The UT New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Dan Welcher, performs a concert featuring "Music for the Blanton" by professor of composition Donald Grantham, along with works by John Harbison and UT student composer Andrew Davis.
The New Music Ensemble (UTNME) is widely regarded as one of the best new music ensembles in the country. Featuring solo, chamber and large ensemble works by living composers and those of the recent past, UTNME presents six full-length concerts annually of new chamber music composed primarily within the past 20 years. This unique group consists of a sixteen-member core ensemble and is made up of the most proficient student instrumentalists and singers in the School of Music.