FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Creative Arts Ensemble will join forces with Nikolaus Gerszewski, a German composer/performer of avant-garde music, in a series of concerts to be held on the UMF campus and in New York City.

The newly formed UMF ensemble is made up of artists and performers from the UMF and Western Maine creative communities.

The UMF performance will feature two new works by Gerszeski and one by Gustavo Aquilar, UMF assistant professor of experimental performance. Also performing will be Steven Pane, UMF professor of music on piano; Philip Carlsen, UMF professor of music on cello; Gustavo Aguilar, UMF assistant professor of experimental performance on percussion; and UMF department of sound, performance, and visual inquiry students Matthew Houston of Pittsfield, Dan Smith of South Portland and Andrew Wright of Standish.

The UMF event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11, in Nordica Auditorium in UMF’s Merrill Hall. Admission is free.

The New York City concert will take place at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Experimental Intermedia, 224 Center Street at Grand.