The Roman new music ensemble Nuova Consonanza returns to the American Academy in Rome for its 49th season, presenting “Festa d’Autunno 2012.” The seven-hour marathon entitled “CentoCage” is a celebration of the centenary of the birth of American composer John Cage. The festival will feature art installations and performances of music staged throughout the Villa Aurelia. In particular, Fellows of the American Academy in Rome will exhibit: an installation by Erik Adigard (Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize Fellow in Design), a video by Nicholas Blechman (Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize Fellow in Design), sculpture by Carl D'Alvia (Henry W. and Marian T. Mitchell Rome Prize Fellow in Visual Arts), a performance by Glendalys Medina (John Armstrong Chaloner/Jacob H. Lazarus-Metropolitan Museum of Art Rome Prize Fellow in Visual Arts), video and sculpture by Nari Ward (Chuck Close Rome Prize Fellow in Visual Arts), and performances of music by composers Anthony Cheung (Luciano Berio Rome Prize Fellow in Musical Composition) and Jesse Jones (Elliott Carter Rome Prize Fellow in Musical Composition).

For information on tickets, please consult www.nuovaconsonanza.it or contact 06.3700323 or info [at] nuovaconsonanza.it (info[at]nuovaconsonanza[dot]it).

Funded in part through a grant from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.