No Exit: The International Sounds of the Collective

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  • Performance
  • Ticket Required
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Location:  Gartner Auditorium
Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
a collage of people

Photo courtesy of Tim Beyer

About The Event

The Cleveland Museum of Art welcomes No Exit New Music Ensemble, one of the region’s leading outlets for the commissioning and performance of contemporary avant-garde concert music, back to the museum for an encore presentation.

This evening, No Exit brings its 2024–25 season to a close with a presentation of music from the Collective—an international consortium of composers who represent some of the most individual and poetic voices in new music today. This eclectic program is premiering in Cleveland before being performed throughout Europe.

More information about the Collective can be found on the group’s website

More information about No Exit can be found on the group’s website.

PROGRAM

Cadenza 
Agata Zubel

Kiki Wearing Tasha
Mathew Rosenblum

Still Clouds (world premiere)
Douglas Knehans

Five Haiku 
Spiros Mazis

a brief comment on the current state of insanity 
Amy Kaplan

Leaving for NYC 
Constantine Koukias

Sareri Hovin Mernem (world premiere)
Edward Smaldone

3 Literary Interludes (world premiere)
Timothy Beyer

The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Sponsors

The 2024–25 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.