Since its inception, New Art / New Music has featured the original work of Shepherd School of Music students inspired by new art on Rice’s campus. Offering real-world experience in organization, production, leadership, and advocacy, this program provides exceptional composers and musicians an avenue to create and play music reflective of their expertise in an inspiring and unique setting. This program is supported by the Libbie Rice Shearn Moody Fund for the Arts.
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Bio Morphe"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Do Ho Suh: In Process"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Laure Prouvost: Above Front Tears Nest in South"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Urban Impressions: Experiencing the Global Contemporary Metropolis"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Kapwani Kiwanga: The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "States of Mind"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Moon Shot"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Natasha Bowdoin: Sideways to the Sun"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Matthew Ritchie: The Demon in the Diagram"
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Shepherd School Students Compose + Perform Original Musical Responses to "Josiah McElheny: Island Universe"