Welcome to The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, one of the nation's oldest professional ensembles devoted to the music of our time. Now entering our 31st year, PNME's summer festival presents new music in a way you won't encounter anywhere else. If you think you don't like modern music, or if you're bored with the "same-old same-old" concert routine, we promise you'll find something at PNME to entice and inspire you.
Our festival of music and film takes place at City Theatre, 13th and Bingham Streets, on Pittsburgh's South Side, July 6 - August 4, 2007. Concerts are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. (Click here for more information.) City Theatre is a company that shares our vision of bringing new, cutting-edge work to Pittsburgh and presenting it with the highest standards of excellence. City Theatre is near the restaurants and shops of East Carson Street, and has its own parking lot for patrons. (Click here for a link to City Theatre's website.) We hope you enjoy visiting us as much as we have enjoyed working with this extraordinary organization.
PNME is a mission-driven organization, and we're always striving for more compelling presentations that will challenge, delight and move you. We have the future behind us is more than a catch-phrase, it articulates a philosophy of continued artistic growth, a commitment to embracing the New and expressing it with wit, power, insight and beauty. We continue to be energized by our mission and by the response of you, our audience, to the work we do. If you're one of the growing number of devoted PNME fans, welcome back! If you're a newcomer, get ready for a musical experience unlike any other; we hope you are as inspired by what you encounter here as we are to present it.
Enjoy!
Kevin Noe, Executive Artistic Director
Hear what critics and colleagues are saying about PNME!
“The lime-green light has never burned so bright.”
Andy Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“For sheer variety, PNME’s weekend concerts could not be beaten. Five diverse styles were presented with
stunning versatility at City Theatre on the South Side.” |
| “PNME’s success and popularity seem to be growing faster than the group can keep up.“ Eric Haines, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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“I am hearing from composers in the field how well [PNME] plays and that they
enjoy working with them. It is great news for Pittsburgh and great
news for the national community.“ |
“It's great to work with a conductor who is so committed to presenting new works
in a way that I have honestly never seen.”
Kevin Puts, composer
“PNME's opening night was a complete triumph that demonstrated artistic director Kevin Noe's 'theater of music' brings new vitality to the presentation of contemporary music.”
Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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“What's not to like about this group, whose approach is always as fresh as its
trademark color of lime green?” |
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Click here for photo gallery from the 2005 Season. All photos © Cory West |
