call for Projects and bringing back the oldie but goodie Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time to Bexley.

See you soon Ohio!

CBUSArts 05/11/2023

We are excited to be funding Conquest Requiem. You can receive 25% off tickets by using code "JOHNSTONE".... Children under 16 are free.

CBUSArts

18/10/2023

Martin again!

Next in this Sunday’s program is Radiant Pillars by Martin Hebel, composed in 2020. If you follow this page, you might recall that we had the privilege of rehearsing with the composer. He was able to provide his inspiration for Radiant Pillars, which can best be summed up with this excerpt from his website. (Link in comments)

“Radiant Pillars is an abstract reflection on two scientific observations which expanded our understanding of the universe: the Hubble telescope image, “Pillars of Creation,” showing stars forming from massive clouds of gas and dust, and the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background, the edge of the universe still expanding from the Big Bang.”

The Greater Columbus Community Orchestra is proud to feature new compositions in our performances, and it’s even more thrilling when a composer can provide our musicians with such insights.

We appreciate the Johnstone Fund for New Music for their support and encouragement in bringing these unique compositions to life.

We hope you’ll join us this Sunday at Hilliard Presbyterian Church at 7pm to experience this new and innovative piece.

Gund Concert Series: Roscoe Mitchell with Tim Russell 17/10/2023

Should be an experience!

Gund Concert Series: Roscoe Mitchell with Tim Russell Roscoe Mitchell is an internationally renowned musician and composer whose virtuosic resurrection of overlooked woodwind instruments has placed him at the forefront of contemporary music.

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Photos from UCelli, the Columbus Cello Quartet's post 11/10/2023
The Johnstones 07/09/2023

We are very proud of this! Thank you Music and Dance Library !

The Johnstones See the story

31/07/2023

Announcing our 2023-24 season! All 9 performances of our free “New Music at Short North Stage” concert series take place at Short North Stage from 7-8pm.

Bearthoven - Sept 12, 2023

UCelli: “Ten SCORE” - Oct 10, 2023

Unheard of Ensemble - Nov 7, 2023

Chamber Brews - Dec 5, 2023

Hypercube - Feb 6, 2024

Anzû Quartet - Mar 5, 2024

Quince Ensemble - Apr 9, 2024

Brianna Matzke - May 7, 2024

Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble - June 4, 2024

Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis and performances are recommended for ages 9 and older. Parking assistance is available through the ParkColumbus app.

Photos from Cringe.com's post 25/07/2023
Photos from Johnstone Fund for New Music's post 07/06/2023

CODE: "Breathe"

Photos from andPlay's post 12/05/2023

andPlay!!!

Photos from andPlay's post 12/05/2023

andPlay!

No Exit presents andPlay - Cleveland Classical 09/05/2023

Look! Tonight!

No Exit presents andPlay - Cleveland Classical This article is posted with the permission of No Exit andPlay is the New York City-based duo of Maya Bennardo (violin) and Hannah Levinson (viola), who first met as students at Oberlin Conservatory. The two musician-educators are committed to expanding the existing violin/viola repertoire by commiss...

23/04/2023

Wow!