The New Music Concert Series at Delaware County Community College presents
Marianne Parker & Megan Ihnen
$10 • General Admission (In-Person & Streaming)
FREE • Student Tickets (In-Person & Streaming)
Student tickets also available at the door. Limit one student ticket per online order.
Thursday, May 4 at 5 p.m.
Large Auditorium • Academic Building • Marple Campus
Join us as we welcome Pianist Marianne Parker and mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen to the stage at Delaware County Community College for an evening concert followed by a Q&A! Pianist Marianne Parker and mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen present a concert exploring personal growth, evolving roles in life, and the unwavering forward motion amid uncertainty that exists in that space.
About the Ensemble:
Megan Ihnen is a “new music force of nature.” Her performances thrive on elaborate sound worlds and fully-developed dramatic interpretations. A gifted narrative and non-narrative musical storyteller, Megan’s performance work explores the depths of memory, nostalgia, the perception of time, and complex relationships. Passionate about contemporary chamber music and opera, Megan has worked with individuals and ensembles around the globe including: International Contemporary Ensemble, Fifth House Ensemble, Great Noise Ensemble, Rhymes With Opera, and Synchromy. She is deeply committed to the belief that new music should be performed and loved in communities of all sizes. She has recently traveled to and performed on SPLICE Festival, Oh My Ears, ÆPEX Contemporary Performance, Detroit New Music “Strange Beautiful Music Marathon”, Omaha Under the Radar Festival, Works and Process at the Guggenheim Series, and New Music Gathering. Her voice and saxophone duo Megan Ihnen & Alan Theisen present… has traveled to twenty four cities in the US since 2017. Learn more about Megan at meganihnen.com.
Marianne Parker’s playing has been described as, “a cut above...her sympathetic fingers offering well-sculpted phrases and impassioned pealing” (Chicago Classical Review). Her work can be heard on three albums, Pages intimes (2019), Pyano Sa (2020), and Currents in Time (2020, PARMA/Navona Records). Marianne is curator for the Anthology of 21st century works for solo piano through NewMusicShelf Publishing.
An active chamber musician, Marianne’s first foray into new music was with L+M Duo, which she co-founded in 2016 along with marimbist Laurel Black. Marianne is in demand locally, regionally, and nationally as collaborator and new music specialist. She has been a featured performer at the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival, Nief Norf Summer Festival, and many others. Marianne is proud to serve as President of New Music Chicago, an organization that serves the city’s vast ecosystem of new music creators. She is a 2022 graduate of the Global Leaders Program, an executive arts leadership program preparing professional musicians to become socially impactful organizational leaders.
Marianne has performed with many ensembles across the Midwest, including The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee’s Present Music, Chicago’s Access Contemporary Music, Fourth Coast Ensemble, Crossing Borders Music, and more. She served as the principal pianist for the Chicago Civic Orchestra from 2013-2015, during which time she worked with longtime Chicago Symphony, Pianist Mary Sauer and Chicago Symphony Creative Consultant, Yo-Yo Ma.
Marianne’s work is driven by her passion to communicate the vibrancy and variety of classical music, especially to those who have yet to discover it.
ADA Assistive Listening Devices, Accessible Seating and Parking Available