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Click here for the video excerpt of the world premiere of “double helix” for two violins at the dedication for the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library (10/11/11).  Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition, composed the piece as a tribute to the new library.

The performers were Janet Sung and Yuan-Qing Yu.

Hear more from Augusta Read Thomas at the New Music Ensemble concert on November 12, 2011 in Fulton Recital Hall. Program also includes works by György Ligeti, Amy Williams, Edwin Roxburgh, and Matthias Pintscher. More information coming!