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All day |
Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: difference between sameness and difference is same / sameness between difference and sameness is different | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| 10:00am - 1:30pm | Recital Hall | Todd Moellenberg and Judith Hamann: The Usual Traffic | Todd Moellenberg and Judith Hamann |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Recital Hall | John Cage: One8 Laurence Crane: Raimondas Rumsas |
Jennifer Bewerse |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Recital Hall | Long Tone Improvisation | Bonnie Lander, Rachel Beetz |
| 6:00pm - 6:50pm | Recital Hall | Anthony Vine: Bazetta | Anthony Vine, John Burnett, Benjamin Rempel, Jordan Morton |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: today (for on kawara) | D. Edward Davis, Nomi Epstein, Erik Carlson, Judith Hamann |
| 8:30pm - 9:00pm | Silent Tree (Library Walk) | Pauline Oliveros: Extreme Slow Walk | Nomi Epstein and friends |
| 9:30pm - 10:30pm | Recital Hall | Antoine Beuger: karminrot | Justin Murphy-Mancini |
| 11:30pm | Recital Hall | Erik Satie: Vexations | Kyle Adam Blair |
Additional Description:
Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
SlowSD - Festival of Slow Music
Saturday, February 11th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violinist Erik Carlson, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, will present SlowSD, a festival of slow music and art. The festival will begin at midnight on February 10, 2017 and last through February 12. Admission to all festival performances is free.
Schedule for February 11, 2017:
| 10:00am - | Room 243 | Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih: Drawing Room | installation |
| All day | Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | Christopher Otto: Ductually Crossible Flassionallion | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| - 10:30am | Recital Hall | Erik Satie: Vexations | Kyle Adam Blair |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Concert Hall | Morton Feldman: Crippled Symmetry | Steve Schick, Aleck Karis, Michael Matsuno |
| 1:00pm - 1:20pm | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: monopine D. Edward Davis: aperture |
D. Edward Davis, Erik Carlson |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Concert Hall | Jonathan Nussman: Rose, Lily, Dove | Jonathan Nussman, John Burnett |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Recital Hall | Eva-Maria Houben: ab und zu | Justin Murphy-Mancini |
| 4:45pm - 5:15pm | Recital Hall | Pauline Oliveros: Extreme Slow Song | Nomi Epstein and friends |
| 5:30pm - 6:15pm | Concert Hall | John Cage: Four3 | Christopher Clarino, Dustin Donahue, Ryan Nester, Erik Carlson |
| 6:20pm - 6:30pm | Recital Hall | Egidija Medeksaite: C-sharp | electronic playback |
| 6:40pm - 7:00pm | Recital Hall | Sarah Hennies: Casts | Erik Carlson, D. Edward Davis, Nomi Epstein, T.J. Borden |
| 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Recital Hall | Liam Clancy and Leslie Seiters: Slow Dancing | Liam Clancy and Leslie Seiters |
| 9:00pm - 3:00am | Room 136 | Jacob Sundstrom: once in a while, i don't believe you | Jacob Sundstrom |
Additional Description:
Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 11th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
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Barber of Seville Overture by Gioachino Rossini
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Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sinfonia by Luciano Berio
Featuring guest artists David Bowlin (violin) and vocal octet kallisti, this performance will offer a re-imagining of what the symphony might be. In 1969, the 44-year-old Luciano Berio confronted the imposing heritage of Beethoven and Mahler and composed his Sinfonia, performed here by kallisti under the artistic direction of Susan Narucki. Also on the program are Beethoven’s majestic Violin Concerto, featuring soloist David Bowlin, and Rossini’s much-loved Overture.
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SlowSD - Festival of Slow Music
Sunday, February 12th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violinist Erik Carlson, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, will present SlowSD, a festival of slow music and art. The festival will begin at midnight on February 10, 2017 and last through February 12. Admission to all festival performances is free.
Schedule for February 12, 2017:
| All day | Room 243 | Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih: Drawing Room | installation |
| All day | Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | Nomi Epstein: Sound for Installation (UCSD) | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Recital Hall | Barbara Byers: Wither | Barbara Byers, John Burnett |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Recital Hall | Samuel Dunscombe: Southern California Grid | Samuel Dunscombe |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Recital Hall | Matt Sargent: Tide Eva-Maria Houben: Nachtstück Jürg Frey: Accurate Placement |
Matthew Kline |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Recital Hall | Nomi Epstein: Till for solo piano Nomi Epstein: Solo for Piano, part 2 |
Nomi Epstein |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Recital Hall | Teodora Stepancic: 90 | Erik Carlson |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Recital Hall | Taku Sugimoto: new work | Michiko Ogawa, Samuel Dunscombe, Judith Hamann, Erik Carlson, Michael Matsuno |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Recital Hall | Justin Murphy-Mancini: Two Pieces for Flute Cat Lamb: Frames Ernstalbrecht Stiebler: Three in One |
Michael Matsuno, T.J. Borden, Judith Hamann |
| 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Recital Hall | Madison Greenstone: 300 notes played on the contra bass clarinet | Madison Greenstone |
| 9:30pm - 11:30pm | Recital Hall | T.J. Borden, Steve Flato: In the Garden of Eating | T.J. Borden and Steve Flato |
Additional Description:
Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 12th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
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Barber of Seville Overture by Gioachino Rossini
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Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
-
Sinfonia by Luciano Berio
Featuring guest artists David Bowlin (violin) and the vocal octet kallisti, this performance will offer a re-imagining of what the symphony might be. In 1969, the 44-year-old Luciano Berio confronted the imposing heritage of Beethoven and Mahler and composed his Sinfonia, performed here by kallisti under the artistic direction of Susan Narucki. Also on the program are Beethoven's majestic Violin Concerto, featuring soloist David Bowlin, and Rossini's much-loved Overture.
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Jennifer Bewerse, cello - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Jennifer Bewerse is joined by Southland Ensemble to present her final recital at UC San Diego featuring the chance poetry of Jackson Mac Low. Mac Low’s dedication to systems of composition – which included chance, indeterminacy, and simultaneous performance – allowed him to create works of extreme openness. His poems represent a moment in poetry where truths of authorship were called into question and the very boundaries of music and poetry were pulled taut.
Featuring:
Tree Movie
54th Light Poem: For Ian Tyson
The Five Young Turtle Asymmetries
Is That Wool Hat My Hat?
Numbered Asymmetries
“I myself think that if it is a connection and it does something, it’s some kind of cause but it’s different from the time-linear cause going from past to future. It’s across any present, between any two things coexisting. ... And I think that one thing that systematic chance does allow... is for something to happen on that synchronous plane.” - Jackson Mac Low
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ArtPower presents Dover Quartet and Avi Avital
Friday, February 17th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Dover Quartet, featuring Avi Avital.
The New Yorker recently dubbed the Dover Quartet as “the young American string quartet of the moment.” The group catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet competition, becoming one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. They return to the ArtPower stage with Avi Avital, one of the world’s most exciting and adventurous musicians. Acknowledged by The New York Times for his “exquisitely sensitive playing” and “stunning agility,” Avital is the first mandolin player to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Soloist category.
The quartet's program will include:
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Chaconne in D Minor (for solo mandolin) by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Cymbeline (for string quartet and mandolin) by David Bruce
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Quartet No. 1, “From My Life” by BedÅ™ich Smetana
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Six Miniatures (for string quartet and mandolin) by Sulkhan Tsintsadze
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Dror Feiler w/ Kyle Motl and Kjell Nordeson
Saturday, February 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
"To be in exile to be displaced from one’s country of origin and upbringing to be an immigrant —the experience of over 185 million people in the world, on a conservative estimate—is a wrench perhaps comparable in impact to that of war, long-term hunger or imprisonment.
"For me to be in exile, to be an immigrant is like being 'NOISE' in musical context, Like being the 'STAIN' on the 'clean' wall.
"Instead of a person creatively carrying over meanings, across accepted borders of sense, a person is here bodily pushed over borders by forces beyond his or her control.
"In 'NOISE MUSIC' performances aural elements are sprinting toward each other from opposite far ends of the aural space and are colliding in a direct, violent impact. This sound of crashing aural elements is 'NOISE MUSIC.' While sound connotes nothing more than the sense-data of hearing, 'NOISE MUSIC,' from the Latin nausea, suggests an unpleasant disturbance, confusion, or interference baldly lacking any musical quality and that in sociological terms for me is 'EXILE.' The collision of the 'STAIN' of the 'NOISE' with the clean wall is becoming the sunrise of freedom and justice."
-from Exile as Noise & Stain - Noise & Stain as Exile - Dror Feiler
Dror Feiler was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel and has been living in Sweden since 1973. Feiler plays the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and contrabass saxophones, as well as the B-flat clarinet, bassethorn, contrabass clarinet. He also operates computerized sound systems.
Feiler has performed and recorded with several groups and as a solo artist in Sweden, Russia, Yuguslavia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Israel, Palestine, Holland, Hungary, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, U.S.A., Brazil and Colombia over the last 40 years.
Filer is the founder of the free music improvisation group Lokomotiv Konkret. He is also the founder and artistic leader of the Too Much Too Soon Orchestra.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, February 20th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 73 (1849) by Robert Schumann
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String Quartet in D major, K. 575, “King of Prussia” (1789-90) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (1918) by Edward Elgar
No late seating.
Parking today is free.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Composition Focus Seminar: Steve Takasugi
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Guest composer Steven Takasugi will present a lecture as part of the Computer Music Focus lecture series, during which he will discuss compositional practices and his own recent works. An open Q&A session will follow the discussion.
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Mari Kawamura, piano
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Program (PDF)Graduate performer Mari Kawamura will present a solo piano recital at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 21 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. Kawamura's program will include:
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Six Piano Etudes (1, 2) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Makrokosmos, Volume 1 (1972) by George Crumb
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Six Piano Etudes (3, 4) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1994) by Rebecca Saunders
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Six Piano Etudes (5, 6) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Sequenza IV (1966) by Luciano Berio
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego's own percussion ensemble red fish blue fish will perform as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series. The performance will be conducted by Founder and Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick and will feature graduate students James Beauton, Leah Bowden, Christopher Clarino, Fiona Digney, Sean Dowgray, Daniel King, Ryan Nestor and Benjamin Rempel.
The ensemble's program will include the following:
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Percussion Suite (1933) by Johanna Beyer
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A song of grecis. by Justin Murphy-Mancini (world premiere)
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Persephassa (1969) by Iannis Xenakis
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Composition Focus Presents Steve Takasugi
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Guest composer and alumnus Steven Takasugi will present a recital of original works following his lecture on February 21 at the Conrad Prebys Music Center. Featuring current Department of Music graduate performers, the program will include:
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Strange Autumn (2003-04) by Steven Takasugi, performed by Madison Greenstone and Tyler J. Borden
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Die Klavierübung (2007-09) by Steven Takasugi, performed by Kyle Adam Blair
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Kyle Motl, bass - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Motl presents Metatrope, a concert for solo contrabass.
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conduction for Butch Morris, Part II
Monday, February 27th, 2017 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will perform conductions with members of the Phantom Station Ensemble, featuring professors Erik Carlson and Mark Dresser, special guests Oyvind Brandtsegg and Bryan Jacobs and select Department of Music graduate students.
This performance is the second in a three-part series that strives to excavate spontaneous sonic combustion and delve into the unknown through Conduction, an artistic process created by Butch Morris to enable "an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor" without words or musical notation. This concert is part of the Conduction series, which will hold a final performance on March 13.
Click here to learn more about the February 27 performance at the Loft.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)San Diego's own Palimpsest Ensemble will present a special program featuring works and performances by members of UC San Diego's Department of Music community. Curated and conducted by Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis, Palimpsest's program will include:
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Penthode by Elliott Carter
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Accord in the Corral, a new work by UC San Diego graduate student Tobin Chodos featuring the instrumentation of Elliott Carter's piece
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Piano Concerto by György Ligeti, as performed by graduate student Todd Moellenberg
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Grad Forum
Friday, March 3rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)The fourth Grad Forum of the 2016-17 academic year will feature music by Daniel Fishkin, Jonathan Nussman, John Burnett, Barbara Byers, Benjamin Rempel, Celeste Oram, Grace Huddleston and Tiange Zhou.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. The works presented here consist of hand-selected material unrelated to the students' course or degree requirements.
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ArtPower Dublin Guitar Quartet
Friday, March 3rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Dublin Guitar Quartet.
They might play traditional Spanish-style classical guitars, but they’re not your standard guitar ensemble. Described as a “quartet with a difference” by the Irish Times, the Dublin Guitar Quartet is the first classical guitar quartet devoted entirely to new music. Since their formation, the quartet has worked to expand the genre’s limited repertoire by commissioning new works and adapting modern masterpieces. With the help of 8- and 11-string guitars, the quartet has created an original catalogue of arrangements by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt and György Ligeti. Expect a dynamic, entertaining and completely novel concert experience at their San Diego debut with ArtPower.
The quartet's program will include:
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Aheym by Bryce Dessner
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Saxophone Quartet by Philip Glass
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Book of Leaves by Rachel Grimes
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Gongan by William Kanengiser
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Changing the Guard by Nikita Koshkin
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Inaktelki Nóták and Mátraszentimrei Dalok by György Ligeti
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Quartet by Marc Mellits
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Songs in Honour of the Virgin Mary by Urmas Sisask
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MUS 133 Projects in New Music Performance
Monday, March 6th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Students enrolled in the MUS 133 Projects in New Music Performance course will present their end-of-quarter concert.
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Karis Piano Studio Students
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Piano students of Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis will present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Henry Spiller
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Wednesdays@7 presents: Distinguished Lecture Series: Henry Spiller
Heavy Metal Bamboo: How archaic bamboo instruments became modern in Bandung, Indonesia
UC Davis
In 2009, nine people suffocated at a death metal concert featuring local metal bands in Bandung, Indonesia. In response, some Bandung-based metal musicians began to reconsider their wholesale adoption of global "heavy metal" values and musical style. In a quest to inject local Sundanese values of community and cooperation into their musical practice, they hit upon the idea of reviving archaic rural bamboo musical instruments— karinding (mouth-resonated lamelophone) and celempung (idiochord tube zither)—as a means to reconnect to their Sundanese past.
This lecture examines how Bandung musicians create localized, alternative modernities by putting old bamboo instruments to new uses. I introduce two case studies: Karinding Attack ("Karat"), a group of metal musicians who play their death-metal-inspired compositions on village bamboo instruments, and Galengan Sora Awi ("GSA"), a neighborhood-based group of musicians who play a variety of traditional Sundanese musical styles on bamboo instruments of their own invention. I explore how both groups have modified traditional bamboo musical instruments and styles to promote decidedly global modern values: the noisy timbres and diffuse pitches associated with distorted amplified guitars, the rejection by some countercultural groups of modern, sterile, mass-produced, manufactured goods in favor of do-it-yourself (DIY) technologies, the fostering of renewable resources, conservation, and the cleanup of urban environments, and the promotion by the Indonesian government of local and regional traditions.
Bamboo’s versatility—which in the past enabled Sundanese individuals to solve many pressing everyday problems—continues to empower them to face the challenges of modern life. Bamboo’s association with the rakyat—everyday people—and bamboo music’s association with Sundanese/Indonesian principle of gotong royong (mutual aid and cooperation) are further attractions for modern Indonesians eager to adapt local values to global contexts.
Henry Spiller is an ethnomusicologist whose research focuses on Sundanese music and dance from West Java, Indonesia. His books include Gamelan: The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia (ABC-CLIO, 2004) and Erotic Triangles: Sundanese Dance and Masculinity in West Java (Chicago, 2010). His most recent book, Javaphilia: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance (Hawaii, 2015), was awarded the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Bruno Nettl Prize in 2016. Spiller’s current project, based on fieldwork conducted in Bandung, Indonesia, with the support of a Fulbright Senior Scholar award, investigates music made with bamboo musical instruments. He earned his BA (music) from UC Santa Cruz, an MM (harp performance) from Holy Names University, and the MA and PhD (ethnomusicology) from UC Berkeley. Currently he is professor of music at UC Davis, where he is the once and future department chair, teaches world music classes and graduate seminars, and directs the department's Sundanese gamelan ensemble.
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Bass Ensembles
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Professor of Music Mark Dresser's students will present an end-of-quarter bass ensemble performance.
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ArtPower presents Bereishit Dance Company
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Bereishit Dance Company.
Founded by choreographer Park Soon-Ho, Bereishit is a Seoul-based dance company that approaches the Korean traditional culture from a contemporary perspective. The company explores the issues of identity and transformation with a dance style that merges the control and full-body excitement of break dance with sleek artistry and urban cool.
With an all-male cast, Bereishit’s West Coast debut includes two works: Bow, an athletic duet inspired by the tradition of archery, explores the boundaries of sports and dance, while the intensely physical Balance and Imbalance features brilliant and fun interplay among five dancers, a pair of Korean traditional drummers and one traditional pansori singer.
“The street style in dress and movement disguises finely honed skill in balancing bodies at extraordinary angles and in extraordinary configurations.”—Critical Dance
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Jonathan Nussman, baritone - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Baritone Jonathan Nussman will present his graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
The recital will feature George Crumb's Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death, as well as György Kurtág's Hölderlin-Gesänge and a world premiere work by UC San Diego graduate composer Anahita Abbasi. Guest performers include James Beauton (percussion), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Matt Kline (bass), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Boaz Roberts (guitar), Bryan Smith (tuba) and Eric Starr (trombone).
In addition to the live performance, a new sound installation, Drone for Mary Hamilton, will be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall, beginning at 6 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m.
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Kiyoe Wellington, bass - Graduate Recital
Sunday, March 12th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Bassist Kiyoe Wellington will present her graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Wellington's program will include:
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Figment III (2007) by Elliott Carter (for solo bass)
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Ryoanji (1983) by John Cage (for bass, percussion, tape and dance; featuring Chris Clarino)
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Madrigals, Book I (1965) by George Crumb (for bass, vibes, voice; featuring Lauren Jones)
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Einige Sätze (1996-99) by György Kurtág (for bass, voice, slides and projection; featuring Barbara Byers)
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The Sea (for solo bass)
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Stronghold (2008) by Julia Wolfe (for bass and tape)
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)The MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert, under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include vocals, violin, saxophones, a rhythm section and Afro-Latin percussion.
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conduction for Butch Morris, Part III
Monday, March 13th, 2017 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will perform conductions with members of the Phantom Station Ensemble, featuring special guest Ivan Trujillo (trumpet).
This is the final performance in a three-part series that strives to excavate spontaneous sonic combustion and delve into the unknown through Conduction, an artistic process created by Butch Morris to enable "an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor"without words or musical notation. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. at the Loft.
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Ableton Live Workshop
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 264
Free
Moldover and the Future of Controllerism
For those with the drive and patience to learn a little engineering, anything you can dream up, you can build. But in a world of cheap, powerful and seemingly unlimited off-the-shelf solutions, why would you even want to?
In this talk, Todd Moldover will discuss the motivation behind his bespoke instruments and controllers. Through a demonstration of particular key devices, he'll discuss the artistic challenges that necessitated their design and show how you can take your performance needs and turn them into instruments and controllers of your own. Finally, he'll discuss the idea of "controllerism" as an artistic ethos. Where did it come from, and where will it go in the future?
Please note that this event begins at 2:00 p.m. in CPMC Room 264.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, will perform its winter course concert in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Beethoven - Coriolan Overture Op. 62
Debussy/Schoenberg - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299
Soloists: Michael Matsuno; Flute
Tasha Godinez Smith; Harp
Weber - Overture to Der Freischutz
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs and gospel.
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Susan Narucki and Donald Berman
Longtime collaborators, soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman present an evening of works for voice and piano that combine intensity of expression and overarching lyricism.
The concert's first half juxtaposes two works by György Kurtág: Three Old Inscriptions and Requiem For the Beloved with selections from Robert Schumann's Kerner Lieder, Op. 35. Alexander Zemlinsky's Op. 13, a set of six songs to poems by Maurice Maeterlinck and works by American composer James Primosch complete the program. Narucki and Berman have collaborated on a number of critically acclaimed recordings, including Song Cycles of Aaron Jay Kernis (Koch), Music From the American Academy in Rome (Bridge) and The Light That is Felt: Songs by Charles Ives (New World), for which they earned the Classical Recording Foundation's Samuel Sanders Award for Distinguished Collaboration.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 16th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
Free
Under the direction of Kyle Adam Blair, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble will perform a program of canonic wind ensemble staples as well as experimental pieces from UC San Diego affiliated composers, including alumnus Mark Applebaum and founding Department of Music faculty member Robert Erickson. The ensemble's program will include:
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English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ambitus by Mark Applebaum
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Symphony No. 6 for Band by Vincent Persichetti
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White Lady by Robert Erickson
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Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger
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95K Chamber Singers
Friday, March 17th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Students in the MUS 95K Chamber Singers course will perform a short program of vocal works under the direction of Bonnie Lander. The students' program will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and selections from Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Walzer, with accompaniment by Loie Flood and Jeanne Saier.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 17th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students in the MUS 130 Chamber Music Performance course will perform their winter course concert under the direction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
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Computer Music Focus: Neil Rolnick
Friday, March 17th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus lecture series continues with a presentation by composer Neil Rolnick. In this lecture, Rolnick will recount his experience using computers in performance since the 1970s. Using musical examples, he'll describe the evolution of his thinking about what it means to treat the computer as an instrument, and he'll perform excerpts of several recent pieces for laptop computer.
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Composer Neil Rolnick pioneered the use of computers in musical performance, beginning in the late 1970s. Based in New York City since 2002, his music has been performed worldwide, including recent performances in China and Mexico and across the U.S. His string quartet Oceans Eat Cities was performed at the UN Global Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015.
Rolnick’s music has often included unexpected and unusual combinations of materials and media. His work ranges from digital sampling and interactive multimedia to acoustic vocal, chamber and orchestral works. Throughout the 1980s and '90s he was responsible for the development of the first integrated electronic arts graduate and undergraduate programs in the U.S., at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s iEAR Studios in Troy, NY.
Though much of his work connects music and technology, and is therefore considered in the realm of “experimental” music, Rolnick’s music has always been highly melodic and accessible. Whether working with electronic sounds, acoustic ensembles, or combinations of the two, his music has been characterized by critics as “sophisticated,” “hummable and engaging” and as having “good senses of showmanship and humor.”
In 2014 and 2015 Rolnick completed Cello Ex Machina (2015), Silicon Breath (2014), commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts, and Dynamic RAM & Concert Grand (2014), commissioned by the Fromm Foundation. All three appear on his latest CD Ex Machina, released on Innova Recordings in 2016. During this period, Rolnick also completed the first two of a series of new solo laptop performance pieces, O Brother! and WakeUp, deconstructing recordings by Rolnick’s younger brother and by the Everly Brothers, respectively. In 2014, the American Composers Orchestra issued the 18th commercial recording of Rolnick’s work, his iFiddle Concerto, featuring violinist Todd Reynolds.
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Friday, March 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Select students in the MUS 130 course will perform a program of concerti by Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, Concerto for Flute in F major) and J. S. Bach (Concerto for Violin in A minor) under the instruction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Friday, March 17th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Reqiuem.
Guest artists include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 18th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
Giuseppe Verdi: Reqiuem
Guest artist include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 19th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
Giuseppe Verdi: Reqiuem
Guest artist include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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A Night of Classical Iranian Music
Friday, March 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Hesam Abedini
Iranian Music Improvisation
Niloufar Shiri: Kamancheh
Mahtab Nadalian: Santour
Milad Jahadi: Tombak & Daf
Hesam Abedini: Vocals
RSVP Required at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2897579
Mahtab Nadalian is an Iranian Santoor player who graduated from the College of Fine Arts at University of Tehran. She had her high school studies from 2004 to 2010 at Tehran Music Conservatory, where she had maestro Arfa' Atraee as her Santour teacher. Mahtab has performed in many music festivals such as Iranian Women's Music Festival, Tehran Youth Music Festival and Fajr International Music Festival, to name a few. She is currently studying Audio Recording Technology at Houston Community College.
Milad Jahadi was born in 1983 in Qazvin. He started his Tombak lessons with Hamidreza Maghsudi and later studied with Rashid Kakavand and Pezhham Akhawas. He started Daf in 2002 and continued his music lessons with Dr. Hossien Meissami who taught him music theory. Milad performed with the Horakhsh and Sama ensembles as well as with the late Ostad Jalal Zolfonoun. He migrated to the US in 2011 where he continued his musical activities, performing and teaching both adult and children at the Iranian School of San Diego. He has performed with Dr. Hossien Omoumi.
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The UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities presents a conversation with Master Parissa on Tuesday, April 4 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. Dean Cristina Della Coletta will provide an introduction to Parissa's discussion.
Parissa is the first holder of the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. She is Iran's most distinguished female vocalist, who is visiting UC San Diego to share her deep knowledge of Radif - the classical repertoire of Persian traditional music. Its melodic patters are preserved through many generations and provide the basis for improvisation in Persian traditional music. Radif is taught through oral tradition and the repertoire evolves and is preserved by masters of each generation, such as Parissa.
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Bonnie Lander, voice - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Soprano Bonnie Lander will present a recital in collaboration with the New York-based ensemble Rhymes with Opera. The ensemble will premiere Lander's Coping Mechanisms as its first improvisational opera, featuring vocalists Lander, Elisabeth Halliday and Robert Maril, as well as Judith Hamann (cello), Tommy Babin (bass) and Kjell Nordeson (percussion).
Coping Mechanisms explores themes of isolation, anxiety, agoraphobia and grief through improvised dramatic narratives and sounds. Set apart in three separate spaces, three singers (performed by Rhymes With Opera ensemble members Bonnie Lander, Elisabeth Halliday and Robert Maril) explore their own anxieties about what awaits them in the outside world. Using both incidental vocal sounds and melodies inspired by operatic training and techniques, the trio works together in bringing to life a full musical narrative - without the safety net of a written score. Coping Mechanisms is a new opera that explores how we create our own personal spaces while also longing for a connection with our community.
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Founded in 2007, Rhymes With Opera includes founding company members Ruby Fulton (composer); Elisabeth Halliday (soprano); George Lam (composer); Bonnie Lander (soprano); and Robert Maril (baritone). During the 2012-2013 season, Rhymes With Opera expanded to include a house band, the Rhymes With Orchestra, a chamber ensemble comprised of some of this generation’s most exciting contemporary instrumentalists. With the addition of the RWOrchestra, RWO has become a self-contained contemporary opera machine, commissioning and producing works that can be performed whole-cloth by the company.
Since 2007, RWO has commissioned more than 17 new operas, ranging from one-minute “signature” pieces to evening-length productions. New operas commissioned and produced by RWO include Travis Sullivan’s Three Modern Pieces, Thomas Limbert’s Numbers / Dates, Jenny Olivia Johnson’s Book of Gazes, Kathleen Bader’s Leads, Douglas Buchanan’s Goblin Market, David Smooke’s Criminal Element, Adam Matlock’s Red Giant, and Erik Spangler’s Cantata For A Loop Trail, an outdoor hiking opera set in Gwynn Falls Leakin Park in Baltimore and Inwood Hill Park in New York City.
RWO has performed in Baltimore venues including Area 405, the 2640 Space, the City Arts Gallery and the Wind-Up Space, and in NYC venues including Roulette, the Cornelia Street CafeÌ, the National Opera Center, JACK, and the City University of New York. Since 2014 , RWO has regularly presented our mainstage productions in the intimate 124 Bank Street Theatre in New York City.
Bonnie Lander is a classically trained vocalist and violin player who specializes in unorthodox music including new music, avant-garde, and free improvisation. Her relationship with experimental music is defined through collaboration with composers, performers (music and dance), improvisers, lighting designers, sound engineers, computer musicians, students, and friends. Bonnie has performed throughout the United States and Europe in a wide variety of concert settings oscillating between theaters, concert halls, galleries, vans, and bridges. She is currently a DMA candidate at UC San Diego and is an active member of two new music non- profit organizations as performer, composer, and outreach director: Rhymes With Opera (NYC) and San Diego New Music (San Diego). For more info check out http://www.bonnielander.com
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Drew Ceccato, saxophone - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Saxophonist Drew Ceccato will present a graduate recital featuring fellow Department of Music graduate students Tyler J. Borden (cello), Judith Hamann (cello), Tommy Babin (bass) and Kyle Motl (bass). Ceccato's program will include a performance of Roscoe Mitchell's Nonaah.
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Madison Greenstone, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 6th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Clarinetist Madison Greenstone will present a graduate recital featuring music for low clarinets by Trevor BaÄa, Martin Rane Bauck, Luigi Nono, and mixed media video animation by Marta Tiesenga. Madison will be joined by Michael Matsuno (bass flute), Jacob Sundstrom (electronics) and Marta Tiesenga (projection/animation).
Madison's program will feature:
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MYRKR (for solo bass clarinet) by Trevor BaÄa
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the world premiere of lago maggiore (for solo bass clarinet and electronics) by Martin Rane Bauck
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A Pierre. dell'azzuro silenzio inquietem (for contrabass clarinet, bass flute and electronics) by Luigi Nono
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Keir GoGwilt, violin - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 6th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Violinist Keir GoGwilt will present his graduate recital with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Paul von Westhoff, and world premieres of music by Carolyn Chen, Tobin Chodos and Celeste Oram. GoGwilt's concert will also feature guest pianist Todd Moellenberg. His complete program will include:
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Shirr* by Tobin Chodos with pianist Todd Moellenberg
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Suite in D Minor by Johann Paul von Westhoff
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Study on Westhoff Suite in D Minor* by Carolyn Chen
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Partita in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Televisionmann (Gulliver's Travels)* by Celeste Oram
*world premieres
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Springfest - staycation
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Ongoing
Free
Event Program (PDF)Graduate pianist Todd Moellenberg presents Staycation, an event that will launch Springfest on April 8 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater and last through Sunday, April 16.
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Springfest: CEMEC
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)The California Electronic Music Exchange Concert (CEMEC) series is meant to strengthen the connections between the California institutions that have computer and electronic music programs. Each concert features electronic and electroacoustic music by student composers, performers, computer musicians and installation artists from across California. Institutions represented at UC San Diego's installment include Mills College, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, CalArts and UC San Diego.
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Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano - Graduate Recital
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)"I emerged as a Phoenix, to rise in love."
Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest will present a graduate recital featuring guest performers Siu Hei Lee (piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano) and Ashley Cutright (mezzo-soprano). The concert program will include:
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A Sonatina (2016) by Bill Alves
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Please Be Okay Till Morning by Daniel Felsenfeld (world premiere)
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Tacciono i boschi (1981) by James Erber
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Two Sonnets by Giordano Bruno by Phoenix (world premiere)
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jumalattaret (2012) by John Zorn
Free parking, free admission, free hugs post-performance.
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Formosa Quartet
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $10.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The Formosa Quartet will return to UC San Diego for a performance that will include the world premiere of a new work by Wei-Chieh Lin inspired by Taiwanese folk songs. The quartet's program will feature:
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world premiere of Five Taiwanese Folk Songs by Wei-Chieh Lin
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String Quartet No. 4 by Bela Bartok
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Lullaby for String Quartet by George Gershwin
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Four Grappelli Jazz Tunes arranged by quartet violinist Jasmine Lin
This concert is co-sponsored by the Chuan Lyu Endowment and the Taiwan Lecture Series at UC San Diego.
The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae – have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, and New England Conservatory, they have performed in major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, and have been top prizewinners in prestigious competitions such as the Paganini, Primrose, Fischoff, Naumburg, and Tertis competitions. As chamber musicians, they have appeared regularly at the Marlboro, Kingston, Santa Fe, Ottawa, Ravinia, Crans-Montana, and Schiermonnikoog festivals, as well as at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove. They have held principal positions in the San Diego and Cincinnati Symphonies, and have taught at the University of Southern California, California State University Fullerton, Roosevelt University, Taos School of Music, Stanford University, McGill University, and the Juilliard School. In 2014 the Quartet became the faculty quartet-in-residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
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Winners of the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the London International String Quartet Competition in 2006, the Formosa Quartet is “one of the very best quartets of their generation” (David Soyer, cellist of the Guarneri Quartet). Its debut recording on the EMI label was hailed as “spellbinding” (Strad Magazine) and “remarkably fine” (Gramophone), and the quartet has given critically acclaimed performances at the Ravinia Festival, the Caramoor Festival, the Library of Congress, the Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, Rice University, San Francisco State University, and Wigmore Hall in London. Formed in 2002 when the four founding members came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the Formosa Quartet is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of its heritage.
The members of the Formosa Quartet are the founders and faculty members of the annual Formosa Chamber Music Festival in Hualien, Taiwan. Inaugurated in 2013 and modeled after American summer festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, the Taos School of Music, and Kneisel Hall, FCMF is the product of long-held aspirations and years of planning, and represents one of the quartet’s more important missions: to bring high-level chamber music training to talented young musicians in Taiwan and first-rate music to Taiwanese audiences.
In the 2015-2016 season, the Formosa Quartet continues a two-year residency with Art of Élan, a San Diego arts-presenting organization. As ensemble-in-residence, the Quartet is working with UCSD professor of composition Lei Liang to create a new piece based on music indigenous to the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. The culmination of the two-year project was the premiere performance of the commission in Spring 2016 and looks ahead to a new disc of music inspired by Hungarian and Taiwanese folk traditions.
In its relatively brief existence, the Formosa Quartet’s active commissioning has contributed significantly to the 21st century’s string quartet literature. They premiered Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen’s Returning Souls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends in 2014, and the Quartet’s recording of its first commission from Ms. Chen, Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom, was released on the New World Records label in 2013. Other pieces recently written for the Quartet include three pieces by Dana Wilson — Hungarian Folk Songs,The night of h’s, and Apart — Wei-Chieh Lin’s Pasibutbut, and Thomas Oboe Lee’s Piano Quintet and Jasmine Variations.
The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae – have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, and New England Conservatory, they have performed in major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, and have been top prizewinners in prestigious competitions such as the Paganini, Primrose, Fischoff, Naumburg, and Tertis competitions. As chamber musicians, they have appeared regularly at the Marlboro, Kingston, Santa Fe, Ottawa, Ravinia, Crans-Montana, and Schiermonnikoog festivals, as well as at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove. They have held principal positions in the San Diego and Cincinnati Symphonies, and have taught at the University of Southern California, California State University Fullerton, Roosevelt University, Taos School of Music, Stanford University, McGill University, and the Juilliard School. In 2014 the Quartet became the faculty quartet-in-residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
The Formosa Quartet forms an octet with violins Joseph Curtin (2001) and Andrea Guarneri (1662), an Enrico Catenari viola (1680), and a Vincenzo Postiglione cello (1885) on generous loan from the Arts and Letters Foundation.
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Springfest: IMMERSION@Birch Aquarium
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
$12 general admission/$9 Birch members & UCSD students--includes Aquarium admission. Purchase tickets in advance
Springfest 2017 Event
Birch Aquarium teams up with UC San Diego's Department of Music to present Springfest: IMMERSION, an evening of live music and experimental sounds spread throughout the aquarium. Join us for a unique offering of works conceived and performed by graduate students and inspired by the sea.
To purchase tickets, visit the Birch Aquarium website.
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Springfest: Tango Canyengue
Monday, April 10th, 2017 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Xavier Beteta will perform tangos of the "Old Guard," the original tango style that was danced in the outskirts and poor neighborhoods of Buenos Aires in the early 20th century.
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Xavier is originally from Guatemala City where he studied piano at the National Conservatory. At age 18, he was awarded the first-prize at the Augusto Ardenois National Piano Competition and third-prize at the Rafael Alvarez Ovalle Composition Competition in Guatemala. He continued his piano studies in the United States with Argentinean pianist Sylvia Kersenbaum and with Russian pianist Sergei Polusmiak. He has attended master-classes with pianists Massimiliano Damerini and Daniel Rivera in Italy, and he has also performed as a soloist with the Guatemalan National Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, Xavier studied privately in Guatemala with Rodrigo Asturias. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Composition at the University of California San Diego, where he has studied with Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, and Philippe Manoury. In 2013, Xavier won the Second Prize at the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague.
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Springfest - Robert Morris: Oracle
Monday, April 10th, 2017 4:00 pm
Geisel Library
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Come hear music performed outdoors! Inspired by the I Ching, Robert Morris's Oracle for large ensemble will provide a 64-minute sonic landscape of the 64 hexagrams from The Book of Changes.
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Oracle is a sixty-four-minute composition for singers and instrumentalists including percussion. It is the third of my pieces designed to be played out of doors, in a park or in the country, woods, highlands, and the like. It may be also played indoors. The structure of Oracle is based on the I-Ching, one of the Chinese Classic texts (compiled c. 1150 b.c.) in which sixty-four hexagrams are used to suggest appropriate actions in response to questions posed by the reader. Each hexagram is a collection of six lines that are either broken (- -) or unbroken (---). I use each hexagram to determine the musical features of a corresponding section of the composition; there are therefore 64 sections, each lasting one minute. The order of the hexagrams does not follow the orders given above, but are sequenced so that between two successive hexagrams only one line changes from broken to unbroken or vice versa. This ensures that the music based on the hexagrams flows along smoothly, without great change or abruption. As in my other outdoor pieces, each section is associated with a basic pitch. Thus there is a sequence of 64 notes that guides the music forward. These notes are overlapped so that, excepting the first and last three sections, each section has not only a basic pitch, but a basic four-note chord that is articulated in various ways. The structure of the basic pitch sequence permits the chords to represent each of the 29 types of four-note harmonies (available in the equal-tempered system of pitches) exactly once in a given order, then in retrograde. -Robert Morris
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Springfest - Jürg Frey: Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Jürg Frey's evening-length work for percussion quartet (1996-2001) explores the sonic properties of triangles, hand-bells, tam-tams, bell plates, bass drums, stones, and leaves through sequences of repetition.
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Springfest @ The Loft
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 8:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Kyle Motl Trio with Tobin Chodos and Kjell Nordeson perform music from the upcoming record Panjandrums! along with new compositions.
Jordan Morton and Creatures open the show.
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Springfest - Kyle Motl, Solo Contrabass
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Graduate bassist Kyle Motl presents solo music utilizing the wealth of the contrabass' sonorities, testing the limits of timbre, technique, and dynamic envelope.
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At the heart of Kyle Motl's solo music is an ongoing interest in exploring the limits of the contrabass. In solo improvisation, he is free to plumb the instrument’s wealth of sonorities, pushing sound to its breaking point and revealing the extremities of technique, timbre, and dynamic envelope. This also presents a platform for the artifacts from other musical endeavors as varied as free jazz, contemporary concert music, and noise, to become refracted, transformed, and recontextualized. An ever evolving work, Metatrope constantly looks back on itself while pushing forward, an embracing the idiosyncrasies of intuition. Bio. Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser. Active in a variety of ensembles and settings, Kyle’s work crosses the boundaries between idioms as wide as free jazz, contemporary concert music, and extreme metal. Current interests include extended harmonic techniques for solo bass improvisation, electroacoustic performance with live electronics and improvising software, modular compositional schemes, recursive and generative structuring, and exploration of complex sonic spectra. Kyle is a member of the Peter Kuhn Trio, and has been performing in quartet and trio with Abbey Rader since 2011. He maintains regular duo projects with T.J. Borden, Adam Tinkle, and Drew Ceccato. The Kyle Motl Trio, featuring Kjell Nordeson and Tobin Chodos is a collaborative platform for new compositions weaving complex structures together with free improvisation. Kyle has performed alongside artists including Anthony Davis, Kidd Jordan, Mary Halvorson, Roscoe Mitchell, Mark Dresser, and Wadada Leo Smith, among others. Kyle holds a BM from Florida Atlantic University and an MM from Florida International University. He is a DMA candidate at UC San Diego, where he studies bass with Mark Dresser.
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Springfest - Bazetta Revisited
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Bazetta Revisited is an immersive sound and light environment, featuring music by Anthony Vine and video projections by Katy Gilmore. During this two-hour expanse, slowly evolving visual fields of blurred footage and camera feedback elide with bent and diffracted microtonal networks that are cast in a variety of forms, from long, improvisatory meditations to antiphonal hymns. Bazetta—a small township in Northeast Ohio—serves as a guiding metaphor. Audience members may come and go as they please during the performance.
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Springfest - Luke Martin: shifting inflections
Thursday, April 13th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)The shifting inflections series will grow (expand, proliferate) as if it was a mold spore. here and there. sometimes unseen. sometimes seen. with the potential to suddenly explode and (re)connect in unpredictable ways. erewhon: both no-where and now-here. something not present in an actual state, but present in a virtual state: potential.
This concert will be performed by Tyler J. Borden and Madison Greenstone.
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Springfest - a mist is a collection of points
Thursday, April 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)A mist is a collection of points, while a grid is an organized collection of points. There is the unspoken tension in this work between regular and aperiodic, solid and vague, artificial and organic, order and sprawl. This interplay takes place from one section to the next, and also in the interactions between the parts: between the pianist (Todd Moellenberg), the percussionist (Ryan Nestor), and the sine tones (by Michael Pisaro). It affects the melody and the resonance, the timing and the coordination between parts. The intermingling of shadow pitches and extended resonances creates effects that are at least as vivid as any articulation.
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Springfest - Donatoni/Feldman
Friday, April 14th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)"I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it." - Morton Feldman
This concert will feature performances of the following pieces:
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Ave by Franco Donatoni
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Why Patterns? by Morton Feldman
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Springfest - XX
Friday, April 14th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)XX presents a concert featuring collaboration between women. Live motion tracking, video, performance art, sung poetry, amplified hair, a talking disklavier, delicate percussion and gritty solo bass come together in a fabric that explores themes of radical biological forms, domestic violence and space, feeling at home and fragility. The concert is configured partly as an homage to the late and great Pauline Oliveros, and features her work Bye-Bye Butterfly as well as her correspondence with various female collaborators.
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Springfest - Sound and Violence
Friday, April 14th, 2017 9:00 pm
Che Cafe
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Springfest presents a night of performances and audiovisual installations exploring the ways in which sound engages violence, discipline, and resistance in an age of authoritarianism.
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Springfest - [O]
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 12:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Lydia Winsor Brindamour’s [O] is a multimedia sonic experience comprised of a piece for two double basses with live spatialization, performed alongside photographs taken this past August during a month long stay in Olafsfjordur, North Iceland. The work is a visual and aural portrait of a specific place and time.
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Matt Kline is a double bassist who is committed to avant-garde and experimental music. He has performed with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Zeillig, LA Monday Evening Concerts, Tony Arnold, Felix Fan, Steven Schick, Krzysztof Penderecki and others. He has worked with Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, Hans Abrahamsen, Lewis Nielson and has had numerous works written for him. In 2014, Matt created and premiered the double bass version of the Capriccio per Siegfried Palm by Krzysztof Penderecki upon the composer’s request. He is a regular guest artist at the soundSCAPE music festival. He also composes extensively for the double bass and in 2010, won the grand prize in the International Society of Double Bassists composition competition. His primary mentors have been Sandor Ostlund, Paul Ellison, Francois Rabbath, Scott McAllister and Mark Dresser. Matt holds both performance and teaching diplomas from Le Institut de Rabbath. He is currently pursing a DMA in double bass performance at the University of California San Diego.
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Springfest - CLAUSTRUM
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Sound installation / Micro-Opera / Haunted House
A short, immersive performance for small groups of people, CLAUSTRUM is the creation of Bonnie Lander and Jonathan Nussman, vocalists and improvisers. The performance will be repeated on loop for successive small audiences. Listeners can sign up for a specific time, or will be admitted on a first-come basis.
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Springfest - TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS: A RADIO SÉANCE
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Celeste Oram is joined by violinists Keir GoGwilt and (remotely, from New Zealand) Alex Taylor in re-enacting the improvisatory practice of Vera Wyse Munro (1897-1966): a pioneering New Zealand radio ham, improviser, and sonic experimenter. During the afternoon, this durational improvisation - featuring violins, starling poems, shortwave radio, and archaeologies of radio history - will be broadcast as a radio installation on multiple channels over low-power radio transmitters, and the public is invited to come prepared with battery-powered radios to tune in to the improvisation in the Conrad Prebys Music Center. In the evening, audience members are invited to gather in the Concert Hall for a culminating séance summoning the ghost of Vera Wyse Munro.
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Springfest - Where I Am I AM
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Experimental vocalist and composer Odeya Nini presents a night of her instrumental compositions, sound collages, and solo vocal work. Odeya's work is an investigation of extended techniques, resonance and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body, multi- dimensionality and the various landscapes it can yield. Her solo work is an interdisciplinary vocal practice with movement and theatrical elements displaying a spectrum of sound from tender intimacy to bold aberrance. The concert will feature Where I Am I Am, a piece for three voices, tape and electronics. Compositions will include works for solo flute and solo piano.
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Springfest @ Bread & Salt
Sunday, April 16th, 2017 10:00 am
Bread & Salt, San Diego
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program (PDF)Springfest @ Bread and Salt: ENCUENTRO is an event that seeks to bring the UC San Diego Department of Music into dialogue, collaboration and engagement with the broader San Diego community. This year, the event partners with Borderland Noise in order to extend this process into a bi-national experimental arts festival, featuring artists from Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. With more than 30 artists involved, performances and installations will take place across the entire Bread and Salt site, including unusual hidden spaces, and a quadrophonic grain silo.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 17th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Sonata in B-flat Major for Viola and Piano, Opus 107 by Max Reger
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String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 74, “The Harp” by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Piano Trio by Charles Ives
No late seating.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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WEDS@7 On Structure: Natacha Diels and Jessie Marino
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents On Structure, the collaborative project of Jessie Marino and Assistant Professor Natacha Diels. The duo's April 19 concert will include performances of the following pieces:
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Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells and Maya Verlaak
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Portal by On Structure
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Throw Me To You And Back Again by Jessie Marino
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Love Duet by Department of Music alumna Carolyn Chen
On Structure is a sound-centric performance duo. The
New York based ensemble uses improvised and composed
Sounds {and the fluctuation of these sounds} to brew
Transferable art pieces which may
Ravage the realms of the performer, audience or space itself.
Uncovering the hidden motions of sound, freeing
Compositions from the fluorescence of the concert expectation.
Topsy-turvy.
Use of lasers, wigs, electronics, cellosandflutes;
Repurposing life experiences for music glitches and muscle twitches.
Eclipse boundaries of the stage.
To learn more, visit Jim Chute's April 2015 San Diego Union-Tribune article about On Structure.
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Felipe Rossi, composer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 20th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Composer Felipe Rossi presents an evening of recently composed works along some improvisations with (and without) live electronics in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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ArtPower Ariel Quartet
Friday, April 21st, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Ariel Quartet.
Characterized by their youth, brilliant playing and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel when the members were young students 16 years ago, the quartet was recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. They currently serve as the faculty quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts—a remarkable achievement for an ensemble so young. This award-winning quartet has performed widely in North America, Europe and Israel and will be making their San Diego debut at ArtPower.
The quartet's program will include:
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Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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New Commission by Mahammed Fairouz
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Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 by Robert Schumann
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Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Sitar master Pandit Kartik Seshadri will present a performance of classical Indian ragas, accompanied by tabla player Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay. Seshadri's CD Sublime Ragas was recently among Songlines Magazine's Top 10 "Top of the World" albums. His music has been praised by The Washington Post for its "expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and rhythmic intricacy."
Parking is free on weekends.
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King Yue Li, piano
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event sponsor: Siu Hei Lee
Event Program (PDF)King Yue Li (Hong Kong/Philadelphia) will present piano music by Department of Music graduate composer Xavier Beteta, Claude Debussy and Frederic Chopin, among others.
Winner of the Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition and the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition, King Yue traveled across the United States, Germany and Hong Kong to perform in solo piano recitals, chamber ensemble concerts and harpsichord salons. Born in Hong Kong, King Yue is currently completing his master's degree in piano performance at Temple University.
Before pursuing postgraduate studies in the USA, King Yue’s talent had been recognized in his Hong Kong hometown. He was the top prizewinner of prestigious competitions such as the Hong Kong Youth Culture & Art Development Association’s Competition and the Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition. Taking advantage of the continual British influence in Hong Kong music education, King Yue obtained piano certifications such as the Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM, 2009) and the Fellowship of the Trinity College London (FTCL, 2011). As a result of his academic and pianistic achievements, he received scholarships from the Hong Kong Government, Au Bak Ling Charity Trust, and the Temple University.
Beyond performance, King Yue is also a specialist in education. He holds an education degree with First Class Honor and has given private lessons for nine years.
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Acclaimed harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi will present a night of music by Professor Lei Liang and Johann Sebastian Bach as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series.
Alongside guests Missy Lukin from Quartet Nouveau and Zou Yu (violin), Chi-Yuan Chen (viola) and Chia-Ling Chien (cello) from the San Diego Symphony, Ohnishi will present the following program:
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Garden Eight: Earth / East by Liang
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Toccata in G minor, BWV 915 (for harpsichord) by Bach
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Lakescape III by Liang
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Winged Creatures by Liang
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Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 by Bach
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Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo by Liang
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Parts for a Floating Space by Liang
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Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 (for viola and harpsichord) by Bach
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The UC San Diego Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series continues with a performance by acclaimed harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi. Ohnishi has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player. The Gramophone praised her recording of the Goldberg Variations, commenting, “Ohnishi’s brilliant artistry immerses the listener in the creative and emotional narratives Bach unfolds with incomparable mastery.”
Held in UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, Ohnishi's performance will feature the Department of Music's beautiful Marc Ducornet French Flemish harpsichord.
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Computer Music Focus: Gil Weinberg
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus lecture series will continue with a presentation by Gil Weinberg.
Robotic Musicianship at Georgia Tech
Abstract: The Robotic Musicianship Group at Georgia Tech aims to facilitate meaningful musical interactions between humans and machines, leading to novel musical experiences and outcomes. In our research we combine computational modeling approaches for music perception, interaction, and improvisation, with novel approaches for generating acoustic responses in physical, social, and embodied manner. The motivation for this work is based on the hypothesis that real-time collaboration between human and robotic players can capitalize on the combination of their unique strengths to produce new and compelling music. Our goal is to combine human qualities such as musical expression and emotions with robotic traits such as powerful processing, mechanical virtuosity, the ability to perform sophisticated algorithmic transformations, and the capacity to utilize embodied musical cognition, where the robotic body shapes its musical cognition. The talk will feature a number of approaches we have explored for perceptual modeling, improvisation, path planning, and gestural interaction with robotic platforms such as Haile, Shimon, Shimi and the robotic drumming prosthesis.
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Weinberg is the founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, where he established the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in music technology. He is a professor in the School of Music and an adjunct professor in the School of Interactive Computing. Weinberg's research aims at expanding musical expression, creativity and learning through meaningful applications of technology. His research interests include robotic musicianship, new instruments for musical expression, mobile music and sonification. During his tenure at Georgia Tech, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and seven patent applications. Based on his recent inventions – a set of musical applications that allow novices to create music in expressive and intuitive manners – he has founded a startup company – ZOOZ Mobile – whose products have been downloaded by close to two million users.
Weinberg's music has been featured at festivals and concerts such as Ars Electronica and SIGGRAPH, and with orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish BBC Symphony. His interactive musical installations have been presented in museums like the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Boston Children's Museum. With his improvising robotic musicians, Haile and Shimon, he has traveled worldwide, featuring dozens of concerts and presentations in festivals and conferences such as SIGGRAPH, DLD, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Weinberg received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and his B.A. from the Interdisciplinary Program for Fostering Excellence in Tel Aviv University.
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Judith Hamann and Anthea Caddy, cellists
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 7:00 pm
WLH Studio A
Free
Cellist Jutith Hamann presents her graduate recital on Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m.
Anthea Caddy and Judith Hamann create an immersive performance experience, exploring the acoustic capacities of two cellos through electroacoustic spatialisation, durational listening and site specific use of room tone.
Using amplification to identify microscopic and subtle nuances of the cello, this project develops works that identify a combination of pitch and resonance, positioning them within an expanded context of temporality, and deep immersion for the audience. Focused in part on durational listening over the course of concerts that are a over an hour in length, this project develops seemingly simple sounds into an increasingly complex and engaging sound world, as the cellists navigate and magnify the minute details of two cellos interacting. Anthea and Judith use spatialised amplification to tune the acoustics of site specific performance spaces, creating an environment where the works submerge the listener, suspending and extending their sense of time and space. The space itself is darkened, creating a unique experience where the work is presented as an intersection point between performance and installation, with the audience able to move through and alter their perspective throughout the work.
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Kyle Adam Blair, piano - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 28th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair presents: COMMUNE
Pianist Kyle Adam Blair invites vibraphonist Berndt Thurner to premiere Stuart Saunders Smith's chamber vibraphone concerto entitled Commune, a 90-minute work composed for soloist and an ensemble featuring a violin, cello, string bass, flute, soprano saxophone, piano, and two percussionists.
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Siu Hei Lee, piano
Saturday, April 29th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Graduate pianist Siu Hei Lee presents a family, kids and infant-friendly piano recital. The program will last for 35 minutes only and will feature:
Fireflies by Amy Beach
Ballade No. 1 by Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. The performance will begin at 4 p.m.
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Fiona Digney, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)|
⫸SPACE ⦂ PLACEâ«· Australian percussionist and Department of Music graduate student Fiona Digney presents an evening of music exploring space and place: architectural spaces, sonic landscapes, acoustical phenomena and psychological geographies. From the contemplative listening of John Cage’s 4’33”, the shimmering reflections of Alvin Lucier’s Silver Streetcar of the Orchestra and the earthy power of Iannis Xenakis’ Rebonds to the encompassing ethereal landscape of John Luther Adams’ Four Thousand Holes, Digney, with special guest Mari Kawamura, explores the spaces and places we occupy, and how these are created, represented and experienced through music. |
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WEDS@7 Anthony Burr & Thomas Meadowcroft
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Associate Professor Anthony Burr and guest composer Thomas Meadowcroft will present a concert featuring three of Meadowcroft's recent works. Bur and Meadowcroft will be joined onstage by several of the Department of Music's current graduate students, including Fiona Digney, Benjamin Rempel, Rachel Beetz, Todd Moellenberg and alumnus Dustin Donahue. The program will include performances of The Great Knot, Medieval Rococo and the United States premiere of a new work for pedal steel guitar and electronics.
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ArtPower St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, May 5th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Back by popular demand, the “witty, buoyant, and widely attentive” (The Gazette, Montreal) St. Lawrence String Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as a world-class chamber ensemble. Serving as ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University since 1998, the quartet continues to build their reputation for imaginative and spontaneous music making through an energetic commitment to the established quartet literature, as well as the championing of new works by composers like John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Ezequiel Viñao and Jonathan Berger.
The quartet's program will include:
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Second Quartet by John Adams
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String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 112 by Camille Saint-Saëns
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 6th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Guest conductor Michael Gerdes will lead the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Concerto for Flute by Carl Nielsen
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Biennale Snapshots by Vivian Fung (U.S. premiere)
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
This performance will feature guest flutist Carlos Aguilar, the 2015 Young Artists winner.
Continuing the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' season theme of music created during the midpoint of composers' careers, guest composer Michael Gerdes will lead the perennial favorite Pictures at an Exhibition, composed when Modest Mussorgsky was 35 years old. That should have been the midpoint of a great career, but–tragically–Mussorgsky was dead only seven years later. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists first place winner Carlos Aguilar will perform Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, a very playful (and very funny) piece of music. Vivian Fung offers her own set of “pictures” in a colorful musical response to works of public art from the 2014-16 Vancouver Art Biennale.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 7th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Guest conductor Michael Gerdes will lead the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Concerto for Flute by Carl Nielsen
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Biennale Snapshots by Vivian Fung (U.S. premiere)
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
This performance will feature guest flutist Carlos Aguilar (2015 Young Artists Winner).
Continuing the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' season theme of music created during the midpoint of composers' careers, guest composer Michael Gerdes will lead the perennial favorite Pictures at an Exhibition, composed when Modest Mussorgsky was 35 years old. That should have been the midpoint of a great career, but–tragically–Mussorgsky was dead only seven years later. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists first place winner Carlos Aguilar will perform Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, a very playful (and very funny) piece of music. Vivian Fung offers her own set of “pictures” in a colorful musical response to works of public art from the 2014-16 Vancouver Art Biennale.
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WEDS@7 kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
Additional performances will be held in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on May 12 and 13, both at 7 p.m.
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kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Friday, May 12th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
The final performance will be held in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on May 13 at 7 p.m.
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kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Saturday, May 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program (PDF)
kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 15th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Sonata for Piano and Cello in F major, Opus 5 Nr. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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String Trio by Arnold Schoenberg
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Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 87 by Antonin Dvorak
No late seating.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego's own percussion ensemble red fish blue fish return for another performance in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. The ensemble's program will include:
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Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis
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Aura by Anna Thorvaldsdottir
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Six legs and an amphibious state of mind by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh (world premiere)
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Darkness by Franco Donatoni
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Tobin Chodos, composer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, May 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Doctoral candidate Tobin Chodos will present a solo piano concert featuring the music of Los Angeles-based composer Micah Kerenzvi.
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Hesam Abedini and Niloufar Shiri - Honors Recital
Friday, May 19th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Department of Music undergraduate honors students Hesam Abedini and Niloufar Shiri will present their honors composition recital at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. The recital will feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Joshua Charney (piano), Sean Dowgray (percussion), Judith Hamann (cello), Lauren Jones (soprano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Kyle Motl (double bass), Ryan Nestor (percussion) and Jonathan Nussman (baritone).
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Yvette Jackson - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 19th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer Yvette Jackson will present her graduate recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 19 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Jackson's program will feature improvisations performed by soprano Malesha Jessie Taylor, graduate cellist Judith Hamann, graduate bassist Tommy Babin, as well as the premiere of Jackson's latest multichannel radio opera Swan II: Journey to Freedom.
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Michael Cohn, piano - Honors Recital
Saturday, May 20th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Department of Music undergraduate honors pianist Michael Cohn will present his honors recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Cohn's program will include:
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Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 by Frederic Chopin
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Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Stephen Lewis, piano - Graduate Recital
Sunday, May 21st, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Composer Stephen Lewis will present his graduate recital at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Lewis' program will include music by Luciano Berio, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Joshua Charney, piano - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Josh Charney presents selected scenes from his chamber opera Bula Matari: Breaker of Rocks, the true story of British explorer Henry Morton Stanley’s tumultuous expedition through the African Congo into the Sudan. This is in collaboration with MFA directing student Will Detlefsen. The evening also features the premiere of Charney’s piece for flute and fixed media, Water Round #1, performed by Michael Matsuno.
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Dr. Richard Kogan: Music and Melancholy
Monday, May 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free, ticketed event.
Register online: https://hrweb.ucsd.edu/ra/
The Department of Music will host an event in collaboration with the John A Majda, MD Fund and the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry as part of the 2017 American Psychological Association's annual conference. Dr. Richard Kogan, who works as a concert pianist, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Cornell Weill University and the artistic director of the Cornell Music and Medicine program, will present Tchaikovsky: Music and Melancholy, a lecture and performance analyzing the mental illness and presumed suicide of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Dr. Kogan trained as a concert pianist at Juilliard School of Music before majoring in music and attending medical school at Harvard University. He will be speaking and playing for the American Association of Psychiatrists at their annual general meeting to be held in San Diego in May.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required. Please visit https://hrweb.ucsd.edu/ra/ to RSVP.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Martha Feldman
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Department of Music's Distinguished Lecture Series is proud to present a lecture by Martha Feldman, a Mabel Green Myers professor of music and the humanities at the University of Chicago's Department of Music. Feldman will present a lecture titled, The Castrato Phantom: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Rome on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. A light reception will follow.
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Ryan Welsh, composer - Graduate Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Composer Ryan Welsh will present his graduate dissertation recital at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Welsh's performance will include the world premiere of his new work String Quartet No. 1: Convergences for string quartet and electronics, as well as a performance of Lattices, Cobwebs, Tunnels and Spirals for solo piano.
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WEDS@7 Carlson and Karis
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and Assistant Professor Erik Carlson will present a concert as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series. The duo's program will consist of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Milton Babbitt, Eva-Maria Houben and Johannes Brahms. The complete program will feature:
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Sonata in F minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Little Goes a Long Way by Milton Babbitt
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Wind's Whispering Words by Eva-Maria Houben
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Sonata in G major, Op. 78 by Johannes Brahms
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Computer Music Focus: James Fei
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus series continues with a lecture presented by composer and performer James Fei.
Klangumnwandlers and Optical Oscillators: On Working with Some Historic Electronic Instruments
Without really planning on it, I have over the years developed a series of works that is part historical investigation and part creative challenge. I was always curious about some of the more unusual inventions in electronic music history that were mentioned fleetingly and rarely heard – how did something like Theremin's Rythmicon, with its synchronized rhythmic and harmonic ratios, actually work, and what did it sound like? In this talk I will discuss my compositional approach and the operation of some of these instruments, including the ANS, the original Buchla modular system, the Bode Frequency Shifter, and Michel Waisvisz's Crackle Synthesizer.
James Fei (b. Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the U.S. in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been active as a composer and performer on saxophones and live electronics. Works by Fei have been performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Bang on a Can All-Stars, MATA Micro Orchestra and Noord-Hollands Philharmonisch Orkest. Recordings can be found on Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, Krabbesholm and Organized Sound. Compositions for Fei's own ensemble of four alto saxophones focus on physical processes of saliva, fatigue, reeds crippled by cuts and the threshold of audible sound production, while his sound installations and performance on live electronics often focus on feedback. He was a recipient of the 2014 award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Fei has taught at Mills College in Oakland since 2006, where he is John and Martha Davidson Associate Professor of Electronic Arts and Head of the Art and Technology Program.
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Undergraduate Forum Performance
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate majors of the Department of Music present their first FORUM performance on Thursday, May 25. The concert will feature performances and compositions by: Dana Marie Chan, Michael Cohn, Johnny D'Agostini, David Dong, Chris Gross, Julian Haddad, Alec Hamilton, Elliot Han, Michael Hayes, Jonathan Connor Hughes, Natalie Kanga, Ian Martin, Peter McInnis, Marc Olsher, Brandon Paulson, Varun Rangaswamy, Nicole Yixuan Shao, Alberto Vargas, and Sherry Zheng.
Please note that this event has moved to the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Performance begins at 7:00 p.m.
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ArtPower presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)ArtPower will present a performance by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company was born out of an 11-year collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, who passed away in 1988. During this time, the two dancers redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of American dance. The Company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company returns to UC San Diego with Play and Play: An Evening of Movement and Dance, which includes two works—D-Man in the Waters and Story/. Both will be accompanied by live music.
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MUS 33C Final Recording
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 33C: Introduction to Composition III course will present their final recordings.
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Marc Olsher, double bass - Honors Recital
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Bass player Marc Olsher will present his undergraduate honors recital at 7 p.m. on May 31, 2017 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Jury Concert: Integrative Studies
Thursday, June 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Integrative Studies students will present their end-of-quarter juries concert.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, June 1st, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by faculty member Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs and gospel.
Will Call tickets will be available for pickup in the Mandeville Auditorium lobby one hour prior to the concert's scheduled start. Tickets will also be available for purchase in the lobby prior to the concert start.
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MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 131: Advanced Improvisation course will present their end-of-quarter concert.
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MUS 103C Undergraduate Juries
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate students enrolled in the MUS 103C: Seminar in Composition III course will present their end-of-quarter juries concert.
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Dana Marie Chan, piano
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Undergraduate music student Dana Marie Chan will present her solo piano recital at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
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Ryan Matsumura, senior recital
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Undergraduate student Ryan Matsumura will present his senior recital on Sunday, June 4 at 2 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Piano students of Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis will present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
Michael Cohn (Bach's Prelude and Fugue in b minor)
Matthew Rice (Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F# Major & selections from Prokoviev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22)
Chia-yu Chang (Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331, Andante grazioso)
Ziyi Gao (Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3, Allegro con brio)
Jad Barrere (Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso op. 14 and Barber's Excursions op. 20 no. 3, Allegretto)
and Kyle Adam Blair (Ferneyhough's Opus Contra Naturam (A Shadow Play), I - Pensieroso, vacilando, and selections from Poulenc's Les soireés des Nazelles)
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 5th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Under the direction of faculty member Kamau Kenyatta, the MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include vocals, violin, saxophones, a rhythm section and Afro-Latin percussion.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Under the direction of Matthew Kline, the UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra will perform its spring course concert in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Danzón No. 2 - Arturo Márquez
Un Sourire - Olivier Messiaen
- Sean Dowgray and Dan King - Mallet Soloists
Le Nozze di Figaro (Selections) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Overture
- Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
- Voi, che sapete
- Hai gia vinta la causa
- L'ho perduta, me meschina
- Giunse alfin il momento
- Scena Ultima
Mozart Vocal Soloists:
Susanna – Kirsten Ashley Wiest
Countess – Hillary Jean Young
Cherubino – Ashley Wahlstrom
Barbarina – Lauren Jones
Marcellina – Susan Narucki
Basilio – Nathan Daum
Don Curzio – Sean McCormac
Count – Jonathan Nussman
Antonio – Kyle Rowan
Bartolo – Samuel Chan
Figaro - Phil Larson
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95W Indian Music Students
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Under the direction of Kartik Seshadri, the students of 95W: World Music Ensembles will perform in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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MUS 32/132 Guitar Students
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Pablo Gomez-Cano
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Singers and Choirs, 95CK
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the 95C: Concert Choir and 95K: Chamber Singers courses will perform under the instruction of Professor Philip Larson.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the 95L: Wind Ensemble course will perform under the instruction of graduate pianist Kyle Adam Blair.
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1954) - Dmitri Shostakovich
(arr. Donald Hunsberger)
Symphony in B-flat for Band (1951) - Paul Hindemith
I. Moderately fast, with vigor
II. Andantino grazioso / Fast and gay
III. Fugue
No Lantern Burns Long in this Cavity (2017) - Kyle Adam Blair
*world premiere
Percussion Concerto (1994) - Joseph Schwantner
(arr. Andrew Boysen)
I. Con forza
II. In Memoriam. Misterioso
III. Ritmico con moto (with restrained energy), con forza
James Beauton, percussion soloist
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 9th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 130: Chamber Music Performance course will perform under the instruction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
(For the full concert program, please click on the image on the left.)
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String Quartet, “American” – Allegro ma non troppo - Antonin DvoÅ™ák (1841-1904)
Leanne Chen, violin
Graceful Lee, violin
Kevin Chen, viola
Cory Lin, cello
Lachrymae, Excerpts - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Nan Yi, viola
Qingqing Wang, piano
Divertimenti 3, KV. Anh. 229 – No. 1, Allegro / No. 2, Adagio / No. 5, Rondo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ha Yeon Kim, first clarinet
Daphne He, second clarinet
Violoncello: Andrew Choi, cello
Piano Quartet Op.25 – Rondo alla Zingarese - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Yeeun Kim, violin
Emily Ng, viola
Julianne Chen, cello
Walter Chang, piano
Sonata in E Minor, K. 304 – Allegro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amir Moheimani, piano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
Four songs for voice and violin, Op. 35 – II and III - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Weilin Neo, soprano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
Violons Dans Le Soir - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Weilin Neo, soprano
Amir Moheimani, piano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
String Quartet No.1 Op.11 – Andante Cantabile / Scherzo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Celeste Maya, violin
Caitlin Murphy, violin
Stephanie Cheng, viola
Yingqi Chen, cello
Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 32 – Rondo / Andante grazioso - Kaspar Kummer
(1895-1970)
scored by Thomas Goss
Jane Wu, flute
Hannah Hwang, clarinet
Neha Shah, bassoon
Trio for two flutes and cello – Allegro Moderato / Andante / Rondo Allegretto - Carl Stamiz (1746-1801)
Erica Liao, flute
Seema Ahmed, flute
Alisa Kim, cello
Piano Trio – Movement I - Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Charlotte Armstrong, violin
Giuliana Sidhu, cello
Remi Ha, piano
Piano Quartet Op.23 – Allegro Moderato - Antonin DvoÅ™ák
Eun Lee, violin
Hanna Roan, viola
Angela Kang, cello
Seonmin Hwang, piano
Danse Macabre, Op.40 - Camille Saint-Saëns
Mitchell Kong, first piano
Yiming Kang, second piano
Maggie Joshi, Alexander Chuk and Vincent Nguyen, senior recital - voice
Saturday, June 10th, 2017 2:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Jonathan Nussman
Event Program (PDF)Maggie Joshi, Alexander Chuk and Vincent Nguyen will present their senior recital at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 10th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)David Chase will conduct the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz
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Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg
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The Lovers by Samuel Barber
Love gone awry, love gone bad, love gone very well indeed. David Chase concludes his 43-year tenure as the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' Choral Director with a program inspired by love in its many faces. Berlioz’s take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has delighted audiences everywhere, Schoenberg’s macabre love story haunted Viennese audiences and Barber’s explicit settings shocked Philadelphians at its premiere.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 11th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)David Chase will conduct the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz
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Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg
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The Lovers by Samuel Barber
Love gone awry, love gone bad, love gone very well indeed. David Chase concludes his 43-year tenure as the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' Choral Director with a program inspired by love in its many faces. Berlioz’s take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has delighted audiences everywhere, Schoenberg’s macabre love story haunted Viennese audiences and Barber’s explicit settings shocked Philadelphians at its premiere.
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32VM Vocal Master Class
Sunday, June 11th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 32VM: Vocal Masterclass course will perform under the instruction of Jonathan Nussman.
(Please click on the image on the left for full program information.)
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Tell me on a Sunday (Song and Dance) - Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
Zyczenie - Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Teagan Rutkowski, mezzo-soprano
Tu lo sai - Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Not While I’m Around (Sweeney Todd) - Stephen Sondheim (b.1930)
Ethan Coston, baritone
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella - Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Losing my mind (Follies) - Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Martha Hartt, soprano
Under the Greenwood Tree - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
I’m Falling in Love With Some One (Naughty Marietta) - Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Adrian Chan, baritone
Love’s Philosophy - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Deh vieni, non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Maggie Joshi, soprano
Adieu - Gabriel Fauré (1877-1962)
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Misérables) - Claude-Michel Schönberg (b. 1944)
Vincent Nguyen, baritone
Non più andrai (Le nozze di Figaro) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Berceuse / Songs My Mother Taught Me - Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Alexander Chuck, baritone
Take, O take those lips away - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
An die Laute - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I Remember (Evening Primrose) - Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Miranda Evans, mezzo-soprano
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
O Mistress Mine - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Ombra mai fu (Serse) - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Warren Bacal, tenor
Best of ICAM
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)ICAM students present their end-of-year projects for The Best of ICAM.
Event timeline at the Conrad Prebys Music Center:
4-6 PM Installations and booths: Experimental Theater (CPMC 122)
5-6 PM Reception: North Courtyard
6-8 PM Presentations: Recital Hall (CPMC 127)
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Tuesday, June 12th:
2-5 ICAM Vis walkthrough at the Kamil Gallery in Mandeville
4-6 ICAM Music student projects in the CPMC North Courtyard
4-8 ICAM Music installations in CPMC 122
5-6 Pan-ICAM reception in the CPMC North Courtyard, with food and refreshments
6-8 ICAM Music presentations in CPMC 127
Installations (in 122, 4-8 PM):
- Elizaveta Onatsko
- Hongjing Zhu
- Josh Gomez
- Todd Everett
Booths (in the North Courtyard, 4-6 PM):
- Christopher Carrillo
- Cindy Ly
- Helen Zhou
- Jingjie Gao
- Jonah Paraiso
- Kim Jin
- Lenis Kim
- Mai Dinh
- Max Catozzi
- Meghan Kennedy
Presentations (in 127, 6-8 PM. Roughly 10 minutes each, in this order):
- Lenis Kim
- Kevin Di Bella
- Elizabeth Lee
- Kristanya Oen
- Brad Stevenson
- Mai Dinh
- Junseok Shim
- Gabrielle Jarrett
- Tetsutarou Shimoda
Xavier Beteta, composer - Graduate Recital
Friday, June 16th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Graduate composer and pianist Xavier Beteta will present his graduate recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 16, 2017 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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OPENING NIGHT: Fiddles vs. Pianos
Friday, August 4th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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OPENING NIGHT: Fiddles vs. Pianos
An evening of musical fireworks and spectacular artistry as world-renowned violinists and celebrated pianists strut their stuff. Will there be a winner? Be there to find out!
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56
SARASATE Navarra, Op. 33
SHOSTAKOVICH Galop from Cheryomushki
BIZET/MILONE Carmen Fantasy for Four Violins and Double Bass
SCHOENFIELD Boogie for Piano-4 Hands
MENDELSSOHN Andante and Allegro Brilliant for Piano-4 Hands, Op. 92
RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
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Open Rehearsal: Daniel Ching
Saturday, August 5th, 2017 12:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Daniel Ching
12:10 PM DOORS OPEN
12:20 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Olli Mustonen and Miró Quartet rehearse Mustonen’s Piano Quintet
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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From Prague with Love
Saturday, August 5th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Parisian glamour meets Eastern Europe’s romantic mysticism in this luscious program of Chopin, DvoÅ™ák and Lutoslawski’s Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos, played by piano duo sensations, twin sisters, Christina and Michelle Naughton.
BALAKIREV Islamey
DVOŘÁK Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
CHOPIN Rondo for Two Pianos in C Major, Op. 73
LUTOSLAWSKI Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
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Genius from Finland: Olli Mustonen
Sunday, August 6th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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GENUIS FROM FINLAND: Olli Mustonen
Evoking the era of virtuoso composer-pianists Liszt and Rachmaninoff, Finnish genius Olli Mustonen spans two centuries in this scintillating program of Beethoven and his own brilliant quintet.
MUSTONEN Nonet No. 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Apassionata”
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
MUSTONEN Piano Quintet
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Open Rehearsal: DaXun Zhang
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 12:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: DaXun Zhang
12:40 PM DOORS OPEN
12:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Glenn Dicterow, Chee-Yun, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Edward Arron and DaXun Zhang rehearse Dvorák’s Quintet for Strings and Bass in G Major, Op. 77
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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In the Heart of Hungary
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Plush – Liszt’s Grand Duo
Earthy – Kodaly’s Duo for Violin and Cello
Profound – Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4:
Music to salute the heart and spirit of an enchanted place.
LISZT Grand Duo Concertant sur le ‘Le marin’, S.128
KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
BARTÓK Village Scenes, SZ78
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4
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The Power of Five
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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One night, three quintets spanning centuries, that will broaden sonic frontiers. Beethoven’s sole string quintet is operatic in its scope. DvoÅ•ák adds a string bass for a beautiful new sonority. Xiaogang Ye’s West Coast Première combination of pipa and string quartet is a lyric breakthrough.
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29
XIAOGANG YE Gardenia for Pipa and String Quartet, West Coast Première
DVOŘÁK Quintet for Strings and Bass in G Major, Op. 77
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Open Rehearsal: Cho-Liang Lin
Thursday, August 10th, 2017 2:50 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Cho-Liang Lin
2:40 PM DOORS OPEN
2:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Kristin Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Edward Arron and Miró Quartet rehearse Spohr’s Double String Quartet No. 1, Op. 65
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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Celebrating Strings
Friday, August 11th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Reach the mountaintop summit of Mendelssohn’s Octet on an invigorating excursion via Kodály’s meltingly romantic serenade, and the power of Spohr’s Double String Quartet – written in Leipzig in 1825, the same year Mendelssohn completed his own octet masterwork at the age of 16!
SPOHR Double String Quartet No.1, Op. 65
KODÁLY Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
MENDELSSOHN String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
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Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Sunday, August 13th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO: 40th Anniversary
Wish a happy 40th anniversary to America’s internationally-lauded piano trio, as they gift SummerFest with the new work written for them by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, as well as profoundly moving trios by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Pas de Trois (2016)
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
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Beethoven I
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS I
Violinist (and SummerFest Music Director) Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker inaugurate a four-concert journey through some of the most profound
and beautifully-moving music written by Beethoven, history’s
most-acclaimed composer.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 , No. 3
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
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Beethoven II
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS II
The sublime “Kreutzer” sonata is the capstone for the second stop on this four-concert journey through Beethoven’s genius, performed violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
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Beethoven IV
Friday, August 18th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS IV
SummerFest favorite, violinist Yura Lee, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center pianist Gilles Vonsattel complete this SummerFest first-ever performance
of the complete Beethoven violin-piano sonatas.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
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Open Rehearsal: Michelle Kim
Saturday, August 19th, 2017 1:50 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Michelle Kim
1:40 PM DOORS OPEN
1:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Haochen Zhang, Cho-Liang Lin, Michelle Kim, Paul Neubauer and Clive Greensmith rehearse Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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An Evening with the Regina Carter Quartet
Saturday, August 19th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
AN EVENING WITH THE REGINA CARTER QUARTET
THE REIGNING QUEEN OF JAZZ VIOLIN
Regina Carter is an extraordinary violinist, a certified genius. The Los Angeles Times calls her “a talented, charismatic player who is almost single-handedly reviving interest in the violin as a jazz instrument.” Wherever this Grammy® nominated violinist performs, she takes her audiences with her on a journey through tradition and creativity.
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Summer Serenades
Sunday, August 20th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
Wind virtuosi will take you on a musical journey. From the British genteel and aristocratic atmosphere of Elgar to the rarely heard Gemini Variations by Britten. This program brims with disarming quirks and unexpected charms, concluding with DvoÅ™ák Serenade for Winds, one of the greatest works for winds since the Mozart Serenade.
BRITTEN Gemini Variations for Flute, Violin and Piano 4-Hands, Op. 73
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds and Strings in D Minor, Op. 44
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Open Rehearsal: Haochen Zhang
Monday, August 21st, 2017 2:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Haochen Zhang
2:10 PM DOORS OPEN
2:20 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Haochen Zhang, Nathan Hughes, Anthony McGill, Keith Buncke and Jennifer Montone rehearse Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K.452
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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Mozart's Enchantment
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Mozart – the very word embodies the experience of sublime beauty. The Quintet for Winds and Piano is an astonishing rarity; few composers tackled this combination. The Divertimento for string trio – a pinnacle of human creativity. The Flute Quartet, featuring SummerFest veteran Catherine Ransom Karoly, an immersion in sheer pleasure.
MOZART Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K.285b
MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K.452
MOZART Divertimento in E-flat Major, K.563
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An Evening with Alisa Weilerstein
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
AN EVENING WITH ALISA WEILERSTEIN
One of today’s reigning instrumental soloists world-wide, cellist Alisa Weilerstein returns to SummerFest. Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Inon Barnatan join Alisa for the shimmering autumnal profundities of the Brahms’ Clarinet Trio and the brooding power of Brahms’ Piano Quintet.
J.S. BACH Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009
BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
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Hyperspectral Contrabass
Friday, September 22nd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Motl presents a concert of solo bass music in memoriam Ana-Maria Avram.
Iancu Dumitrescu: Spectrum V
Caroline Louise Miller: Hydra Nightingale
Kyle Motl: Phosphene
Ana-Maria Avram: Axe VII
Horatiu Radulescu: Ys Valley
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 28th, 2017 3:00 pm
Sun God Lawn
Free
Celebrate the Arts at UC San Diego
ArtPower hosts Celebrate the Arts - a one day festival on the Sun God Lawn featuring Arts and Culture departments from across the UC San Diego campus. Food trucks and a headline artist will be featured.
More information forthcoming: http://celebratearts.ucsd.edu/
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Camera Lucida: Mozart & Brahms
Monday, October 2nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Mozart, Piano Trios in G major, K. 496 and B-flat, K. 502
Brahms, Sonata in E-flat for Viola and Piano, Opus 120 Nr. 2
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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S. Leah Bowden, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Leah Bowden's doctoral studies have centered on the critical documentation of M'Boom, an historic percussion collective that Max Roach founded in 1970 and directed for several decades. On Tuesday October 10th 2017, Ms. Bowden will present a final DMA concert reinterpreting music by different members of M'Boom. She will also play a glockenspiel solo by Roscoe Mitchell and give the world premier of Terra Firme by Lisa Schonberg. For the large ensemble works, Ms. Bowden will be joined by El Otro Lado (The Other Side), a new percussion band featuring musicians who perform and teach on both sides of the USA-Mexico border.
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ArtPower presents Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Friday, October 13th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Drawn from the principal players of the world-renowned chamber orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, this “luminous, often breathtaking” (Washington Post) ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger-scale works from the chamber music repertoire, such as wind trios and string octets. Directed by academy director/leader Tomo Keller, the ensemble has released over 30 recordings—more than any other chamber ensemble—of classical, romantic, and modern music from the last century.
Program
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10; Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11; Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSORS
Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda; ArtPower’s Founders Club
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Department Seminar: Tatsuya Nakatani
Monday, October 16th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Robert Zelickman Chamber Music Recital
Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Robert Zelickman presents his annual chamber recital, featuring:
- Kimmo Hakola - Diamond Street op. 34 (1999)
- Bernhard Henrik Crussel - Clarinet Quartet op. 4 in C minor (1817)
- Louis Spoor - Octet in E major op. 32 (1814)
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Warren Gref and Barry Toombs, horns
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Päivikki Nykter and Francesca Savage, violas
Cecilia Kim, cello
Matthew Kline, double bass
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red fish blue fish
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program (PDF)Gérard Grisey's Le Noir de l’Etoile
Directed by Steven Schick, UC San Diego's acclaimed percussion ensemble gives a rare performance of Gerard Grisey's cosmic Le Noir de L'Etoile (The Night of the Star), with six performers amid the audience.
Inspired by the discovery in 1967 of pulsars -- pulsing radio waves from massive stars that disintegrated eons ago -- Grisey composed the piece in 1989-1990 for his son Raphael.
Red Fish Blue Fish has played the Bang on a Can Festival in New York City, the Agora Festival in Paris, the Centro des Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and has often been featured in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series.
***ADDED FREE STUDENT PERFORMANCE: Wednesday, 10/25 at 4PM***
Steven Schick discusses red fish blue fish: https://youtu.be/0nQ0GQBIKcI
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Grad Forum
Friday, October 27th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists here at UCSD.
Variations on "Nearer my God to Thee" (1990) by Andy Pape (b.1955)
Chris Clarino and Kyle Adam Blair
as though (1994) by Thomas DeLio (b. 1951)
Chris Clarino, percussion
"The Pheasant Plucker Hotel" and "The Great New Zealand Eschatological Love Song" by Celeste Oram w/ Landon Bain, banjo, and Dan King, jigdoll
Omar (1985) by Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
James Beauton, percussion
Sticks, Snader, and Catbabel - Barbara Byers, Madison Greenstone, and Ben Rempel
Haftarah by Todd Moellenberg
Subsong by Caroline Louise Miller
Variations on ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ (1990) by Andy Pape (b. 1955)
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Mime (2016-17) by Matthew Chamberlain
Michael Matsuno, flute
Please note that this program contains mature content. Audiences must be 18 years or older.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Department Seminar: Tobin Chodos & Cecil Lytle
Monday, October 30th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Fall Composition Juries
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)A CONCERT OF PREMIERES
Six world premiere performances of pieces written by graduate students in composition: Joseph Bourdeau, John Burnett, Yi-Hsien Chen, Ioannis Mitsialis, Anthony Vine, and Tiange Zhou.
- Joseph Bourdeau - A Grin Without a Cat
- John Burnett - assemblage
- Yi-Hsien Chen - Rising Vision
- Ioannis Mitsialis - Five Glimpses of a Strange Dream
- Anthony Vine - Cadwallader Sonk
- Tiange Zhou - In Wasted Time
Performances will be conducted by Steven Schick and will feature Rachel Allen (trumpet), Michael Matsuno (flutes), Madison Greenstone (clarinets), Barbara Byers (voice), Mari Kawamura (piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Matthew Kline (double bass) and percussionists: Sean Dowgray, Benjamin Rempel, and Daniel King.
All pieces will be juried by the distinguished members of the Composition and Performance faculty for discussion on the following day, and all are welcome to attend.
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Fall Composition Juries Discussion Session
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 9:00 am
Other
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
A fun and informative introduction to the symphony! Conductor Steven Schick and orchestra perform excerpts from the season-opening concert with commentary from the podium. Free event - Reservations required.
Call 858-534-4637 or register at Eventbrite.com for this event only.
SPONSORED BY: Kiwanis Club of La Jolla
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ArtPower presents Meccore String Quartet
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)One of the best loved among ArtPower string quartets, known for their breathtaking performances, flawless technique, and visionary interpretations, the Meccore Quartet is one of Europe’s most compelling young ensembles. Formed in 2007 by four of Europe’s most celebrated young string players, the quartet has enthralled music lovers across Europe and America. They have received numerous awards at prestigious chamber music competitions, such as Italy’s Paolo Borciani Competition, the Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition in London, and the Max Reger International Chamber Music Competition.
Program
Edvard Greig: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27; Robert Schumann: Quartet in A Minor; Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSOR
Sam B. Ersan
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Crossing the rue St. Paul
Saturday, November 4th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
George Gershwin - An American in Paris

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Mood Indigo
Asher 
Tobin Chodos - Concertino for Two Pianos & Orchestra

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Solitude

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Guest artists: Cecil Lytle (pictured) and Tobin Chodos, piano; Stephanie Richards, trumpet
“Walking with Cecil Lytle on the rue St. Paul last June brought to mind my impression of Cecil as the quintessential ‘American in Paris’ – urbane, sage, and deeply connected to both the French and American (and especially the African-American) traditions,” recalls Steven Schick. This sparked a desire to create a program around Cecil’s special artistry. We ask him to play Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and commissioned three works with him in mind from the extraordinary pianist/composer Asher Tobin Chodos, including an original work for two pianos. Stephanie Richards solos on trumpet in Copland’s Quiet City.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Crossing the rue St. Paul
Sunday, November 5th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
George Gershwin - An American in Paris

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Mood Indigo
Asher 
Tobin Chodos - Concertino for Two Pianos & Orchestra

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Solitude

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Guest artists: Cecil Lytle (pictured) and Tobin Chodos, piano; Stephanie Richards, trumpet
“Walking with Cecil Lytle on the rue St. Paul last June brought to mind my impression of Cecil as the quintessential ‘American in Paris’ – urbane, sage, and deeply connected to both the French and American (and especially the African-American) traditions,” recalls Steven Schick. This sparked a desire to create a program around Cecil’s special artistry. We ask him to play Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and commissioned three works with him in mind from the extraordinary pianist/composer Asher Tobin Chodos, including an original work for two pianos. Stephanie Richards solos on trumpet in Copland’s Quiet City.
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Department Seminar: Adrienne Valencia
Monday, November 6th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Camera Lucida: Schubert
Monday, November 6th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Schubert, Piano Trio in B-flat, Opus 99
Schubert, Piano Trio in E-flat, Opus 100
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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Integrative Studies Focus: David Lopato
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
The Integrative Studies Focus and the Improvisers' Initiative are pleased to welcome pianist-composer David Lopato for a talk in CMPC 231 on November 7th at 6:00 PM. He will discuss fusions involving Western improvised musics and Eastern classical traditions. David Lopato has studied Indonesian musical traditions and his music reflects this influence. His recording, Gending for a Spirit Rising, a gamelan influenced symphonic length composition for large ensemble, was released this Fall.
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WEDS@7 "SO YOU..." (Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice) by Alvin Lucier
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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The US Premiere of Alvin Lucier's "SO YOU..." (Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice) for clarinet in b-flat, cello, female voice and 9 amplified wine jars (2017), commissioned by documenta 14
Jessika Kenney, voice
Charles Curtis, cello
Anthony Burr, clarinet
Tom Erbe, electronics
During the course of the performance, a cellist, clarinetist, and a female singer sustain long tones against descending and ascending electronically generated pure waves. As they do so audible beats are produced determined by the distances between the players’ tones and those of the continually sweeping pure waves.
The text consists of the first two words of selected stanzas of the poem, Eurydice, by American poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886–1961).
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The University of California San Diego Department of Music’s Wednesdays@7 concert series presents the U.S. première of a major new work by legendary American experimental composer Alvin Lucier. “SO YOU…“ (Hermes, Orpheus, Eurydice) was commissioned by documenta 14 and premiered in Athens, Greece in June of this year. The piece was composed for Anthony Burr and Charles Curtis who have worked closely with Lucier, both together and independently, for more than fifteen years.
“SO YOU…“ is based on a retelling of the Orpheus myth by poet H.D. Her poem, entitled "Eurydice" and composed during World War I, retells the familiar narrative from Eurydice's perspective. "So you…” are the opening words of the poem, initiating a series of bold accusations and recriminations. In this telling, the story is not one of a tragically doomed attempt at rescue, but a series of selfish actions by Orpheus which denied Eurydice her peace.
At the core of Lucier's work is a profound engagement with the material properties of sound and with acoustical physics. Overlooked details of our lived relationship to sounds are framed and magnified in his music with extraordinary care and resourcefulness. "SO YOU…” combines features of two separate categories of Lucier's work: the investigation of resonance in pieces like "Chambers" and "I Am Sitting in a Room", and the investigation of interference patterns between closely tuned frequencies in "Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas" and "In Memoriam Jon Higgins.” The presence of the text and the direct connection to myth, especially myth embedded at the heart of European concert music, adds a further layer of complexity.
The three performers are accompanied by three sinewave sweeps which begin at the upper reaches of the instrumental registers and descend to the low C string of the cello at the mid-point of the piece, before ascending for the second half to their start point. The sinewave sweeps themselves create a strikingly physical presence, as standing waves and interference patterns continuously reconfigure themselves. The effect is further complicated by the fact that the three sweeps are played back through nine speakers mounted inside of large amphorae. The sweeps activate the resonant frequencies of the vases, at times creating feedback-like blooms, at other times inhibiting them. The three musicians perform a long series of interleaved sustained tones that shadow the electronics, creating further interference patterns.
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Matthew Kline, double bass - DMA1 Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 9th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Matthew Kline, contrabass, presents his DMA recital.
Brian Ferneyhough - Trittico Per G.S.
Eva-Maria Houben - Resonantibus Coelis, for Bass and Voice (with Hillary Jean Young)
Jürg Frey - Accurate Placement
Eva-Maria Houben - Fast Nichts No. 2, for Bass and German Speaker (with Madison Greenstone)
Vinko Globokar - Dialouge Uber Feuer
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Chinary 75: Symposium
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
A symposium focused on the life and work of Distinguished Professor Chinary Ung will feature distinguished guest speakers Adam Greene, Koji Nakano, and Yayoi Uno Everett. Discussion panel moderated by Amy Cimini.
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Chinary 75: Concert 1
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The first of two concerts to honor the life and work of Distinguished Professor of Music Chinary Ung. 

- Still Life After Death
- Cinnabar Heart, performed by Christopher Clarino, dance by Charya Burt
- Letters from Home, featuring Kalean Ung 

PANEL II - a post-concert discussion
Moderated by Anthony Davis
With: Stacey Fraser, Kalean Ung, Charya Burt, Timur Bekbosunov, Sandra Powers
Post concert reception follows.
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WEDS7 Chinary 75
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
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Chinary Ung - Celebration 75
A celebratory concert honoring Distinguished Professor Chinary Ung on his 75th year. Featuring renowned international artists as well as UCSD faculty and graduate students, a special event is planned to honor the life of Chinary Ung.
- SINGING INSIDE AURA
- SPIRAL XIV: “Nimitta”
- SPIRAL XII: “Space Between Heaven & Earth"
Post concert reception follows.
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Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
The performance will held at the University Art Gallery. (map location)
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ArtPower presents Malpaso Dance Company
Friday, November 17th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
“ . . . elegant and bold, inventive and joyful.”—Times Union
Following their 2014 U.S. debut in a sold-out run in New York City—which garnered high praise from the New York Times—Malpaso have continued to play a prominent role in the renewed artistic dialogue between America and Cuba. Representing Cuba’s expanding cultural life, Malpaso—whose name, jokingly, means “misstep”—skillfully blend unfussy ballet, their native Afro-Cuban traditions, and intensely physical modern dance. Since being established in 2012 by resident choreographer and artistic director Osnel Delgado, Malpaso have quickly become one of the most sought-after Cuban dance companies. Emphasizing a collaborative creative process, they are committed to working with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography.
For their San Diego debut, Malpaso will perform Indomitable Waltz, choreographed for the company by ArtPower alumna Aszure Barton; Ocaso by Osnel Delgado; and Why You Follow by Ron K. Brown.
Malpaso Dance Company is an Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions.
SPONSOR
Jon and Bobbie Gilbert
SUPPORT
The presentation of Malpaso Dance Company was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Christopher Guzman, piano
Saturday, November 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Pianist Christopher Guzman’s performances showcase a broad range of styles, from the Baroque era to the avant-garde. He is a multiple prizewinner in many international competitions, including the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music Competition and the Isang Yun Competition of South Korea. Recently, Mr. Guzman garnered the grand prize and several special prizes at the 10th Concours International de Piano d’Orléans of Orléans, France. As a result, he regularly travels to France to perform in Paris and throughout the Loire Valley. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
Program:
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 867 (6:30) J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875 (3:00) J.S. Bach
From 24 Preludes and Fugues Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932)
C Major, A Major, and E-flat Major
“Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” from North American Ballads Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938)
From Voices and Piano - Peter Ablinger (b. 1959)
Hanna Schygulla, Jorge Luis Borges, Billie Holliday
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Bach, trans. F. Busoni (1866-1924)
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Pianist Christopher Guzman regularly performs for audiences throughout North America, Europe and Asia, as soloist and chamber musician. He is a multiple prizewinner in many international competitions, including the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music Competition and the Isang Yun Competition of South Korea. Recently, Mr. Guzman garnered the grand prize and several special prizes at the 10th Concours International de Piano d’Orléans of Orléans, France. As a result, he regularly travels to France to perform in Paris and throughout the Loire Valley. His CD of German and Austrian music from the past one hundred years, Vienne et après, is available on the Tessitures label. Mr. Guzman’s career has brought him to such venues as Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and others. He performs regularly with some of the world’s most exciting soloists including Ilya Gringolts, Antoine Tamestit, David Fray, and Jeremy Denk, among others. He continually performs with members of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. He appears regularly on the New York Philharmonic’s chamber music series “Philharmonic Ensembles.” Mr. Guzman’s performances showcase a broad range of styles, from the Baroque era to the avant-garde. He continues to collaborate with many of the nation’s preeminent new music ensembles; his performances have included world premieres by Donald Martino, Nico Muhly, and Paul Schoenfield. The New York Times hailed his performance of Christopher Theofanidis’s Statues as “coiled” and “explosive.”
Born in Texas, Christopher Guzman began studying piano at age nine and violoncello two years later. He worked primarily with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, Anton Nel at the University of Texas at Austin, and the late Patricia Zander at the New England Conservatory. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit christopherguzman.net.
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Department Seminar: Daniel Wnukowski
Monday, November 20th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
A guest of MUS 43: The department seminar serves both as a general department meeting and as a forum for the presentation of research and performances by visitors, faculty and students. Hailed as “rapturous and glowing” by International Record Review and “an inspirational and devoted pianist” by Life & Arts - Financial Times, Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski has performed throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia in numerous international festivals. Read more about Wnukowski by visiting his website at: http://www.wnukowski.com
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Hailed as “rapturous and glowing” by International Record Review and “an inspirational and devoted pianist” by Life & Arts - Financial Times, Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski has performed throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia in numerous international festivals. He has performed with many orchestras in Europe and North America and is an avid collaborator working with such artists at Daniel Hope, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Alain Trudel and Aleksandra Kurzak. Daniel Wnukowski inaugurated the 2017-year in Warsaw, Poland as a special guest at the National Philharmonic Hall, performing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”. On May 5, 2017, he performed at the Austrian Parliament for the Austrian president in remembrance of Holocaust victims targeted by Nazi Germany. He is the recipient of numerous scholarships and grants from numerous foundations for promoting the works of exiled composers of the 20th Century. Read more about Wnukowski by visiting his website at: http://www.wnukowski.com
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Monday Night Jazz: Steve Coleman
Monday, November 27th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Join UC San Diego's Department of Music for our first Monday Night Jazz event of the year featuring American saxophonist, composer, MacArthur Fellow, and bandleader Steve Coleman. Also featured on this program are select band members of the Five Elements.
- Steve Coleman, alto sax
- Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
- Anthony Tidd, electric bass
- Sean Rickman, drums
The Artists will also present two days of masterclasses November 28 and 29 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Warren Lecture Hall, Studio A.
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Roger Reynolds Book Signing
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 12:00 pm
UC San Diego Bookstore
Free
UC San Diego Bookstore, first floor
Join the UC San Diego Bookstore and the UC San Diego Arts/Humanities/Music department for another Author Series Book Discussion. This time, help us welcome composer - author Roger Reynolds and his book "Passage". "Passage" is a playground for ideas, memories, and the unexpected. It offers a unique melding of ideas and experience through texts written by Reynolds, and images assembled through a lifetime – in the US, Scandinavia, Europe and Japan. It invites the individual reader’s search for his/her own divined implications – links within their own life experience. Reynolds counts among his friends, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, Kaija Saariaho, Conlon Nancarrow, Elliott Carter, Chaya Czernowin, John Ashbery, Irvine Arditti, Chinary Ung, and Tadashi Suzuki. "Passage" includes anecdotes and insights about them that can’t be found elsewhere – the resonances of their ways shared across time – musings about encounters from 60 years of a life engaged with music. PASSAGE’s pages are filled with imagery used to modulate for the reader the “viscosity” of the reading experience – how easily one acquires the content that’s there on the page in an amalgam of words and images that sometimes compete on an equal footing, at others inflect one another. The commonality of word and image is modulated by a weave of shifting colors, spacing, and density that is sometimes immediate, at others requiring careful study to fully grasp.
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WEDS@7 JACK Quartet
Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)JACK Quartet performs a Wednesdays @ 7 program featuring two new works by Rand Steiger, and Music by Faculty Composer Natacha Diels, and alumnus and Stanford Professor, Mark Applebaum:
- Mark Applebaum: Darmstadt Kindergarten
- Marcos Balter: Chambers
- Natacha Diels: Nightmare for JACK (a ballet)
- Rand Steiger: Inward for string quartet and electronics (premiere performance)
- Rand Steiger: Undone for string quartet and electronics (premiere performance of quartet version)
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Piano Studio Students
Thursday, November 30th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Music from J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Fréderic Chopin, and Roger Reynolds to be performed by Department of Music piano students Amir Moheimani, Jad Barrere, Andrew Vu, Remi Ha, Junko Roberts, and Mari Kawamura.
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Roger Reynolds' FLiGHT by JACK Quartet
Thursday, November 30th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)In an ambitious new work, Pulitzer Prize-winning multimedia artist and composer Roger Reynolds condenses 2,500 years of human flight—real and imagined—into an 80-minute performance, progressing from imagined flight, to preparing for flight, to experiencing flight and, finally, to considering the perspective flight affords.
Performed by the widely acclaimed JACK Quartet, FLiGHT is an immersive artistic experience that weaves together such diverse elements as the Apollo program, Plato and the mythological character of Icarus.
Performance components include JACK Quartet’s strings, various recordings and sounds, actors voicing texts drawn from different time periods and cultures, and visual imagery projected onto boxes that are reoriented as the performance develops. Videographer Ross Karre and computer musician Paul Hembree will also contribute to the performance.
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This is a unique opportunity to preview a work-in-progress by one of the nation’s most innovative and enigmatic artists. FLiGHT has been performed all or in part at James Madison University, The Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, the Atlas Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Read more about the development of FLiGHT: (link)
About Roger Reynolds
Roger Reynolds is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer known for his capacity to seamlessly blend traditional and new music in works that incorporate music, poetry, art and mythology. His work defies definition. New York’s Village Voice applauded his “wizardry in sending music flying through space: whether vocal, instrumental or computerized.”
About JACK Quartet
Comprised of violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Jay Campbell, the JACK Quartet has collaborated with some of the world’s most innovative new music composers. They have been described as “superheroes of the new music world” (Boston Globe), and “the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment” (Washington Post).
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, November 30th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Undergrad Forum
Friday, December 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate majors and minors from the Department of Music present their first Forum concert of the year. Forums provide performance and showcase opportunites for majors and minors with supported resources at the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
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Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, composition - Graduate Recital
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh presents her PhD dissertation recital.
- The Warmth of the Nebula (2016) - for solo piccolo (Michael Matsuno) and 8-channel fixed media
- Half-Open Beings (2017) - for mixed septet
- Radius (2017) - for solo pianist (Kyle Adam Blair)
Performers: Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Kyle Motl (contrabass), Ben Rempel (percussion), Madison Greenstone (clarinets), Judith Hamann (cello), and Kathryn Schulmeister (contrabass)
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Born in Taiwan and raised between New Zealand and Australia, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh's interest in composition focuses on the notion of space in musical, personal, and physical resonances. Hers works have been commissioned and performed by entities such as Beijing Modern Music Festival, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, The Song Company, Syzygy Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Platypus ensemble, Ensemble Multilaterale, Quartetto Maurice, Momenta Quartet, The Mivos Quartet, Thin Edge New Music Collective and Arcko Symphonic Ensemble.
Additionally, Annie's music has been featured in festivals including Metropolis New Music Festival, OzAsia Festival, The National Gallery of Victoria 'Melbourne Now' exhibition', Mise-en Festival, Wien Modern, NUNC!2 (Chicago), Tectonic Festival 2016 (Adelaide), ISCM World Music Days 2016 (Tongyeong, Korea) and EUREKA! Musical minds of California (Cal State Fullerton).
Annie is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California, San Diego, working with Lei Liang and Katharina Rosenberger. Prior to joining UCSD, Annie completed her bachelor's (first-class honours) and master's degrees from University of Melbourne (2006, 2010), with Stuart Greenbaum and Brenton Broadstock.
Artist website: http://www.anniehuihsinhsieh.com
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32VM Vocal Master Class
Monday, December 4th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, under the instruction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest, presents works by Dowland, Purcell, Bizet, Offenbach, and more.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, December 4th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
The 95JC concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. Our instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Join UC San Diego's Department of Music for our second Monday Night Jazz event of the year! Directed by Kamau Kenyatta, this program will include music by Joe Sample, Alex Hahn, Billy Cobham, Charles Minguss, Martin Chapman, and more.
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Camera Lucida: Martinu & Schmidt
Monday, December 4th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Martinu, Musique de Chambre Nr. 1
Franz Schmidt, Clarinet Quintet in A major
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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Singers and Choirs, 95CK
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Chamber Singers, under the direction of Phil Larson, perform in the Recital Hall.
Personnel Hodie — 14th Century Tune
Hodie Christus Natur Est — Sweelinck
There is no Rose of Such Virtue — Robert H. Young
Messiah (excerpts) — G.F. Handel
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline performs:
Coming Together - Frederic Rzweski
Celeste Oram, speaker
Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev
Jessica C. Flores, narrator
Star Wars Suite - John Williams
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MUS 33A Final Recording
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The students of Music 33 "Introduction to Composition," led by Prof. Lei Liang, will present their original compositions. For many students in this class, this is the first time they composed their own music! These students came from diverse backgrounds, and many are double-majors or music minors. Their original works reflect their diverse interests and talents, and all are invited to attend.
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95W World Music Students
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Students of Pandit Kartik Seshadri and Arup Chattopadhyay perform Indian Classical Music on December 6, 2017 in an evening of Ragas and Talas (Indian Classical Music) under the directorship of Kartik Seshadri. All are welcome to attend.
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Rachel Allen, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Thursday, December 7th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 7th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Undergraduate students under the direction of Takae Ohnishi will perform chamber music. The program includes selected movements of Beethoven String Trio in G major, Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Arensky Piano Trio in D minor, Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor, Debussy String Quartet in G minor and more. All are welcome to attend.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Concentric Paths
Saturday, December 9th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Guillaume de Machaut/arr. Felipe Rossi - Je vivroie liement/Liement me deport
Tina Tallon - luscinia
Francis Poulenc - Gloria
Thomas Adès - Concentric Paths
Guest artists: Susan Narucki and Kirsten Wiest, sopranos; Keir GoGwilt, violin (2016 Young Artists Winner); red fish blue fish
A path that leads both forward and back creates concentric patterns that connect 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc to his late medieval countryman Guillaume de Machaut (here in an arrangement by Felipe Rossi for soloists Keir GoGwilt and Kirstin Wiest.) The orchestra music of renowned English composer Thomas Adès is presented in San Diego for the first time with his violin concerto, Concentric Paths. Thomas Nee Commission recipient, Tina Tallon, creates a new work for orchestra and electronics.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Concentric Paths
Sunday, December 10th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Guillaume de Machaut/arr. Felipe Rossi - Je vivroie liement/Liement me deport
Tina Tallon - luscinia
Francis Poulenc - Gloria
Thomas Adès - Concentric Paths
Guest artists: Susan Narucki and Kirsten Wiest, sopranos; Keir GoGwilt, violin (2016 Young Artists Winner); red fish blue fish
A path that leads both forward and back creates concentric patterns that connect 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc to his late medieval countryman Guillaume de Machaut (here in an arrangement by Felipe Rossi for soloists Keir GoGwilt and Kirstin Wiest.) The orchestra music of renowned English composer Thomas Adès is presented in San Diego for the first time with his violin concerto, Concentric Paths. Thomas Nee Commission recipient, Tina Tallon, creates a new work for orchestra and electronics.
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MUS 103A Final Recording
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 203
This concert has been canceled.
MUS103A is now a recording session, as per instructor: Chinary Ung.
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TJ Borden, Paul Hembree and James Bean
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: TJ Borden
Tyler J. Borden welcomes UC San Diego Music alumni and collaborators: Paul Hembree and James Bean for a concert of music for cello and real-time electronics.
In 2015, cellist T.J. Borden teamed up with UCSD alumni Paul Hembree and James Bean, each a composer and computer musician, to perform Brian Ferneyhough’s Time and Motion Study II for vocalizing cellist and live electronics. Out of this, D U C K R U B B E R was born — a collaborative effort driven by Bean, Borden, and Hembree to explore challenging works of electroacoustic music. In an attempt to probe the interstices between performer, composer, and technologist, the trio explores the extremes of instrumental practice while integrating them with creative applications of music technology. Weaving through throbbing sub-audio pulsations, cascading layers of glitched audiovisuals, and outrageously virtuosic instrumental techniques, the trio never fails to bring audiences an arresting, unforgettable concert experience.
Please note that this performance will begin at 8:00 p.m.
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WEDS@7 Eric Huebner performs Roger Reynolds' Piano Etudes
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)This recital by guest pianist Eric Huebner will feature the entire collection of piano Etudes by György Ligeti, as well as Book I of Roger Reynolds' Piano Etudes.
About the artist:
Pianist Eric Huebner has drawn worldwide acclaim for his performances of new and traditional music since making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. In January 2012, he was appointed pianist of the New York Philharmonic and currently holds the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Piano Chair. He has been featured in orchestral works by Lindberg, Stravinsky, Ives, Milhaud, Carter and R. Strauss among others and regularly appears in chamber music performances with musicians from the Philharmonic at New York City's Merkin Hall and elsewhere. In March 2016, he was featured in recital as part of the New York Philharmonic's "Messiaen Week" - a series of concerts featuring the work of the late French composer. Huebner has collaborated with the conductor David Robertson in performances of György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, Olivier Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques and on the American premiere with percussionist Colin Currie of Elliott Carter's Two Controversies and a Conversation for piano, percussion and chamber ensemble. Recent solo recitals have featured the piano études of the late Hungarian composer György Ligeti and include appearances on the St. Louis Symphony's Pulitzer Arts Foundation Gallery series, at Bowling Green State University and the University of Michigan.
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It's About Time! Percussion Festival
Thursday, January 11th, 2018 12:00 am
San Diego Symphony presents: IT'S ABOUT TIME! Percussion Festival
Steven Schick, festival curator
JANUARY 11 — FEBRUARY 11, 2018
It’s about the rich world of rhythm. It’s about the way we hear musical time! It’s about the myriad ways percussion music connects us to the world and to nature. It’s about living in natural time! It’s about listening to the sounds of the outside world, to our own heartbeats, to noises of contemporary life. It’s about time in the 21st century! Our festival is about how sound can convey emotion and deepen the connections among us all. It’s about how time binds us to each other! It’s about a fertile and interconnected web of musical partners—musicians, audiences and institutions—spanning all of San Diego. It’s About Time!
The “It’s About Time” Festival is supported in part by a grant from the American Orchestra’s Futures Fund, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Anne & Gordon Getty Foundation.
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Family, Kids, and Infant-Friendly Recital No. 2: Toy Pianos, Piano, and Soprano
Saturday, January 13th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Siu Hei Lee
Following a successful kids' concert last year, we are doing more of this! This time, the Figmentum Ensemble (Daria Binkowski, Ania Sundstrom, and UCSD alumni Kyle Rowan) will present compositions for toy pianos. Lauren Jones will sing, and Siu Hei Lee will play the piano. We encourage kids to talk during performance, and infants can cry as part of the musicking. Bottomless crayons and colored papers will be provided, and all are welcome!
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Following a successful kids' concert last year, we are doing more of this! This time, the Figmentum Ensemble (Daria Binkowski, Ania Sundstrom, and UCSD alumni Kyle Rowan) will present compositions for toy pianos. Lauren Jones will sing, and Siu Hei Lee will play the piano. We encourage kids to talk during performance, and infants can cry as part of the musicking. Bottomless crayons and colored papers will be provided.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Saturday, January 13th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Shahrokh Yadegari
In a collaboration with UC San Diego's Literature Department, Shahrokh Yedagari and Babak Rahimi present a reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Persian.
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ArtPower presents Compagnie Herve Koubi
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Recognized as one of Europe’s most distinctive choreographers, Hervé Koubi draws creative strength from his Algerian roots and Mediterranean culture. His company makes its San Diego debut with What the Day Owes to the Night (Ce Que le Jour Doit à la Nuit), a highly physical, stunningly fluid work for 12 French Algerian and African male dancers. The piece combines capoeira, martial arts, and urban contemporary dance, and is packed with backflips, head spins, and powerful imagery evocative of Eastern paintings and Islamic architecture. What the Day Owes to the Night is danced to an eclectic score that features Johann Sebastian Bach, Hamza El Din & the Kronos Quartet, and traditional Sufi music.
UC SAN DIEGO PARTNER
International Center
SUPPORT
This project is supported by FUSED: French-US Exchange in Dance, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, and FACE Foundation, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
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Yarn/Wire performs Maryanne Amacher's Adjacencies
Thursday, January 18th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Maryanne Amacher is known primarily as an electronic composer, but early on she wrote a handful of pieces for classical instruments using experimental forms of notation. AUDJOINS, a Suite For Audjoined Rooms was a collection of such works, from the early to mid-’60s, for various spatially staged ensembles. Adjacencies, a graphic score for two percussionists and electronics, was written in 1965 and is the only known extant score of that series. The work directs performers by sending their microphone signals to a changing array of speakers surrounding the audience, combining otherwise distinct worlds of sound. Not performed since 1966, Blank Forms has collaborated with Amy Cimini and Bill Dietz to unpack and analyze the score for its posthumous realization. Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, of the experimental piano-percussion quartet Yarn/Wire, will be performing Adjacencies, with sound distribution by Daniel Neumann and Woody Sullender.
Maryanne Amacher (1938-2009) was a composer of large-scale fixed-duration sound installations and a highly original thinker in the areas of perception, sound spatialization, creative intelligence, and aural architecture. She is frequently cited as a pioneer of what has come to be called sound art, although her thought and creative practice consistently challenges key assumptions about the capacities and limitations of this nascent genre. Often considered to be part of a post-Cagean lineage, her work anticipates some of the most important developments in network culture, media arts, acoustic ecology, and sound studies.
This performance would not be possible without the ongoing commitment of Blank Forms and the Maryanne Amacher Archive to preserving Amacher’s legacy. Adjacencies’ first performance since 1965 was presented by Blank Forms in September 2017 at The Kitchen in New York City. Many thanks to Lawrence Kumpf, Bill Dietz, Blank Forms and the Maryanne Amacher Archive for making the New York and San Diego performances possible.
Read more: Amy Cimini on Maryanne Amacher's Adjacencies
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Weston Olencki and Eric Wubbels
Friday, January 19th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Madison Greenstone
Composer/performers Weston Olencki and Eric Wubbels will present new work written by and for the duo. The two works explore shared concerns of virtuosity, synchronization, and hybridization using languages developed through intensive long-term collaboration and friendship.
Program
Weston Olencki - recasting [2016-18], premiere; prepared piano, transducers, synthesizers, electronics, objects
Eric Wubbels - contraposition [2016-17]; trombone + prepared piano
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Eric Wubbels is a composer, pianist, and Co-Director of the Wet Ink Ensemble. His music has been performed throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and the U.S., by groups such as Wet Ink Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, yarn|wire, Kupka's Piano (AUS), Berlin PianoPercussion, Ensemble Linea (FR), New York New Music, SCENATET (DK), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, and Talea Ensemble, and featured on festivals including Huddersfield Festival, Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, Chicago Symphony MusicNOW, and MATA Festival. The recipient of a 2016 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Wubbels has been awarded commissioning grants from Chamber Music America's Classical Commissioning Program, ISSUE Project Room, MATA Festival, Barlow Endowment, Jerome Foundation, New Music USA, and Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony (2011, 2016), Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and Civitella Ranieri Center. As a performer, he has given U.S. and world premieres of works by major figures such as Peter Ablinger, Richard Barrett, Beat Furrer, George Lewis, and Mathias Spahlinger, as well as vital young artists such as Rick Burkhardt, Francesco Filidei, Erin Gee, Bryn Harrison, Clara Iannotta, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Katharina Rosenberger, and Kate Soper.
Weston Olencki is a New York City based trombonist/composer specializing in the performance and production of experimental music & art. Weston is a member of Ensemble Pamplemousse, one half of RAGE THORMBONES & People Making Sounds, and has performed with Ensemble Dal Niente, ICE, wasteLAnd, Wet Ink Ensemble, wildUP!, Fonema Consort, Talea Ensemble, and others. His work has been commissioned by the Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Pamplemousse, and soloists Jesse Langen, Lester St. Louis, and Matt Barbier. He has held residencies at Harvard, Stanford, and New York Universities, and was awarded the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for Interpretation from the Darmstadt Ferienkurse.
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ArtPower presents Aeolus Quartet
Friday, January 19th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Praised by Strad magazine for their “high-octane” performances, the Aeolus Quartet is one of the finest young quartets touring today. Formed in 2008 at the Cleveland Institute of Music by violinists Nicholas Tavani and Rachel Shapiro, violist Gregory Luce, and cellist Alan Richardson, the quartet is committed to presenting time-seasoned masterpieces and new cutting-edge works with freshness, dedication, and fervor. Since its inception, the all-American quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe with showings “worthy of a major-league quartet” (Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News).
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2; Philip Glass: Quartet No. 3 “Mishima”; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.14, Op.131
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSORS
Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner; Bjorn Bjerede and Jo Kiernan
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SPONSOR
Joan Jordan Bernstein’s ArtPower Student Engagement Endowed Fund
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Stuart Collection Tour
Saturday, January 20th, 2018 11:00 am
Stuart Collection
Free
Join Steven Schick and the UC San Diego Stuart Collection's Mary Beebe in a walking discussion of the sounds of the Stuart Collection. From Terry Allen's "Silent Tree" to De Saint Phalle's "Sun God" to works by Robert Irwin and finally composer John Luther Adams, let's find out what sculpture sounds like. The final stop on the tour will be John Luther Adams's 2017 installation "The Wind Garden," an interactive sound environment that reacts to the topography and weather of its site in the Theatre District at UC San Diego.
This FREE event steps off at the Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus at 11am...don't be late! (No ticket necessary!)
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Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (Discussion)
Saturday, January 20th, 2018 2:00 pm
San Diego Central Library, Morgan Auditorium
Free
Join "It's Above Time" festival curator Steven Schick as he leads a discussion of the legacy of African-American composer Charles Mingus and his historic Tijuana Moods album project. (This music will be performed on January 22 on the Athenaeum Jazz series.) Panelists for this discussion will include alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, one of the most longstanding members of Charles Mingus' band; Anthony Davis, UC San Diego Professor of Music and noted composer, pianist and improviser; and others to be announced soon. This event is presented with grant support from the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This edition of UC San Diego's Helen Edison Lecture Series will take place at the Morgan Auditorium of the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common in downtown San Diego.
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Wilfrido Terrazas Sea Quintet + Peter Kuhn Trio
Monday, January 22nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Kyle Motl
Wilfrido Terrazas Sea Quintet + Peter Kuhn Trio
WILFRIDO TERRAZAS SEA QUINTET
A creative music ensemble from Ensenada, Mexico, has been around since 2016. The group plays mostly original compositions and free improv. Life is tastier by the sea!
Members:
Wilfrido Terrazas: flutes and whistles
José Fernando Solares: saxophones
Iván Trujillo: trumpet and flugelhorn
Edwin Montes Roldán: guitar
Abraham Lizardo: drums
PETER KUHN TRIO
Peter Kuhn: clarinets
Kyle Motl: contrabass
Nathan Hubbard: drums and percussion
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1st Year Grad Winter Composition Jury
Friday, January 26th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Four WORLD PREMIERE performances highlight the Winter Composition Jury Concert this evening. Led by Rand Steiger and Steven Schick, first-year composition and performance graduate students present a unique collaborative endeavor culminating in the creation the four new pieces:
- After Escher (Emergence) by Alex Stephenson
- Humoresk by Sammi Jo Stone
- mother woke me (wake me) - created by Alexandria Smith and Jasper Sussman
- From Stillness by Anqi Liu
Featuring performances by Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, Kathryn Schulmeister, Alexandria Smith, Jasper Sussman, and Shaoai Ashley Zhang.
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Winter Composition Jury Discussion
Saturday, January 27th, 2018 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
First year graduate students studying composition will engage in a discussion of the previous night's winter jury concert.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 28th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
Pianist and Emeritus Professor of Music Cecil Lytle presents the 22nd annual benefit concert for the Lytle Scholarship and the Preuss School at UC San Diego.
We are pleased to present the finest jazz, folk, and classical pianists in San Diego. Please join us for a rousing four piano rendition of Flight of the Bumble Bee, Dizzy Gillespie's Night in Tunisia, and many more. Featuring:
Cecil Lytle
Kei Akagi
Tobin Chodos
Mike Wofford
Joshua White
More information regarding the Lytle Scholarship Concert may be found online here.
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Department Seminar: Abbey Radar
Monday, January 29th, 2018 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Camera Lucida: Beethoven & Grieg
Monday, January 29th, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Beethoven, Sonata in g-minor for Cello and Piano, Opus 5 Nr. 2
Grieg, Violin Sonata Nr. 2 in G major, Opus 13
Beethoven, String Quartet "Rasumovsky" in C major, Opus 59 Nr. 3
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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ArtPower presents: Roland Auzet
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
“Art is a game between all people of all ages.”—Marcel Duchamp
Music is a tool to create and consolidate a totality, a community of reflections on our daily lives.
A bare hands is a sound performance, focused like a magnifying glass on an object that we know well. With my “bare hands,” I will look at … a car. We’ll have an intimate encounter that will reveal the joys of rhythms and sounds.
From the time we were children we have played with and in cars. We travel in them, for sure, but we also talk, take shelter from the rain, eat, and make love in them. Sometime we even live in them…a sad fact too often the case today.
The car as object will live through sound. It is not mute but its language is secret. It is the secret of all secrets. It contains all the worlds. It is our history; it is.
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Luis Urrea (Discussion)
Thursday, February 1st, 2018 7:00 pm
San Diego Central Library, Morgan Auditorium
Free
Hailed by NPR as a "master storyteller with a rock and roll heart," Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, Urrea is the critically acclaimed, best-selling author of 16 books, including The Hummingbird's Daughterand Into the Beautiful North. Join "It's About Time" curator Steven Schick for a conversation with Luis Urrea about his life and work and their collaboration on a new version of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat (to be performed at UC San Diego's Mandeville Auditorium on February 3rd) with texts from Urrea's writings. This edition of UC San Diego Extension's Public Events & Lectures series takes place at the San Diego Central Library's Morgan Auditorium.
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Michael Pisaro's "asleep, forest, melody, path"
Friday, February 2nd, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Michael Pisaro's asleep, forest, melody, path is a rich and resonant work scored for six field recordings (made in six specially chosen sites in San Diego), a large ensemble of instrumentalists and two soloists. A work of both great intimacy and extraordinary emotional and sonic power, asleep, forest, melody, path sketches a sonic portrait of our city and the people who call it home. Percussionist Greg Stuart returns to UC San Diego to lead the performance and joins violinist Erik Carlson as soloist.
15 Questions with Michael Pisaro.
Doors at 6:30 p.m. | Pre-Concert Talk at 7:00 p.m. | Concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Reed Family Concert: Igor Stravinsky "L'Histoire du Soldat"
Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Celebrate the centennial of Igor Stravinsky's masterpiece L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) with a new setting featuring texts by the extraordinary writer Luis Urrea, the cutting-edge Tijuana dance collective Lux Boreal and UC San Diego’s dynamic new flute professor Wilfrido Terrazas. Music from a hundred years ago along with text, dance and improvised music from today combine to explore real-life problems and joys of Mexicans and Americans as they cross the international border between San Diego and Tijuana.This performance is the annual Reed Family Concert presented by the UC San Diego Department of Music at Mandeville Auditorium.
Please note: General Admission seating. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk with Maestro Schick at 7:00 p.m. The Performance will begin at 7:30 p.m.
No late seating.
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Taiwanese Studies presents Pi-hsien Chen, piano
Sunday, February 4th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Chuan Lyu Endowment and Taiwan Studies Lecture Series at UCSD present pianist Pi-hsien Chen
W. A. Mozart Fantasie c-Minor KV 475 and Sonata C-minor KV 457
Yang Tsung-Hsien 楊è¦è³¢
Albumblätter from Sansui Shack 山水寮扎記 (1994)
Lento - Adagietto - Andante
Arnold Schönberg Five Piano Pieces Op. 23
Yen Lu 盧炎. Impromptu (2005)
Lei Liang My Windows
Franz Schubert Sonata E-flat Major DV 568
About the artist:
Pianist Pi-hsien Chen was born in Taiwan and came to Cologne when she was nine years old. One year later, she was admitted into the class of Hans-Otto Schmidt-Neuhaus. She won the first prizes at the ARD-International Piano Competition in Munich, the A. Schoenberg Competition in Rotterdam, and the J. S. Bach Competition in Washington D.C. She performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw-Orchestra, the Zurich-Tonhalle-Orchestra. Conductors with whom she has worked include Bernhard Haiting, Paul Sacher, Hans Zender, Péter Eötvös. Pi-hsien Chen took part in numerous international music festivals. Her increasing interest and engagement in contemporary music grew in cooperation with composers such as Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtág and Elliott Carter. Moreover, she performed contemporary music with ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Asko Ensemble. More recently, her complete Mozart’s Sonatas are released by Sunrise Records. Her recording of Scarlatti and Beethoven sonatas, along with John Cage and Stockhausen were released by HATnowART (Basel,Switzerland) to critical acclaim. Since 1983, Pi-hsien Chen was professor of piano at the University of Music in Cologne, and since 2004, at the University of Music in Freiburg.
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Erik Carlson / Greg Stuart
Sunday, February 4th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Erik Carlson
Greg Stuart and Erik Carlson write and perform their works:
- Greg Stuart: shoaling
- Erik Carlson: 9,710,557,029 : 10,763,508,996 : 11,678,055,512 : 13,333,899,204 : 15,811,880,472 : 17,690,519,736 polyrhythm (partial cycle)
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The Music of Manfred Werder
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Erik Carlson
Erik Carlson presents the Music of Manfred Werder
- Manfred Werder: 20160
- Erik Carlson: for performer and laptop
About the composer:
Composer, performer, curator, lives in situ. Manfred Werder focuses on possibilities of rendering the practices regarding composition and field. His recent scores have featured either found sentences from poetry and philosophy, or found words from whatever sources. His performances, both indoors and outdoors, aim at letting appear the world’s natural abundance. Earlier works include stück 1998, a 4000 page score whose nonrecurring and intermittent performative realization has been ongoing since December 1997.
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WEDS@7 Aleck Karis, piano
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Late Debussy Piano Recital
- Twelve Études (1915)
- Children’s Corner Suite (1908)
Aleck Karis presents a rare opportunity to hear, in its entirety, Claude Debussy’s final piano masterpiece, the Twelve Études. Among the most colorful and evocative works ever written for piano, they are also daring musical explorations which stretch the boundaries of harmony and form. Karis opens the program with Debussy’s much-loved Children’s Corner Suite, which includes Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, The Little Shepherd, and Golliwogg’s Cakewalk.
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Erasure and Hearing Landscapes
Thursday, February 8th, 2018 5:00 pm
Qualcomm Institute Atkinson Hall
Free
In spring 2017, UC San Diego Music professor and former Qualcomm Institute composer in residence Lei Liang and QI's professor of visualization and virtual reality, Falko Kuester, organized a unique seminar called “Hearing Seascapes: A Collaborative Seminar on the Sonification of Coral Reefs.” It provided graduate students from the music and engineering departments with an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary projects on the topic of coral reefs. Out of that seminar course emerged two multimedia performance works developed by groups of graduate students who will premiere their installations simultaneously in two venues in Atkinson Hall on the UC San Diego campus. The immersive works include:
Erasure, an ambitious, large-scale multimedia installation produced by a robust collaboration among Computer Music Ph.D. student Jacob Sundstrom, Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Vid Petrovic, Music Performance Ph.D. student Fiona Digney, and Ph.D. student in Musical Composition Anthony Vine
Hearing Seascapes, which combines coral reef imagery and audio data to generate sound based on the location and viewpoints of endangered coral reefs, a work by Lauren Jones, a Master's student in Vocal Performance, and Computer Music Ph.D. student Eunjeong Stella Koh, both at UC San Diego.
Hearing Seascapes will be staged in the Calit2 Immersive Visualization Lab (SunCave), and Erasure in the Reconfigurable Media Lab, both on the first floor of QI's Atkinson Hall.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 9th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Robert Erikson - Kryl
Alexandria Smith
set of Irish/Scottish music
Landon Bain, Keir GoGwilt, Barbara Byers
Manfred Werder - Stück 2004
Matthew Kline
Songs for Fish by Barbara
Barbara Byers, Ben Rempel, Jordan Morton, Keir GoGwilt
Peter Ablinger - Weiss/Weisslich 17c (1994/2007)
Christopher Clarino, Barbara Byers
Theodor A. Wiesengrund - "The Philosophy of New Zealand Music, part I: Richard Fuchs & the Dialectic of Loneliness" (1946)
Celeste Oram, Madison Greenstone
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists here at UCSD.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Cross Winds
Saturday, February 10th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4
Roland Auzet - Alone: Theatre and Music for Fiona
Guest artists: Tasha Koontz, soprano; Fiona Digney, percussion
It has been a tough few years in France – a time of strong crosswinds from every direction. Paris-based circus artist, composer, and percussionist Roland Auzet fights back in a new theatrical percussion concerto written for and commissioned by UC San Diego graduate student Fiona Digney. The balm of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, with one of the most beautiful slow movements ever written, helps calm the currents.
An It's About Time Festival Featured Event
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Cross Winds
Sunday, February 11th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4
Roland Auzet - Alone: Theatre and Music for Fiona
Guest artists: Tasha Koontz, soprano; Fiona Digney, percussion
It has been a tough few years in France – a time of strong crosswinds from every direction. Paris-based circus artist, composer, and percussionist Roland Auzet fights back in a new theatrical percussion concerto written for and commissioned by UC San Diego graduate student Fiona Digney. The balm of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, with one of the most beautiful slow movements ever written, helps calm the currents.
An It's About Time Festival Featured Event
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Visitors from Aichi University of the Arts (Japan)
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Please join the Performance and Composition Areas as they welcome guests and noted scholars from Aichi University in Japan.
- Akira Kobayashi: Glass Swan (Todd Mollenberg)
- Akira Kobayashi: Haru no Uta (Lauren Jones and Mari Kawamura)
- Rica Narimoto: Six Etudes (Michael Matsuno)
Please click on image on the left for full biographies.
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Akira Kobayashi graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and holds the Master’s degree in Arts. Akira Kobayashi has received numerous prizes in International competitions and awards include: First Prize at the 1st International Carlos Chavez Prize competition for Young Composers, First Prize in Japan Symphony Foundation’s 10th Composition Competition, finalist for the 3rd Music Today Composition Prize, finalist in the 1st Nuove Sincronie International Composition Competition, Arts Prize sponsored by the Jomo Newspaper Publishing Company and Honorary Plaque at the 9th International Gino Contilli Composition Competition. He studied at the Sibelius Academy as a research fellow with a grant from the Japanese government. Currently Akira Kobayashi is Professor of composition at Aichi University of the Arts.
Rica Narimoto was born in Wakayama, Japan, and completed her M.A. and D.M. degrees at Aichi University of the Arts, graduating at the top of her class and receiving the university's prestigious Kuwabara Prize. Her music has been performed in many countries including Japan, Holland, Finland, the United States and Egypt. She received numerous awards including the Irino Prize (2008). Her work combines contemporary compositional techniques with the traditional rhythmic structures of the 17th-century Japanese Itchu-Bushi form in order to create abstract structures of space and time and produce a unique musical signature. In 2011, awarded a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (USA), she resided in New York City. Currently she is Associate Professor at Aichi University of the Arts.
Masayuki Yasuhara is a musicologist with a specialization in Russian music history. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, before studying at Indiana University (musicology, organ and Russian Studies) and Moscow State University (Philology). In 2001, he spent 6 months as a visiting scholar at the Moscow Conservatory on a special grant from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prof. Yasuhara has published book chapters and articles on Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Socialist Realism, among others. He has also given papers at various professional conferences including the 1997 meeting of the International Comparative Literature Association in Leiden, Holland, the 2000 International Shostakovich Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Chapter meetings of the Musicological Society of Japan.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers: A tradition continues
In 1987, renowned virtuoso violinist János Négyesy established a series of Chamber Music concerts called the “Soirée for Music Lovers”. These programs were intended to be a musical counterpoint to the experimental music that characterized the music department at the University of California, where Professor Négyesy was a long-time faculty member. The quarterly concerts, featuring chamber music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, grew to be a popular and elegant part of the musical life of San Diego. The tradition continues this year on Wednesday, February 14th, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on the UC San Diego campus. Päivikki Nykter, the late Professor Négyesy’s wife, musical partner and a featured performer in every previous Soirée, has taken up the mantle in presenting a program worthy of the Négyesy legacy.
Program:
- Telemann: Quartet for flute, oboe, violin and continuo in G Major
- Brahms: Botschaft , Op. 47, No. 1 and Richard Strauss: Heimliche Aufforderung, Op.27, Op. 3 for bass-baritone and piano
- Ravel: Sonatine for flute, viola and harp
- Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 47
Performers:
Cecilia Kim (cello)
Philip Larson (bass-baritone)
Siu Hei Lee (piano)
Michael Matsuno (flute)
Päivikki Nykter (violin and viola)
Tasha Smith-Godinez (harp)
Stephanie Smith (oboe)
Annabelle Terbetski (viola)
Steven Tran (harpsichord)
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MUS 32 Guitar by Pablo Gomez Cano
Thursday, February 15th, 2018 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Come and join the guitar class at the Music Department in this great recital. Acoustic and Electric guitar; guitar duo, gutiar and percussion, electronics and more...
Performers include: Matthew Alviar, Alonso de la Peña, Vincenzo Libertore, Siddhartha Krishnan, and Martine Xenja. Instructed by Pablo Gómez-Cano.
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Lauren Jones, soprano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, February 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Soprano Lauren Jones - This performance is in partial fulfillment of Lauren's graduate degree in Vocal Performance. The program will include works by Luciano Berio, Kaija Saariaho, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, and Daniel Tacke. Also performing with Lauren will be percussionist Sean Dowgray, pianist Siu Hei Lee, and computer musician Stella Ko.
Luciano Berio - Sequenza
Erik Satie - 3 Melodies
Daniel Tacke - Abend
Kaija Saariaho - Lohn
Stravinsky - 3 Japanese Lyrics
Stravinsky - "No Word from Tom" from The Rake's Progress
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Christopher Clarino, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Percussionist Christopher Clarino presents his third DMA recital:
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Nasenflügeltanz
John Cage - Music for Four
Tiange Zhou - world premiere
Jean-Charles François - Fragments II
Georges Aperghis - Retrouvailles
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The Edge of Silence - vocal chamber music of György Kurtág
A concert devoted to the vocal chamber music of the Hungarian master composer, György Kurtág, including Hét Dal (Seven songs for voice and cimbalom) S.K. Remembrance Noise (voice and violin), Erinnerung an einen Winterabend (voice, violin, cimbalom), Attila Jozsef Fragments (solo voice) and Scenes from a Novel (voice, violin, cimbalom and double bass. When asked about the impetus behind the program, Narucki said "György Kurtág's music has been one of the touchstones of my life as a musician. I was introduced to the composer's music at the beginning of my professional career, performing the West Coast premiere of Messages of the R.V. Troussova at the 1986 Ojai Festival. I began a journey into a musical landscape that is overwhelmingly rich and varied. Kurtág illuminates the texts he sets; his music is a synthesis of vocal expression and musical materials in which every gesture contributes to the whole. It is music that is emotionally powerful, intensely personal and hauntingly beautiful - and it has fascinated me for over thirty years. Some of the pieces on the program have been an integral part of my life as a singer; they are works that I've presented many times; in the case of some others, I return and remember. The scores are full of messages - observations, ideas, questions - a map of the composer's profoundly fertile imagination, in which I have tried to find my bearings, again and again."
The soprano is joined by guest artists Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom) and Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass).
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The playing of violinist Curtis Macomber was praised recently by the New York Times for its “thrilling virtuosity” and by Strad Magazine for its “panache”. He enjoys a varied and distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, and he has for several decades been recognized as one of this country’s foremost interpreters and proponents of new music. Mr. Macomber’s extensive discography includes the complete Brahms and Grieg Sonatas as well as hundreds of critically praised recordings of contemporary solo and chamber works. As a member of the New World String Quartet from 1982-93, he performed in virtually all the important concert series in this country, as well as touring abroad. He is the violinist of Da Capo, a founding member of the Apollo Trio and the newest member of both the Manhattan String Quartet and the Walden Chamber Players. Mr. Macomber is presently a member of the chamber music faculty of the Juilliard School, where he earned B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees as a student of Joseph Fuchs. He is also on the violin faculties of the Manhattan and Mannes Schools of Music, and has taught at the Tanglewood, Taos and Yellow Barn Music Festivals.
Nicholas Tolle is one of North America's premiere cimbalom artists. In 2017 he appeared as a soloist with Steven Schick and musicians from UCSD performing Pierre Boulez' Repons and will also present the complete solo and small ensemble cimbalom works of György Kurtág at Tufts University. In August he will made his ninth visit to the Lucerne Festival to perform the works of Kurtág and Heinz Holliger. He has recently performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the New York Philharmonic, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. In 2012 he was a soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal performing Pierre Boulez’ Repons, which he also performed with the composer conducting at the Lucerne Festival in 2009. He has appeared as a soloist with Collage New Music and Orchestra 2001 performing Steve Mackey’s 5 Animated Shorts, and with numerous orchestras performing Kodály’s Háry János Suite. Based in Boston, MA, locally he can be seen regularly with such groups as the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Callithumpian Consort, and Sound Icon. He is also a frequent collaborator with Ensemble Signal. He is the founder and artistic director of the Ludovico Ensemble, and is the sole proprietor of Boston Percussion Rentals, New England's largest percussion rental company.
Kathryn Schulmeister is a double bassist with a wide range of musical and interdisciplinary interests. In March of 2017, Kathryn performed a 6-city tour of Switzerland and Luxembourg with the Lucerne Festival Young Artists, performing an experimental theater work incorporating dance and various styles of classical and contemporary music. With a passion for collaborating with composers to create new repertoire for the double bass, Kathryn’s performance has been described as “…turning an ostensibly ungainly instrument into a writhing white-hot crucible.” (5against4) Kathryn is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance from the University of California, San Diego. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and completed her Master of Music degree at the McGill University in Montréal, receiving numerous scholarships and awards during her studies including the Austrian Society Scholarship, the Clara Lichtenstein Fellowship, the Graduate Excellence Award, and National Public Radio's ‘From the Top’ Scholarship.
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Vinny Golia, Bobby Bradford, Mark Dresser in Trio
Friday, February 23rd, 2018 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
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Jeff Parker and the New Breed
Bobby Bradford, Vinny Golia, Mark Dresser in Trio
Jeff Parker - guitarist best known for working with post-rock group, Tortoise. / Bobby Bradford - American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer / Vinny Golia - American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. / Mark Dresser - Grammy nominated, internationally renowned bass player, improviser, composer, and interdisciplinary collaborator.
$15.00 general / $5.00 staff/faculty / FREE UCSD students Doors: 7PM // Show: 8PM
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MUS 201B Projects in New Music Perf, Improv
Monday, February 26th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
MUS 201B: Projects in New Music Performance - Improvisation
Featuring:
Sammi Jo Stone, Tenor Saxophone | Lily Lacy, voice and cello
Kyle Motl, bass | Joey Bourdeau, drums | Anthony Davis, instructor
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WEDS@7 loadbang
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays at 7 present loadbang
- Alexandre Lunsqui - Guttural I, II, III & IV
- Scott Worthington – A Different Infiniteness
- Carlos Cordeiro – Disquiet
- Reiko Futing – Land of Silence
- Lei Liang – Lakescape V
- William Lang – There Might Be One More
- Scott Wollschleger – What is the Word
About the artists:
New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang is building a new kind of music for mixed ensemble of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice. Since their founding in 2008, they have been praised as ‘cultivated’ by The New Yorker, ‘an extra-cool new music group’ and ‘exhilarating’ by the Baltimore Sun, ‘inventive’ by the New York Times and called a 'formidable new-music force' by TimeOutNY. Their unique lung-powered instrumentation has provoked diverse responses from composers, resulting in a repertoire comprising an inclusive picture of composition today. In New York City, they have been recently presented by and performed at Miller Theater, Symphony Space, MATA and the Avant Music Festival; on American tours at Da Camera of Houston, Rothko Chapel, and the Festival of New American Music at Sacramento State University; and internationally at Ostrava Days (Czech Republic) China-ASEAN Music Week (China) and Shanghai Symphony Hall (China).
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Sonic Fluidities
Friday, March 2nd, 2018 8:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
To be announced
Sonic Fluidities
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
March 2-3, 2018
University of California San Diego
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Sound — an un-solid state, a phenomenon of flux and emergence — opens up fluid spaces in which to theorize and create across disciplinary boundaries. Sound siphons diverse conceptual frameworks and methodologies, allowing them to coexist and take on new forms. Not only does sound borrow from divergent bodies of knowledge, it blurs the distinction between creative practice, research and scholarly work, calling on researchers to consider their interconnected roles as listeners, performers, composers, curators, builders, etc. Sound acts as a conduit for labor from a variety of collaborators, resulting in radical epistemologies and hermeneutics.
The Integrative Studies (IS) program at UC San Diego’s Department of Music is a community of faculty and students whose work moves fluidly between scholarship, performance, improvisation, sound installation, composition, instrument building and more, with the common goal of theorizing through sound. Our inaugural conference asks questions about what it means to do “integrative studies,” offering the metaphor of “fluidity” as a starting point for querying silos and hierarchies of knowledge.
Featured daily events on Friday include:
7:00 p.m. - Clara Latham, Keynote Performance | Recital Hall, Room 127
For more information: official site
Daily schedule: https://sites.google.com/view/sonicfluidities/conference-schedule
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ArtPower presents Smetana Trio
Friday, March 2nd, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Event Program (PDF)Founded in 1934, Smetana Trio is today’s foremost Czech chamber ensemble. Currently comprised of Jitka ÄŒechová (piano), JiÅ™í VodiÄka (violin), and Jan PáleníÄek (cello), the trio perpetuates the interpretational ideals created by their illustrious predecessors as well as other superlative 20th-century chamber music soloists. The Smetana Trio was recently awarded the 2017 BBC Music Magazine Award, the world’s only classical music award voted on by the public.
Program
Alexander Zemlinsky: Trio in D Minor, Op. 3; Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8; Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSOR
Sam B. Ersan
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Sonic Fluidities
Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 8:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
To be announced
Sonic Fluidities
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
March 2-3, 2018
University of California San Diego
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Sound — an un-solid state, a phenomenon of flux and emergence — opens up fluid spaces in which to theorize and create across disciplinary boundaries. Sound siphons diverse conceptual frameworks and methodologies, allowing them to coexist and take on new forms. Not only does sound borrow from divergent bodies of knowledge, it blurs the distinction between creative practice, research and scholarly work, calling on researchers to consider their interconnected roles as listeners, performers, composers, curators, builders, etc. Sound acts as a conduit for labor from a variety of collaborators, resulting in radical epistemologies and hermeneutics.
The Integrative Studies (IS) program at UC San Diego’s Department of Music is a community of faculty and students whose work moves fluidly between scholarship, performance, improvisation, sound installation, composition, instrument building and more, with the common goal of theorizing through sound. Our inaugural conference asks questions about what it means to do “integrative studies,” offering the metaphor of “fluidity” as a starting point for querying silos and hierarchies of knowledge.
Featured daily events on Saturday include:
2:00 p.m. - George Lewis, Keynote Speaker | Recital Hall, Room 127
For more information: official site
Daily schedule: https://sites.google.com/view/sonicfluidities/conference-schedule
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Piano Studio
Sunday, March 4th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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The Music of Jürg Frey
Sunday, March 4th, 2018 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Matt Kline
The UCSD Grad Community is thrilled to welcome the composer Jürg Frey to San Diego. This concert will present two of his works along with another piece by Eva-Maria Houben. The concert will be in the Experimental Theater in CPMC. The concert is free and open to the public. The program is:
Klein Sein by Eva-Maria Houben
- Ashley Zhang, Piano
Accurate Placement by Jürg Frey
- Matt Kline, Double Bass
ohne titel (architektur der stille) by Jürg Frey
- Michael Matsuno, Flute; Curt Miller - Bass Clarinet
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LAVA Exhibition
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 4:00 pm
105 University Center
Free
LAVA Exhibition
Opening Reception - Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, 105 University Center
LAVA is an art exhibition featuring work by graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the Department of Visual Arts. The show is supported by EVC Elizabeth H. Simmons and Dean Cristina Della Coletta. The selection of work conveys themes of color, patterns and vibrancy that showcases the unique diversity of visual arts. The exhibit engages audiences outside of the traditional gallery space and integrates concept art into our everyday routines. The two previous exhibitions — Mint and Chroma — were held at the Office of the Graduate Division and Office of the Division of Arts and Humanities respectively, with support from Dean Kit Pogliano and Dean Cristina Della Coletta. Curated by Visual Arts alumnus, Farshid Bazmandegan.
At 4:30 p.m., the Opening Reception will feature a performance by David Borgo (tenor saxophone) and Tommy Babin (double bass).
1. Drum Talk (composed by David Borgo)
2. Inner Urge (composed by Joe Henderson)
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David Borgo is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Music at UC San Diego. He has published widely on the social, cultural, historical and cognitive dimensions of music-making, including a book titled Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age, which won the Alan P. Merriam Prize in 2006 from the Society for Ethnomusicology as the most distinguished English-language book published during the previous year. David’s scholarly work also appears in Jazz Perspectives, Black Music Research Journal, Journal of Popular Music Studies, American Music, Journal of American History, Journal of Consciousness Studies, Parallax, Open Space, The Oxford Handbook on Critical Improvisation Studies, and in several edited book volumes. As a saxophonist, David has toured in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, and he has released ten albums of original music. David has given invited talks and/or performances at the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM) in Amsterdam, the Sonic Arts Research Center (SARC) at Queens University Belfast, The University of Göteborg, The University of São Paulo, Escuela National de Musica-UNAM in Mexico City, The University of Chicago, The University of Minnesota, The Northwest Electro-Acoustic Music Organization (NWEAMO), UCLA, UCHRI’s "State of the Arts" Festival, and The Bronowski Art and Science Forum, among other distinguished venues.
Called "muscular and exact" by the Globe and Mail, and "inflammable" by The Village Voice, bassist Tommy Babin has performed worldwide with a wide range of musical artists including Mats Gustaffson, Hamid Drake, Matana Roberts, Gordon Grdina, Francois Houle, and Anthony Braxton alongside his own projects. He is a Juno Award-winner, recipient of multiple awards from the Canada Council for the Arts , and can be heard on upcoming 2018 album releases alongside Paul Plimley, Jon Irabagon, and Eyvind Kang. Tommy is currently a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego.
Curated by Visual Arts alumnus, Farshid Bazmandegan.
Selected works included are by:
Jessica Frelund (MFA Candidate)
Angie Jennings (MFA Alumna)
Lisa Korpos (MFA Candidate)
Aitor Lajarin (MFA Alumnus)
Jean Lowe (MFA Alumna)
Kim MacConnel (Professor Emeritus)
Rubén Ortiz-Torres (Professor)
Omar Pimienta (MFA Alumnus)
Italo Scanga (Professor Emeritus)
Ernest R. Silva (Professor Emeritus)
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Jürg Frey: Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Matt Kline
Jürg Frey's evening-length work for percussion quartet (1996-2001) explores the sonic properties of triangles, hand-bells, tam-tams, bell plates, bass drums, stones, and leaves through sequences of repetition.
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Kjell Nordeson, Kyle Motl, and David Stackenas
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Kjell Nordeson
WEDS@7 Palimpsest, curated by Aleck Karis
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The Palimpsest Ensemble presents a program curated and conducted by Aleck Karis:
- Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontra-Punkte
- Qingqing Wang: Inward Voice *WORLD PREMIERE
- Jürg Frey: Garden of Transparency *WORLD PREMIERE
- Roger Reynolds: Transfigured Wind III, Michael Matsuno, flute
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Grad Forum
Friday, March 9th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
6:45pm. Pre-concert installation/performance:
'Σ = a = b = a + b' (1969) by Eliane Radigue
7:15pm, Concert:
'Arci' by Hannah Kulenty, performed by Sean Dowgray (North American premiere)
'Anaklasis' for 2 basses by Barry Guy, performed by Tommy Babin and Kyle Motl
'you called my mother's tenacity a snowflake' by Michael Matsuno
'from the distance of our own' by Anthony Vine
'CVS' & 'Conical Chronicle' by Lil Lacy and Sammi Stone
Post-performance installation/performance:
'Vice-Versa, etc...' (1970) by Eliane Radigue
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists here at UCSD.
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Joshua Charney - Graduate Recital
Saturday, March 10th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Josh Charney presents Bula Matari | Breaker of Rocks.
This one act opera tells the historical tale of British explorer Henry Morton Stanley’s tumultuous expedition through the African Congo into the Sudan to rescue Emin Pasha, a European governor under attack by an army of Islamic freedom fighters led by Muhammad Ahmad, a man who claims to be the Mahdi - the redeemer of Islam.
Performers
Henry Stanley - Jonathan Nussman
The Mahdi - Barbara Byers
Emin Pasha - Adam Davis
Piano - Siu Hei Lee
Double Bass - Kyle Motl
Double Bass - Tommy Babin
Percussion - Chris Clarino
More information on Josh Charney.
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32VM Vocal Master Class
Monday, March 12th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 32VM: Vocal Master class course, under the instruction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest, perform an end of term recital.
Performers will present German Lieders, opera arias, and new compositions by Undergraduate composers (MUS33B), instructed by Elisabet Curbelo.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 12th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
The 95JC concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. Our instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Singers and Choirs, 95CK
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)SINGERS and CHOIRS
Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95D and 95K ensembles perform.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Kline, conductor
Program:
José Pablo Moncayo - Huapango
Eva-Maria Houben - Die Himmelsmechanik
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4, Mari Kawamura, Piano Soloist
Alberto Ginastera - Estancia
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel. View Google Map | Add to Google Calendar
95W World Music Students
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Under the direction of Kartik Seshadri, the students of 95W, World Music perform a course concert in the Recital Hall, Room 127 at the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
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Bach Ensembles
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Bach Ensemble
The Bach Ensemble directed by Takae Ohnishi (harpsichordist, UC San Diego lecturer) presents the concert performed by selected students from Mus 130 (Chamber Ensemble).
Takae also will join the ensemble as a continuo player and has invited guest artist, Pei-chun Tsai, a violinist from San Diego Symphony and a lecturer at San Diego State University.
The all Baroque program includes:
- A.Vivaldi : Cello Concerto in C major
- A.Vivaldi : Violin Concerto in A minor
- J.S.Bach : Violin Double Concerto in D minor
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Steven Feld
Thursday, March 15th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Distinguished Lectures Series continues with the presentation of noted ethnomusicologist: Steven Feld. Dr. Feld will present: Hearing Heat: An Anthropocene Acoustemology.
Please click here for Dr. Feld's full biography.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Bass Ensembles
Thursday, March 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 16th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Efficient Arrays
Friday, March 16th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Patrick Walders conducts
Franz Liszt - Les Preludes
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Guest artists: Tasha Koontz, soprano; John Russell, tenor; Kyle Ferrill, baritone; North Coast Singers “Caprice” youth chorus
Two important European musical figures from two different historical periods faced history in similar ways. Franz Liszt, well known as the progenitor of virtuosic piano music, was a stalwart visionary, devoted to the future. In his best-known work, Orff looks to the distant musical past for inspiration. LJS&C’s new Choral Director, Patrick Walders, makes his conducting debut with the orchestra and chorus.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Efficient Arrays
Saturday, March 17th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Patrick Walders conducts
Franz Liszt - Les Preludes
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Guest artists: Tasha Koontz, soprano; John Russell, tenor; Kyle Ferrill, baritone; North Coast Singers “Caprice” youth chorus
Two important European musical figures from two different historical periods faced history in similar ways. Franz Liszt, well known as the progenitor of virtuosic piano music, was a stalwart visionary, devoted to the future. In his best-known work, Orff looks to the distant musical past for inspiration. LJS&C’s new Choral Director, Patrick Walders, makes his conducting debut with the orchestra and chorus.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Efficient Arrays
Sunday, March 18th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Patrick Walders conducts
Franz Liszt - Les Preludes
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Guest artists: Tasha Koontz, soprano; John Russell, tenor; Kyle Ferrill, baritone; North Coast Singers “Caprice” youth chorus
Two important European musical figures from two different historical periods faced history in similar ways. Franz Liszt, well known as the progenitor of virtuosic piano music, was a stalwart visionary, devoted to the future. In his best-known work, Orff looks to the distant musical past for inspiration. LJS&C’s new Choral Director, Patrick Walders, makes his conducting debut with the orchestra and chorus.
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MUS 206 Improvisation/Notation
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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MUS 33B Final Recording
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate composers studying with Elisabet Curbelo present an end of term concert.
Featuring compositions by: Joshua Choi, Andrés Duvvuri, Eyvonne Hu, Stacy Hurst, Eduardo Jimenez, Hyun Joong Kim, Matt LeVeque, Vincenzo Liberatore, Luke Piszkin, and Zeng Ren.
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Flower, composed by: Joshua Choi
Tiffany Tsai, violin
Joshua Choi, piano
Cloud, composed by: Andrés Duvvuri
Andrés Duvvuri and Eduardo Jiménez, guitars
Mark of Cain, composed by: Eyvonne Hu
Alkane Xu, piano
Matt Leveque, vibraphone
Contemplations, composed by: Stacy Hurst
Danlei Zhao, voice
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Ajedrez II, composed by: Eduardo Jimenez
Eduardo Jimenez, guitar
Martha Hartt, voice
Music of the Unknown, composed by: Hyun Joong Kim
Elizabeth Fisher, voice
Hyun Joong Kim, piano
in the light of the sun, composed by: Matt LeVeque
Benjamin Mateyka, piano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
Savanna Dunaway, violin
Joseph Garcia, marimba
Matt LeVeque, vibraphone
Vertigo, composed by: Vincenzo Liberatore
Joseph Garcia, vocals and AMP
Ben Mateyka, harpsichord
Julia Yu, vocalist and actress
Vincenzo Liberatore, actor
A Piece of His Own Heart: Hymn to the Unbroken
composed by: Luke Piszkin
Teagan Rutkowski, voice
Nickan Shabdar, violin
Zhiling Xu, dizi
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Product Topology, composed by: Zeng Ren
Adrian Chan, voice
Zeng Ren, piano
scapegoat duo
Monday, April 2nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
scapegoat visits from Montreal to present the North American premieres of recent works written for the duo by Michelle Lou and Pierluigi Billone!
Michelle Lou, Opal (2017)
Pierluigi Bilione, 2 Alberi (2017)
scapegoat
Joshua Hyde, saxophones
Noam Bierstone, percussion
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Camera Lucida: Beethoven & Brahms
Monday, April 2nd, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Beethoven, String Quartet "Rasumovsky" in e minor, Opus 59 Nr. 2
Brahms, Piano Quartet in A major, Opus 26
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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Jordan Morton, double bass - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Contrabassist and vocalist Jordan Morton presents a recital of repertoire and new original works in support of her graduate studies with Mark Dresser.
Featuring:
Nelson Moneo, violin
Ben Rempel, percussion
Dan King, percussion
Program:
oibinnadocS by Håkon Thelin
Suite Myth by Jordan Morton with violin, percussion and bass/voice
Drifting, Aglow by Anthony Vine
Amarchord by Hakon Thelin
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SD Soundings - GSA Happy Hour
Friday, April 6th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Madison Greenstone, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 6th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Madison Greenstone, contra/bass/mechanical clarinets
- RAW MATTER by Timothy McCormack
- Duo for computer-controlled mechanical clarinets & human performers, developed and performed in collaboration with Bryan Jacobs
- WHORL for contrabass clarinet and electronics by Michelle Lou (WORLD PREMIERE)
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Kyle Adam Blair, piano - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 6th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair presents: “With A Little Help From My Friends…”
- Stuart Saunders Smith – Family Portraits: Self (in 14 Stations) (1997)
- Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh – Radius (2017)
- Charles Ives – Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass. 1840-1860) (1911-15)
Dedicated to his late father Charles, Kyle Adam Blair’s final solo piano recital at UC San Diego explores themes of friendship, community, and reverence. The title “With A Little Help From My Friends…” pays homage to one of Charles Blair’s favorite musical moments: Joe Cocker’s performance of The Beatles’ song of the same name at Woodstock 1969.
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Though this program doesn’t sound anything like Joe Cocker or The Beatles, the sentiments of that song ring true Blair performs works by two of his close friends, Stuart Saunders Smith and Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, during the first portion of the program. Smith invokes the Stations of the Cross in his Family Portraits: Self, a piece composed of 14 brief movements, some as short as 10 seconds.
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh’s Radius, written in 2017, explores physical distances ranging outward from the pianist himself. The sonic novelties elicited by performing inside the piano, when combined the visual theatre of the pianist’s motions, make for a truly arcane experience.
The recital concludes with Charles Ives’ 45-minute masterwork, Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Mass. 1840–1860), which consists of four movements named after 19th century transcendentalist writers. In the first movement, “Emerson”, Ives imagines Ralph Waldo “standing on a summit, at the door of the infinite where many men do not dare to climb…hurling back whatever he discovers there…thunderbolts for us to grasp, if we can…” Ives titles his frenetic, humorous scherzo “Hawthorne” after Nathaniel, a second movement which Ives describes as “an extended fragment trying to suggest some of his wilder, fantastical adventures into the half-childlike, half-fairylike phantasmal realms.” “The Alcotts”, named after Amos Bronson, Louisa May, and the rest of the family, juxtaposes a scene of Beth Alcott sitting at a spinet piano playing through bits of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 against Amos’ impassioned rhetoric. Finally, the sonata closes with “Thoreau” named after Henry David. This movement paints an impressionistic image of him at Walden Pond, which Ives describes in the following passage:
“…And if there shall be a program let if follow his thought on an autumn day of Indian summer at Walden—a shadow of a thought at first, colored by the mist and haze over the pond:
Low anchored cloud,
Fountain head and
Source of rivers…
Dew cloth, dream drapery—
Drifting meadow of the air…”
Kyle Adam Blair is a D.M.A. candidate in Contemporary Music Performance under the tutelage of Aleck Karis.
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SD Soundings @ The Front Arte Cultura
Saturday, April 7th, 2018 2:00 pm
The Front Art Cultura
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
SD Soundings presents experimental music from San Diego and Tijuana:
Celeste Oram
Sarah Matthews
Vaginals
Hee Jung Shin
Madison Greenstone performs Michelle Lou
Judith Hamann
Super Squirrel
Hidhawk (TJ)
2PM
FREE
www.sdsoundings.com
www.casafamiliar.org/thefront
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SD Soundings - Hearing the Unsounded
Monday, April 9th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)This performance highlights issues of communication, perception, performer agency (often encountered in live sound situations) by using technology to take them to an extreme. Two performance venues for the public exist, where simultaneous duo performances with a third remote party will take place. For the remote bass player, it is a trio, for each saxophonist, it is a duo. The audience is free to decide which duo performance to witness. The question arises, how perceptible will the presence of the unheard saxophonist in each location be? What is the performer and audience experience with an inaudible third partner?
Kyle Motl: contrabass, concept Drew Ceccato: saxophones Peter Kuhn: saxophones Trevor Henthorn: technical consulting Juan Rubio: technical assistance
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Mari Kawamura, piano - Graduate Recital
Monday, April 9th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Pianist Mari Kawamura presents her first DMA recital in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Roger Reynolds: Piano Etudes Book I (2012)
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch (1982)
: Rain Tree Sketch II (1992)
: Litany (1950/1990)
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Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in many directions.
Her repertoire includes pieces by William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage and several contemporary Japanese composers. She has been collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers.
She has appeared in the major festivals, such as Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA and the Darmstadt International Summer Course and has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Jordan Hall (Boston), Regent Hall (London) and Kirsten Kjær Museum (Denmark). Her 2013 performance of Xenakis’s Dikthas at the SICPP in Boston was described as "an unrelenting volcanic eruption" by NEWMUSICBOX.
Kawamura holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved the DipRAM prize for her outstanding final recital. Her master’s thesis “Realization of Music for Piano 21-36” focused on “performers’ own discretion in Cage’s music, which is indeterminate with respect to its performance.” Her teachers included Vadim Sakharov and Tatiana Sarkissova.
After studying with Stephen Drury at the New England Conservatory in the Graduate Degree Program, Kawamura is now pursuing her DMA degree under Aleck Karis at the University of California, San Diego.
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SD Soundings - Duo Malaka plays Musica Machina
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Duo Malaka plays Musica Machina
Sean and Dimitris will perform music by Hiller, Kulenty, Mitsialis (world premiere), Nobre, Papakrassas.
Duo Malaka:
Sean Dowgray, percussion
Dimitris Paganos Koukakis, piano
- Giannis Papakrasas - Duo for Piano and Percussion
- Marlos Nobre - Sonancias
- Ioannis Mitsialis - Machinemode for Piano and Percussion
- Hanna Kulenty - Kisses & Crosses
- Lejaren Hiller - Machine Music
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Benjamin Rempel, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Ben Rempel, percussionist and member of red fish blue fish, presents a recital in support of his graduate studies with Steven Schick.
Music by Nathan Davis, Morton Feldman, John Burnett, Madison Greenstone, and Ben Rempel
with Madison Greenstone (clarinet) and John Burnett (electronics)
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Ben Rempel is an experimental percussionist from Irvine, CA. He is currently pursuing an M.A. in Music Performance at UC San Diego, where he studies with Steven Schick. Ben has bachelors degrees from Oberlin College in Percussion Performance and Computer Science, where he studied with Michael Rosen and Jamey Haddad.
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SD Soundings - Pi-saro / pi (1-2954)
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Michael Pisaro's 15-movement piano solo, over 3 hours in length, explores durational, resonant ruminations on the discrete relationship between a circle's circumference and its diameter.
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
(Estimated duration 4.5 hours. The audience is welcome to quietly enter and exit during the performance.)
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SD Soundings - PAGEBOY
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Ticker tape android Todd Moellenberg performs a cut-up reading of the news.
The audience is free to come and go between 12 and 6pm.
This event is limited to patrons 18 years and older.
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SD Soundings @ the University Art Gallery
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 7:00 pm
University Art Gallery
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)If you turned out your pockets and let all the junk tumble down into a little puddle on the floor what would it look like? Some stuff you saved? Some stuff you ended up with by accident? Maybe something someone gave you? Probably some garbage. We went through our pockets and found a kazoo, some old-timey music and a couple vague memories of weird bugs. Intimately loud, squirming with life, and a little chaotic, Pocket Music offers a moment of thanks to all the odds, ends and doodads we find lying around.
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SD Soundings - Voicing Space
Thursday, April 12th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)A new immersive work for live singer and resonant sound, Voicing Space is a meditation on the harmonic subtleties of the human vocal process and the spaces (both internal and external) where it resonates. It is an exploration of the invisible yet tangible resonant frequencies of a space through the sonification of its architectural elements, a deconstruction and reconstruction of language, and a dialogue with voices past and present.
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SD Soundings - Houben / Evans-Weiler
Thursday, April 12th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)And if you would ask me for a statement to composing, to my composing – I would answer: listening becomes the awareness of fading sound.
Fading sound is the link between life and art; between perception in daily life and perception while performing, while composing.
And the awareness of fading sound may become the awareness of presence. -Eva-Maria Houben
'lines and tracings' places the transparent among the obscure. The piece uses as its basis the idea that we are creating our own wander lines while also tracing over the lines of others. It is an exploration of infinite potential within the means we have been given. Sound becomes our language to create an architecture of being together.
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Haikus by Eva-Maria Houben
Flute – Michael Matsuno
Clarinet – Madison Greenstone
Trombone – Callan Milani
Piano – Mari Kawamura
Timpani – Fiona Digney
Percussion – Ryan Nestor
Percussion – Daniel King
Cello – T.J. Borden
Double Bass – Matt Kline
Violin – Erik Carlson
Voice – Hillary Jean Young
And if you would ask me for a statement to composing, to my composing – I would answer: listening becomes the awareness of fading sound.
Fading sound is the link between life and art; between perception in daily life and perception while performing, while composing.
And the awareness of fading sound may become the awareness of presence.
-Eva-Maria Houben
lines and tracings by Morgan Evans-Weiler’
World premiere, commissioned by SD Soundings
Morgan Evans-Weiler, violin
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Tyler J. Borden, cello
Madison Greenstone, clarinet
Justin Murphy-Mancini, harpsichord
‘lines and tracings’ places the transparent among the obscure. The piece uses as its basis the idea that we are creating our own wander lines while also tracing over the lines of others. It is an exploration of infinite potential within the means we have been given. Sound becomes our language to create an architecture of being together.
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SD Soundings - XX
Friday, April 13th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Me/Monologue by Tiange Zhou
Mikrop by Elisabet Curbelo
Water Flow by Anqi Liu
Thermodynamics by Jasper Sussman
Spelunking by Caroline Miller and Alexandria Smith
A Midsize Disgrace in the Realm of People and Things by Sammi Stone
Daddy by Fernanda Aoki Navarro
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Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a composer born in Brazil based in San Diego, California. 
She works with acoustic and electroacoustic music and has been exploring performance art, installations and other multimedia platforms. Fernanda doesn’t like to be reduced to a gender, doesn’t know how to samba, procrastinates to write program notes, doesn’t know how to react to compliments or critiques, goes to the cinema every week, drinks coffee every day.
Elisabet Curbelo is a Spanish composer and performer born in Gran Canaria. She studied piano pedagogy, voice and composition in her hometown, Madrid and Istanbul. Today she pursues a PhD in Composition at UC San Diego under the advisory of Roger Reynolds.
Elisabet’s work and dedication has been valued throughout her career by diverse institutions, as she has been awarded numerous grants, prizes, and commissions. Her pieces have been performed in Spain, Turkey, USA, Germany, Switzerland and Holland. Her research focuses on the use of sensors to control electronics with movement and the use of extended vocal techniques based on her research of Middle Eastern music and culture.
Anqi Liu
Arrived late to composition, mostly teaching herself to compose at age eighteen, with an even later start in formal compositional studies at the age of twenty-three. Despite this late beginning, Liu’s music has been widely admired by conductors, musicians, and composers and has been appreciated by diverse audiences. Her music has been performed worldwide through the US to Europe and China. During the years based in New York City, her works were frequently performed by various ensembles in New York City at the prestigious venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, Shapeshifter Lab, the Firehouse Space and others. Pursuing her Ph.D. at UC San Diego, Liu got bachelor degrees of law and music performance at Xiamen University and an MA in Composition from Rutgers University. Distinct from a conventional compositional training, her music degree included extensive travels throughout the Chinese hinterlands to study the folk music of Chinese minority groups. During her time in America, Liu has focused on avant-garde acoustic experiments and exploring diverse possibilities on timbre and gestures.
Caroline Louise Miller’s music explores affect, biomusic, labor, tactility, and glitch. Her latest works deal with horror and abjection, corporate discipline in late capitalism, and hybridizing popular and electronic art music. In 2014 Caroline spent 2 weeks aboard a Scripps research vessel sailing from Taiwan to Micronesia, collecting field recordings aboard the ship, lowering an expensive instrument in and out of the water with a giant winch, and interviewing members of the crew. Her music appears across the U.S. and internationally.
Alexandria Smith
Praised by the New York Times for her “appealingly melancholic sound” and “entertaining array of distortion effects,”Alexandria Smith is a trumpeter, improviser, and electronic musician/multimedia artist pursuing her DMA at the University of California, San Diego. The objective of her practice is to use a multidisciplinary approach to explore the parallels of the theoretical concepts behind interactive software and hardware, immersive environments, and music that form a cross-wiring of sensory perceptions and involuntary synthesis. Her recent work and collaborations are currently focusing on pushing the timbral limits and vulnerability of the trumpet while representing the importance of the perspective of people that identify as female.
Sammi Stone
Sammi Stone is an oboist, saxophonist, composer, sometime percussionist, and avid admirer of hummingbird calls. Originally from Baker City, OR, she is an alumna of Williams College in Williamstown, MA, and is currently pursuing a MA in Composition at UCSD. Her current projects take as extra-musical inspiration the unhurried lifestyle of the supercentenarian Greenland Shark and the psychoacoustics of frog choruses. As a musician, she looks for inspiration to the works of John Lurie, Alec Wilder, Olivier Messiaen, Charlie Rouse, Dolly Parton, and Alfred Schnittke, and to her friends and mentors. As a human being on a quest to live a life of balance, maturity, and positive action, she looks everywhere for clues and clarifications.
Jasper Sussman
Jasper is a composer, performer, improviser, and scholar pursuing a Ph.D. in Music: Integrative Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her current work involves discovering, archiving, mastering and composing for the myriads of expressive capabilities that the human voice possesses, and understanding these sounds musically, culturally, and anatomically.
Inspired by encounters with artists (in no particular order) Cathy Berberian, Sainkho Namtchylak, Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Bobby McFerrin, Tanya Tagaq, Ken Ueno, Paul Botelho, FKA Twigs, and Alice Babs, Jasper has spent much of the last four years exploring raw and vulnerable vocal timbres. As composer-in-residence with Gateway Opera last Spring, she had the sublime opportunity of creating her first operatic work, a Shell of a Troll, working closely with cast and crew from the show’s conception to its raucous birth. Sussman additionally wrote three new choral works last season as the Madison Choral Project’s first composer-in-residence, each piece exploring new textures for a cappella choir. Her past works span from collaborative dance pieces like Dionysian Sea, commissioned by choreographer Marlene Skog and featured at the World Dance Alliance—Americas in Honolulu, to orchestral works like Baguettelle which received 2nd place in the Austin Civic Orchestra Composition Competition in 2014.
Tiange Zhou (1990) is a composer, writer, designer and improvisational dancer. Her music is performed across Asia, Europe, and American. Tiange was awarded a prize in the Second Sorodha International Composer’s Competition in Belgium and was a finalist for the American Prize in the chorus music division. Her solo violin piece “A Mirror for a Dream” was chosen as one of the contemporary pieces for the Musical Summer Malaga 2016 6th International Solo Violin Competition. Her chamber work” hEArT” for soprano and piano is awarded the first prize at Kirkoskammer Composition Competition in Ireland. Besides composition, Tiange studies contemporary dance and theatre design in the UCSD theatre and dance department at the same time with her Ph.D. of Music journey.
Performer Bios
Kyle Adam Blair is an active pianist, vocal coach, and music director in the San Diego area, specializing in the performance of American contemporary music. His focuses include the performance of new works in collaboration with composers and the performance of works from the middle-to-late 20th century. As a soloist, Blair is set to release his first solo album soon, entitled Palm Sunday. The album consists of five solo piano works by noted American composer Stuart Saunders Smith; one of which, the title track Palm Sunday, was commissioned by Blair in 2012. Blair also recently premiered and recorded all twelve of Bruno Ruviaro’s Pós-Tudos, a set of piano etudes combining musical and technical challenges with extensive musical borrowing. Blair is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego under the mentorship of Aleck Karis.
T.J. Borden is a musician working in and around the constraints of the cello. Formerly from Western NY, he is now based in San Diego, where he spends much of his time finding ways to exploit the strengths and failures of himself and his instrument. Thus far, this has encompassed explorations of interference, limitations, and self-restraint (or the lack thereof). These explorations have either accrued with the practice of or have been pursued through multiple approaches/styles, including improvisation, noise, western art music, drone, and performance art. www.tylerjborden.com
Chris Clarino currently performs with red fish blue fish. He has previously performed with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Eastman Percussion Ensemble, the La Jolla Symphony, OSSIA and the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players.Chris has performed as soloist with the USMA Concert Band at West Point and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. He has studied with John Beck, Steve Schick, Michael Burritt, Bill Cahn, Eduardo Leandro, Charles “Chip” Ross and Rich Thompson.
Shayla James
Shayla James balances her time as a Music Teaching Artist and Music Researcher in the non-profit sector. Since leaving UCSD, she has established an energetic piano and string studio in the San Diego area, with students of various ages and musical backgrounds. Her teaching and performance repertoire includes classical, orchestral and chamber, contemporary, and popular styles. She believes in being an advocate for arts/music education for all ages and exploring flexible ways of teaching to meet the creative needs of her students. Her research interests include arts accessibility, education and cultural policy. She aims to interweave these interests into her performance and teaching practice.
Dmitri Yevstifeev has performed as both a chamber musician and soloist across the United States and Internationally, having played and worked with many highly respected musicians including members of the Alban Berg Quartett, the Juilliard String Quartet, the Guarneri String Quartet, Quartour Ebene, Robert Chen-Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony, and Paul Coletti, virtuoso violist, among many others. During his time in Los Angeles, Dmitri has played in a number of studio sessions for film productions and local Los Angeles Artists including Judith Hill, BBC’s Planet earth II, and Netflix’s Chef’s Table. Starting violin at the age of 5 in his hometown of Rochester NY, Dmitri grew up playing both classical and traditional folk music, and was also part of the Rochester Boy’s Choir for many years, where he served as Head Chorister. After switching to viola at age 14, Dmitri took his studies to Cleveland (Cleveland Institute of Music), Baltimore (Peabody Conservatory), and finally to Los Angeles (Colburn Conservatory of Music). In addition to a variety of formal performances, Dmitri often gives street performances in a wide range of locations around the L.A. area, and frequently performs at various open mic events. Dmitri will soon be working with RWS Entertainment Group’s Lincoln Center Stage, performing in a piano quintet aboard a Holland America Cruise vessel, traveling the world.
Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble. Robert was a member of Orchestra Nova for 23 seasons and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera.
Recently, Robert retired from UC San Diego (1983-2015) where he lectured on Jewish Music, conducted the Wind Ensemble and performed regularly, premiering many new compositions. He currently performs in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout San Diego.
Zelickman earned his BA at UCLA and a MFA at Cal Arts. He studied with Hugo Raimondi, Michele Zukovsky and Ronald Rueben.
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SD Soundings - Hermetic Art Party
Friday, April 13th, 2018 6:00 pm
Warren Grad Spaces
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Hermetic Art Party is an immersive one-hour collaborative composition, featuring music by Anthony Vine (guitar) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet), and video projections by Katy Gilmore. The work is a glacial meditation on a limited vocabulary of clarinet multiphonics; each facet and nuance being gradually illuminated over time. Tuned in relation to the clarinet's sonorities, the guitar acts as a reflecting reservoir: echoing, tracing, reinforcing, and shading the clarinet with an ebbing and flowing palette of sustained harmonics. Slowly evolving, hazy color fields of projected light responds to the unfolding sound, establishing another immersive dimension for the audience to situate themselves within.
Show times: 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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SD Soundings - every once in a while i dont believe you II
Friday, April 13th, 2018 7:15 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 365
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Conrad Prebys Music Center, Room 365
April 13th, 7:15 pm (sunset) – April 14th, 3:30 am
Jacob Sundstrom (composer/writer/creator)
Anonymous female, 43 yrs old
An overnight 8-hour quasi-realtime work that turns the bio-potentials of the brain during sleep into sound. Guided by the hypnogram of an anonymous woman who’s EEG was captured for scientific purposes, her sleep progression creates the form of the piece. We share in her dreams and follow her through the night. Visitors are welcome to stay the night and sleep during the work. Pillows and blankets are welcome.
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ArtPower presents Harlem Quartet
Friday, April 13th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)After a rave reception at their San Diego debut at ArtPower in 2016, the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet is bringing back its “new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing, and intelligent” (Cincinnati Enquirer). Passionate about advancing diversity in classical music, the quartet engages young audiences by drawing attention to works by minority composers. Since debuting in 2006 at Carnegie Hall, they have performed throughout the U.S. as well as in France, the U.K., Belgium, Panama, Canada, and in South Africa, where under the auspices of the U.S. State Department they spent two weeks on tour performing concerts and participating in outreach activities.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”; W.A. Mozart: String Quartet No.17 in B-flat Major, K.458; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz; Antônio Carlos Jobim: The Girl from Ipanema (arranged by Dave Glenn and Harlem Quartet); Guido López Gavilán: Cuarteto en Guaguancó
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSORS
Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SPONSORS
Joan Jordan Bernstein’s ArtPower Student Engagement Endowed Fund; The Weil Family Foundation
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High Desert Soundings - The Palms
Saturday, April 14th, 2018 5:00 pm
The Palms
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
High Desert Soundings is a two day festival of experimental music in and around Joshua Tree National Park. Featuring 25 distinct performers spanning a wide spectrum of experimental music practices, High Desert Soundings is a chance for listeners to immerse themselves in two full days of music in one of the worlds most striking landscapes.
The festival will be held on April 14th at The Palms restaurant in Wonder Valley and on April 15th at the Indian Cove Amphitheater in Joshua Tree National Park. Free on-site camping (at The Palms) has been generously provided by the owners.
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High Desert Soundings - Joshua Tree Natl Park, Indian Cove
Sunday, April 15th, 2018 11:00 am
Joshua Tree National Park
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
High Desert Soundings is a two day festival of experimental music in and around Joshua Tree National Park. Featuring 25 distinct performers spanning a wide spectrum of experimental music practices, High Desert Soundings is a chance for listeners to immerse themselves in two full days of music in one of the worlds most striking landscapes.
The festival will be held on April 14th at The Palms restaurant in Wonder Valley and on April 15th at the Indian Cove Amphitheater in Joshua Tree National Park. Free on-site camping (at The Palms) has been generously provided by the owners.
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Andrew Raffo Dewar, saxophone
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)"Anabolism" for soprano saxophone and live biofeedback-driven electronics
A composition of electroacoustic biofeedback music by composer/performer Andrew Raffo Dewar for modular synthesizer-based live electronics and soprano saxophone. Developed during a residency at the EMS electronic music studios in Stockholm, the piece translates the performer’s sound and aspects of their biological functions (brainwaves and muscle movements) into control signals that affect the live electronics, such that the form of the music itself is partially generated and manipulated through biofeedback processes largely outside the performers’ control.
Andrew Raffo Dewar (b.1975 Rosario, Argentina) is a composer, soprano saxophonist, ethnomusicologist, educator, and arts organizer. His work has been performed throughout North America, Southeast Asia and Europe, and he has studied and performed with avant-garde jazz legends Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, and composer Alvin Lucier. He has also had a long involvement with Indonesian traditional and experimental music, in particular the Minangkabau music of West Sumatra. Dr. Dewar is an Associate Professor in New College and the School of Music at the University of Alabama.
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Karis, Carlson, and Nicolas
Friday, April 20th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Aleck Karis, piano
Erik Carlson, violin
Michael Nicolas, cello
- Bach - selections from the Musical Offering
- Wolpe - selections from Interval Studies
- Houben - Avalon Orchard
- Shostakovich - Trio in e minor
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kallisti - Queen of the Ether
Saturday, April 21st, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)kallisti - QUEEN OF THE ETHER
kallisti presents an evening of vocal music for women's voices, featuring works by four extraordinary composers from across the globe: Elizabeth Angot, Karin Rehnqvist, Katharina Rosenberger, and Ana Sokolovic. The works featured on the program encompass an astonishing range of musical and vocal expression, including Rosenberger's intimate works which reference the virtuosic singing of the Baroque and Renaissance, and Angot's playful interwoven structures. Sokolović's Six Songs for Sirens is an exuberant (at times, raucous) celebration of the female singing voice, utilizing iconic female Balkan choral sounds as an integral part of the fifteen minute work. Finally, kallisti is pleased to present the San Diego premiere of Karin Rehnqvist's Puksånger/Lockrop (Herding Calls) which includes 'kulning', a particular form of folk singing used to communicate over long distances, as well as Rehnqvist's masterwork Vishentens lov (In Praise of Wisdom).
We invite you to join us as we celebrate the music of four exceptional composers, rarely heard in San Diego.
• Elizabeth Angot - Music for Six Voices
• Katharina Rosenberger - Vive faville & Tratti confluenti
• Ana Sokolović - Six Songs for Sirens
• Karin Rehnqvist - Puksånger/Lockrop, for two female voices and percussion
featuring Kirsten Ashley Wiest and Hillary Jean Young, sopranos
Sean Dowgray, percussion
• Karin Rehnqvist - Vishentens lov (In Praise of Wisdom)
featuring Lauren Jones, soprano
Susan Narucki, Hillary Jean Young, Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Lauren Jones, Sharon Chohi Kim and Katie Walders, voices. Sean Dowgray, percussion.
For more information on kallisti, visit: http://www.kallisti-ensemble.com/
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CEMEC (A SD Soundings Event)
Saturday, April 21st, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
CEMEC website
Free
Event Program (PDF)CEMEC - UC SAN DIEGO
1. Carolyn Chen & Christopher Clarino (UCSD) - 'Threads'
2. Michael Janz (CalArts) - 'Las Chivas; Slower'
3. Scott Perry (UCSB) - 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'
4. Anqi Liu (UCSD) - 'Ocean Pearl Teardrops'
5. Sam Friedland (CalArts) - 'Occlusive Thoughts'
6. Elizabeth J. Hambleton (UCSB) - 'Eric, Turn Off the Nintendo'
7. Melodie Michel (UCSC) - 'Haunting Ballad'
8. Preston Towers (UCSB) - 'Real Men Drive Cars'
9. Alex Stephenson & Dimitris Paganos Koukakis (UCSD) - 'Jeu-Parti'
The California Electronic Music Exchange Concert (CEMEC) series, run and curated by grad students and faculty of each participating institution, is meant to strengthen the connections between the California institutions that have computer and electronic music programs.
The 2018 series of California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts will be held at the campuses of UCSC, UCSD, UCSB, Mills, Stanford, and CalArts. Student composers, performers, improvisers, and/or installation artists are encouraged to submit electronic works of any type for consideration: fixed media, live electronics, interactive performance, video, installation, etc. The only requirement for consideration is that the works use electronics in a purposeful way.
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Arefnameh
Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $30.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, and Students: $5.00
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Arefnameh
A Music-Theatre work By Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Featuring
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam as Iraj Mirza
and
Behfar Bahadoran as Aref Ghazvini
Introduction by Dr. Ahmad Karimi Hakkak
Sponsored by Chehre-Azad Endowed Funds for the Arts in Division of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego. In collaboration with Persian Cultural Center
The introduction will be delivered in English, however, the play will be in Persian
Tickets - General Admission: $30 | UCSD Faculty, Staff, and Students: $5
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Last Days of Chinatown
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Colin Zyskowski
A film screening for "Last Days of Chinatown", a film discussing recent development projects in Detroit as it has undergone a process of "rejuvenation." A Q&A session will follow with the director: Nicole MacDonald and composer Colin Zyskowski.
Read more about the film in this review: Hyperallergic Review.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest - RENGA
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays @ 7 Palimpsest presents RENGA
Steven Schick and Kate Hatmaker, artistic directors
Steven Schick, conductor

RENGA, an ensemble comprised of musicians from San Diego Symphony and UC San Diego artists present a program including world premiere commissions by UC San Diego PhD candidates in composition: Elisabet Curbelo and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
- Elisabet Curbelo - L’anello *world premiere
- Fernanda Aoki Navarro - Glottogony *world premiere
- Gérard Grisey - Partiels
- Harrison Birtwistle - Secret Theatre
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Asher Tobin Chodos - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 27th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Asher Tobin Chodos performs a solo piano concert.
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Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 28th, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Sitar master Pandit Kartik Seshadri will present a performance of classical Indian ragas, accompanied by tabla player Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay and Pankaj Mishra on Sarangi. Seshadri's CD Sublime Ragas was recently among Songlines Magazine's Top 10 "Top of the World" albums. His music has been praised by The Washington Post for its "expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and rhythmic intricacy."
Parking is free on weekends.
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Camera Lucida: Beethoven & Brahms
Monday, April 30th, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Beethoven, String Quartet "Rasumovsky" in F major, Opus 59 Nr. 1
Brahms, Piano Quartet in g minor, Opus 25
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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RAGE THORMBONES
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
RAGE THORMBONES is a collaboration between trombonists Matt Barbier and Weston Olencki. They push low brass instruments into the nether lands of expanded technical practice, long-form duration, and integration within dense electronic setups. Matt lives and works in Los Angeles, and Weston in New York City. They are best friends.
Madison Greenstone and Weston Olencki perform an improv set with contrabass clarinet and modular synth, followed by WORLDEATER by Timothy McCormack, performed by RAGE THORMBONES.
WORLDEATER aims to completely saturate our listening space, like a heavy, viscous vapor filling a room. It devours our world and replaces it with its own.
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WEDS@7 Anthony Davis & Mark Dresser
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Anthony Davis and Mark Dresser
Pianist Anthony Davis and contrabassist Mark Dresser have been making envelope-pushing music together since the late 1970s in everything from small bands to operas. Their joint concert will feature composed and improvised duets and solo pieces.
-A San Diego Union-Tribune Spring Arts Top 10 Things to Watch in Music, Spring 2018.
Read more: “Meet Musician Anthony Davis” by George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune.
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James Beauton, percussion - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 4th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Percussionist James Beauton, a member of red fish blue fish, presents his second DMA recital.
- Brian Ferneyhough - Bone Alphabet (1992)
- Lydia Winsor Brindamour - a thin line between (2018) *world premiere*
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (1958-60)
- *with Kyle Adam Blair, piano*
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Facing-off Across Sunset Boulevard
Saturday, May 5th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Sameer Patel, guest conductor
Arnold Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen - Un Sourire
Toru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Hannah Lash - Eating Flowers
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements
The twin towering figures of the first half of the 20th century were Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, separated by compositional method, aesthetic direction, and personal style. Nevertheless, they found themselves in Los Angeles at the same time, two great composers in the flood of expatriates driven from Europe by Nazism. “This scene may never have happened,” muses Steven Schick, “but I have often imagined them on opposite sides of Sunset Boulevard (for a while the two lived near each other not far from the Whisky a go go) facing off across the traffic the way they had done across the chasm of artistic difference in Europe.” Three fascinating composers, each indebted in important ways to Stravinsky and Schoenberg, complete the tableau. Sameer Patel (pictured), Associate Conductor for San Diego Symphony, guest conducts.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Facing-off Across Sunset Boulevard
Sunday, May 6th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Sameer Patel, guest conductor
Arnold Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen - Un Sourire
Toru Takemitsu - A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden
Hannah Lash - Eating Flowers
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements
The twin towering figures of the first half of the 20th century were Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, separated by compositional method, aesthetic direction, and personal style. Nevertheless, they found themselves in Los Angeles at the same time, two great composers in the flood of expatriates driven from Europe by Nazism. “This scene may never have happened,” muses Steven Schick, “but I have often imagined them on opposite sides of Sunset Boulevard (for a while the two lived near each other not far from the Whisky a go go) facing off across the traffic the way they had done across the chasm of artistic difference in Europe.” Three fascinating composers, each indebted in important ways to Stravinsky and Schoenberg, complete the tableau. Sameer Patel (pictured), Associate Conductor for San Diego Symphony, guest conducts.
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Juan Diego DÃaz
Monday, May 7th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Juan Diego Díaz, Assistant Professor of Music, UC Davis
Crossing the Atlantic (Once Again): The Return of a Tabom Master Drummer to Bahia
During the first half of the 19th century some eight thousand freed enslaved Africans and creoles resettled from Bahia, Brazil to West Africa. In adapting to their new realities they formed communities with distinct Afro-Brazilian identities known today as Tabom in Ghana, Brésiliens in Togo, Agudas in Benin, and Amaros in Nigeria. Although most no longer speak Portuguese and have never set foot in Brazil, they are keen to maintain and strengthen their Brazilian heritage. In July 2016, Eric Morton, the Tabom master drummer, accomplished a long held desire of most Tabom: visiting Bahia, the land of their ancestors. This presentation follows Morton's steps in Accra and Bahia in discussing how the Tabom construct a trans-Atlantic identity by engaging musical and religious practices from Brazil, or perceived as Brazilian. It explores the role of memories, beliefs, expectations, and musical aesthetics during encounters with local musicians and devotees of Afro-Brazilian religions.
Presented by the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities | Institute of Arts and Humanities
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JUAN DIEGO DÍAZ
Assistant Professor of Music
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of British Columbia
Juan Diego Díaz is an ethnomusicologist with a geographic research interest in Africa and its diaspora, particularly Brazil and West Africa. He is interested in how African diasporic musics circulate and transform across the Atlantic and how they serve individuals and communities in identity formation. He uses a variety of approaches including close musical analysis, timeline theory, groove analysis, phenomenology of the body, and discourse analysis. He is also a long term Capoeira Angola practitioner and has led capoeira and samba ensembles.
Previous to UC Davis, Juan Diego held posts as a lecturer at the University of Ghana and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Essex, the latter funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The funded research investigates the music of the descendants of freed enslaved Africans who resettled from Brazil to Ghana, Togo, and Benin during the 19th century. This research has produced a book called Tabom Voices: A History of the Ghanaian Afro-Brazilian Community in their Own Words (2016) and the documentary film “Tabom in Bahia” (2017), documenting the visit of a Ghanaian master drummer to Bahia, Brazil.
Juan Diego’s articles appear in journals such as Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology Forum, and Analytical Approaches to World Music.
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Professor Unscripted: Wilfrido Terrazas
Monday, May 7th, 2018 6:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
The UC San Diego International Faculty & Scholar Office (IFSO) hosts PROFESSOR UNSCRIPTED with Wilfrido Terrazas on Monday, May 7th at 6:00 p.m. at The Loft at UC San Diego (Zanibar). Professor Terrazas will meet with UC San Diego students to host a discussion regarding Improvisation in Music and Life.
Students with a UCSD ID will enjoy limited free appetizers!
*Note: Professor Terrazas will present a solo flute performance "ALTA" on Tuesday, May 8th.
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Nadine Hubbs
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
"'Country Mexicans': Sounding Mexican American Life, Love, and Belonging in Country Music"
Country music is widely associated with whiteness and particularly the white working class, but not all country fans are Anglo Americans. The Country Music Association has identified Latinxs as one of its fastest-growing fan sectors, and most of these are Mexican Americans. At a time when race, ethnicity, and immigration are at the forefront of national debates, their engagements bear heightened interest.
Professor Hubbs is a guest of Integrative Studies Focus, MUS 205.
Please click on the image on the left for Professor Hubbs' full biography.
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Professor Nadine Hubbs' research focuses on gender and queer studies, 20th- and 21st-century U.S. culture, and social class in popular and classical music. Her writings have treated topics including Leonard Bernstein, tonal modernism, 1970s disco, Morrissey, Radiohead, and country music. Her award-winning first book, The Queer Composition of America’s Sound (University of California Press, 2004), asks how a circle of gay composers around Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson managed to become architects of American identity during the nation's most homophobic period. Her latest book, Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music (University of California Press, 2014), combines musicological, social, and historical perspectives on American country music to historicize and challenge current constructions of the working-class homophobe. Her current book project is Country Mexicans: Sounding Mexican American Life, Love, and Belonging in Country Music. She is professor of women’s studies and music and faculty affiliate in American culture at the University of Michigan, where she also directs the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative.
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Wilfrido Terrazas, flute
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Alta. Flute music by Mexican composers in California
Works for solo flute by Carmina Escobar. Guillermo Galindo, Ivan Naranjo, Mauricio Rodriguez, Pablo Rubio-Vargas and Wilfrido Terrazas
Wilfrido Terrazas, flutist
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Todd Moellenberg, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, May 10th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Todd Moellenberg presents his third and final DMA piano recital, featuring:
- Stefan Wolpe: Form
- Yvonne Wu: Counterpoints for Piano (world premiere)
- Dominique Troncin: Ciel ouvert
- Jean Barraqué: Sonata
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Kyle Motl: Solo Contrabass
Friday, May 11th, 2018 7:00 pm
University Art Gallery
Free
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Motl presents a concert of music for solo contrabass at the University Art Gallery.
- Sofia Gubaidulina: Preludes
- Kyle Motl: Phosphene
- Caroline Louise Miller: hydra nightingale
- Kyle Motl: Interlocutions I
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Tyler J. Borden, cello - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 14th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Tyler J. Borden presents a cello recital:
- 'Music for Cello and Piano' by Earle Brown
- ‘Rendition’ for cello, double bass, and piano by Carolyn Chen
- 'Cello Song Variations: Hallelujah, I'm a Bum' by Christian Wolff
- 'Sonata for Violoncello and Piano' by Elliott Carter
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
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Tommy Babin, bass - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 14th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Tommy Babin, bass, presents a DMA recital
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David DeFilippo, computer music
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Dave DeFilippo, synthesizer
The instrument performed has auto structuring principles that derive implicative content via a sensor device, scheduling psychical expectations ahead of the musician. The mentioned provides a directing voice over a network of elements forming each other.
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi, Ensemble
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)BACH NIGHT
with friends from San Diego Symphony
Takae Ohnishi (harpsichordist, UCSD Lecturer) presents two trio sonatas, highly architectural in design: in which the two upper parts in the harpsichord and a string instrument provide counterpoint to a third part - the bass line supplied by the harpsichord.
All J.S.Bach Program:
- Sonata in C minor for Violin and Harpsichord BWV1017
- Sonata in G major for Cello and Harpsichord BWV1027
- Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major for Harpsichord BWV998
Guest artists:
Zou Yu (Violin, San Diego Symphony)
Chia-Ling Chien (Cello, San Diego Symphony)
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Collaborative DJ Ensemble
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 8:00 pm
Whistle Stop
Free
MUS 201 - Collaborative DJ Ensemble presents the first of two shows:
An evening of dark electronics, collaborative dj sets, and video art.
Electro-industrial, techno, bruk, glitch, lo-fi, witch house, dark ambient, vaporwave, nightcore, chopped and screwed, ETC...
No cover charge. Audience must be 21 years or older.
9pm-midnight.
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Barbara Byers, voice - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 18th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Barbara Byers presents: BEOWULF
Barbara Byers is a vocalist, composer and materials artist. In her rendition of the epic of Beowulf, she explores questions of monstrosity, 'otherness' and fatalism, while presenting the tragedy of the monster, Grendel, through music, dance and material performance.
Featuring:
Barbara Byers, voice and oud
Benjamin Rempel, percussion
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
Sammy Jo Stone, baritone saxophone and Oboe
Michael Matsuno, flute
John Burnett, electronics/sound
Vocalists: Jonathan Nussman, Lauren Jones, Jasper Sussman, Samuel Chan, Lizze Fisher
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Daniel King, percussion - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 18th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Dimitris Paganos, piano - Graduate Recital
Sunday, May 20th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SD Soundings Festival 2018
Free
Event Program (PDF)Music by Hiller, Kulenty, Mitsialis (world premiere), Nobre, Papakrassas.
- Giannis Papakrasas - Duo for Piano and Percussion
- Marlos Nobre - Sonancias
- Ioannis Mitsialis - Machinemode for Piano and Percussion
- Hanna Kulenty - Kisses & Crosses
- Lejaren Hiller - Machine Music
Dimitris Paganos Koukakis, piano
Sean Dowgray, percussion
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Douglas Kahn
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Distinguished Lectures Series continues with the presentation of noted professor of media and innovation: Douglas Kahn.
Professor of Media and Innovation, National Institute for Experimental Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Energies as Optic in the Arts and Music
Over the last decade vibration has begun to join sound as a means of musical and artistic understanding and possibility. Whereas sound studies developed in part in contrast to visual studies and visual arts, instead of eyes and ears, studies of vibration have moved from ears to bodies, with some venturing out to larger ontological terrain. This paper proposes adding energies to the mix. Sound and vibration are but two forms of energy among others, after all, and go only so far in addressing artistic and musical self-understandings and material cultures. Rather than percussive big bangs or harmonics of primal vibrations, the paper pulls up short of ontology to ask how the arts might perform among practices of energy that since the mid-twentieth century have entailed, pace the philosopher Michel Serres, a global self-awareness of tangible self-annihilation.
ROOM CHANGE TO ROOM 367 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Please click on the image on the left for Professor Kahn's full biography.
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Douglas Kahn is an historian and theorist of media arts, sound and music in the arts, energy in the arts, and science in the arts from the late-19th Century to the present, with an emphasis on the traditions of the avant-garde, and experimentalism. He was formerly Professor and Founding Director of Technocultural Studies, University of California at Davis. He was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, and an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.
His books include Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts (MIT Press, 1999); Earth Sound Earth Signal: Energies and Earth Magnitude in the Arts (University of California Press, 2013); Mainframe Experimentalism: Early Computing and the Foundations of Digital Arts, edited with Hannah Higgins (University of California Press,2012); and Source: Music of the Avant-garde, edited with Larry Austin (University of California Press, 2011). Forthcoming books include the edited volume Energies in the Arts (MIT Press) and the monograph Of Artists and Ecopaths: Ecological Energies from the Cold War to the Warm War (MIT Press).
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WEDS@7 Stephanie Richards: Full Moon
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Marking the debut solo record of “envelope-shredding” trumpeter/composer Stephanie Richards, Fullmoon is years of shaping, culminating in a mesmerizing work of refined electric insanity. With Fullmoon, Richards is unplugged, acoustically manipulating her horn against resonating surfaces, appearing to sound processed, only to be live-sampled by electronic pioneer Dino J.A. Deane. Unbridled and succinct, Fullmoon is a sonic exploration of supernatural pulses and groove.
Richards has built a compelling presence in the NYC improvised and experimental scenes, from working with masters Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Laurie Anderson and Yoko Ono, to cutting edge improvisors Jason Moran and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. Meeting through a mutual bond with the late improvising pioneer Butch Morris, collaborator Dino J.A. Deane innovated the use of live electronics in the 1980s, working with artists ranging from Jon Hassell to the art punk group Indoor Life.
Inspired by phases of the moon, the compositions first manifested in physical form; Richards on trumpet encircled by percussion instruments, choreographed to play within and against the resonant surfaces of timpani, gong, snare drum and piano. The supernatural sounds are sampled and manipulated in real- time by Deane and it is the unique sonic character of each surface that sets the tone for the music. Live-video feedback by filmmaker and designer Aaron Vinton completes a trio of sonic and visual experimentation.
A screening of the animated short film “Gong”, created by Aaron Vinton and produced by Pomp&Clout Productions will commence the program.
Read more about Fullmoon's review on NPR's All Songs Considered (link).
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DPA Microphone University
Thursday, May 24th, 2018 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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DPA Microphone University
Microphones for Music - When Every Note Matters
Join DPA Microphones' Eric Stahlhammer and Gabriel Antonini for a masterclass on microphone techniques and technology. We will focus on music and the stage, discussing mic technique for bands and professional voices. We will conclude the day with a fun, bring your instrument session and we will look at finding the best techniques and sound for all sorts of specific instruments and playing styles.
After the event is an open to the public, networking event at The Rock Bottom Brewery sponsored by Apex Audio. All professionals and students are welcome to come and mingle.
Register online via Eventbrite.
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10:00 AM - An interactive discussion of microphones for the stage and studio
A fabulous Jazz group will help us to help discuss and demonstrate the finer points of microphone technology and placement techniques. We will deep dive into the physics and practical implementation of various microphone types with an emphasis on live reinforcement and live recording applications. We will finish up with miking professional voices both singing and speaking.
1:00 PM - Lunch (provided)
2:00 PM - Instrument miking techniques
We will have a bunch of different instruments, but we invite you to bring your own instrument! We are looking to help instrumentalists to find their sound and help engineers gain experience with miking various instruments.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Professionals Networking Mixer
Rock Bottom Brewery
8980 La Jolla Village Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037
Generously Spronsored by Apex Audio the office retail partner for this event
Parking @ UC San Diego: parking.ucsd.edu
Visitor parking permits are available for purchase at the Gilman Parking Structure, located across the street from the Conrad Prebys Music Center at 3100 Gilman Drive.
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Undergrad Forum
Thursday, May 24th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Music majors and minors from the Department of Music present an Undergrad Forum in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Henry Cowell - Aeolian Harp
Sherry Zheng, piano
Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio in C Minor
Savanna Dunaway, violin & Wesley Tang, cello
Remi Ha, piano
Douglas Moore - The Silver Aria
Julia Yu, soprano & Michael Cohn, piano
Stefan Wolpe - Second Piece for Violin Alone
Jackie Guy, violin
Francisco Tárrega - Capricho Árabe
Vincenzo Liberatore, classical guitar
Franz Schubert - Selections from Schwanengesang
Joseph Garcia, tenor & Amir Moheimani, piano
Fréderic Chopin - Nocturne in D-Flat Major
Chua Zong Ming, piano
Ivan Trevino - Strive to be Happy
Matthew Leveque, marimba
Léo Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé
Julia Yu, soprano & Jennifer Colin, mezzo-soprano
Michael Cohn, piano
Fréderic Chopin - Military Polonaise
Benjamin Mateyka, piano
Blimp Disaster - Kodak Black & Bhad Babie: Match Made in Heaven Maybe
Blimp Disaster
Martin Chapman, drums & Rohit Godbole, keyboard
Lindsey Jackson, synthesizer & Daniel Kaplan, guitar
Forest Reid, bass
Future Islands - Seasons
Jonathan Lestat - Afterthoughts
One3seven
Kristina Manilay, alto saxophone
Nolan Fewell, drums & Mindy Hua, vibraphone
Habib Sabbagh & Nathanial Craig, bass/guitar
Umut Fidan, piano & Gregor Grigorian, brass
Adam Abadilla & Valerie Stark, vocals
Juan Gabriel - Asi Fue
Los Amigos Musicos
Martha Hartt and Jennifer Colin, vocals
Joseph Garcia, vibraphone & Alonso de la Peña, bass
Benny Magana & Ian Barker, trumpets
Eduardo Jimenez & Vincenzo Liberatore, guitars
Cordane Richardson, piano & Leonardo Barba, drums
Queen - Somebody to Love
The Bohemian Tabernacle Choir
David Knoll, piano and vocals & Alonso de la Peña, guitar
Gustavo Umbelino, bass & Leonardo Barba, drums
Choir Singers: Andrew Pavia, Ben Little, Christopher Hutchinson, Cindy Yang, Gail
Hobbs, Hannah Saltman, Isabella Calabrese, Josiah Glesener, Kevin Rex, Natalie
Lydick, Savanah Lyon, Shane Ramil, & Vo Nhat Minh
Matthew Kline, double bass - DMA2 Graduate Recital
Friday, May 25th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Double bassist and conductor, Matthew Kline, presents his second DMA recital featuring Boulez' masterwork: Le Marteau sans maître.
Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau sans maître
Michael Matsuno, flute
Dustin Donahue, xylophone
Ryan Nestor, vibraphone
Sean Dowgray, percussion
Collin Mcallister, guitar
Annabelle Terbetski, viola
Alice Teyssier, voice
Matthew Kline, conductor
Wolfgang von Schweinitz - Plainsound Counterpoint
23-Limit Harmony Intonation Studies for Double Bass Solo
Matthew Kline, double bass
Eva-Maria Houben - Romantische Streiflichter
Matthew Kline, double bass
Erik Carlson, violin
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Celeste Oram, composition - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Pocket Music
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)If you turned out your pockets and let all the junk tumble down into a little puddle on the floor what would it look like? Some stuff you saved? Some stuff you ended up with by accident? Maybe something someone gave you? Probably some garbage. We went through our pockets and found a kazoo, some sea-dwelling trouble-makers, and a couple vague memories of weird bugs. Intimately loud, squirming with life, and a little chaotic, Pocket Music offers a moment of thanks to all the odds, ends and doodads we find lying around.
Music by Lauren Jones, Joey Bourdeau, and Mari Kawamura
Sculptural Props and movement by Molly Gabbard
Movement by Viktor De La Fuente
Free event- All ages welcome!
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Violin in Persian Music
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violin in Persian Music
Chehre-Azad Distinguished Lecture Series
Wednesday May 30th, 4-5:30PM
Conrad Prebys Music Center (CPMC) 127, Recital Hall
The great masters of the improvisation repertoire of Persian traditional music (The Radif) were traditionally tar players in early eras. However, as tar is a plucked instrument, it has limited glissando and ornamentation capabilities. The violin was introduced in the world of Persian traditional music in 1950s and quickly became one of the most prominent instruments among many Iranian Musicians due to the level of performative control it provides. Five prominent students of Abolhassan Saba (1902-1957), namely Mehdi Khaledi, Ali Tajvidi, Habib Badiee, Parviz Yahaghi and Asaddolah Malek became the most influential violinists in the two decades before the 1979 revolution. In this talk, using examples from these masters, I shall discuss the tuning and use of ornamentations on the violin in Persian music. I shall also briefly discuss the kamancheh, which is a folk instrument played in different regions of Iran. Asghare Bahari, Kamran Darooghe, and Hossein Ismaelzadeh are notable masters who did not play the kamancheh as a folk instrument for performing Persian traditional music in the 1970s. After the 1979 revolution, a number of folk kamancheh players integrated traditional Persian music to their style of playing. Approximately twenty different types of tuning exist for violin in Persian music, while kamancheh players often limit themselves to only four. I shall compare and demonstrate different tunings for the performance of the Radif for both the violin and kamancheh.
Click on the the image on the left for biographical information for Keyavash Nourai.
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Keyavash Nourai commenced his passion for playing the violin in Iran with renowned Kamancheh player Ostad Kamran Daroughe. Upon his arrival to the United States in the Late-seventies, he studied classical violin with Alexander Treger, the concert master of LA philharmonic. Later he studied Paganini Caprices under the tutelage of Eugene Fodor, and Indian style violin with L.Subramaniam and L.Shankar. He also studied jazz harmony and piano with Dr. Artashes Kartalyan. Nourai holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree in World Music, and Classical Violin and Composition from Cal-Arts. During his academic training and career, he perused Classical Persian music and professionally mastering several Persian instruments such as Kamancheh, Santur, Setar and Tombak. Assimilating and teaching Saba's radif on violin and Santur; as well as Mirza Abdola's radif on Setar and Violin. Additionally performing radif on piano with the style of M.H Shahrdar. Nourai has combined his influence of both Western and Eastern training along with Indian and Jazz to create his own style of Violin and Kamancheh. Nourai's career includes multiple recordings of Indian and Arabic music on violin and cello along with pop-classical style for a variety of artists. He has performed internationally in Canada, Europe and Middle East with legendary singers Hayedeh, Ebi, Aref, Siamak Shajarian, Mohsen Namjoo, Sousan Dayhim and Strunz and Farah. Nourai has released two CDs with Shahrokh Yadegari named "Migration" and "Green Memories" (featuring Azam Ali). Currently, he is working on several original compositions and arrangement with Mohsen Namjoo for full orchestra. Arrangements also include a piece for him called "Daf" played by Netherlands Blazer Ensemble.
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Wölflilieder at CalIt2
Thursday, May 31st, 2018 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall at CalIt2
Free
Wölflilieder
Composer Felipe Rossi presents 15 short musical scenes based on the imaginary autobiography of Adolf Wölfli [1864-1930].
Rachel Allen, trumpet and flugelhorn
Eric Starr, trombone
Ariana Warren, clarinet and bass clarinet
Cody Putman, bassoon
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Mark Dresser, double-bass
Jonathan Nussmann, narrator
Johannes Regnier, live electronics
Nakul Tiruviluamala, sound design
Jonathan Lestat, sound design
Abe King, video
Sam Bedford, scenic design
Christina Hansen, lightning design
Calit2 Theater, Atkinson Hall
http://ideas.calit2.net/
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, May 31st, 2018 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Amir Moheimani, piano - Undergraduate Honors
Friday, June 1st, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Amir Moheimani (Piano, Harpsichord) presents an undergraduate honors recital at 5:00 PM on Friday June 1st in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, featuring:
- William Byrd: A Voluntary (1591)
- J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870, from WTC Book II (1722)
- Franz Schubert: Impromptu No. 4 in F minor, Op. 142 (1827)
- Alexander Scriabin: Vers La Flamme, Op. 72 (1914)
- Alfred Schnittke: Sonata No. 1 (1987)
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MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation
Friday, June 1st, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Under the instruction of Kyle Motl, MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation Techniques presents their course concert.
Shoel - John Zorn
Improvisation - Martin Chapman
Pinzin Kinzin - Avishai Cohen/Shai Maestro/Mark Guiliana
Improvisation - Ariel Ortega
Ascension - The Comet is Coming - transcribed by Martin Chapman
Improvisation - Leo Barba
Improvisation - Barba/Ortega/Chapman
Leo Barba, drums and percussion
Martin Chapman, guitar
Ariel Ortega, drums and percussion
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Undergrad Composition Juries
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate Composition Juries
Professor Lei Liang, Instructor
New compositions by:
Nathanial Craig
Yixuan Shao
Huixin Yan
Michel Chen
Nan Yi
Justin Dingeman
Performers:
Rachel Beetz, flute
Madison Greenstone, clarinet
T.J. Borden, cello
Matt Kline, double bass
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Beatmaking Workshop at The Front
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 2:00 pm
The FRONT Arte Cultura
Free
Learn to create beats, bass, harmonies and melodies on your laptop with DJ Super Squirrel (AKA Sarah Hankins).
This three-hour workshop is FREE and open to the public! Everyone is welcome, and no experience is necessary. All you need is a laptop and headphones or earbuds.
The workshop will be followed by an evening of DJ sets and electro-acoustic music by San Diego artists. Worskshop participants will have the opportunity to showcase their own creations and peform short sets!
RSVP for more information to Sarah at shankins@ucsd.edu.
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Ecstatic Contemplation: An Mandeville Auditoriumio-Visual Experience
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 6:00 pm
The FRONT Arte Cultura
Free
Ecstatic Contemplation: An Audio-Visual Experience
Saturday June 2, 6-11pm.
All ages, free and open to the public.
Details and Schedule:
An evening of collaborative electronic music, immersive video art, and DJ sets by local artists.
6-7pm: Music by Beatmaking Workshop participants.
7-10pm: Live audio-visual performances by members of the UCSD DJ Collaborative.
10-11pm: DJ sets and dance party
Performances by:
DJ Lestat (Jon Yergler)
Jechava (Johnny Echavarria)
Ray Stachowiak
Nicky Rodriguez
Landon Bain
Neoprene (Ryne Heslin)
John Burnett
Justin Lee
Leanne Chen
Nakul Tiruviluamala
Dead Lion (Daniel Fishkin)
Rosie Dwyer
Nicole Shao
Robles Li
Neil the Neil
Super Squirrel (Sarah Hankins)
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a&k
Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Kathryn Schulmeister
a&k is the duo collaboration of Alexandria Smith and Kathryn Schulmeister.
This performance features an original suite of concept pieces which address the physicality of a musician’s body in relation to instrumental performance, and a reimagination of excerpts from the Dresser/Harkins/Schick eminent rhythmic and improvisational collaboration, House of Mirrors.
Alexandria Smith, Trumpet
Kathryn Schulmeister, Double Bass
Aurora Lagattuta, Dance
Jasper Sussman, voice and movement
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MUS 32/132 Guitar
Monday, June 4th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Support Event
Sponsor: Pablo Gomez
MUS 32 & 132 Guitar students, under the instruction of Pablo Gomez-Cano present their end of year concert. Featuring:
Matthew Alviar
Vincenzo Liberatore
Martine Xenja
Alonso de la Peña
Zihao “Roland” Xu
Siddhartha Krishnan
Guest Musicians
Jennifer Colin, mezzosoprano
Leo Barba, percussion
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 4th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the wand of Matt Kline, presents their Spring concert.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture
Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Celeste Oram - The Young People's Guide to the Orchestra
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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WEDS@7 Ensemble Pamplemousse + Line Upon Line
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 7:00 pm
Warren Lecture Hall, Studio A
Free
Event Program (PDF)Composer/performer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse was founded in 2003 to provide a focal point for like-minded creators with a thirst for sonic exploration. The ensemble is a close-knit group of divergent artistic personalities, emergent from training in disparate musical fields. Their collective love for the exquisite in all sonic realms leads the ensemble to persistently discover new vistas of sound at the frayed edges of dissective instrumental performance technique. Compositions aggregate each member's unique virtuosic talents into extraordinary magical moments. In the flexible moments of performance, the ensemble weaves together shapes of resonance, clusters of glitch, skitters of hyper action, and masses of absurdity into impeccable structures of unified beauty.
FREE: Warren Lecture Hall / Studio A
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95W World Music Students
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Classical Indian ragas performed by students of sitar master Kartik Seshadri and Arup Chattopadhyay, tabla.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Thursday, June 7th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Distinguished Lectures Series continues with the presentation of: Jennifer Lynn Stoever, author of The Sonic Color Line: Race and the Cultural Politics of Listening.
Professor Stoever will present: "Listening to Racism in the United States, or Why Sound Matters".
Please click on the image on the left for Dr. Stoever's full biography.
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Jennifer Lynn Stoever received her PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity from USC. Her dissertation, “The Contours of the Sonic Color-Line: Slavery, Segregation, and the Cultural Politics of Listening” was a 2007 finalist for the American Studies Association Dissertation Prize. She serves on the editorial boards of Sound Studies and Social Text. She has published in Social Text, Social Identities, Sound Effects, American Quarterly and Radical History Review among others; most recently her article “Fine-Tuning the Sonic Color-line: Radio and the Acousmatic Du Bois“ was published in Modernist Cultures and is the featured online article of the issue. During 2011-2012, she was a fellow at The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University, participating in the research group on Sound: Culture, Theory, Politics.
Currently Associate Professor at SUNY Binghamton, Jennifer teaches courses on African American literature, sound studies, and race and gender representation in popular music. She also is the project coordinator for the Binghamton Historical Soundwalk Project, a multi-year archival, civically-engaged art project designed to challenge how Binghamton students and year-round residents hear their town, themselves, and each other. She is Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief for Sounding Out!: The Sound Studies Blog and her book The Sonic Color Line: Race and the Cultural Politics of Listening was published by New York University Press in 2016.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, June 7th, 2018 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Phillip Larson directs the CHAMBER SINGERS of MUS 95K.
The CHAMBER SINGERS will perform selections by Monteverdi, Le Juene, and Vivaldi, in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
- Revecy Venir Du Printans - Claude Le Jeune
- The Oak And The Ash - Traditional English Tune
- Jo Mi Son Giovenetta - Claudio Monteverdi
- Shenandoah - Traditional American Tune
- Gloria Antonio - Vivaldi
Micaela Flores, Sara Zhang, and Julia Yu, sopranos
Catherine Hallsten and Jennifer Colin, altos
Please note time change to: 5:30 p.m.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 7th, 2018 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble, under the direction of James Beauton, presents their Spring concert in Mandeville Auditorium.
Wind Ensemble Spring 2018 Concert - with Kyle Adam Blair, piano soloist.
Appalachian Spring Suite - Aaron Copland
Quid Pro Quo - Derek Tywoniuk
Metamorphosis - Anthony O'Toole
Leichtweg/Lightway - Jennifer Jolley
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
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Telematics: San Diego, Seoul, NYC
Friday, June 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Interconnections for Peace:
A Telematic Concert
Telematic music is live performance on the Internet with musicians in different geographical locations.
San Diego (Local time: June 8, 7 p.m.)
Nicole Mitchell - flutes/ composer
Stephanie Richards-trumpet/ composer
Michael Dessen -trombone/composer
Mark Dresser - bass/composer
Seoul (Local time: June 9, 11 a.m.)
Black String:
Yoon Jeong Heo, Geomungo 6-string fretted zither, composer
Jean Oh, electric guitar
A Ram Lee, Daeguem bamboo flute
Min Wang Hwang, Percussion, vocal
SNU Professor:
Ji Young Yi, Gayaguem
New York City (Local time: June 8, 10 p.m.)
Yoon Sun Choi, voice
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone
Matthias Ziegler, flutes
David Taylor, bass trombone
Satoshi Takeishi, drumset/percussion
Sarah Weaver, conductor, composer
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Free Unticketed Event
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, undergraduate chamber ensembles perform.
The students will present the works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, DvoÅ™ák, Grieg, Dohnanyi, Smetana and etc.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus A Line Broken
Saturday, June 9th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Rand Steiger - Template
Courtney Bryan - Yet Unheard
Ornette Coleman/arr. A.T. Chodos - Lonely Woman
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem
Guest artists: Helga Davis and Priti Gandhi, sopranos; Jonathan Nussman, baritone; Peter Evans, trumpet; Kyle Motl, contrabass; Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Some lines end too soon. The spiritual crux of this program is Courtney Bryan’s poignant memorial to Sandra Bland and other African-American victims of violence. We’ll pair her music with improvisation, the historical voice of African-American resistance, in Rand Steiger’s Template, in a new orchestra version for trumpet-genius Peter Evans, and a new arrangement by Asher Tobin Chodos of Ornette Coleman’s late be-bop classic. We’ll remember the victims of violence with Fauré’s gentle Requiem.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus A Line Broken
Sunday, June 10th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Rand Steiger - Template
Courtney Bryan - Yet Unheard
Ornette Coleman/arr. A.T. Chodos - Lonely Woman
Gabriel Fauré - Requiem
Guest artists: Helga Davis and Priti Gandhi, sopranos; Jonathan Nussman, baritone; Peter Evans, trumpet; Kyle Motl, contrabass; Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Some lines end too soon. The spiritual crux of this program is Courtney Bryan’s poignant memorial to Sandra Bland and other African-American victims of violence. We’ll pair her music with improvisation, the historical voice of African-American resistance, in Rand Steiger’s Template, in a new orchestra version for trumpet-genius Peter Evans, and a new arrangement by Asher Tobin Chodos of Ornette Coleman’s late be-bop classic. We’ll remember the victims of violence with Fauré’s gentle Requiem.
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Undergrad Opera, 32VM
Sunday, June 10th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, under the direction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest, is proud to present the FIRST EVER undergraduate opera at UC San Diego!
The evening begins with Samuel Barber's "A Hand of Bridge", followed by Peter Maxwell Davies' enchanting and unique take on the story of "Cinderella".
Pianist Siu Hei Lee leads singers Ian Barker, Adrian Chan, Jennifer Colin, Lizze Fisher, Joseph Garcia, Martha Hartt, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Teagan Rutkowski, and Danlei Zhao in this musical event that is sure to dazzle and delight!
Admission and parking are FREE!
Samuel Barber: A Hand of Bridge (1959)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Cinderella (1980)
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Best of ICAM
Sunday, June 10th, 2018 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)ICAM (Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Major) students present their end-of-year projects for THE BEST OF ICAM.
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Hearing Seascapes
Monday, June 11th, 2018 6:30 pm
WaveLab in the Structural and Material Engineering Building
Free
Monday, 6/11, 6:30-8pm, at the WaveLab in the Structural and Material Engineering Building.
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“Hearing Seascapes” is an interactive multi-media installation that combines imagery and audio data to generate sound for the audience to experience the endangered coral reefs. It uses sounds recorded by bio-acousticians in oceans, and data collected by oceanographers to tell the extraordinary story of coral reefs: how they survive and rebound.
The work came out of an interdisciplinary seminar led by Lei Liang, professor of music at UC San Diego, in collaboration with his colleagues Prof. Falko Kuester of the Engineering Department, and Prof. Stuart Sandin of Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
This seminar will include 4 composers: Yihsien Chen, Alex Stephenson, Anqi Liu and Yixuan Shao. They were joined in the seminar by grad students from Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Visual Arts and Engineering Department.
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MUS 33C Composition Concert
Friday, June 15th, 2018 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate composers finish the MUS 33 series with compositions presented in concert. Instructed by Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
Featuring the work of composers: Joshua Choi, Stacy Hurst, Eduardo Jimenez, Hyun Joong Kim, Matthew Leveque, Vincenzo Liberatore, Luke Piszkin, and Zeng Ren
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Jonathan Lestat, Honors Presentation
Friday, June 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Music of the Mountains is and audio and visual adventure in sound design and audio spatialization. Come experience the 15.1 customized sound system and the music of Jonathan Lestat.
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OPENING NIGHT: Carnival!
Friday, August 3rd, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Take a walk on the wild side as the festival kicks off with this celebratory program. Legendary cellist Lynn Harrell leads an all-star roster of eight cellists, sharing the stage with beloved soprano Lyubov Petrova, known for her fiery presence and shimmering voice. The evening closes with a delightful salute to feathers, fur, and fins with Saint-Saëns’ humorous musical suite Carnival of the Animals, with text by comedic musical genius Peter Schickele.
Prelude · 7:00 PM Interview with SummerFest Music Director Cho-Liang Lin hosted by Eric Bromberger
BARTÓK · Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Sz.111
VILLA-LOBOS · Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for Eight Cellos
VILLA-LOBOS · Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Eight Cellos
SAINT-SAËNS · Carnival of the Animals
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BARTÓK · Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano, Sz.111
Paul Huang, violin; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Shai Wosner, piano
VILLA-LOBOS · Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for Eight Cellos
VILLA-LOBOS · Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Eight Cellos
Lyubov Petrova, soprano; Lynn Harrell, Ben Hong, Hai-Ye Ni, Chia-Ling Chien, Yao Zhao, Max Geissler, Jonathan Lo, Alex Greenbaum, cellos
SAINT-SAËNS · Carnival of the Animals
Paul Huang, Cho-Liang Lin, violins; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola; Ben Hong, cello; Peter Lloyd, bass; Pamela Vliek Martchev, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Shai Wosner, Joyce Yang, pianos; Ryan Nestor, percussion; Mark Pinter, narrator
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An Evening with Yefim Bronfman
Saturday, August 4th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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AN EVENING WITH YEFIM BRONFMAN
Extolled by The Wall Street Journal for “his range of sonority – from lyrical to pungent, to explosive,” Yefim Bronfman is internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists. As a close friend of Cho-Liang Lin, Mr. Bronfman celebrates the music director’s 18-year tenure with a beautiful and rich evening of solo and chamber music masterpieces, including Schubert’s iconic Piano Sonata, D.958, written in the last year of the composer’s life.
Prelude 7:00 PM Interview with Yefim Bronfman hosted by Eric Bromberger
MOZART · Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, K.304
SCHUBERT · Piano Sonata in C Minor, D.958
SCHUMANN · Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 44
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MOZART · Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, K.304
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano
SCHUBERT · Piano Sonata in C Minor, D.958
Yefim Bronfman, piano
SCHUMANN · Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Yefim Bronfman, piano; Paul Huang, Emily Kruspe, violins; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola; Lynn Harrell, cello
An Afternoon with Emerson String Quartet
Sunday, August 5th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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AN AFTERNOON WITH EMERSON STRING QUARTET
Named “America’s greatest quartet” by TIME Magazine, the distinguished Emerson String Quartet performs an all-Beethoven program, featuring the bewildering and complex Grosse Fuge.
Prelude · 2:00 PM
Interview with members of Emerson String Quartet hosted by Eric Bromberger
BEETHOVEN · String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
BEETHOVEN · String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
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BEETHOVEN · String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
BEETHOVEN · String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Emerson String Quartet:
Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, violins; Laurence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello
Music from the Heart
Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Strings soar in beautifully lyrical works by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn. The evening culminates with Rachmaninoff’s final composition, Symphonic Dances, performed by two of the most accomplished pianists of their generation, Shai Wosner and Joyce Yang. Let your emotions take flight!
Prelude 7:00 PM Rolston String Quartet performs Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
STRAVINSKY · Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano
MENDELSSOHN · String Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87
RACHMANINOFF · Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for Two Pianos
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STRAVINSKY · Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano
Martin Beaver, violin; Joyce Yang, piano
MENDELSSOHN · String Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Paul Huang, Anna Lee, violins; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Heiichiro Ohyama, violas; Hai-Ye Ni,cello
RACHMANINOFF · Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for Two Pianos
Shai Wosner, Joyce Yang, pianos
Late Night with Leonard Bernstein
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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LATE NIGHT WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Celebrate the centennial of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) with an intimate look into the life and music of this remarkable man, composer, conductor, musician, and father, through the eyes of his daughter Jamie Bernstein.
Leonard Bernstein, a well-known insomniac for whom night was a time for creativity and friendship, was often found entertaining guests late into the night. Hosted by his daughter Jamie and featuring soprano Amy Burton and pianists John Musto and Michael Boriskin, this performance is an affectionate, multi-media portrait of the personal side of this singularly public figure.
Program to be announced from stage.
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49 Minutes on the Edge: Flux Quartet
Thursday, August 9th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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49 MINUTES ON THE EDGE: AN EXPLORATION WITH FLUX QUARTET
In this first of two 49-minute performances, the acclaimed FLUX Quartet will take the audience onto a new musical plane with a program celebrating contemporary composers. Audience members are invited to mingle at a post-concert gathering with the artists, creating an opportunity for essential dialogue around this next wave of composition.
BROWN · String Quartet (1965)
OLIVER LAKE · Hey Now Hey (2017)
LEI LIANG · Serashi Fragments (2005)
NANCARROW · String Quartet No. 3 (1987)
RAND STEIGER · String Quartet (2018) WORLD PREMIÈRE
FLUX Quartet:
Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris, violins; Max Mandel, viola; Felix Fan, cello
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Across Oceans
Friday, August 10th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Dive into this lush, dynamic program bridging the great masterworks of Bruch and Dvorák with one of the most prolific and esteemed Japanese composers working today, Toshi Ichiyanagi.
Prelude · 7:00 PM
Cambridge Trio performs Dvorák’s Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65
TOSHI ICHIYANAGI · String Quartet
BRUCH · Octet in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
DVORÁK · Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87
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TOSHI ICHIYANAGI · String Quartet
FLUX Quartet
BRUCH · Octet in B-flat Major, Op. posth.
Martin Beaver, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Luri Lee, Emily Kruspe, violins; Hezekiah Leung, Heiichiro Ohyama,violas; Felix Fan, cello; DaXun Zhang, bass
DVORÁK · Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87
Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Martin Beaver, violin; Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola; Carter Brey, cello
My Favorite Playlist
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Cho-Liang Lin’s eclectic artistic palette has led him to diverse musical endeavors, including championing new works. Join us as we shuffle through some of the gems he has discovered, with friends he’s made along the way during his 18 years as Music Director!
Prelude 7:00 PM Lecture by Nicolas Reveles
TURINA · Escena Andaluza, Op. 7 (Scenes of Andalusia)
DEBUSSY · Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano
LEI LIANG · Vis-à-vis, for Pipa and Percussion WORLD PREMIÈRE
MAHLER · Rückert-Lieder
GINASTERA · String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
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TURINA · Escena Andaluza, Op. 7 (Scenes of Andalusia)
Paul Neubauer, viola; Saetbyeol Kim, piano; Rolston String Quartet
DEBUSSY · Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano
Jian Wang, cello; John Novacek, piano
LEI LIANG · Vis-à-vis, for Pipa and Percussion WORLD PREMIÈRE
Wu Man, pipa; Steven Schick, percussion
MAHLER · Rückert-Lieder
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Ken Noda, piano
GINASTERA · String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Rolston String Quartet
An Evening with Adele Anthony & Gil Shaham
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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AN EVENING WITH ADELE ANTHONY & GIL SHAHAM
A string extravaganza featuring the extraordinary Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony alongside powerhouse violinists and rising stars from the Bravo! International Music Academy.
Prelude 7:00 PM Cambridge Trio performs Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
LECLAIR · Sonata in E Minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 5
MOSZKOWSKI · Suite in G Minor for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71
BACH/BRAHMS · Presto after J.S. Bach from Five Studies for Piano,
op. Anh. Ia/1
BARTÓK · Sel. from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz.98
WIENIAWSKI · Sel. from Études-Caprices for Two Violins, Op. 18
JULIAN MILONE · Flower Duet from Delibes’ Lakmé
Song to the Moon from Dvorák’s Rusalka
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
JULIAN MILONE · En Coulisses for Twelve Violins
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LECLAIR · Sonata in E Minor for Two Violins, Op. 3, No. 5
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham, violins
MOSZKOWSKI · Suite in G Minor for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham, violins; Juho Pohjonen, piano
BACH/BRAHMS · Presto after J.S. Bach from Five Studies for Piano,
op. Anh. Ia/1
BARTÓK · Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz.98
WIENIAWSKI · Selections from Études-Caprices for Two Violins, Op. 18
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham, violins
JULIAN MILONE · Flower Duet from Delibes’ Lakmé
Song to the Moon from Dvorák’s Rusalka
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Kyoko Takezawa, violins; DaXun Zhang, bass
JULIAN MILONE · En Coulisses for Twelve Violins
Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham, Emily Kruspe, Anna Lee, Luri Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Kyoko Takezawa, Bravo! International Music Academy students, violins
49 Minutes on the Edge: Piano Focus
Thursday, August 16th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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49 MINUTES ON THE EDGE: PIANO FOCUS
In a spotlight of SummerFest commissions, Marc-André Dalbavie’s Piano Quartet and Pierre Jalbert’s most recent Piano Quintet refashion piano chamber music staples into a vehicle for exploring contemporary harmonies. Following this 49-minute performance, audience members are invited to mingle at a post-concert gathering with the artists, creating the opportunity for essential dialogue around this next wave of composition
MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE · Piano Quartet for Piano and Strings (2012)
PIERRE JALBERT · Piano Quintet (2017) WEST COAST PREMIÈRE
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MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE · Piano Quartet for Piano and Strings (2012)
John Novacek, piano; Margaret Batjer, violin, Che-Yen Chen, viola; Max Geissler, cello
PIERRE JALBERT · Piano Quintet (2017) WEST COAST PREMIÈRE
Juho Pohjonen, piano; Rolston String Quartet
Johannes, Clara & Robert
Friday, August 17th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms shared one of the most fascinating and yet tragic love triangles in the history of music. The details of their relationship can be traced through letters, and of course, the great music that was written for and played by each of these three iconic musical figures, who continued to inspire each other even after Robert’s untimely death.
Prelude 7:00 PM Rolston String Quartet performs Webern’s Langsamer Satz and Haydn’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 “Sunrise”
BRAHMS · Two Songs for Alto, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91
C. SCHUMANN · Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17
R. SCHUMANN · Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
BRAHMS · Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Op. 40
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BRAHMS · Two Songs for Alto, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Paul Neubauer, viola; John Novacek, piano
C. SCHUMANN · Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17
John Novacek, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Jian Wang, cello
R. SCHUMANN · Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
Liang Wang, oboe; Juho Puhonen, piano
BRAHMS · Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Horn, Op. 40
Juho Pohjonen, piano; Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Erik Ralske, horn
A Night of Jazz with John Pizzarelli Trio
Saturday, August 18th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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A NIGHT OF JAZZ WITH JOHN PIZZARELLI TRIO
Called “madly creative” by the Los Angeles Times, world-renowned jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli entertains and delights with his all-star trio. Let “the genial genius of the guitar” (The Toronto Star) take you on a musical journey exploring the Great American Songbook and beyond.
Prelude 7:00 PM
Interview with John Pizzarelli hosted by Jazz 88.3’s Claudia Russell
Program to be announced from stage.
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The Glory of Cremona
Sunday, August 19th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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THE GLORY OF CREMONA: STRADIVARI, GUARNERI, & AMATI
Enjoy a rare opportunity to hear an exquisite collection of string instruments from the greatest lutherie houses of the 17th and 18th centuries on this stunning program. Performed by world-class musicians, these dazzlingly beautiful works from Massenet’s Meditation to Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence—arguably one of the greatest chamber music works every written—come to life before your eyes.
Prelude 2:00 PM, Lecture by Sam Zygmuntowicz
TELEMANN · Concerto in D Major for Four Violins
TCHAIKOVSKY · Mélodie, Op. 42, No. 3
MASSENET · Meditation from Thaïs
SCHUMANN · Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 70
DVORÁK · Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74
MENDELSSOHN · Capriccio in E Minor for String Quartet, Op. 81
TCHAIKOVSKY · Sextet for Strings in D Major, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
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TELEMANN · Concerto in D Major for Four Violins
Cho-Liang Lin, Yura Lee, Anna Lee, Kyoko Takezawa, violins
TCHAIKOVSKY · Mélodie, Op. 42, No. 3
Yura Lee, violin; Saetbyeol Kim, piano
MASSENET · Meditation from Thaïs
Anna Lee, violin; Saetbyeol Kim, piano
SCHUMANN · Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 70
Jian Wang, cello; Saetbyeol Kim, piano
DVORÁK · Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74
Yura Lee, Kyoko Takezawa, violins; Toby Hoffman, viola
MENDELSSOHN · Capriccio in E Minor for String Quartet, Op. 81
Anna Lee, Yura Lee, violins; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Jian Wang, cello
TCHAIKOVSKY · Sextet for Strings in D Major, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
Kyoko Takezawa, Yura Lee, violins; Paul Neubauer, Che-Yen Chen, violas; Gary Hoffman, Jian Wang, cellos
Midnight in Paris
Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Stroll along the Seine and fall in love all over again with some of the most beautiful works in chamber music written by the foremost French composers of their time. Delight in the sensualistic palette of harmonies and timbres, and let the reverie transport you à Paris!
Prelude 7:00 PM
Cambridge Trio performs Ravel’s Piano Trio in A Minor
GOUNOD · Petite Symphonie for Wind Nonet in B-flat Major, Op. 216
RAVEL · String Quartet in F Major
CHAUSSON · Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
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GOUNOD · Petite Symphonie for Wind Nonet in B-flat Major, Op. 216
Catherine Ransom Karoly, flute; Liang Wang, Laura Griffiths, oboes; John Bruce Yeh, Teresa Reilly, clarinets; Keith Buncke, Ryan Simmons, bassoons; Erik Ralske, Dylan Hart, horns
RAVEL · String Quartet in F Major
New Orford String Quartet
CHAUSSON · Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Orion Weiss, piano; New Orford String Quartet
An Evening with Emanuel Ax
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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One of the most versatile and universally respected pianists on the international concert scene, with a career that has taken him to every major venue and orchestra in the world, Emanuel Ax rounds out our celebration of Music Director Cho-Liang Lin with this glorious program.
Prelude 7:00 PM
Rolston String Quartet performs Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
BRAHMS · Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
SCHOENBERG · Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
MOZART · “Kagelstatt” Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498
BRAHMS · Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
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BRAHMS · Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
Emanuel Ax, Orion Weiss, pianos
SCHOENBERG · Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Emanuel Ax, piano
MOZART · “Kagelstatt” Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Emanuel Ax, piano
BRAHMS · Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
Emanuel Ax, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Toby Hoffman, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello
Camera Lucida
Monday, October 1st, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Haydn
Piano Trio in E-flat major, Hob XV:30
Schubert
Sonata in a minor "Arpeggione" for viola and piano
Beethoven
String Quartet in A major, Opus 18 No. 5
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No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). Season tickets on sale: AUGUST 8th. Single tickets on sale: SEPTEMBER 5th.
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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ArtPower presents Quatuor Van Kuijk
Friday, October 5th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Currently BBC New Generation Artists, Quatuor Van Kuijk won first prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, as well as the Best Beethoven and Best Haydn prizes. Since their formation in 2012, the quartet has quickly established an international reputation, playing concerts in Europe, Australia, the U.S., and Asia, and receiving accolades at the Trondheim International Chamber Competition and the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. The quartet is currently in residence at ProQuartet, Paris, where they study with members of renowned ensembles, including the Alban Berg, Artemis, and Hagen quartets.
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RAVEL String Quartet in F; Franz Schubert: String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat Major; György Ligeti: String Quartet no. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes”
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Reidemiester Move
Monday, October 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Reidemeister Move is Christopher Williams, contrabass, and Robin Hayward, tuba, a duo dedicated to exploring and expanding the possibilities of sustained-tone music in just intonation for their instruments. Hayward's self-designed microtonal tuba developed together with the instrument manufacturers B & S, and Williams' previous work with Charles Curtis and LaMonte Young's legendary Theatre of Eternal Music, provide the backbone for a performance practice based on purely tuned intervals, noise, corporeal rhythms, and spatial resonance.
Funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
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Borromean Rings (2011) 35-40 minutes. Acoustic.
Arcanum 17 (2012) 43 minutes. With 8.1-channel electronics.
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Reidemiester Move, Performance Focus
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Tactile Paths: An Introduction to Notation for Improvisers
Funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
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Since the 1960s, many composers and musicians have worked at the interface of notation and improvisation. The list is long and diverse: Richard Barrett, Anthony Braxton, Earle Brown, Cornelius Cardew, Malcolm Goldstein, Vinko Globokar, George E. Lewis, Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros, Bob Ostertag, Wadada Leo Smith, John Zorn, and myself are just a few examples. Thinking about this body of work as a whole – connected by methods and practices that belie aesthetic and historical differences – has much to recommend itself to both practitioners and scholars. As I detail in my Ph.D. dissertation "Tactile Paths", it reveals hidden assumptions about notation and improvisation beyond this repertoire alone. It also broadens our awareness of the many ways in which performers and composers approach collectivity and collaboration.
This presentation introduces some of the dynamics, potentials, and problems that this music shares, centering on the following questions:
- What aspects of improvising can be fruitfully addressed through notation? -In what ways can notation incorporate improvisers’ unique and embodied performance practices into the compositional process?
- How does notation construct, deconstruct, or reconstruct improvisers’ relationships to each other? How do performers listen to each other differently with and without a score?
- How does music involving notation for improvisers encourage us to rethink the way we conceptualize and talk about musical labor?
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WEDS@7 Tiger Duo
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Tiger Trio, the inspired union of pianist Myra Melford and bassist Joëlle Léandre, brings an uncommon lucidity to the art of spontaneous composition.
*Nicole Mitchell will no longer be participating in this program.
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On their 2016 release Unleashed (RogueArt), the three pioneering women exhibit a mode of interplay that is “remarkably disciplined and focused, with an emphasis on…mutuality that gives each track a unified feel” (freejazzblog.com). The trio began as a result of Melford’s Doris Duke Building Demand for the Arts Residency at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San Francisco (2013-15), intended to aid the center in building an audience for their jazz and improvised music program. This culminated in the New Frequencies Fest: Jazz@YBCA in February of 2015. For her own performance on that festival, Melford chose to invite Léandre and Mitchell, whose duo work on Sisters Where (RogueArt) and collaborations with Thomas Buckner, Michael Dessen and others have shown a potent simpatico. The performance at YBCA revealed a wonderful chemistry, and the three decided to continue working as a collectively led trio. Although the chamber-like texture of the full trio predominates, Tiger Trio weighs all options in terms of orchestration, venturing duo combinations, solo interludes and other unexpected strategies as the music unfolds. “I watch Myra climb into the piano, and Joëlle pull the wood out of her bass,” Mitchell says, “and I see myself squeezing through the flute’s silver holes. We soar through the triangle of women, fiercely committed to the rapture of instrumental sound.” In addition to Melford’s Doris Duke funded residency at YBCA, she has received the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Alpert Award in the Arts. A professor at the University of California-Berkeley, she is among the most celebrated pianist-composers of her time, “an explosive player, a virtuoso who shocks and soothes” (San Francisco Chronicle). Mitchell, a longtime Chicagoan and professor of music at the University of California- Irvine, has been hailed for her “Afrofuturist vision” and credited as “probably the most inventive flutist in the past 30 years of jazz” by The New York Times. Her varied projects and leadership as first woman chair of the AACM have widened the scope of improvised music as a whole. Léandre, from France, served as Darius Milhaud Visiting Professor at Mills College in Oakland; it was during that time that she and Melford first met and played together. Léandre also received the DAAD grant in Berlin for two years, as well as a Villa Kujoyama Kyoto residency. Prior to that she was Creative Associate at the Center for Performing Arts in Buffalo, NY, working with Morton Feldman and John Cage. Heard on more than 180 CDs, she has been likened by fellow bassist William Parker to “a sculptor carving and shaping musical poems from large blocks of sonic matter.”
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UC San Diego-Harvard Performer/Composer Exchange
Friday, October 12th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
DAD is Michael Matsuno (flutes), Madison Greenstone (clarinets & voice), and T.J. Borden (cello). Originally conceived of as an open-ended, cross-institutional collaboration between the musicians of UCSD and the composers of the Harvard Group for New Music, this concert is the culmination of a year of workshops and artistic research, resulting in four new works for these musicians. The program will include West Coast premieres of music by Adi Snir, Julio Zúñiga, John Pax and UCSD alumnus James Bean, along with two solo works by Timothy McCormack.
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WEDS@7 The Clarinets
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The Clarinets: Anthony Burr, Oscar Noriega and Chris Speed.
This will be the first performance of this trio in more than five years. The Clarinets began as a cooperative improvising group in Brooklyn in the early 2000s. For a number of years we had a residency at Barbes during which time we developed a way of playing freely improvised music together that focused on moving as a single complex entity rather than as three individuals. The music draws on our collective experience as performers in jazz, classical, noise and folk styles. We released a critically acclaimed self-titled album in 2006 and then a follow up in 2009. A new record, recorded at UCSD in 2017 is more or less in the can. This trio was also the original clarinet section of Banda de los Muertos, at the time New York’s only banda group.
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The Clarinets on Skirl Records.
Anthony Burr's Bio | Oscar Noriega's Bio | Chris Speed's Bio
Listen to Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead review their album on NPR here.
Listen to their first album on Spotify.
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Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Inheritance Chamber Opera
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Inheritance is a chamber opera revolving around Sarah Winchester, the eccentric widow and heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. According to popular belief, she imprisoned herself in her labyrinth-like home to seek refuge from the spirits of those killed by the same weapons whose manufacture and sale gave her a life of indescribable wealth. With music by composer Lei Liang and libretto by poet Matt Donovan, Inheritance juxtaposes elements of Winchester’s biography with contemporary events in a work that explores America’s deeply complex relationship with guns.
Music director Steven Schick and stage director Cara Consilvio lead the world premiere performances in a production featuring multimedia stage design by artist Ligia Bouton and lighting design by Mary Ellen Stebbins. The seventy-five minute work has a cast of four and is scored for chamber ensemble of virtuoso musicians with soprano/producer Susan Narucki in the role of Sarah Winchester.
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Inheritance
Music by Lei Liang
Libretto by Matt Donovan
Production Design by Ligia Bouton
Lighting Design by Mary Ellen Stebbins
Produced by Susan Narucki
Stage Direction by Cara Consilvio
Musical Direction by Steven Schick
Cast
Sarah Susan Narucki
Ghost 1 Kirsten Ashley Wiest
Ghost 2 Hillary Jean Young
Tour Guide/Ghost 3 Josué Cerón
Musicians
Madison Greenstone and Anthony Burr, clarinets/bass clarinets
David Aguila, trumpet
Fiona Digney and Sean Dowgray, percussion
Pablo Gomez Cano, guitar
Takae Onishi, harpsichord
Mark Dresser, contrabass
Steven Schick, conductor
Music Staff:
Celeste Oram, Associate Music Director / Conductor
James Beauton, Assistant Conductor
Kyle Adam Blair, Vocal Coach / Rehearsal Accompanist
Production Team:
Rita Navarro, Stage Manager
Esther (NEED LAST NAME) Assistant Stage Manager
Stacie Logue, Assistant Costume Designer
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Inheritance is co-presented by ArtPOWER and the UC San Diego Department of Music
David Borgo, Chair
Barbara Jackson, CAO
Linda Higgins, Fiscal Manager
Elizabeth Cuevas, Fiscal Assistant
Neal Bociek, Facilities Manager
Andrew Munsey, Recording Engineer
Alexis Negron, Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Miguel Ramirez, HR/AP Manager
Inheritance has received the generous support of
Creative Capital Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
NewMusicUSA
UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities,
Cristina Della Coletta, Dean
With additional underwriting by
Phyllis and Dan Epstein
Julia Falk
Catherine and Robert Palmer
BIOGRAPHIES
Lei Liang - Composer
Chinese-born American composer Lei Liang is the winner of the Rome Prize, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Koussevitzky Foundation Commission, two National Endowment for the Arts grants and a Creative Capital Award. His concerto for saxophone and orchestra “Xiaoxiang” was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2015.
Lei Liang was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert for the inaugural concert of the CONTACT! new music series. Other commissions and performances come from the Fromm Music Foundation, Meet the Composer, Chamber Music America, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, among others. Lei Liang’s six portrait discs are released on Naxos, New World, Mode, and Bridge Records. A solo album of his orchestral music will be released by BMOP/sound in 2018. He edited and co-edited four books and editions, and published more than twenty articles.
Lei Liang studied composition with Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Robert Cogan, Chaya Czernowin and Mario Davidovsky, and received degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music (B.M. and M.M.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.). He is Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego where he served as chair of the composition area and as Acting Chair of the Music Department. His catalogue of more than seventy works is published exclusively by Schott Music Corporation (New York). More at: lei-liang.com
Matt Donovan - Librettist
Matt Donovan is the author of the collection of essays A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape: Meditations on Ruin and Redemption (Trinity University Press 2016) as well as two collections of poetry – Vellum (Mariner 2007) and Rapture & the Big Bam (Tupelo Press 2017). His nonfiction has been selected as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2013, and his work has appeared in journals such as AGNI, The Believer, Gettysburg Review, Kenyon Review, Seneca Review, Threepenny Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Donovan is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Rome Prize in Literature, a Pushcart Prize, a Creative Capital Grant, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. He lives in Massachusetts, where he serves as the Director of the Poetry Center at Smith College.
Ligia Bouton - Production Designer
Ligia Bouton was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and spent her childhood in London, England. She received her education at Vassar College and at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Her creative work combines sculpture and drawing with performance, digital video, and photography to recreate appropriated narratives. Recent sculptural projects have been shown at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Guildhall Art Gallery in London, Minneapolis Institute of Art, SITE Santa Fe, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Bellevue Arts Museum, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2016, Bouton’s work was featured in the exhibition, “Charlotte Great and Small,” celebrating the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Yorkshire, England. Her most recent project We All Fall Down was shown at Station Independent Project in New York, NY in July 2017. Bouton’s video work has been shown at Art Claims Impulse in Berlin, in the Biennial of Contemporary Art, Nimes, France, and at the Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, as well as in The Female Avant Garde Festival in Prague. Reviews of this work have appeared in Art in America, Art Papers, The Art Newspaper, Art Ltd., and The New York Times.
Bouton is currently Associate Professor of Studio Art at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
Susan Narucki - Producer/ Sarah
For over three decades, American soprano Susan Narucki has forged a unique path; her interest in the music of our time led to award winning recordings, critically acclaimed performances with musicians of the first rank and close collaborations with generations of composers with distinctive artistic viewpoints. Since joining the faculty at the University of California at San Diego in 2008, she has been deeply engaged in commissioning, producing and performing chamber operas that illuminate critical issues in society. Her projects have earned major philanthropic support from the MAP Fund /Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, UC MEXUS, Creative Capital Foundation, New Music USA and multiple awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ms. Narucki serves as Artistic Director for Cuatro Corridos (2013), the critically acclaimed chamber opera that addresses trafficking of women across the U.S.- Mexico border. With libretto by internationally renowned Mexican author Jorge Volpi, and music by Hebert Vazquez, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hilda Paredes, the opera has been performed over a dozen times in the United States and Mexico and has been broadcast multiple times on Canal 22, Mexico's art and culture television network. The recording of Cuatro Corridos on Bridge Records earned a 2017 Latin Grammy Nomination and was a Critic's Choice of both Opera News and Gramophone. Ms. Narucki's most recent production is Inheritance, a chamber opera that addresses gun violence in America.
A dedicated mentor to the next generation of singers, Ms. Narucki's recent residencies include the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Aichi University of the Arts, the Longy School of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory. At UC San Diego, she directs the vocal ensemble kallisti.
Cara Consilvio - Stage Director
In the 2018-2019 season, Cara Consilvio will direct Suor Angelica for Tri-Cities Opera, An American Dream for Anchorage Opera, The Elixir of Love for Piedmont Opera and The Threepenny Opera for Syracuse Opera. Recent directing projects include Hydrogen Jukebox for Chautauqua Opera, Glory Denied and Hansel and Gretel for Tri-Cities Opera, Street Scene, After Life and Dialogues of the Carmelites for Loyola University New Orleans and The Merry Widow for The Hartt School. Cara has directed educational outreach shows at Tri-Cities Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera Saratoga and Chautauqua Opera. Cara has been an Assistant Director for Fort Worth Opera, Opera Saratoga, Chautauqua Opera, American Opera Projects, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera and Central City Opera. Teaching credentials include an adjunct lecturer position at the Boston University Opera Institute in 2014-2015. Cara is a co-founder of Hup! Productions. Her film directing projects include her narrative film short film C.I.T., and short documentary videos for OPERA America and the American Composer’s Orchestra. She has produced the NEA Opera Honors video tributes, NEA Jazz Masters videos, and the OPERA America New Works Forum videos as well as narrative films, including the award-winning Bowes Academy and an upcoming feature film entitled Camp Wedding.
Steven Schick - Music Director
Percussionist, conductor, and author, Steven Schick (Music Director) was born in Iowa and raised in a farming family. For forty years he has championed contemporary music by commissioning or premiering more than one hundred-fifty new works. He was the founding percussionist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars (1992-2002) and served as Artistic Director of the Centre International de Percussion de Genève (2000-2005). Schick is founder and Artistic Director of the percussion group, red fish blue fish.
Steven Schick serves as Music Director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus; he has held numerous leadership positions including Artistic Director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, music director of the 2015 Ojai Festival and, along with flutist Claire Chase, serves co-director of the Banff Centre for the Arts Summer Music Program. He maintains a lively schedule of guest conducting including appearances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Among his acclaimed publications are a book, “The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams,” and numerous recordings of contemporary percussion music including a 3 CD set of the complete percussion music of Iannis Xenakis (Mode). Steven Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music and holds the Reed Family Presidential Chair at the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego.
Kirsten Ashley Wiest - Ghost 1
Award-winning coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest's “bright, dazzling vocal technique” (San Diego Story) has captured the attention of composers worldwide, resulting in numerous world premiere performances. She has sung as a soloist with the GRAMMY-winning Partch ensemble, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, YMF Debut Orchestra, MiraCosta Symphony, HEAR NOW Festival of New Music, the Industry experimental opera company, and wild Up new music collective, among many others, and has performed at venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, Copley Symphony Hall, and Aratani Japan America Theater. She has given solo recitals on concert series' hosted by Harvey Mudd College, Chapman University, and Tuesdays @ MONK Space, was a featured soloist in the LA Philharmonic’s installation, Nimbus, and has recorded for several interactive operatic experiences and film scores. Operatic roles include "La Princess" in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges (Perigueux, France), "Polly Peachum" in Weill's Threepenny Opera (San Diego CA), and "Mabel" in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance (Fort Worth, TX).
A DMA candidate at UCSD under the guidance of GRAMMY-winning soprano Susan Narucki, Kirsten holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BM cum laude from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music.
Hillary Jean Young - Ghost 2
Canadian soprano Hillary Jean Young is happiest when they are making music amongst friends. Hillary’s eclectic creative practice involves a diverse range of projects, including traditional opera, contemporary chamber music, devised dance theatre work, experimental pop music, and more. Last year, Hillary and pianist Kyle Adam Blair’s performance of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine was described as “creating something remarkable: an intertwined sensitivity that resulted in remarkable music-making” (UT San Diego). Hillary also recently toured around western Canada with their queercore performance art duo, “masc4masc”, with a final sold out homecoming show at Weird Hues in Chula Vista. Hillary has performed with numerous ensembles and orchestras, such as UCSD’s Palimpsest, kallisti chamber opera, red fish blue fish, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra. Hillary’s operatic experience includes roles such as the title role in JanáÄek’s PÅ™íhody lišky Bystroušky, La Modista in Rota’s Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, and Lisha in the premiere of Steve Lewis’ Noon at Dusk. In addition, their interpretation of Jenny in Weill’s The Threepenny Opera was hailed as “showing both the acidity and the humanity at the core of this work” (UT San Diego). From the studio of Nancy Hermiston, Hillary received their Masters of Music in Opera from the University of British Columbia in May, 2014. Hillary is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music Performance at the University of California, San Diego under the tutelage of Susan Narucki. More information at: www.hillaryjeanyoung.com.
Josué Cerón - Ghost 3/Tour Guide
Mexican baritone Josué Cerón graduated from the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, PA. From his performance of Respighi’s La Fiamma at the Kimmel Center, the Philadelphia Inquirer said, “...his articulation of the text gave such emotional life to the music that surfaces failed to matter...”. The quality and passion of his performances led to invitations to perform in three different continents. He made his European debut at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, as Enrico in Donizetti’s Il Campanello under the stage direction of legendary baritone Rolando Panerai. The 2017-2018 season saw him as Taddeo in Rossini’Ìs The Italian Girl in Algiers with Opera del Palacio de Bellas Artes in his native Mexico City. In previous seasons with the same company he has sung performances of L’Orfeo by Monteverdi (revised by Maderna) in the title role; the Latin American premiere of Il Viaggio a Reims; the Requiem mass by Tigran Mansurian; among other titles. He has been a member of the Rossini Opera Academy in Lunenburg,Canada under the guidance of Maestro Alberto Zedda and was a finalist at the international competition of Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, before judges such as Kiri Te-Kanawa, Sherill Milnes, and Sumi-Jo. Mr. Cerón made his professional operatic debut in Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City as “Sulpice” in Donizetti Ìs La Fille Du Regiment in 2004. He holds a Bachelor degree from the National Conservatory of Mexico.
Mary Ellen Stebbins - Lighting Design
Mary Ellen is a theatrical lighting designer based in New York City. She returns to UCSD Department of Music after having designed Lear On The 2nd Floor in 2013. Recent credits include Black Inscription (Prototype Festival), War Stories (Opera Philadelphia), Olagon (eighth blackbird), Orpheus Unsung (Guthrie Theater, Princeton University), Quixote (Peak Performances at Montclair State), THIS with Adrienne Truscott (New York Live Arts). Other collaborators include Princeton University, Performance Space 122, Pipeline Theatre, Banana Bag and Bodice, Ars Nova, Manhattan School of Music, Gotham Chamber Opera, Monica Bill Barnes, Columbia Stages, The New School, New Repertory Theatre, Bristol Valley Theater. Resident: HOWL ensemble, Third Space. 2016 Henry Hewes Award nominee. 2014 Live Design Young Designer to Watch, 2011 USITT Barbizon Lighting Design Award, 2009 Hangar Theatre Lab Company Design Fellow. Member USA 829. MFA, Boston University; AB, Harvard College. Upcoming: Savior (Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW), Dinner with Georgette (New York Theater Workshop Next Door Series) maryellenstebbinsdesign.com
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Ableton University Tour 2018
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Ableton is proud to partner with UC San Diego for the Ableton University Tour, a day and evening of student workshops and public presentations held at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla, CA. Students are invited to join Ableton representatives and Certified Trainers for an afternoon of break-out sessions exploring composition, sound design, production techniques and performance utilizing Ableton Live, Max for Live and Push. Day time activities will be followed by a free evening presentation open to the public, featuring performances, tips and tricks and unique approaches for music-making from artists and Ableton experts.
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Presenters:
Makaya McCraven
Beat Scientist
https://www.makayamccraven.com/
In a new era of genre-bending music, Makaya McCraven pushes the boundaries of sound and rhythm to create categories of his own. Called “a sound visionary” (jazzinchicago.org) who is “not your everyday jazz drummer” (thewordisbond.com), McCraven is a beat scientist. Whether behind the drums or in the lab, mixmaster Makaya McCraven moves between genres at lightning speed. “You are listening to one incredible musician. His style and sound is unique, a heady, skillful, sophisticated and boldly uncompromising mix of jazz and hiphop” (UKVibe). Makaya’s breakthrough debut 2XLP, “In the Moment” (International Anthem, 2015) has garnered international attention, earning critical acclaim from The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, BBC (Gilles Peterson’s “Album of the Week”), and NPR. “In the Moment” is one of DownBeat and Pop Matters’ Top Jazz Albums of 2015. UK’s The Wire writes, “While Teo Macero’s work with Miles [Davis] might seem the obvious reference point, ‘In The Moment’ is closer in spirit to Madlib and J Dilla.” Jazz Times calls “In The Moment” “mesmerizing” and “an important document.” Makaya endorses Vic Firth sticks and Istanbul AGOP Cymbals.
Makaya McCraven layers his extensive experience with hip hop bands, African dance bands, Hungarian folk music, and indie rock on top of a deep history of “straight ahead” jazz, improvisation, and the avantgarde with beats, sampling, and electronics as a form of unique self expression.
Ricky Graham
CEO of Delta Sound Labs, Certified Ableton Trainer
http://rickygraham.net/
Richard Graham, Ph.D. is a musician, former professor and business owner based in Cleveland, Ohio. He has performed and presented music and art projects at festivals and conferences all over the world including Moogfest, Celtronic and the International Symposium on Electronic Art. He has composed music for British and US television, recorded live sessions for BBC radio and has authored music for popular video games. He is a Co-Founder and the CEO of US based audio technology company, Delta Sound Labs.
Thomas Faulds
Ableton Representative, Trainer
https://www.ableton.com/
Thomas Faulds is a sound designer and percussionist based in Chicago, Illinois. Inspired by new technologies and production, Thomas is an active participant in the dynamic music scene in Chicago.
Teaching students the secrets of recording, producing, playing, and releasing music with today's technology has become the single most important subject in his musical career. Thomas' objective is to prepare students for participation in this evolving and exciting musical world. With a heavy focus on beat making, editing, and multi-track recording, he has used Ableton Live for the majority of his work (live and in the studio), giving him extensive practical knowledge of the software.
Inheritance Chamber Opera
Friday, October 26th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Tickets handled by
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Inheritance is a chamber opera revolving around Sarah Winchester, the eccentric widow and heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. According to popular belief, she imprisoned herself in her labyrinth-like home to seek refuge from the spirits of those killed by the same weapons whose manufacture and sale gave her a life of indescribable wealth. With music by composer Lei Liang and libretto by poet Matt Donovan, Inheritance juxtaposes elements of Winchester’s biography with contemporary events in a work that explores America’s deeply complex relationship with guns.
Music director Steven Schick and stage director Cara Consilvio lead the world premiere performances in a production featuring multimedia stage design by artist Ligia Bouton and lighting design by Mary Ellen Stebbins. The seventy-five minute work has a cast of four and is scored for chamber ensemble of virtuoso musicians with soprano/producer Susan Narucki in the role of Sarah Winchester.
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Inheritance Chamber Opera
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Tickets handled by
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Inheritance is a chamber opera revolving around Sarah Winchester, the eccentric widow and heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. According to popular belief, she imprisoned herself in her labyrinth-like home to seek refuge from the spirits of those killed by the same weapons whose manufacture and sale gave her a life of indescribable wealth. With music by composer Lei Liang and libretto by poet Matt Donovan, Inheritance juxtaposes elements of Winchester’s biography with contemporary events in a work that explores America’s deeply complex relationship with guns.
Music director Steven Schick and stage director Cara Consilvio lead the world premiere performances in a production featuring multimedia stage design by artist Ligia Bouton and lighting design by Mary Ellen Stebbins. The seventy-five minute work has a cast of four and is scored for chamber ensemble of virtuoso musicians with soprano/producer Susan Narucki in the role of Sarah Winchester.
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Fall Composition Jury Concert
Thursday, November 1st, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Fall Composition Jury Concert presents an evening of premieres by graduate composers.
Anqi Liu - Wave Coming …
Sammi Jo Stone - Skalugsuak
Alex Stephenson - The Same Wind
Featuring:
Wilfrido Terrazas (flutes), Alexandria Smith (trumpet), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Ashley Zhang (piano), Matthew Kline (double bass), and Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis (keyboard). Conducted by Steven Schick
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Fall Composition Jury Discussion Session
Friday, November 2nd, 2018 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
***Jury Discussion starts at 10am, please disregard time at top***
Discussion session for Thursday evening's concert.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 2nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
A fun and informative introduction to the symphony! Conductor Steven Schick and orchestra perform annotated excerpts from the season-opening concert. Free Event-reservations required.
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Kawamura Pianos Project
Friday, November 2nd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in many directions.
François Couperin - Dix-huitième Ordre (excerpts)
Allemande La Verneüil, La Verneüilléte
Anthony Vine - Soft Margins and Wide Peripheries (2018)
François Couperin - Dix-huitième Ordre (excerpts)
Soeur Monique, Le turbulent, L’atendrissante
Joseph Bourdeau - Imaginary Concerto (2018)
François Couperin - Dix-huitième Ordre (excerpts)
Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins, Le gaillard-boiteux
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh - Chamber of Glistening Whispers (2018)
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Mari Kawamura's repertoire includes pieces by William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage and several contemporary Japanese composers. She has been collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers. She has appeared in the major festivals, such as Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA and the Darmstadt International Summer Course and has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Jordan Hall (Boston), Regent Hall (London) and Kirsten Kjær Museum (Denmark). Her 2013 performance of Xenakis’s Dikthas at the SICPP in Boston was described as "an unrelenting volcanic eruption" by NEWMUSICBOX. Kawamura holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved the DipRAM prize for her outstanding final recital. Her master’s thesis “Realization of Music for Piano 21-36” focused on “performers’ own discretion in Cage’s music, which is indeterminate with respect to its performance.” Her teachers included Vadim Sakharov and Tatiana Sarkissova. After studying with Stephen Drury at the New England Conservatory in the Graduate Degree Program, Kawamura is now pursuing her DMA degree under Aleck Karis at the University of California, San Diego.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Our 64th season asks questions about lineage: Where do we come from? How does the music of our past inform our understanding of the future? We begin with Lineage, a piece by the young Canadian composer Zosha de Castri, who recalls how her grandmother’s tales shaped her own sense of being Canadian. Stravinsky’s Petrushka was inspired by his memories of Russian Shrovetide fairs, in all their color and excitement. Finally, everything on the planet began with water, and in celebration, Music Director Steven Schick gives up his baton to solo in Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, with Michael Gerdes conducting.
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ZOSHA DI CASTRI Lineage
TAN DUN WATER Concerto
IGOR STRAVINSKY Petrushka
Soloist: Steven Schick, percussion
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 4th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)Our 64th season asks questions about lineage: Where do we come from? How does the music of our past inform our understanding of the future? We begin with Lineage, a piece by the young Canadian composer Zosha de Castri, who recalls how her grandmother’s tales shaped her own sense of being Canadian. Stravinsky’s Petrushka was inspired by his memories of Russian Shrovetide fairs, in all their color and excitement. Finally, everything on the planet began with water, and in celebration, Music Director Steven Schick gives up his baton to solo in Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, with Michael Gerdes conducting
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ZOSHA DI CASTRI Lineage
TAN DUN WATER Concerto
IGOR STRAVINSKY Petrushka
Soloist: Steven Schick, percussion
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Hillary Jean Young, soprano - Graduate Recital
Monday, November 5th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
queer time | two happenings on November 5th: a recital
Join me for the first of two happenings featuring works that explore nostalgia, memory, personal history, and queer time. In this recital, pianist Kyle Adam Blair and I will perform "L'ame en bourgeon" (1937) composed by Claire Delbos (1906-1959). This song cycle is seldom performed; with music by Olivier Messiaen's first wife, this cycle sets poems by Cecile Sauvage (1883-1927), Messiaen's mother, that deal with her experience of pregnancy and motherhood. Despite recognition during their lifetimes, history has largely overlooked the artistic contributions of these two women artists, instead focusing on their male counterpart whose identity and artistry they undoubtedly shaped.
The second half of the program will be the world premiere of "Pinterest Sex", composed by Justin Murphy-Mancini with text by Migueltzinta Solís. This cycle uses camp and pastiche as a lens for exploring how we cope with queer adolescence; a careful balance of sincerity and melodrama, this piece explores how we reconcile our personal histories.
This recital has free admission and will be about 50 minutes long. The theatre is accessible and located very close to the Gilman parking structure. The bathrooms nearest to the theatre are gendered, but there are gender-neutral bathrooms available in the Visual Arts building across the street.
Poster beautifully designed by Margo Alleman
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L'âme en bourgeon (1937) by Claire Delbos (1906-1959), text by Cecile Sauvage (1883-1927) (~20 mins)
1.) Dors
2.) Mon coeur revient à son printemps
3.) Je suis là
4.)Te voilà hors de l'alvéole
5.) Je savais que ce serait toi
6.) Maintenant il est né
7.) Te voilà mon petit amant
8.) Ai-je pu t'appeler de l'ombre
Brief Intermission
Pinterest Sex (2018, world premiere) by Justin Murphy Mancini, text by Miguelzinta Solis (~20 mins)
I (titles of movements TBD)
II
III
IV
Kirsten Ashley Wiest Recital
Monday, November 5th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Award-winning coloratura soprano Kristen Ashley Wiest is firmly committed to the continuous evolution of classical vocal music. Her “bright, dazzling vocal technique” (San Diego Story) has captured the attention of composers worldwide, resulting in numerous world premiere performances including works by James Erber (UK), Veronika Krausas (CA/US), Rand Steiger (US), Tina Tallon (US), Jack Van Zandt (US), and Annie Hsieh (AU). among many others.
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Kirsten has sung as a soloist with the GRAMMY-winning Partch ensemble, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, YMF Debut Orchestra, MiraCosta Symphony, HEAR NOW Festival of New Music, the Industry, kallisti chamber opera, Musica Vitale, wild Up new music collective, UCLA John Cage Symposium, UCSD's Palimpsest, CalArts New Century Players Ensemble, and Chapman University’s New Music Ensemble, and has performed at venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, Copley Symphony Hall, Aratani Japan America Theater, Théâtre Le Palace, Autonomous University of Baja California, and the Moore Theater. She has given solo recitals on concert series' hosted by Harvey Mudd College, Chapman University, and Tuesdays @ MONK Space, was a featured soloist in the LA Philharmonic’s installation, Nimbus, and has recorded for several interactive operatic experiences and film scores. Kirsten has also performed with Bang on a Can All-Stars, Accordant Commons, San Diego Symphony percussion, red fish blue fish, San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the Metroplex Opera Company in Dallas, and the Texas 'Lone Star' Ambassadors of Music. Operatic roles include "La Princess" in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges (Perigueux, France), "Polly Peachum" in Weill's Threepenny Opera (San Diego CA), and "Mabel" in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance (Fort Worth, TX). Collaborations-in-progress include works by Lei Liang (CN/US), Katharina Rosenberger (CH/US), Joseph Bishara (US), Gerard Pape (FR), and Jeffrey Holmes (US), premiering soon! A DMA candidate at UCSD under the guidance of GRAMMY award-winning soprano Susan Narucki, Kirsten holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BM cum laude from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 5th, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Dvorak:
Terzetto for two violins and viola, Opus 74
Kodaly:
Serenade for two violins and viola, Opus 12
Fauré:
Piano Quartet in c minor, Opus 15
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). Season tickets on sale: AUGUST 8th. Single tickets on sale: SEPTEMBER 5th.
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In his program notes for this Monday's Camera Lucida concert, Amir Moheimani remarks on a state of listening that is intimately bound up with the music of Gabriel Fauré:
This poignant, fleeting quality makes Fauré’s music intensely gripping, as well as highly demanding; as a listener, one fears that even a momentary lapse in concentration can squander unimaginable beauties.
Like the nineteenth century novel, Romantic chamber music sets forth an experience of time that is perpetually going away. Unlike mythical time, complete and unchanging in its essence, cyclical in its apparent change, time in the nineteenth century is a series of instants, each evaporating into nothingness, yielding to another instant that is entirely new, precious, fragmentary and likewise destined to disappear forever. While the novel describes this condition, with its detailed enumerations of daily life, its teeming sensations, feelings and tensions, music enacts it. Listeners are not just witnesses, but participants in a process of ongoing self-generation and self-destruction.
Fauré's great c-minor Piano Quartet epitomizes this experience with its subtle, seemingly infinite shifts in tonality, harmony, timbre, motive and meter. This floating, shifting world is its subject as well as its medium. The encounter with total fragmentation, the struggle to overcome it, may account for the almost unbearable pathos of the music.
Join us next Monday, November 5 for Fauré's Piano Quartet Opus 15, and for the smaller, more restrained joys of Dvorak and Kodaly in their unusual settings for two violins and viola.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Thomas Irvine
Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
From Macartney to May Fourth: The Intellectual Histories of the Sino-Western Encounter in Music
"In my forthcoming book Listening to China: Sound and the Sino-Western Encounter, 1770-1839 (U. of Chicago Press) I trace how Westerners around 1800 used encounters with Chinese soundworlds to refashion their own musical identities. The Macartney Embassy to the court of Qianlong in 1793 is a key episode in this story. Macartney, who took musical advice from his acquaintance the music historian Charles Burney, included several musically knowledgable officials in his entourage. They were specifically charged with the acquisition of knowledge about Chinese musical practices and the demonstration of “advanced” Western ones to Chinese audiences. As was the case with the Embassy as a whole, the results were at best ambivalent, for both sides. In this talk I will build on this material to explore how the Chinese experiences of Western musicking, and the production of knowledge in the West about Chinese music and its practices, might be understood in ways that depart from traditional notions of “encounter” and “cultural transfer.” Such notions, I will argue, invite interpretations that too often revolve around (Eurocentric) commonplaces such as “progress” and “modernization.” A methodological impulse will come from Actor-Network Theory (following Bruno Latour). How, I will ask, might the Sino-Western musical experience be related to experiences in science and technology? I will touch briefly on three case studies: the theorization of the space of the sounding octave in the early modern era, the mass “keyboardization” of China via the introduction of the piano in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the overlap between scientific and musical expertise in the "May Fourth generation” of Chinese intellectuals (e.g. Cai Yuanpei, Zhao Yuanren) in the Nationalist period."
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Dr Thomas Irvine works on the intellectual history of music from 1750 to the present, with special interests in transnational and global history, the history of musical institutions in the British Empire and science and technology studies. His monograph Listening to China: Sound and the Sino-Western Encounter (1770-1839) is forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press. A volume co-edited with the historian Neil Gregor, Dreams of Germany: Musical Imaginaries from the Concert Hall to the Dance Floor, is will be published by Berghahn Books in late 2018. He is Associate Professor and Doctoral Programme Director in Music at the University of Southampton. He is a non-executive director of the Southampton Web Science Institute.
Co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Music Department and the UC San Diego History Department.
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WEDS@7 Aleck Karis, piano
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Aleck Karis has performed recitals, chamber music, and concertos across the Americas, Europe and in China. As the pianist of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae he has participated in over a hundred premieres and performed at major American and European festivals. His appearances with orchestra have ranged from concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to those of Stravinsky, Messiaen and Carter. His five solo discs on Bridge Records include Aleck Karis performs Schumann, Carter, Chopin; Aleck Karis: Mozart Recital; Stravinsky: Music for Piano 1911-1942; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes; and Karis Plays Webern, Wolpe & Feldman. His two discs on Romeo Records are Piano Music of Philip Glass and Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin. Last month, Bridge released his most recent disc, Feldman's haunting last work Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello. Karis has studied with William Daghlian, Artur Balsam and Beveridge Webster.
Program information:
Mozart: sonata in D, K. 576
Stravinsky: piano sonata (1925)
Schubert: sonata in a, D 845
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Shaoai Zhang, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Hailed as musician with “flair and fury,” Shaoai Ashley Zhang is a concert pianist performing throughout the US and Europe. An advocate of contemporary music, Ashley’s recent performances include the Boston premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Die Pilger and Franco Donatoni’s Rasch II, as well as collaborations with Georg Friedrich Haas, Unsuk Chin, Vinko Globokar, and John Zorn. A graduate of New England Conservatory, Ashley is currently a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego where she studies with Aleck Karis.
Helmut Lachenmann: Serynade
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in B flat, D. 960
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 9th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
Program information to be announced.
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ArtPower presents David Roussève/REALITY
Friday, November 9th, 2018 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Choreographed, written, and directed by David Roussève, Halfway to Dawn is an evening-length work weaving dance, music, sound, video, and text to uncover the deeper ”truths” of African American, gay jazz composer Billy Strayhorn’s life (1915–67) while also creating a dialogue on urgent social issues of our own time.
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The work is danced to a score of Strayhorn and Duke Ellington songs, from raise-the-roof jazz anthems to emotion-laden ballads. Halfway to Dawn intersects fact, conjecture, comment, abstraction, and fantasy to create an abstract portrait of Ellington’s most important, though largely unknown, collaborator.
Founded in 1988, David Roussève/REALITY creates expressionistic dance/theater works that combine the accessibility, grit, and passion of African American traditional and pop cultures with the challenging compositional structures of avant-garde dance and theater in order to explore socially-charged, immensely relevant, and often spiritual themes.
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish: CIRCLES
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Featuring Luciano Berio's masterwork, Circles with percussionists Steve Schick and Sean Dowgray, soprano Susan Narucki, and harpist Tasha Smith Godinez . This program will also include the world premiere piece Vakovakya by Composer/Sound Designer Shahrokh Yadegari for red fish blue fish and the Persian hand drum master Milad Jahadi.
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Circles, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, was composed in 1960 and first performed in August of that same year during the Berkshire Music Festival by Cathy Berberian and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Circles develops musically three poems by e. e. cummings, with different degrees of complexity: No. 25, “stinging gold swarms...”, No. 76, “riverly is a flower...” and No. 221, “n(o)w the how dis(appeared cleverly)world…” from Collected Poems. In Circles the three poems are arranged in the following order: 25-76-221, (221)-76-25. No. 221 goes backwards over itself, while poems No. 25 and No. 76 appear twice in different moments of the musical development.
The New York Times calls red fish blue fish a "dynamic percussion ensemble from the University of California." Founded 20 years ago by Steven Schick, the San Diego-based ensemble performs, records, and premieres works from the last 85 years of western percussion's rich history. The group works regularly with living composers from every continent. Recent projects include the world premiere of Roger Reynolds' Sanctuary and the American premiere of James Dillon's epic Nine Rivers cycle with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). In the Summer of 2011 red fish blue fish collaborated with George Crumb, Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars to premiere the staged version of The Winds of Destiny. Eighth Blackbird invited red fish blue fish to join them in performances of works by American icons John Cage and Steve Reich at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The New York Times called their "riveting" John Cage performance the "highlight" of the program. Recordings of the percussion chamber music of Iannis Xenakis and Roger Reynolds on Mode Records have been praised by critics around the world. Recordings released in the 2012-13 season included the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacinto Scelsi and rare works of Iannis Xenakis.
In 2012 red fish blue fish presented four concerts of percussion music alongside Percussion Group Cincinnati at the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington, D.C., where they performed highlights from Cage's collection of percussion works.
RFBF has had a huge impact on new music percussion performances, recordings and education. Successful RFBF/UC San Diego Department of Music alums include Ross Karre, now with ICE; Aiyun Huang, who heads the percussion department at McGill University; Morris Palter, an assistant professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he is also the artistic director of the 64.8 percussion group; and Justin DeHart, who is a member of the Chapman University faculty and of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet.
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Filera
Thursday, November 15th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Filera is a trio of musicians, Natalia Perez, Wilfrido Terrazas and Carmina Escobar, that share similar interests in contemporary/experimental music, improvised music and performance art.
PROGRAM:
- Prelude: Carmina Escobar - Candle Music (2017)
- Fobias 1
- Ignacio Baca Lobera - Soneto (2014)
- Fobias 2
- Two Cantigas de Santa María (Anonymous, 13th Century)
- Ondas do mate de Vigo
- Mia irmana fremosa (Arranged by Filera)
- Fobias 3
- Wilfrido Terrazas - Pequeño huerto (2015)
- Despedida: Filias/Fobias
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FILERA:
FILIAS/FOBIAS
Philia (/ˈfɪliÉ™/; Ancient Greek: φιλία), often translated "brotherly love", is one of the four ancient Greek words for love: philia, storge, agape and eros. In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, philia is usually translated as "friendship" or affection. The complete opposite is called a phobia. [Wikipedia]
PROGRAM:
Prelude:
Carmina Escobar
Candle Music (2017)
Fobias 1
Ignacio Baca Lobera
Soneto (2014)
Fobias 2
Two Cantigas de Santa María
(Anonymous, 13th Century)
-Ondas do mate de Vigo
-Mia irmana fremosa
Arranged by Filera
Fobias 3
Wilfrido Terrazas
Pequeño huerto (2015)
Despedida:
Filias/Fobias
Filera, n. Slang word used at Mexican border cities such as Tijuana, Ensenada or Mexicali, for knife.
Having met in different contemporary music and free improv ensembles, we (Carmina, Natalia and Wilfrido) first got together as a trio in 2013 to play temA, the groundbreaking work written by German composer Helmut Lachenmann in 1968. From then, we have collaborated with composers like Ignacio Baca Lobera and Carola Bauckholt, besides creating our own pieces.
The other side of Filera’s work is free improvisation. One thing that the three of us have in common is that we equally enjoy playing notated music and improvisation. When we decided to start a trio together, we took it upon ourselves to balance these two worlds that interest us, and so we always try to do a bit of both wherever we go. Both sides inform and nurture each other in our work and we feel both are indispensable.
Filera: Filias/Fobias Tour 2018
November 15, 2018 7pm UCSD Experimental Theater, Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla CA
November 16, 2018 8pm (?) Bread & Salt, San Diego, CA
November 17, 2018 8pm Betalevel, Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2018, 6pm Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
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ArtPower presents Quatuor Modigliani
Friday, November 16th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)The Paris-based Modigliani Quartet, formed by four close friends in 2003, is one of the most sought-after string quartets and a regular guest at the world’s top venues, including London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, and Tokyo’s Oji Hall, among others.
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Praised for their “elegance and shaded refinement [that brings] a distinctive style to the tapering of phrase, balance, and quality of sound” (Sydney Morning Herald), the quartet brings their distinctively French style and astonishing technical finesse back to ArtPower for an evening of string quartet masterpieces.
MOZART Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet no. 3 in E-flat Minor, op. 30
Robert Zelickman & Friends - Chamber Music Recital
Sunday, November 18th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)W.A Mozart (1756-1791) - Trio in E flat Major, ‘Kegelstatt’, K.V. 498 (1786)

for clarinet, viola and piano
Andante – Menuetto – Rondeaux




Kalevi Aho (1949-) - Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2006)



Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Suite for clarinet, violin and piano, Op. 157b (1936) 

Ouverture – Divertissement – Jeu – Introduction et Final



Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) - Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1932) 

Andante con dolore, con molto espressione – Allegro – Moderato


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Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble. Robert was a member of Orchestra Nova for 23 seasons and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera.
Recently, Robert retired from UC San Diego (1983-2015) where he lectured on Jewish Music, conducted the Wind Ensemble and performed regularly, premiering many new compositions. He currently performs in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout San Diego.
Zelickman earned his BA at UCLA and a MFA at Cal Arts. He studied with Hugo Raimondi, Michele Zukovsky and Ronald Rueben.
A versatile recitalist and chamber musician, violinist/violist Päivikki Nykter, is equally at home with standard repertoire as well as contemporary music. A native of Finland, she is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Ms. Nykter served as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of California San Diego Music Department from 1994 to 2006. She is now a freelance violinist maintaining a busy concert schedule as well as teaching the Alexander Technique both in the US and Europe. Ms. Nykter is an artistic director of a Chamber Music Concert Series in Lappeenranta, Finland. She has recorded on Neuma, Aucourant Records, CRI, Old King Cole, Omega Editions and mode labels.
Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in many directions.
Her repertoire includes pieces by William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage and several contemporary Japanese composers. She has been collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers.
She has appeared in the major festivals, such as Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA and the Darmstadt International Summer Course and has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Jordan Hall (Boston), Regent Hall (London) and Kirsten Kjær Museum (Denmark). Her 2013 performance of Xenakis’s Dikthas at the SICPP in Boston was described as "an unrelenting volcanic eruption" by NEWMUSICBOX.
Kawamura holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved the DipRAM prize for her outstanding final recital. Her teachers included Vadim Sakharov and Tatiana Sarkissova.
After studying with Stephen Drury at the New England Conservatory in the Graduate Degree Program, Kawamura is now pursuing her DMA degree under Aleck Karis at the University of California, San Diego.
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Elisabet Curbelo González, composer - Graduate Recital
Sunday, November 18th, 2018 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Program information to be announced.
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Piano Studio Recital
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Sean Dowgray, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 29th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Richard Barrett: Urlicht (2013-2014) for vibraphone trio and auxiliary percussion, North-American Premiere,Dustin Donahue, Ryan Nestor, Sean Dowgray
Justin Murphy-Mancini: sic itur ad astra (2018) for harpsichord and percussion, World Premiere. Justin Murphy-Mancini, harpsichord; Sean Dowgray, percussion
Luciano Berio: Circles (1960) for voice, harp, and two percussionists
Susan Narucki, voice; Tasha Smith-Godinez, harp; Steven Schick & Sean Dowgray, percussion
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Dowgray presents his second DMA recital entitled musica mundana | musica humana | musica instrumentalis featuring the brand-new work, sic itur ad astra by Justin Murphy-Mancini for harpsichord and percussion, the North-American premiere of Richard Barrett’s Urlicht for vibraphone trio with auxiliary percussion, and the rarely performed Circles by Luciano Berio for voice, harp, and two percussionists.
Derived from the threefold classifications of music outlined in Anicius Boethius’ De institutione musica, Dowgray's recital parses a fractured relationship between contemporary artistic trends and ancient theories of sonority. Cosmological perspectives and discoveries [mundana], experimentations in affect [humana], and considerations of the concert experience as a theater of over-abundant relationships [instrumentalis] are central to this program. By means of extended sonorities, techniques, gestures, and intent, Dowgray pursues expressive limits and celebrates the profoundly physical.
Dowgray will be joined by UCSD faculty members Susan Narucki (voice) and Steven Schick (percussion), UCSD alumni Dustin Donahue and Ryan Nestor (percussion), current UCSD graduate student Justin Murphy-Mancini (harpsichord), and inimitable new music harpist Tasha Smith Godinez.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, November 29th, 2018 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Ken Anderson, San Diego's leading proponent of gospel, directs UCSD's gospel choir in a concert of African-American spirituals, blues, and traditional songs.
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Undergrad Forum
Saturday, December 1st, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)PERFORMERS:
Sherry Zheng
Aura Gonzalez
Jennifer Colin, Joseph Garcia, Amir Moheimani, Jackie Guy, Savanna Dunaway, Christine Lee, Julianne Chen
Benjamin Mateyka
Julia Yu, Michael Cohn
PROGRAM:
Prelude No. 16 in G Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 1, Presto and Adagio - Johann Sebastian Bach
But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming; Et Misericordia - George Frideric Handel; Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude Op. 28, No. 4, 7, 20 - Frederic Chopin
Elle a fruit, la tourterelle; Solovey - Jacques Offenbach; Alexander Alyabyev
INTERMISSION
PERFORMERS:
Leo Barba, Alonso de la Peña, Ariel Ortega
Reed Rouland, Kinuth Gelmo, Owen Cruise, Martin Chapman
David Knoll, Alonso de la Peña, Benjamin Mateyka, Leo Barba, Jackie Guy, Raymond Alvarado, Henry Helmuth, Shane Ramil, Mihn Vo, Joseph Garcia, Kevin Rex, Natalie Lydick, Martha Alma Hartt
PROGRAM:
Delirium - Leo Barba, Alonso de la Penña, Ariel Ortega
Uh Okay - Martin Chapman
Julienne - David Knoll
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Undergraduate Honors: Michael Rosenbaum, composer
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Program information to be announced.
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Voice Students, 32VM
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, under the direction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest presents a concert of opera scenes and arias, featuring Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Pianist Dr. Kyle Adam Blair joins singers Adrian Chan, Joseph Garcia, Jennifer Colin, Martha Hartt, Julia Yu, Lizze Fisher, Cameron Haywood, Myasia Fox, Shane Ramil, Danlei Zhao, Sarah Ausman, Lauren Jue-Morrison, and Teagan Rutkowski for this event you won't want to miss!
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MUS 131 Adv. Improvisation
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Program information to be announced.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Beethoven:
Variations for cello and piano in G major on a theme of Händel
Variations for cello and piano in F major on a theme of Mozart
Variations for cello and piano in E-flat major on a theme of Mozart
Mozart:
Sonata for violin and piano in E-flat major, K. 388
Hindemith:
Sonata for viola and piano, Opus 11 Nr. 4
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No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). Season tickets on sale: AUGUST 8th. Single tickets on sale: SEPTEMBER 5th.
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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MUS 201B Adv Improv at The Loft
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 7:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program
Finlandia Op. 26 - Jean Sibelius
Faust Overture Op. 46 - Emilie Mayer
Pohjola's Daughter Op. 49 - Jean Sibelius
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MUS 272: Seminar in Live Computer Music
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Assistant Professor Natacha Diels’ MUS 272 will present a course concert.
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33A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)33A Introduction to Composition offers the students the chance for them to study how to compose for solo instruments. For many in this class, this is the first time to compose an original composition. The unusually large class shows the interests from the students, and we are grateful for all the performance faculty and graduate students who collaborate with the students during this quarter.
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Composers:
Emmitt T Carroll
Dylan Martinez Diaz
William Irving Fisher
Jacqueline Margaret Guy
Jillian Sofia Heller
Kaolyn Yin Hong
Evette Lagos
Adrian Jakob Barfoed Martinez
Kevin Efrain Martinez
James Robert Medwid
Daniel Mendoza
Ekaterina Vitalyevna Myshliaeva
Braden Charles Rigling
Diego G Rodriguez
Korey Merrick Ross
Khang Lam Tong
Arjan Hendricus Van Denzen
Marley Mikell Weiss
Katherine Anne Wilkes
Kin Yau James Wong
Yehan Yuan
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95W World Music Students
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Please dismiss the time above. The concert starts at 5 p.m.
Students of Kartik Seshadri in a performance of Indian Classical Music
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, December 6th, 2018 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Chamber Singers will perform excerpts from "Messiah" by Handel along with a short set of seasonal pieces.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 6th, 2018 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Wind Ensemble: Pantheon
Dodekatheon Sketches (2012), Evan Williams
Mythology Suite (2016), Stacy Garrop
Dionysiaques (1913), Florent Schmitt
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 7th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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Michèle Renoul, piano
Saturday, December 8th, 2018 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)After studying at the Lyon Conservatoire, Michèle Renoul integrated the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg where she obtained her undergraduate piano diploma and a teaching diploma. She completed her musical training with a masters in piano, Lied performance as well as orchestral and choral conducting. She also gained a virtuosity prize form the Geneva Conservatoire.
Program:
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Rameau: Les Sauvages
Fauré: Nocturne n°4
Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau
Chopin: Nocturne op.62 n°1
Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse
Intermission
Dusapin: Haïku
Messiaen: Les Sons impalpables du rêve
Stravinsky: Chez Petroushka
Debussy: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Debussy: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
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Michèle Renoul has worked with Pierre Sancan, Jacques Rouvier, Vitali Margulis and Laurent Cabasso. She taught in the Lied class at the Hochschule in Freiburg between 1990 and 1992, and since 1994 she teaches piano at the Strasbourg Conservatoire.
Michèle Renoul performs regularly in France and abroad, notably in the festival at Evian. she has also recorded for Radio Canada and Radio Suisse Romande.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 8th, 2018 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)The December concerts tease our sense of memory. We know Messiah very well, but few know that Mozart re-scored Handel’s Messiah for a much larger orchestra, making our performance an “often-heard rarity.”
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Co-concertmaster David Buckley is soloist in the Second Violin Concerto of Florence Price, a prolific African-American composer that made her long career in Chicago, where her music was championed by the Chicago Symphony in the 1930s. Our collective musical memory is intimately combined with African-American music. Let’s always remember that. And let’s remember that we are a nation of immigrants, as we celebrate with the stunning music of Chinese-American composer Qing Qing Wang in the 2018 Thomas Nee Commission.
FLORENCE PRICE Violin Concerto No. 2
QING QUNG WANG Between Clouds and Streams NEE COMMISSION
HANDEL (MOZART ARR.) Messiah
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 9th, 2018 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)The December concerts tease our sense of memory. We know Messiah very well, but few know that Mozart re-scored Handel’s Messiah for a much larger orchestra, making our performance an “often-heard rarity.”
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Co-concertmaster David Buckley is soloist in the Second Violin Concerto of Florence Price, a prolific African-American composer that made her long career in Chicago, where her music was championed by the Chicago Symphony in the 1930s. Our collective musical memory is intimately combined with African-American music. Let’s always remember that. And let’s remember that we are a nation of immigrants, as we celebrate with the stunning music of Chinese-American composer Qing Qing Wang in the 2018 Thomas Nee Commission.
FLORENCE PRICE Violin Concerto No. 2
QING QUNG WANG Between Clouds and Streams NEE COMMISSION
HANDEL (MOZART ARR.) Messiah
103A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Jonathan Nussman, baritone - Graduate Recital
Friday, January 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Pascal Dusapin, O Mensch!
Jonathan Nussman, voice
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Jonathan Nussman is a baritone whose varied interests include opera, theater, and chamber music, with a special emphasis on music from the 20th and 21st centuries. His strong musicality and thoughtful interpretations have made him a unique performer and contributor to the music scene on both the East and West Coasts. As a performer, he explores multi-disciplinary intersections of contemporary vocal practice, theater, new technologies, performance art, visual art, movement and dance, improvisation, and more traditional operatic and concert repertoire. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Jonathan began singing, acting, and composing at an early age. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and then received a masters degree in music from The Boston Conservatory. He lived in Boston for eight years, working as a freelance singer in the New England area and maintaining an active private teaching studio. During this time Jonathan performed with approximately twenty Boston-area opera companies and musical organizations, and appeared at music festivals in New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, North Carolina and Italy. He also made several appearances with the innovative company Guerilla Opera, including a devilish production of Andy Vores’ No Exit, in which he was described by The Boston Globe as bringing a “stentorian voice and implacable demeanor to [the role of] the Valet.” In 2014 Jonathan moved to the West Coast, where he is currently a doctoral candidate (ABD) in contemporary vocal performance at the University of California, San Diego. Recent major performances include George Crumb’s Songs, Drone and Refrains of Death, György Kurtág’s Hölderlin-Gesänge, and Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia with the La Jolla Symphony. As a recitalist, Mr. Nussman’s repertoire includes major song cycles and chamber pieces by such composers as Barber, Butterworth, Fauré, John Harbison, Kurtág, Aperghis, Rorem, Honegger, Brahms, Ibert, Britten, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, and Poulenc. On the operatic stage he has performed over forty roles, including thirteen world-premiere productions. Notable roles in his repertoire include Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bluff (The Impresario), Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Enrico (L’isola disabitata), Marcello (La Bohème), Angelotti (Tosca), Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), Don Inigo Gomez (L’Heure Espagnole), Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), John Brooke (Little Women), Sid (Albert Herring) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia).
View Google Map | Add to Google CalendarChristopher Clarino, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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1st Year Grad Composition Jury Concert
Thursday, January 17th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)First-year graduate students studying composition and performance will present their winter jury concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2019, in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
The evening will feature six world premiere performances:
Jacques Zafra - ðŸŽâ™Ÿ 🎰🎲 🗣💊💉🤞🻠🎈ðŸ»âš°ï¸
Sang Song - Windswept
Nasim Khorassani - Unknown
Stephen de Filippo - Two Muzzles and a Table of Bric-à-brac
Nathaniel Haering - Spate
Zachary Konick - As Light
Featured performers: David Aguila (trumpet), Teresa Diaz de Cossio (flutes), Juliana Gaona (oboe), Alexander Ishov (flutes), Michael Jones (percussion), Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion), Berk Schneider (trombone), and Ilana Waniuk (violin).
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1st Year Grad Jury Discussion Session
Friday, January 18th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Program information to be announced.
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ArtPower presents Ariel Quartet
Friday, January 18th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Distinguished by its virtuosic playing and impassioned interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has earned its glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel nearly 20 years ago, when its members were middle-school students, the quartet now serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.
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Widely considered to include some of Beethoven’s greatest compositions, this cycle consists of 16 quartets divided into three periods: early, when the composer was strongly influenced by Haydn and Mozart; middle, including three quartets that honored Russian Count Razumovsky; and late, a reflection of the final years of his life. This is the beginning of a four-year endeavor, with Ariel Quartet performing the complete Beethoven cycle, in honor of the composer’s 250th birthday in 2020.
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F Major, op.18, no. 1; Quartet in G Major, op. 18, no. 2; Quartet in F Minor, op. 95; Quartet in F Major, op. 135
Reed Family Concert - Renga
Saturday, January 26th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)A century ago the musical world was in the thrall of the future—the cacophony of Stravinsky’s Rite, the sinuous and erotic lines of Debussy’s Jeux, the astringency of the maturing Schoenberg, the teeming symphonies of Mahler and their keening aura of melancholy. What was a veritable typhoon of new-ness then now seems to us more like the pale flashes of heat lightning, to evoke Robert Penn Warren’s poem. Steven Schick and Renga – an ensemble of friends and colleagues from UC San Diego, the San Diego Symphony and beyond – celebrates a time when the future was young with new arrangements of seminal works by Debussy and Schoenberg along with Schoenberg’s own famous arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.
This performance is the annual Reed Family Concert presented by the UC San Diego Department of Music. Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick is the Reed Family Presidential Endowed Chair.
Program:
Claude Debussy - Jeux (arranged, Cliff Colnot)
Arnold Schoenberg - Phantasy for Violin (arranged, Tobin Chodos) 
Keir GoGwilt, violin 
Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (arranged, Schoenberg) Jessica Aszodi and John Russell, soloists
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Heat Lightning Music from When the Future was Young 

Heat Lightning Prowls the mountain horizon like 

Memory. I follow the soundless flicker, 

As ridge after ridge, as outline of peak after peak 

Is momentarily defined in the 

Pale wash, the rose-flush, of distance. 

--Robert Penn 
Warren
Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 27th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
Event Program (PDF)23RD ANNUAL LYTLE SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT
Jewish Music: from Bessarabia to Bowery to Broadway
Esa Einai (I Will Lift Up My Eyes)
arranged by Ben Steinberg
Sim Shalom (Grant Peace)
Bob Remstein, composer
Chasdei Hashem
Israel Alter, composer
Cantor Mark E. Childs, David Samuel Childs
Cecil Lytle, piano & Bertram Turetzky, contrabass
Liebeslied [Love’s Sorrow]
Liebestod [Love’s Joy]
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) composer
Transcribed for solo piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Cecil Lytle, solo piano
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano (1942)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), composer
Robert Zelickman, clarinet & Cecil Lytle, piano
Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha
Blah, Blah, Blah
George (1898-1937) & Ira (1896-1983) Gershwin
“Of Love and Lost”
Bertram Turetzky, contrabass
Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble
This program is dedicated to the congregation of the Tree of Life Synagogue and the people of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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THE LYTLE SCHOLARSHIP CONCERTS
Each year since 1996, audiences have attended these annual scholarship concerts to experience a targeted musical program for a targeted purpose on a targeted date, the Sunday before Super Bowl Sunday. Every Lytle Scholarship Concert features a particular composer or idea in programming repertoire.
The first year was a solo piano concert of music by the Hungarian composer/pianist, Franz Liszt. Soon there followed annual concerts dedicated to the music of Frederic Chopin, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miles Davis, Alexander Scriabin, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin. Other concerts not specific to a particular composer have centered around an “idea” or genre such as music based on mystical musings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Hymns, Tangos, Ragtime, Gospel tunes, Latin Jazz. Last year’s concert was unusual, featuring five great jazz pianists seated at five equally great concert grand pianos performing together in a circle. It is unlikely that you will ever hear or see a concert like that any time soon! We hope for the same today.
Now in its twenty-first year, Preuss School is a public college prep charter school (grades 6-12, 852 students) on the UCSD campus serving promising youngsters from low income, first-generation families. This award-winning secondary school has served as a model for excellence in urban education for other universities and the nation. Since graduating its first seniors in 2004, 1,600 Preuss School graduates have been accepted with full scholarships into the leading colleges and universities in the country. The proceeds from the annual Lytle Scholarship Concerts provides scholarships to Preuss grads attending UC San Diego.
Your support of these scholarship concerts is deeply appreciated by the many highly motivated and deserving youngsters who have benefitted from your generosity. They are our ultimate inspiration, and we hope you agree when, after Intermission, Mr. Scott Barton, Preuss School Principal, presents just a few of the highly motivated students attending Preuss School UCSD. Their success is our success!
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Monday, January 28th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
WEDS@7 Explorative, Explanitive, and Performative
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Exploring Collaboration: Anthony Burr, Roger Reynolds, Jacob Sundstrom
This evening, in the Conrad Prebys Music Center’s Experimental Theater, will feature an informal conversation between clarinetist Burr, computer musician, Sundstrom, and composer Reynolds. Each will describe their role in a two-year collaboration resulting in Toward Another World; LAMENT. It’s three movements: Innocence, Awakening, and Resolve, trace the emotional arc traveled by Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, as she grasps her fate. The relationship between Aeschylus’s text, extended techniques for the solo instrument, and the management of three algorithmic strategies for modifying and responding to the live musician’s performance will be discussed and illustrated before a culminating performance of the completed work. A Q and A with the audience closes the program.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
Program information to be announced.
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ArtPower presents Hermitage Piano Trio
Friday, February 1st, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Descending from the great Russian musical tradition, the Hermitage Piano Trio is distinguished by its exuberant musicality, interpretative range, and sumptuous sound. In the same way that St. Petersburg’s venerable Hermitage State Museum represents the very essence and history of Russia while also using its collection to embrace and promote cultures from around the world, the trio embodies the majesty of their Russian lineage.
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A rarity in the chamber music world, this elite trio comprises three musicians who are noted soloists in their own right. Together they have performed to tremendous acclaim for audiences on major chamber music series in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Tucson, Portland (OR), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), and New Orleans. They make their San Diego debut at ArtPower, presenting a program of Russian masterpieces. Program Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50; Sergey Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque in D Minor, op. 9
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Black February
Monday, February 4th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest, curated by Erik Carlson
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Winter Palimpsest ensemble featuring the works of Eva-Maria Houben, Catherine Lamb, Anthony Vine, and Pauline Oliveros.
Eva-Maria Houben: John Muir Trails 1 (in the fullness of time) (2008)
Catherine Lamb: line/shadow (2011)
Anthony Vine: Primaries and Secondaries (2019) *world premiere
Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation (1971)
The Palimpsest Ensemble:
Rachel Allen - Trumpet, Erik Carlson - Violin, Madison Greenstone - Clarinet, Matthew Kline - Double Bass, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones - Percussion, Michael Matsuno - Flutes, Alexandria Smith - Trumpet, Juliana Gaona Villamizar - Oboe, Ilana Waniuk - Violin
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Eva-Maria Houben (b. 1955) studied Music Education at Folkwang-Musikhochschule Essen and the organ with Gisbert Schneider. Following her exams she taught both German and Music Education at Secondary School. She received her doctorate and postdoctoral lecturing qualification in musicology and was called for lectures at Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg and Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf. Since 1993 Professor Houben has been lecturing at Dortmund University`s “Institut für Musik und Musikwissenschaft”, with both music theory and contemporary music as her focus. Up to now many books were published, concerning contemporary music, contemporary composers and traditional music, listened to with ‘new ears’. Eva-Maria Houben has been performing works for the organ for more than 30 years. As she is related to the “wandelweiser-group” of composers, her compositions are published by “edition wandelweiser”, Haan. Her list of compositions up to now includes works for the organ, piano, clarinet, trombone, violoncello and other solo instruments, works for voice and piano, for wind and chamber ensembles, for orchestra and for voice and orchestra, works for choir (www.wandelweiser.de). She publishes on subjects of contemporary music (Steiner, Stuttgart; PFAU, Saarbrücken; Edition Howeg, Zürich; bis-label, Oldenburg; Edition Wandelweiser, Haan; transcript, Bielefeld).
Catherine Lamb (b. 1982, Olympia, Wa, U.S.), is a composer exploring the interaction of elemental tonal material and the variations in presence between shades and beings in a room. She has been studying and composing music since a young age. In 2003 she turned away from the conservatory in an attempt to understand the structures and intonations within Hindustani Classical Music, later finding Mani Kaul in 2006 who was directly connected to Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and whose philosophical approach to sound became important to her. She studied (experimental) composition at the California Institute of the Arts (2004-2006) under James Tenney and Michael Pisaro, who were both integral influences. It was there also that she began her work into the area of Just Intonation, which became a clear way to investigate the interaction of tones and ever-fluctuating shades, where these interactions in and of them-selves became structural elements in her work. Since then she has written various ensemble pieces (at times with liminal electronic portions) and continues to go further into elemental territories, through various kinds of research, collaboration, and practice (herself as a violist). She received her MFA from the Milton Avery School of Fine Arts at Bard College in 2012 and is currently residing in Berlin, Germany.
Anthony Vine (b. 1988) is a composer and guitarist currently living in San Diego, California. His work is characterized by a pluralistic approach to tuning and harmony, exploring the intersections between spectral techniques, just-intonation, and other temperaments. These tones are cast in immersive forms, and projected by acoustic instruments and simple wave forms. The music attempts to engage a reflexive mode of listening, wherein one takes notice of their own perceptual faculties, and begins to perceive themselves listening.
He has collaborated with a number of ensembles and musicians, including Alarm Will Sound, Bearthoven, Bozzini Quartet, Ensemble Modelo62, Ensemble SurPlus, Minnesota Orchestra, Trio SurPlus, Will Lang, Yarn/Wire, and his exceptional colleagues at UCSD. These works have been presented at Copland House, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Musiikin Aika, Schloss Solitude, and Ultima Festival. His music has been recorded and released on Cantaloupe Music and Galtta Media.
In 2016, he was awarded the Gaudeamus Prize. The jury noted, "Anthony Vine creates a solid, mature, beautifully crafted fragile sound world. He knows how to blur the identity of the different sources of sounds including the use of electronics in a very singular way." Other awards and honors include the 2018 John J. Cali String Quartet Composition Award, 2015 Jerome Fund Commissioning Award, 2015 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award (2nd place), and NPR/Q2 Radio Top Composers under 40 (2011). Vine is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in music composition at the University of California, San Diego.
Pauline Oliveros is a senior figure in contemporary American music. Her career spans fifty years of boundary dissolving music making. In the '50s she was part of a circle of iconoclastic composers, artists, poets gathered together in San Francisco. Recently awarded the John Cage award for 2012 from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, Oliveros is Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Darius Milhaud Artist-in-Residence at Mills College. Oliveros has been as interested in finding new sounds as in finding new uses for old ones --her primary instrument is the accordion, an unexpected visitor perhaps to musical cutting edge, but one which she approaches in much the same way that a Zen musician might approach the Japanese shakuhachi. Pauline Oliveros' life as a composer, performer and humanitarian is about opening her own and others' sensibilities to the universe and facets of sounds. Since the 1960's she has influenced American music profoundly through her work with improvisation, meditation, electronic music, myth and ritual. Pauline Oliveros is the founder of "Deep Listening," which comes from her childhood fascination with sounds and from her works in concert music with composition, improvisation and electro-acoustics. Pauline Oliveros describes Deep Listening as a way of listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, of one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening is my life practice," she explains, simply. Oliveros is founder of Deep Listening Institute, formerly Pauline Oliveros Foundation, now the Center For Deep Listening at Rensselaer.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 9th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Katinka Kleijn–champion of new music and a member of the Chicago Symphony–is soloist in Philip Glass’ graceful Second Cello Concerto, drawn from his score to the film Noqoyqatsi. The concert concludes with one of Anton Bruckner’s most compact and attractive symphonies, dedicated to Wagner and full of Bruckner’s glorious writing for brass. Emerging composer LJ White adds to the fun with a new work commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus.
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LJ WHITE New Commission
PHILIP GLASS Cello Concerto No. 2
ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 10th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Katinka Kleijn–champion of new music and a member of the Chicago Symphony–is soloist in Philip Glass’ graceful Second Cello Concerto, drawn from his score to the film Noqoyqatsi. The concert concludes with one of Anton Bruckner’s most compact and attractive symphonies, dedicated to Wagner and full of Bruckner’s glorious writing for brass. Emerging composer LJ White adds to the fun with a new work commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus.
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LJ WHITE New Commission
PHILIP GLASS Cello Concerto No. 2
ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
Michiko Ogawa, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Monday, February 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Michiko Ogawa DMA #3: Music for Film
THE STIGMA FOG SAINT Wards Off Extinction by Angela Jennings
Music by James Rushford & Michiko Ogawa
Hand Catching Flour by Lyndsay Bloom
Music by Carolyn Chen
Performed by Michiko Ogawa
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Black February
Monday, February 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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WEDS@7 Michael Nicolas and Aleck Karis
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Pianist Aleck Karis performs with cellist Michael Nicholas
BACH: Gamba Sonata in G, BWV1027
BEETHOVEN: Sonata, opus 102 no 1
BRAHMS: Sonata for cello and piano in F majors, opus 99
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ALECK KARIS, PIANO
Aleck Karis has performed recitals, chamber music, and concertos across the Americas, Europe and in China. As the pianist of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae he has participated in over a hundred premieres and performed at major American and European festivals. His appearances with orchestra have ranged from concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to those of Stravinsky, Messiaen and Carter. His five solo discs on Bridge Records include Aleck Karis performs Schumann, Carter, Chopin; Aleck Karis: Mozart Recital; Stravinsky: Music for Piano 1911-1942; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes; and Karis Plays Webern, Wolpe & Feldman. His two discs on Romeo Records are Piano Music of Philip Glass and Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin. Last month, Bridge released his most recent disc, Feldman's haunting last work Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello. Karis has studied with William Daghlian, Artur Balsam and Beveridge Webster. He is a Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego, and former Associate Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities.
MICHAEL NICOLAS, CELLO
A “long-admired figure on the New York scene” (New Yorker), cellist Michael Nicolas enjoys a diverse career as chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and improvisor. His eclectic tastes and adventurous spirit have led him to forge a musical path of uncommon breadth, where his activities range from performing the masterpieces of the past in the world's most prestigious concert halls, to free improvisation in a downtown New York experimental venue with giants of the genre, to working with contemporary composers of all styles, pushing the boundaries of musical expression and meaning.
The ensembles Michael plays in illustrate his commitment to diversity. He is the cellist of the intrepid and genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which has drawn praise from classical, world music, and rock critics alike. As a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he has worked with countless composers from around the world, premiering and recording dozens of new works. Another group, Third Sound, which Michael helped found, made its debut with an historic residency at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival, in Cuba.
As a soloist, Michael performs recitals and concertos across the globe. His album Transitions, available on the Sono Luminus label, was named Q2 Music Album of the Week at WQXR upon release, and it has since garnered critical acclaim across North America. His chamber music playing can also be found on the Naxos, Tzadik, and Universal Korea labels.
Of mixed French-Canadian and Taiwanese heritage, Michael was born in Canada, and currently resides in New York City. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Thursday, February 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers: A tradition continues
Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764) Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No.1
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Terzettino (1905) for flute, viola and harp
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Four songs from Schwanengesang, D.957 (1828)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1876-79)
Performers:
Kyle Adam Blair (harpsichord and piano), Alexander Ishov (flute), Cecilia Kim (cello), Leslie Leytham (mezzo-soprano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Brendan Nguyen (piano), Päivikki Nykter (violin and viola), Tasha Smith Godinez (harp), Annabelle Terbetski (viola)
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In 1987, renowned virtuoso violinist János Négyesy established a series of Chamber Music concerts called the “Soirée for Music Lovers.” These programs were intended to be a musical counterpoint to the experimental music that characterized the music department at the University of California, where Professor Négyesy was a long-time faculty member. The quarterly concerts, featuring chamber music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, grew to be a popular and elegant part of the musical life of San Diego. The tradition continues this year on Wednesday, February 14th, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on UCSD campus. Päivikki Nykter, the late Professor Négyesy’s wife, musical partner and a featured performer in every previous Soirée, has taken up the mantle in presenting a program worthy of the Négyesy legacy.
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WEDS@7 Charles Curtis, cello
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Charles Curtis
performs
Éliane Radigue: Naldjorlak for solo cello (2005)
Alvin Lucier: Slices for cello and pre-recorded orchestra (2007-2012-2019)
Two long works for cello, made for, and with, Charles Curtis. Each to be played in its own room, and with its own cello.
Concert Hall, 7 p.m.: Radigue
In Naldjorlak, the cello is tuned to its own native resonance, the so-called "wolf tone." The performance sets forth a detailed and exhaustive investigation into the instrument's hidden resonances, following the body of the cello as both geography and musical form at once. In Salomé Voegelin's words (from The Political Possibility of Sound), Naldjorlak "performs the entanglement of composer, cello, cellist, bow and breath... the playing of the instrument activates a composition between the different resonating bodies of the space, the performer, the cello and the audience, working on an impossible yet aimed for unison."
For Radigue (born January 1932), legendary for her work with feedback, the ARP 2500 synthesizer and analog tape, Naldjorlak was the very first work for an acoustic instrument and a live performer. This collaboration led to a florescence of new works for soloists and ensembles, all created collaboratively without written score. In this collaborative model, the piece is considered non-transferable; it is not intended to be performed by anyone other than the individual for whom it was made.
Experimental Theater, 8:15 p.m.: Lucier
The range of the cello is presented as a 53-note chromatic cluster sustained by the traditional instruments of the European symphony orchestra. The soloist articulates a melodic sequence of the cluster, and with each successive note from the soloist, the corresponding orchestral instrument falls silent. In a new ordering, the reverse takes place: with each new melodic step, the orchestral instrument enters again, once again building up the arrayed cluster. This process of erasure and re-inscription is followed seven times in all.
Lucier (born May 1931) originally conceived Slices as a piece for cello with live orchestra, as it was premiered in 2007 at Ostrava. The impracticabilities of performance led to a version with pre-recorded instruments (recorded by Tom Erbe), looped and mounted in a supercollider patch (originally written by Scott Worthington); this was first performed at the Berlin MaerzMusik in 2012. Jacob Sundstrom has now re-written the patch to accommodate as many individual channels for the orchestral instruments as possible. This performance will be the first presentation of Slices with 32 loudspeakers.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Gary Tomlinson
Thursday, February 21st, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Distinguished Lecture Series guest, Dr. Gary Tomlinson, John Hay Whitney Professor of Music and Humanities at Yale University, presents "What Evolutionary Musicology Is, and What It Isn’t"
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ABSTRACT:
How humans came to be musical creatures is an age-old question, one that has been linked to modern evolutionary thinking since its inauguration in Darwin’s writings. Nevertheless, research into the evolutionary history of human musical capacities has burgeoned in the last two decades, enough to justify speaking of a subdiscipline of “evolutionary musicology.” What defines this field of study? What is its place in studies of human evolution? What can it hope to accomplish? What is its relation to conventional musicologies, to new trends such as posthumanism, and to central tenets of the humanities in general? Finally—of particular importance at this moment of burgeoning interest—what are the pitfalls evolutionary musicology must avoid, pitfalls all-too-evident in such initiatives as evolutionary psychology and “literary Darwinism”?
BIOGRAPHY:
Gary Tomlinson, by training a musicologist, has in recent years focused his attention on the musical and cultural evolution of Homo sapiens, leading to two books: A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity (2015) and Culture and the Course of Human Evolution (2018). His innovative view of this evolution models deep processual patterns in the interactions of culture and biology in hominins and other species, joining biologists' “niche construction” theory to the systematic analysis of Paleolithic cultures and an extended semiotics indebted to Charles Sanders Peirce. Tomlinson’s other writings include books on opera and subjectivity, Claudio Monteverdi and late-Renaissance thought, the role of music in Renaissance occult philosophy, and the place of song in the first meetings of Europeans with indigenous peoples of the New World; his essays explore many aspects of critical and post-critical theory in their musical applications. Tomlinson is John Hay Whitney Professor of Music and Humanities at Yale University, where he directs the Whitney Humanities Center.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
- David Lang: String of Pearls - James Beauton, marimba
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza I - Teresa Díaz de Cossio, flute
- Thomas DeLio: Transparent Wave - Christopher Clarino, snare drum
- Nicholas Solem: Phasegnau 0 - Nicholas Solem, electronics
- A performance by SElectOR
- George Benjamin: Flight - Alexander Ishov, flute
- A performance by Keir GoGwilt and Kyle Motl
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Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass - Graduate Recital
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER, BASS - DMA1
Giacinto Scelsi: Mantram
H. W. Henze: S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207
Aaron Cassidy: The Wreck of Former Boundaries
Juan Campoverde: Amores *world premiere, featuring James Beauton, percussion
Wilfrido Terrazas: pequeño vikingo **US premiere
Mark Dresser/Ed Harkins, arr. Schulmeister: House of Mirrors, featuring Alexandria Smith, trumpet
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KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER
Described as “…turning [the double bass] into a writhing white-hot crucible.”, Kathryn Schulmeister brings radiant energy and rigorous expression to her performance of musical repertoire ranging from classical to experimental. With a fearless curiosity for collaborative environments, Kathryn actively seeks opportunities to integrate improvisation, movement and theater into her musical performance. Kathryn’s charisma and boundless enthusiasm for pushing the boundaries of the artistic potential of her instrument have led her to thrive as an active performer in festivals and venues around the world.
As one of the newest members of the renowned ELISION ensemble (Australia), Kathryn will perform in Taiwan, Cambridge (MA), Buffalo (NY), and Melbourne in 2019. Other current engagements include performances with Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Dal Niente (Chicago), and Fonema Consort (Chicago). In May 2019, Kathryn will perform original compositions with her duo project a&k at John Zorn’s famed venue for experimental music, The Stone (NYC).
As a captivating soloist, Kathryn has brought exciting new works for the double bass to life in international festivals such as the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), the soundSCAPE festival (Italy), the Foro de Música Nueva (Mexico City), Festival Vertice (Mexico City), among others. In April 2018 Kathryn recorded composer Aaron Cassidy’s new work for solo double bass ‘The wreck of former boundaries’ which will be released in 2020. In March 2017, Kathryn performed a 6-city tour of Switzerland and Luxembourg with the Lucerne Festival Young Performance Ensemble, performing an experimental theater work incorporating dance, theater, and various styles of contemporary and classical music. Equally passionate and experienced as an orchestral musician, Kathryn served as a core member of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra for three consecutive seasons from 2014-2017, and has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, the California Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Lyric Opera, the Maui Chamber Orchestra, and Hawaii Opera Theater.
Kathryn is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance from the University of California, San Diego, studying with internationally renowned bassist/improviser/composer Mark Dresser. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and completed her Master of Music degree at McGill University in Montréal. Her primary teachers have included Todd Seeber (Boston Symphony Orchestra) and Ali Yazdanfar (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal). Since the start of her musical career, Kathryn has been recognized for her achievements on numerous occasions including winning a project grant from New Music USA and successfully receiving McGill’s Austrian Society Scholarship grant to pursue individual study of contemporary music in Vienna.
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Cross-Wired: Monday
Monday, February 25th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)https://rebeccalloydjones.org/about/Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Topic: Music for Voice & Percussion
Eva Barnes | Steven Schick | Roger Reynolds
2:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Abigail Fisher | Louis Pino
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Georges Aperghis: Le Corps à Corps
Nicole Joshi
David Lang: String of Pearls
James Beauton
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Black February
Monday, February 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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Cross-Wired: Tuesday
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Extending Techniques
Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
2:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Jordan Curcuruto | Daniel Matei
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Philippe Manoury - Le Livre de Clavier (Vibraphone)
Daniel Matei
Liza Lim - Ming qi (Bright Vessel)
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion and Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe
Larry Polansky - Veditz
Christopher Clarino
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Cross-Wired: Wednesday
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
7:00 p.m. Steven Schick Solo Concert
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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WEDS@7 Steven Schick, solo percussion
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick presents an evening of solo percussion pieces including Celeste Oram's 2018 work and the world premiere of Roger Reynolds' Here and There.
Celeste Oram: __ • • • __ __ • • __ __ • • ___ • • (2018)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus (1959)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)
Roger Reynolds: Here and There (2018) *world premiere
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Cross-Wired: Thursday
Thursday, February 28th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
2:00 p.m. Topic: Delivering on Text
Eva Barnes | Steven Schick | Roger Reynolds
4:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Christopher Adler: Zaum Box (Excerpts)
Jordan Curcuruto
James Rolfe: The Connection
Abigail Fisher
Dieter Schnebel: Der Springer
Katelyn King
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Cross-Wired: Friday
Friday, March 1st, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
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Featuring Cross-Wired faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Cross-Wired Master Class Presentation
Friday, March 1st, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Concert & Conversation
CROSS-WIRED ROUND-UP
including Roger Reynolds' Here and There
performed by Steven Schick
Featuring Cross-Wired faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Crossing Boundaries
Friday, March 1st, 2019 6:00 pm
CalIt2 Atkinson Hall
Free
An interdisciplinary performance featuring the work of students from UC San Diego’s Theater & Dance, Music and Visual Arts departments.
Alex Stephenson • Andrew Lynch • Ariadna Sáenz • Elisabet Curbelo • Felipe Rossi • Grace Grothaus • John Burnett • Joseph Hendel • Juliana Kleist-Méndez • Justin Beets • Kathryn Schulmeister• Kevin Allen Schwenkler • Kirstyn Hom • Lydia Winsor Brindamour • Marcos Duran • Paul Hauptmeier
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red fish blue fish: Xenakis' Persephassa
Friday, March 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)red fish blue fish
featuring: Aiyun Huang & Ivan Manzanilla
Persephassa (1969) is the first of Xenakis' innovative and ambitious works for percussion ensemble. The title refers to the goddess Persephone, "the personification of telluric forces and of transmutations of life." The piece was commissioned for the first-ever Shiraz Festival (organized by the Empress of Iran), held at the historic desert site of Persepolis -- an awesome and altogether fitting setting for such a powerful work.
Sergio Luque Dreaming about Tinguely’s Mechanical Structures
Nicole Lizee Hitchcock Etudes (2017)
Salvador Torre Pop Wuj I (2011)
David Bithell Windward (2018)
Iannis Xenakis Persephassa (1969)
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney | Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones | Steven Schick
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Persephassa gains much of its effect from having the six percussionists distributed around the audience. The treatment of space as a musical parameter is one of the most important preoccupations of Xenakis' music, particularly in his works of the mid-to-late 1960s. The dramatic impact of utilizing the performance space in this manner is evident many passages throughout the piece in which accents or imitative rhythms are passed around the ensemble. Xenakis' spatial scheme is particularly successful in helping to clarify the counterpoint of the middle section, in which each player marks a series of pulsations, and then patterns, in his or her own tempo. This passage culminates in clouds of metallic sounds, played on a set of exotic instruments called simantras. Xenakis also throws in sirens, maracas, and pebbles, along with the usual arsenal of drums, wood blocks, cymbals, and gongs. The final section of Persephassa is quite extraordinary. In it, Xenakis winds up a rotating series of percussion rolls, spinning the accents around faster and faster, then adds another rotating pattern that moves in the opposite direction. By the end, there are six layered patterns swirling around at dizzying speed, breaking off into silence just when it seems impossible to keep listening without falling out of one's seat. The final gesture is a long, improvised outburst by all the players on all the instruments; the sound no doubt echoed throughout the ancient site of the premiere long after the final stroke.
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Crossing Boundaries
Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 6:00 pm
CalIt2 Atkinson Hall
Free
An interdisciplinary performance featuring the work of students from UC San Diego’s Theater & Dance, Music and Visual Arts departments.
Alex Stephenson • Andrew Lynch • Ariadna Sáenz • Elisabet Curbelo • Felipe Rossi • Grace Grothaus • John Burnett • Joseph Hendel • Juliana Kleist-Méndez • Justin Beets • Kathryn Schulmeister• Kevin Allen Schwenkler • Kirstyn Hom • Lydia Winsor Brindamour • Marcos Duran • Paul Hauptmeier
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ArtPower presents Vijay Iyer and Matt Haimovitz
Thursday, March 7th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)Cellist Matt Haimovitz—an artist whose barrier-breaking performances have taken him around the world—joins forces with genius jazz composer-performer pianist Vijay Iyer in a program that truly defies definition.
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This special event showcases Iyer’s own composition alongside the music of Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, J. S. Bach, Ravi Shankar, Billy Strayhorn, and others to create a program of unprecedented virtuosity and depth. Duets are the centerpiece, but also expect solo performances by each of these mesmerizing players.
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Vijay Iyer Master Class
Friday, March 8th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
VIJAY IYER MASTER CLASS
Grammy-nominated composer-pianist VIJAY IYER (pronounced “VID-jay EYE-yer”) was described by Pitchfork as “one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today,” by the Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star,” and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an American treasure.” He has been voted DownBeat Magazine’s Artist of the Year three times – in 2016, 2015 and 2012 – and Artist of the Year in Jazz Times’ Critics’ Poll and Readers’ Poll for 2017. Iyer was named Downbeat’s 2014 Pianist of the Year, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist. In 2014 he began a permanent appointment as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts in the Department of Music at Harvard University.
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James Beauton, percussion - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 8th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
JAMES BEAUTON, PERCUSSION
Based in Southern California, James Beauton is a percussionist who specializes in experimental music from the last century. Beauton performs regularly as a soloist in Los Angeles for the Music@MiMoDa and Brilliant Strings concerts series, performing works of composers Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Philippe Manoury, Franco Donatoni, and Brian Ferneyhough. He has also performed in Monday Evening Concerts and the unSung Music Festival.
More information: jamesbeauton.com
- Michael Gordon - XY
- David Lang - String of Pearls
- Morton Feldman - King of Denmark
- G.N. Gianopoulos - Lullabies/Nocturnes *world premiere
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zyklus Nr. 9
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Beauton is a member of the ensemble Tala Rasa, a percussion trio dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new music. Tala Rasa has premiered works by composers G.N. Gianopoulos, Andrea Mazzariello, Wally Gunn, Michael Laurello, and Thomas Childs. James has also performed with ensembles such as red fish blue fish, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Nova Ensemble, and has been featured as a soloist with the ensembles Renga, the Contemporary Chamber Players, and the Michigan State University Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras.
Pursuing his passion for percussion pedagogy and music education, Beauton joined the teaching artist roster at the innovative Music Vault Academy in 2014. This dynamic and multifaceted music school, recording studio, and concert venue also hosts and produces the music series Concerts@theVault. As Artistic Director of this series, Beauton manages these events that provide live music to the community of South Orange County, often featuring artists from Los Angeles and San Diego.
Currently, James holds a faculty position at San Diego State University as a dance accompanist and works toward his Doctorate of Musical Arts at UC San Diego. He has earned degrees from SUNY Stony Brook (Master of Music) and Michigan State University (Bachelor of Music). James is a Vic Firth and Yamaha Performing Artist.
Bassist Mark Dresser leads BASS ENSEMBLES presenting new and innovative pieces for double bass performance. Featuring performances by bassists Matthew Kline, Kathryn Schulmeiester, Tommy Babin, Mark Dresser and Alexandria Smith on the trumpet.
BASS ENSEMBLES will premiere new works by UC San Diego graduate composers Zachary Konick, Nakul Tiruviluamala, Alexandria Smith, and Jacques Zafra.
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Undergrad Forum
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Performers: Leonardo Barba, Isabella Calabrese, Martin Chapman, Michael Cohn, Jennifer Colin, Owen Cruise, Alonso de la Pena, Joey di Liberto, Mason Davis, Savanna Dunaway, Lizze Fisher, Joseph Garcia, Gregor Grigorian, Remi Ha, Noah Hermansen, David Knoll, Siddhartha Krishnan, Matthew Leveque, Benjamin Mateyka, Junko Roberts, Eduardo Sanchez, Samuel Shing, Tino Tirado, Alice Williams, Julia Yu and Sherry Zheng
Program information to be announced.
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Voice Students, 32VM
Monday, March 11th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, instructed by Kirsten Ashley Wiest, presents a recital of art songs and arias, featuring German Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. Pianist Dr. Kyle Adam Blair joins singers Adrain Chan, Jennifer Colin, Joseph Garcia, Teagan Rutkowski, Julia Yu, Lizze Fisher, Daniel Zhao, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Cameron Haywood, Shane Ramil, and Myasia Fox.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section, and afro-latin percussion.
Program:
Aesthetic Lady - Lars Gullin
On the Que Tee - Freddie Hubbard
Mother I’m Here - Darren Korb
The Pineapple Incident - Braden Rigling
Eucalyptus - Gino Calgaro
Fly With the Wind - McCoy Tyner
After the Gig - Darryl Reeves
The Fall of Omar Little - Martin Chapman
Soon As I Get Home - Charlie Small
Were Almost Lovers - Zeju Zheng
Eclipse - Noah Hermansen
Godspeed - Frank Ocean
Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, presents their Winter performance in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Alberto Ginastera - Harp Concerto
Tasha Smith Godinez, soloist
Florence Price - Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
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Advanced Improvisation, MUS 131
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Ken Anderson, San Diego's leading proponent of gospel, directs UCSD's gospel choir in a concert of African-American spirituals, blues, and traditional songs.
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)“Vivaldi Night”
The annual UCSD Bach Ensemble Concert features works by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) performed by selected undergraduate students from the Chamber Ensemble class. Special guest appearances by Pei-Chun Tsai (violinist of the San Diego Symphony), Ilana Waniuk (violin, UCSD Graduate Student) and Cory Lin (alumnus). Please come and enjoy our exciting performance!
All Vivaldi Program includes
- “Spring” and “Winter” from The Four Seasons
- Concerto for two violins in A minor
- Concerto for two cellos in G minor
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Piano Studio Recital
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Elsa’s Procession To The Cathedral (1850) - Richard Wagner
from “Lohengrin” trans. Lucien Cailliet
Percussion Concerto (2009) - Jennifer Higdon
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion soloist
The Pines of Rome (1924) - Ottorino Respighi
I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese trans. Guy M. Duker
II. The Pines Near a Catacomb
III. The Pines of the Janiculum
IV. The Pines of the Appian Way
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MUS 206 Experimental Studies
Friday, March 15th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 15th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 16th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)After meeting Laurie San Martin, one this country’s most important ebullient composers, we’ll experience the lightness of a classical great—the seldom-heard 8th Symphony of Beethoven—and conclude with Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary and poignant Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish), with chorus, soprano soloist and narrator. The Bernstein piece, named for the Jewish prayer for the dead, was dedicated to the late President John F. Kennedy and premiered in the days after of his assassination in 1963. It is a reflection simultaneously on the loss of a president and the loss of a generation of European Jews. It is powerful music, but also hopeful.
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LAURIE SAN MARTIN nights bright days
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BERSTEIN Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 17th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)After meeting Laurie San Martin, one this country’s most important ebullient composers, we’ll experience the lightness of a classical great—the seldom-heard 8th Symphony of Beethoven—and conclude with Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary and poignant Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish), with chorus, soprano soloist and narrator. The Bernstein piece, named for the Jewish prayer for the dead, was dedicated to the late President John F. Kennedy and premiered in the days after of his assassination in 1963. It is a reflection simultaneously on the loss of a president and the loss of a generation of European Jews. It is powerful music, but also hopeful.
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LAURIE SAN MARTIN nights bright days
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BERSTEIN Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
Caroline Louise Miller, composer - Graduate Recital
Monday, March 18th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Biomes: A Musical Life-Form Tour
An evening of works inspired by surrealism, dreams, and biology.
Collaborators:
Kyle Motl, contrabass | Mari Kawamura, piano | Alexandria Smith, trumpet | Teresa Diaz de Cossio, bass flute | Ilana Waniuk, violin
Works:
Reductionism is a Dirty Word
Subsong
Hydra Nightingale
Jungles: Remix
Spelunking (*World Premiere)
Phobiaphages
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 1st, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
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Mahler composed his only surviving work of chamber music in 1876, at the age of 15; it was premiered three days after his 16th birthday at the Vienna Conservatory, by Mahler and fellow students. Dvorak's "Bagatelles" for two violins, cello and harmonium appeared in the same year. Both works, by Bohemian-born artists precariously entangled in bourgeois German and Austrian culture, capture the seething melancholy and alienation of the outsider artist.
In a symmetrical program framed by these two late-Romantic rarities, we explore the transition from Romanticism into its intensified form, Expressionism. Berg's "Four Pieces" for clarinet and piano, Webern's two early slow movements for cello and piano, as well as his "Three Little PIeces" for the same combination, show the nineteenth century teetering on the brink of the twentieth. Of special interest is Berg's own arrangement of the last of his "Altenberg-Lieder" for an ensemble of violin, cello, piano and harmonium, arranged as a gift for Alma Mahler-Gropius and her musical friends in 1917. These ravishing, inwardly-directed musical psychograms crystallize in sound the sense of a culture slipping toward chaos, "das Gleitende," as Hoffmansthal called it, using the musical metaphor of the glissando, or the portamento: the sliding, gliding, shifting uncertainty of the fin-de-siècle.
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in a minor (1876)
Alban Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 5 (1913)
Max Bruch: Pieces for Viola, Clarinet and Piano, Opus 83 (1910)
Alban Berg: Hier ist Friede from the Altenberg-Lieder, Opus 4 Nr. 5 (1913)
Anton Webern: Two PIeces for Cello and Piano (1898)
Anton Webern: Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Opus 11 (1914)
Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles for 2 Violins, Cello and Harmonium (1876)
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No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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Josh Levine Portrait Concert
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer and UC San Diego alumnus Josh Levine visits UC San Diego April 1st-3rd. His residency will culminate with performances of four works. We are delighted to have you join us this coming Wednesday, April 3rd at 5:00 p.m. in the Experimental Theater at the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Praeludium - Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Les yeux ouvert - Sean Dowgray, vibraphone
Sixty Cycles - T.J. Borden, cello
Four Places, Many More Times - Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd Jones, James Beauton, Sean Dowgray, percussion; Steven Schick, conductor
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WEDS@7 Black Lives Matter
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Black Lives in the Operas of Anthony Davis
The stories in my operas are drawn from the history of African Americans from the tragic consequences of the slave trade to the emergence of Black Nationalism and galvanizing figures like Malcolm X. In my operas, one can find heroic figures like Malcolm or Cinque, the leader of the Mende rebellion, Yoruba deities like the Trickster God and the Goddess of the Waters, or tragic victims of the American justice system, or misguided leaders of marginalized radical groups like the Symbionese Liberation Army. My operas address the issues of race and the collision of culture.
My first opera, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with a libretto by Thulani Davis follows Malcolm X’s odyssey and transformation from Malcolm Little, to Malcolm X and finally to El Hajj Malik el Shabazz. The three act structure of the opera corresponds to a change of name. In Act I, Malcolm becomes Detroit Red, the street hustler, who finds himself at the end of the act confronting his demons in prison. In Act II, a visit with his brother Reginald, introduces Malcolm to Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. In Act I he becomes Malcolm X and begins his ministry. In Act III Malcolm breaks with Elijah and makes his pilgrimage to Mecca and embraces Sunni Islam. His story was told in the opera as the classic journey of the tragic hero whose metamorphosis reflects the evolution of African American politics and identity. The rhythmic structures in the opera compel the drama reflecting Malcolm’s violent world. The music also reveals the parallel musical evolution of Jazz from Swing and the Jump Blues of the late 1940’s to the modal innovations John Coltrane and Miles Davis in the 60’s.
My opera Tania about the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst also explores a political topic with heiress turned revolutionary. Whereas X at root is a tragedy, Tania with a libretto by Michael John LaChiusa is a dark comedy reflecting an undeveloped revolutionary ethos signaling the end of the earlier period of radicalism. Much of the opera happens in a “closet world” where Patty becomes the revolutionary Tania and then after the death of her comrades becomes Patty again. The music employs parody to comic effect and musical repetition as a means to explore brainwashing in cults and conversion therapy.
The opera Amistad with a libretto by Thulani Davis tells the story of the mutiny and trial of Mende captives aboard the slave ship Amistad. The opera reveals the story of the Amistad as not only the pyrrhic victory of Mende captives who were never slaves but also as a transformative moment in the formation of American culture. This is represented in the opera in the parallel story of the arrival of the Trickster God in America. It is no accident that the anxiety about slave rebellions with Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and the Amistad helped account for the popularity of the minstrel show in “White” America beginning in the 1840’s. The opera explores this cultural phenomenon as the genesis of American culture, no longer European, forever entangled in race and representation. The Trickster’s arrival is balanced by the emergence of the Goddess of the Waters for whom the Middle Passage is a violation of body and spirit. The music of the opera ranges from an evocation of the sea to the playful improvisatory spirit of the Trickster, who plays with language and time.
The Central Park Five will premiere in June at Long Beach Opera. The opera with a libretto by Richard Wesley, examines the wrongful conviction of five teenaged boys in New York City for the rape and assault on the Central Park jogger. The case electrified New York City and the boys were vilified for their supposed actions. Donald Trump was particularly vocal in his accusations against the boys. He published letters in the New York newspapers calling for the death penalty beginning his ongoing campaign to promote racial division and acrimony. The opera explores the interrogation of the five teenagers that forced confessions and the racial anxiety in New York with the emergence of hip-hop and hip-hop culture.
I would like to thank Alan Johnson who has been a tireless advocate for my music and an indispensable proponent of new American opera. I would also like to thank the performers, Christine Jobson and Carl DuPont. I would also like to thank the institutions that have supported this project, the University of Miami, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
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Madison Greenstone, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Johannes Brahms: Sonata Op. 120 Nr. 2 in Eb Major for Clarinet and Piano, 1895
I. Allegro Amabile
II. Appassionato, Ma Non Troppo Allegro
III. Andante Con Moto - Allegro
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Helmut Lachenmann: Dal Niente (Interieur III), 1970
for a solo Clarinet-Player
Madison Greenstone: Corridors
for room-responsive mixer feedback
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Undergraduate Honors: Remi Ha, piano
Saturday, April 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program:
Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 - J .S. Bach
Piano Sonata in E Flat Maj or No. 18, Op. 31 - Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo- Allegro vivace
Ill. Menuetto- Moderato e grazioso
IV. Presto con fuoco
Estampes - Claude Debussy
I. Pagodes
II. La soiree dans Grenade
II. Jardins sous la plu ie
6 Encores - Luciano Berio
I. brin(1990)
II. leaf (1990)
Ill. wasserklavier(l965)
VI. feuerklavier (1989)
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BlueRail: A BINATIONAL IMPROVISATION RELAY AT UC San Diego - APRIL 7, 2-4pm (FREE)
San Diego, CA - March 19, 2019: BlueRail is a two-hour-long, multidisciplinary, international, site-specific and improvised performance, based on the relay format, with improvisers moving through the halls, patio, stairs and secret corners of the CPMC building. The event will take place on Sunday, April 7th, 2019, from 2 to 4pm, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. BlueRail is supported by the UC San Diego Department of Music’s Improvisers Initiative, a diverse faculty collective focused on improvisation in musical culture.
BlueRail invites improvisers to interact by moving between different ensembles positioned throughout the building chosen for the acoustical, interaction and social features. Like runners in a relay race, improvisers tag each other in and out of ensembles; the audiences move throughout the building to create their own concert experience as the ensembles grow and change. Improvisers will take over the place in two big “waves” of one hour each. The event features extraordinary artists from San Diego, and Baja California, including musicians, dancers, and visual artists.
Anthony Burr, Barbara Byers, Mónica Camacho, Lissa Corona, Teresa Díaz de Cossío, Pable Derodo, David DeFillipo, Francisco Eme, Juliana Goana, Sarah Hankins, Aftab Jassal, Haydeé Jiménez, Roshanak Kheshti, Peter Kuhn, Nick Lesley, Abraham Lizardo, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Sam Lopez, Edwin Montes, Kyle Motl, Stephanie Richards, Paul Roth, Esther Gámez Rubio, Juan David Rubio, Kevin Schwenkler, Nicole Shao, Mariliu Salinas, Peter Sloan, Alexandria Smith, José Solares, Frida de la Sota, Jasper Sussman, Armando de la Torre.
The event is free, open to the public, family friends and accessible. Food and drinks will be provided. The title BlueRail honors the dynamics of circulation that have shaped peoples' lives in the region. Like the trolleys that change direction at the border, BlueRail explores improvised ways of listening and sound that push and pull in many directions at once.
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SpringFest: SoundAmour
Sunday, April 7th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Courtyard
SpringFest 2019
Free
An afternoon of improvisatory performance continues with a showcase of collaborative, interdisciplinary work in CPMC’s courtyard.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Experiments in Entropy
Monday, April 8th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Experiments in Entropy features three diverse works which explore electronic, and electronically processed, sounds. The SElectOR ensemble performs electronic improvisations, featuring both synthesized and electroacoustic sounds. Anqi Liu’s work for modular synthesizer invites the listener to experience the spectral nuances and microcosmic spaces created by her live-patching of the instrument. Andres Gutiérrez’s work Auscultation explores the sonic qualities of different materials (such as metal and cardboard boxes) which are amplified and excited through contact microphones and speakers, and then projected spatially to create an immersive sonic experience.
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“Power of Photography for Humanityâ€
Monday, April 8th, 2019 6:00 pm
UC San Diego Atkinson Hall Aduitorium - Qualcomm Institute
Free
A philanthropist, idealist and humanist, Reza Deghati’s career began with studies in architecture. He has gone on to become a renowned photojournalist who, for the last three decades, has worked all over the world, most notably for National Geographic.
His assignments have taken him to over 100 countries as a witness to humanity’s conflicts and catastrophes, and has been celebrated internationally through media, a series of books, exhibitions and documentaries made for the National Geographic Channel.
Join the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities as we welcome Reza to campus as a visiting artist under the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. Reza will bring his unique voice and photography to students, faculty and the greater San Diego community, exploring “A Dream of Humanity.”
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SpringFest: Pic.co.lo!
Monday, April 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
A concert that explores registral limits and compositions that navigate them. UC San Diego graduate flutists will perform piccolo music by Kaija Saariaho, Hilda Paredes and Mario Lavista, along with premieres of chamber music by Jessie Downs, Nick Deyoe and Wilfrido Terrazas.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest Music at Balboa Park
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Planning for this event is in development. Performance information and times will be announced.
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SpringFest: ...Which Reminds Me…
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
This concert features a selection of interdisciplinary pieces that engage with theatricality, surreality, and ritual. There will be three brand new works, including the premiere of Josh Charney's music/drama Phaedra for piano, voice and playback, UC San Diego alum Yvette Jackson's new piece for fixed media, and Tobin Chodos' realization of Richard Nixon's Piano Concerto #1. The program will also feature UC San Diego graduate and musicologist Heidi Von Gundun's Whistle Music: A Sonic Exorcism, a work that explores ritual music surrounding various culture's exorcism ceremonies. Lastly, an ensemble will honor a friend of the music department, Ryoko Amadee Goguen, with a performance of her composition Pelican Fish Button.
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SpringFest: XX
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Event Program (PDF)XX presents its fourth concert featuring music created by women. Themes invoke multiple scales of time and space—from Celestial bodies light-years from Earth, to mysterious geological formations underground, to an aria for the queen of the crickets. On a human time-scale, experience a live acoustic soundscape of Tehran, Iran at 7am, and contemplate the flaws that may be integral to our identities. Video installations will be running at Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the week.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Blue Heron
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Matt Kline will perform works for Double Bass by Catherine Lamb, Eva-Maria Houben and Pauline Oliveros.
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SpringFest: red fish blue fish
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
red fish blue fish presents: Uchronian worlds
The word uchronia refers to a hypothetical or fictional time-period of our world, in contrast to altogether fictional lands or worlds.
Uchronian worlds is an exploration of sonic landscapes where the listener is transported to new constructed worlds. Exploring the relationships between time, space and temporal sonorites, this program will feature works from composers such as Sarah Hennies, Fritz Hauser and Josh Levine. Also being presented are world premieres from Lydia Winsor Brindamour and Aristea Mellos.
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SpringFest: Ghost Music
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Ghost Music (2007-2008) is an evening-length work for solo percussion by Hudson Valley-based composer and Bard College faculty member Matt Sargent. Scored for a humble array of resonant metals, the piece creates an organic and breathing space through the use of recursive materials and unfolding processes: a “sanctuary in a suitcase.”
Audience members are encouraged to bring cushions, blankets, mats or whatever will make them comfortable, since the space will be cleared of chairs. (Please note that folding chairs will be available for those who need them.)
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Songs, Texts, Canons
Thursday, April 11th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Songs, Texts, Canons: new works for solo voice and electronics
Baritone Jonathan Nussman presents a program of works for voice and computer, featuring the premiere of two new installments in his ongoing series, Canons for a Solo Singer. Also on the program is Nathan Hearing’s Medical Text p. 57 for voice and live electronics (2017). Collaborators include Alexandria Smith on flugelhorn, and a computer program written by John Burnett.
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SpringFest: Unbound from Space and Time
Thursday, April 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Unbound from Space and Time: Spatial Compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Spanning three decades of his oeuvre, an evening of spatial compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The concepts of each of Stockhausen’s works were perpetually expanded upon, which created a cohesive universe within itself. The earliest of the works on the program, YLEM, sonically imagines the Big Bang with a large ensemble of mixed acoustic and electronic instruments. Time and space musically are connected in Stockhausen’s world and in his seven day opera Licht, the thematic material transcends through time on cellular and celestial levels.
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The concert will begin in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall before moving outdoors.
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SpringFest: Vision de l'Amen
Friday, April 12th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Olivier Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen
Pianists Mari Kawamura and Sasha Burdin perform Visions de l’Amen, a majestic and mysterious work for two pianos that Messiaen wrote in 1943, shortly after having been released from a prisoner of war camp. The work was the first of his many collaborations with Yvonne Loriod, his future wife and his lifetime muse. They premiered the work that year in the Nazi-occupied Paris. This dramatic, almost 45 minute piece, seems influenced not only by Messiaen’s Catholic faith, but also his conflict with his growing forbidden passion toward Loriod, and longing for world peace.
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SpringFest: Tacos Varios
Friday, April 12th, 2019 6:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
SpringFest 2019
Free
Tacos Varios at The Loft at UC San Diego
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SpringFest: Tales from the Wasteland
Friday, April 12th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
On Friday, April 12th, parallel universes converge in the blackbox theater at UC San Diego's Department of Music. Digital ghosts banished from our reality return from the void, human-creature hybrids relate the grisly cost of adapting to climate change, an afrofuturistic spaceship takes flight, a musician meets his DJ doppelgänger, and more in this series of dark, humorous, and strange musical acts from the beyond.
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“A Dream of Humanityâ€
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 5:00 pm
UC San Diego University Art Gallery - Mandeville Center
Free
A philanthropist, idealist and humanist, Reza Deghati’s career began with studies in architecture. He has gone on to become a renowned photojournalist who, for the last three decades, has worked all over the world, most notably for National Geographic. His assignments have taken him to over 100 countries as a witness to humanity’s conflicts and catastrophes, and has been celebrated internationally through media, a series of books, exhibitions and documentaries made for the National Geographic Channel. Join the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities as we welcome Reza to campus as a visiting artist under the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. Reza will bring his unique voice and photography to students, faculty and the greater San Diego community, exploring “A Dream of Humanity.”
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Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano - Graduate Recital
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest presents her final recital at UC San Diego, featuring four works written for her unique voice by composers Gérard Pape, James Erber, Joseph Bishara, and Jeffrey Holmes.
Program:
Joseph Bishara – Black Sunday *world premiere
Gérard Pape – Being Beauteous
Kaija Saariaho – Luonnon kasvot and selections from Leino-laulut
James Erber – Phoenix
Jeffrey Holmes – Mara *world premiere
Performed with Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Award-winning coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest is firmly committed to the continuous evolution of classical vocal music. music. Her “bright, dazzling vocal technique” (San Diego Story) has captured the attention of composers worldwide, resulting in numerous world premiere performances including works by James Erber (UK), Veronika Krausas (CA/US), Rand Steiger (US), Tina Tallon (US), Jack Van Zandt (US), and Annie Hsieh (AU). among many others. Kirsten has sung as a soloist with the GRAMMY-winning Partch ensemble, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, YMF Debut Orchestra, MiraCosta Symphony, HEAR NOW Festival of New Music, the Industry, kallisti chamber opera, Musica Vitale, wild Up new music collective, UCLA John Cage Symposium, UCSD's Palimpsest, CalArts New Century Players Ensemble, and Chapman University’s New Music Ensemble, and has performed at venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, Copley Symphony Hall, Aratani Japan America Theater, Théâtre Le Palace, Autonomous University of Baja California, and the Moore Theater. She has given solo recitals on concert series' hosted by Harvey Mudd College, Chapman University, and Tuesdays @ MONK Space, was a featured soloist in the LA Philharmonic’s installation, Nimbus, and has recorded for several interactive operatic experiences and film scores. Kirsten has also performed with Bang on a Can All-Stars, Accordant Commons, San Diego Symphony percussion, red fish blue fish, San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the Metroplex Opera Company in Dallas, and the Texas 'Lone Star' Ambassadors of Music. Operatic roles include "La Princess" in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges (Perigueux, France), "Polly Peachum" in Weill's Threepenny Opera (San Diego CA), and "Mabel" in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance (Fort Worth, TX). Collaborations-in-progress include works by Lei Liang (CN/US), Katharina Rosenberger (CH/US), Joseph Bishara (US), Gerard Pape (FR), and Jeffrey Holmes (US), premiering soon! A DMA candidate at UCSD under the guidance of GRAMMY award-winning soprano Susan Narucki, Kirsten holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BM cum laude from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music.
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CEMEC (California Electronic Music Exchange Concert)
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Event Program (PDF)The California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts (CEMEC) form a series of events designed to strengthen the connections between the various California educational institutions that maintain computer and electronic music programs. These events are run and curated by the graduate students and faculty of each participating institution.
The 2019 series of California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts will be held at the campuses of UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Mills, CCRMA/Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, and CalArts.
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SpringFest: Songs from Patmos
Sunday, April 14th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Songs from Patmos: Music for the End of the World
In a cave, on a rock, off the coast of second century Anatolia, John saw a vision of the end of days and penned his Apokalypsis. While this text sat for centuries on the fringes of the Christian canon, today many of its vivid images have entered the western popular consciousness through songs, visual art, and literature of various kinds. From the great pit of scorpion-tailed locusts, to the Beast and his pals running amok across the face of the Earth, Songs from Patmos, sets excerpts from Revelation as a series of chaotic vignettes, which explore the book’s dense layers of references, as well as its possible relevance to our modern world, and the human experience at large.
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Springfest joins forces with San Diego-based performing artists for an evening of music, dance, theater and socializing. Ongoing performances will occur throughout Space 4 Art’s live/work and gallery spaces, as well as on the property outdoors, while interdisciplinary, collaborative pieces are presented in the SandBox Venue next door.
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki, soprano
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)"..grander far the unseen soul"
Music by Nadia Boulanger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Viktor Ullmann, Ingrid Stölzel, Christopher Cerrone, Nina C. Young, Aaron Helgeson and Charles Ives.
Are songs a distillation of life's experience, for those who compose them and those who perform them? In their latest recital program, longtime collaborative partners soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman explore works of a distinct group of composers drawn from different generations and diverse personal histories, in songs with a wide range of musical expression from the folk-like and minimal to lush echoes of late Romanticism and multilayered textures of the modern.
Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Nadia Boulanger: Au bord de la route (1922), Chanson (1922), Cantique (1909), J'ai frappé (1922)
Nadia Boulanger: Vers la vie nouvelle (1918), for piano solo
Ruth Crawford Seeger: From Five Songs (1929), Home thoughts, White Moon, Sunsets
Viktor Ullmann: Three Hölderlin Lieder (1943), Sonnenuntergang, Der Frühling, Abendphantasie
Ingrid Stölzel: Grand is the Seen (2014)
Christopher Cerrone: That Night with the Green Sky (2013)
Nina C. Young: Swan Song (2018)
Aaron Helgeson: Through glimpses of unknowing (2012), for piano solo
Charles Ives: From 114 Songs - Ann Street, At Sea, The Greatest Man, West London, Down East
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Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was best known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential pedagogues and taught a number of celebrated composers and musicians. She was also an active composer, though her works are infrequently performed; the songs and piano solo on the program date primarily from 1918-1922 and are notable for their concise, clear form and direct - in some cases - brutal, emotional expression.
Three of American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger's evocative settings of poems of Carl Sandburg, dating from 1929, are included as well. Crawford Seeger's compositional language is rooted firmly in the modern, yet she creates a delicate, variegated sound world that lifts and envelops Sandburg's candid imagery.
The Three Hölderlin Songs (1943) of Viktor Ullmann were written during the composer's internment at Terezin. The poems speak to the possibility of transcendence through our relationship to the natural world; these little known masterworks of the song genre are luminous and achingly beautiful.
The second half opens with music from a younger generation of composers: Ingrid Stölzel, Christopher Cerrone and Nina C. Young. Stölzel's Grand is the Seen captures Whitman's resplendent text, with a deft use of instrumental color and sweeping vocal lines. Cerrone's The Night with the Green Sky builds an atmosphere of almost suffocating fragility through the simplest of means. And in Swan Song, Nina C. Young creates a fusion of word and sound in which time seems suspended. Aaron Helgeson's piano solo, Through glimpses of unknowing explores the knife edge between sound and silence, with writing of delicacy and restraint.
The program concludes with songs by Charles Ives. Narucki and Berman have collaborated on music of Ives for decades, as their critically acclaimed recording The Light that is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives (New World) attests. The songs presented on this program include vignettes of an America that is long past, with a notable exception: West London. "ill, moody and tongue tied" is the description that Matthew Arnold applies to the homeless woman with her child, who seek help from the few to whom they are visible. Ives' song, nearly one hundred years old, illuminates what still surrounds us.
Are songs a distillation of life's experience, for those who compose them and those who perform them? ..."grander far the unseen soul" is full of music of great audacity, if we consider the audacity it takes to be immersed in the intimate.
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Undergraduate Honors: Yixuan Shao, composition
Thursday, April 18th, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)摩 挲 (2018-2019)
a six-channel sound and two-channel projection installation designed in SuperCollider
摩 挲: a skin piece (2019)
a percussion trio
Performed by: Performed by: Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Michael Jones, & Matthew LeVeque
Videography by: Nasim Biglari
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Sammi Jo Stone, composition - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 19th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Cantata: St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness for baritone and soprano soloists, ensemble, and chorus.
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Gerard Assayag with Guest Musicians
Monday, April 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Symbolic Interaction with Creative Agents:
In this concert, great musicians will interact freely with different artificial systems in a spontaneous and jubilant way and try to build individually and collectively a flavor of this symbolic interaction.
Performers:
Wilfrido Terrazas (Flutes)
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion)
Robert Keller (Trumpet, Impro-Visor system)
Shlomo Dubnov (piano, pyOracle, VMO)
Gérard Assayag (OMax, SoMax, Dyci2)
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Guest Speaker: Gerard Assayag
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Gerard Assayag
IRCAM, Paris
Improvisation can be seen as a major driving force in human interactions, strategic in every aspect of communication and action. In its highest form, improvisation is a mixture of structured, planned, directed action, and of hardly predictable local decisions and deviations optimizing adaption to the context, expressing in a unique way the creative self, and stimulating the coordination and cooperation between agents. An invaluable observation deck for understanding, modeling and promoting co-creativity in a context of distributed intelligence, Improvisation is an indispensable ability that any cyber-human system should indeed cope with in an expert way. Improvisation is instantiated in its most refined form in music, where the strongest constraints govern the elaboration of highly complex multi-dimensional, multi-scale, multi-agent actions in a cooperative and timely fashion so as to achieve creative social and cultural cooperation.
Setting up powerful and realistic human-machine environments for improvisation necessitates to go beyond the mere software engineering of creative agents with audio-signal listening and generating capabilities, such as what has been mostly done until now. Gerard Assayag has coined the term symbolic interaction in order to account for a richer and more versatile musical dialog between machines and humans, spanning over several levels of information from acoustic signals to the higher symbolic integration scales that are familiar to trained musicians. In order to foster realistic and artistically interesting behaviours in creative software agents, and to communicate with these in a productive way, we bring into synergy a combination of technical means: machine listening — extracting high level features from the musician signals and turning them into significant symbolic units ; machine cognition — discovering and assimilating on the fly structural schemes and learning powerful representations ; style modelling— elaborating consistent model of style an activating generative processes ; symbolic music representation — linking to formalized representations underpinning organized musical thinking s;a. analysis and composition. All these means cooperate — or compete — in order to elaborate multi-dimensional and multi-scale memory models, underlying processes of discovery, understanding, adaptation, reactivity, decision, planning, generation and contributing to the emergence of creative musical agents acting individually or in social interaction with other agents.
Improvised creative interactions between humans and machines can thus be studied from different perspectives (social sciences, AI, signal processing, control theory, robotics) and modalities in order to highlight the conditions under which these interactions can emerge, their temporal adaptation dynamics, their logical strategies, and to exploit their creative potential. We have proposed the expression co-creativity between human and artificial agents in order to emphasize the fact that creativity in this case is an emerging phenomenon resulting from complex interactions and complex crossed feed-backs between actors, and cannot be reduced to one or the other agent’s production in isolation, whether the latter be human or artificial.
This neutralizes the endless philosophical question of whether artificial entities can be qualified as “creative” or not, and shifts the research interest to the exploration of how to build the best possible technical tools in order to allow co-creative interaction to occur.
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Bio
Gerard Assayag has headed the IRCAM research lab (STMS : Science and Technology of Music and Sound) for six years with more than a hundred people in his jurisdiction. He is currently head of the Ircam Music Representation Team, a research group he has created in 1992.
His research interests are centered on music representation issues, including domain specific programming languages, artificial intelligence, computational modeling of music structures,
computer-assisted composition and performance. He has developed with his collaborators OpenMusic and OMax, two powerful music research environments which have gained international appraisal and are used in many places around the world for computer assisted composition, analysis and human-machien improvised interaction. Assayag’s current work covers creative dynamics of improvised interaction between (natural and artificial) creative agents using computational creativity models and reactive time architectures, and leads national and international collaborative projects aiming at delivering these new creative tools for musicians.
Gerard Assayag is founding member of AFIM (French Society for Computer Music) and SMCM (Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music) and he serves in the boards of Journal of Mathematics and Music (which he co-founded) and Journal of New Music Research. He is co-founder of the Sound and Music Computing conference which has become a major international computer music conference,and of the Improtech workshop and music festival series,held in Paris,New York, Philadelphia and Athens, dedicated to improvisation and thecnology, which gathers the world’s best improvisers working with intelligent systems. Gérard Assayag has published several books on musical machine intelligence, such as «Mathematic and Music » (Springer-Verlag 1999), «The OM Composer’s Book I, II & III» (Delatour 2008-2016), «New Computational Paradigms for Computer Music » (Delatour 2009), «Constraint Programming in Music » (Wiley 2012)and « Mathemusical Conversations » (World Scientific 2016).
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest, curated by Steven Schick
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
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Event Program (PDF)Steven Schick leads the Palimpsest Ensemble with Hans Abrahamsen's Schnee (2008) and a premiere work by PhD candidate in composition, Felipe Rossi.
The Palimpest Ensemble includes: Christopher Clarino, percussion, Juliana Gaona-Villamizar, oboe & English horn, Madison Greenstone, clarinets, Alexander Ishov, flutes, Mari Kawamura, piano, Ilana Waniuk, violin, and Ashley Zhang, piano.
Conducted by Steven Schick
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Hans Abrahamsen - Schnee (2008)
10 Canons for 9 instruments:
Canon 1a. Ruhig aber beweglich (three strings and piano)
Canon 1b. Fast immer zart und stille (tutti)
Canon 2a. Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bisschen melancholish (three woodwinds and piano)
Intermezzo 1. (three strings, three woodwinds)
Canon 2b. Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bisschen melancholish (tutti)
Canon 3a. Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi") (three strings, three woodwinds)
Canon 3b. Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi") (two pianos and percussion)
Intermezzo 2. (three strings)
Canon 4a (minore) (Hommage à WAM). Stürmich, unruhig und nervös (tutti)
Canon 4b (maggiore). Sehr stürmich, unruhig und nervös (tutti)
Intermezzo 3. (cello, piccolo, clarinetto)
Canon 5a (rectus). Einfach und kindlich (violin, viola, two pianos, piccolo, clarinetto)
Canon 5b (inversus). Einf
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Hans Abrahamsen describes visualizing “pictures of music…basically, music is already there” within a given concept or narrative. This might explain his fascination with children’s fairytales (with their oft-pictorial language), such as Hans Christian Andersen’s classic “The Snow Queen”, which was Schnee’s partial inspiration. The score provides detailed guidelines to the musicians in the service of wintery images such as “like an icy whisper, but with a pulsation,” or “tender and still,” as well as fantastic, unspoken exclamations to accompany rhythmic motives such as “children hope there will be snow!” and “this is winternacht!”
During an eight-year-long period of self-described writer’s block in the 1990s, long before the beginning of Schnee’s realization in 2006, Abrahamsen spent time arranging the work of others. In his note to accompany the piece, he describes this experience:
“In the beginning of the 90s, I arranged some of J.S. Bach’s canons for ensemble – in total seven single standing works from his entire life span. I became totally absorbed into this music and arranged them with the intention of the music being repeated many, many times, as a kind of minimal music. Obviously, I didn’t know which durations Bach had in mind, but by listening to his canons in this way, a profound new moving world of circular time was opened to me. Depending on the perspective on these canons, the music and its time can stand still or move either backwards or forwards. In my own work, an ongoing idea has persisted, of at some point writing a work consisting of a number of canonical movements that would explore this universe of time.
In Schnee, a few simple and fundamental musical questions are explored. What is a Vorsatz [antecedent phrase]? And what is a Nachsatz [consequent phrase]? Can a phrase be answering? Or questioning?
The guideline or rule for the canons is very simple: We start out with an answering Vorsatz, followed by a questioning Nachsatz. Throughout the time of the piece, these two are intertwined more and more, as more and more dicht geführt [tightly composed] canons, until, at the end, they are interchanged. Now the question and then the answer. The two canons are identical like a painting in two versions, but with different colors. And where the first one does not include the space, the second one does, as well as containing more canonical traces.”
—Hans Abrahamsen
Hans Abrahamsen studied theory at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was one of his mentors. Spurred by the example of his teacher, Abrahamsen’s music initially channeled the ideas of the New Simplicity movement, which was conceived as a reaction to the complex serialism championed as the pinnacle of modernism by the Darmstadt School in central Europe. His style evolved over the course of the ’70s and ’80s, spurred first by a fascination with minimalists Terry Riley and Steve Reich and, later, under the tutelage of Györgi Ligeti. The composer describes his own body of work “as one long music,” connected musically and thematically, by which token themes based on the intersection of winter and fantasy can be found in several of his compositions in addition to Schnee. These examples range from his recently Grawemeyer Award-winning, orchestral song cycle let me tell you (2013), which sets a snowy passage from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to far earlier Winternacht (1978) and Märchenbilder[Fairytale Pictures] (1984). Abrahamsen is currently working on an opera based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”.
—Josh Davidoff
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Lizze Fisher & Julia Yu, sopranos
Friday, April 26th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate sopranos Lizze Fisher and Julia Yu will be joined by pianist Dr. Kyle Adam Blair for a recital showcasing a handful of beautiful solo and duet soprano repertoire. Duet pieces include works by Gioacchino Rossini, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Léo Delibes. Join us on Friday, April 26th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Recital Hall and journey through some major classical arias and art songs.
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ArtPower presents St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, April 26th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program (PDF)The award-winning St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has spent nearly three decades at the top of the chamber music world. Based at Stanford University, the ensemble is renowned for the intensity of its performances, its breadth of repertoire, and its commitment to concert experiences that are at once intellectually exciting and emotionally alive. A frequent visitor to ArtPower, SLSQ is this time joined by acclaimed pianist and composer Stephen Prutsman. Described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time, Prutsman was a medalist at both the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition and the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition.
- Robert Schumann: Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44;
- Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, op. 55 no. 2 “The Razor”
- Stephen Prutsman: Color Preludes for Piano and Strings
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Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 27th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)“World renowned sitar virtuoso Pandit Kartik Seshadri presents an enchanting evening of Ragas and Talas in the Maihar tradition of Indian Classical Music. He will be accompanied by Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay on the tabla. ”
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Indian classical music known as Raga Sangeeth, is an improvised art form based on the concepts of Raga and Tala. The historical origins of this spiritual musical tradition date back to the sacred Hindu scriptures known as Veda(s), which were the early precursors to the system of music that developed gradually. Raga(s) are the tonal idiom for improvisation and these precise melodic forms while essentially modal in structure, acquire their distinct musical
identities from a complex range of factors: the Indian tonal system of perceiving the octave as 22 microtonal divisions (Sruti); the subtle nuances, inflections, and ornamentations associated with each Raga; and the particular emphasis of certain notes (Vadi, Samavadi) within the specific ascending and descending (Arohana and Avarohana) movement of each
Raga. While all Raga(s) are specific to the time of the day (morning, evening or night) some Raga(s) are performed only during certain seasons, festivals or special occasions. The melodic and rhythmic aspect of our tradition is completely consistent with our aesthetic and philosophical idea that each Raga expresses a single dominant mood (Rasa). The nine
Rasa(s) associated with our music are: Shringara (sensuous or erotic), Hasya (humorous), Karuna (pathos), Rudra (anger), Veera ( heroic), Bhayanaka (fearful), Vibhatsa (disgust), Adbhuta (wonderment) and Shanta (tranquility).
The second aspect of improvisation in Indian classical music pertains to the concept of rhythm known as Tala. A Tala is conceptualized in cycles of beats ranging anywhere from a three beat cycle to a 108 beat cycle. There are other complex cycles in fractional beats such as 41⁄2, 61⁄2, 111⁄2 to mention a few, that make for complicated improvisations. An accomplished musician of Indian classical music has to develop complete mastery and facility over both Raga and Tala to acquire the total freedom of improvisation within the complex constraints that Raga and Tala impose on the performer. Indian classical music is predominantly steeped in melody and rhythm as opposed to the ideas of contrast manifested in harmony, counterpoint and modulation which shape traditions such as European art music or Jazz. The challenge of our music lies in the musician’s ability to shape and develop an entire musical edifice of a Raga and to express its fullest depth and excitement. This is acquired through many years of Talim (training) with a master musician (Guru).
A typical performance of instrumental Indian classical music begins with Alap, Jor and Jhala rendered on the solo instrument such as Sitar, Sarod, etc. While the Alap is a slow, spiritual, non- metric rendition of the Raga, the following sections Jor and Jhala are somewhat free and bound to a more defined pulse. The Gat (theme) follows the previous sections and it is in this section that the concept of Tala is introduced and the accompanying percussion instrument (such as Tabla or Pakhawaj) joins the main instrument.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 29th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Mozart - Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Beethoven - String Quartet in G major, Opus 18 No. 2
Mozart - Quintet for clarinet and strings in A major, K. 581
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Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)~Unit BWV Series: Take 2~
J. S. Bach – The Musical Offering (BWV 1079)
Composed near the end of his life, The Musical Offering is a collection of 2 ricercars, 10 canons, fugues, and trio sonata, by J.S. Bach, all based on a musical theme given by Frederick II of Prussia. It is one of the composer’s most complex, abstract and beautiful works. We will present the complete set of this masterpiece.
Guest artists from the San Diego Symphony: Rose Lombardo (flute), Nicole Sauder (violin), Zou Yu (violin) and Chia-Ling Chien (cello)
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Nina Sun Eidsheim
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The Race of Sound: The Acousmatic Question as Voice-Making 
Nina Sun Eidsheim
University of California, Los Angeles
The foundational question raised in listening to a human voice is: Who is this? Who is speaking? This is an acousmatic question that asks what type of essence is sounding. In this presentation, I assert that we ask the acousmatic question because it is not actually possible to know voice, vocal identity, and meaning as such; we can only know them in their multidimensional processes, practices, and multiplicities. My goal with this talk is to provide tools that help denaturalize the acousmatic listening process and the voices it names. For example, how timbre performed by one person is understood as essence (e.g., a so-called white timbre performed by someone understood as white) while the same timbre performed by another person is understood as an imitation (e.g., a so-called white timbre performed by someone understood as African American). This framework helps explain how singing, while generally mistaken for essence, is always made up of entrainment, style, and technique—concepts I will discuss in detail. Thus, drawing from musicology, ethnomusicology, African American-, race-, sound- and voice studies, I provide a framework that can help us critically examine how race is “measured” through sound, and how the authenticity of race and racial subjectivities is often located in vocal timbre. More broadly, I hope this work can contribute to a knowledge of the ways in which comprehending voice remains central to understanding human experience.
Nina Eidsheim (Professor of Musicology; Director of Graduate Studies; Dean's Associate for Faculty and Graduate Student Development; UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music), Sensing Sound: Singing and Listening as Vibrational Practice (Duke UP, 2015) and The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music (Duke UP, 2019); co-editing Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies (forthcoming, June 2019); Co-editor (with Josh Kun and Ronald Radano) of the Refiguring American Music book series for Duke University Press; recipient of the Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Cornell University Society of the Humanities Fellowship, the UC President’s Faculty Research Fellowship and the ACLS Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship. She received her bachelor of music from the Agder Conservatory (Norway); MFA in vocal performance from the California Institute of the Arts; and Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, San Diego.
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Jasper Sussman - Graduate Recital
Saturday, May 4th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Jasper Sussman is a music researcher, voice artist, collaborative composer, and educator pursuing her Ph.D. in Integrative Studies at the University of California San Diego where she studies the in- and exclusionary aspects of vocal performance and practice. Her first dissertation recital features 20th and 21st-century music with vocal styles ranging from Italian verismo to American Appalachian. Her fondly selected program delightfully showcases the diversity of the human instrument.
Featuring: Christopher Clarino, percussion, Mari Kawamura, piano, Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
PROGRAM
Georges Aperghis (b. 1945) | Pub 1 (2002), Pub 2 (2002)
Tansy Davies (b. 1973)
Troubairitz: 1. What I Write Now, 2. Secret Wishes, 3. Since I Refused,
4. Beloved Friend, 5. Now He Is Gone, 6. Winter, 7. I Walk Alone (2010)
featuring Christopher Clarino, percussion
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) | Violon: Fiançailles Pour Rire (1939)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) | Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) | Un bel di, vedremo (1904)
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Shawn Jaeger (b. 1985) | In Old Virginny (2007)
featuring Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 4th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)Looking to the Future
Steven Schick, conductor
Julia Wolfe Fuel (with film by Bill Morrison)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Anne Liu, piano, 2017 Young Artists Winner (pictured)
Steven Schick leads a sharply varied program. Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music with film, and we hear her Fuel, with a film by Bill Morrison. Young Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Saint-Saens’ witty Second Piano Concerto, which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” The concert concludes with Sibelius’ mighty Fifth Symphony, which drives to its triumphant conclusion on six shattering chords for full orchestra.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 5th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)Looking to the Future
Steven Schick, conductor
Julia Wolfe Fuel (with film by Bill Morrison)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Anne Liu, piano, 2017 Young Artists Winner (pictured)
Steven Schick leads a sharply varied program. Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music with film, and we hear her Fuel, with a film by Bill Morrison. Young Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Saint-Saens’ witty Second Piano Concerto, which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” The concert concludes with Sibelius’ mighty Fifth Symphony, which drives to its triumphant conclusion on six shattering chords for full orchestra.
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Michael Matsuno, flute - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Flutist Michael Matsuno presents his final DMA recital, entitled: “Twelve Partials”
Premieres by: Lydia Winsor Brindamour and Anthony Vine
Works by: Matthew Chamberlain, Ben Johnston, Brian Ferneyhough
With: Kyle Adam Blair, piano and Ilana Waniuk, violin
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ABOUT MICHAEL:
Michael Matsuno is a flutist and educator based in San Diego. His creative practice aims to extend the timbral range of the instrument through new techniques applied in both scored music and new collaborations. He has worked closely with composers like Jürg Frey, Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, Matthew Chamberlain, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Katharina Rosenberger, and Brian Griffeath-Loeb. Michael performs frequently with the UCSD Palimpsest and Renga ensembles, and has guest performed on the June in Buffalo festival, San Diego’s SoundON Festival and LA’s Monday Evening Concerts, WasteLAnd, and Jacaranda New Music.
More about Michael: http://www.michaelmatsuno.com/
WEDS@7: kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
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kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo
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kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Friday, May 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)
Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
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kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo.
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(pãpl?'musjee z) (singular: pamplemousse) 1. n. an oblate spheroid 2. v. the act of dissecting and conceiving acoustic blueprints 3. adj. juicy and sweet and tender and tart 4. v. aggregating sonic possibilities into shapes of resonance, clusters of glitch, skitters of hyper action, and masses of absurdity 5. q. whodipousse?
" The absurd dances with the sublime, and playfulness collides with rigor. " ~Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
Composer/performer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse was founded in 2003 to provide a focal point for like-minded creators with a thirst for sonic exploration. The ensemble is a close-knit group of divergent artistic personalities, emergent from training in disparate musical fields. Their collective love for the exquisite in all sonic realms leads the ensemble to persistently discover new vistas of sound at the frayed edges of dissective instrumental performance technique. Compositions aggregate each member's unique virtuosic talents into extraordinary magical moments. In the flexible moments of performance, the ensemble weaves together shapes of resonance, clusters of glitch, skitters of hyper action, and masses of absurdity into impeccable structures of unified beauty.
PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGE - This performance will begin at 5:30 p.m.
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kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Saturday, May 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program (PDF)Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
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kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo
View Google Map | Add to Google CalendarGuest Scholar: George Lipsitz
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
WEDS@7 Kamau Kenyatta & Joe Garrison
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Underground composer Joe Garrison returns with Prayers & Mantras Suite in 9-movements, featuring bel canto soprano, 5 winds, piano, bass and live electronics.
Repertoire - Kamau Kenyatta Ensemble, Joe Garrison and Night People
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Joe Garrison MM. University of Colorado, Boulder. BM. CSUF - has been an active part of the San Diego Art Scene since the 1960's. Coming up through the rock scene of the 60's, Garrison transitioned into the San Diego Avant Garde Music community through contact with UCSD Music Dept, where he was heavily influenced by - Roger Reynolds, Thomas Nee, Kenneth Gaburo, Robert Erickson, Pauline Oliveros, Frank McCartey, Allen Strange. He continued studies in composition with Lloyd Rodgers and Donal Michalsky at CSUF. Garrison continued to the University of Colorado and studied with Pulitzer Prize- winning composer, Richard Toensing and Cecil Effinger.
Garrison returned to the San Diego music scene as part of the Ruse Collective in the 1980's, when he formed his iconic workshop ensemble - Night People. Joe Garrison and Night People has performed as an ongoing project since 2000, releasing several recordings with San Diego Jazz Luminaries - including - Daniel Jackson, Kamau Kenyatta, Lori Bell, Gilbert Castellanos, Derek Canon, Melonie Grinnell, Mackenzie Leighton. Classical musicians have joined forces - from the local free lance community - Brian O'Donnell, Arian Warren, Jane Zwerneman, Robert Zelickman to name a few.
Garrison's music crosses all boundaries - spanning Jazz, Rock and Classical. He paraphrases John Cage, "All Music is Music, when you let it flow." Garrison has continued to blur the lines between classical and jazz music and brings musicians from all points of the spectrum together.
UCSD alumni, Chris Warren brings his unique vision of live electronics to this project. In addition, he composes one of the nine movements.
Prayers & Mantras features:
Kirsten Ashley Wiest - Soprano
Chris Warren - live electronics/composer movement #6
Lori Bell - flute
Ariana Warren - clarinet
Kamau Kenyatta - soprano saxophone
Jane Zwerneman - French horn
Brian O'Donnell - bass trombone
Melonie Grinnell - piano
Mackenzie Leighton - bass
Joe Garrison - composer/conductor
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Miranda Cuckson, violin
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Tiange Zhou - Movements I
Alex Stephenson - Soif
Kyle Johnson - Arrangements of Songs Which Have Titles Beginning with the Letter M
Joey Bourdeau - Drunken Hiccups
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Nakul Tiruviluamala - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Joseph Garcia - undergraduate recital
Saturday, May 18th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Phil Larson
Berk Schneider, trombone - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Imposter Syndrome
Berk Schneider, trombone - Graduate Recital
Esquisse Retouchee, incipit II (2002) for solo trombone and kick drum Johannes Staud (1974-)
Spazio Immergente (2015) for trombone and soprano Beat Furrer (1954-) Barbara Byers, soprano
Fallacy (2019) for partially-amplified solo trombone Sang Song (1971-)
Facesplitter (2015) for solo trombone Nicholas Deyoe (1981-)
Three States (2019) for electro-acoustic ensemble Berk Schneider (1988-) SElectOr, electronics
Dos-a-Dos (1988) on trombone and flute Vinko Globokar (1934-) Alexander Ishov, flute
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Guest Scholar: Marc Hannaford
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
Marc Hannaford, "Fugitive Theory in Chicago (and Beyond): Muhal Richard Abrams’s Engagement with the Writings of Joseph Schillinger.”
This paper traces connections and resonances between Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and Russian composer, theorist, and polymath Joseph Schillinger. I examine Abrams’s engagement with Schillinger’s composition treatise, The Schillinger System of Musical Composition from historical and conceptual viewpoints, and critical theorize it as an instance of what I call “fugitive music theory.” This theorization suggests an under-examined genealogy of music theory involving black musicians and hence suggests a reappraisal of the discipline to include this work.
Marc Hannaford is a music graduate student at Columbia University.
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One Fish Two Fish
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
One Fish Two Fish, directed by James Beauton, is made up of undergraduate percussion players who are enrolled in either MUS 32 (private lessons) or MUS 95L (Wind Ensemble). They are presenting a concert of classic and original works.
Catfish - Mark Applebaum
Suite for Percussion - Johanna Beyer
Side by Side - Michio Kitazume, Adrian Martinez, soloist
Ostinato Pianissimo - Henry Cowell
Rebonds - Iannis Xenakis, Matthew Leveque, soloist
Drum Mashup - Wilcoxon, Harr, Barba, Chapman
Double Music - Lou Harrison/John Cage
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WEDS@7 Stephanie Richards
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)May 22 features an intimate duo with intrepid pianist Joshua White and trumpeter and UC San Diego faculty Steph Richards, featuring new compositions by Richards.
This concert marks the beginning of a new cycle of works Richards is writing specifically for White's unique and extraordinary navigation of notated and improvised music. Steph Richards has been called "boldly inventive" by the New York Times saying that "Steph Richards composes in ways that standard notation could never document." While her trumpet “skillset explodes every category,” (WBGO/Nate Chinen), Richards has worked with pioneering artists ranging from Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton and John Zorn to David Byrne, St. Vincent and Yoko Ono. Richards is driven by a curiosity how listeners interact with music and what sensory variables are open to experimentation. Her compositions have premiered on stages at Carnegie Hall, the Blue-note and Lincoln Center to include works for carousel, underwater ensemble, film, dance and most recently, scents. Her debut record "Fullmoon" (Relative Pitch Records) was voted on multiple “Best of 2018” year end lists and in early 2019 she released her latest record “Take The Neon Lights” earning high praise from NPR, stating that "Richards is one to watch". Richards co-produces the annual FONT Music Festival in NYC, and, beginning last year, began producing a San Diego-based FONT Music Festival in partnership with Dan Atkinson and UCSD Extension. Richards is on faculty at UC San Diego and is a Yamaha artist.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Seth Brodsky
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 367
Free
Interregnum Music
This is a talk about messes—old messes, of the kind that aesthetic modernism was concerned with both making and cleaning up, and new messes, like the one many of us find ourselves in right now politically, culturally, socially, technologically. On the one hand, it might seem a misplaced urge to talk about the historical category of modernism in relation to the current day: the superego injunction to discuss “more urgent things” lifts us up but also beats us down now, not least academics interested in aesthetic theory, and it finds in modernism’s monadic hauteur and pretentious loneliness an easy target for de-prioritization (Think collectively! Work together! Be transparent! Not top-of-list qualities of the stereotypical modernist.) But something of the present pings sympathetically with elements constitutive of aesthetic modernist theory and practice. This is especially true when thinking about music, where modernism’s historical coordinates are fuzzier and extend further into the present.
I build my speculations here around a motley series of encounters all concerned with form and formalism: the myth of Apollo and Marsyas, an interview with Samuel Beckett, the reign of Trump, the work of Caroline Levine, and the Freudian-Lacanian theory of drive; strung throughout are para-encounters with a string quartet of Helmut Lachenmann. But my question is essentially a historical one: as so many categories of experience defining of historical modernism—categories long thought to have been left behind—reemerge as impending conditions, what should we do with this uncanniness, these “formal correspondences” between old and new, this hopeful and tragic sense of repetition? As the revolutionary horizon begins (for better and worse) to reappear, as technology once again regains its utopian and dystopian charisma, and as hegemonic social classes seem poised for dissolution or at least radical realignment—in such a moment, what does modernism still have to tell us? And what does its sound have yet to augur?
Please click on the image on the left for Seth Brodsky's biography.
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Seth Brodsky is Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is the author of From 1989, or European Music and the Modernist Unconscious (California 2017, Lewis Lockwood Award 2018). His scholarly and critical work pursues a number of related lines of inquiry focusing on music of the 20th and 21st centuries, including the cultural place of “the composer”; the role of unconscious processes, particularly as figured in psychoanalytic discourse, in the making and experiencing of music; and repetition, in particular, thinking about aesthetic modernism less as a proverbial "search for the new" then as a larger project in resisting or "breaking" repetition, whether it be the repetition of forms, laws, and languages, of genres and styles, or of themes, patterns, motives, etc. He currently serves as interim director of the University of Chicago’s Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, which seeks to cultivate experimental collaborations between artists and scholars from any and all backgrounds and fields, and is executive editor of its triannual journal Portable Gray.
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Jennifer Colin, soprano - Senior Recital
Friday, May 24th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Phil Larson
Vocal student Jennifer Colin, accompanied primarily by pianist Remi Ha, presents her senior recital.
The program will include exerpts from Pierre Lunaire, German lieders, and French and Italian arias.
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Piano Studio Recital
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Piano studio students under the instruction of Aleck Karis and Mari Kawamura present an end of year recital:
Andante with Variations in F minor - Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Seth Lerer
Sonata Opus 2, no. 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Menuetto - Allegretto - Prestissimo
Daniel Mendoza
Impromptu No. 4 in A-flat major, D 899 - Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Chia-yu Chang
Ballade - Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Junko Roberts
Asturias - Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
Etude-Tableaux Opus 39, no. 8 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
Jad Barrer
Six Encores - Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
Erdenklavier - Luftklavier
Remi Ha
Snowdrift - Michael Finnissy (b. 1946)
Mari Kawamura
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Guest Scholar: Alex Stalarow
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
Alex Stalarow, "Collecting and Manipulating International Sound Sources in Pierre Schaeffer’s Postwar Radiophonic Art"
This paper explores the myriad sound recordings that comprise Pierre Schaeffer’s Une Heure du monde, a six-part radio drama produced for the 1946 Paris Peace Conference. Acquired from near and far at institutions including the sound archives at the Musée de l’Homme and the sound databases of Radio Delhi, the recordings that enliven Une Heure du monde work to facilitate cultural exchange and reframe French identity within the structures of postwar cultural internationalism. Exploring these recordings—their collection, manipulation, and montage—locates the early manifestations of Schaeffer’s work within the context of a postwar international radio. Further, this paper reveals how some of the program’s dramatic, sonic, and process-based experiments shaped Schaeffer’s later projects, particularly those of global scope.
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Alexander Stalarow obtained his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of California, Davis in 2017 is currently a Professor of Music History and Literature at the San Francisco Conservatory. His work on Pierre Schaeffer’s early career in radiophonic art and its impact on the multidisciplinary figure’s musique concrète project has been supported by grants including a Chateaubriand Fellowship and an AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship.
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33C Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Music 33C, Introduction to Composition III, presents their end of year concert.
New and original work composed by: Emmitt Carroll, William Fisher, Jackie Guy, Kaolyn Hong, Adrian Martinez, James Medwid, Daniel Mendoza, Braden Rigling, Diego Rodriguez, and Korey Ross.
Instructed by Natacha Diels.
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The Undergraduate Majors and Minors present a MEGA concert as their final forum concert of the year.
Featuring performances by: Leonardo Barba, Madison Carmichael, Chiayu Chang, Martin Chapman, Martin Chapman, Jennifer Colin, Owen Cruise, Mason Davis, Alonso de la Peña, Joseph Di Liberto, Savanna Dunaway, Nolan Fewell, Lizze Fisher, Joseph Garcia, Marc Girard, Gregor Grigorian, Jackie Guy, Remi Ha, Lindsey Jackson, Mari Kawamura, David Knoll, Siddhartha Krishnan, Xavy L. Johnson, Raphael Lam, Matthew Leveque, Benjamin Mateyka, Amir Moheimani, Caitlin Murphy, Arya Natarajan, Ariel Ortega, Kaiyang Qiu, Max Rossip, Eduardo Sanchez, Samuel Shing, Tino Tirado, Jackie Wang, Julia Yu, Yehan Yuan, Danlei Zhao, and Sherry Zheng
Concert begins at 5:30 p.m. and will feature a mid-concert reception.
Produced by Department of Music Student Ambassador: Sherry Zheng
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Fernanda Aoki Navarro, composition - Dissertation Recital
Friday, May 31st, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Fernanda Aoki Navarro presents her dissertation recital in support of her Ph.D. defense.
Program:
Emptying the Body (violoncello: Tyler J. Borden)
Too Big for the Door (double bass: Matthew Kline)
Through
1. Watching (flute: Alexander Ishov)
2. About Beauty (bass flute: Teresa Díaz de Cossio)
Impermanence (*UC San Diego premiere*)
1. Mestiça
2. Uprooted
3. Permanent Alien (and native friends)
Featuring performances by:
Mari Kawamura (piano), Alexander Ishov and Teresa Díaz de Cossio (flutes), Madison Greenstone (clarinet), Ilana Waniuk (violin), Tyler J. Borden (violoncello), and Matthew Leveque (percussion)
PLEASE NOTE START TIME CHANGE TO 6:00 p.m.
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Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a musician born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, based in San Diego, California. She graduated in music composition at University of Sao Paulo, moved to the United States in 2011, where she did her Masters at UC Santa Cruz. She's a Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego. She works with acoustic and electroacoustic music, performance art and sound installation.
She doesn’t believe in the idea that a bio makes music more interesting.
Fernanda doesn’t like to be reduced to a gender, doesn’t know how to dance samba, procrastinates to write program notes, doesn’t know how to react when someone makes a compliment or a critique, goes to the cinema every week, drinks coffee every day.
Participating artists include: Alexander Ishov, Teresa Diaz, Ilana Waniuk, Madison Greenstone, TJ Borden, Matthew Kline, and Mari Kawamura.
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103C Undergraduate Juries
Saturday, June 1st, 2019 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate student composers present their final compositions for the undergraduate composition course cycle.
New and original compositions by: Joshua Choi, Eduardo Jimenez, Hyun Kim, and Matthew Leveque.
Instructed by Distinguished Professor of Music and Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair: Rand Steiger.
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Justin Murphy-Mancini, composer - Graduate Recital
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Hwilwæg - Justin Murphy-Mancini presents his dissertation recital in support of his Ph.D. defense.
Hwilwæg (roughly "hweel-way") sets texts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, imagining a large-scale musical environment which the texts might inhabit.
Featuring: Lauren Jones, Hillary Jean Young, Barbara Byers, voices; Anthony Burr, Madison Greenstone, clarinets; David Aguila, Rachel Allen, Alexandria Smith, trumpets; Mari Kawamura, Ashley Zhang, keyboards; Sean Dowgray, Dan King, percussion; Batya MacAdam-Somer, Ilana Waniuk, violins; Shayla James, viola; Heather Vorwerck, cello; and Matthew Kline, double bass
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OpenICE and UC San Diego Music - Building a Work
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A collaboration between the International Contemporary Ensemble, UC San Diego Music, and the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology Ensemble in Residence Program. Featuring open workshops between the International Contemporary Ensemble and UC San Diego composers and artists including: Roger Reynolds, Katharina Rosenberger, and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
Monday, June 3rd - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hindsight: analysis of projects from the history of the partnering composers and Ensemble (all 6 BAW participants) Four presenters, 24 minutes each 24 minutes questions/discussion
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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OpenICE and UC San Diego Music - Building a Work
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A collaboration between the International Contemporary Ensemble, UC San Diego Music, and the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology Ensemble in Residence Program. Featuring open workshops between the International Contemporary Ensemble and UC San Diego composers and artists including: Roger Reynolds, Katharina Rosenberger, and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
Tuesday, June 4th - 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Projection Design Experimental Session lead by Ross Karre.
Tuesday, June 4th - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Building a Work (lead by ICE) How the International Contemporary Ensemble has commissioned, developed, and realized large and small-scale projects by Ashley Fure (The Force of Things), Phyllis Chen/Nathan Davis (In Plain Air), and Tyshawn Sorey (Perle Noire). Each work involves complex relationships with technology, theater, site-specificity, and intersectional challenges between theater and music producing models.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Matthew Kline, presents their season finale Spring concert, feature the world premiere of Lydia Winsor Brindamour's (of a day) begin, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Post concert reception sponsored by the Symphonic Student Association.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE TO TUESDAY, JUNE 4th
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95W World Music Students
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Students of Kartik Seshadri in a performance of Indian Classical Music.
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Chamber Singers
Thursday, June 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Chamber Singers, under the direction of Celeste Oram (covering Spring term for Phillip Larson) and accompanied by Loie Flood, present their end of year performance.
Featuring performances by:
Ryan Arroyo, Leonardo Barba, Jonathan Barnes, Sebastian Clark, Alyson Fruchey, Anna Gruszka, Lauren Jue-Morrison, David Knoll, Donald Liang, Vincenzo Liberatore, Halana MacAmay, Benjamin Mateyka, Miguel Munoz, Eric Ngo, Ariel Ortega, Taylor Ozbun, Tannistha Roychoudhury, Kasey Thach, Katherine Wilkes, Sara Zhang, Danlei Zhao, Samantha Zhou.
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PROGRAM:
Dos Corazones
arr. Blas Galindo (b. 1910, San Gabriel, Mexico; d. 1993, Mexico City)
‘En tanto que declinando el sol / No puede amor hacer mi dicha mayor’
scene from the opera La Púrpura de la Rosa
music by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (b. 1644, Villarrobledo, Spain; d. 1728, Lima, Peru)
text by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (b. 1600; d. 1681, Madrid, Spain)
soloists: Julia Yu, Rachel Dovsky, Jonathan Barnes, Jennifer Colin, Ryan Arroyo, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Sara Zhang, Benjamin Mateyka
with Vincenzo Liberatore, guitar; Leonardo Barba & Ariel Ortega, percussion; Peter Ko, cello
Salve Regina
music by Juan de Lienas (fl. 1617-1654, Mexico City/Havana)
soloists: Joseph Garcia, Danlei Zhao, David Knoll, Taylor Ozbun
Se equivoco la paloma
music by Carlos Guastavino (b. 1912; d. 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina)
text by Rafael Alberti (b. 1902; d. 1999, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain)
Thirteenth Blackbird (world premiere)
music by Adrian Martinez
text by Wallace Stevens (b. 1879, Reading, PA; d. 1955, Hartford, CT)
Timepiece
music by Anthony Ritchie (b. 1960, Christchurch, New Zealand)
text by Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, Birmingham, UK)
Rains on Me
music & text by Gelsey Bell (b. Sebastopol, CA)
sextet: Lauren Jue-Morrison, Julia Yu, Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao
Wanting Memories
music & text by Ysaye M. Barnwell (b. 1946, New York City)
soloists: Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao
Blessed Be Thine (world premiere)
music by Katherine Wilkes
text by M.S.H.
Childhood
music & text by Jenny McLeod (b. 1941, Wellington, New Zealand)
Sir Duke
music & text by Stevie Wonder (b. 1950, Saginaw, MI)
arr. Kirby Shaw
soloists: Donald Liang, Kasey Thach
with Martin Chapman, guitar; Tino Tirado, saxophone; Eduardo Sanchez, bass; Max Rossip, drums
UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble presents their final concert of the 2018-19 concert season, entitled "Closed Circuit." This program features the percussion group, arx duo, as they join the ensemble for a west coast premiere and UCSDWE partial commission of Ted Hearne's In Thrall.
Directed by James Beauton, DMA candidate in Contemporary Music Performance, percussion.
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Program:
Shoutout (2009) Roshanne Etezady
Shoonthree (1943) Henry Cowell
Ionisation (1931) Edgard Varèse
*featuring members of one fish two fish, red fish blue fish, and arx duo*
In Thrall (2019) Ted Hearne
*west coast premiere*
*arx duo, soloists*
Intermission
El Muro (2008) Ricardo Lorenz
Enigma Variations (1899) Edward Elgar arr. Slocum
FREE!
Learn more about the arx duo at www.arxduo.com
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MUS 206 Free Improvisation Workshop
Friday, June 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
MUS 206 - Free Improvisation, instructed by Wilfrido Terrazas, presents their end-of-term performance.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The undergraduate students from the Chamber Ensemble class, directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi, will perform an evening of chamber music, featuring some favorite works by Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Arensky, Shostakovich, among others. Please come enjoy their performance and celebrate the students' hard work!
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 8th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)We close our season with a reflection on the composer/soldiers of World War I, from Maurice Ravel to Ralph Vaughan-Williams to George Butterworth, whose life was tragically cut short in the war. Music from the same time by Charles Ives, and a favorite of Benjamin Britten, the Adagio for Strings rounds out a program that is both steeped in memory and full of messages for our own time.
MAURICE RAVEL La Valse
CHARLES IVES From Hanover Square North
SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program (PDF)We close our season with a reflection on the composer/soldiers of World War I, from Maurice Ravel to Ralph Vaughan-Williams to George Butterworth, whose life was tragically cut short in the war. Music from the same time by Charles Ives, and a favorite of Benjamin Britten, the Adagio for Strings rounds out a program that is both steeped in memory and full of messages for our own time.
MAURICE RAVEL La Valse
CHARLES IVES From Hanover Square North
SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
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Voice Students, 32VM
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, under the direction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest, presents their second annual Undergraduate Opera. With music direction by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair, lighting design by Jessica C. Flores, and costume design by Natalie Barshow, UC San Diego's undergraduate voice majors will thrill and delight in Thomas Pasatieri's "Signor Deluso" and scenes in English from Jacques Offenbach's "La Perichole".
Singers: Adrian Chan, Jennifer Colin, Elizabeth Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rutkowski, Julia Yu, and Danlei Zhao
Pianist and Music Director: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
Stage Direction: Kirsten Ashley Wiest | Costume Design: Natalie Barshow | Lighting Design: Jessica C. Flores
FREE ADMISSION!
FREE CAKE TO FOLLOW!
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Vincenzo Liberatore - Senior Recital
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Best of ICAM
Thursday, June 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 26th, 2019 11:00 am
Sun God Lawn
Free
Free UC San Diego student-only event as part of UC San Diego Welcome Week
GIVEAWAYS & INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES by Campus Arts Departments (UC San Diego Music, UC San Diego Visual Arts, UC San Diego Theatre and Dance, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities), Organizations (ArtPower at UC San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Stuart Collection), and Student Arts Organizations
FREE ICE CREAM & ROOT BEER FLOATS
Check in with your student ID at various spots throughout Celebrate the Arts to get a ticket for a free ice cream, slushie, or ice cream float from King Kream Ice Cream.
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Keir GoGwilt - Graduate Recital
Sunday, October 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)REGARDING CHICKENS (feat. music by Carolyn Chen, Johann Paul von Westhoff, Celeste Oram, and poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt)
Performances: 10/6 @ 5 PM and 10/8 @ 7 PM
Installation opens 10/6 @ 2 PM
Installation by Audrey Hope;
Music by Carolyn Chen, Celeste Oram, and Johann Paul von Westhoff; Poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt
Regarding Chickens is an immersive musical-poetic performance-installation. Audrey Hope’s accumulation of colorful refuse and chicken-sculptures houses Keir GoGwilt's performance, which navigates between the realities of this art space and that of the classical violin, the sounds of which emerge as more glittery scraps and scrapes.
"'Grow,' says collective vision, 'Grab as many...' Impossible. When will my 'as many' ever be enough. I will not will my own growth; who is to say one grows into many; who is to say many is anything but the exclusion of few, of any, of never and
anon—"
Music:
Partita in d minor - Johann Paul von Westhoff
Regarding Chickens, Death - Carolyn Chen
Study on Westhoff Partita in d minor - Carolyn Chen
Craigie Hill - Keir GoGwilt & Celeste Oram
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Encounters: Carnatic-Hindustani-Jazz
Monday, October 7th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Co-sponsored by: the South Asian Studies Minor Program, UC San Diego Music, and the India Fine Arts Association of San Diego (IFAASD)
A conversation featuring jazz musician Rudresh Mahanthappa, Revathi Subramanian (India Fine Arts Academy of San Diego), David Borgo (UC San Diego Music), Mark Dresser (UC San Diego Music), Anthony Davis (UC San Diego Music), Kartik Seshadri (UC San Diego Music)
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
UC San Diego Conrad Prebys Music Center
Recital Hall, Room 127
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Keir GoGwilt - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)REGARDING CHICKENS (feat. music by Carolyn Chen, Johann Paul von Westhoff, Celeste Oram, and poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt)
Performances: 10/6 @ 5 PM and 10/8 @ 7 PM
Installation opens 10/6 @ 2 PM
Installation by Audrey Hope;
Music by Carolyn Chen, Celeste Oram, and Johann Paul von Westhoff; Poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt
Regarding Chickens is an immersive musical-poetic performance-installation. Audrey Hope’s accumulation of colorful refuse and chicken-sculptures houses Keir GoGwilt's performance, which navigates between the realities of this art space and that of the classical violin, the sounds of which emerge as more glittery scraps and scrapes.
"'Grow,' says collective vision, 'Grab as many...' Impossible. When will my 'as many' ever be enough. I will not will my own growth; who is to say one grows into many; who is to say many is anything but the exclusion of few, of any, of never and
anon—"
Music:
Partita in d minor - Johann Paul von Westhoff
Regarding Chickens, Death - Carolyn Chen
Study on Westhoff Partita in d minor - Carolyn Chen
Craigie Hill - Keir GoGwilt & Celeste Oram
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IDEAS: New Works for Percussion with David Bithell, Aiyun Huang, and Terry Longshore
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP requested to
A performance showcasing recent trans-disciplinary works for percussion, live electronic music, interactive video and animation.
Windward, composed by David Bithell in 2018 and premiered at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by Aiyun Huang, is a technologically driven meditation on storytelling and the power of myth. Using the head of a concert bass drum as a projection screen, the performer conjures dynamic images and sounds through their musical gestures. The interactive visuals for Windward are created through procedural animation developed in Unity and triggered by audio-analysis cues and events generated in 3ds Max. Real-time audio processing of the bass drum is mixed with pre-recorded sound elements to create an immersive environment.
With visual inspiration drawn from traditional and contemporary shadow play practices combined with the iconography of percussion performance, the second work, Penumbra, focuses on the human form situated in a technologically saturated atmosphere. Collaboratively composed by David Bithell and Terry Longshore in 2014, Penumbra explores the gestural implications of percussion performance, as well as the audience’s expectations about how physical gestures and percussion manifest in sound and image. Penumbra makes use of 2D and 3D animations that are reactive - changing shape, size, and scope in relation to the live musical input. The sonic environment is created out of real-time processing of live input (including granular synthesis and sample triggering), generative sample playback and patterning, and prerecorded electronic elements.
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David Bithell is an interdisciplinary composer, artist, and performer exploring the connections between visual art, music, theater and performance. Using new technologies and real-time interactive environments, his work brings the precision and structure of contemporary music and audio practices together with an understanding of performance, narrative and humor drawn from recent theater, live cinema and performance art. His works have been presented at major venues in the United States, Europe and Asia. Highlights include: the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art (Minneapolis), Ghent International Film Festival, Pixilerations [v.6], the Seoul International Computer Music Festival, the MANCA Festival (France), the IS ARTI Festival (Lithuania), and at numerous colleges and universities in the United States. He has received grants and commissions from Meet the Composer Commissioning Music / USA, the American Composer?s Forum, the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, and the President's Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Fund at SOU. He is a professor of art and emerging media at Southern Oregon University where he heads the Cross-disciplinary Studio for Art and Technology (xARTS) and is a core faculty member of the Center for Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA).
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The ever-evolving Aiyun Huang ( http://www.aiyunghuang.com ) enjoys a musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, researcher, teacher and producer. She was the First Prize and the Audience Award winner at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2002. Recent highlights include engagements with L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Aventa Ensemble. Recent collaborations include works with Nicole Lizée, Vivian Fung, Philippe Leroux, Roland Auzet and David Bithell. An expert in "percussion theater," her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from UC San Diego. Between 2004 and 2006, she was a faculty fellow at UC San Diego. Between 2006 and 2017, she led the percussion program and was a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is currently an associate professor, directs the percussion program, and is in the midst of establishing Centre for Brain, Performance, and Music Creation with Michael Thaut (neuroscience/music) and Eliot Britton (music technology/composition) at the University of Toronto.
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Terry Longshore ( http://www.terrylonghsore.com ) is a percussionist based in Ashland, Oregon whose genre-crossing work exhibits the artistry of the concert stage, the spontaneity of jazz and the energy of a rock club. He performs nationally and internationally as a soloist and ensemble member, collaborates with artists working in diverse media and has premiered and recorded numerous works. Longshore is a Yamaha Performing Artist, a Marimba One Vibe Artist, and an artist endorser for Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, Gon Bops Percussion and Beato Bags. He is also a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Education Network. He is a trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator. He holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration from California State University, Fresno and percussion performance from California State University, Sacramento, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in contemporary music performance from UC San Diego. He is a professor of music and coordinator of the Music Graduate Program at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University
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A reception will be held at 6 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP requested to galleryinfo@calit2.net
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Sean Dowgray, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Grand Tour
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 | Experimental Theater
Examining the time-bound and timeless, this event utilizes video from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory, the Apollo XI mission, and amateur ground-based astronomers; photography from the twin Voyager space probes; audio derived from the plasma and radio waves of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, and the solitary red giant Xi Hydrae; amongst other media in tandem with a program with works by Christopher Adler, Josh Levine, Daniel Tacke, & Lewis Nielson
Sean Dowgray is a classical percussionist specializing in modern and contemporary music. Currently a doctoral candidate at UC San Diego, Dowgray performs frequently with resident ensembles red fish blue fish and Palimpsest. He has appeared with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, RENGA, San Diego New Music, Art of Èlan, The San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, Monday Evening Concerts, the WasteLAnd New Music Series, La Jolla Music Soceity, members of the San Diego Symphony, and members of the International Contemporary Music Ensemble.
SEAN DOWGRAY: As a soloist, Dowgray has been featured at the Oberlin Percussion Institute, the Percussive Art Society International Convention, the WasteLAnd New Music Series, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Arizona, SoundON, and Eureka! Musical Minds of California. Dowgray collaborates closely with composers Daniel Tacke, Josh Levine , Lydia Winsor Brindamour, and Justin Murphy-Mancini. In the recent past, he has collaborated with composers including Jürg Frey, Christopher Adler, Ioannis Mitsialis, Lewis Nielson, and James Wood.
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Ine Vanoeveren, flutes
Friday, October 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)This program explores different types of embodied engagement in a diverse selection of solo flute pieces.
Sam Hayden's 'attente' (2019) is a search for intense physicality in a performance. The material combines relatively static multiphonic textures with more rapid and directional linear gestures.
'OR' (1978) by R.Dick investigates extremity on a different level: intimate, microtonal multiphonics shape the vulnerability of this work.
Anahita Abbasi introduces a dialogue in 'No I am not roaming aimlessly' (2017), where the composite concept “dialogical self” goes beyond the self-other dichotomy, by infusing the external to the internal and, in reverse, to introduce the internal into the external.
Finally, The Silenced (2015), the mono drama for flutist by Jason Eckardt is a journey from trauma to (at least partial) healing. While the scars of the trauma are still present by the end, the protagonist arrives at a place where the memories and feelings are manageable.
attente for flute solo (2019) - Sam Hayden (world premiere)
OR for flute solo (1978) - Robert Dick
No I am not roaming aimlessly (2017) - Anahita Abbasi
The Silenced, a mono drama for flutist (2015) - Jason Eckardt
Recital Hall, Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego
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Camera Lucida: Bridge, Bartok, Shostakovich
Monday, October 14th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Concert 1 : Bridge, Bartok, Shostakovich
Frank Bridge, Piano Quartet
Bela Bartok, Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Quintet
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Playing the Flute in Shanghai: the Musical Life of Dai Shuhong
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Professor Helen Rees will present her documentary film, Playing the Flute in Shanghai: the Musical Life of Dai Shuhong, in the Focus on Integrative Studies seminar (MUS 205).
PLAYING THE FLUTE IN SHANGHAI: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF DAI SHUHONG
Dai Shuhong (b.1937) is one of Shanghai's most renowned performers and teachers of China's traditional bamboo flutes, the transverse dizi and endblown xiao. Plucked in 1956 from life as a factory worker to join the first ever Chinese traditional instrument class at the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Dai subsequently taught at the Conservatory for almost fifty years. As a young performer, he made his mark as dizi accompanist to Tibetan megastar propaganda singer Caidan Zhuoma (Tseten Drolma). Since the 1980s, he has specialized in a rather different genre, the esoteric art of qin-xiao performance. Partnering with several of China's foremost qin zither performers, including his legendary mentor Zhang Ziqian (1899–1991), he creates delicate xiao lines to complement the elegant pieces of the qin repertoire, many of which date back centuries. Dai's recordings with Zhang and others stand as landmarks of this style.
Shot over 2016–2017 in Shanghai and incorporating historical photographs and video footage, this documentary focuses not just on Dai's artistry and pedagogical skill, but also on his firsthand experience of the seismic upheavals in Chinese musical life since the 1950s. He witnessed the Soviet-inspired institutionalization of local folk music, the modernization of traditional instruments, the creation of a new civil servant class of professional performers, and, more recently, the nostalgic revival of attenuated traditions such as the qin zither. Possessed of a prodigious memory, Dai is a natural raconteur who engagingly recounts how such national trends played out in one individual's everyday life.
From the outset, this film has been a collaborative endeavor, with Dai and other participants helping plan the shoots and critiquing the results during the editing process. It was selected for screening in August 2019 at the Shanghai Grand Theater as part of the First Festival of Chinese-language Ethnographic Films on Music.
BIO
Helen Rees, director of Playing the Flute in Shanghai, is a professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, where she is also director of the World Music Center. As a recipient of a British Council scholarship to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in the late 1980s, she studied Chinese flutes with Dai Shuhong for two years. Frequent trips back to Shanghai since then have resulted in an extensive oral history, which is the basis for a forthcoming biography that will complement the film. Her other research interests lie in ritual musics of southwest China, and in East Asian intangible cultural heritage protection policies. She also performs professionally on recorders and Chinese flutes.
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Grad Forum
Thursday, October 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater - 7PM
*FREE*
Come kick off the first Grad Forum of the year with an evening of performances by music department grads!
- Program -
Tiange Zhou performing her own "Finger Work" for electronics and projection
Kathryn Schulmeister, Alexandria Smith, and Madison Greenstone performing an untitled trio
Anqi Liu performing a modular synthesizer improvisation
Barbara Byers, Celeste Oram, Alexandria Smith, and Joseph Bourdeau Performing "Appalachian Hell / Bag of Bones" by Barbara Byers
Madison Greenstone performing "Telegrams" by Michelle Lou
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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ArtPower presents Escher Quartet with Jason Vieauz
Friday, October 18th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Lydia Winsor Brindamour, composition - Graduate Recital
Monday, October 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A concert of music by Lydia Winsor Brindamour, performed by James Beauton, Erik Carlson, Sean Dowgray, Madison Greenstone, Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Michael Matsuno and Kathryn Schulmeister.
6.30pm- installation (audience can come and go freely)
7pm- concert (no late seating)
Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater
FREE
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ENS EKT
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)ENS EKT
Tuesday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m.
UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater
The ENS EKT trio features the experimental musical inventions of Paul Stapleton (Californian born, Belfast-based) in dialogue with the circular breathed multi-phonics and harmonic textures of David Bud (English born, Berlin-based) and the resonant gestural and spectrally focused playing of Mad Pulse Maybe (Danish born, Berlin-based). The group explores emergent timbral, dynamic and social musical structures through improvisation.
Paul Stapleton is an improviser and sound artist originally from Southern California. He designs and performs with a variety of modular metallic sound sculptures, custom made electronics and found objects in settings ranging from Echtzeitmusik venues in Berlin to the annual NIME conference. Paul is currently Professor of Music at SARC in Belfast, where he teaches and supervises research in new musical instrument design, music performance, sound design and critical improvisation studies. Paul is also currently the co-director of Sonorities Festival Belfast. He has received critical acclaim for several artistic projects and for his sound design and composition work as part of the immersive audio theatre piece Reassembled, Slightly Askew.
Mad Pulse Maybe is a prolific bass player, composer and PhD-researcher in sonic arts. His work with extended instrument techniques and adaptive electro-acoustic performance systems is documented on several releases and through sound installations. He is a frequent collaborator with dancers, has created music for film and theatre and exhibited audio-generated sculpture. He has toured extensively in Europe, the US, Japan and Australia and has performed with Evan Parker, Audrey Chen, Lotte Anker, Tony Malaby and many others.
David Bud is a saxophonist, author and researcher from London, England based in Berlin, Germany. He has performed on baritone and alto with hundreds of musicians in small and large groups, collaborations have included Pauline Oliveros, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Steve Noble, Mark Dresser, Tristan Honsinger, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Audrey Chen, Mark Sanders and many others. His work in improvisation has led to collaborating beyond music with dancers, visual artists, mixed media, built instruments, site specific performance and more. His research interest is in creative processes.
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Fall Composition Juries
Thursday, October 31st, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Thursday, October 31st at 7:30 p.m.
The Fall Composition Jury Concert presents an evening of premieres by graduate composers.
Composers: Stephen de Filippo, Nathan Haering, Nasim Khorassani, Zach Konick, Sang Song, & Jacques Zafra
Performances by: David Aguila, Teresa Díaz, Juliana Gaona Villamizar, Alex Ishov, Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Dimitris Paganos Koukakis, Berk Schneider, Kathryn Schulmeister, Ilana Waniuk, and Ashley Zhang
Conducted by Steven Schick
The concert will begin in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
At intermission, the audience will be asked to move to the Experimental Theater for Nasim Khorassani's piece.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 at 7:30 p.m. - Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
CONCERT PROGRAM ORDER
Nathaniel Haering - “Spate II”
Stephen DeFilippo - “Casuarina-salvaged Dreaming”
Sang Song - “Tracing Gretel”
Intermission
Zachary Konick “Currents”
Jacques Zafra - “liusa”
Pause as audience moves to Experimental Theater
Nasim Khorassani (Experimental Theater) - “Line”
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 1st, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Fall Composition Jury Discussion Session
Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Grad Forum
Thursday, November 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry
Friday, November 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry
Performers:
Alex Ishov (flute)
Michael Jones (percussion)
Shaoai Ashley Zhang (piano)
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Michael Jones, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)"διΧΑσμΟΣ"
Music for Piano and Electronics By Stephenson, Van Der Aa, Lillios and Papatrechas.
Piano: Dimitris Paganos Koukakis
Electronics: Theocharis Papatrechas
November 14th, 7:00 pm.
Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater
UC San Diego
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ArtPower presents Penderecki Piano Trio
Friday, November 15th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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The Penderecki Piano Trio was created by three of the most dedicated and outstanding Polish musicians of our time. The promisingly gifted pianist Konrad Skolarski, the breathtaking virtuoso Jaros?aw Nadrzycki , and the sensational cellist Karol Marianowski are all acclaimed artists in their country and abroad. They are laureates of many international music competitions, each with a long history of performances all over Europe, North and South America, as well as Asia.
As soloists or as chamber musicians (two of the musicians were recently at the core of the Meccore String Quartet), each member of the trio has performed in distinguished concert halls, such as Wigmore Hall (London), Frick Collection (New York), Pollack Hall (Montreal), as well as with leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Simón Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela.
Program
Claude Debussy: Premier trio in G Major; J. Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major Hob. XV/25 “Gypsy”; P. ?ukaszewski – Piano trio;
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Improv Week Showcase
Saturday, November 16th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Since 2014, the Semana Internacional de Improvisación has gathered cutting-edge artists from both sides of the border, and beyond, in the Mexican city of Ensenada. This showcase will officially light the spark for next year's edition of the festival, to be held in March of 2020. Featured in this concert is trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Iván Trujillo, presenting the debut of his 8-piece Ensemble. Trujillo will be joined by Ensenada-based improvising visual artist Esther Gámez and by flutist and UC San Diego Faculty member Wilfrido Terrazas as special guests. The combo will present a spicy mix of original compositions and creative music classics, with a Baja California flavor. Furthermore, and in correspondence with the Semana's cross-border spirit, the Ensemble will also be joined by a handful of UC San Diego Grad students to create site-specific large ensemble improvisations at UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Iván Trujillo Ensemble
Iván Trujillo - Trumpet & Electronics
Martha Rolón - Clarinet
Katherine Hernández - Saxophone
Lesly Sandoval - French Horn
Kevin Urzua - Trombone
Kalid García - Electric Guitar
Gabriel Nava - Electric Bass
Javier Gómez - Drums
Special Guests
Wilfrido Terrazas - Flutes & Whistles
Esther Gámez - Live Art
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Monday Night Forum
Monday, November 18th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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WEDS7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The New York Times calls red fish blue fish a "dynamic percussion ensemble from the University of California." Founded 20 years ago by Steven Schick, the San Diego-based ensemble performs, records, and premieres works from the last 85 years of western percussion's rich history. The group works regularly with living composers from every continent. Recent projects include the world premiere of Roger Reynolds' Sanctuary and the American premiere of James Dillon's epic Nine Rivers cycle with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). In the Summer of 2011 red fish blue fish collaborated with George Crumb, Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars to premiere the staged version of The Winds of Destiny. Eighth Blackbird invited red fish blue fish to join them in performances of works by American icons John Cage and Steve Reich at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The New York Times called their "riveting" John Cage performance the "highlight" of the program. Recordings of the percussion chamber music of Iannis Xenakis and Roger Reynolds on Mode Records have been praised by critics around the world. Recordings released in the 2012-13 season included the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacinto Scelsi and rare works of Iannis Xenakis.
In 2012 red fish blue fish presented four concerts of percussion music alongside Percussion Group Cincinnati at the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington, D.C., where they performed highlights from Cage's collection of percussion works.
RFBF has had a huge impact on new music percussion performances, recordings and education. Successful RFBF/UC San Diego Department of Music alums include Ross Karre, now with ICE; Aiyun Huang, who heads the percussion department at McGill University; Morris Palter, an assistant professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he is also the artistic director of the 64.8 percussion group; and Justin DeHart, who is a member of the Chapman University faculty and of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet.
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Rachel Allen, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Undergrad Forum
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Selector
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Computer music concert featuring: live video analysis + synthesis, spatial audio, projection, theatre, and interactive works.
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!!!
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SElectOr
This concert is brought to you by the Sound Electroacoustic Orchestra (SElectOr) at UCSD. This collective is composed of performers, programmers, producers, visual artists and composers. The group is designed to bring access to technological tools to all graduates and undergraduates around campus. Leveraging our positions and connections the collective works together to give everyone access to state-of-the-art equipment and technical support for the purposes of creating new musical materials. Our goal is that no student’s musical vision will remain a dream because of lack of access or knowledge. The group is open to all UCSD students, faculty and staff.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Robert Zelickman Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, November 24th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Trio, Op. 274 (1905) - Carl Reinecke (1873-1916)
for piano, clarinet and horn
Allegro | Ein Märchen | Scherzo | Finale
Quintet in D Major, Op. 42 (1893) - Zden?k Fibich (1850-1900)
for violin, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
Allegro non tanto | Largo | Scherzo | Finale
Mari Kawamura, piano
Cecilia Kim, cello
Päivikki Nykter, violin
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Jane Zwerneman, French horn
Program notes
Born in Hamburg but living most of his life in Leipzig, Carl Reinecke was one of the most versatile musicians in 19th century Germany, recognized as a conductor, pianist and teacher as well as a composer. In 1860, he was appointed director of Leipzig’s great Gewandhaus orchestra, a position he held for more than 30 years. There he led the premier performance of Brahms’s German Requiem and joined the Gewandhaus Quartet in the premier performance of Brahms’s great Piano Quintet. He served as a teacher for 35 years, first as a professor at the Cologne Conservatory and then at the Leipzig Conservatory. Students came from all over Europe to study with him, and included composers Edvard Grieg, Leoš Janá?ek, Isaac Albeniz, Max Bruch and Frederick Delius. As a pianist, he toured Western Europe as a concert artist, probably unrivaled as a performer of Mozart. Known for his legato style in a time of keyboard brainstorming, Liszt picked him as the teacher for his own two daughters. Near the end of his life, at the age of 80, he recorded piano rolls, making him the earliest-born pianist to have his playing preserved in any format. As a composer, he first wrote music for his own performance – four piano concertos and cadenzas for concertos by other composers. After his retirement from teaching, he devoted his time for composing, resulting in a life-time output of nearly 300 published works. At a time of great changes in music, he was basically a conservative, producing music of classical design, proportion and restraint.
This Trio was one of three, composed in his mature years, for unusual combinations of instruments; Op. 188 for oboe, horn and piano; Op. 264 for viola, clarinet and piano, and Op. 274 for clarinet, horn and piano. He produced them to perform with Leipzig friends who played instruments then with limited roles in the chamber music repertory.
The Op. 274 Trio, which we hear today, was composed in 1905, five years before Reinecke’s death, and is the work of a superior craftsman writing in the harmonic language and spirit of the late Romantic period just coming to an end. Indeed, the first movement, Allegro, is in conventional sonata form and could well have written by Brahms. It begins with a six-measure horn call repeated by the clarinet and blended with a third theme led by the piano and culminating in a long crescendo to a climax. The second movement is titled Ein Märchen (a German fairytale) – a caption used previously by Schumann for music depicting a somewhat sinister world of fairies. There is a touch of that element here in an otherwise restful mood picture. In the third movement, a Scherzo, Reinecke again follows Schumann’s lead in providing two contrasting trios. Note the vigor and bravura writing for the horn. The Finale, is launched with the clarinet’s statement of the main theme. This is followed by a series of sections giving all three instruments a chance to shine and ending with a formal announcement of the starting theme. -Willard J. Hertz
Zden?k Fibich is the third of the so-called Big Three of 19th century Czech composers, the other two being Smetana and Dvo?ák. That Fibich is not as well known as the other two is not because his music was in any way inferior, but simply because he lived during a time of extreme national consciousness and unlike Dvorak and Smetana, he did not choose only to write in a purely Czech idiom. Rather, his music, though exhibiting Slavic elements, is more typically Central European in sound. This reflects his background. One of his parents was Czech, the other an Austrian German. His education was at both Czech and German schools. He studied at the famous Leipzig Conservatory then spent a year in Paris. Hence Fibich, in contrast to either Dvorak or Smetana, was the product of two cultures, German and Czech. His instrumental works are generally in the vein of the German romantics such as Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner.
Fibich’s Quintet is one of the most original sounding chamber music works because of the unusual tone color effects that Fibich creates. Clearly, in its original version for piano, winds and strings, the nature of the instruments, by themselves alone, creates the stunning and rich effects. However, the version for standard piano quintet benefited immeasurably because Fibich strove hard to maintain the wonderful tone color of the original. The Quintet dates from 1893. Because of the unusual combination of instruments Fibich selected for the original version, his publisher, knowing not many copies would be sold, asked for a version for standard piano quintet. This he produced and yet, such was Fibich's genius, that it in no way sounds like an arrangement and often even gives the feeling of being an altogether separate composition. The main theme to first movement, Allegro non tanto, is warm-hearted and presents a colorful reflection on the peacefulness of nature with a somewhat rustling quality in the background. There is a brief orchestral call to attention before the music seamlessly drifts away. The second movement, Largo, has for its main subject a melody which is serene and dignified but also capable of tremendous passion. A Schubertian Scherzo, with two trios comes next. Fibich gives the instruction "to be played with wild humor." The finale, Allegro con spirito, is bright, joyous and festive. -Edition Silvertrust
Biographies for performers
Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble. Robert was a member of Orchestra Nova for 23 seasons and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera. Recently, Robert retired from UC San Diego (1983-2015) where he lectured on Jewish Music, conducted the Wind Ensemble and performed regularly, premiering many new compositions. He currently performs in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout San Diego. Zelickman earned his BA at UCLA and a MFA at Cal Arts. He studied with Hugo Raimondi, Michele Zukovsky and Ronald Rueben.
Jane Zwerneman has been an active recitalist, freelance musician and teacher in the San Diego area since 1987, performing regularly in productions at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theater, and with the Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Orchestra, Joe Garrison and Night People, Orchestra Nova and the San Diego Symphony. As horn soloist with the Orquesta de Baja California from 1992-2000 she performed and recorded extensively throughout Mexico and the United States. She earned her MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music where she studied horn with Verne Reynolds and composition with Samuel Adler and Joseph Schwantner. Dr. Zwerneman was a member of the faculty at Grossmont College from 1989 to 2009. In her spare time she works as Assistant Director of the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, commissioning new public art for the campus.
A versatile recitalist and chamber musician, violinist Päivikki Nykter, is equally at home with standard repertoire as well as contemporary music. A native of Finland, she is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Ms. Nykter served as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of California San Diego Music Department from 1994 to 2006. She is now a freelance violinist maintaining a busy concert schedule as well as teaching the Alexander Technique both in the US and Europe. Ms. Nykter is an artistic director of a Chamber Music Concert Series in Lappeenranta, Finland. She has recorded on Neuma, Aucourant Records, CRI, Old King Cole, Omega Editions and mode labels.
Cellist Cecilia Kim, a native of Korea, where she began her music career at a young age. She received a Bachelor and a Master’s degree at the Daegu Catholic University as a full scholarship recipient and earned another Master degree at San Diego State University. She has held positions in many orchestras including the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and the Daegu Chamber Ensemble. Simultaneously, she made highly acclaimed solo appearances with the Daegu Symphony Orchestra, the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Daegu Catholic University Orchestra and the University of San Diego Orchestra. Also, she held a faculty position at the Daegu Catholic University and the University of San Diego. Currently, she has been giving many performances around San Diego County.
Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in many directions. Her repertoire includes pieces by William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage and several contemporary Japanese composers. She has been collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers. She has appeared in the major festivals, such as Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA and the Darmstadt International Summer Course and has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Jordan Hall (Boston), Regent Hall (London) and Kirsten Kjær Museum (Denmark). Her 2013 performance of Xenakis’s Dikthas at the SICPP in Boston was described as "an unrelenting volcanic eruption" by NEWMUSICBOX. Kawamura holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved the DipRAM prize for her outstanding final recital. Her teachers included Vadim Sakharov and Tatiana Sarkissova. After studying with Stephen Drury at the
New England Conservatory in the Graduate Degree Program, Kawamura is now pursuing her DMA degree under Aleck Karis at the University of California San Diego.
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201B Improv Ensemble
Monday, November 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)New Works for Improvisers
featuring:
Joseph Bourdeau - found percussion
Teresa de Cossio Diaz - flute
Mariana Flores - voice
Juliana Villamizar Gaona - oboe
Felipe Rossi - Bass Clarinet
Alexandria Smith - trumpet
Jonathan Stallings - clarinet
Qingqing Wang - piano
Ilana Waniuk - violin
Mark Dresser - bass/instructor
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Advanced Jazz Ensemble
Monday, November 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Come enjoy MUS 131's Fall 2019 concert! We will showcase our 7-piece combo, led by Dr. David Borgo. From bebop to fusion, latin to funk, we hope you join us for a night of JAZZ.
WHEN: Monday, November 25th @7PM
WHERE: The Loft
Free! No ticket required.
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Aleck Karis, piano & Michael Nicolas, cello
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Cellist Michael Nicolas and pianist Aleck Karis will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's magnificent Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (1901) along with the Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65, by the English composer Benjamin Britten.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Kalle Hakosalo, percussion - Guest Scholar Recital
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
As part of his residency at the University of California San Diego, Finnish percussionist Kalle Hakosalo presents a solo marimba recital featuring a mixed program of marimba literature and transcriptions of piano, cello and orchestral music. Romantic imagery and Baroque dances are contrasted with contemporary tone language and shimmering virtuosity meets intimate ambiance in this concert extraordinaire.
Time & place: Recital Hall (Conrad Prebys Music Center), 11/27/2019 at 4pm
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Piano Studio Recital
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Students from Aleck Karis' piano studio perform selected works.
Program:
Tyler Koh: Sinfonia No.2 in C minor, BWV 788 by J.S. Bach
Chris Lin: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 12 "Pathétique" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Chia-yu Chang: Capriccio no. 3 from Fantasien, op. 116 by Johannes Brahms
Jad Barrere: Années de pèlerinage. Première année "Suisse" S.160/R.10-4 by Franz Liszt
Mari Kawamura: Sonata No.21 in C major "Waldstein" by Ludwig van Beethoven
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UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass presents Make Our Garden Grow: Songs of Bernstein and Sondheim
The singers from the UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass offer a recital of songs and ensembles composed by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, two of the most celebrated theater composers of the past century. The program will feature selections from works both familiar and rarely heard, including Bernstein’s West Side Story, Candide and Peter Pan, and Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Follies, and Evening Primrose. The singers will be joined on stage by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano) and Julianne Chen (cello).
Featuring:
Adam Berry, Sophia Casas, Rachel Dovsky, Elizabeth Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Seongmin Kim, Leya Ledvin, Halana Macamay, Vita Muccia, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rutkowski, and Julia Yu. With Julianne Chen (cello) and Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano).
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Monday Night Jazz: UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Join UC San Diego's Department of Music for our Monday Night Jazz event of the year! Directed by Kamau Kenyatta, The 95JC concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians.
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Dysfunctional Jazz Experiment
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 11:30 am
Mandeville Auditorium East Room
Free
Dysfunctional Jazz Experiment. Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 11:30am. Mandeville Auditorium, East Room. Free
Paul Roth-Alto Sax
Tommy Babin-Acoustic Bass
Kevin Green-Drums
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra directed by Matt Kline presents their Fall performance on December 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Mandeville Auditorium.
Program:
Overture in D Minor - Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 35 in D Major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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33A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The students of Music 33 "Introduction to Composition," led by Prof. Lei Liang, will present their original compositions. For many students in this class, this is the first time they composed their own music! These students came from diverse backgrounds, and many are double-majors or music minors. Their original works reflect their diverse interests and talents, and all are invited to attend.
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Eliane Radigue's Occam Ocean
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Éliane Radigue (b. 1932) is a pioneering French composer of undulating continuous music marked by patient, virtually imperceptible transformations that purposefully unfold to reveal the intangible, radiant contents of minimal sound—its partials, harmonics, subharmonics and inherent distortions. As a student and assistant to musique concrète pioneers Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Radigue mastered tape splicing techniques, but preferred the creation of fluid, delicately balanced feedback works to the spasmodic dissonance of her teachers’ music. Finding peers among minimalist composers in America, Radigue began working with synthesis in 1970, eventually discovering the ARP 2500 synthesizer, which she would use exclusively for her celebrated electronic works to come. With remarkable restraint, Radigue spent years on each piece, painstakingly assembling series of subtle, pulsating ARP recordings to be later mixed meticulously into hourlong suites of precise, perpetual mutation, including masterpieces Trilogie de la mort and Adnos I-III. In 2001, Radigue adapted an early feedback work to live performance on electric bass, Elemental II, and in 2004, with the encouragement of ongoing collaborator Charles Curtis, she permanently abandoned electronics for acoustic composition, beginning with Naldjorlak for solo cello, composed for Curtis. As within each individual work, Radigue has maintained an obstinate focus throughout the flow of her career, her dedication to the materiality of sound earning her numerous accolades and ensuring her place as one of the most important composers of our time.
Occam Ocean is an ongoing series of solo and ensemble pieces composed by Radigue for individual instrumentalists in which a performer’s personal performance technique and particular relationship to their instrument function as the compositional material of the piece. The “knights of the Occam,” as Radigue refers to the performers participating in the project, are therefore musicians who have developed individualistic, creative approaches to their instruments; and the resulting compositions are not transferable to other performers on that instrument. Citing the ocean as a calming antidote to the overwhelming nature of our vibratory wave-filled surroundings, Radigue has named the tributary components of her Occam series with the image of fluid water in mind. Solo pieces are Occams, duo pieces Rivers, and larger ensemble pieces Deltas. The process of combining or over-laying the solos as small ensemble pieces, with only minor adjustments in the solos themselves, recalls Radigue’s procedure in the early feedback works made as sound installations, in which individual feedback loops are to combined freely in slight non-synchronization such that combinations of loops rarely or never repeat. With the extreme simplicity of Occam’s razor, continuous pieces that are iridescent on their own achieve a new radiance of interacting pulsation in their River and Delta configurations. The Occam series began in 2011 with a solo for harpist Rhodri Davies and has continued steadily to the present, counting now well over fifty individual solos and ensemble pieces.
Each night of Occam Ocean at Pace Gallery will feature different combinations of performances in Occam, River, and Delta configurations by Charles Curtis, Rhodri Davies, and Robin Hayward.
Acknowledged internationally as a performer of new and experimental music, cellist Charles Curtis has been associated with minimalist pioneer La Monte Young and Marina Zazeela since 1987, their intimate working relationship having yielded retroactive recalibrations of pieces like Young’s 1958 Trio for Strings. Curtis is also the first performer to collaborate with Éliane Radigue on a work for an unamplified, acoustic instrument without electronic support or accompaniment. This work, Naldjorlak, composed in 2004 and premiered in December 2005, is an hour-long, exhaustive enquiry into the inherent resonating properties of the cello.
Rhodri Davies is an improvising harpist who confronts traditional concepts of the harp through his use of preparations, detuned, bowed, and e-bowed strings. One of the most prominent members of the London reductionist school of improvised music, new pieces for solo harp have been composed for him by Philip Corner and Yasunao Tone, in addition to Éliane Radigue.
Robin Hayward is a tuba player and composer who has introduced radical playing techniques to brass instruments, initially through the discovery of the ‘noise-valve’ and later through the development of the first fully microtonal tuba in 2009. In 2012 he invented the Hayward Tuning Vine, partly out of a desire to visualise the harmonic space implicit within the microtonal tuba, and began working on a solo tuba piece with Éliane Radigue, which became Occam XI. Other composer collaborations include Christian Wolff and Alvin Lucier.
Occam Ocean is part of Éliane Radigue: Intermediate States, a retrospective curated by Lawrence Kumpf and Charles Curtis and developed in collaboration with Éliane Radigue for Blank Forms in New York. The retrospective seeks to present Radigue’s practice in a richly contextualized, holistic manner to draw out important connections between her early and late periods of work, examining the breadth of her practice and juxtaposing her compositions with new interpretations and experimental re-stagings by contemporary composers. The retrospective will continue with more programs into 2020.
Éliane Radigue: Intermediate States has been made possible with generous support from Pace Gallery, Wales Arts International, the Goethe-Institut, and through the New Music Fund, a program of FACE Foundation, with generous funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, Florence Gould Foundation, Fondation CHANEL, French Ministry of Culture, Institut français-Paris, and SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique).
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95W World Music Students
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Students of Pandit Kartik Seshadri and Arup Chattopadhyay perform Indian Classical Music on December 5, 2019 in an evening of Ragas and Talas (Indian Classical Music) under the directorship of Kartik Seshadri. All are welcome to attend.
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IDEAS: Time Unfolded, with Johannes Reginier and Nakul Tiruviluamala
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom
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IDEAS: Time Unfolded, with Johannes Reginier and Nakul Tiruviluamala
Date: December 5th, 2019 to December 5th, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom , UC San Diego
Host: Shahrokh Yadegari, professor, Department of Music
DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT:
Time Unfolded is an interdisciplinary and immersive multi-media work, combining highresolution video, dance and live electronics.
Time Unfolded is an exploration of the movements of a dancer, filmed in 4.6K and high frame rate and decomposed instant after instant, following and extending the techniques of chronophotography of Eadweard Muybridge and Étienne-Jules Marey, and accompanied by an immersive 8-channel live electronics performance. Through the interplay of sounds and images, time unfolds and shapes emerge from the succession of the instants.
SPEAKER BIO:
Johannes Regnier (UC San Diego Music) In a career that spans more than a decade, Johannes Regnier has been active as a composer and sound engineer and has conducted several projects in the field of electronic music. He studied mathematics at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, sound engineering at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris and sound art at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Regnier is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in computer music at UC San Diego under the supervision of Miller Puckette.
Nakul Tiruviluamala (UC San Diego Music) Nakul Tiruviluamala has a deep passion for music that began when he started studying piano at the age of four. He is a keyboardist, composer, singer, conductor, sound artist, and multiinstrumentalist. He received his bachelor’s of music in classical piano performance at UC Irvine. Afterwards, he earned both a master’s in music composition as well as an artist diploma in jazz piano performance at San Diego State University. He is currently pursuing a PhD at UC San Diego in computer music.
Verónica Santiago Moniello - Verónica is a Venezuelan-Italian choreographer and dancer currently based in the south of California and Mexico. She holds an M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts in the Theatre & Dance Program at UCSD, the University of California, San Diego (U.S.) and a B.A. in Dance Making by the Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen (Germany), where she worked on Pina Bausch’s “Le Sacre Du Printemps” répertoire. Her practice is inspired by the relationships between human movement and unstable surfaces, the connection between the body, its organs and naturals elements, notions of memory and the idea of birth, antagonist subjects of resistance, utopian bodies, and dreams. Her projects have been presented in Mexico, Venezuela, Belize, Germany, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S. Currently she is teaching Movement Laboratory for undergraduates at the Dance Program at UCSD in San Diego- California,U.S. Recently she has been choreographing “Women at War” (dir. Rebecca Johannsen,) at California State University San Marcos. Also Anna Moench’s “Mothers at Play” (dir. Bea Basso) at the Potiker Theatre in La Jolla. San Diego- California, U.S. She also has choreographed “Amor es más Laberinto” (dir. Raquel Araujo,) co-produced between the National Theater Company of Mexico and La Rendija theater company in MeridaYucatan. She has directed “Before the Horses Crash into the Ground, and then the Ground,” as part of her ongoing research “The Body that has Been Possessed” awarded by the Tinker Fellowship, CILAS (Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) and The Friends of California, and is co-creator of “DosLados;” a collaboration between Habitual and La Mecedora, that re-imagines new ways of shortening and folding the territory between, Rosarito, Tijuana and San Diego through dance. She has performed in the dance video piece “Until it Lives in the Muscle” (dir. Andrea Canepa) at the Bauhaus School (Dessau, Germany.) Also she has presented her solo “implicitself” at “Series of Performances” program hosted by Movement Research (NYC, U.S.) Since 2015 she has been guiding dance workshops and masters classes at “La Rendija” theater company at the same time collaborating with the dance company Tumakat as directors assistant for Vania Duran in Mérida, Yucatán (México.)
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A reception will be held at 6 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP requested to galleryinfo@calit2.net
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Phillip Larson directs the CHAMBER SINGERS of MUS 95K.
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Switch~ Ensemble
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Katharina Rosenberger: surge for bass clarinet, cello, piano
Anna-Louise Walton: uttered for clarinet, cello, piano
Ashley Fure: therefore i was for cello, percussion, piano
Katharina Rosenberger: Up-Close new collaborative work for fl, bcl, vcl, pno, perc (as listed above)
Performers:
Michael Matsuno, flute (guest)
Madison Greenstone, clarinets
Tyler J. Borden, cello
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion (guest)
Wei-Han Wu, piano
Jason Thorpe Buchanan, electronics and sound diffusion
About [Switch~ Ensemble]
A new music ensemble for the 21st Century, the [Switch~ Ensemble] is dedicated to the creation of new works for chamber ensemble, integrating technology and live performance. We believe that working directly with composers throughout their creative process—in a medium where the score is a departure rather than a finish line—allows for new and thrilling musical possibilities.
Recent engagements include ensemble residencies at Harvard, Cornell, Bard, University of Chicago, Ithaca College, Buffalo State, and UC Berkeley, as well as performances at the Image/Sound Festival, San Francisco Center for New Music, Valencia International Performance Academy, MATA Interval Series, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the Queens New Music Festival, and the Vanguard New Music Series at Kent State University.
[Switch~] contributes to the future of the genre by strongly advocating for and commissioning the music of a new generation of early career composers. Commissions by and for [Switch~] include works by Katharina Rosenberger, Anna-Louise Walton, Matt Sargent, Esaias Järnegard, Adrien Trybucki, and Timothy McCormack. Additionally, we have performed European or American premieres of major works by composers from across continents, like Alexander Schubert, Elvira Garifzyanova, Santiago Diez-Fischer, Lisa Streich, Rand Steiger, or Anthony Pateras. [Switch~ Ensemble] has been generously supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, New Music USA, the Amphion Foundation, the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research, and more.
[Switch~]’s 2019-2020 season highlights include a residency with Harvard Group for New Music, a workshop and performance at UC San Diego for a new commission by Katharina Rosenberger, a return engagement at Eastman Audio Research Studio’s Image/Sound Festival, residencies at the Frost School of Music in Miami and SPLICE Festival in Kalamazoo, and performances in New York City.
Founded in 2012 at the Eastman School of Music’s Computer Music Center as a flexible-size professional ensemble looking toward the future of contemporary music, the [Switch~ Ensemble] specializes in high-level chamber music integrated with cutting-edge technology. We are passionate about helping to build a diverse canon of 21st century works that leaves space for all voices—especially those that have historically been excluded from our field. Read more about the ensemble and its members at: http://www.switchensemble.com/about/
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Marimba, Bow, Stone, Player
Friday, December 6th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Kevin Good and Katie Eikam present Kunsu Shim’s rarely heard percussion piece “Marimba, Bow, Stone, Player."
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate students under the direction of Takae Ohnishi will perform chamber music. All are welcome to attend.
The program includes the works by Telemann, Haydn, Schumann, Migot, Barrmann, Popper, etc.
G. Ph. Telemann - Concerto, Allegro ma non troppo in G major
Irene Lee, flute, Jacqueline Guy, violin 1, Hsian-ying Lu, violin 2, Siddhartha Krishnan, Baroque guitar, and Sherry Zheng, harpsichord
J. Haydn - String Quartet “Sunrise” Allegro con spirito in B-flat major, op.76, no.4
Jane Park, violin1, Meng-Chia Lee, violin 2, Mische Holland, viola, and Gabrielle Carr, cello
D. Popper - Requiem in F-sharp minor, op.66
Henry Helmuth, cello 1, Julianne Chen, cello 2, Russell Chiang, cello 3, and Chonling Liu, piano
G. Migot - Les Parques
Anu Chaparala, violin 1, Anete Ramos, violin 2, Adam Woll, viola, and Yidong Guo, piano
C. Baermann - Duo Concertant op. 33
Evan Lam, clarinet 1, Mara Casebeer, clarinet 2, Qinghong (Sherry) Xie, piano
I. Lachner - Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 37
II. Andante con moto | III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Ben Boyarko, violin, Claire Morris, viola, and Xiaoyan Ren, piano
C. Rorich - Burleske op. 64
E. Krakamp - Scherzo “Il maestro e gli allievi” op. 100
Seema Ahmed, flute 1, Simran Bhakta, flute 2, Sadaf Khwajazada, flute 3, and Chia-yu Chang, piano
R. Schumann - Piano Quintett, Allegro brillante in E-flat major, op44
Jonathan Fong, violin 1, Helen Thio, violin 2, Kane Gu, viola, Sarah Kang, cello, and John Guo, piano
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David Aguila, trumpet - Graduate Recital 1
Friday, December 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
David Aguila plays the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Harmonien (2007)
Tierkreis (1975)
arr. Aguila (2017)
- Leo
- Virgo
- Libra
- Scorpio
- Sagitarius
- Capricorn
Spiral (1968)
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A Talk with Anthony Davis on “The Central Park Fiveâ€
Saturday, December 7th, 2019 3:00 pm
San Diego Central Library
Free
Join us for a conversation with composer Anthony Davis, conducted by UC San Diego Music professor emeritus Cecil Lytle, exploring the genesis of The Central Park Five and the artist’s duty to reflect on important social and political issues of the day.
Opera News has called UC San Diego Music Professor Anthony Davis, "A National Treasure," for his pioneering work in opera. His important contributions also extend to chamber, choral and orchestral music as well as improvised music and jazz. His six operas include works centered on recent historical figures Malcolm X and Patty Hearst. His latest opera, The Central Park Five, an exploration of the infamous wrongful conviction of five teenagers of color in NYC in the 1980s, premiered at the Long Beach Opera in 2019 to international acclaim.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 7th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Celeste Oram Thomas Nee Commission
Robert Schumann Violin Concerto
John Adams Harmonium
Soloist: Keir GoGwilt, violin
Keir GoGwilt, who dazzled in Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto two seasons ago, returns with another unfamiliar (and very different) piece, the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann, one of that doomed composer’s final works. The La Jolla Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for the work that launched John Adams’ career: Harmonium sets texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, and its premiere in 1981 announced the arrival of a major composer. Celeste Oram, this year’s Nee Commission winner, continues our tradition of melding music and visual art.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Celeste Oram Thomas Nee Commission
Robert Schumann Violin Concerto
John Adams Harmonium
Soloist: Keir GoGwilt, violin
Keir GoGwilt, who dazzled in Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto two seasons ago, returns with another unfamiliar (and very different) piece, the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann, one of that doomed composer’s final works. The La Jolla Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for the work that launched John Adams’ career: Harmonium sets texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, and its premiere in 1981 announced the arrival of a major composer. Celeste Oram, this year’s Nee Commission winner, continues our tradition of melding music and visual art.
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David Aguila, trumpet - Graduate Recital 2
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
David Aguila plays the music by Aguila, Andre, Cage, and Stockhausen.
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Camera Lucida: Schumann, Kurtag, Mihaud, Strauss
Monday, December 9th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
PROGRAM:
Schumann, Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
György Kurtag, Hommage a Robert Schumann, Op. 15d
Darius Milhaud, Sonatina for Violin and Viola, Op. 226
Richard Strauss, Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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Kalle Hakosalo, percussion - Guest Scholar Recital
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)nonPERCUSSION is an entity that explores a set of transformations. The symmetrically arranged program features three types of works: instrumental, non-instrumental and object- centered. Each of them have been assigned an acoustic and an electroacoustic variant. The result is a narrative arch that depicts the loss and re-discovery of oneself. The transitions between pieces also undergo a change, first developing an (electronic) existence of their own and little by little being reduced to a simpler form.
Kalle Hakosalo is a young, prolific Finnish percussionist. Passionate about popularizing percussion music in his native Finland and abroad, he performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician (in ensembles like NEKO3 and km2). His repertoire extends from Baroque arrangements to cornerstone works of percussion literature, multidisciplinary art and music written for him.
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103A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Seminar in Composition, instructed by Anthony Davis presents their end of term concert featuring new and innovative premiere works.
Featuring compositions by: Emmitt Carroll, Jackie Guy, Kaolyn Hong, Adrian Martinez, Daniel Mendoza, Ekaterina Myshliaeva, Braden Rigling, Diego Rodriguez, Korey Ross, Irene Sha, and Katherine Wilkes.
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Fiona Digney, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)In her final DMA recital, Fiona Digney is joined by friends and colleagues Steven Schick, Aleck Karis, Kyle Adam Blair, and Kyle Johnson for a concert exploring the macro and the micro. The program will begin with a new work by duo ...and then we run, followed by the rarely performed magical and wondrous 1974 work for two pianos and two percussion; Makrokosmos III: Music for a Summer Evening by George Crumb.
Please join us for this FREE event that will be sure to start the new decade off right with ancient mystical sounds and a new work for a new world.
About Fiona Digney:
Fiona Digney is an Australian-born multi-faceted percussionist who holds both education and performance degrees and is currently based in California while she undertakes doctoral studies under the guidance of Prof. Steven Schick. She has enjoyed a wide-ranging freelance career over the last decade, performing in solo, ensemble, and theatrical settings in Australia, China, Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, England, Mexico, and the United States. As an avid proponent of new music, she has commissioned and premiered various percussion works from composers across the globe and has been involved in many new music ensembles; most recently as on-stage percussionist in the European premiere of Anne Washburn’s highly acclaimed post-electric play, Mr. Burns at the Almeida theatre, London. Fiona has performed with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tetrafide percussion quartet (AUS), Ensemble 64.8 (USA), Het Zuiderlijk Toneel, and Diamantfabrielk theatre companies (NL), as well as a soloist at Club Zho and the launch of the Totally Huge New Music Festival (AUS). Fiona is a current member of red fish blue fish and is active in both the music and theatre departments at the University of California San Diego.
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Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 9th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her first DMA recital:
Program:
Betsy Jolas - Études Aperçues (1992)
Vanessa Tomlinson - world premiere (2019)
Theocharis Papatrechas- world premiere (2019)
Kaija Saariaho - Six Japanese Gardens (1993-95)
About Rebecca:
Australian born percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones is a diverse musician who is passionate about percussion performance, research and education. She has worked extensively with the Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin Symphony Orchestra, The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and served as a musician in The Australian Defence Force.
Rebecca has performed at several focus days for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, has attended the Roots and Rhizomes program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada, and has also presented at the 2017 Transplanted Roots Research Symposium. In 2019, Rebecca was a guest artist at the VI Semana Internacional de Improvisación held in Ensenada, and will also be a guest tutor at the Festival de Música Nueva, Ensenada.
Based in San Diego, Rebecca is a doctoral candidate at UCSD under the guidance of Distinguished Professor Steven Schick. In Australia, Rebecca graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts completing her Honours Degree, under the tutelage of percussionist Peter Neville and is also an alumnus of the Higher Degree Research Department at Queensland Conservatorium completing her Masters of Music Research Degree with Dr. Vanessa Tomlinson.
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one fish two fish, 32C percussion ensemble
Monday, January 13th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
One Fish Two Fish is made up of undergraduate percussion players who are enrolled in either MUS 32 (private lessons) or MUS 95L (Wind Ensemble). They are presenting a concert of new percussion classics.
Program:
Gravity - Marc Mellits
Baby Bot - Andrea Mazzariello
Early Sentiments - Edward Hamel
Matt Leveque, soloist
Mallet Quartet - Steve Reich
Directed by James Beauton:
DMA Candidate, red fish blue fish member, and conductor of the UCSD Wind Ensemble
one fish two fish members:
Hailey Brown
Wesley Chen
Katie Hsieh
Matt LeVeque
Adrian Martinez
Eric Nguyen
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Camera Lucida: Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninov
Monday, January 13th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
PROGRAM:
Mozart, Piano Trio in Bb, Divertimento K. 254
Beethoven, String Quartet in D major, Op.18 Nr. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov, Sonata Op 19 for viola and piano
PERFORMERS:
Jeff Thayer, violin
Hanah Stuart, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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Mari Kawamura, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 16th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)PROGRAM:
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat Major, Hob.XVI/49
Erik Ulman: Au seul souci de voyager for solo piano
Michael Finnissy: Snowdrift
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53 "Waldstein"
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Grad Forum
Friday, January 17th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)2020 is upon us at last, and so too is the latest installment in a proud lineage of Grad Forum concerts! An eclectic, thrice-quarterly grab bag of electro-acoustical-musical-theatrical excellence showcasing the ongoing work of UC San Diego Music Department grad students. Grad Forums are always free, always weird, and usually not terribly long, so join us Friday, January 17th in the Experimental Theater as we plunge ourselves into a shiny new year doubtlessly full of fun new experiences, and fresh existential horrors!
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ArtPower presents Beethoven Cycle Part 2 with Ariel Quartet
Friday, January 17th, 2020 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UC San Diego Box Office
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“A blazing, larger-than-life performance.”—Washington Post
Distinguished by its virtuosic playing and impassioned interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has earned its glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel nearly twenty years ago, the Quartet was recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. The Ariel serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the rigorous chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts in addition to their busy touring schedule.
In honor of Beethoven’s sestercentennial in 2020, the Ariel Quartet will perform the complete Beethoven Cycle. This concert marks the second of a five-concert series.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major;op. 127; String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6; String Quartet “Rasumovsky,” op. 59, no. 3
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Lucia Mense - Performance Focus
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
David DeFilippo, computer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Two new works of electronic music:
- All sorts
- conscientiousness
Two synths were programmed to have internal dynamic mechanisms, where the musician can mix what processes co-occur and couple together creating rhythmic vibrations. Timbres reach into heavy saturation and unexpected resonance shapes via containing high volume signals with power-preservation. Signals are projected to higher-dimensions and rotated with other signals or oscillators, altering and adding to the psychedelic sound of the instrument.
Coupling helps multiple processes find a central tendency, a rhythmic voice coupled to a chaotic process gives the chaotic process inflections of pulse timing and due to bi-directionality the rhythm is perturbed by the chaotic process creating phase changes. Demarcations as decelerations form among processes, the consistency of decelerations in terms of its resonance can mask or reveal activity depending on the relations and the actions of the musician.
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The titles of the two works All sorts and conscientiousness signal to the old and new problematics of power and follow from these sentences lifted from instructional documentation of IBM’s Watson-based Personality Insights service: “You need text written by the person whose personality you are interested in. It should contain words about everyday experiences, thoughts, and responses. This service applies linguistic analytics and personality theory to infer attributes from a person’s unstructured text. Gain insight into how and why people think, act and feel the way they do.” **
**A new IBM service providing micro-targeting capability -- or the antidemocratic identification and persuasion of consumers and voters alike by personality metrics. The Watson system it is based on is general purpose and generates responses to questions using methods of web-based inference. The founder of IBM Thomas J Watson started the corporation up on the technology of census processing, developing punch-card machines to automate sorting and tabulation of populations into grouped types. Before punch-card technology the census would take 10 years to tally and after only 3 months. Watson would later work closely with the Nazi party through subsidiary branches in Germany to furnish nazi officials with as many as of such machines with single-use punch-cards that were in the exact shape of the dollar bill as he could, keeping 90% of the profits. IBM employed workers went door to door to collect population data in search of Jewish people throughout Europe to later abduct and work to death. The IBM punch-card machine served as an enabling technology for the high-speed realization of Hitler’s idea. It is a haunting example of capitalism and fascism becoming indistinguishable.
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1st Year Grad Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 24th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)First-year graduate students studying composition and performance will present their winter jury concert at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24th in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
The evening will feature five world premiere performances by Erin Graham, Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit, Jonathan Stallings, and Alexander Taylor.
The program will feature performances by Mariana Flores (voice, piano), Peter Ko (cello),
Miguel Zazueta (voice), Erin Graham (percussion), and Alexander Taylor (voice, percussion, and violin).
PROGRAM:
Manual, by Erin Graham
Between Breaths, by Janet Sit
Interregnum, by Douglas Osmun
La Invasión de la Noche, by Jonny Stallings
Poema de la Siguiriya Gitana, by Alex Taylor
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1st Year Grad Jury Discussion Session
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Discussion session with faculty response to the 1st Year Composition Jury Concert on Friday, January 24th. Open to the public.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
All tickets are held at the door
Event Program (PDF)24th Annual Concert to Benefit the Lytle Scholarship at UC San Diego
Featuring: Cecil Lytle
Program: Music of Remembrance
Please join us as we raise scholarship funds for promising students.
The notion of art for art's sake is a misnomer: every sculpture, painting, dance, poem, or piece of music is a conscious act of principle and intent. Though the purpose may not be literal, and indeed its genesis may be quite obscure, art stems from individual experience and memory. This year's program presents classical compositions in memory of a person, idea, or an occasion.
For more information, please visit rels.ucsd.edu.
PROGRAM:
Alan Berg (1885-1935) - Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1913)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Keyboard Sonata in E-flat Major Hob. XVI/49 (1790)
Zden?k Fibich (1850-1900) - Quintet in D Major, Opus 42 (1893)
PERFORMERS:
Cecil Lytle, piano
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Mari Karamura, piano
Cecilia Kim, cello
Päivikki Nykter, violin
Jane Zwerneman, French horn
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WEDS7 Prebys Concert
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Prebys Chair Concert featuring Karis, Schick, Steiger, Terrazas and Kanasevich
Compositions by Rand Steiger, Anqi Liu and Alex Stephenson
Conducted by Steven Schick
Conrad Prebys (1933-2016) was an extremely generous philanthropist who made the largest and most important gift to the UC San Diego Department of Music that we have ever received, enabling us to complete the Conrad Prebys Music Center in 2009. His subsequent gifts enabled us to establish an endowment for graduate student support (and name our concert hall in his honor) and to establish the Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair in Music. To honor the memory of Mr. Prebys, and to commemorate the establishment of the Endowed Chair five years ago, the Department of Music presents a concert of the music of Rand Steiger, the current holder of the Chair. The program will include the premiere of a new work for solo piano Simple Gifts, Variations for Conrad Prebys, performed by Professor Aleck Karis, along with Beacon (2015), for flute and electronics, performed by Professor Wilfrido Terrazas, and Cyclone (2013), for clarinet and electronics, performed by clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich. The program will conclude with Steven Schick conducting Palimpsest in a performance of Steiger’s innovative composition Ecosphere in a new version with revised electronics. Steiger’s work broke new ground in the use of realtime digital signal processing of musical instruments when it was commissioned and premiered by IRCAM and the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2002. Schick will also lead the premiere of two new works written for the occasion for the same 16-piece ensemble by graduate composers Anqi Liu and Alex Stephenson.
PROGRAM:
Simple Gifts (Variations for Conrad Prebys) - Rand Steiger (Aleck Karis, piano)
Cyclone - Rand Steiger (Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet)
How Light Arrives… (premiere for Ecosphere ensemble) - Anqi Liu
Cantus (premiere for Ecosphere ensemble) - Alex Stephenson
Beacon - Rand Steiger (Wilfrido Terrazas, flute)
Ecosphere - Rand Steiger [DSP]
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Reed Family Concert: Beethoven Interpolations
Saturday, February 1st, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Beethoven turns 250 this year. He was a great composer, as everybody already knows. But in the midst of what will certainly be a mind-numbing hagiography, I can’t help but think that he would feel misunderstood by us. After all, he was much more in spiritual league with the flame-throwing radicals of the Jacobin rather than the cultural mainstream. What would the person who turned his back on princes and emperors say about today’s cultural worship of his music in the form of a well-heeled gala crowd at a symphony orchestra concert?
We propose another kind of birthday present. Building on the classical notion of interpolation to shed light on Beethoven’s impact on 20th and 21st music, we will nest among the movements of Beethoven’s mercurial First Symphony (1800) newer work that contains 20th and 21st century echoes of Beethoven’s mind. Webern’s Symphony, Dallapiccola’s Una Piccola Musica Notturna, and new music by PamelaZ and Anna Thorvaldsdottir help reveal the often unseen Beethoven: his formalism, his penchant for lyricism, and his wicked sense of humor. We hope to afford insight into parallel moments of cultural and political peril. From the turn of the 19th century in post-revolutionary Europe to the volatile time between world wars in the 20th century to our early 21st century michigas, these works, taken together, demonstrate the necessity for an artist to react to her or his time.
PROGRAM:
Pamela Z - Heiligenstadt Lament
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #1, First Movement
Anton Webern - Symphony Op. 21
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Second Movement
Luigi Dallapiccola - Una Piccola Musica Notturna
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Third Movement
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Fourth Movement
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Aequilibria
The concert will be preceded by a conversation with Steven Schick and a distinguished panel including: Pamela Z, Lilian Faderman, and Henry Torres Blanco, entitled: "How do we as artists working in different genres use (or abuse) classic works?"
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Felipe Rossi, composition - Graduate Recital
Monday, February 3rd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer Felipe Rossi presents his dissertation recital in support of his Ph.D. defense.
Program:
Entrelignes for violoncello and live electronics
Saturation for violin and live electronics
h2enh1 for bass flute and live electronics
Quartet in five scenes for clarinet, viola, double bass and piano
Featuring:
Teresa Diaz de Cossio, bass flute
Mark Dresser, double bass
Peter Ko, violoncello
Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano
Päivikki Nykter, viola
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
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Alexandria Smith, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 7th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Alexandria Smith – praised by the New York Times for her “appealingly melancholic sound” and “entertaining array of distortion effects" (on the trumpet) – presents a repertoire recital, Shifting: an exploration of Timbre. Highlighting the vocal nature and complex timbre of the trumpet, Smith will perform pieces that include extended vocal techniques, distortion-like sounds, and linear virtuosity. Featuring the creative voices of Kathryn Schulmeister (bass) and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion), Alexandria Smith will present an evening of works by Liza Lim, Pedro Alvarez, Robert Erickson, and herself.
Liza Lim: Roda - The Living Circle 2017
Liza Lim: Ehwaz (Journeying) 2010
Pedro Alvarez: Canto for amplified trumpet 2018
Robert Erickson: Kryl 1980
Alexandria Smith: Shifting 2020
Part of the Festival of New Trumpet Music West, http://extension.ucsd.edu/fontwest
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Cultured Data Symposium: Panel 3
Saturday, February 8th, 2020 11:00 am
Bread & Salt — Barrio Logan
Professor Shlomo Dubnov will be giving a talk at the Cultured Data Symposium this Saturday, February 8th between 11-12:30pm titled “In Fleeting Moments: Recomposing Prokofiev with Deep Neural Networks”
Learn more: http://cultureddata.net/schedule/#panel3
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 8th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Anahita Abbasi - New Work *BRENDA AND STEVEN SCHICK COMMISSION
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Michael Pisaro - Concerto for Amplified Percussion & Orchestra
Soloist: Greg Stuart, percussion
Brahms’ mighty Third Symphony manages also to be his most intimate and–some would say–his most beautiful symphony. The La Jolla Symphony has not played it for over a quarter of a century–come, listen fresh, and rediscover the wonders of this glorious music. We premiere two commissioned works: a new piece by emerging Iranian composer Anahita Abbasi, known for her electric and electro-acoustic works; and Michael Pisaro’s Concerto for Amplified Percussion, featuring extraordinary percussionist and frequent Pisaro collaborator, Greg Stuart.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Anahita Abbasi - New Work *BRENDA AND STEVEN SCHICK COMMISSION
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Michael Pisaro - Concerto for Amplified Percussion & Orchestra
Soloist: Greg Stuart, percussion
Brahms’ mighty Third Symphony manages also to be his most intimate and–some would say–his most beautiful symphony. The La Jolla Symphony has not played it for over a quarter of a century–come, listen fresh, and rediscover the wonders of this glorious music. We premiere two commissioned works: a new piece by emerging Iranian composer Anahita Abbasi, known for her electric and electro-acoustic works; and Michael Pisaro’s Concerto for Amplified Percussion, featuring extraordinary percussionist and frequent Pisaro collaborator, Greg Stuart.
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David Borgo:50
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)David Borgo celebrates his half-century birthday in musical style, inviting friends old and new to collaborate on an improvised suite of epic proportions,
transforming the worldly sounds of brass, wind, wood, voice and skin through otherworldly electronic means into a metamodern masterpiece.
David Borgo - saxophones, winds, electronics
Jeff Kaiser - quartertone trumpet, voice, electronics
Kjell Nordeson - percussion
Tobin Chodos - piano
Tommy Babin - contrabass
Paul Roth - alto saxophone
Peter Sloan - trombone
Alexandria Smith - trumpet
Wilfrido Terrazas - flute
let the crazy out
let the weirdness shout
let the unconscious loose
release inner recluse
let the automatic sing
let the gibberish ring
let the heart guide
let the energy preside
let the mind wander
drifting over yonder
into the hills
let the spontaneity spike
let it be
the free roaming psych
(poem by Andy Cappricorn)
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Camera Lucida: Ravel, Beethoven, Brahms
Monday, February 10th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
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Event Program (PDF)“It may have an air of nothingness, this machine for two instruments: there is nearly a year and a half of toil in it.” (Ravel on his Sonata for Violin and Cello)
We welcome you to listen to the eccentricities, intricacies and oddities of Ravel’s celebrated Duo, and to read Anthony Burr’s detailed essay on the swirl of figures that surround this work: Dixieland jazz, Duchampian “Bachelor Machines,” the “Whirlwind of Death" circus showpiece, Murnau’s expressionist film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” and more. Also, we near the completion of our cycle of the entire Beethoven quartets with Opus 18 Nr. 4 in c-minor. And finally we will play Brahms’ melancholic, late Clarinet Quintet, one of his last compositions. Composer Carolyn Chen (currently holder of the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin!) writes in our program about gardens and fog, fragments and ruins, Romantic love, Dürer’s Melancholia and the clarinet as a “shadow instrument.” Join us in puzzling over these musical mysteries and sonic miracles, listening through the past to the present moment, just as we do, absorbed in ineffable waves of sound energy.
PROGRAM:
Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello
Beethoven, String Quartet in c minor, Op. 18 Nr. 4
Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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WEDS7 Mexican Music (Mostly Not) for flute and harp
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Wilfrido Terrazas and Tasha Smith Godinez present an evening of work for flute and harp featuring a version of Cynthia Martínez Lira’s beautiful graphic score Marcos (2016-17), Mariana Villanueva’s seldom performed classic Canto Nocturno (1985), for bass flute, José Gurría-Cárdenas' Mobile Active Simulated Humanoids (2017), for solo harp, Iva?n Trujillo's Autunno (2019), and two works of by Terrazas: Jaspe (2014) and Ifigenia en (2013).
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Changing Tides II - A Telematic Translocational Concert
Thursday, February 13th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Extending their prior 2016 collaboration to a new level of immersive audio-visual design, in February, 2020 an intercultural team of artists presents Changing Tides II, an intercultural music collaboration responding to the climate crisis, featuring renowned improvisers in Seoul and San Diego performing together via cutting-edge technologies. With audiences at both locations, the event links 10 musicians in a stunning scenic environment created by visual artists, including Korean director Jungung Yang who conceived the design in relation to a Korean shamanic ceremony to simultaneously evoke sorrow and the recirculation of new life. Blending live collaborative performance, pre-recorded materials, visualizations of climate data, and original compositions integrating Korean music, jazz and beyond, Changing Tides II addresses our urgent need for global collaboration and blends past and future artistic expressions in a unique act of collective imagination.
Director in Korea: Jungung Yang
Directors in San Diego: Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen
Producer in Korea: Jun Oh
Artist Director at CultureHub NY: Billy Clark
Scenic design in San Diego: Victoria Petrovich
Digital Content and Design: Kyle Johnson
Technical Director in San Diego: Trevor Henthorn
Event produced in collaboration with Seoul Institute of the Arts and CultureHub NY
Musicians in San Diego: Stephanie Richards, Mark Dresser, Wilfrido Terrazas, Michael Dessen and Joshua White
Musicians in Seoul: Yoon Jeong Heo, Jean Oh, Aram Lee, Min Wang Hwang, Bae Il Dong and Jungpyo Lee
Event produced in collaboration with Seoul Institute of the Arts and CultureHub NY
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Friday, February 14th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers: A tradition continues
In 1987, renowned virtuoso violinist János Négyesy established a series of Chamber Music concerts called the “Soirée for Music Lovers.” These programs were intended to be a musical counterpoint to the experimental music that characterized the music department at the University of California, where Professor Négyesy was a long-time faculty member. The quarterly concerts, featuring chamber music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, grew to be a popular and elegant part of the musical life of San Diego. The tradition continues this year on Friday, February 14th, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on the UC San Diego campus. Päivikki Nykter, the late Professor Négyesy’s wife, musical partner and a featured performer in every previous Soirée, has taken up the mantle in presenting a program worthy of the Négyesy legacy. The program begins at 7 p.m., and admission is free.
The post concert reception will feature a customary toast to Professor Négyesy.
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Schallfeld Ensemble
Saturday, February 15th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)SCHALLFELD ENSEMBLE
Schallfeld is an international ensemble for contemporary music based in Graz. The group sparks the interest of its audience by its vivid virtuosity and refined chamber music sound, paired with interpretations that pay special attention to concert format, creating events that adapt to the specific venue while aiming for a new dimension of listening.
The ensemble was founded in 2013 by alumni of Klangforum Wien and composition students of Kunstuniversita?t Graz. It currently consists of musicians from 8 nationalities and reflects the diversity and different interests of its members in its artistic direction. In the last few years, Schallfeld has been able to establish itself on international stages through exciting programming with a focus on young composers, innovative concert-stagings as well as through the quality of its collective improvisations and innovative use of live-electronics.
Schallfeld sees its mission in bringing music of international young composers to Austria and acting as an ambassador for new music production abroad. Besides its own concert cycle in Graz, Schallfeld is regularly guest in festivals in Austria and abroad, such as Wien Modern, Impuls Graz, Klangspuren Schwaz, Darmsta?dter Ferienkurse, Afekt (Estonia), Poznan Musical Spring (Poland), EMA (Spain), Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival (South Korea). In 2016 and 2017 Schallfeld has been selected by the Ministry of Foreign/cultural Affairs as representative of NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music), a program designed to promote young Austrian artists internationally.
The ensemble is also involved in pedagogical activities and collaborative theater projects for children and adults. Schallfeld is funded by the municipality of Graz, the federal state of Styria, the Austrian federal Government and receives generous support from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the iem (Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics) Graz. Past projects by Schallfeld have also received grants by the EU (Youth in Action), Music Austria (MICA) and KulturKontakt Austria.
www.schallfeldensemble.com
PROGRAM:
Anahita Abassi -Situation II / Dialoge for Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano, Violin, Cello, Double bass & Objects
Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez – Monolito, for bassclarinet, doublebass and piano
Stephen de Filippo – A moment exposed, for mixed chamber ensemble
Ioannis Mitsialis – Jupiter, for ensemble
Nasim Khorassani – Paper Pigeons, for Schallfeld Ensemble and papers
Qingqing Wang – Circles, for clarinet, piano, violin violoncello and contrabass
Tiange Zhou - Morphing, for clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass, and piano
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Satoko Fujii's “Kazeâ€
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Satoko Fujii's "Kaze"
featuring
Natsuki Tamura – trumpet
Christian Pruvost - trumpet
Satoko Fujii – piano
Peter Orins– drums
Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. - Free event
UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center
Recital Hall, room 127
Kaze
Melodic, abstract, mysterious, beautiful, and confrontational, Kaze plays free jazz at its most creative and powerful. The members of this international quartet share an insatiable appetite for sonic experimentation, boundless energy and enthusiasm, and the disciplined intelligence of accomplished spontaneous composers.
The group has released three acclaimed recordings - 2011’s Rafale, 2013’s Tornado, and 2015’s Uminari which the London Jazz News calls “...bold, uncompromising music." Uminari is a Japanese word that refers to a sound rising from the sea, a low-frequency roar that portends a coming storm or tsunami. The two-horn quartet is equally adept at the calm and the storm, with expressive subtleties giving way to overwhelming torrents of sound
“...the rarely heard sound of two trumpets collaborating, interweaving and cross-talking is at the center of the group Kaze, whose penultimate set of the festival was also one of the high points of the overall program.” – Josef Woodard, DownBeat
“… one of the most musically dynamic and intense "jazz" sets of the year… If you think you can imagine what piano, drums, and two trumpets will sound like, think again.” ? Derk Richardson, KPFA Radio
“One of the best gigs I’ve seen this year…one of my favorite working groups.” – Steve Dalachinsky, The Brooklyn Rail
“[Fujii] is a demon on the keys, capable of delicately pretty melodies as easily as full-keyboard chord-blocks, and amazingly controlled inside-the-piano stringwork.” – Byron Coley, exclaim.ca
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WEDS7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Remembering Chou Wen-chung
One of the 20th century’s most important musicians, Professor Chou Wen-chung died at the end of October, leaving behind a wealth of extraordinary music, and a legacy of stewardship. He paved the way for many young composers, especially those with roots in Asia, and his abiding devotion to the music of his mentor, Edgard Varèse, changed the way many of us heard this great composer of the 20th century.
Beginning with one of his most ambitious pieces, Echoes from the Gorge for percussion quartet, red fish blue fish pays tribute to Chou Wen-Chung. We will also perform music by two of his most important students, our colleagues, Chinary Ung and Lei Liang. Edgard Varèse, paterfamilias of American experimental music, will also make an appearance. Through this and other music, we will hear the many ways that Chou Wen-chung lives on.
PROGRAM:
Part 1: Echoes - Roger Reynolds, comments from the stage
Chou Wen-Chung - Echoes from the Gorge
Steven Schick, James Beauton, Fiona Digney, and Garrett Mendelow
Chinary Ung - Cinnabar Heart
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, marimba
Lei Liang - Trans (Quartet Version)
Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd Jones, Matthew LeVeque, and Steven Schick
Consulting artist, Yao Lu
Part 2: Rain - Steven Schick Comments from the Stage (5-8’)
Michael Pisaro - ricefall
Edgard Varèse - Poème Electronique
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Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 21st, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
On her 1st oboe DMA recital: vortexes, Juliana will be collaborating with great colleagues and friends: Rebecca Lloyd Jones- percussion and Kathryn Schulmeister- bass.
PROGRAM:
Sequenza VII (1969) - Luciano Berio
Karura for oboe solo (2007) - Akira Nishimura
Ming Qi (bright vessel) (2000) - Liza Lim
Vortex (2020) - Juliana Gaona-Villamizar and Kathryn Schulmeister
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Selector
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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This computer music concert will feature: improvised electronic music with real-time analysis to drive lights, piano with electronics, 16-channel fixed-media pieces, modular paired with analog video feedback and more. All the pieces created for this concert were created by UC San Diego alumni or current students. UC San Diego SElectOr is an open creative arts group focused on the use of technology for musical expression.
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Encounters: Improvisational Cultures- Korea and American Collaborations
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Over the past ten years musicians from Korea and the United States have been collaborating on virtual concerts centered around common themes of peace, climate change, and shared artistic values. Following "Changing Tides 2, a Virtual Concert on February 13th/14th between Seoul Institute of the Arts and UC San Diego, the distinguished ensemble from Korea, Black String and their UC collaborators, Professor David Borgo-moderator, Professors Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen, Stephanie Richards and Wilfrido Terrazas will have conversation on February 25th about common themes of cross cultural collaboration and those artistic values that are permeable those that are not.
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WEDS7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Aleck Karis leads the Palimpsest Ensemble in a program honoring Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Mario Davidovsky. In 1959, the Argentine born composer emigrated to America at the behest of Aaron Copeland, with whom studied at the Berkshire Music Center (now Tanglewood). There he met Milton Babbitt, who encouraged Davidovsky’s move to New York City where he eventually became director of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. In honor of Davidovsky, who passed away last August, Aleck Karis has chosen a program including: Flashbacks, Sefarad, Pennplay, and Biblical Songs, featuring Susan Narucki, soprano. The program will also highlight Milton Babbitt’s Composition for 12 Instruments, from which a new “palimpsest” composition with the same ensemble will be created by UC San Diego graduate composer Yi-hsien Chen.
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Garrett Mendelow, percussion
Thursday, February 27th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)"The voice has the power to communicate through words, and yet also the ability to create a multitude of percussive sounds. Together with percussion, they act as a conduit for a musician's virtuosity and emotions, whether or not the language of the voice is understandable, or the rhythm of the percussion instruments is comprehensible." - Garrett Mendelow
This recital features works on Garrett's upcoming album "singing to his craft...," which is a collection of pieces for a solo vocalizing percussionist. The album not only explores the ability of the voice to interact with various percussion instruments. But the multi-lingual component also renders a wide array of articulations and sounds from the voice, while at the same time communicating the spoken text.
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MUS131 - Advanced Improvisational Performance
Friday, February 28th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Featuring new music composed by the MUS131 contingent, led by Prof. Stephanie Richards
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Isaac Garcia Munoz - “Virtual Reality Concertâ€
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Extended Reality (XR) encompases Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The three pieces in this concert feature musical instruments for each one of these XR modalities. The compositions and instrument designs debuts by University of California San Diego Computer Music PhD Candidate Isaac Munoz.
PROGRAM:
VR Singing Kite - A VR Concerto
Between a Log and a Pluck Place - An MR Minuet
Push Pull - An AR Rock Single
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2 Pianos: Paganos & Zhang
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Two x Two: a chamber concert
University of California San Diego graduate pianists Dimitris Paganos Koukakis and Shaoai Ashley Zhang present a program of works for piano duo. They will be joined by percussionists Michael Jones and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones for Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
PROGRAM:
Figures de Résonances (1976)- Henri Dutilleux
Two Pianos (1957)- Morton Feldman
La Valse (1920)- Maurice Ravel
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)- Béla Bartók
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Monday Night Forum
Monday, March 2nd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)Monday Night Forum is back! That wonderful, once-a quarter soirée that’s basically just a fancy Grad Forum in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Performances by Alex Taylor + Celeste Oram, Joseph Bourdeau + Qingqing Wang, Michael Matsuno, and more! Dust off your Monday best and join us at 7pm on Monday, March 2nd in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall for our last forum of the quarter!
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Deborah Wong
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Louder and Faster: Reflections on Writing a Book about Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko
Deborah Wong (University of California, Riverside)
Recently published, Louder and Faster is a study of taiko in California, focused on the play of sound, performance, identity, ethnicity, race,
gender, and politics. Wong explores taiko as a music/dance art form that creates spaces in which memories of the WW2 Japanese American incarceration,
Asian American identity, and a desire to be seen/heard intersect with global capitalism, the complications of mediation, and legacies of imperialism.
Based on two decades of participatory ethnographic work, the book offers a vivid glimpse of an Asian American presence both loud and fragile. Wong will
reflect on the process of researching taiko in Southern California, read short passages from the book, and consider how and why Japanese American
activism matters.
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Kathryn Schulmeister, bass - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Bassist Kathryn Schulmeister presents an adventurous solo recital program including Roger Reynolds' electroacoustic work for solo bass and real time algorithm transformation, MARKed Music, and Liza Lim's stunning work for solo bass with voice and preparation, The Table of Knowledge. Featuring the talents of Alexandria Smith and Mari Kawamura, this program will explore a range of contemporary compositional approaches to the double bass.
Program:
Schulmeister: Prelude (2020)
Reynolds: imagE/contrabass (2008)
Lim: The Table of Knowledge (2017) for solo double bass with voice and preparation
Messiaen, Arr. Schulmeister: Quartet for the End of Time, V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (1940, Arr. 2020)
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Reynolds: MARKed Music (2011) for solo contrabass and real-time algorithmic transformation
featuring Alexandria Smith, electronics
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John McCowen & Madison Greenstone - Two Clarinets
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
This concert will feature the contrabass clarinet as a polyphonic instrument. Internal microphones are used as a sonic microscope, giving subtle sounds more physical presence. The concert will feature solo and duo works by John McCowen for contrabass clarinet(s) performed by Madison Greenstone and McCowen.
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WEDS7 Susan Narucki, soprano
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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suddenly drenched with dawn
Soprano Susan Narucki will present an evening of music that celebrates the human voice in its most intimate, lyrical and exuberant. The recital takes place at UC San Diego Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on March 4, 2020 at 7 p.m. Narucki, will be joined by guest artists Aleck Karis (piano), Pablo Gomez (guitar), Kirsten Ashley Wiest (soprano) Teresa Diaz-de-Cossio (flute) and Sean Dowgray (percussion).
The concert includes two distinctive works of modern vocal chamber music: Kaija Saariaho’s Adjö for voice, flute and guitar and Karin Rehnqvist’s Puksånger/Lockrop for two voices and percussion. Saariaho’s work is an exquisite setting of Solveig von Schoultz’s poem celebrating the return of the sun after months of darkness; Rehnqvist’s extended work incorporates Finnish proverbs about women, and traditional folk texts, and utilizes a traditional (and spectacular) vocal “herding-call” technique.
Two elegiac works for voice and guitar are included on the program: Hosokawa’s Renka I and songs by the English composer John Dowland. Both works speak to parting and loss through unique and elegant compositional styles separated by centuries.
Francis Poulenc’s lyrical masterwork for voice and piano, Tel Jour, Telle Nuit, is the other connecting thread of the program. Composed in 1937 with texts by surrealist poet Paul Éluard, the cycle of nine songs traverses a landscape of the unusual and beautiful, describing a journey less to a specific destination than to a place within, suddenly drenched with dawn.
Susan Narucki is a Professor of Music at UC San Diego and leads the Arts and Community Engagement Initiative for the Division of Arts and Humanities. Her most recent recording “The Edge of Silence: Vocal Chamber Music of György Kurtág” has been nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award as Best Classical Vocal Album.
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Bass Ensembles
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The UC San Diego Bass Ensemble featuring Tommy Babin, Kathryn Schulmeister and Mark Dresser will play new and recent works composed by Lilac Attasi, Tommy Babin, Alexandria Smith, Miya Masaoka, Kathryn Schulmeister, Nakul Tiruviluamala, Tiange Zhou, and Mark Dresser.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 6th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Fluid Calligraphy takes its name from Dai Fujikura’s work for solo violin with video by Tomoya Yamaguchi. Also on the program are compositions by Jo Kondo, Else Marie Pade, Natacha Diels, Jürg Frey and the world premiere of Reflections for violin, live electronics and projections by Alexandria Smith.
Graduate violinist Ilana Waniuk, will be joined by special guests Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion), Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Joseph Bourdeau (objects).
PROGRAM:
Jo Kondo - Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree (1995)
For solo Violin with Percussion with Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion)
Else Marie Pade - Afsnit I (1961)
For solo Violin with electronics
Dai Fujikura - Fluid Calligraphy (2010)
For solo violin with video by Tomoya Yamaguchi
Alexandria Smith - Reflections (2020)*
For violin, live electronics and projections
Jürg Frey - Distant Colours (2013)
For violin and electronics
Natacha Diels - Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013, 2014 rev)
For violin and 2 assistants with Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Joseph Bourdeau
*world premiere
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Anthony Davis and Mark Dresser
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program (PDF)The Duo of Dresser Davis performs a wide range of music from the lyrical to the political. It features the music of both celebrated composers, pianist Anthony Davis and contrabassist Mark Dresser.
The music is a commentary on today from the political and dramatic, with works like “The Central Park Five” to the whimsical, “I Can Smell You Listening” and “Heil Twitler.” Informed by four decades of collaboration, these two master improvisers engage the full spectrum of Jazz and Improvised music.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)Under the direction of James Beauton, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble performs selected works by American composers. The program features classic and new works for symphonic winds, and highlights a warped patriotism embedded within American legislation (or the lack thereof) and rhetoric today.
Program:
William Schuman - New England Triptych
I. Be Glad Then, America
II. When Jesus Wept
III. Chester
Charles Ives - Variations on “America”
G.N. Gianopoulos - The Volstead Act
*world premiere*
Brief Intermission
Jennifer Jolley - the eyes of the world are upon us
Aaron Copland - Lincoln Portrait
Jonathan Nussman, speaker
Christopher Clarino, ASL Interpreter
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Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute - Graduate Recital
Sunday, March 8th, 2020 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)Program:
Cynthia Martínez: Miradas (Premiere)
Kaaija Saariaho: NoaNoa for flute and electronics
Anqi Liu: — for solo bass flute, with or without live signal processing and spatialization (Premiere)
Bryan Ferneyhough: Cassandra’s Dream Song
Impro with Joseph Bourdeau
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Monday Night Jazz: UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble
Monday, March 9th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program (PDF)The MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert, under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, flute/bass flute, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Full-band and small-group tunes will be included in the program.
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, presents their Winter performance in Mandeville Auditorium.
Program:
Symphony No.1 in E Minor - Florence Price
Sérénade mélancolique - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (soloist: Allison Tung)
A post-reception will be hosted by the Symphonic Student Association (ssa.ucsd.edu).
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33B Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program (PDF)The 12 composers of the second in the three-part sequence of the MUS 33 Introduction to Composition course present their final projects.
PROGRAM:
Tino Tirado
Teacher to the Last, for tenor saxophone and piano
Christian Gaytan, tenor saxophone • Tino Tirado, piano
Program Notes: Dedicated to Morrie Schwartz and his philosophy
Jillian Heller
Nostalgia, for violin and piano
Jillian Heller, violin • Tino Tirado, piano
Sebastian Clark
AGlutiotSaarx, for alto saxophone and guitar
Hailey Myers, alto saxophone • Sebastian Clark, guitar
Zhennuo (Juno) Wu
Alive, for violin and piano
Zhaoyue Xiang, violin • Terry Feng, piano
Roselle Martinez
ok bet, for alto saxophone and piano
Roselle Martinez, alto saxophone • Yen Agusting, piano
Milo Bougetz-Aulabach
Unresolved, for violin and piano
Joonsik (Angy) Kim
Life in the Winter, for cello and piano
Henry Helmuth, cello
Shangshu (Mint) Shi
Mitosis, for electric guitar and piano
Shangshu (Mint) Shi, electric guitar • Xiaochen (Jacob) Li, piano
Jeffrey Xing
Bingeing, for trumpet and viola
Sophia DiGiovanni, trumpet • Colleen Weatherwax, viola
Donald Liang
Mourning, for clarinet and piano
Evan Lam, clarinet • Terry Feng, piano
Yibo Wei
Hana’s Theme, for clarinet and piano
Yibo Wei, clarinet • Sophie Hao, piano
Charles Schultz
Skipping Stones, for 2 double basses
Kathryn Schulmeister & Charles Schultz, double basses
Instructor: Theocharis Papatrechas
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Bach Ensemble is directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi and comprised of selected undergrad students from Music 130 Chamber Ensemble. We have presented major pieces from the Baroque period. Celebrating the Bach Ensemble's 5th anniversary this year, we invite guest artists Zou Yu (violinist) from the San Diego Symphony and Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass), our graduate students. The program includes works by A.Vivaldi, A. Corelli and J.Pachelbel etc. Please come and enjoy the night with us.
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Kyle Motl, bass
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Closed to the public
Event Program (PDF)Kyle Motl presents a concert of music for solo contrabass.
Kyle Motl: Illuminated Shadows
Caroline Louise Miller: Hydra Nightingale
Kyle Motl: Phosphene
Anqi Liu: Light Beams Through Dusts, Through a Mist of Moistures
Kyle Motl: Interlocutions I
...a wide range of wonderful protean delights that promise to change us by revealing things we could have never imagined.” - Rick Joines, Free Jazz Collective
Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser dedicated to the performance of creative music. His work explores aspects of chaos and complexity through involved rhythmic and spectral transformations while remaining grounded in an embodied approach to performance. Kyle regularly gives solo concerts which expand upon the vast timbral resources of the contrabass.
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Piano Studio Recital
Thursday, March 12th, 2020 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program (PDF)A mixture of contemporary and classical works will be presented by UC San Diego graduate and undergraduate students.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, March 12th, 2020 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
The UC San Diego Chamber Singers present their Winter program, which this quarter centers on three world premieres composed by undergraduate members of the Chamber Singers. Jackie Guy, Taylor Ozbun, and Katherine Wilkes have each composed vivid and intricate choral works responding to poetic texts which meditate on the richness and interconnectedness of life. In addition, the program presents experimental vocal works by Pauline Oliveros and Alison Knowles, and music from the Caucasus mountains, contemporary Brazil, and Renaissance Spain. The Chamber Singers are joined in performance by accompanist Loie Flood, and community members of the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 13th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program (PDF)Chamber Ensemble class, directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi, presents our end of the quarter concert. It features undergraduate students of both music and non-music majors. All are welcome!
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Sunday, March 15th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
The UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass Presents
An Evening of Italian Songs and Arias
Featuring:
Sophia Casas, Rachel Dovsky, Lizze Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Leya Ledvin, Halana Macamay, Vita Muccia, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rae Rutkowski, Julia Yu and Danlei Zhao. With Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano).
Event Description:
The singers from the UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass offer a stirring recital of songs and arias in Italian. Beginning with music from the early Baroque and ending with selections from the height of Romanticism, these young singers will guide the listener through a survey of the remarkable ways Italian lyricism has manifested across the centuries. Song selections include works by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, and Donaudy, as well as operatic arias drawn from celebrated works like Mozart's Così fan tutte, Bellini's I puritani, and Puccini's La bohème.
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The Checkout from WBGO's next Live and In Lockdown Performance, real duets in real-time, features Michael Dessen on trombone and live electronics performing with Mark Dresser on double bass.
Join Simon Rentner, and the two “OGs” – the original generators – of this new “telematics” technology, for a special LIVE concert webcast, Friday, June 5th at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET on WBGO’s and The Checkout’s Facebook Pages.
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Join us for a Virtual Spring Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music majors! The performances will be premiering on UC San Diego Music's Youtube channel on Friday, June 5th at 7:00 p.m.
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PROGRAM:
coming soon
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Sunday, June 7th, 2020 5:00 pm
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Best of ICAM
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 5:00 pm
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Join us on Wednesday, June 10th at 5 p.m. for a live stream of Best of ICAM on UC San Diego Music's YouTube channel! Senior year students of UC San Diego's ICAM Music major will be presenting their senior projects.
Watch Full Best of ICAM 2020 Livestream: https://youtu.be/4_mT4ShPT80
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PRESENTING STUDENTS:
GROUP 1 - 5:00 P.M.
Tianyi Cao - Zhiyin: It is a rhythm game that I made from scratch. Currently, the game has three levels with three pieces I composed. I used Chinese traditional instruments and Chinese pentatonic scale to compose these pieces. I asked an artist friend to help me create the visual elements in the game using the Chinese Shuimo (Ink washed painting) style. And I used Unity Engine to make the game.
- Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/tianyi-cao
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tianyi-cao
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/oV5J6mxhvw4
Marcel Cedeno - In the Pocket: In this project I produced four songs that are inspired by the music I typically play as a DJ (Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B). The focus was to create music that would blend well (in terms of instrumentation, groove, overall vibe) in the context of the kind of music I would play in a mix. At the Best of ICAM presentation I will have a video demonstration of the songs I produced in a "live" DJ set with songs that have inspired my production style. The songs will be available to listen to on bandcamp through the link that I entered above.
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCST0yV6zthdmpMxvqGqKJMg
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marcelangelo
- Bandcamp: https://marcelangelo.bandcamp.com
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/BfTflp7iM5k
Kevin Cervantes - Brokehouse Audio: This project is the creation of my online music production brand. The focus of my website is to showcase my work and attract artists wishing to work with me as a mix engineer.
- Webpage: https://www.brokehouseaudio.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ztwCGoWEBbo4bh3HdnPgA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokehouseaudio
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/f2D3Gwipsjc
Max D'Amico - mEd.x: For my senior project, I made my first EP consisting of songs about experiences I've struggled with. The songs are attempting to represent the emotional process of the experiences the songs are based on. I hope you enjoy!
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mede_x
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/med.xofficial
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/j1M8Jdhg9lo
GROUP 2 - 5:30 PM
Mason Davis - Not Yet: With great thanks to my collaborators - Zeju Zheng (guitars & composition) and Lwin DuMont (bass).
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/scrwdrvr
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/6lfnDXZYDLg
Kazuya Fujita - Hitori
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/Zz2wLxe0Sd0
Francis Galang - Localizing the Visitor: This is a video that proposes a project I would like to pursue in the future after the pandemic. I wish to produce a three-walled projection installation about Californianess as told through travel brochures. In this installation, guests may scan travel brochures from each of the counties in California which will cause the projection to display a duplicate of each travel brochure, with the text and images replaced by interviews and photography from local residents. The content filling these travel brochures is selected through this activity called "participatory mapmaking", where I interview residents of each locale and ask them to highlight locations that are important in their community for a resident.
The projection serves to produce a "local" travel brochure, which visitors of the installation may view and contrast against the physical travel brochures they had scanned. This project aims to problematize travel brochures as objects distant from the biographies and histories of residents living in locales. The selection of brochures also calls into question in what ways the lived experience of residents in locales sum to produce the idea of what 'California' is as a whole. This project follows a series of visits to all counties across California starting in 2018.
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/iSwmXIgWiXY
Diego Garza - Trip Chamber
- Webpage: https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/midi-lighting-tech/home?authuser=1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dig.arza
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/NudaAf_Fnpk
GROUP 3 - 6:00 PM
Jason Gray - Telamiron: “Telamiron” is a text-based, story-driven video game that I have been developing since late 2019, and is my first multimedia project of this caliber. Telamiron includes the video game itself, a musical score, and a custom built console for it to be optionally played on. Thank you to all of my professors and peers who have been there for my college journey.
- Webpage: http://telamiron.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyjakegray
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/zKQ2aUxbAUs
Shichenhao Hu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKDSSoELIzZQozBtP6rN5Q
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/ZPN0gYMQhOU
Margaux Katz - The Difference Between
- Webpage: http://Margauxkatz.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margauxkatz
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/G1cOVQo2vQs
Evan Kopshever - Sayed II: This is a six track EP called "Sayed II", the second project released under my "Sayed" brand. I wrote, composed, recorded, produced, and mixed this project in my garage over the past several months. This project chronicles my four years in college and my my personal journey of self-discovery with music, and the digital composition and production draws from many different modern genres. This project will be available on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Music, and any other streaming service you might listen with. Enjoy!
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/prodsayed/sets/sayed-ii
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akasayed
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5BlMsyeeuG4m7D3kajoiyU?si=-NU-dJM5QHGzomDFSGwvpg
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/_1sKjdcaS2U
GROUP 4 - 6:30 PM
Alonso de la Peña - El Camion, Part 1: "El Camion" is a binaural experience through which a short narrative unfolds inside a San Diego tour bus. The listeners will have the perspective of Main, the main character of the story, and will encounter unexpected people and events throughout the ride. (HEADPHONES REQUIRED)
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oaNzPi0p0iJwGel0VX9gQ
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-187962275
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/osoman25
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/EjqD4uKHBYw
Carlos Rios-Dominguez - 10 Seconds to Change the World: There is constant music all around us; our memories feed the echo chamber of our hearts and minds. How do we behave when the sounds we make are memorized & integrated into our environment? Using a 2-in 2-out recording & playback configuration, 10 Seconds to Change the World is a sound installation that combines feedback and delay to explore memory and room resonance. Learn more: https://criosdom.com/436-2/
- Webpage: https://criosdom.com
- Bandcamp: https://riosdom.bandcamp.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.riosdom
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/CPbJ9EE9lyE
Christopher Robinson: I coded an audio plug-in, which is based on Wavetable Synthesis and Subtractive Synthesis. In this presentation, I will show what it is, the sounds you can make with it, and a beat using only the synthesizer (and drums and audio effects).
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/neanderthalofficial
- Bandcamp: https://neanderthalofficial.bandcamp.com
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/neanderthalofficial
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neanderthalofficial
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/hv6yXco1gYs
Nicole Rodriguez - Lone Pair: It’s a 22 minute film titled “Lone Pair”. It is an experimental scifi shot on 16mm film. It will be available via limited online release, in-person screenings, and entered into festivals. I’m working on the sound design, and updates will be posted on my personal website, nicatnite.com, soon.
- Webpage: http://nicatnite.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/n.wav
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/fWs6C0LuAik
GROUP 5 - 7:00 PM
Kenji Sommers - The Drop: The Drop is an experiment in modular music. Inspired by the Beach Boys, The Drop is a modular song where the audience determines the song structure. Utilizing harmonic and textural techniques, each section can be arranged in any order, delivering a song where the audience plays a role in composition!
- Webpage: https://www.kenjisommers.com
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kenjuug
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/D7ZkyigZWDA
Yuanmei Wei - Lucid Dream
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yuanmei-wei
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuanmei_wei
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/n800zy1KXdQ
Kaleigh Wernick - Synesthesia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleighwernick
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/A5OmPNEPk08
Martine Xenja - Dark Star: Martine Xenja is a musician, producer, sound designer, and multi-media artist from the Bay Area.
- Webpage: https://xenja.productions
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/martine-x
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mxenja
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/4C0bm_5TQt8
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Celebrate the Arts Festival, Virtual
Monday, September 28th, 2020 1:00 pm
Zoom, Registration Required
Free
Join us for a Zoom webinar to learn all about arts on campus. Watch info videos from campus arts departments and student orgs, ask questions to representatives from each of the arts organizations, and play a friendly game of Kahoot to win prizes.
Participating organizations include: ArtPower at UC San Diego, Ballet Folklorico La Joya de Mexico, UC San Diego Music, UC San Diego Theatre & Dance, UC San Diego Visual Arts, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities, Stuart Collection, UC San Diego Extension: Arts, Humanities, & Languages, KOTX, La Jolla Playhouse, UCSD Zor, and more!
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION by Molly Clark, Artistic Director, ArtPower
INFO SESSION by campus departments and student orgs
LIVE Q&A with representatives from each department
GAME TIME! Top 3 players will win Amazon Gift Cards
Register for the webinar here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/.../register/WN_14phDh_TSDWKfjp8_S3mbQ
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Fall Welcome Concert, Virtual
Monday, September 28th, 2020 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
Free
The UC San Diego Department of Music would like to welcome the community back to a BIG NEW YEAR with our first graduate student concert, WELCOME BACK TO GRAD SCHOOL!!!! Presenting recent works by graduate students, this concert will stream on the UC San Diego Music YouTube channel on Monday, September 28th, at 5pm PDT.
Stream will be posted on the UC San Diego Music YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ucsdmusic
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, December 4th, 2020 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Join us for the premiere of the virtual Fall 2020 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music majors on Friday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m.!
Premiere link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOoBX7CFF4
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/ucsdmusic
Special Thanks to Department of Music Chair Dr. Anthony Burr, Sherry An, Jessica C. Flores, Lizze Fisher, and Julia Yu for your help and support!
PROGRAM:
Almoraima - Paco de Lucia
Siddhartha Krishnan, classical guitar
Maybe This Time - Cabaret by Kander and Ebb
Amelia Mardesich, soprano, with MusicalPracticeTracks, piano
Sympathy - Florence B. Price
Regnava nel silenzio - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Julia Yu, soprano, with Anya Lefler and PocketPianist, piano
Landslide/She Will Be Loved - o.p.b. The Chicks/Maroon 5
Lizze Fisher, soprano and banjo
Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4 - Edvard Grieg
Ella Rose Riddle, classical piano
Isolation - Eddy East
Oh! America - Eddy East
Love Song 6210 - Eddy East
Eddy East, guitar and vocals
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Matthew Kline, double bass - DMA Recital
Friday, January 15th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
1st Year Grad Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 22nd, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
red fish blue fish - John Luther Adams' Strange and Sacred Noise
Friday, February 19th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
kallisti - I, too, am America
Friday, February 26th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Undergraduate Forum, Winter 2021
Friday, March 5th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Monday, March 8th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
UC San Diego Bach Ensemble, Winter 2021 Concert
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble instructed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Winter 2021 end of term concert.
Artistic Director: Takae Ohnishi
Teaching Assistant: Shaoai Zhang
Guest Artists:
Chia-Ling Chien and Zou Yu (San Diego Symphony)
Andrew Steinberg (Faculty at Palomar College)
Premiering at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0vC_TjG9M
PROGRAM:
D.Ortiz (1510-1570)
Recercadas Sobre El Canto Llano “La Spagna”
Recercada Primera / Recercada Segunda
Cello: Chia-Ling Chien
Keyboard (Organ): Takae Ohnishi
H.Eccles (1670-1742), arr.by S.Rascher
Sonata in G minor
Largo / Courante / Adagio / Presto
Saxophone: Andrew Steinberg
Piano: Shaoai Zhang
A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo in F major
Largo / Allegro / Largo / Allegro
Cello: Henry Helmuth (solo), Chia-Ling Chien
A.Vivaldi
Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in E minor
Preludio / Corrente / Sarabanda / Giga
1st Violin: Jane Park
2nd Violin: Zou Yu
Cello: Henry Helmuth
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
Jesu bleibet meine Freude
1st Violin: Zou Yu
2nd Violin: Jane Park
Cello: Henry Helmuth
Keyboard (Organ): Takae Ohnishi
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Michael Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Friday, March 12th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Tune-in to percussionist and UC San Diego Music graduate student Michael Jones’ D.M.A. recital “A Life of Metal” on Friday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. PST on the UC San Diego Music Youtube channel!
“A Life of Metal” takes its name from political philosopher Jane Bennett’s work Vibrant Matter. In this book, Bennett asks how we can theorize the objects and materials that constitute our experiences, economies, thoughts, and perceptions as vibrant, energetic, or perhaps even “alive.” The works on this program, Mani. Gonxha by Pierluigi Billone and dust by Rebecca Saunders, resonate with this faith in materials, and in these specific cases metals, as “actants” rather than objects. In these pieces the activity of the metal spreads itself through a network of air, wood, felt, plastic, yarn, skin, flesh, and bone, until confidence in the distinctness of these co-actors weakens. At the core of this program is a fascination with resonance as a connecting, co-activating force, and how the material of metal embodies this.
PROGRAM:
Pierluigi Billone (b. 1960) - Mani. Gonxha (2011)
Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) - dust (2017/2018)
Mani. Gonxha
A prayer. Mani.Gonxha is an intensely intimate ritualistic experience for the performer that becomes naked and exposed when placed in front of an audience. It is as if one were to visit a church and find someone deep in personal prayer; this moment of great significance for the individual creates a somewhat unsettling but captivating situation for the observer. Through the use of two Tibetan singing bowls – traditionally sacred instruments used as a signal to begin and end periods of silent meditation – Billone extracts a rich soundscape featuring a variety of impacts, timbres, resonances and harmonics one would not imagine could be produced by a single source. The bowls are an extension of the hands (Mani). They become part of the performer, just as the performer himself becomes part of the resonating body. The slightest contact between various materials – metal, skin, bones, torso, and voice – multiplies and propagates sound through the performing body and into the open. Gonxha is a reference to Mother Teresa’s Albanian birth name, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Furthermore, Gonxhe in Albanian translates to “bud”, or the “knoblike growth on a plant that develops into a flower,” much like the elaborate sonic universe that is developed from the simple source of two singing bowls.
dust
dust / d?st / n.: a fine, dry powder of tiny particles of waste matter or earth. A film of dust is a like a membrane, covering or layering the body or thing, on the ground, on surfaces or carried in the air.
The dust of the earth is a place of burial.
Dust within a room is composed mostly of dead skin, a powder of mortal remains.
"...not a sound only the old breath and the leaves turning and then suddenly this dust whole place suddenly full of dust when you opened your eyes from floor to ceiling nothing only dust and not a sound only what was it it said....come and gone in no time gone in no time." That Time, Samuel Beckett
"...all these words, all these strangers, this dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing, coming together to say, fleeing one another to say, that I am they, all of them, those things that merge, those that part, those that never meet, and nothing else, yes, something else,....a wordless thing in an empty space..." The Unnameable, Samuel Beckett
Inside, withheld, unbreathed,
Nether, undisclosed.
Souffle, vapour, ghost,
hauch and dust.
Absent, silent, void
Naught beside. Either, neither, sole,
Unified.
RS
dust is a solo for two, each their own. An homage to Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rotbrust for the (many) wonderful sound sessions over the years. Each performer creates their own version, defined by their own instruments and the chosen juxtaposition of up to eight separately composed modules.
The fallible physical body behind the sound, feeling the weight of sound, exploring the essence of a timbre, seeking the grit and noise within. Surface, weight and touch are the essence of musical performance: the weight of a heavy beater resounding on the drum skin; the bow drawing the sound out of silence; the differentiation of touch pressing the brushes into the drum skin; the expansion of the muscles between the shoulder blades; the player´s in-breath preceding the played tone...
RS, Berlin 1st April 2018
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Miguel Zazueta, vocalist - Masters Thesis Recital
Friday, March 12th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Baja Soundscape
Vocal music from composers of Baja California
Vocals: Miguel Zazueta
Piano: Kyle Adam Blair
With music that ranges between the traditional and the experimental, "Baja Soundscape" is a recital that shares with us the diverse colors and forms of the vocal music composed in the border region of Baja California. This eclectic program will be led by the vocalist, Miguel Zazueta, and Dr. Kyle Adam Blair at the piano. "Baja Soundscape" is also a tribute from Zazueta, originally from Tijuana, to his colleagues, teachers, and to the art and culture of his homeland.
Premiering on the UC San Diego Music Youtube at 7:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 12: https://youtu.be/Tfzxs9ILAbg
PROGRAM:
"7 canciones" song cycle by Santos Cota
"Bajacalifornianos" song cycle by José Enrique González Medina / Poems by José Javier Villarreal
"Con la llave del Jardín" scene from the Opera "Los empeños de una casa" by José Enrique González Medina / based on the homonymous play by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
"Formas" by Iván Velázquez de León R. / Poem by Alejandra Pizarnik
"Cassandra" by Wilfrido Terrazas
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Humanity's Voice (MUS 95C) presents Existentialism Shared
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 6:30 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
The ensemble Humanity's Voice (MUS 95C Concert Choir), instructed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Jasper Sussman, presents their Winter 2021 end of term concert, Existentialism Shared. The concert will feature prerecorded performances of collaboratively created works, as well as a live-streamed discussion with the performers.
Streaming live on the UC San Diego Music Youtube channel at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
Humanity’s Voice:
Jossi Banegas
Samuel Calto
Saul Chaplin
Martin Flaherty
Dennis Florendo
Diego Garza
Alyssa Marie Hermstad
Vita Muccia
Isabella Panagiotou
Ellarose Riddle
Edward Slee
Nhuan Vu
Jasper Sussman, Instructor
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MUS 95K Chamber Singers, Winter Recital
Friday, March 19th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Timbre and Ornamentation:
An Exploration of Balkan Folk and Medieval European Vocal Music
This quarter, Chamber Singers explored repertoire from Balkan folk and Medieval European music. There are many active aural traditions in the Balkans with both recordings and scores to learn from, and we have listened to many examples and discussed how we wanted to sound based on what we observe and how we wanted to deepen our own musical practices. Recreating medieval music is, as the word indicates, an act informed by present musical understanding and practiced vocal abilities mixed up in a creative look at historical records, present interpretations and our own personal interests in exploring our vocal technique. We have practiced new timbres and patterns of ornamentation through listening, discussions, learning repertoire, recording, and editing our voices together. As a class of two, some light instrumentation has been added as well to account for a third voice when the repertoire went beyond our two voice timbral combination.
Premiering on #UCSDMusic YouTube Channel at 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 19th: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
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PROGRAM:
BALKAN FOLK
Heyamoli
A folk song from the Laz people who live in the Black Sea Region between Turkey and Georgia, this song tells the story of a woman who is lamenting that she would do anything for the person she loves, and yet knows she ultimately will not be able to have them.
Son Mi Dojde
From Bulgaria, this folk song tells a heartwarming anecdote of a man who dreams of his beloved’s dark eyes, then wakes up to find her next to him.
Shen Gigalobt
This is a common song of praise from Georgia, transcribed by Caitlin Austin from the Ensemble Ialoni version. It simply praises and thanks God.
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ITALIAN AND MEDIEVAL
Lavandose Le Mane
This 14th century anonymous tune was transcribed by Barbara Byers from an interpretation by the Italian Medieval music research and performance group Micrologos. The song is a flirtatious tale of someone seeing their love washing their face and calling out to them.
I Baci
Composed by Barbara Strozzi, a 16th century Italian woman and one of the most prolific and talented composers of her day, this song is about what a great thing kisses are.
Je Vivroie Liement
This is a 14th century piece by composer Guillaume de Machaut, harmonic arrangement by Barbara Byers. It laments over the singer’s object of love and professes that the author will surely die if their love refuses them.
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MEET THE PERFORMERS:
Amelia Mardesich
Amelia is a freshman in the Department of Music. Growing up in LA, she began studying classical voice at the age of 12, and is now pursuing a Bachelors Degree in vocal studies at UC San Diego. She loves listening to and singing French Romantic Classical Music, Classic and Punk Rock, and Musical Theater. Having previously enjoyed listening to Balkan Folk and Medieval music, Amelia learned to sing in these particular styles for the first time in Chamber Singers this quarter. She has enjoyed exploring the different harmonic sounds of medieval music, and practicing new melodic ornamentations in the Balkan styles studied in class. Amelia is also interested in the metaphysical philosophies of Kant and Frankfurt, and enjoys reading about their theories when she isn’t singing.
Barbara Byers
Barbara Byers is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Integrative Studies program in the Department of Music. She grew up in the Appalachian, Himalayan and Andes mountain regions, where she developed a deep love of folk music and singing styles from around the world. A former vocalist with Berkeley based Balkan women’s choir Kitka, Barbara has studied folk singing styles, instrumentation and composition in Indonesia, Greece, Turkey, Canada and the U.K. She is currently teaching the Chamber Singers choir while working on her Dissertation which utilizes an interdisciplinary contemporary opera genre to explore issues of mental health, nature and climate change.
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Mariana Flores Bucio, vocalist - Masters Thesis Recital
Friday, March 19th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Retrato de Mujer
Music for female voice and piano by Mexican Women Composers
Soprano: Mariana Flores Bucio
Piano: Kyle Adam Blair
Professor: Susan Naruki
The recital consists of beautiful music for soprano by three Mexican female composers: a cycle of songs by Gabriela Ortiz, a cycle of Arias by Marcela Rodriguez and 2 songs by Georgina Derbez.
Premiering on the UC San Diego Music Youtube at 7:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 19: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
PROGRAM:
"Canciones de Agua" by Gabriela Ortíz
- "Piedra, Viento, Agua". Poem by Octavio Paz
- "Mirar el Río". Poem by Jorge Luis Borges
- "Hacia su ola sin agua". Poem by Pablo Neruda
"Funesta" by Maircela Rodríguez, Texts from poems by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
- I from "Romance 22"
- II "Soneto 164"
- III from "Romance 19"
- IV from "Primero Sueño"
- V from "Letras para cantar": "Afuera"
- VI from "Primero Sueño"
"A su retrato" by Georgina Derbéz, Text from a poem by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
"Canción de Cuna" by Georgina Derbéz
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Alexander Ishov, flute - DMA Recital
Friday, May 14th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute - DMA Recital
Friday, May 21st, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Ashley Zhang, piano and Michael Jones, percussion - joint DMA Recital
Friday, May 28th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 28th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
UCSD Senior Bass Recital: Sean Park and Owen Cruise with Mark Dresser
Saturday, May 29th, 2021 4:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Thomas Babin, double bass - DMA Recital
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
WEDS@7 David Borgo Concert
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
No in-person audience for this performance, at this time.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents
David Borgo - Suite of Uncommon Sorrows
Wednesday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Streaming live from the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Watch at music.ucsd.edu/live
The Suite of Uncommon Sorrows is an eleven-part suite of original music composed in response to the tumultuous events of 2020, including the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the growing Black Lives Matter movement, and the debilitating polarization of U.S. politics that made it impossible to address either of these adequately.
Each movement explores a different “uncommon sorrow,” such as kuebiko (a state of moral exhaustion inspired by acts of horror in the news, which forces you to revise your image of what can happen in this world), kenopsia (the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet), chrysalism (an amniotic-like tranquility while a storm rages outside), zenosyne (the sense that time keeps going faster), and pâro (the feeling that no matter what you do it will always be inadequate).
PERFORMERS:
- David Borgo - tenor and soprano saxophones, aerophone
- Tobin Chodos - piano and keyboard
- Mackenzie Leighton - acoustic and electric bass
- Mark Ferber - drum set
- with special guest:
- Peter Sprague - electric guitar
PROGRAM:
Kuebiko
- a state of moral exhaustion inspired by acts of horror in the news, which forces you to revise your image of what can happen in this world
Chrysalism
- an amniotic-like tranquility, similar to how one feels while wrapped in a blanket sitting inside on the couch while a storm rages outside.
Kenopsia
- the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet
Paro
- the feeling that no matter what you do it will always be inadequate
The Village Covidiots
- an inversion of Eric Dolphy’s “Out To Lunch,” dedicated to you know who.
Occhiolism
- the awareness of the limitations of your own perspective
One Step Forward Two Steps Back
- the feeling that although progress is being made, it produces a reaction that is somehow greater than equal and opposite
Zenosyne
- the sense that time keeps going faster
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 25th, 2021 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
No in-person audience for this performance, at this time.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Watch at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
UC San Diego Department of Music events are currently not open to in-person audiences.
Program:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 379 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 114 - Johannes Brahms
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Opus 97 "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers:
Anthony Burr, clarinet
Charles Curtis, violoncello
Jeff Thayer, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Facebook Event | View Google Map | Add to Google CalendarLa Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Perf (Canceled)
Saturday, October 30th, 2021 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Jury Concert #1
Thursday, November 4th, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Distinguished Professor and Reed Family Presidential Chair Steven Schick, returns LIVE with four world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Erin Graham, Ioannis Mitsialis, Alex Taylor, and Jonny Stallings Cárdenas, as well as a special performance of Rebecca Saunders's Fury II, a concerto for double bass performed by Kathryn Schulmeister.
Program:
Jonny Stallings Cárdenas- Double Quartet
Ioannis Mitsialis - The Angel Standing in the Sun
Rebecca Saunders - Fury II
Erin Graham - Flamma
Alex Taylor - Sea Gods
Palimpsest Ensemble:
Myra Hinrichs and Ilana Waniuk, violins
Peter Ko, cello
Kathryn Schulmeister, contrabass soloist (Saunders)
Matthew Henson, double bass
Tasha Smith Godinez, harp
Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Alexander Ishov, flutes
Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe
Grace Talaski, bass clarinet
David Aguila, trumpet
Mari Kawamura, piano concerto soloist (Mitsialis)
Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis and Ashley Zhang, piano
Roberto Maqueda, Kosuke Matsuda, and Yongyun Zhang, percussion
Julia Williams, accordion
Mariana Flores, mezzo soprano (Taylor)
Steven Schick, conductor
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red fish blue fish
Saturday, November 6th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)red fish blue fish performs inti figgis-vizueta's To give you form and breath (2019) and Michael Gordon's Timber (2009) live from the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on Saturday, November 6 at 5:00 p.m.!
Watch livestream: music.ucsd.edu/live
PERFORMERS:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Michael Jones
Kosuke Matsuda
Roberto Maqueda
Steven Schick
Yongyun Zhang
PROGRAM:
To give you form and breath (2019)
inti figgis-vizueta
Timber (2009)
Michael Gordon
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Barbara Byers - Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 12:00 am
Online
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Event Program (PDF)Helwalker - A Folk Opera Audio Drama Ph.D. Dissertation by Barbara Byers
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Helwalker is a new opera/audio drama which explores nature, decay and renewal in the context of a classic hero's journey narrative structure. The story centers around Spearwa, a Viking Shieldmaiden who is wounded in battle and separated from her companions. Spearwa is discovered by a Carrion Beetle and tricked into entering the realm of Hel, or the earth, through a door newly opened by the roots of a fallen oak tree. Realizing her predicament, Spearwa flees into an earthen labyrinth, pursued by the Carrion Beetle and a merry band of scavengers. After many adventures beneath the earth's surface, Spearwa emerges, emotionally and magically transformed by her experience.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 12th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)in^set, featuring David Aguila, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, and Ilana Waniuk, performs Nasim Khorassani: Unknown (2019), Wilfrido Terrazas: 47 (2020), Kotoka Suzuki: In Praise of Shadows (2015), and Natacha Diels: Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013) live from the Experimental Theater on Friday, November 12 at 7:00p.m.
Watch livestream at music.ucsd.edu/live
Performers:
David Aguila: trumpet, paper, objects, electronics
Teresa Díaz de Cossio: flute, paper, objects
Ilana Waniuk: violin, paper, visuals
Program:
Nasim Khorassani: Unknown (2019)
Wilfrido Terrazas: 47 (2020)
Kotoka Suzuki: In Praise of Shadows (2015)
Natacha Diels: Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013)
Please note that in-person attendance for this concert is only open to active members of the UC San Diego community. UC San Diego students, staff and faculty must complete their daily symptom screener and be ready to show the "green thumb" at the door. Masks will be required at all times while indoors. We apologize, we are currently not accepting external audiences, including alumni.
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WEDS@7 Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents An Evening of Indian Classical Music with world renowned sitar virtuoso Pandit Kartik Seshadri.
A tribute to Seshadri's mentor Pandit Ravi Shankar's 100th Birthday.
Accompanied on tabla by Shri Nitin Mitta
Wednesday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Streaming live from the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Mitchell Carlstrom, percussion - DMA Recital
Thursday, November 18th, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, November 19th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Fall 2021 Undergraduate Forum
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Join us for the Fall 2021 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
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Michael Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Saturday, November 20th, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Percussionist Michael Jones presents his D.M.A. Recital titled "From many, more" on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
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PERFORMERS:
Michael Jones, percussion
Matthew Kline, bass
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano
PROGRAM:
A Moment or Two (2021) - Erika Bell
Lullaby (2011) - Nicholas Deyoe
American Dream (2017) - Scott Wollschleger
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Iaonnis Mitsialis - Dissertation Recital
Monday, November 22nd, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Composer Ioannis Mitsialis presents his dissertation recital - Two compositions for solo instruments on Monday, November 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
"In my dissertation recital tonight, two solo pieces of mine are presented, which were composed under different circumstances and time periods. Fractures and permutations for violin and live electronics and Monodromic for solo piano, both explore in their own way the cyclical phenomena, which constitute the fundamental space of my interest in my most recent work. The violin piece makes use of the electronic medium for the first time in my creative practice and relates to the idea of the cycle more at a conceptual level, while the piano piece connects with it more substantially and develops it in its multiple dimensions. These works are the result of my close collaboration with the wonderful soloists Ilana Waniuk (violin) and Kyle Adam Blair (piano), over a long period of time."
Program:
Fractures and permutations for violin and live electronics (2021) - Ioannis Mitsialis
Monodromic for solo piano (2021) - Ioannis Mitsialis
Performers:
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Ioannis Mitsialis, live electronics
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Andrés Gutiérrez - PhD Dissertation Installation
Monday, November 29th, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Resonant Modes - Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez Dissertation Recital
Monday November 29th at 5pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Dissertation Concert featuring electroacoustic compositions with multichannel live-electronic processing and surface feedback sound generation.
PROGRAM:
Auscultation – For Percussionist, Fixed Media, Surface Feedback, and Live-Electronic Processing
With Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez – Live-Electronics
Schnur For String Trio and Live-Electronics (Acousmatic performance of the piece with live-
electronic sound processing)
Lorenzo Derini – Violin
Myriam Garcia Fidalgo – Violoncello
Margarethe Maierhofer-Litschka – Contrabass
Andres Gutierrez Martinez – Live-Electronics
Improvisation –– Percussion and Piano with Surface Feedback
Andres Gutierrez Martinez - Piano and Surface Feedback
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The works presented in this concert represent two aspects in my recent work that I have concentrated in for the past two years: Live-Electronic Performance and Surface Feedback.
Surface Feedback is created when a contact speaker and a contact microphone are placed in the same surface – in this case, a drumhead of a bass drum-. I became interested in exploring the manipulation possibilities of such a system, which is somewhat unpredictable given the many different variables that contribute to the sounding result of surface feedback. In Auscultation, I was interested in sonic analogies between the self-generating feedback system, the percussion instruments, and the live electronic processes to create distinct sonic moments -some dynamic, others more static and repetitive. The score allows for some flexibility with regards to the actions of the performer.
In Schnur for String Trio and Live-Electronics, I concentrated on the timbral similarities of different string instruments in order to create a gradually unfolding “sonic flow”, which is projected onto the audience space engulfing the listeners in the sound field. The live-electronic manipulations contribute to exaggerate the instrumental actions, while also projecting the sound of the instruments onto the audience space. The electronic performer has some liberty with regards to the modification of the instrumental sounds given a limited space of action. For this realization, I will only perform the live-electronic part in real-time. The instrumental part will be played back from speakers. The piece was recorded in Graz in September 2021 by members of the Schallfeld Ensemble.
The last piece is an impromptu improvisation with surface feedback on different instruments: Timpani, piano strings to further showcase the possibilities of the feedback system in a less rigid setting.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, November 29th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for Monday Night Jazz with the UC San Diego 95JC Jazz Ensemble directed by Kamau Kenyatta on Monday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m PST!
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PIANO STUDENTS
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Piano students directed by UC San Diego Music Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and doctoral candidate Dimitris Paganos Koukakis will be presenting their Fall concert on Tuesday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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PROGRAM:
Béla Bartók
Two Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Terry Feng
W.A. Mozart
Piano Sonata no. 9 in D major, K.311
I. Allegro con spirito
Sophia Yermolenko
Johannes Brahms
Capriccio, Op. 76, no. 2
Seth Durbin
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Nouvelle Étude, Op. 29 No. 4: Le Philosophe
Shayan Kalantar
J.S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 848
Claude Debussy
Pagodes (from Estampes)
Kelly Feng
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MUS 33A FINAL Recording Concert
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)MUS 33A directed by UC San Diego Music Professor Lei Liang presents their class concert on Wednesday, December 1 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall. Music 33A is the first course in a sequence for music majors and nonmajors pursuing an emphasis in composition. New and original compositions written for solo percussionist Mitchell Carlstrom, will be showcased.
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271C / Rand Steiger
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble directed by Michael Jones will be performing at the Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.!
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PROGRAM:
Gavorka Fanfare - Jack Stamp
Translation of a Branch - Nasim Khorassani
Armenian Dances - Aram Khachaturian arr. Ralph Satz
Three Chorale Preludes - William Latham
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 3rd, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Fall concert on Friday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Mari Kawamura and Steven Schick perform Stockhausen's Kontakte
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Percussionist and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick and pianist and UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Mari Kawamura will be performing Karlheinz Stockhausen's KONTAKTE (CONTACTS) for electronic sounds, piano and percussion live in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Wednesday, January 5 at 7:00 p.m.
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1st Year Winter Jury Concert (Richards & Davis)
Friday, January 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano - DMA Recital
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Pianist Shaoai Zhang presents her final D.M.A. recital featuring works by Alban Berg, Rebecca Saunders, Ludwig van Beethoven and the world premiere of Three Reflections composed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Alex Stephenson on Wednesday, February 2nd at 5:00 p.m. at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Program:
Piano Sonata, op. 1 - Alban Berg
crimson - Rebecca Saunders
Three Reflections - Alex Stephenson
Piano Sonata no. 28, op. 101 - Ludwig van Beethoven
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conductions for Butch
Thursday, February 10th, 2022 7:00 pm
Price Center Plaza
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An evening of Conductions by The Stephanie Richards Conduction Ensemble in remembrance of the pioneering composer, conductor and cornetist Butch Morris. Described as an "improvised duet for conductor and orchestra", Conduction is a language of music that involves interpretation of gestured language between a conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black Feb series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music-making by presenting a dynamic night of Conduction on Butch Morris' birthday.
Featuring a multifaceted orchestration of accordions, strings, winds and electronics, the performers include UC San Diego graduate student collaborators: David Aguila, Daniel Corral, Teresa Diaz De Cossio, Myra Hinrichs, Tornike Karchkhadze, Douglas Osmun, Jonathan Stallings, Ilana Waniuk, and Pauline Ng.
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Berglind MarÃa Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Berglind Tómasdóttir, D.M.A. '13 and Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes will be performing in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Tuesday, February 15 at 5PM. The evening will feature the premiere of a new piece composed by Bára Gísladóttir as well as the screening of Berglind Tómasdóttir's video essay “The Origin of Things” and a Q&A at the end of the concert.
Program:
Carolyn Chen — Stomachs of Ravens (2018)
Berglind Tómasdóttir — Bambaló (2013)
Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir — Iða (2015)
Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson — Riposo (2015)
The Origin of Things (2021)
Video Essay by Berglind Tómasdóttir
Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir — Spuni (2022)
Bára Gísladóttir — Growl Power (2022)
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir — Ethereality (2011)
Q&A with Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes
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Artist Bios:
Berglind Tómasdóttir is a flutist and interdisciplinary artist living in Reykjavík, Iceland. In her work she frequently explores identity and archetypes, as well as music as a social phenomenon. An advocate of new music, Berglind has worked with composers such as Björk, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Peter Ablinger and Carolyn Chen, and received commissions from Dark Music Days, The National Flute Association, Cycle Music and Art Festival, Reykjavík Arts Festival and Nordic Music Days, to name a few. Berglind Tómasdóttir holds degrees in flute playing from Reykjavik College of Music and The Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and a DMA in contemporary music performance from University of California San Diego. Berglind is a professor in contemporary music performance and program director of NAIP (New Audiences and Innovative Practice) at Iceland University of the Arts.
Björg Brjánsdóttir graduated from the Norwegian Academy of music in the spring of 2017. She has also pursued flute studies at the Music University in Hanover, Munich and Copenhagen. Her main professors were Anna Dina Björn-Larsen, Andrew Cunningham, Per Flemström and Stephanie Hamburger. Björg is the founder of Elja chamber orchestra, which has been prominent in the Icelandic music scene for the last years. Björg is also the flutist of the new music group Caput and performs regularly with various orchestras, such as Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Icelandic Opera, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bergen Opera. In addition to her career as a flutist, Björg is a certified teacher from Musicians' Health and Movement Institute.
Björg and Berglind are members of the flute septet Viibra and tour around the world with Björk along with playing on Björk’s newest album, Utopia.
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MUS 103A Class Concert Recording
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Students in the MUS 103A composition seminar instructed by Distinguished Professor of Music Chinary Ung presents their works on Wednesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Featured Works:
Albert Miao: Kuafu
Chris Lin: Wish
Hailey Myers: Threnody for Annabel Lee
Jacob Alvarez-Alaba: Untitled
Jeremy Greenstein: Stars at Night
Samuel Calto: Embrace
Shawn Wadhwani: Subconscious
Performers:
Stefanie Quintin-Avila, voice
Matthew Henson, double bass
Kosuke Matsuda, percussion
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - DMA Recital
Thursday, February 17th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Violinist Ilana Waniuk presents her second D.M.A. recital featuring works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Jessie Cox, and Anqi Liu on Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Performers:
Ilana Waniuk - violin
Mari Kawamura - piano
Joseph Bourdeau - drumset
Program:
Ilana Waniuk - ember - improvisation with fixed media
Jessie Cox - The Masked Whole/Hole for Violin and Cyborg-drumset (2019)
with Joseph Bordeau - drumset
Sofia Gubaidulina - Dancer on a Tightrope for violin and piano (1992)
with Mari Kawamura - piano
Anqi Liu - A window on an Absurd Scene - for violin and fixed media (2022) *
* world premiere
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Lydia Winsor Brindamour - PhD Dissertation Installation
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Lydia Winsor Brindamour presents her PhD Dissertation Installation spaces, between on Tuesday, February 22 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Directed by Lydia Winsor Brindamour
Music by Lydia Winsor Brindamour
Projection and video design by Elizabeth Barrett
Sound design by Stewart Blackwood
Lighting executed by Jessica C. Flores
Performed by:
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Charles Curtis, cello
Myra Hinrichs, violin
Matt Kline, double bass
Andrew McIntosh, violin
Alex Taylor, viola
Projections run by Alex Stephenson
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest conducted by Aleck Karis
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The Palimpsest Ensemble conducted by Aleck Karis performs works by Pauline Oliveros, Mario Davidovsky, and the world premiere of pieces composed by UC San Diego Music graduate students Delong Wang and Varun Rangaswamy on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Program:
Delong Wang "Spiritual Garden I: Largo di Torre Argentina" (premiere)
Pauline Oliveros “Variations for Sextet”
Varun Rangaswamy "Three Hazards Take Their Time” (premiere)
Mario Davidovsky “Piano Septet”
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki, soprano and Donald Berman, piano
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)“…If you could only be here with me so I could share with you the happiness of these great poems, they would let you realize what we all now need more urgently: that transience is not separation…” - Rainer Maria Rilke to Adelheid Franziska von der Marwitz, January 14, 1919 (from The Dark Interval, translated and edited by Ulrich Baer)
A single reference contained in a book of Rilke’s letters was the catalyst for this program of little-known works for voice and piano from the early to mid-20th Century. The recital features settings of the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren, drawn from his monumental cycles Les Heures Claires, Les Heures d’Après-midi and Les Heures du Soir, in works written by Nadia Boulanger and Raoul Pugno, and Belgian composer Irène Fuerison. Marion Bauer’s early work, Four Poems, Op. 16, (1924) with texts by John Gould Fletcher, celebrates and illuminates the exquisite, open beauty of the American West. Rarely heard songs by French composer Elizabeth Claisse and Dutch composer Henriette Bosmans complete the program.
This concert will only be available for viewing live in person or online on March 2nd and will not be available for replay, so make sure to join us at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall or tune-in online on March 2nd at 7:00 p.m.!
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Composition Jury Concert, an Evening of Premieres
Friday, March 4th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Steven Schick, performs three world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit and Ni Zheng, as well as a special performance of Brian Ferneyhough's "La Chute D'Icare," featuring clarinet soloist Madison Greenstone.
Program:
Douglas Osmun "Topographic Veil” (premiere)
Janet Sit “Specific Experiments on Relativeness” (premiere)
Ni Zheng “Hellmouth” (premiere)
Brian Ferneyhough “La Chute D’Icare”, Madison Greenstone, clarinet soloist
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, March 4th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Winter 2022 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall!
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Monday, March 7th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 32VM voice students presents their winter 2022 concert With love: Fanny and Clara, featuring music by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn, on Monday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
Performers:
Maria Torpey
Aparna Alluri
Amelia Mardesich
Julia Yu
Greta Davis
Sam Calto
Emma Price
Isabella Panagiotou
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Miguel Zazueta, instructor
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Mari Kawamura, piano - DMA Recital
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Pianist Mari Kawamura presents her third D.M.A. recital on Tuesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 BWV860
Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Winter quarter concert on Wednesday, March9, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Gregorian chant (arrangement for flute)
Flute: Soumya Kalluri
A.Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Violin and Basso Continuo A minor
Allegro / Largo / Presto
Solo Violin: Zou Yu
Violin: Jane Park, Lucy Lennemann
Viola: Tommy Hines, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Cody Rupp, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
G.Dufay (1397- 1474)
Ave Maris Stella (arrangement for flute, 2 violins and cello)
Flute: Soumya Kalluri
Violins: Zou Yu, Lucy Lennemann, Cello: Henry Helmuth
C.Monteveldi (1567 – 1643)
Toccata / La musica from opera “L’Orfeo”
Soprano: Julia Yu
Flute: Soumya Kalluri, Percussion: Kosuke Matsusa
Violins: Zou Yu, Lucy Lennemann, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Cody Rupp, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
W.Byrd ( c.1539/40 or 1543 – 1623)
Ave Verum Corpus (arrangement for 3 violins and cello)
Violins: Zou Yu, Jane Park, Cello: Henry Helmuth
A.Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Two Violins and Basso Continuo A minor
Allegro / Larghetto e spiritoso / Allegro
1st Solo Violin: Jane Park, 2nd Solo Violin: Zou Yu
Violins: Ashely Mok, Lucy Lennemann
Viola: Tommy Hines, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Melissa Heredia, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
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Piano Students
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Piano students directed by UC San Diego Music Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and UC San Diego doctoral candidate Dimitris Paganos-Koukakis presents their Winter concert on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 - J.S. Bach
Sophia Yermolenko
Preludes Op 28, no. 4, 7, 9, 24 - Frédéric Chopin
Seth Durbin
Etude Op. 25, No. 1 - "Aeolian Harp" - Frédéric Chopin
Estampes - No. 2, "La soirée dans Grenade" - Claude Debussy
Kelly Feng
Keyboard Suite no. 3 in D minor HWV 428 - George Frideric Handel
Etude no. 11, En Suspens - György Ligeti
Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 7, movements II and III - Edvard Grieg
Terry Feng
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Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her D.M.A. recital "Feminine Virtuosities | Perceptions of Time," celebrating the music of Eleanor Hovda, Marta Ptaszy?ska and Unsuk Chin on Thursday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Program:
Eleanor Hovda | CYMBALMUSIC II - Centerflow/Trail II (1983)
Marta Ptaszy?ska | Space Model (1975)
Unsuk Chin | Allegro ma non troppo (1994/98)
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi performs works by G. Bottesiini, W.A. Mozart, L.V. Beethoven, C.F. Witt, A. Dvo?ák, F. Doppler and P.I. Tchaikovsky on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
G.Bottesiini (1821–1889)
Une Bouche Aimée
Soprano: Aparna Alluri, Double bass: Cody Rupp, Piano: Yuelei Li
W.A.Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet K285 in D major
Allegro / Adagio / Rondo
Flute: Soumya Kalluri, Violin: Rose Sanahmadi
Viola: Titan Ngo, Cello: William Lin
L.V.Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio No.1, Op.3 in E flat major
1st movement Allegro con brio
Violin: Katelyn Wong, Viola: Ashley Mok, Cello: Bethany Yuan
C.F.Witt (C.1660 –1716)
Suite in F major for Three Flutes and Piano
Entrée / Menuet / Sarabande / Menuet / Bourée
Flute: Sabrina Wang, Riya Mhatre, Daniel Xu
Piano / Laura Noronha
A. Dvo?ák (1841-1904)
String Quintet No. 2 2nd mov. Scherzo
Violin: Lucy Lennemann, Heejeong Lin
Viola: Ariel Anchanattu, Cello: Emily Wong,
Double bass: Melissa Heredia
F. Doppler (1821-1883)
Duettino hongrois Op. 36
Flute: Simran Bhakta, Audrey Zhao
Piano: Irene Lee
P.I.Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
String Trio in D minor Op.5
1st mov. Pezzo elegiaco
Violin: Ryan Park, Cello: Henry Helmuth, Piano: Seung Choi
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MUS 33B FINAL Recording Concert
Saturday, March 12th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 33B composition class instructed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Anqi Liu presents their Winter 2022 concert featuring new works for flutes and electronics.
Program:
Works for cello
Pressures - Ezekiel Mortensen
El Violoncello Humilde - Jesus Leon
Crystalline - Kelly Chongrui Feng
A Goose Sang a Song - Gabriel Michels
The Crow - Kevin Chin
Works for flutes and electronics
Serein - Kevin Chin
Postured - Gabriel Michels
La Distorsion Detra?s de tus Ojos - Jesus Leon
Memory - Ezekiel Mortensen
The Cheshire Cat’s Grin - Kelly Chongrui Feng
Performer:
Teresa Díaz de Cossío, flutes
Peter Ko, cello
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Bass Ensemble
Sunday, March 13th, 2022 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Bass Ensemble, featuring double bassists Mark Dresser, Kathryn Schulmeister and Matthew Henson, will be performing works composed by Gregg August, Nasim Khorassani, Aaron Mencher, Robert Bui, Charles Schultz, Jonathan Stallings, Kathryn Schulmeister, Matthew Henson and Mark Dresser on Sunday, March 13th at 1:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Experimental Theater.
Program:
Avalanche - Robert Bui
Double Bass Trio (2022) Jonathan Stallings Cárdenas
Ambler - Kathryn Schulmeister
Blocks - Aaron Mencher
Within a Half - Mark Dresser
Night Walk - Charles Schultz
In Closure (rev. 2022)- Matthew Henson
Invention for Three Tunings - Gregg August *
Unison - Nasim Khorassani
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kallisti vocal ensemble
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The concert is an exploration of settings of striking 20th century poetry, set for one to three voices. It features Kaija Saariaho's From the Grammar of Dreams (1988) for two female voices to words from Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar, the first movement of George Crumb's iconic Madrigals with poems by Lorca, and Hans Werner Henze's moving Three Auden Songs (1984) for tenor and piano.
Another special work is Grete von Zieritz's Stimmen im Walde (1993) for coloratura soprano and flute, in its U.S. Premiere.
The second half of the program is devoted to the world premiere of Alex Taylor's Dryad, a 30 minute piece commissioned by the kallisti ensemble for coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, tenor, piano, flute, harp and percussion, with texts by H.D., Ezra Pound, Bryher and Frances Gregg.
The singers are Stefanie Quintin-Avila, Mariana Flores, and Miguel Zazueta. They will be joined by Rebecca Lloyd Jones, percussion, Alex Ishov, flute, Tasha Smith Godinez, harp, Kyle Adam Blair, piano with the assistance of conductor Yifan Guo.
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The one fish two fish percussion ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones presents "Weaving, Flowing", featuring works by Juri Seo, Peter Garland and Paul Lansky, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
one fish two fish Percussion Ensemble:
Angel Cole
Zoe Farrell
Xiao Feng
Ash Floyd
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Eric Nguyen
Program:
Shui - Juri Seo
Apple Blossom - Peter Garland
Threads - Paul Lansky
- Prelude
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Aria
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Aria
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Chorale Prelude
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Myra Hinrichs, violin - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 17th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Violinist Myra Hinrichs presents her D.M.A. recital "Some Quiet Music," featuring tunes by Cat Lamb, Kristofer Svensson, and Michael Harrison, on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Berk Schneider, trombone - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 31st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Night and Day
Berk Schneider, trombone - DMA Recital
Program:
Catch (2022)
for unaccompanied Trombone
Erin Graham
Music for Trombone, Piano and Percussion (2011) Mike Svoboda
Shaoai Zhang, Piano Michael Jones, Percussion
BRIEF PAUSE
please prepare your wireless headphones
Seg (2020)
for Trombone, Mechanical Metronomes and Live Electronics Sang Song
Michael Jones, Metronomes
Ilha Grande (2022)
for Live Graphic Score and Spatial Audio
Nasim Khorassani and Berk Schneider
Nasim Korassani, Visuals Berk Schneider, Electronics
Improvisation for Trombone, Percussion, and Electronic Synth Concatenations (2022)
Joseph Bourdeau, Percussion Douglas Osmun, Electronics
—
Catch evokes images of snagging, getting momentarily stuck or caught, a zipper getting trapped on fabric and moving in abrupt, jerky bursts, or a marble spiraling downwards in increasingly smaller and tighter circles, its patterns becoming smaller and more restricted until it becomes motionless and trapped.
Seg—a shorthand for “segregation”—is prison slang referring to solitary confinement. While it is considered torture by experts, solitary confinement is frequently used in U.S. prisons as a means to punish and discipline inmates. If subject to this punishment, an inmate is placed in an 8ft.x10ft. cell—equipped with a bed, sink, toilet and virtually nothing else—for months, years and sometimes decades. The absence of meaningful social contact and interaction with others is known to cause adverse psychological effects, including mental illnesses ranging from anxiety, clinical depression, and self-mutilation to suicidal thoughts.
Seg is more a reflection on the human condition than a call for prison reform, however. It would be not too far off to assume that, during the pandemic, pretty much every individual on earth experienced isolation in one form or another. It would be preposterous to compare those experiences to the inhumane treatment the prisoners in seg are subject to, of course. But to the extent we have never been so acutely aware of what isolation does to the human psyche, Seg may be viewed as an invitation to reflect upon the fragility of our existence.
Ilha Grande is an island nestled in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro ringed by beaches, vibrant rainforests, waterfalls, and caverns supporting Atlantic birds, amphibians, and cicadas. This fragile ecosystem depends on its diversity of life in order to survive. The improvisation duo Broken Calligraphy has collected binaural and ambisonic recordings from the island, sending the sounds through electronic resonators, spatializing them in synchronicity with a live graphic score. There is no hierarchical form in this collaborative work, which means the score can also follow or react to the sonic elements, providing an equitable creative space during performance.
As improvisatory musicians we actively engage contingency plans in order to balance feedback loops between ourselves and our instruments. Douglas Osmun has taken this idea a step further by developing an AI hub that analyzes socially embodied cognition, creating a sort of symbiotic animism that unites participating improvisors and machine.
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Berk Schneider, trombone (berkschneider.com), serves as an advocate for the arts by cultivating research-creation projects that incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to technology and analysis of social meaning-making devices, promoting prescriptive methods that bring communities of musicians closer together. His collaborations are varied, having worked with musicians such as Joshua Bell, Josh Groban, conductors Valery Gergiev, Brad Lubman, Enno Poppe, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Helmuth Rilling, Robert Spano, composers Beat Furrer, Philip Glass, Helmut Lachenmann, Alvin Lucier, actor Alexander Fehling, the Akron, Firelands, and Houston symphonies, Ensemble Modern, Schauspiel Frankfurt, as well as creative director Heiner Goebbels. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, Frankfurt University of Music, and has been a finalist and honorably mentioned in numerous international trombone competitions, including the Robert Marsteller Competition and Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize.
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Lytle Scholarship Concert
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
By invitation
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Joseph Bourdeau - PhD Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)With the now century long use of recording and broadcast technologies to document and disseminate culture has come a tremendous pile of materials, both personal and received. ghostbox views these recorded materials as spirits, dwelling within the decaying husks of our dated technologies, fated to repeat themselves again and again as the world around them moves on. These ghosts vibrate constantly in the air influencing our thoughts and experiences in a number of ways. The program features music by Joseph Bourdeau, David Aguila, Teresa Díaz, Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit, Berk Schneider, and Ilana Waniuk.
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Peter Ko, cello - DMA Recital
Thursday, April 7th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Cellist Peter Ko presents his first D.M.A. Recital in collaboration with pianist Kyle Adam Blair, with works by Helmut Lachenmann, Anqi Liu, Morton Feldman, and Earle Brown.
Program:
Helmut Lachenmann
"Pression" (1969)
Anqi Liu
"glimmer around…" (2022)
Morton Feldman
"Intersection 4" (1952)
"Projection I" (1950)
"Durations 2" (1960)
Earle Brown
"Music for Cello and Piano" (1955)
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Daniel Pesca, piano
Friday, April 8th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Pianist Daniel Pesca, a guest of Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis, will be performing works by Daniel Pesca, Alison Yun-Fei Jiang, Maurice Ravel, John Liberatore and Gabriel Fauré on Friday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Watercolors I: A Pair of Cats (2018/2020) - Daniel Pesca
Isles (2017) - Alison Yun-Fei Jiang
I. As birds bring forth the sun
II. Salt
III. Undercurrent
Sonatine (1903-05) - Maurice Ravel
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé
Six Line Drawings (2016) - John Liberatore
Nocturne no. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 63 (1894) - Gabriel Fauré
Hyde Park Boulevard (2020) - Daniel Pesca
I. Prelude
II. Lakeshore Drive (Capriccio)
III. The Lagoon at Dusk
IV. Interlude: At Night
V. Boblink Meadow (Little Scherzo)
VI. The Wooded Isle
VII. Promontory Point
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Miranda Cuckson, violin, and Rand Steiger, electronics
Monday, April 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Violinist Miranda Cuckson and composer Rand Steiger collaborate on three works for violin and spatialized electronics on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
The program will feature Steiger’s “Longing,” written for Miranda Cuckson, and a re-imagining of his work “Nimbus Violin,” originally created in 2016 as part of an installation at Disney Hall for the LA Philharmonic. These will be heard alongside Kaija Saariaho’s four-movement Frises (2011), which layers repeating and reverberating shimmering gestures, and her delicate acoustic violin piece Nocturne (1994).
Program:
Nocturne (1994) - Kaija Saariaho
Nimbus Violin (2022) - Rand Steiger
Longing (2021) - Rand Steiger
Frises (2011) - Kaija Saariaho
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WEDS7 Aleck Karis, piano
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Pianist and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis presents Beethoven’s monumental late sonata, the “Hammerklavier”, one of his most daring and experimental works, along with three Bach preludes and fugues and Beethoven’s first sonata, Opus 2 no. 1 in f minor.
Program:
Bach
Preludes and Fugues
C major, book II
E-flat minor/D# minor, book II
G major, book I
Beethoven
Sonata, Opus 2 no. 1
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto: Allegretto
Prestissimo
Beethoven
Sonata, Opus 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
Allegro
Scherzo: Assai vivace
Adagio sostenuto
Largo; Allegro risoluto (Fuga a tre voci, con alcune licenze)
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Anqi Liu - PhD Dissertation Recital
Thursday, April 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Composer Anqi Liu presents her Ph.D. dissertation, Anqi Liu and Friends, featuring works that Anqi Liu created during her years at the UC San Diego Department of Music on Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
Etude for Echoes featuring Ilana Waniuk, Grace Talaski, Berk Schneider, Michael Jones and Joey Bourdeau
Bass Flute Solo with spatialization & live signal processing for Teresa Díaz de Cossio
Etude for Friends for Ilana Waniuk, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, David Aguila, Peter Ko and Joey Bourdeau
A Window On Absurd Scenes… Violin solo with electronics & video projector for Ilana Waniuk
What Do You Mean? A live set for modular synthesizers, live signal processing , video projector and shadows performed and improvised by Anqi Liu
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Palimpsest - Jury Concert #3
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Steven Schick, performs four world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Pauline Ng, Steven Whiteley, Daniel Corral and Nathaniel Haering on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Sophia DiGiovanni, trumpet - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Friday, April 22nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)This undergraduate honors recital represents a culmination of the work Sophia has developed on the trumpet over the course of the pandemic. This concert will showcase a variety of tone colors on the trumpet, from triumphant to alone. She took inspiration from indecision, as experiencing college during a pandemic caused her to feel uncertainty about the future. She has used trumpet during these times of doubt to move toward present-minded thinking and confidence—the music she created became something tangible in a time of unknowns. The works in this recital are: Air de Bravoure by Andre Jolivét, Concerto for Trumpet and Piano by Alexander Arutunian, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Eric Ewazen, and two new jazz pieces: Seascape and Sunflower Ridge composed by current UC San Diego student, Gino Calgaro. She will be accompanied by Kyle Adam Blair on the piano for the classical portions of the recital.
Program:
Air de Bravoure (1954) - André Jolivet (1905-1974)
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1995) - Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)
Seascape (2020) - Gino Calgaro (b. 2000)
Sunflower Ridge (2022) - Gino Calgaro (b. 2000)
Concerto for Trumpet and Piano (1950) - Alexander Arutunian (1920-2012)
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Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano - DMA Recital
Monday, April 25th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)ITHACA
a performance by
Dimitris Paganos Koukakis and Maria Tsingistra
Ithaca symbolizes our journey, the journey around our experiences, the customs deeply rooted within us but also, the exploration around cultures, ideas and people. This is the inspiration for our performance, our point of view through dance and music by Bartok, Shostakovich, Ung and Terrazas.
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DYER-LOGUE
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Canceled
This concert has unfortunately been cancelled.
Thank you
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Miguel Zazueta, voice - DMA Recital
Saturday, April 30th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Miguel Zazueta, voice will be presenting his D.M.A. recital, Meeting Halfway, featuring music by Henze, Britten, Muhly, and Zazueta on Saturday, April 30th at 3:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater. He will be accompanied by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair, piano and Quartet Nouveau.
In this recital I intend to share my personal journey with the concept of intimacy in music. Questioning: What is to be truthful in music? How to be intimate in a musical performance? How can I share what matters to me through a melodic line and a fictional context? Or, as written in the song cycle “Stranger” by Muhly “Is it possible to recover and interpret the past?”.
With all this questions in mind I will present for you four beautiful and very different song cycles:
The elegant “Three Auden Songs” by Hans Werner Henze, the passionate “Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo” by Benjamin Britten, the highly provocative “Stranger” by Nico Muhly, and lastly, “Tres Memorias” of my own authorship.
The accompanists for this recital will be Dr. Kyle Adam Blair in the piano (Henze, and Britten), and Quartet Nouveau (Muhly).
I hope you can join me and my collaborators in this beautiful musical evening.
Miguel Zazueta
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Mystery of Tanbur - Kurdish Music of Iran
Sunday, May 1st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets: General Public: $20 | PCC members: $15 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
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Event Program (PDF)Mystery of Tanbur
Kurdish Music of Iran
Featuring performances by Ali Akbar Moradi, Arash Moradi, Kourosh Moradi, and Mehdi Bagheri.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Sia Nemat-Nasser (1936-2021)
In collaboration with the Persian Cultural Center of San Diego.
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Kafka Fragments György Kurtág - Susan Narucki, soprano, Curtis Macomber, violin
Monday, May 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Kafka Fragments György Kurtág
May 2, 2022 7 p.m. Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego
Susan Narucki, soprano, Curtis Macomber, violin
György Kurtág's Kafka Fragments, Op.24 was completed in 1985 and is a seventy-five-minute work for voice and violin, set to fragments of text from the diaries of Franz Kafka. The work is divided into four parts. The first, third and fourth parts consist primarily of movements that are short in duration and which vary widely in their range of expression. These brief, intense movements are juxtaposed with several extended movements, which serve as a counterbalance, allowing us the opportunity to explore the composer's fantastical sound world more fully.
I have been performing the piece for over thirty years and am drawn to the limitless range of emotional expression that is created through the fusion of the texts with Kurtág's inexhaustible musical imagination. The piece is a tour de force, exploring the limits of what can be expressed through the combination of voice and violin, an outpouring of wonder, rage, and ecstasy. It is a musical journey that I find to be irresistible.
On May 2, 2022, I will be presenting the work with my longtime friend and colleague, the American violinist Curtis Macomber, a legendary champion of contemporary music.
The concert takes place at UC San Diego Department of Music Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
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Mariana Flores, voice - DMA Recital
Saturday, May 7th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Soprano Mariana Flores Bucio presents her first DMA Recital featuring works by Georfina Derbéz, Juan Calderón and Kaija Saariaho.
This recital consists of songs and song cycles of the XXI century. The beautiful coexistence of music and poetry.
Soprano: Mariana Flores Bucio
Pianist accompanist : Kyle Adam Blair
Oboist: Ellen Hindson
Guitarist: José Rodríguez
Professor: Susan Naruki
Program:
"Six songs for Soprano and Guitar" (2022) by Juan Calderón. Poetry by Octavio Gamboa.
"Raíz Columna" (2021) by Georgina Derbéz. Poetry by Aurelia Cortés P.
*Live Performance Premiere
"La Cresta de la Duna" dedicated to Mariana Flores Bucio (2021) by Georgina Derbéz. Poetry by Aurelia Cortés P.
*Live Performance Premiere
"Quatre instants" (2003) by Kaija Saariaho. Poetry by Amin Maalouf.
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Matthew Henson, double bass - Masters Recital
Monday, May 9th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Double bassist Matthew Henson presents his Masters recital, featuring works by Aaron Cassidy, Håkon Thelin, Bernhard Gander, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jacob Druckman, and George Crumb, on Monday, May 9 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
The wreck of former boundaries – Aaron Cassidy
amarcord – Håkon Thelin
Soaring Souls – Bernhard Gander
Sonata – Sofia Gubaidulina
Valentine – Jacob Druckman
Madrigals, Book I – George Crumb
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WEDS@7 In the Shadow of A Mad King - An Evening of Solos and Duets, Live and Virtual - Mark Dresser - bass, Jerome Rothenberg - poetry, Michael Dessen - trombone, and Matthias Ziegler - Contrabass FluteÂ
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)In the Shadow of a Mad King - An Evening of Solo and Duos
Bassist Mark Dresser will present compositions and improvisations featuring poet Jerome Rothenberg, trombonist Michael Dessen and the Swiss flutist Matthias Ziegler, telematically performing from Zurich.
Program:
Diagonalia - Mark Dresser
“Between a Half” - Mark Dresser with Matthias Ziegler - bass and contrabass flute, telematically performing from Stäfa, Switzerland
“Tination” - Mark Dresser (solo works for prepared contrabass)
“Gloaming”” - Mark Dresser featuring Michael Dessen - trombonist
“Hobby Lobby Horse”
In the Shadow of A Mad King - Concert Version - Jerome Rothenberg
FANFARE after Shelley
LIES
FACES
THE LONELY DEAD
CODA
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Stefanie Quintin, voice - MA Recital
Thursday, May 12th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)TAN-AW
Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
(v. to see, to look at, to view, to mind, to contemplate, to be vigilant)
In a time where we find ourselves in a place of disillusionment, in a state of flux – with differing energies and a wavering sense of stability, we must take a step back and find resolve within ourselves. As the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal wrote in one of his plays: “Con el recuerdo del pasado, entro en el porvenir (I enter the future with a memory of the past),” which transformed into the Filipino proverb: “Ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan (He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination);” it is in retrospection that we learn to ground ourselves and remember who we were – to which we anchor our aspirations and dreams, as we prepare to propel to attain our full potential.
Yet as we move forward, we must constantly remind ourselves that we are finite beings, all fighting against time to an inevitable end. As we begin to see the limits of time, may our memories of the past move us to a position of hope toward a future with endless possibilities, for it is through acknowledging our history as weavers of time that we can begin to live in the present.
TAN-AW seeks to look deeper into ourselves and find our innate purpose as stewards of our bodies and of the earth. As we are easily eclipsed by the noise of voices in and out of our heads, it is challenging to see clearly and be illuminated by our verity. But as the Persian poet Rumi says, “What you seek is seeking you,” may we remember to find solace within ourselves and gain the courage to continue treading our unique paths.
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Featuring new works by Filipino composers Dave Jimuel Dagta, Jonathan Domingo, Feliz Macahis, and Chaitanya Tamayo, the pieces in the recital program are written in various languages: Cebuano, Ilocano, Ibaloi, Kalanguya, and Tagalog as part of the WIKAWIT initiative of revitalizing Filipino languages through music.
Support the project through this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wikawit/wikawit-revitalization-of-filipino-languages-through-music
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Evan Lam, clarinet - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Saturday, May 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Clarinetist Evan Lam will be presenting his undergraduate honors recital, featuring works by Carl Nielson and W.A. Mozart, on Saturday, May 14th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. He will be joined by fellow UC San Diego Music undergraduate students Kelly Feng, Alexander Leong, Michael Megally, Annie Phan, Christopher Nowak, and Gaby Carr.
Program:
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 - Carl Nielsen
Evan Lam, clarinet
Kelly Feng, piano
Alexander Leong, snare
Clarinet Quintet K581 in A Major - W.A. Mozart
Evan Lam, clarinet
Michael Megally, violin 1
Annie Phan, violin 2
Christopher Nowak, viola
Gaby Carr, cello
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Exploring Legacy
Introducing a new collection of historically important percussion instruments from the personal collection of the ground breaking composer Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019), the percussion group red fish blue fish in partnership with the Transplanted Roots Percussion Conference will present a concert entitled "Exploring Legacy" on May 18 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at 7:00 p.m. Featured will be Professor Chou's master work for percussion quartet, Echoes from the Gorge, which will be performed for the first time using the original instruments for which it was written.
These instruments, thanks to a generous gift from the Chou family, are now the core part of UC San Diego's "Chou Percussion Collection." They represent not just Professor Chou's music, but his spirit of cross-cultural collaboration and the partnership between Chinese and Western musicians. The collection will the basis for an annual "Chou Percussion Commission," given to a UC San Diego graduate composer to compose a piece of music using or inspired by the collection.
In addition to Echoes from the Gorge, "Exploring Legacy" will feature works by Erin Graham, the inaugural Chou Commission recipient, along with music by Lei Liang, a Chou student, and by Edgard Varèse, Professor Chou's mentor. Soloists include flutist Wilfrido Terrazas, contrabassist Mark Dresser, and percussionists Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Yongyun Zhang.
PROGRAM:
Iannis Xenakis - Komboi
Edgard Varese - Density 21.5
Chou Wen-chung - Echoes from the Gorge
intermission
Erin Graham - Shape of Silence
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Transplanted Roots Concert #1
Thursday, May 19th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program (PDF)Transplanted Roots Research Symposium 2022
(https://www.transplantedroots.org)
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
PROGRAM:
Eva-Maria Houben - John Muir Trails I (in the fullness of time)
Alvin Singleton - Extension of a Dream
Erik Griswold - Twos and Threes
Intermission
Rachel C. Walker - ?? November Moon
Roberto Palomeque - Travesia de un Migrante
Wally Gunn - Book of Hours *World premiere*
PERFORMERS:
red fish blue fish
Fisher/Lau Project
Terry Longshore
Yongyun Zhang
Roberto Palomeque
Eric Shuster
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Transplanted Roots: Keynote - Sarah Hennies
Friday, May 20th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
Free.
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Transplanted Roots Concert #2: Steven Schick "Thought Sectors" by Sarah Hennies
Friday, May 20th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program (PDF)PROGRAM:
Thought Sectors composed by Sarah Hennies
Performed by Steven Schick
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Transplanted Roots Concert #3: University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I
Friday, May 20th, 2022 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program (PDF)PROGRAM:
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I
TaPIR Lab, University of Toronto
Aiyun Huang, director
Tyler Cunningham
Hoi Tong Keung
Bevis Ng
Matti Pulkki
Timothy Roth
*This project is made possible with the support of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Program*
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Transplanted Roots Round-table discussion: Chou Wen-chung
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program (PDF)Roundtable Discussion: Chou Wen-chung, with Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor Lei Liang, Composer Erin Graham, and Percussionist Yongyun Zhang
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Transplanted Roots: Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music: The Reynolds Desert House
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Transplanted Roots: Xenakis Cabaret
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program (PDF)PROGRAM:
Edgard Varèse - Ionisation | performed by the Transplanted Roots community
Iannis Xenakis – Kotos | performed by Robbie Bui
Iannis Xenakis – Evryali | performed by Mari Kawamura
Intermission 1
Iannis Xenakis - Rebonds | performed by Michael Jones
Iannis Xenakis – Psappha | performed by Steven Schick
Intermission 2
Iannis Xenakis - Pléiades | performed by red fish blue fish
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Terry Feng, piano - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Pianist Terry Feng presents his undergraduate honors recital on Saturday, May 21st, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. He will be performing solo piano with repertoire from Handel, Grieg, Ligeti, and Bartok.
Program:
Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 - Edvard Grieg (1865)
Etude no. 11 En Suspens - Gyorgy Ligeti (1994)
Suite in D minor, HWV 428 - G.F. Handel (1720)
6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm - Bela Bartok (1940)
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Julia Yu, voice - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Soprano Julia Yu will be presenting her undergraduate honors recital on Saturday, May 22nd, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. She will be performing works by Barbara Strozzi, Lili Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Richard Strauss, and Arnold Schoenberg. Dr. Kyle Adam Blair will be joining her on the stage to interpret the subtle poetry and alluring melodies of these selected artsongs and arias.
Soprano: Julia Yu
Pianist: Kyle Adam Blair
Professor: Susan Narucki
Program:
My Tears – Barbara Strozzi
From Clearings in the Sky by Lili Boulanger:
She is solemnly gay
Sometimes, I am sad
At the foot of my bed
The lilacs which bloomed last year
From Twelve Poems by Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copland:
When they come back
Heart we will forget him
I felt a funeral in my brain
The Chariot
--Intermission--
Zerbinetta’s Aria – from Ariadne on Naxos by Richard Strauss
From 8 Cabaret Songs by Arnold Schoenberg:
Simple Song
Gigerlette
Galathea
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Composition Masterclass: Sarah Hennies
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Composer Sarah Hennies, M.A. '03 will be leading a composition masterclass on Tuesday, May 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall (Room 127).
Sarah Hennies (b. 1979, Louisville, KY) is a composer based in upstate New York whose work is concerned with a variety of musical, sociopolitical, and psychological issues including queer & trans identity, love, intimacy, psychoacoustics, and percussion. She is primarily a composer of acoustic chamber music, but is also active in improvisation, film, and performance art. She presents her work internationally as both a composer and percussionist with notable performances at MoMA PS1 (NYC), Monday Evening Concerts (Los Angeles), Le Guess Who (Utrecht), Festival Cable (Nantes), send + receive (Winnipeg), O’ Art Space (Milan), Cafe Oto (London), ALICE (Copenhagen), and the Edition Festival (Stockholm). As a composer, she has received commissions across a wide array of performers and ensembles including Bearthoven, Bent Duo, Cristian Alvear, Claire Chase, R. Andrew Lee, Talea Ensemble, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Two-Way Street, Nate Wooley, and Yarn/Wire.
Her ground breaking audio-visual work Contralto (2017) explores transfeminine identity through the elements of “voice feminization” therapy, featuring a cast of transgender women accompanied by a dense and varied musical score for string quartet and three percussionists. The work has been in high demand since its premiere, with numerous performances taking place around North America, Europe, and Australia and was one of four finalists for the 2019 Queer|Art Prize.
She is the recipient of a 2019 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, a 2016 fellowship in music/sound from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has received additional support from New Music USA, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.
Sarah is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Bard College.
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IS Focus Guest: Charissa Noble
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
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The final IS Focus of the academic year
Tuesday, 24 May, 4- 5:50, Conrad Prebys Music Center, Room 231
"Extended from What: A Critical Survey of Extended Vocal Techniques in Theory,Culture, and Practice"
Charissa Noble, University of San Diego
In the decades following World War II, exponential development in sound technology and significant growth in ethnomusicology as an academic discipline captivated the aesthetic imagination of many musicians; such breathless innovations and expanded cultural vistas intrigued artists already interested in musical experimentation as a mode of critical discourse that simultaneously critiques the musical and social status quo. One manifestations of this cultural zeitgeist included a heightened interest in so-called extended vocal techniques in the mid to late twentieth century.
Much of the pedagogical discourse defines extended vocal techniques [hereafter EVT] by way of a comprehensive list of examples, compiling indices of vocal practices and artists. By contrast, much of recent musicological literature avoids using the term altogether (perhaps due to its perceived ethnocentric connotations), and academic writing on experimental voice has trended toward artist biographies, interview anthologies, or critical readings of their works; yet the frequent discursive grouping together of these artists functionally reinforces (rather than challenges) the fraught implications of EVT. Few have clearly defined EVT in a way that addresses the varied historical and contextual understandings of the term and its attendant socio-cultural undertones, which has allowed it to remain murky, problematic, and tacitly shaped by cultural assumptions.
In this research, I suggest that recasting EVT as a situated framework of listening based on contextually-conditioned expectation clarifies the term and facilitates a more robust critical conversation about voice and vocal aesthetics as a site of dense meanings. By locating the appearances of the term EVT in musical discourse from earliest to latest, this research places EVT discourse and practice within concrete historical moments, attending to the time period, social context, institutional affiliations, and musical tradition of both the artists most frequently cross-referenced in EVT discourse (from Cathy Berberian to Pamela Z) as well as the authors who write about them. Through an investigation of EVT’s meaning(s), I formulate a rhizomatic account of the development of EVT as a concept across various Euro-American classical and post-classical traditions, and examine how its differences and similarities over the years has reflected and radically reimagined our broader perspectives on voices, bodies, music, and identity.
Charissa Noble is an experimental vocalist and musicologist, and currently teaches as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of San Diego. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz (2019), and previously earned an M.A. in music history at San Diego State University with a secondary emphasis in 20th Century American Art (2013). Her research interests include avant-garde music scenes in early 20th century California coastal communities, as well as late 20th century experimental vocal techniques and their overlap with developments in electronic sound. Charissa has presented her research at the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the International Society for Minimalist Music, Music and the Moving Image at New York University, and Cornell University’s After Experimental Music conference (2018). Her recent publications include an article on Johanna Beyer’s unfinished opera, Music of the Spheres in the journal Sound American. Charissa is also deeply committed to the advancement of the local arts scene in San Diego, collaborating on educational outreach programs with numerous local organizations including San Diego New Music, the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, San Diego Art Institute, and Art of Élan.
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Sabine Vogel, flute and vocalist Alex Nowitz (Performance Focus Guests)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Ffft!
Concert and Lecture-Performances by Sabine Vogel and Alex Nowitz
Program:
Concert of Improvised Music for Voice, Flutes and Objects
Sabine Vogel: Recorded Landscapes
A lecture-performance about improvisation in and with the natural environment
Alex Nowitz: The Strophonion and I
Extended vocal performance art using custom, gesture-controlled live electronics
Q&A with Sabine Vogel and Alex Nowitz
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Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe - DMA Recital
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Juliana Gaona presents her 2nd D.M.A. recital, dislocated shapes, featuring music by Obermüller, Cecillia Arditto, and Melissa Vargas on Wednesday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
Program:
different forms of phosphorus - Karola Obermüller
for cor anglais and extreme reverb
Música Invisible - Cecilia Arditto
for English horn
unrelentingly restless (premiere) - Melissa Vargas
for English Horn and objects
Arrangements of Latinamerican canciones
Mariana Flores (voice)
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Piano Students
Thursday, May 26th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Piano students directed by pianist Dimitris Paganos-Koukakis, D.M.A. '22 presents their Spring concert on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Sophia Yermolenko
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C Sharp minor Op. 3, no. 2
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 9 in D Major, K. 311
I. Allegro con spirito
Shayan Kalantar
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude S. 139 no. 1
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
I. Allegro Maestoso
Seth Lerer
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
I. Allegro
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegretto grazioso
Seth Durbin
L.V. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 (Waldstein)
I. Allegro con brio
Kelly Feng
Claude Debussy: Estampes, L. 100
I. Pagodes
II. La soiree dans Grenade
III. Jardins sous la pluie
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, May 26th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones will be performing in the Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard on Thursday, May 26 at 7:00 p.m.
The concert will not be livestreamed. RSVP not required to attend in person.
Program:
Highland Anthem (2012) - Andrey Stolyarov (b. 1990)
Magneticfireflies (2001) - Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)
Loch Lomond (1991) - Traditional Scottish Tune (arr. R. Huntington-Woodman) (trombone part arr. Katherine Pittman)
Gravity (2018) - Aaron Mencher (b. 1996)
Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 (1951) - Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
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Angel Cole and Eric Nguyen, percussion - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Friday, May 27th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Percussionists Angel Cole and Eric Nguyen present their joint undergraduate honors recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater! They will be joined by UC San Diego Music graduate students Michael Jones and Mitchell Carlstrom for Water Music.
PROGRAM:
Velocities (1990) - Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
Eruption of Sakurajima (2008) - Jessica Muñiz-Collado (b. 1986)
An Economy of Means (2016) - Robert Honstein (b. 1980)
Canned Heat (2002) - Eckhard Kopetzki (b. 1956)
Iterations (2021) - Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (b. 1989)
Water Music (2004) - Tan Dun (b. 1957)
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 27th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
Featuring:
Terry Feng
Peyton Graves
Kaira Hammerstrøm
Hailey Myers
Trevor Newman
Joaquin Quintero
Ryan Rickey
Charles Schultz
Qui-Shawn Tran
Aditya Visvanath
Joslin Wang
Julia Yu
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Alex Stephenson - PhD Dissertation Installation: Landscape with Changes
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. Guests are welcome to enter at any time between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Event Program (PDF)Alex Stephenson presents his sound installation Landscape with Changes in collaboration with lighting designer Jessica C. Flores. Landscape with Changes began as an online installation in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be its first in-person realization, utilizing eight-channel sound spatialization. The installation will run from approximately 5:00-9:00pm. Audience members are invited to come and go and can experience the environment whenever and for however long as they like. There are no loops, no exact repetitions of any kind—it is a landscape continually reinventing itself, yet, somehow, always recognizably the same.
Photo credit: Anqi Liu
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Alex Stephenson - PhD Dissertation Recital
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Composer Alex Stephenson, fellow UC San Diego graduate musicians, conductor and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor Steven Schick, and visiting performers Duo Axis present "Hybrid Worlds," a concert of two recent works and a world premiere.
Program:
Stephenson: Three Reflections (2020–21) for solo piano and synthesizer
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano and synthesizer
Stephenson: Adrift (2021) for flutes, piano, and electronics
Duo Axis – Zach Sheets, flutes, Wei-Han Wu, piano
Stephenson: Chamber Concerto (2022) for nine players and electronics – world premiere
Michael Jones, percussion
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano and synthesizer
Kyle Adam Blair, synthesizer
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Pauline Ng, violin
Alex Taylor, viola
Peter Ko, cello
Matthew Kline, double bass
Steven Schick, conductor
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95JC Jazz Ensembles
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego 95JC Jazz Ensemble directed by Kamau Kenyatta presents their Spring 2022 concert on Wednesday, June 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater!
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95C Concert Choir and 95K Chamber Singers
Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)We Are All Singers is an interactive workshop presented by the UC San Diego Chamber Singers. Have you ever thought, “I bet I could sing, I just don’t know how,” or “I love singing, but only when no one can hear me”? Join us, and we’ll lead you in fun, intuitive exercises that help you tap into the experience of singing with your full Self!
Featuring:
Naveed Asgharpour
Audrey Gomez
Felipe Luzuriaga
Ani Sancianco
Hayata Shibuya
Jasper Sussman, director
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one fish two fish - Undergraduate Percussion Ensemble
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The one fish two fish undergraduate percussion ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones presents as rain hollows stone... featuring music by Molly Joyce, Tawnie Olson, David Macbride and Tan Dun on Friday, June 3 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Performers:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Angel Cole
Zoe Farrell
Xiao Feng
Ash Floyd
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Eric Nguyen
Program:
Chic (2014) - Molly Joyce (b. 1992)
as rain hollow stone... (2011) - Tawnie Olson (b. 1974)
Light Waves (2012) - David Macbride (1951-2018)
Water Music (2004) - Tan Dun (b. 1957)
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Spring concert on Friday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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32VM Voice Students, Vocal Masterclass
Sunday, June 5th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 32VM Vocal Masterclass, directed by UC San Diego Music graduate student Miguel Zazueta, presents their Spring concert on Sunday, June 5 at 2:00 p.m. in. the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
PROGRAM:
Arias
Maria Torpey – Soprano / Song to the moon – Rusalka -Antonín Dvorák
Emma Price – Soprano / Un moto di giogia – Le Nozze di Figaro – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Aparna Alluri – Soprano / Batti, batti, o bel Masseto – Don Giovanni – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Sam Calto – Tenor / Stars – Les Misérables – Claus Michel Schönberg
Isabella Panagiotou – Soprano / O mio babbino caro – Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini
Greta Davis – Mezzo-soprano / Chanson Boheme – Carmen – Georges Bizet
Julia Yu – Soprano / Bester Jüngling – The Empresario – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Duets:
Emma Price and Sam Calto / Là ci darem la mano – Don Giovanni – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Maria Torpey and Julia Yu / Mira o Norma – Norma – Vicenzo Bellini
Aparna Alluri and Isabella Panagiotou / Sull'aria – Le Nozze di Figaro – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Julia Yu and Greta Davis / Flower duet – Lakmé - Léo Delibes
Instructor: Miguel Zazueta
Vocal Coach and accompanist: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
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Camera Lucida
Monday, June 6th, 2022 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Cancelled
Intersections in Music, Identity, and Society Research Symposium presented by MUS 120
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 145, 231 and 265
Intersections in Music, Identity, and Society Research Symposium
Presented by MUS 120
Tuesday, June 7
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
ON ZOOM! Links provided below!!
All are welcome.
RSVP not required.
This symposium is the culminating event for Contemporary Music Studies I & II, a course series in which students design, generate and carry out original research projects across all dimensions of musical thought and practice. Please join us to celebrate their incredible work, which engages themes around identity, family and personal transformation; explores music’s relationships to work, leisure and happiness; excavates and critiques institutional histories; celebrates subcultural communities; and dramatizes dance, performance, listening and artistic aspiration in action. During the symposium, students will give 10-minute presentations on their research projects, followed by Q&A. Please bring headphones, a playback device (computer, tablet, smart phone), and your dancing shoes! All are welcome.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Amy Cimini, Kat Pittman and Special Guests
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87638028700?pwd=eTZGNG5UTFFENFBhUGtrTDkwelhHUT09
11:20 am - 12:30pm
Program Session 1
Panel 1A: Institutions, Cultures and Communities
Chair: Lydia Brindamour
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
**Shawn Wadhwani: The Grammys and its Institutional Flaws
**Julio Villarruel: Audio FX in a Spatialized setting
**Ziqing Chen: How Music Contributes to an Effective Advertisement: Researching the Role of Music in Advertising
**Randy Lew: Defining Authenticity of Jazz in a Foreign Context
**Madeline McKenzie: Rise Up!: An Analysis and Deep Dive into the Rising Feminine within Hip Hop and its Subculture
Panel 1B: Creative Interventions Across Media, History and Culture
Chair: Anqi Liu
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/my/anqiliu
**Yichan Yin: Chinese Music in Comparison to the Western
**Chris Lin: Wish
**Narek Megherdichi-Mardrosians: Sacred Prayers of Forgotten Ancestors
**Diego Martinez: Binding of Isaac: Sacrilege
**Sierra Plys: Violations in Timing
Panel 1C: Music in Academic Institutions and Underground Scenes
Chair: AM Medina
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98906312990
**Mariah Baxter: Identity and the Underground: Analyzing the Artist-Audience Relationship
**Hailey Myers: Making a Music Department, Past and Present: Contemporary Dialogues with Erickson and Oliveros
**Jeremy Greenstein: The Contrasting Roles of Music as Work versus Music as Enjoyment
**Sophia DiGiovanni: The Impacts of Education on Music Perception
**Shayan Kalantar:
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm Break
12:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Program Session 2
Panel 2A: Creative Interventions Across Dance, Friendship and Emotion
Chair: Lydia Brindamour
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
**Dennis Florendo: Harmony of Life
**Zoe Farrell: Aspiring Artists: The Road to Fame
**Ezekiel Mortensen: Signal Smoke
**Jackson Jakovic: Shine
**Tyler Lee: Latin Dance and the Human Experience
Panel 2B: Family Histories and Personal Transformations
Chair: AM Medina
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98906312990
**Jesus Leon: Una Mexicana En Los Estados Unidos
**Kaelynn Choi: Lost in the Musical Journey: How Encouragement Makes Dreams Happen
**Ray Jhay Bueno: Musical Influence to Musical Improvement: A Not So Simple Melody
**Benjamin Simon: A Personal Exploration in an Attempt to Reintegrate and Generate Awareness
Panel 2C: Happiness, Embodiments and Ethics in Practice
Chair: Anqi Liu
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/my/anqiliu
**Albert Miao: Music as the Collective Unconscious: Animating the Mundane
**Jacob Harmon: How Our First Music Shapes Our Music Today
**Shannen King: The Prevalence of Foreign Language Music in a Country of Mixed Cultures
**Peihan Liu: Performance, Sound and Individuality: A Reflection
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Closing Remarks
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
Tyler Lee, Post-Symposium Dance Workshop
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
Media work by Chase Anderson and Gabriel Michels in Gallery, TBA
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MUS 201B Improvisation
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)Mus 201B Spring 2022 Final Concert:
Two Works by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Program:
Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940)
People in Sorrow (1969)
Malachi Favors Maghostut (1927- 2004)
Magg Zelma (1980)
Performers:
Boris Acosta Jaramillo, piano, percussion
Joey Bourdeau, drums, percussion, toys, voice
Matthew Henson, bass, percussion
Doug Osmun, electronics
Varun Rangaswamy, bassoon, percussion
Jonny Stallings, melodica, clarinet, toys, percussion
Grace Talaski, clarinets
Wilfrido Terrazas, flutes, whistles, percussion
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Best of ICAM - Table presentations & Pizza Party
Thursday, June 9th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 9th at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, North Courtyard and at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
5:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, NORTH COURTYARD
Project exhibits by Charles Weigel, Daniel Yi, Eito Murakami, Eliezer Cervantes, Jeffrey Xing, Joshua Chiu, Lynden Kim, Ruby Do, Timothy Gmeiner, Christy Huynh, and Yu Zhang
7:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Presentations by Eden Evans, Eito Murakami, Jeffrey Xing, Kevin Garnica, Mary May Nguyen, Raymond Rubalcava, Shangshu (Mint) Shi, Timothy Gmeiner, Valen Chang, and Yichan Yin
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Best of ICAM - Theater Presentations
Thursday, June 9th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 9th at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, North Courtyard and at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
5:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, NORTH COURTYARD
Project exhibits by Charles Weigel, Daniel Yi, Eito Murakami, Eliezer Cervantes, Jeffrey Xing, Joshua Chiu, Lynden Kim, Ruby Do, Timothy Gmeiner, Christy Huynh, and Yu Zhang
7:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Presentations by Eden Evans, Eito Murakami, Jeffrey Xing, Kevin Garnica, Mary May Nguyen, Raymond Rubalcava, Shangshu (Mint) Shi, Timothy Gmeiner, Valen Chang, and Yichan Yin
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Music 176 Music Technology Seminar: Controller-ism
Friday, June 10th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This event will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)"This class MUS 176 : CONTROLLER-ISM : APPLIED TECHNIQUES FOR LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES, explored the application of various midi controllers in a live performance context. We studied the ergonomics of each controller in relationship with customizing software environments that catered to each individual’s music.
We built multi-layered, internal layouts that lend itself to the most direct way to engage with the computer and the audience.
The class allowed them to think creatively about the structures and limitations that lay in front of them and how best to deal with this in a live context.
This is their first Controllerism performance in front of an audience."
- Professor King Britt
Controllerism is a term coined in ’05 by electronic producer Moldover.
Live performances by:
Yichan Yin
Omar Flores
Valen Chang
Guy Laborde
Jackson Matley
Maximillian Chen
Benjamin Redlawsk
video: Keanu Nazemi
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 11:00 am
Matthews Quad
Free. More information: Celebrate the Arts
Thursday, September 22 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Matthews Quad
Info booth, givesaways & free ice cream!
Stop by to learn about arts on campus. Talk to representatives from campus art departments, academic departments and student orgs and learn how you can be involved in the arts at UC San Diego!
Learn more at celebratearts.ucsd.edu
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Bara Gisladottir's VIDDIR
Sunday, September 25th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)VÍDDIR is a piece for nine flutes, electric bass, double bass, and three percussionists. The work has a special soundscape where texture and dimensions play a fundamental role. The main idea behind the composition is to merge different elements into a single organism. This piece is a collaboration between current UC San Diego alumni, students, and faculty, joined by musicians from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California and Island.
Double bass and composition: Bára Gísladóttir
Electric Bass: Skúli Sverrisson
Flutes: Björg Brjánsdóttir, Berglind Tómasdóttir, Wilfrido Terrazas, Michael Matsuno, Rachel Beetz, Alexander Ishov, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, Marco Romano, Salvador Lara
Percussions: M. Ángel Cuevas, Elian Sánchez
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Sasha Berliner, mallet percussionist - Guest of Mus 137
Thursday, October 6th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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Event Program (PDF)Sasha Berliner is an award winning vibraphonist and composer based in NYC. Named Downbeat Critics' Poll's Rising Star Vibraphonist winner in 2021, Sasha has notably shared the stage for recent projects with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, and Nicholas Payton, and leads her own group for international touring. She recently released “Onyx”(2022), her “vigorous, unabashedly avant garde sophomore recording […] finding the budding, San Francisco-born vibraphonist and composer in a fiery, dense and genre-bending posture.” Glide Magazine urges listeners to “add Berliner to the new vanguard of contemporary artists that are reshaping jazz with unconventional compositional approaches”.
“A young mallet master” - JazzTimes Magazine
“Despite her tender age of 23, Berliner plays, composes and leads her band with maturity and artistic presence rarely attained. […] Berliner is
in the firmament of the here and now in modern jazz, and appears likely to occupy that upper stratosphere for some time to come.” - Paul Rauch, All About Jazz
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BlueRail
Sunday, October 9th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This event will not be livestreamed
BlueRail is a two hour-long, multidisciplinary, international, site-specific, and improvised performance that moves through the halls, patio, stairs, and secret little corners of the Conrad Prebys Music Center building. Over 80 extraordinary musicians, dancers, and visual artists from UC San Diego, San Diego, and Baja California will create BlueRail's audio-visual world.
Like runners passing the baton in a relay race, these artists tag each other in and out of ensembles that will grow and change through parts of the building that we've chosen for the special ways in which they invite new social, convivial, and communal dynamics.
The event will be free and open to the public. Food and drinks will also be provided. The title BlueRail honors the dynamics of circulation that have shaped peoples’ lives in the region. Like the trolleys that change direction at the border, BlueRail explores improvised ways of listening and sound that push and pull in many directions at once.
We hope you will join us for this moving concert that fosters community in a fun and innovative way, while it also brings much needed warmth to our building!
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Lei Liang with Mivos Quartet: Six Seasons
Saturday, October 15th, 2022 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by the Triton Box Office
UC San Diego Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor, composer Lei Liang has been collaborating with Scripps oceanographers John Hildebrand and Joshua Jones in exploring the sound of the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic—one of the most inaccessible places to humans on earth. The resulting composition, Six Seasons, combines the sound of the ambient environment (ice, waves, wind), its inhabitants (beluga whales, bowhead whales, bearded seals)—captured by hydrophones deployed at the sea floor—and creative response from one of the world’s leading contemporary music string quartets, Mivos Quartet.
Buy Tickets: https://artpower.ucsd.edu/event/lei-lang-with-mivos-quartet
- General Admission: $30
- UC San Diego Student: $9
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Miles Okazaki & Dan Weiss
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This event will not be livestreamed
Event Program (PDF)“Both are absolute masters on their instruments, and both have released many albums as leaders of their own groups, often with each other as members, having collaborated for more than twenty years. . . . One has the sense that not only can Okazaki and Weiss anticipate each other’s next moves, but that they are both deeply dedicated to realizing each other’s artistic visions.” – The Paris Review
"composer-improvisers of absurdly expansive imaginative resources. . . a nearly telepathic rapport. This music is hyperacute and superdynamic, with myriad strategies at play.” – Nate Chinen, WBGO
“a high-order musical brainteaser and a memento of a deep, longstanding mind-meld between these two” - Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone
Miles Okazaki and Dan Weiss have been performing as a duo for over two decades. In early years their repertoire was focused largely on Weiss' translations of tabla material to drumset, and Okazaki's compositions for small ensembles. Gradually they incorporated a wide range of materials from the albums that they worked on together as well as covers and standards. In 2020, they each wrote complete suites for guitar and drums that were recorded and released on the album Music for Drums and Guitar. This concert will feature music from this release.
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Joy Guidry, bassoon - DMA Recital
Thursday, October 20th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)Joy Guidry, bassoon - DMA Recital #1 featuring Jordan Davidson on cello
Radical Acceptance is the title of Joy’s new album, and it tells their story of processing trauma, self-care, self-love, and finding hope for the future. Drawing inspiration from the work of Sonya Renee Taylor, who has defined radical self-love as “its own entity, a lush and verdant island are offering safe harbor for self-esteem and self-confidence.” While Joy’s musical offerings represent a range of musical idioms and methodologies, from improvisation and graphic scores to multimedia and gospel, the uniting principle for Guidry is a focus on the importance of affirmation, validation, and self-care.
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The Art of Improvisation Iranian Contemporary Dance and Music
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets: General Public: $25 | PCC members: $20 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, Pejman Hadadi and Behfar Bahadoran will take the stage to explore the ecstatic art of improvised music and dance. Acclaimed as one of the world's greatest dancers, Shahrokh's revolutionary style will embody Pejman's masterful percussive expressions and Behfar's passionate motifs - based on the Persian classical Dastgah modal system and Maqam melodic phrasings - on Tar, Setar, and Tanbour.
The audience will be enthralled by this glorious celebration of Persian performing arts.
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PLEASE NOTE: Audience members are HIGHLY encouraged to arrive early to secure parking and/or consider transportation alternatives. We anticipate a very, very busy campus on this evening.
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Improvisers Initiative: William Parker with UC San Diego Improvisers
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)The Improvisers Initiative presents the visionary bassist, improviser, composer, and educator, William Parker in a telematic concert performing with UC San Diego graduate student ensemble led by Mark Dresser and guests. Four new "sculpted improvisations," including dedications to Civil Rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois as well as experimental filmmaker Chantal Anne Akerman, and more.
William Parker is “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time.” - Village Voice
Bio:
William Parker is a bassist, improviser, composer, writer, and educator from New York City, heralded by The Village Voice as, “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time.”
In addition to recording over 150 albums, he has published six books and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists.
Parker’s current bands include the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, In Order to Survive, Raining on the Moon, Stan’s Hat Flapping in the Wind, and the Cosmic Mountain Quartet with Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, and Cooper-Moore. Throughout his career he has performed with Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Milford Graves, and David S. Ware, among others.
***PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Parker is not able to travel to San Diego for this concert, but he will perform live with the ensemble via "tele-presence"!
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Blacktronika: Where I Stand Festival
Saturday, October 29th, 2022 12:00 pm
Epstein Family Amphitheater
Please register here for a free ticket: https://amphitheater.ucsd.edu/event/blacktronika/
Blacktronika : Where I Stand Festival, brings together six innovative musical groups to create a full day of sonic cultural expression. The liberation-oriented free jazz of Irreversible Entanglements, Caribbean influenced multi-instrumentalism of Xenia Rubinos, the Grammy nominated cosmic funk from Georgia Ann Muldrow to the Zimbabwean hip hop of Chimurenga Renaissance, electro-acoustic time travelers Tyshawn Sorey and King Britt and UC San Diego’s debut of multicultural supergroup, 5hz .
Freedom music for your mind body and soul.
Blacktronika is a UC San Diego Music course created by Prof. King Britt, that honors the innovators of color who have contributed to the global advancement of electronic music.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, October 29th, 2022 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
October 29-30, 2022- Powerful Nature
GUEST CONDUCTOR RUBEN VALENZUELA
This concert will open with Joan Tower’s intrepid work; a “tribute to women who take chances and who are adventurous.” We’ll then feature local favorite pianist Kyle Adam Blair as soloist in Chávez’ dynamic Piano Concerto. Beethoven’s beautiful “Pastoral” Symphony, so named by the composer himself, will complete the program.
Joan Tower - Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6
Carlos Chávez - Piano Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #6
Soloist: Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Learn more: https://lajollasymphonychorus.ticketspice.com/october-29-30-powerful-nature
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, October 30th, 2022 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
October 29-30, 2022- Powerful Nature
GUEST CONDUCTOR RUBEN VALENZUELA
This concert will open with Joan Tower’s intrepid work; a “tribute to women who take chances and who are adventurous.” We’ll then feature local favorite pianist Kyle Adam Blair as soloist in Chávez’ dynamic Piano Concerto. Beethoven’s beautiful “Pastoral” Symphony, so named by the composer himself, will complete the program.
Joan Tower - Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6
Carlos Chávez - Piano Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #6
Soloist: Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Learn more: https://lajollasymphonychorus.ticketspice.com/october-29-30-powerful-nature
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WEDS@7 BE Longing
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)BE - longing explores the converging specters that exist between sound, music, word, and image, and the construction of meaning in human experiences of space, its expansions, and contractions. Nuria Manzur-Wirth (texts, voice, staging), Jérôme Piguet (video installation), Maximilian Haft (music/violin), and Wilfrido Terrazas (music/flutes) make up the axes of this interdisciplinary and intra-sensory dialogue.
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Blacktronika
Friday, November 4th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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Blacktronika: Club Experience pop up is a physical in person extension of the Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music course. The course honors all the innovators of color that contribute to the advancement of electronic music. Chicago & NY House, Detroit Techno, Jamaican Dub, Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Amipiano and more are all rooted in black music. These nights provide a remote course with the opportunity to experience the music the way it is meant to be, on a sound system in a safe space. Also provides an opportunity for all to unite for the rhythm.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 7th, 2022 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved ticketing information forthcoming
Event Program (PDF)"So The Last Shall Be The First..."
In October 2010, Camera Lucida performed the very last string quartet of Beethoven, the Quartet in F major, Opus 135. Not only the last of his string quartets, Opus 135 is in fact Beethoven's last full composition, completed in October 1826, months before his death. With that performance, Camera Lucida initiated an extended survey of all sixteen quartets of Beethoven – not in one weekend, or in one season, but over years. In certain years we presented only one quartet; in some, more than one. These complex, intensely demanding works were situated in the familiar habitat of music by Haydn, Schubert, Dvorak, Brahms, surrounded by the avatars of that intoxicating and abundant world, 19th century European chamber music. Perversely, we programmed the Beethoven cycle in backwards order from the last to the first, working in reverse historical time, but forwards in lived time. We hoped to trace the mysteries of this music back to its beginnings, from the enigmas of the late quartets, to the almost embarrassing opulence and exhibitionism of the middle quartets, back to the initial salvo of six quartets published as Opus 18 in 1801. The penultimate installment of our cycle was the Quartet in c minor, Opus 18 No. 4, on February 10, 2020. And then the world pandemic stopped us in our tracks.
Camera Lucida returns on Monday, November 7 to the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall to complete our task. As the last chapter in this quixotic endeavor, 12 years after its inception, we will present the very first of Beethoven's quartets, the String Quartet in (again!) F major, Opus 18 No. 1.
Our program includes the Piano Trio in E-flat major of Haydn, as well as Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A major. We rejoice in welcoming you back to our concert hall, and to the sounds, vibrations, and shimmering resonances of the illuminated chamber, Camera Lucida.
Camera Lucida
Reiko Uchida, piano
Jeff Thayer and Wes Precourt, violins
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Hob XV:30
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Opus 18 Nr. 1
Dvorak: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, Opus 81
Ticket Information: music.ucsd.edu/tickets
Non-Campus Affiliate: $37.00 | Campus Affiliate: $25.00
Tickets are free at the door for UC San Diego students with ID. First come first serve and subject to availability.
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WEDS@7 David Borgo
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program (PDF)David Borgo will be presenting a new ensemble and a new suite of original music, titled Cautiously Optimistic.
Featuring:
David Borgo, saxophones and flutes
Alan Eicher, piano
Zo Shah, electric guitar
Justin Grinnell, contrabass
Julien Cantelm, drum set
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MUS 201A - Projects in New Music Performance
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Please note this concert is cancelled tonight.
Music 201A. Projects in New Music Performance - Jazz Improvisation
Graduate students under the instruction of Mark Dresser perform.
MUS 201A Improviser's Ensemble
Tonight's concert is a response to a quarter-long immersion in different approaches to improvised music informed in part by a virtual residency and concert with the visionary renowned bassist, composer, author William Parker.
We will present individual approaches and different strategies to activate improvised music for a medium size ensemble including notated scores with improvisational interludes, time based graphic scores, event based scores, and the conducted structured improvisation language, Soundpainting.
Enjoy!
Ensemble:
Ilana Waniuk-violin - graphic score
Natalia Merlano-Gomez - voice & electronics - Soundpainting
Miguel Zazueta-Cervera-voice
Anita Chandanvarkar - flutes - Soundpainting
Grace Talaski - clarinet/bass clarinet - Flow chart
Paul Roth - alto sax - score
S Whiteley - graphic score
Jonny Stallings Cárdenas - piano - score
Camilo Zamudio - drums/percussion
Matthew Henson - instructional and graphic score
Mark Dresser - bass and instructor
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, November 18th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Fall 2022 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall!
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PROGRAM:
Minuet - Henry Purcell
Grace Koumaras, harpsichord
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, WTC 1 - Bach
Suite in D minor - Froberger
Peihan Liu, harpsichord
The Death of Narcissus - Kaira Hammerstrøm
Kaira Hammerstrøm, clarinet
Calvin Luu, piano
Sonata for Clarinet in Bb and Piano - Francis Poulenc
Randy Lew, clarinet
Anthony Burr, piano
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A Journey in the Folk and Traditional Music of Iran
Saturday, November 19th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)A Journey in the Folk and Traditional Music of Iran
Khosro Soltani: Persian Wind Instruments
Mohammad Ghavihelm: Tombak and Daf
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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The UC San Diego Gospel Choir directed by Ken Anderson presents their Fall 2022 concert in the Mandeville Auditorium.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Monday, November 28th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 95JC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Kamau Kenyatta, presents their Fall 2022 concert in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Chamber Orchestra's first concert since before the start of the pandemic. We present an exciting program of symphonic favorites. Conducted by graduate student Alex Taylor.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Coriolan Overture
Antonín Dvořak - Symphony no. 9 "From the New World"
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MUS 33A FINAL REC
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 33A Introduction to Composition course instructed by Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Music Lei Liang will be performing their works in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Wednesday, November 30 at 3:00 p.m.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 1st, 2022 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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130 / CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Friday, December 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 130 Chamber Ensemble instructed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Fall 2022 concert in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Friday, December 2 at 7:00 p.m.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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DECEMBER 3-4, 2022- PASSIONATE VOICES
GUEST CONDUCTOR JEFFREY MALECKI
Subtitled “Foxtrot for Orchestra,” The Chairman Dances by Adams will open December’s concert program. Sang Song, this year’s Nee Commission winner, will premiere a brand-new work, after which the chorus will join the orchestra to present Rossini’s iconic and powerful Stabat Mater.
John Adams - The Chairman Dances
Sang Song
Nee Commission, 2022
Berk Schneider, Trombone Soloist
Gioachino Rossini - Stabat Mater
Victoria Robertson, soprano; Sarabeth Belon, mezzo-soprano; Bernardo Bermudez, tenor; Travis Sherwood, baritone
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 4th, 2022 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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DECEMBER 3-4, 2022- PASSIONATE VOICES
GUEST CONDUCTOR JEFFREY MALECKI
Subtitled “Foxtrot for Orchestra,” The Chairman Dances by Adams will open December’s concert program. Sang Song, this year’s Nee Commission winner, will premiere a brand-new work, after which the chorus will join the orchestra to present Rossini’s iconic and powerful Stabat Mater.
John Adams - The Chairman Dances
Sang Song
Nee Commission, 2022
Berk Schneider, Trombone Soloist
Gioachino Rossini - Stabat Mater
Victoria Robertson, soprano; Sarabeth Belon, mezzo-soprano; Bernardo Bermudez, tenor; Travis Sherwood, baritone
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VOICE STUDENTS, 32VM
Sunday, December 4th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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The MUS 32VM Voice Students instructed by UC San Diego Music graduate student Miguel Zazueta presents their Fall 2022 concert on Sunday, December 4 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall.
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MUS 103 FINAL REC
Friday, December 9th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion
Friday, January 13th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her third D.MA. recital on Friday, January 13th at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
Program:
Netty Simons DESIGN GROUPS 1 (1967)
Maryanne Amacher ADJACENCIES (1965)
Performers:
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Dustin Donahue, Amy Cimini
Steven Schick, David Aguila, Theocharis Papatrechas
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1st Year Winter Jury Concert
Friday, January 13th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Winter Juries: A Collaboration Concert with First Year Composition and Performance students
Program:
Shadow (2022)
Haihui Zhang, composer
Jonathan Stehney, bassoon
Scope of Senses (2022), for flute and double bass
Akari Komura, composer
Anita Chandavarkar, flute
Andrew Crapitto, double bass
Four Scenes from Kusamakura (2022), for soprano and percussion
Andrew Crapitto, composer
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Camilo Zamudio, percussion
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Monday, January 23rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)one fish two fish ensemble:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Mel Chen
Zoe Farrell
Xiao Feng
Ash Floyd
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Thatcher Rexach
Program:
Credo in US (1942) - John Cage (1912-1992)
Immersion (1998) - Annea Lockwood (b. 1939)
Frogs (1958) - Keiko Abe (b. 1937)
Zoe Farrell, marimba
Trio for Percussion (1968) - William Kraft (1923-2022)
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29 Palm Trees (2019) - Kevin Good (b. 1992) - world premiere
Land (2004) - Takatsugu Muramatsu (b. 1978)
Alexander Leong, marimba
Lift-Off! (1968) - Russell Peck (1945-2009)
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WEDS@7 Reed Family Concert
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents Reed Family Concert: Double Concerto, conducted by UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick, on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, featuring music by Igor Stravinsky, UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Alex Taylor, and Unsuk Chin.
Program:
Igor Stravinsky "Septet"
Alex Taylor "Inclinations"
Unsuk Chin "Double Concerto" (Ashley Zhang and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, soloists)
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Widening the Embrace: A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert, CA-NY
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Following more than a dozen years of live musical performance across geographical distance, Widening the Embrace continues a path forward, balancing in sound as we collectively confront a morphing pandemic and undeniable climate crisis. In scientific and political fields today, the challenges facing humanity demand unprecedented levels of global, intercultural cooperation. As artists, we aspire to work in a similar spirit, drawing on the light-speed web of fiber optic nerves spread across our planet to create a trans-locational stage and activate it with new intercultural musical expressions. Directed by Mark Dresser and Michael Dessen, the concert features acclaimed musicians Ingrid Laubrock, Fay Victor and Patricia Brennan in New York City performing together with Dresser, Dessen, Joshua White, and Gerald Cleaver in California, with audiences at both locations. In collaboration with a team of visual designers and technologists, each concert features an ensemble of improvisers split across our two sites and premieres new musical compositions that manifest our shared artistic affinities, in this latest collaborative effort to project our highest sonic aspirations.
Musicians in NYC:
Fay Victor – voice
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophone
Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
Musicians in San Diego:
Michael Dessen – trombone
Joshua White – piano
Mark Dresser – bass
Gerald Cleaver – drums
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Widening the Embrace: A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert, CA-Korea
Saturday, February 4th, 2023 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Widening the Embrace: A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert (San Diego - Seoul, 2023)
Widening the Embrace is the third stage in our collaboration, which began in 2016 with Changing Tides I and was followed at the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020 with Changing Tides 2: Requiem for the Earth. Our intention is to forge a path forward, balancing in sound as we collectively confront a morphing pandemic and undeniable climate crisis. In scientific and political fields today, the challenges facing humanity demand unprecedented levels of global, intercultural cooperation. As artists, we aspire to work in a similar spirit, drawing on the light-speed web of fiber optic nerves spread across our planet to create a trans-locational stage and activate it with new intercultural musical expressions. In collaboration with a team of visual designers and technologists, an ensemble of ten Korean and American improvisers split across our two sites will premiere new musical compositions that manifest our shared artistic affinities, in this latest collaborative effort to project our highest sonic aspirations.
Musicians performing in Seoul:
Jean Oh (guitar)
Aram Lee (daegum)
Ju Hee Go (haegum)
JoonSu Kim (singer)
Donghyeok Kwak (modular synthesizer)
Musicians performing in San Diego:
Michael Dessen (trombone)
Wilfrido Terrazas (flute)
Joshua White (piano)
Mark Dresser (bass)
Gerald Cleaver (drums)
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WEDS@7 The Torres Cycle - Wilfrido Terrazas
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Wilfrido Terrazas
The Torres Cycle
The Torres Cycle (2014-2021) is a music ritual which honors and celebrates the seven cardinal directions: North, South, East, West, Above, Below, Center. It comprises seven compositions for diverse instrumental ensembles which incorporate improvisatory and spatial strategies to ask fundamental questions about location, orientation, belonging, and seeking sanctuary. The Torres Cycle invites humans to engage in processes of reconciliation between us and the places we inhabit and their histories. The Torres Cycle was released as an album by the New York-based label New Focus Recordings in April 2022.
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Arthur Haas and Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord
Thursday, February 9th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)J.S. and J.C. BACH
Music for One and Two Harpsichords
Harpsichordists: Arthur Haas and Takae Ohnishi
Program:
J.C.Bach / Sonata for two harpsichords
J.S. Bach / Ricercar 6 voices from Musical Offering for two harpsichords
J.S. Bach / Goldberg Variations ( Arthur Haas)
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, February 9th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Michael Jones, director
Program:
Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2015) - Andrew Ardizzoia (b. 1979)
Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) - arr. Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Four Scottish Dances (1957) - Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
In Dreams (2018) - Cait Nishimura (1991)
Canticle of the Creatures (1984) - James Curnow (b. 1949)
I. Prologue
II. Brother Sun
III. Sister Moon and Stars
IV. Brother Fire
V. Mother Earth
VI. Epilogue
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Michelle Lou and Stefan Maier
Friday, February 10th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Music welcomes sound artist, researcher and composer Stefan Maier to the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater for a collaborative evening length work with faculty member Michelle Lou. The duo will present a structured improvisation on hardware and software electronics and spatialized audio.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 11th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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FEBRUARY 11-12, 2023- LEARNING TO FLY
STEVEN SCHICK MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS, CONDUCTOR
We welcome back Steven Schick to conduct this exciting concert. Mary Kouyoumdjian, UCSD alumna and celebrated composer often described as “politically fearless,” will be this year’s Brenda and Steven Schick commission honoree. The orchestra will then present Stravinsky’s energetic Firebird Suite, a work whose premiere was so successful it catapulted the composer to international fame. We will then share Varèse’s work, Octandre, followed by American operatic soprano, and UCSD faculty member, Susan Narucki performing Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
Walking with Ghosts Mary Kouyoumdjian
Jeff Anderle, bass clarinet
Brenda and Steven Schick Commission
Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Edgard Varèse Octandre
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Jeff Anderle, Bass Clarinet; Susan Narucki, Soprano
Learn more about The Steven Schick Prize for Acts of Musical Imagination and Excellence, click here.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 12th, 2023 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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FEBRUARY 11-12, 2023- LEARNING TO FLY
STEVEN SCHICK MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS, CONDUCTOR
We welcome back Steven Schick to conduct this exciting concert. Mary Kouyoumdjian, UCSD alumna and celebrated composer often described as “politically fearless,” will be this year’s Brenda and Steven Schick commission honoree. The orchestra will then present Stravinsky’s energetic Firebird Suite, a work whose premiere was so successful it catapulted the composer to international fame. We will then share Varèse’s work, Octandre, followed by American operatic soprano, and UCSD faculty member, Susan Narucki performing Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
Walking with Ghosts Mary Kouyoumdjian
Jeff Anderle, bass clarinet
Brenda and Steven Schick Commission
Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Edgard Varèse Octandre
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Jeff Anderle, Bass Clarinet; Susan Narucki, Soprano
Learn more about The Steven Schick Prize for Acts of Musical Imagination and Excellence, click here.
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Kosuke Matsuda, percussion - DMA Recital
Monday, February 13th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Kosuke Matsuda is presenting his first DMA recital at the UC San Diego Department of Music on Monday, February 13th at 5PM(PT) in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
The concert will feature “Reminiscence” by Toshio Hosokawa, “Chatter/Clatter” by Roger Reynolds, “Weiss/Weisslich 31e” by Peter Ablinger, and “Bone Alphabet” by Brian Ferneyhough. Theocharis Papatrechas will be a collaborator in creating electric and spatialized sound systems.
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Kosuke Matsuda Bio:
Kosuke Matsuda is a solo percussionist born in Nagasaki, Japan, who has performed throughout Asia and the United States. He graduated from Ueno Gakuen University in 2015 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Percussion Performance. He studied with Kunihiko Komori at the Aichi University of Fine Art, while earning his Master's of Arts in Percussion Performance in 2017. He moved to the United States in 2018, and completed his second master's degree and artist diploma at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Here, he studied contemporary music performance with Svet Stoyanov and orchestral music with Matthew Strauss.
Matsuda performed as a soloist with Lancaster Symphony in 2019. He gave the Japanese world premiere of Le Livre des Claviers (entire movements) by Philippe Manoury in 2018. He presented the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s Percussion Symphony No.2 with the New World Symphony percussion ensemble in 2019.
He is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music Performance under Steven Schick’s percussion studio at the University of California, San Diego, where he is a member of the Red Fish Blue Fish percussion ensemble group.
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Robert Bui, cello - Masters Thesis Recital
Friday, February 17th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)My first UC San Diego recital, "Apparition," showcases highly contrasting pieces that yet revolve around themes of internal and external presence. First, S Whiteley’s sonically and visually intriguing new work “INTRA” blends cello, live electronics, interactive lights, and choreography, exploring the entangled unconscious of performer/instrument, folly, presence, and absence of the human body from the stage. Next, Luigi Dallapiccola, in his « Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio ,» uses a colorful array of expressive markings serving to fully conceal and illuminate fragments of 12-tone collections. To follow, Liza Lim's "Invisibility" explores the "aesthetics of presence" in which "shimmering effects both reveal and hide the presence of the numinous." Finally, Chinary Ung's "Grand Alap: A Window in the Sky" brings the numinous to the forefront, communicating to the surrounding spirits and symbolizing a rebirth of the soul.
Program:
INTRA (2023) by S Whiteley
Luigi Dallapiccola: Ciaccona, Intermezzo, e Adagio
Liza Lim: Invisibility
Chinary Ung: Grand Alap
with Yongyun Zhang, percussion
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest (Karis)
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The Wednesday@7 Palimpsest concert, conducted by Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis, features a world premiere by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Erin Graham, Mario Davidovsky's "Ambiguous Symmetries," Harrison Birtwistle's "Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum," and Arnold Schoenberg’s classic “Ode to Napoleon”.
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kallisti - Voice and Electronics concert
Friday, February 24th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Genre bending, luscious ethereal ice cream for the ears; that’s what the best experimental music for voice and electronics can be. Our hour-long concert will feature music by composers from all across the globe who have transformed the singing voice through their boundless musical ideas. Performed in the superb technological space of the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater, our concert is a chance to experience electronic music in a way you’ve never imagined.
kallisti is a vocal ensemble at UC San Diego performing contemporary Chamber Opera and masterworks of 20/21st CenturyVocal Chamber Music led by Grammy Award winning Soprano Susan Narucki.
Program:
Rand Steiger
Falling, rising for two female voices and electonics
Natalia Merlano Gomez and Mariana Flores Bucio, sopranos
Agata Zubel
Parlando for voice and electronics
Unisono 1 for voice, percussion and electronics
Miguel Zazueta tenor and Mitchell Carlstrom percussion
Phillippe Manoury
Illud etiam for soprano and electronics
Mariana Flores, soprano
Marta Sniady
S!C2 for soprano and electronics
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Macri Cáceres
Cuerpo y Territorio (2022) Voice, flutes, and voice pedal
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
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Peter Ko, cello
Saturday, February 25th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Peter Ko presents his second DMA recital, “that which remains..”, a program that interweaves music of the Renaissance with contemporary works. It features works by Matthias Pintscher, Tobias Hume, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Carolyn Chen.
Program:
Figura V / Assonanza (2020) - Matthias Pintscher
Pavan (p. 1605) - Tobias Hume
Adagio, from “Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio” (1945) - Luigi Dallapiccola
Captain Hume’s Galliard (p. 1605) - Tobias Hume
Woodycock (ca. 1580) - Anonymous
rara avis (2015) - Carolyn Chen
Woodycock (ca. 1580) - Anonymous
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents red fish blue fish, directed by UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick, on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater. The ensemble featuring Steven Schick, Michael Jones, Kosuke Matsuda, Yongyun Zhang, Mitchell Carlstrom and Camilo Zamudio will perform music by David Lang and John Cage.
Program:
John Cage
But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froissés" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers déchirés?" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests
John Cage
Amores I.II.III.IV for percussion trio and prepared piano
David Lang
The So-called Laws of Nature
The Ensemble:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Mel Chen
Ash Floyd
Zoe Farrell
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Kosuke Matsuda
Steven Schick
Camilo Zamudio
Yongyun Zhang
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Myra Hinrichs, violin
Friday, March 3rd, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Myra Hinrichs presents her DMA recital, “Some Slightly Louder Music," with music by Lim, Sabat, Goldfarb, Democ and Hinrichs on Friday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Claudius Ptolemy by Marc Sabat (with Peter Ko, cello)
Philtre by Liza Lim
Alec Goldfarb
Ziadba by Adrian Democ
Simultaneously by Myra Hinrichs
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Blacktronika
Friday, March 3rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Blacktronika: Club Experience pop up is a physical in person extension of the Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music course. The course honors all the innovators of color that contribute to the advancement of electronic music. Chicago & NY House, Detroit Techno, Jamaican Dub, Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Amipiano and more are all rooted in black music. These nights provide a remote course with the opportunity to experience the music the way it is meant to be, on a sound system in a safe space. Also provides an opportunity for all to unite for the rhythm.
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WEDS@7 incandescent tongues - Susan Narucki, soprano and Donald Berman, piano
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman continue their exploration of the songs of women composers in a concert to be presented on March 8, 2023, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at the UC San Diego Department of Music. The duo's recording of songs by women composers, This Island, featuring songs by Nadia Boulanger, Marion Bauer, Henriette Bosmans, Elizabeth Claisse and Irene Fuerison, was released by London's AVIE Records in February 2023.
The upcoming program features works by two illustrious living composers, Tania Leon and Judith Weir as well as little known works by African American composer Margaret Bonds, French composer Elizabeth Claisse, and more. Although written in a wide array of compositional styles, each composer has an uncommon sensitivity to the fusion of text and music, and exceptional skill in writing for the combination of voice and piano.
British composer Judith Weir's The Voice of Desire, a song cycle written in 2003, is a series of conversations between humans and birds, in which, according to the composer, "the birds seem to have a more sophisticated viewpoint than their human hearers." With texts by John Keats, Thomas Hardy Robert Bridges and a setting of Yoruba Poetry translated by Ulli Beier, Weir's luminous, intricate writing for the piano provides a perfect framework for vocal writing of immense variety and uncommon skill.
Cuban-born American Tania Leon was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize and honored at the Kennedy Center. Her music is characterized by its rhythmic vitality, bold use of instrumental timbre and color and inventive and expressive vocal writing. The Atwood Songs, with poems by the well-known novelist Margaret Atwood, are by turns exuberant, irreverent and wistful. Margaret Bonds is best known for her settings of texts by Langston Hughes; our program will present four little known setting of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In addition, Elena Ruehr's exquisite piano solo, Erinnerung, and selections from This Island will complete the program.
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Anita Chandavarkar, flute - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 9th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Anita Chandavarkar, flute presents her first D.M.A. Recital on Thursday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
Poison Mushroom, for flute and electronics - Dai Fujikura (b. 1977)
Anita Chandavarkar, flute
Naakishchiin Ana’i, for flute and marimba - Raven Chacon (b. 1977)
Anita Chandavarkar, flute
Kosuke Matsuda, marimba
Solo Improvisation
Anita Chandavarkar, bansuri
Improvisation
Anita Chandavarkar, flute; Andrew Crapitto, double bass; Sergey Kasich, electronics; Ilana Waniuk, violin; Camilo Zamudio, percussion
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, March 10th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Winter 2023 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, March 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall!
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Saturday Night Jazz - 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, March 11th, 2023 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.00 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.00
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego 95JC Jazz Ensemble directed by Kamau Kenyatta presents their Winter 2023 concert on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mandeville Auditorium!
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Piano Students
Monday, March 13th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Piano students, instructed by Shaoai Ashley Zhang, presents their Winter 2023 concert on Monday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, featuring works by Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Scriabin, Godowsky, Debussy and Schumann.
Performers:
Sophia Yermolenko
Jack Melcher
Shayan Kalantar
Rachael Qian
Seth Durbin
Kelly Feng
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Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute - DMA Recital
Monday, March 13th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute presents her D.M.A. Recital, WHITE, featuring works by Alonso, Díaz de Cossio, Stallings, Saunders, Retif and Waniuk, on Monday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Featuring:
Mariana Flores, Ana and Rocío Díaz de Cossio, and Jonathan Stallings
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)For the winter quarter, the Chamber Orchestra has split into two orchestras, so that we can fit on the Concert Hall stage (!) We present two programs, both featuring the music of the excellent and influential composer Joseph Bologne (often known by his title the Chevalier de Saint-Georges). He was perhaps the first musician of African descent to be widely celebrated in Europe, and as well as being a virtuoso violinist, conductor and fencer, his violin writing in particular was hugely influential on Mozart.
We also feature two exciting larger symphonies: Schubert’s “Unfinished” and Tchaikovsky’s second symphony, which draws its material from Ukrainian folk songs.
Program:
Symphony no. 1, in G Major - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
Symphony no. 8 in B Minor, “Unfinished” - Franz Schubert
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andante con moto
Intermission
Symphony no. 2, in D Major - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
I. Allegro Presto
II. Andante
III. Presto
Symphony no. 2, in C Major, “Ukrainian” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro vivo
II. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace
IV. Finale: Moderato assai – Allegro vivo
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.00 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.00
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The UC San Diego Gospel Choir, directed by Ken Anderson, presents their Winter 2023 concert on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. in the Mandeville Auditorium.
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MUS 33B FINAL REC
Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 2:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate students enrolled in the MUS 33B Introduction to Composition course instructed by Erin Graham presents their compositions on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at 2:30 pm in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall!
Performers:
Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute
Alex Taylor, viola
Peter Ko, cello
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble, directed by Takae Ohnishi, presents their Winter 2023 concert on Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 16th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble directed by Michael Jones presents their Winter 2023 concert, featuring music by Chen Yi, Paul Creston, Darius Milhaud, Ryan Bear and Paul Hindemith, on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mandeville Auditorium.
Program:
Spring Festival (2001) - Chen Yi
Suite Française (1945) - Darius Milhaud
I. Normandie
II. Bretagne
III. Ile de France
IV. Alsace-Lorraine
V. Provence
Legend (1944) - Paul Creston
The Arrival of Wingèd Victory (2021) - Ryan Beard
“March” from Symphonic Metamorphosis (1945, arr. 1972) - Paul Hindemith (arr. Keith Wilson)
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Kyoto Prize: Arts & Philosophy Presentation - Zakir Hussain, tabla
Friday, March 17th, 2023 10:30 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets online: Kyoto Prize Symposium
Zakir Hussain is a Grammy award-winning tabla musician who has opened new possibilities beyond the framework of traditional Indian music in collaboration with artists of other diverse genres worldwide. Hussain’s performance innovations include a unique method of creating melodies on the tabla, originally regarded as a rhythmic instrument of accompaniment. In the process, he has expanded the tabla’s possibilities and established it as one of the most expressive percussion instruments in the world. With his superb technique, engaging performances, and rich creativity, he has made a tremendous impact on world music audiences and performers alike.
A Q and A session between world renowned sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri (Indian Classical Music, UC San Diego) and maestro Zakir Hussain precedes the event.
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UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, March 18th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Winter concert on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 18th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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MARCH 18-19, 2023- MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
GUEST CONDUCTOR MICHAEL GERDES
Brahms’s colossal Requiem may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him
profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Also on this program, we’ll feature the 2021 Nee Commission winner, Alex Stephenson. The program will open with Missy Mazzoli’s “minimalist” gymnopédie for small orchestra, Music for Orbiting Spheres.
Program:
Missy Mazzoli Music for Orbiting Spheres
Alex Stephenson Nee Commission, 2021
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Soloist: Philip Lima, Baritone; Tasha Koontz, Soprano
Tickets: https://www.ljsc.org/events/october-29-30-2022-powerful-nature-921-873-891
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 19th, 2023 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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MARCH 18-19, 2023- MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
GUEST CONDUCTOR MICHAEL GERDES
Brahms’s colossal Requiem may have been inspired by the death of his mother in 1864, a loss which caused him
profound grief. This large-scale work for orchestra, chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists is performed in German, a departure from the traditional Latin. Also on this program, we’ll feature the 2021 Nee Commission winner, Alex Stephenson. The program will open with Missy Mazzoli’s “minimalist” gymnopédie for small orchestra, Music for Orbiting Spheres.
Program:
Missy Mazzoli Music for Orbiting Spheres
Alex Stephenson Nee Commission, 2021
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Soloist: Philip Lima, Baritone; Tasha Koontz, Soprano
Tickets: https://www.ljsc.org/events/october-29-30-2022-powerful-nature-921-873-891
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Voice Students, 32VM
Sunday, March 19th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)MUS 32VM Voice Students, directed by Miguel Zazueta, presents their Winter Recital on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall!
Singers: Greta Davis, Maria Torpey, Amelia Mardesich, Isabella Panagiotou, Aparna Alluri, Emma Price, Sam Calto *Guest, Jackson Jakovic, Leticia Guzmán, Zoe Graziano, Imo Gong, Kit Chan, and Yuhan Leng
Accompanied by: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)The one fish two fish undergraduate percussion ensemble directed by Michael Jones presents their Winter 2023 concert, featuring music by Steve Reich, Owen Clayton Condon, Andrea Mazzariello, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Frederic Rzewski, on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023, 7:00 pm in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) - Steve Reich
Fractalia (2011) - Owen Clayton Condon
Babybot (2008-11) - Andrea Mazzariello
Aura (2011, arr. for quartet 2015) - Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Les Moutons de Panurge (1969) - Frederic Rzewski
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Yongyun Zhang, percussion - DMA Recital
Friday, April 7th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Percussionist Yongyun Zhang presents her first DMA recital in the Experimental Theater on Friday, April 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
The program will include a diverse selection of works, including Grand Alap: “A Window in the Sky” (1996), Toucher (1973), The King of Denmark (1964), ?Corporel (1985), by renowned composers Chinary Ung (b. 1942), Vinko Globokar (b. 1934), and Morton Feldman (1926-1987).
Yongyun will be joined by Robbie Bui on cello for Chinary Ung's Grand Alap: “A Window in the Sky”.
Stage direction by UC San Diego Theatre & Dance PhD candidate: Michelle Huynh.
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Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)FOR PHILIP GUSTON (1984) - Morton Feldman
Alexander Ishov, flutes
Liam Wooding, piano and celesta
Steven Schick, percussion
duration: approximately 4 hours 30 minutes
image: Friend - To M.F. by Philip Guston (1978)
For Philip Guston (1983) is the third work in a series of trios for flute, piano, and percussion which also includes Why Patterns? (1978), and Crippled Symmetry (1983).
Evolving over the course of ~240 minutes, For Philip Guston invites listeners (and performers) to explore its slowly-evolving rhythmic permutations which, over time, generate a trance-like state stretching the perception of form and memory. The score comes in and out of vertical alignment (both rhythmically and visually) and requires unpacking the layers of complex patterns. While perfection is unattainable, pursuing it offers its own satisfaction as one gets closer and closer to figuring out how the puzzle fits together.
Despite the complexity of the score, the overall effect for the listener can be described as “companionable …. like sitting on a beach with the sound of the waves. Easily done” (Howard Skempton). The challenge of the work is matched by its beauty; the piece has the potential to take us out of the pressures of our daily routines. As Robert Worby puts it, “society cuts time into vicious chunks then makes us fit into them; but sometimes five minutes can seem like forever while a whole day slips by in the twinkle of an eye.”
Feldman wrote many works for his friends and colleagues, fellow composers, visual artists, writers, and philosophers (including John Cage, Samuel Beckett, Aaron Copland, Franz Kline, Frank O’Hara, Mark Rothko, and Christian Wolff). For Philip Guston is not necessarily about Guston’s paintings, but is a testament to the friendship between Feldman and Guston. The program notes from The Paris Autumn Festival provide a glimpse into Feldman’s relationship with Guston:
“The friendship between American composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987) and painter Philip Guston came to a halt in 1970 when Guston chose to delve into figurative art, an aesthetic change that Feldman, an enthusiast of abstract art, would never be able to forgive. Upon the painter’s death two years later, Feldman understood the sheer freedom with which Guston was able to paint, saying, “he stopped questioning himself.” This became a leitmotiv throughout the remainder of his career, evidenced by his penchant for stretching time in his music. After completing his second String quartet (1983) which lasts five and a half hours, he composed the trio For Philip Guston (1984), of which the title shows the artistic debt Feldman owed the painter – a work that lasts for four hours. Feldman is known to have compared his patient musical style to the interwoven colours of a Persian rug – the Trio is a quintessential example of that very style.”
We truly hope you enjoy our performance of this mesmerizing work.
Program Notes by Alexander Ishov
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Grace Talaski, clarinets - DMA Recital
Friday, April 14th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Grace Talaski, clarinet, will perform classic well-loved pieces in the contemporary solo clarinet repertoire as well as the premiere of a wacky new piece composed by her. The program will start with Press Release (1992) by David Lang (b. 1957), a funky minimalist solo bass clarinet piece. Next is the lively standard Three Pieces for clarinet solo (1918) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Then Grace will perform In Memoriam Jon Higgins for clarinet in A and slow sweep, pure wave oscillator (1987) by Alvin Lucier (1931-2021), a work with a sonically rich and complex audience experience. Finally, the program will conclude with the world premiere of Grace’s new composition Three Elaborations for demi-clarinet (2022). Written for a shortened version of the B-flat clarinet, this piece is a whimsical and humorous extended technique exploration.
About Grace Talaski:
Grace Talaski is a clarinetist and composer originally from Caro, Michigan. Grace specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century clarinet repertoire, especially pieces involving electronics and extended techniques. She enjoys free improvisation and creating clarinet-based sound worlds with electronics. Grace also composes music for solo clarinet that focuses on exploring the vast sonic possibilities that the clarinet has to offer, especially through experimentation with multiphonics. Grace received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance and Chemistry from Albion College in Albion, Michigan in 2017. Grace received a Master of Music in Performance from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2021. She is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Contemporary Performance at UC San Diego.
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Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar with Arup Chattopadhyay, tabla
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Accompanied by Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay on Tabla
INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC- Kartik Seshadri
Indian classical music known as Raga Sangeeth, is an improvised art form based on the concepts of Raga and Tala. The historical origins of this spiritual musical tradition date back to the sacred Hindu scriptures known as Veda(s), which were the early precursors to the system of music that developed gradually. Raga(s) are the tonal idiom for improvisation and these precise melodic forms while essentially modal in structure, acquire their distinct musical identities from a
complex range of factors: the Indian tonal system of perceiving the octave as 22 microtonal divisions (Sruti); the subtle nuances, inflections, and ornamentations associated with each Raga; and the particular emphasis of certain notes
(Vadi, Samavadi) within the specific ascending and descending (Arohana and Avarohana) movement of each Raga. While all Raga(s) are specific to the time of the day (morning, evening or night) some Raga(s) are performed only during certain seasons, festivals or special occasions. The melodic and rhythmic aspect of our tradition is completely consistent with our aesthetic and philosophical idea that each Raga expresses a single dominant mood (Rasa). The nine Rasa(s) associated with our music are: Shringara (sensuous or erotic), Hasya (humorous), Karuna (pathos), Rudra (anger), Veera ( heroic), Bhayanaka (fearful), Vibhatsa (disgust), Adbhuta (wonderment) and Shanta (tranquility).
The second aspect of improvisation in Indian classical music pertains to the concept of rhythm known as Tala. A Tala is conceptualized in cycles of beats ranging anywhere from a three beat cycle to a 108 beat cycle. There are other complex cycles in fractional beats such as 41⁄2, 611⁄2, 1111⁄2 to mention a few, that make for complicated improvisations. An accomplished musician of Indian classical music has to develop complete mastery and facility over both Raga and Tala to acquire the total freedom of improvisation within the complex constraints that Raga and Tala impose on the performer. Indian classical music is predominantly steeped in melody and rhythm as opposed to the ideas of contrast manifested in harmony, counterpoint and modulation which shape traditions such as European art music or Jazz. The challenge of our music lies in the musician’s ability to shape and develop an entire musical edifice of a Raga and to express its fullest depth and excitement. This is acquired through many years of Talim (training) with a master musician (Guru).
A typical performance of instrumental Indian classical music begins with Alap, Jor and Jhala rendered on the solo instrument such as Sitar, Sarod, etc. While the Alap is a slow, spiritual, non- metric rendition of the Raga, the following sections Jor and Jhala are somewhat free and bound to a more defined pulse. The Gat (theme) follows the previous sections and it is in this section that the concept of Tala is introduced and the accompanying percussion instrument (such as Tabla or Pakhawaj) joins the main instrument.
Sitar: the Sitar is one of the most popular stringed instruments of northern and eastern India and has gained much attention in the West during the last few decades. The instrument usually consists of 20 strings of which seven strings constitute as the main playing strings. There are 13 sympathetic strings that respond in sympathy to the main strings. The instrument also has a track of twenty metal frets that are movable and can be tuned to the specific tonality of each raga. The main facet of the instrument is that the strings can be pulled or stretched over the metal frets to obtain gliding and melismatic effects much in keeping with the ideal of Indian music to emulate the human voice.
Tabla: The Tabla is a two piece drum referred to as Tabla for the right-handed drum and Bayan for the left-handed drum. The Tabla (right-hand) is a pitch specific drum tuned to the main tonic note of the performer. The Bayan is a bass drum that can produce a variety of sounds by exerting pressure on the skin of the instrument. The instrument is tuned with a metal hammer.
Tambura: This background instrument also referred to as Tanpura is used to lend a drone or continuous effect for the performer and listener alike. The instrument usually consists of 4 to 5 strings and is tuned to the main notes of the Raga.
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kallisti presents The Four Note Opera
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)An hour long opera for voices and piano that only uses four pitches, and is full of variety, expression and hilarious to boot - too good to be true, right? Not at all! Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera has been an underground favorite since its premiere in 1972. Supremely well-crafted for the vocalists and written in the minimalist style, Johnson’s tale is a joyous and bouyant look at idosyncracies (!) of beloved genre of opera, as well as the charming foibles of those who perform it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
*no late seating!
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater
kallisti vocal ensemble
Susan Narucki, artistic director
Samantha Fox, stage direction
Natalie Barshow, costume design
Elba Emicente Sanchez, lighting design
Michael Wogulis, production design
Jared Blake Halsell, production stage manager
Mariana Flores Bucio, soprano
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Jonathan Nussman, baritone
Miguel Zazueta, tenor
Kyle Adam Blair, pianist
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kallisti presents The Four Note Opera
Friday, April 28th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)An hour long opera for voices and piano that only uses four pitches, and is full of variety, expression and hilarious to boot - too good to be true, right? Not at all! Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera has been an underground favorite since its premiere in 1972. Supremely well-crafted for the vocalists and written in the minimalist style, Johnson’s tale is a joyous and bouyant look at idosyncracies (!) of beloved genre of opera, as well as the charming foibles of those who perform it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
*no late seating!
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater
kallisti vocal ensemble
Susan Narucki, artistic director
Samantha Fox, stage direction
Natalie Barshow, costume design
Elba Emicente Sanchez, lighting design
Michael Wogulis, production design
Jared Blake Halsell, production stage manager
Mariana Flores Bucio, soprano
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Jonathan Nussman, baritone
Miguel Zazueta, tenor
Kyle Adam Blair, pianist
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kallisti presents The Four Note Opera
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)An hour long opera for voices and piano that only uses four pitches, and is full of variety, expression and hilarious to boot - too good to be true, right? Not at all! Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera has been an underground favorite since its premiere in 1972. Supremely well-crafted for the vocalists and written in the minimalist style, Johnson’s tale is a joyous and bouyant look at idosyncracies (!) of beloved genre of opera, as well as the charming foibles of those who perform it.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
*no late seating!
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater
kallisti vocal ensemble
Susan Narucki, artistic director
Samantha Fox, stage direction
Natalie Barshow, costume design
Elba Emicente Sanchez, lighting design
Michael Wogulis, production design
Jared Blake Halsell, production stage manager
Mariana Flores Bucio, soprano
Natalia Merlano Gomez, soprano
Jonathan Nussman, baritone
Miguel Zazueta, tenor
Kyle Adam Blair, pianist
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in^set presents PRODUCTION AND DECAY OF STRANGE PARTICLES
Sunday, April 30th, 2023 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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Event Program (PDF)PRODUCTION AND DECAY OF STRANGE PARTICLES
in^set presents works for tape, electronics and music box by Ignacio Baca Lobera, Kotoka Suzuki, and Melissa Vargas Franco.
SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH at 4:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center: Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
in^set: David Aguila, Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Ilana Waniuk
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Chou Wen-Chung Distinguished Lecture on Chinese Culture
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 4:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required: Register
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Chou Wen-Chung Distinguished Lecture on Chinese Culture
21st Century China Center named this lecture after the esteemed Chinese-American composer, teacher and cultural ambassador, Chou Wen-Chung (1923-2019). Chou was the first Chinese composer to achieve international recognition. His ground-breaking works defy cultural categories and inspired generations of composers. UC San Diego Music Department is the recipient of several dozen historically significant percussion instruments from the Chou Wen-Chung estate.
Chou Wen-Chung Distinguished Lecture on Chinese Culture presents scholars and artists with the belief that arts and culture are important to promoting mutual understanding between China and the U.S., a belief that was shared by Chou Wen-Chung who established the Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange at Columbia University in 1978.
Redefining Music: Traditional Guqin Music in Performance and Scholarship
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. PDT | Register
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego Music Department
Speaker: Bell Yung, emeritus professor at the University of Pittsburgh; affiliate professor at the University of Washington
Moderator: Lei Liang, Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Music at UC San Diego
In this unique talk, which will feature both a musical performance and a discussion of China's musical tradition, Bell Yung, professor at the University of Washington, will examine one of China's traditional instruments, the guqin. China’s guqin music is historically associated with the literati, who left volumes of treatises, essays and poems explicating their philosophical views of music. This talk and performance will explain how music for these individuals was both intellectual and expressive art, shedding new light on the limits of what music can be.
Bell Yung, an ethnomusicologist specializing in China, is an emeritus professor at the University of Pittsburgh and affiliate professor at the University of Washington. He has published 10 books and more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews in English and in Chinese. His most recent publications are “The Scholar and the Courtesan: songs on the Pearl River’s Flower Boats” and “From humble beginnings to qin master: the remarkable cross-fertilization of folk and elite cultures in Yao Bingyan’s dapu music." His biography of his qin teacher Tsar Teh-yun, "The Last of China’s Literati," was recently published in Chinese. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University and an honorary doctorate from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish with CompañÃa de Danza Lux Boreal
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
NOT TO BE MISSED!
WEDNESDAYS @ 7 presents: Percussion ensemble red fish blue fish in performance with Compañía de Danza Lux Boreal of Tijuana, México.
Featuring the 2023 Chou Commission: Cañonaso 4 by Jonny Stallings Cárdenas, Temazcal by Javier Alvarez, Declarations de la Comunidad performed with Community Members of Casa Familiar of San Ysidro, and Fronteras Liquidas by Gabriela Ortiz.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Music Center | Experimental Theater
General admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | ALL Students: FREE with ID
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Voz Dormida: Round Table Discussion
Friday, May 5th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free.
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Mexican American composer Alida Vázquez Ayala (1930–2016) was an essential figure in the narratives of women pioneers in electronic music and a feminist who actively worked towards achieving spaces of equity for women composers. Still, her life story and work are virtually unknown. This conference intends to celebrate Vázquez’s legacy by hosting key figures in her life – friends, mentors, colleagues, and family, many of whom will meet for the first time in this event— and by offering performances of her work for the first time in decades. The concert will feature David Aguila, Kyle Blair, Ryan Beard, Alvaro G. Díaz Rodriguez, Mariana Flores Bucio, Alexander Ishov, Ellen Hindson, Myra Hinrichs, Batya MacAdam-Somer, David Savage, Grace Talaski, Min-Seok Peter Ko, and Ilana Waniuk.
This conference will be a space to critically engage with fundamental topics related to women in the arts during the 20th Century, to feminism, in particular Chicana/Latina feminism, and others such as migration and identity, situated in between the context Vázquez grew up in, in Mexico, and the context she spent most of her life in, in New York City.
Featured events
Friday, May 5th:
2:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion, Experimental Theater
5:00 p.m. Concert, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Saturday, May 6th:
11:00 a.m. Ellie Hisama Keynote Address, Experimental Theater
2:00 p.m. Graduate Student Research Workshop, Experimental Theater
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Voz Dormida: Concert & Pre-Concert Conversation
Friday, May 5th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free.
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Mexican American composer Alida Vázquez Ayala (1930–2016) was an essential figure in the narratives of women pioneers in electronic music and a feminist who actively worked towards achieving spaces of equity for women composers. Still, her life story and work are virtually unknown. This conference intends to celebrate Vázquez’s legacy by hosting key figures in her life – friends, mentors, colleagues, and family, many of whom will meet for the first time in this event— and by offering performances of her work for the first time in decades. The concert will feature David Aguila, Kyle Blair, Ryan Beard, Alvaro G. Díaz Rodriguez, Mariana Flores Bucio, Alexander Ishov, Ellen Hindson, Myra Hinrichs, Batya MacAdam-Somer, David Savage, Grace Talaski, Min-Seok Peter Ko, and Ilana Waniuk.
This conference will be a space to critically engage with fundamental topics related to women in the arts during the 20th Century, to feminism, in particular Chicana/Latina feminism, and others such as migration and identity, situated in between the context Vázquez grew up in, in Mexico, and the context she spent most of her life in, in New York City.
Featured events
Friday, May 5th:
2:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion, Experimental Theater
5:00 p.m. Concert, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Saturday, May 6th:
11:00 a.m. Ellie Hisama Keynote Address, Experimental Theater
2:00 p.m. Graduate Student Research Workshop, Experimental Theater
CONCERT PROGRAM:
Danzas de la vida y la muerte
Electronics
Suite pour le piano
Piano: Kyle Blair
Acuarelas de México
Voice: Mariana Bucio Flores, Piano: Kyle Blair
From the Wind (unknown)
Voice: Mariana Bucio Flores, Piano: Kyle Blair
Piece for Clarinet and Piano
Piano: Kyle, Clarinete: Grace Talaski
String Quartet
Violin: Ilana Waniuk, Myra Hinrichs, Viola: Batya MacAdam-Somer, Cello: Peter Ko
Pieza para Siete Instrumentos
Flute: Alexander Ishov, Oboe: Ellen Hidson, Clarinet: Grace Talaski, Basson: David Savage, Horn: Ryan Beard, Trumpet: David Aguila, Conductor: Alvaro G. Díaz Rodriguez
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Voz Dormida: Keynote Address
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free.
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Mexican American composer Alida Vázquez Ayala (1930–2016) was an essential figure in the narratives of women pioneers in electronic music and a feminist who actively worked towards achieving spaces of equity for women composers. Still, her life story and work are virtually unknown. This conference intends to celebrate Vázquez’s legacy by hosting key figures in her life – friends, mentors, colleagues, and family, many of whom will meet for the first time in this event— and by offering performances of her work for the first time in decades. The concert will feature David Aguila, Kyle Blair, Ryan Beard, Alvaro G. Díaz Rodriguez, Mariana Flores Bucio, Alexander Ishov, Ellen Hindson, Myra Hinrichs, Batya MacAdam-Somer, David Savage, Grace Talaski, Min-Seok Peter Ko, and Ilana Waniuk.
This conference will be a space to critically engage with fundamental topics related to women in the arts during the 20th Century, to feminism, in particular Chicana/Latina feminism, and others such as migration and identity, situated in between the context Vázquez grew up in, in Mexico, and the context she spent most of her life in, in New York City.
Featured events
Friday, May 5th:
2:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion, Experimental Theater
5:00 p.m. Concert, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Saturday, May 6th:
11:00 a.m. Ellie Hisama Keynote Address, Experimental Theater
2:00 p.m. Graduate Student Research Workshop, Experimental Theater
ABOUT THE ELLIE M. HISAMA:
Ellie M. Hisama is Dean of the Faculty of Music and Professor of Music at the University of Toronto. She previously taught at Columbia University as a member of the Theory and Historical Musicology areas. Her research and teaching have addressed issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, the social and political dimensions of music, and public engagement. She is the author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and is co-editor of the volumes Ruth Crawford Seeger’s Worlds: Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-century American Music and Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies.
She received a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; a Tsunoda Ryusaku Senior Fellowship, Waseda University (Tokyo); and the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. In 2022, she delivered the American Musicological Society Women and Gender Endowed Lecture, “‘We Have to Reimagine’: Centering Women/Gender/Sexuality in Music Studies.” She has taught at many institutions including Brooklyn College, the City University of New York's Graduate Center, Connecticut College, and Harvard University. She was nominated twice by Columbia College's Academic Awards Committee for the Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, and served as Director of the Institute for Studies in American Music [now the Hitchcock Institute] at Brooklyn College.
As an academic leader, she engages with issues of structural racism and gender and racial justice. At Columbia University, she was a Provost Leadership Fellow and an inaugural recipient of the Provost’s Faculty Mentoring Award. With composer Zosha Di Castri, she directed the symposium Unsung Stories: Women at Columbia’s Computer Music Center and coproduced its podcast series. She is Founding Director of For the Daughters of Harlem: Working in Sound, an initiative that brings students of color from public schools to the university to create, record, and reflect upon their work in sound. She continues this project in Toronto with Future Sound 6ix, which invites gender nonconforming and female-identifying students to work at the University of Toronto’s Electronic Music Studio.
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Voz Dormida: Graduate Student Research Workshop by Ellie M. Hisama
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free.
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program (PDF)Mexican American composer Alida Vázquez Ayala (1930–2016) was an essential figure in the narratives of women pioneers in electronic music and a feminist who actively worked towards achieving spaces of equity for women composers. Still, her life story and work are virtually unknown. This conference intends to celebrate Vázquez’s legacy by hosting key figures in her life – friends, mentors, colleagues, and family, many of whom will meet for the first time in this event— and by offering performances of her work for the first time in decades. The concert will feature David Aguila, Kyle Adam Blair, Ryan Beard, Alvaro G. Díaz Rodriguez, Mariana Flores Bucio, Alexander Ishov, Ellen Hindson, Myra Hinrichs, Batya MacAdam-Somer, David Savage, Grace Talaski, Min-Seok Peter Ko, and Ilana Waniuk.
This conference will be a space to critically engage with fundamental topics related to women in the arts during the 20th Century, to feminism, in particular Chicana/Latina feminism, and others such as migration and identity, situated in between the context Vázquez grew up in, in Mexico, and the context she spent most of her life in, in New York City.
Featured events
Friday, May 5th:
2:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion, Experimental Theater
5:00 p.m. Concert, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Saturday, May 6th:
11:00 a.m. Ellie Hisama Keynote Address, Experimental Theater
2:00 p.m. Graduate Student Research Workshop, Experimental Theater
ABOUT THE ELLIE M. HISAMA:
Ellie M. Hisama is Dean of the Faculty of Music and Professor of Music at the University of Toronto. She previously taught at Columbia University as a member of the Theory and Historical Musicology areas. Her research and teaching have addressed issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, the social and political dimensions of music, and public engagement. She is the author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and is co-editor of the volumes Ruth Crawford Seeger’s Worlds: Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-century American Music and Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies.
She received a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; a Tsunoda Ryusaku Senior Fellowship, Waseda University (Tokyo); and the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship. In 2022, she delivered the American Musicological Society Women and Gender Endowed Lecture, “‘We Have to Reimagine’: Centering Women/Gender/Sexuality in Music Studies.” She has taught at many institutions including Brooklyn College, the City University of New York's Graduate Center, Connecticut College, and Harvard University. She was nominated twice by Columbia College's Academic Awards Committee for the Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, and served as Director of the Institute for Studies in American Music [now the Hitchcock Institute] at Brooklyn College.
As an academic leader, she engages with issues of structural racism and gender and racial justice. At Columbia University, she was a Provost Leadership Fellow and an inaugural recipient of the Provost’s Faculty Mentoring Award. With composer Zosha Di Castri, she directed the symposium Unsung Stories: Women at Columbia’s Computer Music Center and coproduced its podcast series. She is Founding Director of For the Daughters of Harlem: Working in Sound, an initiative that brings students of color from public schools to the university to create, record, and reflect upon their work in sound. She continues this project in Toronto with Future Sound 6ix, which invites gender nonconforming and female-identifying students to work at the University of Toronto’s Electronic Music Studio.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
MAY 6-7, 2023 ECHOES OF COLOR
GUEST CONDUCTOR SAMEER PATEL
This concert will be bookended by two stunning pieces by British composer Anna Clyne. The opening work Within Her Arms was written as an ode to her mother, a meditation on loss, love, and life. The closing work will be her 2020 composition, Color Field, a work that was inspired by abstract artist Mark Rothko’s painting: Orange, Red, Yellow. Aaron Copland’s orchestral suite from the ballet Rodeo, and Leon Littlebird’s 2021 Brenda and Steven Schick commission, When Echoes Speak, will round out the program.
Anna Clyne Within Her Arms
Aaron Copland Suite from Rodeo
Leon Littlebird/Max Wolpert When Echoes Speak
2021 Brenda and Steven Schick commission
Anna Clyne Color Field
More information & Tickets at: https://www.ljsc.org/
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 7th, 2023 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
MAY 6-7, 2023 ECHOES OF COLOR
GUEST CONDUCTOR SAMEER PATEL
This concert will be bookended by two stunning pieces by British composer Anna Clyne. The opening work Within Her Arms was written as an ode to her mother, a meditation on loss, love, and life. The closing work will be her 2020 composition, Color Field, a work that was inspired by abstract artist Mark Rothko’s painting: Orange, Red, Yellow. Aaron Copland’s orchestral suite from the ballet Rodeo, and Leon Littlebird’s 2021 Brenda and Steven Schick commission, When Echoes Speak, will round out the program.
Anna Clyne Within Her Arms
Aaron Copland Suite from Rodeo
Leon Littlebird/Max Wolpert When Echoes Speak
2021 Brenda and Steven Schick commission
Anna Clyne Color Field
More information & Tickets at: https://www.ljsc.org/
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Mark Dresser Solo CD Release Concert
Monday, May 8th, 2023 7:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Siamak Shajarian and Keyavash Nourai in Concert
Saturday, May 13th, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets: General Public: $25 | PCC members: $20 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)Celebrating the memorable works of Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Siamak Shajarian and Keyavash Nourai in Concert
featuring students of the Music department of UC San Diego
Saturday, May 13th, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Generously supported by the Chehreazad Endowed Funds for Persian Arts at UCSD
Presented in collaboration with Persian Cultural Center (PCC) and Association of Iranian American Professionals (AIAP) of San Diego.
Tickets: General Public: $25 | PCC and AIAP members: $20 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
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Miguel Zazueta, voice - DMA Recital
Sunday, May 14th, 2023 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)Wednesdays at 7 presents:
back and forth
Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
UC San Diego
Susan Narucki and Donald Berman present a recital of works that evoke memories of other places and times, hidden mysteries wrapped in song. The longtime collaborators perform Samuel Barber’s iconic Knoxville: Summer of 1915, as well as the world premiere of Alex Taylor’s Agee Songs, songs that offer a reflection on Barber’s work, utilizing portions of Agee’s iconic prose poem which Barber did not set. In addition, the duo performs Scott Wheeler’s Wasting the Night, a cycle of songs set to poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The works vacillate between the poets’ acerbic wit and unflinching lyricism, in musical language that is playful, succinct and devastatingly understated. Tania Leóns’ Atwood Songs (2018), a cycle of five songs written to poems celebrated feminist writer Margaret Atwood, characterized by rhythmic vitality, bold use of instrumental timbre and color, and searingly expressive writing for the voice, complete the program.
Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Alex Taylor: Agee Songs* (world premiere)
Scott Wheeler: Wasting the night
Tania Leon: Atwood Songs
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PROGRAM NOTES:
Back and Forth
The first singer who I remember hearing was my father, John. He had a beautiful baritone voice, and serenaded us regularly in the car, crooning ballads of Nat King Cole and cowboy songs of Hank Williams. I was raised in a town that had seen better days, with mills and factories alongside a river, rows of modest houses with porches and pots of geraniums. I always thought it was beautiful.
Samuel Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915, evokes memories of a simpler place and time. The America of Agee’s prose poem is almost a century old, and the days of clanging streetcars has passed; yet the imagery of families grouped together on a summer night, seen through the eyes of a child, is timeless. I am grateful to have a chance to present Alex Taylor’s wonderful songs which illuminate other portions of Agee’s work in settings that are spacious and gleaming.
The other two of the sets of songs on tonight’s program focus on the complexity of relationships, in all their forms. Scott Wheeler’s succinct and playful settings of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s songs are miracles of understatement, incorporating the poet’s acerbic wit and unflinching perspective on love and loss. Tania Leon’s Atwood Songs are jazzy, angular and rhythmically vibrant musical framings of the equally uncompromising feminist poetry of the well-known Canadian writer.
I followed the breadcrumb trail of poetry and music to a life far from that town alongside the river. But we take who we are with us, wherever we go - back and forth, and forth and back again.
- Susan Narucki
Agee Songs (2023)
James Agee’s fantasia-like Knoxville, Summer of 1915 was published posthumously as a prologue to his novel A Death in the Family. Drawing on memories of childhood just before the death of his father, Agee takes the reader back to the porches and lawns, the smells and sounds and familial dynamics of a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the early twentieth century.
Samuel Barber’s famous setting of Knoxville used only selections – about one-third – of Agee’s text; here my Agee Songs takes a second pass at that original source material, scavenging what Barber left behind – a remainder rich with metaphor and nostalgia.
I was particularly drawn to Agee’s sensitive but hazy rendering of his own and other’s fathers: they are “nearly anonymous”, “ghostlike”, “fishlike pale”, their faces exhibiting a “sober mystery”, as if behind glass, quietly embedded with the mundane but ethereal task of hosing their lawns. To me Agee’s text has the quality of a reverie, ecstatic in the sense of being outside of itself, trance-like; and at the center of it these recurring images of mysterious, distant, paternal ghosts.
At one level these songs respond directly to Agee’s text: creating a musical space that plays with transparency and opacity, a vessel for the words and memories to speak. But they also respond to Barber’s intense and heartfelt embodiment of that text: creating a musical language that is in dialogue with his idiosyncratic harmonies, his deceptively simple lyricism, his clever evocations of musical pasts.
I would like to thank the wonderful Susan Narucki for commissioning this work, and for all of her substantial support of my music throughout my time here at UC San Diego.
- Alex Taylor
BIOGRAPHIES
SUSAN NARUCKI, soprano: For nearly forty years, American soprano Susan Narucki has forged a unique path; her dedication to the music of our time has led to award winning recordings, critically acclaimed performances with musicians of the first rank and close collaborations with generations of composers. Since joining the faculty at UC San Diego in 2008, she has been engaged in commissioning, producing and performing chamber operas that illuminate critical issues in society. Her projects have earned major philanthropic support from the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts, UC MEXUS, Creative Capital Foundation, New Music USA and multiple awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ms. Narucki commissioned and produced Inheritance, a chamber opera written by Grawemeyer Award winning composer Lei Liang, addressing gun violence in America. Co-presented by ART Power and the Department of Music at UC San Diego, Inheritance had its premiere performances in October, 2018. In addition, Ms. Narucki also commissioned and produced Cuatro Corridos (2013), a chamber opera that addresses trafficking of women across the U.S.- Mexico border. With libretto by renowned Mexican author Jorge Volpi, the opera earned critical acclaim and was performed in Los Angeles, Guadalajara, Dallas, Tijuana and Mexico City. The recording on Bridge Records earned a 2017 Latin Grammy Nomination.
Ms. Narucki was nominated for a 2019 Grammy for Best Classical Vocal Recording for The Edge of Silence: Vocal Chamber Music of György Kurtág (AVIE Records). The recording was included in the New York Times Best Classical Tracks of 2019 and was named a Critic’s Choice of Opera News. Her most recent recording with pianist Donald Berman, This Island (AVIE Records) focuses on songs of women composers of the early twentieth century, many recorded for the first time.
DONALD BERMAN, piano: Pianist Donald Berman is recognized as a chief exponent of new works by living composers, overlooked music by 20th century masters, and recitals that link classical and modern repertoires. His 2-volume The Unknown Ives and The Uncovered Ruggles (New World) represents the only recordings of the complete short piano works of Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles extant. Other recordings on Bridge Records include the 4-CD set Americans in Rome: Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, The Piano Music of Martin Boykan, and Scott Wheeler: Tributes and Portraits. Berman has also recorded The Light That Is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives (with Susan Narucki, soprano New World), Wasting the Night: Songs of Scott Wheeler (Naxos) and Christopher Theofanidis’s Piano Concerto (Summitt), as well as music by Su Lian Tan (Arsis), Arthur Levering (New World), Martin Boykan (New World; Bridge), Tamar Diesendruck (Centaur), and Aaron Jay Kernis (Koch).
Recent performances by Donald Berman include solo recitals at Bargemusic, National Sawdust, and (le)Poisson Rouge in New York City. He has also been a featured soloist at Zankel Hall, Rockport Music Festival as well as abroad in Belgrade, Rome, Beiijing, and Israel.
A 2011 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Berman is currently President of The Charles Ives Society. He serves as Chair of the Piano Faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College and is on the faculty of Tufts University. His principal teachers were Mildred Victor, George Barth, John Kirkpatrick, and Leonard Shure.
ALEX TAYLOR, composer: Alex Taylor (b. 1988) has been commissioned and performed by prominent artists in his native New Zealand and abroad, including Orchestra Wellington (NZ), Enso Quartet (US), Ensemble U (EE), Ensemble Proton Bern (CH) and the Tanglewood Music Center (US). After studying English Literature and Music, he completed a Masters in Composition with First Class Honours under the supervision of Eve de Castro-Robinson and John Elmsly in 2011, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California San Diego, studying with Lei Liang. Alex’s compositional work often explores interactions between seemingly disparate materials, especially between old and new musics. As well as composing, he is also a multi-instrumentalist, writer and music educator. His violin-piano duo Three Endings is featured on Sarah Watkins and Andrew Beer’s 2019 Rattle release 11 Frames. A new work for theorbo, violin and cello, on what grounds, will be touring in eleven towns in New Zealand throughout April and May 2023.
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IDEAS: Pigments of Imagination
Thursday, May 18th, 2023 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
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On Thursday, May 18 at 5 p.m., join the Qualcomm Institute (QI) in UC San Diego's Atkinson Hall for "Pigments of Imagination" by artist, music producer and UC San Diego graduate student Timothy Gmeiner and Stanford University graduate student Eito Murakami.
"Pigments of Imagination" is an interactive virtual reality experience that frames the creative process as a narrative relating the inner-workings of one's unique imagination to the universe around us. It is an observation on the beauty, fear, adventure, sadness and loneliness of self-discovery and the artist's ultimate recognition of process as goal, as told through the story of a small child's journey to the moon. This piece features musical contributions from UCSD's King Britt, Steph Richards, Zach Konick and vocalist Nick Tolford.
Singular VR experiences will be offered in addition to the general presentation.
Date: May 18, 2023
Time: 5pm - 8pm
Location: UC San Diego Atkinson Hall
Host: Shahrokh Yadegari
Agenda:
5 p.m. Performance in Atkinson Hall's auditorium
6 p.m. Atkinson Hall pre-function area/courtyard for reception
RSVP to ideasqi@ucsd.edu by noon, May 18.
A special thank you to Shahrokh Yadegari, Qualcomm Institute and the IDEAS Initiative, the presenters of this piece.
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Selector
Thursday, May 18th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Space and Time is the last SElectOr concert curated by founder and creative director of the group Gabriel Zalles Ballivian. The concert is a collection of spatial music propositions by graduate students and alumni of the music department. This event will feature multichannel music performances using small and large speaker arrays, including large-scale surround sound compositions using the newly installed Meyer Sound system in CPMC122, the Experimental Theater. Composers involved include: Charles Deluga, Forestsaurus (Paul Roth/ Tornike Karchkhadze), Dante Escrofani, Douglas Osmun, and Nathaniel Haering, with technical support from Jeremy Olson.
UC San Diego SElectOr is a music collective and creative incubator which connects undergraduate and graduate students in collaborative creative endeavors focused on sound and multimedia art-making. In the past, our group as curated concerts, performed live, and developed spatial audio experiences for the web. In addition to concerts and performances, the team also submits these artworks to conferences world-wide and holds workshops open to the public. The group is intended to give graduate students mentorship opportunities as they work closely with undergraduates, alumni, staff and prospective students. It is a miniature, grassroots version of the IDEAS series by long-time UC San Diego faculty Shahrokh Yadegari. Given its unofficial capacity, the group is able to operate efficiently within and outside the confines of the university.
Gabriel Zalles Ballivian is a 5th year PhD student from UC San Diego interested in education, spatial audio, open-source software and multimedia arts. Over the last five years, Gabriel has been developing his own ambisonic arrays using low-cost components in an attempt to democratize this technology. He has also been creating musical material with open-source ambisonic tools and developing web apps that function as low-cost artistic examples of spatial music. Gabriel is originally from Bolivia but has lived and studied in the U.S. for over a decade. In such time, he received a BA from UC San Diego and an MA from NYU, both in music. His research and music have been shown worldwide in conferences such as NIME, EDAM, SMC, AES, and NYCEMF. In the past, Gabriel has also worked for Adobe, Birch Aquarium, and composer Lei Liang.
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ArtPower presents Takae Ohnishi: Spring Night with Vivaldi and Bach
Friday, May 19th, 2023 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by the Triton Box Office
This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)Travel back in time with harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi as she teams up with friends from the San Diego Symphony to revel in the joys of a springtime evening in the Baroque era. It is certain to be a lighthearted evening filled with virtuosic performances of some of the great works written for the harpsichord.
Featuring: Zou Yu and Nihira Awata, violins; Lily Josefsberg, flute, Chia-Ling Chien, cello, PJ Cinque, double bass
Program:
Duphly: Chaconne; Rameau: Clavecin Concert No.5; J.S.Bach: Sonata for harpsichord and cello No.3 BWV1029 and Brandenburg Concerto No.5 BWV1050; Vivaldi: Trio Sonata “La Follia” RV63
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Actor Project: wasteLAnd
Sunday, May 21st, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Los Angeles based new music ensemble wasteLAnd, featuring Department alumni Rachel Beetz, Dustin Donahue, Todd Mollenberg, Ashley Walters, and Nicholas Deyoe, will premiere new works for instruments and electronics by Matthew Henson, Roger Reynolds, Jonny Stallings, Rand Steiger, Alexander Taylor, and Ni Zheng.
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Rachel Beetz, flute
Mattie Barbier, trombone
Brian Walsh, clarinet
Adrianne Pope, violin
Ashley Walters, cello
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Dustin Donahue, percussion
Nicholas Deyoe, conductor
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Mariana Bucio Flores, voice - DMA Recital
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Soprano Mariana Flores Bucio presents her second DMA recital
Manual for the use of wings by Gilda Lyons (2017)
solo voice
Oh Yes & I by Rebecca Saunders (2017/2018)
soprano and bass flute (Teresa Díaz)
From the wind by Alida Vazquez
soprano and piano (Kyle Adam Blair)
Acuarelas de México by Alida Vazquez
soprano and piano (Kyle Adam Blair)
MARIANA FLORES is a Mexican singer and actress specialized in Contemporary Music and Mexican Vernacular Music.
She has studied and collaborated with artists like Wilfrido Terrazas, Carmina Escobar and artistic groups like the Orquesta of Baja California, Teatro en el Incendio, 9Spiral Project, and the Italo-American Institute of International Cooperation. She has performed leading roles in classical and contemporary operas, premiered several new musical works, and performed on important stages as a vernacular Mexican music singer. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Music at the Autonomous University of Baja California and her MFA degree in Music Performance at UC San Diego. She is co-director of the vocal ensemble "Radical Ensamble" at Tijuana, B.C. Mex., and she is currently pursuing a DMA in Performance at UC San Diego.
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Cantante y actriz Mexicana especializada en Música Contemporánea y Música Vernácula Mexicana.
Mariana ha estudiado y colaborado con artistas como Wilfrido Terrazas, Carmina Escobar y grupos artísticos como LA Orquesta de Baja California, Teatro en el Incendio, 9 Spiral Project, y el Instituto Italo-Americano de Cooperación Internacional. Ha preformado roles principales en opera clasica y contemporanea, ha estrenado diversas obras musicales, y se ha presentado en escenarios importantes como cantante de Música Vernácula Mexicana. Flores, obtuvo su licenciatura en Musica, en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, y su Master en Performance en la Universidad de California, San Diego. Actualmente, es co-directora del ensamble vocal "Radical Ensamble" en Tijuana, B.C., Mex. y persigue su Doctorado en Performance en UC San Diego.
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Jacques Zafra - PhD Dissertation Concert
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)coda is a 35-minute work for hybrid orchestra with which I conclude what I call the first super cycle. coda, as an autonomous musical form, and coda as the last part of a work that I have yet to write.
-Jacques Zafra
coda
Composer: Jacques Zafra
Performers:
Flute: Teresa Días de Cossio
Clarinet: Grace Talaski
Trumpet: David Aguila
Percussion: Kosuke Matsuda
Violin 1: Myra Hinrichs
Violin 2: Pauline Ng
Viola: Alexander Taylor
Cello: Robert Bui
Contrabass: Matthew Henson
Virtual performer: Sibelius
Conducted by: Matthew Kline
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“Dal Niente Ensemble†with Lei Liang and Graduate Students
Thursday, May 25th, 2023 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
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In this IDEAS performance in Atkinson Hall (UC San Diego campus), Chicago-based musical Ensemble Dal Niente visits QI to premier original compositions by graduate students in the “Hearing Extremes” seminar taught by QI Research Artist in Residence and UC San Diego Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Music Lei Liang with geologist Emily Chin and oceanographer Joshua Jones.
“Hearing Extremes” compositions are based on ongoing collaborations with scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The pieces reflect an unusual opportunity for artists and scientists to develop interdisciplinary projects outside the walls of their respective departments, and to create works that would not be possible without a fully integrated approach that reflects the knowledge, technology and global issues of our time.
Musicians: Constance Volk (flute), Katherine Schoepflin Jimoh (clarinet), Ben Melsky (harp)
Participants: Marguerite Brown, Robert Bui, Mitchell Carlstrom, Mingyong Cheng, Andrew Crapitto, Charles Deluga, Di Fang, Yifan Guo, Sergey Kasich, Grace Talaski, Delong Wang, S Whiteley, Haihui Zhang, Han Zhang
All IDEAS events are free and open to the public. RSVPs requested to ideasqi@ucsd.edu by noon, May 26.
Agenda:
5 p.m. - Performance in Atkinson Hall
6 p.m. - Reception
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Stephanie Richards, trumpet and Guests
Thursday, May 25th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)STEPH RICHARDS & QASIM NAQVI
Thursday, May 25th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Duo collaborators Steph Richards (trumpet/compositions/UC San Diego Music Faculty) and Qasim Naqvi (composer/analogue synthesizer/drummer) Premiere a program of sonic constructions for trumpet, resonating vessels, drumset and analog synthesizers. Longtime collaborators, Naqvi and Richards most recently released Thyroid (2022) as part of the acclaimed Wind Layers project by 7K! Records also featuring saxophonist Colin Stetson and trombonist Peter Zummo.
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ABOUT STEPH RICHARDS:
“A rising force in avant-garde jazz…a virtuoso of otherworldy sound” (Jazz Times)
Trumpeter and composer Steph Richards has steadily established herself in as an engaging experimentalist on the jazz and creative music scenes, working with pioneering artists ranging Henry Threadgill and Anthony Braxton to Laurie Anderson and David Byrne. Her work is driven by a curiosity of what sensory variables are open to experimentation— often resulting in interdisciplinary works that include scent, dance, and performed in unexpected spaces such as carousels or underwater. Her works have been featured stages as iconic and varied as Carnegie Hall, the Blue-note and Lincoln Center.
Originally from Canada, Richards has spent much of her career in Brooklyn, NY. Dedicated to experimental music without regard to genre, she is fluid in the contemporary music scene (she has performed alongside the Kronos Quartet and the International Contemporary Ensemble) as well as in the jazz and creative scenes, working with the many musicians such as Jason Moran, Ravi Coltrane and Sylvie Courvoisier.
As a soloist, Richards’ solo records explore improvisation, spectral experimentation, groove and, in her more recent release, scent. Supersense (Northern Spy Records, 2020), is an inter-sensorial body of works by Steph Richards in collaboration with scent artist Sean Raspet. It is an exploration of the emotional dialogue between sound and scent, which evokes sensations that linger in the wordless space of sonic vibration and chemical reaction. "Supersense makes for high-grade experimental avant-garde and then some" (All About Jazz ****1/2).
Her debut record Fullmoon (Relative Pitch Records) was hailed as a “bold pronouncement” by the New York Times and voted on multiple “Best of 2018” year end lists, including as the #1 Record of the Year by Free Jazz Collective. An electronic exploration of trumpet/resonating percussion and sampler, the record featured the work of pioneering electronic artist J.A. Dino Deane. Steph immediately followed up with her 2019 release Take The Neon Lights, a quartet situated between experimental jazz, free funk and avant rock, It also received high praise from critics, with Downbeat calling Steph “a virtuoso of nonlinear trumpet playing".
For years she co-produced the NYC-based FONT Music festival alongside trumpeter Dave Douglas and now produces FONT West on the West Coast. She is on faculty at the experimentally driven University of California San Diego and is a Yamaha artist.
ABOUT QASIM NAQVI:
Pakistani-American drummer and composer Qasim Naqvi is perhaps best known as a founding member of acoustic trio Dawn of Midi. Outside of his work in DOM., Naqvi is an accomplished solo artist with a passion for analogue and modular synthesizer systems.
His concert music has been performed/commissioned by The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jennifer Koh, The London Contemporary Orchestra, Stargaze, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Crash Ensemble, The Now Ensemble, The Erebus Ensemble, yMusic, The Helsinki Chamber Choir, Alexander Whitley, Cikada, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra(MusicNOW Season) and others. He has been a featured composer at the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki, the Spitalfields Festival in London, Ultima Festival, Southbank Centre and the Rest is Noise Festival in Holland.
Qasim's soundtracks for film have appeared on HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, New York Times Op-Docs, VICE Media, at The Tribeca, Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam and London Film Festivals, at dOCUMENTA 13 and 14, The Guggenheim Museum, The Tate Britain (Turner Prize 2018), MOMA P.S. 1, IDFA, Berlinale and others. He has worked with such notable filmmakers as Laura Poitras, Mariam Ghani, Marc Levin, Naeem Mohaiemen, Smriti Keshari, Prashant Bhargava and Erin Heidenreich.
Acoustic trio Dawn of Midi have released two albums. Their most recent Dysnomia, was acclaimed by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, The Guardian and the New Yorker. Radiohead personally picked Dawn of Midi as their support band for two sold out concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden for their Moon Shaped Pool tour.
Qasim earned his B.F.A in performance from the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music program and his M.F.A in composition and performance from California Institute of the Arts. He studied drums and performance with Andrew Cyrille, Joe Chambers, Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Ralph Peterson Jr., Charlie Haden and Rashied Ali and composition with Wolfgang von Schweinitz, James Tenney, Morton Subotnick, Marc Sabat, Wadada Leo Smith, Michael Jon Fink and Anne LeBaron. He is a 2016 N.Y.F.A Fellow in Music and Sound and has received other fellowships and awards from Chamber Music America, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Council, Harvest Works, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, S.T.E.I.M. and Art OMI.
Presently, Qasim lives in Brooklyn New York and works on a variety of projects as a freelance composer and drummer. He is represented by Erased Tapes Publishing.
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - DMA Recital
Friday, May 26th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Within Worlds is the third DMA recital of violinist Ilana Waniuk. Featuring compositions by Luciano Berio, Catherine Lamb, and live audio/visual improvisations performed by Ilana, the program will also include the world premiere of Alex Mah's 'Bird Cage' (2023) for solo violin, lanterns and fixed media, and Joseph Bourdeau's 'This Way Forever' (2023) for three performers and electronics. Within Worlds showcases performances by special guests, violinist Myra Hinrichs, and in^set (David Aguila and Teresa Díaz de Cossio).
Photography: Shayne Gray, Artwork: Dan Tapper
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 26th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Spring 2023 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
Featuring perfromances by: Sophia Coon, Sriprada Kattamuri, Eugene Lau, Matthew Young, Ryan Jeffers, Capalina Melentyev, Ashley Mok, Shaen Barnard, Sunwoo Baik, Sydney Liao, Alexandros Alexiou, Emily Wong, Capalina Melentyev, Guy Zamir, Jessica Wang, Kaira Hammerstrøm, Seth Shaoyi Durbin, Kit Jack Chan, and more!
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Natalia Merlano Gomez, voice - DMA Recital
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Espejismo
The works selected for tonight’s concert result from the research and conversations in the voice class. They are chamber music pieces, mainly from the last 20 years, created by women composers. Also, writing these notes, I realized that most composers you will listen to emigrated from their countries.
Navigating this repertory brought me thoughts, emotions, and ideas that allowed me to discover, reformulate, and realize different aspects of myself as a singer, vocalist, performer, musician, and human being.
Program:
Mirage (2007) - Kaija Saariaho (Finland, France. 1953 - )
Text: Maria Sabina (1896-1985)
For voice, cello, and piano
15 min approx
Meadow Song (2010 / 2013) - Iris Szeghy (Slovak, Switzerland. 1956 -)
For voice and violin
Text: From Slovak hay-harvesting song
5 min approx
De las hojas secas del verano (1967) - Jacqueline Nova (Colombia, Belgium.1935-1975)
For voice and piano
Text: Jose Puben (1936-1996)
4 min approx
Only The Words Themselves Say What They Say (2011) - Kate Soper (USA. 1981- )
For voice and flute
Text: Lydia Davis (1947-)
13 min approx
Lullaby (2016) - Nasim Khorassani (Iran. 1987- )
For voice and piano
Text: From Iranian folk lullaby
6 min approx
Artefact #2 (2019) - Sara Glojnaric (Croatia, Germany. 1991- )
For voice drum set and electronics
10 min approx
Collaborators
Piano: Kyle Adam Blair
Drums: Eric Derr
Flute: Teresa Diaz De Cossio
Cello: Peter Ko
Violin: Ilana Waniuk
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Mirage is a work for voice, piano, and cello written by Kaija Saariaho in 2007, commissioned originally by the Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and adapted a couple of years later to her friends Pia Freud, Anssi Karttunen, and Tuija Hakkila.
Working on the piece, I learned about Maria Sabina. She was a healer, wise, oral poet, and Shaman from Mexico who introduced the use of psilocybin mushrooms and their sacred and healing power to help her community. Unfortunately, her practice was taken by the Western world, and this issue affected her and her community profoundly.
Meadow Song is a piece by Iris Szeghy that I listened to for the first time around 2015 in the two voices version. After that, I wrote the composer on social media and could access the scores of different versions of the same piece, like the voice and flute, voice and saxophone, and voice and violin version you would listen to tonight. After some conversations via email, she sent me her piece for solo voice, Psalm, which I had the pleasure to perform and record in my album Resonancias Entrelazadas in 2021. Although we have not met in person, I feel grateful to collaborate with her in all these fantastic works.
Jaqueline Nova was a pioneer in electroacoustic music in Colombia and Latin America. She was the first woman to graduate from the Colombia National Conservatory of Music as a composer. The first piece I listened to her was Creacion de la Tierra (Creation of the Earth) at elementary school when my music teacher showed us an excerpt of the piece to exemplify Contemporary Music. It was probably the first electro-acoustic piece that I listened to. De las hojas secas del verano is one of her songs closer to an experimental and contemporary language. Other songs by her have more rhythmic structures with patterns and tonal sounds. In the piece you will listen to, the rhythm has more space and freedom, and the melody is created more atonally.
Lydia Davis is one of my favorite American writers and poets, and the way the composer Kate Soper used her text in the piece Only the Words Themselves Say What They Say is incredible. Soper is a talented composer who explores voice in many different ways. Being a singer allowed her to impregnate the piece of many explorations of the instrument that made the performance pleasant and exciting. Additionally, how the flute and the voice create textures and meanings is very simple regarding the tools but rich in the complexity both make simultaneously.
I met Nasim Khorassani when I started my Doctorate last Fall. A couple of months later, I learned about her project MOAASER, in which she teaches composition online to support and promote the works of young Persian composers, engaging them with all her energy, creativity, discipline, and big heart. When planning this recital, I wanted to include a piece by her. Right after I mentioned it, she sent me the score, and we talked about the work. Lullaby is a song she composed one night when she couldn't fall asleep. It is a melody to calm the mind, and the soul, to lull the thoughts, fears, and sadness.
Sara Glojnaric is interested in the aesthetics and socio/political consequences of pop culture, among other topics. We met during my Master's at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany. In Artifact #2, she wants to evoke nostalgia from pop music, using drum intros from renamed rock songs from the 90s and 80s and doing different electronic treatments to create new sonorities and meanings.
Bio Natalia Merlano Gomez:
Musician, singer, improviser, and creator. She has been captivated by Experimental Music, worldwide Folk Music, improvisation, graphical notation, and extended vocal sounds. Additionally, she is curious about theater and explorations around video and photography. She studied an M.A in Contemporary Music - Singing at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, being part of different multidisciplinary projects combining music, theater, dance, literature, and visual arts. Yielding good results, she did her undergraduate program at the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas in Bogota, Colombia. She is pursuing a Doctorate in Music Arts at the University of California San Diego. Since 2009, she has premiered many works by composers worldwide and commissioned new pieces. In 2021, she presented her first album called: Resonancias Entrelazadas. It includes 15 works written by women composers and improvisations with female performers. Also, in 2022, she premiered the project CINCO with audiovisual pieces by Latin American composers written primarily for her.
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Mitchell Carlstrom, percussion - DMA recital
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Mitchell Carlstrom's 2nd DMA Recital, featuring works by Zubel, Stockhausen, Matalon, and Saariaho.
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Zachary Konick - PhD Dissertation Concert
Thursday, June 1st, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Surface for solo hammered dulcimer was composed in 2023. In this work, I perform a timbral exploration of the body of this traditionally folk instrument through articulation of its various unique resonant surfaces, highlighting aspects of the instrument’s pitched and percussive nature, and bringing about a multitude of gradually unfolding sonorities.
Influx for string quartet was originally composed for the Mivos quartet in 2022. This piece aims to explore a continual straddling of the boundary between identifiably pitched and noisy complexes through a collage of distinctive interspersed textural identities.
Constellations was composed in 2023 for three vibraphones, viola, cello and contrabass. The work explores various textural environments, each composed of a limited set of idiosyncratic behaviors. These behavioral elements are reconceived in each textural circumstance through a variety of transformational processes. This compositional approach examines the unique effect which space and time confer on one’s perception and experience of reality. To me, this entertains our ability to capture distinctive dimensional perspectives, each of which offers their own beauty.
- Zachary Konick
All Performers:
Violin I – Myra Hinrichs
Violin II – Pauline Ng
Viola – Rebecca Matayoshi
Cello – Robert Bui
Contrabass – Matthew Henson
Vibraphone I – Camilo Zamudio
Vibraphone II – Kosuke Matsuda
Vibraphone III – Mitchell Carlstrom
Hammered Dulcimer – Zachary Konick
Conductor – Berk Schneider
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Zachary Konick is a San Diego based composer, percussionist, hammered dulcimerist and music instructor. He received his BM from the University of Maryland and his MM degree at the University of South Florida in music composition. He has received notable performances by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the newEar Ensemble, the Quasar Saxophone Quartet, the Florida Orchestra, The Conjunct Contemporani del CSMIB (Palma, Spain), the McCormick Percussion Group, the JACK, Ethel, Spektral, and Mivos String Quartets, as well as solo performances by Lee Hinkle, and Alice Weinreb. His music has been conducted under the baton of Oliver Knussen, Aleck Karis, Michael Francis and Steven Schick. He is currently a PhD candidate in music composition at the University of California San Diego, where he primarily studies with Roger Reynolds. His past mentors have included Thomas DeLio, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, Katharina Rosenberger, Baljinder Sekhon, and Paul Reller.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, June 1st, 2023 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5 | Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Ken Anderson, San Diego's leading proponent of gospel, directs UC San Diego's Gospel Choir in a concert of African-American spirituals, blues, and traditional songs.
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MUS 201A Bass Ensemble
Friday, June 2nd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Friday June 2 at 7pm
in the UC San Diego Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall
Featuring six new works
"By The Meanderings" Akari Komura
for 3 doublebasses with fixed media
"Hybridization" Grace Talaski
for Bb clarinet and contrabass trio
"Expanding Ostinato with Incongruent Melodies Matthew Henson
and Hammer--Ons in Separate Pulses"
"Sysyphus" Jordan Davidson
"Breathe, guilt" Andrew Crapitto
for double bass trio
Contextin' Mark Dresser
Performers; Andrew Crapitto, Matthew Henson, Mark Dresser - basses
Grace Talaski - Bb clarinet
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Friday, June 2nd, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)In its final concert of the season, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble performs works by inti figgis-vizueta, Carlos Chávez, John Barnes Chance, Hailey Myers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Leonard Bernstein.
Directed by Michael Jones
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MUS 103 FINAL REC (Undergrad Juries)
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)TIME CHANGE TO 11AM!
Gabriel Michels: hold
(Trumpet, violin)
Kelly Feng: Can You See the Shapes in the Clouds?
(bass flute, trumpet, violin)
Jesus Leon: The Sky
(flute, trumpet, contrabass)
Min Ju Kim: Playground
(flute, trumpet. violin)
Performers:
Teresa Díaz de Cossio, flute
David Aguila, trumpet
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Jesus Leon, bass
Rand Steiger, conductor
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Alexander Ishov, flutes - DMA Recital
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Saturday Night Jazz - 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)The 95JC concert will feature an ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some new compositions written and arranged by student musicians. Instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
Directed by Kamau Kenyatta
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Shayan Kalantar - Undergraduate Honors, Composition
Sunday, June 4th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Leopold Godowsky - Meditation for the left hand alone (3 mins)
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Einojuhani Rautavaara - Ikons Op. 6 No. 1 (4 mins)
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Sergei Rachmaninov - Prelude Op. 32 No. 10 in b minor (6 mins)
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Shayan Kalantar - Pianofall (7 mins)
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The Honors recital of pianist and composer Shayan Kalantar is a demonstration of his piano studies at UC San Diego. Featuring work by composers which have come to guide his compositional direction like Rachmaninoff and Godowsky, as well as one of his own compositions combining field recordings with acoustic improvisation. It is a window into the world which sparks his creativity, while guiding his compositional direction.
His future work aims to penetrate the modern musical world through confronting traditional performance dynamics, and merging the worlds of field-recording, electronic music, jazz, and “classical” composition.
one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Monday, June 5th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Mel Conti Chen, Zoe Farrell. Xiao Feng, Ash Floyd, Michael Jones, Alexander Leong, Jiawei Li, Thatcher Rexach, and Xiaoxuan Zhang
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Sculpture in Wood (1995) Rüdiger Pawassar
Restless (2013) Rich O’Meara
Xiao Feng, marimba
Intentions (1983) Eugene Novotney
II. Proposal
III. Function
Cenas Amerindias (1986-87) Ney Rosauro
I. Brasiliana
Zoe Farrell, percussion
Day of the South Winds (Gió Nôm) (2003) Kim Ngoc
Six Elegies Dancing (1987) Jennifer Stasack
I. Adamantly, Vigorously
II. Intensely
III. Gingerly, Very Stable
IV. Furiously
V. With Deliberate Concentration
VI. Elegiac
Alexander Leong, marimba
Walking with O. (2023) Janet Sit *world premiere
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Piano Students
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5 | Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Alex Taylor, present their final concert for the 2023-24 season features Beethoven's iconic fifth symphony with its revolutionary motto and powerful instrumentation, expanding the symphony orchestra with trombones, piccolo and contrabassoon. We are delighted to collaborate with graduating DMA pianist Shaoai Ashley Zhang on Mozart's sparkling piano concerto in E-flat, and also showcase the atmospheric music of one of UC San Diego's talented graduate composers, Akari Komura. Wenpeng Gao, preparing his conducting portfolio for graduate school, will lead Weber's der Freischütz overture, a characterful opener by turns pastoral and demonic.
Akari Komura - Weaving Air (world premiere)
Carl Maria von Weber - Overture to Der Freischütz (conducted by Wenpeng Gao)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major - Shaoai Ashley Zhang soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor
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MUS 33C Final Recording
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)PROGRAM:
Chris Carter - Building Character
Antony Yu - Remembrance
Kaira Hagen - Waltz of the Jellyfish
Evelyn Roberts - Irreparable - In 4 continuous movements (Awakening, Cataclysm, Spectres, Hope)
Performers:
Cello - Robert Bui
Piano - Melissa Evans Tierra
Percussion - Alexander Leong
Conductor - Zachary Konick
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PROGRAM NOTES:
Chris Carter - Building Character
The inspiration I had for this piece came from the incessant struggles I myself faced as well as acquaintances of mine within the last year. Challenges face us every day, and college just adds to it. Job, food, and housing insecurity plague college students and I watch as they fight to regain control over their lives and desperately seek out some semblance of fulfillment for their basic needs. Even through adversity though, the beauty of humanity shines through. I spent my last dollar paying for a meal for a friend. A friend shared the last bit of food in his fridge with me. The cyclical nature of kindness persists in spite of all. This piece is dedicated to all kind individuals.
Antony Yu - Remembrance
Remembrance plays around mainly with three meters. Starting off in 11/8, the next two sections are loosely in 6/8 and 5/8. As if the initial meter was fragmented into groups of 6 and 5, this concept also applies melodically by recycling ideas in various different contexts. I often play with sequences and the circle of fifths which is featured in the second section in 6/8. With much more active instrumentation and variation along with a greater focus on harmonic movement rather than distinct melodies the reappearance of a short three note motif becomes less noticeable. Because of the difference between sections this helped me recognize that it's not always about what I initially write but what I can do to build on said material to create various options.
Kaira Hagen - Waltz of the Jellyfish
I first found inspiration for this piece while scuba diving, and noticed a group of tiny jellyfish that seemed to undulate in a three-step pattern. Because the animals moved with one strong push followed by two weak ones, I drew the connection to the waltz form. I also took inspiration from the movement patterns of other species of jellyfish, such as the velella velella that glides across the water using the wind, and the crystal jelly, which naturally glow a bluish-green. The music features broad, soaring melodies and a blend of natural and melodic minor keys, drawing a connection to some of my previous work. The use of dynamic swells further represents that undulation, creating a piece that uses acoustic instruments to illustrate the beauty of nature.
Evelyn Roberts - Irreparable - In 4 continuous movements (Awakening, Cataclysm, Spectres, Hope)
Irreparable is, like so much of my music, an expression of pain I can’t really describe. The first movement, Awakening, is my building horror at the world, the slow realization that I am trapped, utterly, and the sense of waking up and wanting to go back to sleep forever. The second movement, March, is a sharply rhythmic passage, the policy of hyperfocus, forcing oneself to keep going. The theme developed here and echoed for the rest of the piece is taken directly from the improvisation I played minutes after I found out I would never hear from one of my friends again. The third movement, Cataclysm, expands upon that story, of two of my friends, who, by no fault of their own, hurt each other beyond any hope of repair. It is based on another improvisation I did at the edge of sanity, meant to express chaos and pain and despair, the sort of thing you play because nothing is enough, until the roar consumes everything. The movement fades out into the beginning of Spectres, the fourth movement, the emptiness after everything is gone. The slow, fragmented harmonics, ghosts of notes, are the memories, the spectres, of the ones whose stories I am no longer part of. I still see them, in my mind, their eyes, their latticed arms, and I hear their music. But I can only hope that things worked out for them, somehow. Which is what inspired the last movement, Hope. From what little I learned afterwards, their story has kept going, with hope and pain and abandonment and forgiveness. Somehow, after months of trying to process it all, I am more at peace than I thought possible. Somehow, it is enough to know that the story is not over. I’ve realized that the story never ends, really. And all of the wonderful and horrible things that implies.
95W Indian Classical Music students of Pandit Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Students of Kartik Seshadri in a performance of Indian Classical Music
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UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble
Friday, June 9th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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MUS 130 under the instruction of Takae Ohnishi, present classical chamber ensemble favorites. Additional program and perfomer information forthcoming!
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Aleck Karis, piano
Saturday, June 10th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Aleck Karis, Distinguished Professor of Music, presents a solo piano recital on the occasion of his retirement from UC San Diego.
Program:
Serenade in A (1925) Igor Stravinsky
Hymne
Romanza
Rondoletto
Candenza Finala
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Variations from the Golden Mountain (2014) Harrison Birtwistle
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Two Nocturnes, Opus 55 (1842-44) Frédéric Chopin
No. 1 in f minor, Andante
No. 2 in Eb major, Lento Sostenuto
Sonata in b minor, Opus 58 (1844) Frédéric Chopin
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Largo
Finale: Presto, non tanto; agitato
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 10th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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JUNE 10-11, 2023 SACRED AND SUBLIME
ARIAN KHAEFI, SALLY & EINAR GALL CHORUS DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR
Arian Khaefi takes the podium to conduct this program of rich choral and symphonic repertoire. We’ll open with R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, a spell-binding oratorio that is “deep rooted in Spirituals and folklore.” We’ll then present Young Artists Competition winner from 2021, Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, as soloist in Mendelssohn’s gorgeous Violin Concerto. The program will conclude with Ernst Bloch’s monumental Avodat Hakodesh. Rarely performed, this epic sacred work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra represents the full maturity of Bloch’s music in the Jewish tradition.
R. Nathaniel Dett The Chariot Jubilee
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
YAC Winner 2021: Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin
Ernst Bloch Avodat Hakodesh
Soloist: 2021 Young Artist Competition winner Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin; Michael Sokol, Baritone; Richard Hodges, Tenor
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 11th, 2023 2:00 pm
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JUNE 10-11, 2023 SACRED AND SUBLIME
ARIAN KHAEFI, SALLY & EINAR GALL CHORUS DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR
Arian Khaefi takes the podium to conduct this program of rich choral and symphonic repertoire. We’ll open with R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, a spell-binding oratorio that is “deep rooted in Spirituals and folklore.” We’ll then present Young Artists Competition winner from 2021, Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, as soloist in Mendelssohn’s gorgeous Violin Concerto. The program will conclude with Ernst Bloch’s monumental Avodat Hakodesh. Rarely performed, this epic sacred work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra represents the full maturity of Bloch’s music in the Jewish tradition.
R. Nathaniel Dett The Chariot Jubilee
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
YAC Winner 2021: Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin
Ernst Bloch Avodat Hakodesh
Soloist: 2021 Young Artist Competition winner Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin; Michael Sokol, Baritone; Richard Hodges, Tenor
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Voice Students, 32VM - Excepts: Little Women
Sunday, June 11th, 2023 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
UPDATE: TWO PERFORMANCES - 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Event Program (PDF)Undergraduate students of MUS 32VM perform excerpts of Little Women.
Costumes curation by Greta Davis, Amelia Mardesich, and Maria Torpey
Dr. Kyle Adam Blair – Accompanist and vocal coach
Miguel Zazueta – Instructor
Performers include: Aparna Alluri, Samuel Calto, Kit Chan, Greta Davis, Imo Gong, Zoey Graziano, Leticia Guzman, Jackson Jakovic, Yuhan Leng, Amelia Mardesich, Isabella Panagiotou, Emma Price, and Maria Torpey
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MANGLAR: MUS 201B Improvisation with Matana Roberts
Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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MANGLAR
An eclectic group of improvising musicians, from many different walks of life coming together as one to create a one of a kind sonic communal sound quilt in real time!
Music 201B. Projects in New Music Performance: Improvisation and the Laboratory of Imagination
Instructor: Matana Roberts
members of the ensemble are
Natalia Merlano vocals
Ess Whiteley trumpet
Aaron Gozum vocals
Robbie Bui piano
Pablo Dodero sampler
Jordan Davidson cello
Paul Nicholas Roth processed alto
Grace Talaski clarinet
Lucia Herrman percussion
Camilo Zamudio percussion
JiYoung Ko recorder
Sergey Kasich electronics
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Best of ICAM - Table presentations & Pizza Party
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 15th at 4:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, North Courtyard.
COURTYARD
Efrain Avendano-Gutierrez, Chloe Burns, Leslie Casillas Guerrero, Roselle-Angeline Castro, Raul Enciso, Sullivan Fenesy, Chaz Hirales, Lily Li, Junming Lu, David Perez, Ryan Rickey, Qui-Shawn Tran, Jared Trapp, Jack Wagner, and Xuechen Zhao
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Hailey Myers - Undergraduate Composition Honors
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Hailey Myers is a graduating senior presenting her final recital in pursuit of Honors in Composition for her bachelor's degree in Music. She prefers to describe herself as "funky fresh," but her feet are on the ground just as much as her head is in the clouds. A commentary on big feelings, big change, and big dreams, Hailey's last hurrah at UC San Diego is a concert you won't forget anytime soon!
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Best of ICAM - Theater Presentations
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
THEATER
Kieran Burton, Maximillian Chen, Pavel Demidov, Guy LaBorde, Indiana Minnich, Karim Moussa, John Pyjar, Benjamin Redlawsk, and Ali Shaubzada
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 28th, 2023 11:00 am
Epstein Family Amphitheater
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Ravish Momin and D.A. Mekonnen
Monday, October 2nd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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“…a chaotic, collagic endeavor…” – The Fader
Conceived by Ethio-American saxophonist D.A. Mekonnen – co-founder/leader of the widely celebrated Debo Band – the solo project dragonchild is a culmination of decades of musical experimentation, embodied spiritual practice, and critical thinking. Sunken Cages is the moniker of Indian-born drummer/electronic music producer Ravish Momin, who has worked with a wide array of musicians, from pop-star Shakira to legendary Jazz saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (of the AACM), in addition to leading his own innovative global groups Tarana and Turning Jewels Into Water (with Val Jeanty). Sunken Cages plays electronic and acoustic drums, triggers melodies and textures, and generates loops in real-time, while dragonchild shifts between saxophones and electronics. Together, they create an exciting new global music that draws from their respective cultural backgrounds as well as contemporary electronic music.
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Myra Hinrichs, violin and Liam Wooding, piano
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)DMA Candidate Myra Hinrichs is joined by visiting pianist Liam Wooding for a performance of Brahms three violin sonatas.
Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 78, "Regensonate"
Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 100 "Thun"
Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108
There will be a short interval before the final sonata.
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Navay-e Khane (sounds of home) featuring inset
Friday, October 6th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Anthony Braxton, Lecture Demonstration
Monday, October 9th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
ArtPower presents Anthony Braxton
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. An ArtPower presentation.
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ArtPower presents Australian Haydn Ensemble
Friday, October 13th, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Event Program (PDF)A jewel in the national period-instrument crown.” —Limelight
The Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE), under the direction of Artistic Director Skye McIntosh, is one of Australia’s leading historically informed orchestras and chamber music groups. AHE brings together world-class musicians who excel in both modern and period instrument performance and are highly committed to both historical research and performance. The group’s repertoire is principally music of the late Baroque and early Classical era, and has built a reputation for its vibrant and accessible performances, which are faithful to the sound-worlds that would have been familiar to Haydn and his contemporaries.
AHE makes its premiere U.S. tour in October 2023 with a coast to coast tour including a North American debut at ArtPower at UC San Diego and a New York debut at Carnegie Hall.
PROGRAM
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Symphony in G minor, op. 6 no. 6
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809: Symphony No.6 in D major (Le Matin)
Franz Joseph Haydn: No. 8 in G (Le Soir)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
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WEDS@7 David Borgo: Pathika
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)David Borgo - saxophones
Tobin Chodos - piano
Harley Magsino - electric bass
Tommy Babin - acoustic bass
Mark Ferber - drum set
N. Scott Robinson - percussion
Pathika (Sanskrit for traveller or wanderer). Original music inspired by David Borgo's 2023 travels in India, Kenya, Jordan, Cyprus, Croatia, Morocco, France, and Portugal.
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Blacktronika
Friday, October 20th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Blacktronika : Dance Club Experience
Blacktronika : Afrofuturism in Electronic Music is a course created by Professor King Britt that researches and honors all of the innovators of color that contribute to the undeniable advancement of electronic music., which gave birth to Jamaican Dub, Chicago House, Detroit Techno and many other genres rooted in and responding to the socio political tensions around Black and Brown communities.
Each quarter, Professor Britt (who also is an active practitioner within multi genres) creates a dance club environment in which the students can experience the music in the context that it has been made for, creating a safe space for all races and genders, for physical expression and community
Come experience the dance sounds from all over the world.
The Experimental Theater will not have seating for these events.
October 20 : King Britt (extended 3+ hr DJ set)
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Matthew LeVeque Percussion Recital
Monday, October 23rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)"Horizontal Geographies," a solo percussion recital featuring works by Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Jack Herscowitz, and Sarah Hennies.
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21st Century China Center: Wu Man and Steven Schick
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required. Reservation link
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Wu Man is recognized as the world’s foremost pipa virtuoso and a leading ambassador of Chinese music. She has carved out a career as a soloist, educator and composer, giving her lute-like instrument — which has a more than 2,000-year history in China — a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. In this conversation, Wu Man will focus on how she found new inspiration in her fruitful collaborations that led to the creation of new musical works.
The discussion will be in English, moderated by composer Lei Liang, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Music, and percussionist Steven Schick, Distinguished Professor of Music. The event will feature a performance of vis-à-vis, a duo composed by Lei Liang for Wu Man and Steven Schick.
A pre-lecture reception starts at 3:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
The lecture begins at 4 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
About the Chou Wen-Chung Distinguished Lecture on Chinese Culture
21st Century China Center named this lecture after the esteemed Chinese-American composer, teacher and cultural ambassador, Chou Wen-Chung (1923-2019). Chou was the first Chinese composer to achieve international recognition. His groundbreaking works defy cultural categories and inspired generations of composers. The UC San Diego Music Department is the recipient of several dozen historically significant percussion instruments from the Chou Wen-Chung estate. The lecture series presents scholars and artists who believe that arts and culture are important to promoting mutual understanding between China and the U.S., a belief that was shared by Chou, who established the Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange at Columbia University in 1978.
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Persian Music and Spiritual Health
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Public: $25 | PCC members: $20 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
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Improvisers Initiative: Mat Maneri, viola, and Lucian Ban, piano
Thursday, October 26th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)When Romanian-born pianist Lucian Ban and Grammy-nominated violinist Mat Maneri joined up for a concert in an opera house in the middle of Romania’s Transylvania region, the music was, as Jazz Times puts it, “as close as it gets to Goth jazz”. Released in 2013 by ECM Records, Transylvanian Concert features a program of self-penned ballads, blues, hymns and abstract improvisations, the whole informed by the twin traditions of jazz and European chamber music. The album has won critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, including several Best Album of the Year awards, and has spawned continuous touring throughout the world ever since. Currently, Maneri are presenting music from their follow up album for ECM entitled Transylvanian Dance due to be released in the
first part of 2024.
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Offscreen
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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ArtPower presents Tesla Quartet with pianist David Kaplan (Student Matinee)
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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The Porpitid Show: I Don't Remember Falling Asleep
Friday, November 3rd, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Family Concert Dress Rehearsal
Friday, November 3rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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ArtPower presents Tesla Quartet with pianist David Kaplan
Friday, November 3rd, 2023 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Event Program (PDF)The Kreutzer Affair is an immersive theatrical concert program created by the Tesla Quartet with pianist David Kaplan, exploring how music was captured into words and then rebottled into music again.
The Tesla Quartet is known the world over for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand” (International Review of Music). From cutting edge contemporary works to established masterpieces, the Tesla Quartet’s emotive and thoughtful interpretations reveal the ensemble’s deep commitment to the craft and to their ever expanding repertoire. The quartet recognizes the power of their platform to amplify underrepresented voices and to encourage the proliferation of an equitable and just future for society as well as a hospitable climate for posterity. The Tesla Quartet is Ross Snyder (violin), Michelle Lie (violin), Edwin Kaplan (viola), and Austin Fisher (cello).
David Kaplan, pianist, has been called “excellent and adventurous” by the New York Times, and praised by the Boston Globe for “grace and fire” at the keyboard. Kaplan has consistently drawn critical acclaim for creative programs that interweave classical and contemporary repertoire, often incorporating newly commissioned works.
PROGRAM:
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A minor, op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Janacek: String Quartet no. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 67
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus This Soil
Saturday, November 4th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus This Soil
Sunday, November 5th, 2023 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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California Festival: Natalia Merlano Gomez and David Aguila
Monday, November 6th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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California Festival: Peter Ko and Robert Bui, cellos
Monday, November 6th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Peter Ko and Robbie Bui present a series of cello duos for the California Festival, with two new world premieres by Aaron Mencher and Jordan Kuspa. Other works feature compositions by Morton Feldman, Victor Suslin, and music of the Jacobean Renaissance era.
Pieces/Composers:
ochres and bones (2023)* - Aaron Mencher
Jackson Pollock (1951) - Morton Feldman
Ayre (ca. 1600s) - John Ward
Fantasia (ca. 1600s) - Christopher Gibbons
Capricious Combinations (2023)* - Jordan Kuspa
Extensions #5 (1953) - Morton Feldman
Fantasia (ca. 1600s) - Christopher Gibbons
Fantasia (ca. 1600s) -William White
Madrigal (1998) - Viktor Suslin
*world premiere
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WEDS@7 Wilfrido Terrazas
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)WILFRIDO TERRAZAS and ESTHER GÁMEZ RUBIO
BOOK OF NAMES
Flute music by Yusef Lateef, Liliana Rodríguez Alvarado, Rachel Beetz, and Wilfrido Terrazas, in dialogue with live visuals by Esther Gámez Rubio.
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ArtPower presents Carlos Simon | Requiem for the Enslaved
Thursday, November 9th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
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Multi-genre work Requiem for the Enslaved by Carlos Simon is a musical tribute to commemorate the stories of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by Georgetown University, infusing original compositions with African American spirituals and familiar Catholic liturgical melodies. Performed by the Hub New Music with Carlos at the piano, Requiem features spoken word and hip hop artist Marco Pavé, and trumpeter MK Zulu.
Requiem for the Enslaved was nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
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California Festival:Consciousness Davination Ritual; David Aguila, Douglas Osmun
Monday, November 13th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)World Premiere of an evening length multimedia work for David Aguila (trumpet) and AI electronics.
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Improvisers Initiative: Lori Freedman
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Bass clarinet works improvised, composed and inspired by Lori Freedman (Montréal, Québec)
Special guest appearance by Wilfrido Terrazas!
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)red fish blue fish celebrates the 90 th birthday of Pauline Oliveros—iconic American experimentalist, founder of the Deep Listening movement, and former UC San Diego faculty
member—with a performance of one of her greatest works, The Witness, composed in 1989.
Oliveros paved the way for many who followed her: experimentalists, music technologists,
theorists specializing in feminist and queer issues, and performers seeking to expand their ears
and their horizons. We will pair The Witness with other seminal works by American
composers, including Steve Reich’s effervescent Nagoya Marimbas, featuring a return visit by
the distinguished Danish percussionist, Mathias Reumert (MA 2006) who will perform with
Mike Jones. The satirical Credo in Us by John Cage, and the sonically inventive Concerto for
Violin and Percussion Orchestra by Lou Harrison, in which we welcome a new member of our
community, the gifted violinist Amir Hossein Norouz Nasseri. An evening of rhythm and
reminiscence.
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Liam Wooding, piano
Friday, November 17th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Visiting Fulbright scholar Liam Wooding presents a piano recital featuring music by Jenny McLeod and Franz Liszt. There will be a short break before the final work.
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Program:
JENNY MCLEOD Rock Sonata no. 1
JENNY MCLEOD Piano Piece 1965
LISZT Sonata in b minor
ArtPower presents Women in Synth
Saturday, November 18th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
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Suzanne Ciani is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including “Seven Waves,” and “The Velocity of Love,” along with a landmark quad LP “LIVE Quadraphonic,” which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well.
She was inducted into the first class of Keyboard Magazine’s Hall of Fame alongside other synth luminaries, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla and Dave Smith and received the Moog Innovation Award. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Independent Icon Award from A2IM, The Golden Ear Award, and the SEAMUS Award.
Suzanne has provided the voice and sounds for Bally’s groundbreaking “Xenon” pinball machine, created Coca-Cola’s pop-and-pour sound, designed logos for Fortune 500 companies, and carved out a niche as one of the most creatively successful female composers in the world. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work, debuted at SXSW in 2017 and is available to watch on all digital platforms.
Laurel Halo is a composer, producer, musician and DJ based in Los Angeles. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical traditions, her output is singular yet stylistically diverse, with releases traversing ambient, leftfield club, experimental pop and film score. Since 2012 she has released a number of critically-acclaimed albums including Quarantine (2012, Hyperdub), In Situ (2015, Honest Jon’s), Raw Silk Uncut Wood (2018, Latency), and Possessed: OST (2020, Vinyl Factory). She has performed in venues, festivals, clubs and institutions across the world, including the Southbank Centre, Sydney Opera House, The Kitchen, Kölner Philharmonie, CTM/Transmediale, Sónar, and Montreux Jazz Festival. She has collaborated with musicians, artists and fashion designers including Moritz von Oswald, Metahaven, Kevin Beasley, Julia Holter, Hanne Lippard, Eckhaus Latta, Martine Syms, John Cale, and the London Contemporary Orchestra. In September 2023 she will release her latest album, Atlas, as the debut release on her new record label, Awe.
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Piano Studio Recital
Monday, November 27th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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David Aguila, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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MUS 201 Projects in New Music Performance
Thursday, November 30th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, November 30th, 2023 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, December 1st, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Blacktronika
Friday, December 1st, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Our last Blacktronika event for the quarter is a special one. With live performances from Professor King Britt & Pablo Dodero fka Adíós Mundo Cruel.
King Britt : A continued sonic dedication honoring Detroit Techno techniques using synths and drum machines.
Adíós Mundo Cruel : punchy mid-tempo techno with influences ranging from acid and electro to industrial. All hardware featuring modular synths and sampled drums.
This will be a night of dancing and observation, performed in the round, so come close to the tables and see what is happening live. There will be no seating.
7pm. Experimental Theater.
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Saturday Night Jazz - 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)The 95JC concert will feature an ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some new compositions written and arranged by student musicians. Instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
Directed by Kamau Kenyatta
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Isabella Panagiotou, soprano - Senior Recital
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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The Grad Improvisers Forum (TGIF #3)
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 6:00 pm
WLH Studio A
Free
Twinklings of Hope: Mahsa Vahdat and Bridget Kibbey Duo
Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Public: $25 | PCC members: $20 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
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This concert will not be livestreamed.
Event Program (PDF)A unique duo between internationally acclaimed Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat, known for her deep-rooted belonging to her heritage and her innovative musical expression with a wide-ranging repertoire, and world-acclaimed harpist and musician Bridget Kibbey, recognized for her mastery of subtle nuances and breathtaking improvisations. Together, they take you on a musical journey that transcends boundaries and languages, embracing the beauty of diversity and the universality of human sentiments.
Pieces include music based on classical and contemporary Iranian poets like Hafez, Rumi, Forough Farrokhzad, and Mohammad Ebrahim Jafari.
Bridget Kibbey has appeared on NPR TinyDesk!
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)Join us for the Fall concert of MUS 95E, as the UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra presents:
Mozart - Overture to "The Impresario"
Mendelssohn - Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
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Introduction to Composition, MUS 33A
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Prof. Lei Liang's "Introduction to Composition" final concert, featuring percussionist Mitchell Carlstrom premiering pieces written by the participants of the class. For most of the students, this is the first time they compose for percussion instruments.
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Fall Composition Jury Concert
Thursday, December 7th, 2023 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The Fall Composition Jury Concert presents an evening of world premieres by graduate composers.
Yifan Guo - Assembled Diary
Jiyoung Ko - spes
Akari Komura - back and forth, a trail of time
Aaron Mencher - Understory
Haihui Zhang - Sojourns in the Parallel World
Featuring: Mariana Flores (soprano), Anita Chandavarkar (flutes), Grace Talaski (clarinets), Yongyun Zhang and Camilo Zamudio (percussion), Delong Wang (piano, Zhang & Mencher), Melissa Evans Tierra (piano, Guo), Mitchell Carlstrom (prepared piano, Komura), Myra Hinrichs and Tommy Dougherty (violins), Robbie Bui and Peter Ko (celli), and Matthew Henson and Andrew Crapitto (basses).
Conducted by Steven Schick
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 7th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble presents its Fall Concert, presenting works by Bennett, Corral, Erickson, Ticheli, and Whitacre.
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UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble
Friday, December 8th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 130 Chamber Ensemble students instructed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi present their Fall 2023 final concert in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Friday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus New Beginnings
Saturday, December 9th, 2023 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Join La Jolla Symphony and Chorus for "New Beginnings," introducing LJS&C's new Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel! Reserve your seats for Dec. 9-10.
This adventurous program features:
- Gabriela Ortiz, Kauyumari
- Igor Stravinksy, Symphony of Psalms
- Kaija Saariaho, Ciel d'hiver
- Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3, Op. 52
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus New Beginnings
Sunday, December 10th, 2023 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Join La Jolla Symphony and Chorus for "New Beginnings," introducing LJS&C's new Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel! Reserve your seats for Dec. 9-10.
This adventurous program features:
- Gabriela Ortiz, Kauyumari
- Igor Stravinksy, Symphony of Psalms
- Kaija Saariaho, Ciel d'hiver
- Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3, Op. 52
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Vocal Masterclass, 32VM
Sunday, December 10th, 2023 3:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Final concert by the students of the Vocal Master Class Fall Quarter 2023.
Mexican composer of the XX Century
Mariana Flores Bucio instructs MUS 32VM Vocal Master Class for their end-of-term performanaces.
Featuring: Kit Jack Chan, Imo Gong, Leticia Guzman, Jackson Jakovic, Yuhan Leng, and Emma Price.
Accompanyied by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair.
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Monday, December 11th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Aleck Karis, piano and Steven Schick, percussion perform Birtwistle's Axe Manual
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Reflections for piano and synthesized tape (1974) - Milton Babbitt (1916-2011)
Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra (1959) - Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
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I Allegro Maestoso, Allegro Vivace
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II Largo, Cantabile
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III Allegro, Vigoroso, Poco Presto
red fish blue fish:
Amir Hossein Norouz Nasseri, violin
Mitchell Carlstrom
Michael Jones
Kosuke Matsuda
Steven Schick
Camilo Zamudio
The Axe Manual (2000) - Harrison Birtwistle (1934-2022)
Steven Schick, percussion Aleck Karis, piano
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95C Concert Choir
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Miguel Zazueta instructs MUS 95C: Concert Choir for their end-of-term performance.
Repetoire forthcoming.
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The Listening Room
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free
"The Listening Room" - Graduate students enrolled in MUS 215A, instructed by UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Music Sarah Hankins, present end-of-term projects, performances, presentations, and installations in / out / throughout the Conrad Prebys Music Center - on Thursday, December 14th from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Featuring the work of: Jordan Davidson, Alissa Liu, Joy Guidry, Heidi Tai, Timothy Tmeiner, Jose Hernandez-Lopez, Lyra Montoya, and Natalia Merlano-Gomez.
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The Grad Improvisers Forum (TGIF #4)
Friday, January 12th, 2024 6:00 pm
WLH Studio A
Free
WEDS@7 Reed Family Concert
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The eighth annual Reed Family Concert, given in thanks to the Reed Family for their long-standing support of Music Department students, will be presented on January 17 at 7:00 in the Concert Hall. In 2024 we will feature the work of three exemplary graduate students: flutist Sasha Ishov, percussionist Kosuke Matsuda, and composer Jiyoung Ko, whose composition sumbisori is also the 2024 Chou Commission. With this concert, we showcase graduate student excellence in both the performance and composition programs. We also offer a faculty tribute to retired UC San Diego Library Music Specialist Peter Mueller, by playing his Little Trio for clarinet, bass and percussion. Also on the program is the Webern Concerto.
PROGRAM:
Peter Mueller Little Trio (2021) *world premiere
Jiyoung Ko sumbisori (2024) (Chou Commission) *world premiere
Heinz Holliger Ma’mounia (2002)
Anton Webern Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 (1934)
Dai Fujikura Flute Concerto (Ensemble Version) (2015)
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The eighth annual Reed Family concert, celebrated by UC San Diego Music to honor Ann and Joel Reed for their long-standing support of the Arts and Students of the University of California San Diego, will be presented on Wednesday, January 17th at 7:00 p.m. in the Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. The program is curated and conducted by UC San Diego Distinguished Professor and Reed Family Presidential Chair in Music: Steven Schick.
Among the five works on the program, the 2024 concert will feature the work of three exemplary graduate students: flutist Alexander “Sasha” Ishov, percussionist Kosuke Matsuda, composer Jiyoung Ko, and showcase graduate student excellence in both the performance and composition programs.
Alexander “Sasha” Ishov, a UC San Diego doctoral candidate in contemporary music performance, is an innovative flutist specializing in 20th and 21st century music. Praised by The San Diego Union-Tribune for his “well-sounded and lucid” artistry, his artistic breadth spans from traditional and contemporary chamber repertoire, to experimental electroacoustic projects pushing the boundaries of modern audio technology. Ishov’s technical artistry will be featured on the ensemble version of Dai Fujikura’s 2015 Flute Concerto, originally composed for 2012 MacArthur Fellow and San Diego native, Claire Chase.
Percussionist Kosuke Matsuda will be the featured soloist for Heinz Holliger’s 2002 Ma’mounia. Meaning ‘safe haven’ in Arabic, “In this work, the composer highlights the musical interplay between body and mind. The frantically virtuoso percussion part corresponds with the ensemble in theatrical physicality.” (Schott Music) A member of famed percussion ensemble red fish blue fish, Matsuda is a Doctor of Musical Arts student and Graduate Teaching Assistant under Steven Schick at the University of California San Diego.
Korean composer Jiyoung Ko, a UC San Diego PhD graduate student in composition, presents the world premiere of “sumbisori” as the third recipient of the Chou Commission. Created in 2022 to celebrate the legacy of Chinese-American composer Chou Wen-chung, and inspired by Chou’s collection of percussion instruments housed at UC San Diego, previous commissions recipients were Erin Graham’s Shape of Silence (2022) and Alex Taylor’s Inclinations (2023).
The program opens with a performance tribute to retired UC San Diego Music Librarian and PhD composition alumnus: Peter Mueller. Performing the world premiere Mueller’s Little Trio, are Department of Music Chair Anthony Burr on clarinet, and Distinguished Professors of Music: Mark Dresser on double bass and Steven Schick, percussion.
The program will also include Anton Webern's 1934 Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24.
The Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Steven Schick is completed by:
Anita Chandavarkar (flutes), Carlos Rosas Coronado (oboe), Grace Talaski (clarinets), Robert Zelickman (clarinets), David Savage (bassoon), Darby Hinshaw (horn), Rachel Allen (trumpet), Berk Schneider (trombone), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Mitchell Carlstrom (percussion), Myra Hinrichs (violin), Amir Hossein Norouz Nasseri (violin), Batya Macadam-Somer (viola), Robert Bui (cello), Min Seok “Peter” Ko (cello), and Andrew Crappito (double bass).
Tickets are available online via UC San Diego Music's box office: music.ucsd.edu/tickets
General Admission: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15 | ALL Students: FREE with ID
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Kosuke Matsuda, percussion - DMA Recital
Friday, January 19th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Kosuke Matsuda is a solo percussionist born in Nagasaki, Japan, who has performed throughout Asia and North America. He began his percussion studies with Yoko Yamagajo and since his first exposure to percussion at a young age, Matsuda has devoted his life to the art of solo performance. He graduated from Ueno Gakuen University in Tokyo with a Bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance (2015) where he studied with Masahiro Okada. He studied with Kunihiko Komori and Koji Fukamachi at the Aichi University of Fine Art earning his Master’s degree in Percussion and graduating at the top of his class in the Wind and Percussion instrumental department in 2017. Matsuda performed as a soloist with Lancaster Symphony in 2019 and was also given the honor of certification in the Japanese Arts and Cultural Agency Training Program by the Japanese cultural government. He earned a Master’s degree and Artist Diploma at the Frost School of music, the University of Miami, where he studied with Svet Stoyanov and Matthew Strauss. Matsuda is about to start his first semester as a Doctor of Musical Arts student and Graduate Teaching Assistant under Steven Schick at the University of California San Diego in 2021 Fall.
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New Graduate Student Collaborations
Thursday, January 25th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)New Graduate Student Collaborations
Featuring premieres of new works by J.E. Hernández, Amir Norouz Nasseri, Myles Ortiz-Green, and Adam Zuckerman
Performed by Carlos Rosas Coronado, J.E. Hernández,. Amir Norouz Nasseri, Myles Ortiz-Green, and Adam Zuckerman
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Ensamble CEPROMUSIC
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Translínea. Gira binacional - UC San Diego
Ensamble Cepromusic
José Luis Castillo, director artístico
- Karola Obermüller traverse
- Aaron Mencher FACE
- Alex Taylor figments
- Ignacio Baca Lobera De La Singularidad V
El Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (CEPROMUSIC), creado en 2012, es un espacio en el que convergen actividades artísticas y académicas en favor de la creación, desarrollo y difusión de la música contemporánea en México. Además de sus temporadas regulares en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, el Ensamble CEPROMUSIC ha realizado ocho giras internacionales con gran éxito de crítica y público, por Alemania, Colombia, Escocia, España, Inglaterra, Brasil y dos por Estados Unidos; así como residencias artísticas y académicas en Colombia, España, Estados Unidos, México y Reino Unido. En 2018, su trayectoria fue reconocida con una invitación al Festival de Verano de Darmstadt. El repertorio del ensamble trata de convocar a lo más amplio de la escena actual: de la nueva complejidad a la improvisación o del macro timbre al código en tiempo real.
El CEPROMUSIC ha tenido residencias y colaboraciones con compositores e intérpretes como Anna Göckel, Chris Cogburn, Christian Wolff, Dafne Vicente, Irvine Arditti, James Dillon, John Butcher, Joshua Fineberg, Kaija Saariaho, Katalin Károlyi, Klaus Lang, Peter Ablinger, Sigma Project Quartet, Susan Platts, Tiffany DuMouchelle, Tony Arnold, UMS ‘n JIP y Ute Wassermann, entre otros. Además de su decidida vocación latinoamericana, el Ensamble CEPROMUSIC es el instrumento de gran parte de los compositores mexicanos contemporáneos, habiendo colaborado, encargado, interpretado y grabado a compositores nacionales de varias generaciones. El ensamble colabora habitualmente con otras disciplinas como el video, el teatro, el cine silente, la danza y la multimedia, y cuenta con tres producciones discográficas. Desde su creación, el ensamble ha ejecutado más de 383 conciertos en los que ha interpretado más de 675 obras y 212 estrenos.
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The Center for Experimentation and Production of Contemporary Music (CEPROMUSIC), created in 2012, is a space in which artistic and academic activities converge in favor of the creation, development and dissemination of contemporary music in Mexico. In addition to its regular seasons at the Palace of Fine Arts, the CEPROMUSIC Ensemble has made eight international tours with great success from critics and the public, to Germany, Colombia, Scotland, Spain, England, Brazil and two to the United States; as well as artistic and academic residencies in Colombia, Spain, the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. In 2018, his career was recognized with an invitation to the Darmstadt Summer Festival. The ensemble's repertoire tries to summon the broadest aspect of the current scene: from new complexity to improvisation or from macro timbre to real-time code.
CEPROMUSIC has had residencies and collaborations with composers and performers such as Anna Göckel, Chris Cogburn, Christian Wolff, Dafne Vicente, Irvine Arditti, James Dillon, John Butcher, Joshua Fineberg, Kaija Saariaho, Katalin Károlyi, Klaus Lang, Peter Ablinger, Sigma Project Quartet, Susan Platts, Tiffany DuMouchelle, Tony Arnold, UMS 'n JIP and Ute Wassermann, among others. In addition to its decided Latin American vocation, the CEPROMUSIC Ensemble is the instrument of a large part of contemporary Mexican composers, having collaborated, commissioned, performed and recorded national composers of several generations. The ensemble regularly collaborates with other disciplines such as video, theater, silent film, dance and multimedia, and has three record productions. Since its creation, the ensemble has performed more than 383 concerts in which it has performed more than 675 works and 212 premieres.
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WEDS@7 Ensamble CEPROMUSIC
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Translínea. Gira binacional - UC San Diego
Ensamble Cepromusic
José Luis Castillo, director artístico
- Jiyoung Ko boiling/blooming
- Akari Komura How the Sky Holds the Sun
- Rebecca Saunders disclousure
- Nasim Khorassani Paper Pigeons
- Liao Lin-Ni Look back on time with kindly eyes...
- Iván Naranjo a fundamental asymmetry
El Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (CEPROMUSIC), creado en 2012, es un espacio en el que convergen actividades artísticas y académicas en favor de la creación, desarrollo y difusión de la música contemporánea en México. Además de sus temporadas regulares en el Palacio de Bellas Artes, el Ensamble CEPROMUSIC ha realizado ocho giras internacionales con gran éxito de crítica y público, por Alemania, Colombia, Escocia, España, Inglaterra, Brasil y dos por Estados Unidos; así como residencias artísticas y académicas en Colombia, España, Estados Unidos, México y Reino Unido. En 2018, su trayectoria fue reconocida con una invitación al Festival de Verano de Darmstadt. El repertorio del ensamble trata de convocar a lo más amplio de la escena actual: de la nueva complejidad a la improvisación o del macro timbre al código en tiempo real.
El CEPROMUSIC ha tenido residencias y colaboraciones con compositores e intérpretes como Anna Göckel, Chris Cogburn, Christian Wolff, Dafne Vicente, Irvine Arditti, James Dillon, John Butcher, Joshua Fineberg, Kaija Saariaho, Katalin Károlyi, Klaus Lang, Peter Ablinger, Sigma Project Quartet, Susan Platts, Tiffany DuMouchelle, Tony Arnold, UMS ‘n JIP y Ute Wassermann, entre otros. Además de su decidida vocación latinoamericana, el Ensamble CEPROMUSIC es el instrumento de gran parte de los compositores mexicanos contemporáneos, habiendo colaborado, encargado, interpretado y grabado a compositores nacionales de varias generaciones. El ensamble colabora habitualmente con otras disciplinas como el video, el teatro, el cine silente, la danza y la multimedia, y cuenta con tres producciones discográficas. Desde su creación, el ensamble ha ejecutado más de 383 conciertos en los que ha interpretado más de 675 obras y 212 estrenos.
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The Center for Experimentation and Production of Contemporary Music (CEPROMUSIC), created in 2012, is a space in which artistic and academic activities converge in favor of the creation, development and dissemination of contemporary music in Mexico. In addition to its regular seasons at the Palace of Fine Arts, the CEPROMUSIC Ensemble has made eight international tours with great success from critics and the public, to Germany, Colombia, Scotland, Spain, England, Brazil and two to the United States; as well as artistic and academic residencies in Colombia, Spain, the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. In 2018, his career was recognized with an invitation to the Darmstadt Summer Festival. The ensemble's repertoire tries to summon the broadest aspect of the current scene: from new complexity to improvisation or from macro timbre to real-time code.
CEPROMUSIC has had residencies and collaborations with composers and performers such as Anna Göckel, Chris Cogburn, Christian Wolff, Dafne Vicente, Irvine Arditti, James Dillon, John Butcher, Joshua Fineberg, Kaija Saariaho, Katalin Károlyi, Klaus Lang, Peter Ablinger, Sigma Project Quartet, Susan Platts, Tiffany DuMouchelle, Tony Arnold, UMS 'n JIP and Ute Wassermann, among others. In addition to its decided Latin American vocation, the CEPROMUSIC Ensemble is the instrument of a large part of contemporary Mexican composers, having collaborated, commissioned, performed and recorded national composers of several generations. The ensemble regularly collaborates with other disciplines such as video, theater, silent film, dance and multimedia, and has three record productions. Since its creation, the ensemble has performed more than 383 concerts in which it has performed more than 675 works and 212 premieres.
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Duo Refracta
Friday, February 2nd, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)DUO REFRACTA: Michael Jones, percussion, and Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano
featuring Ilana Waniuk, violin
Works by Hennies, Hurel, Good, and Macbride
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - DMA Recital
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Archive
DMA recital IV
Ilana Waniuk - violin, visuals
Works by: Julia Mermelstein, Germaine Liu, Ben Wylie, Ilana Waniuk
With: Teresa Díaz de Cossio - flutes, objects, electronics
Program:
Germaine Liu - Puzzle Piece (2019)* - violin, objects
Ben Wylie - Acousmonium III (2019)* - violin, electronics
Julia Mermelstein - Inner forms (2019)* - for solo violin, movement, electronics
-intermission-
Ilana Waniuk + Teresa Díaz de Cossio - Archive (2023) - for flutes, violin, objects, electronics, fixed and live visuals
About the Program:
Archive features three works that are part of an ongoing collaborative concert project called 'Filaments' for violin and electronics by artists/composers from across Canada and the U.S. Initiated in 2018 by Ilana Waniuk with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the SOCAN Foundation, each collaboration explores what happens when electroacoustic, multimedia, or improvisational elements stretch the boundaries of what it means to compose/perform/create works for ‘solo’ violin.
Following a brief intermission, Ilana will be joined by Teresa Díaz de Cossio to perform 'Archive' (2023), an ongoing modular, audiovisual project dedicated to exploring memory, ritual and connection. Created by Ilana Waniuk in collaboration with Teresa Díaz de Cossio, Archive currently consists of a set of IV modules (artifacts) intended to be used as invitations for collaborative audiovisual improvisation and experimentation. Artifacts take the form of video scores, live visuals, graphic or text scores, field recordings and objects.
*Commissioned by Ilana Waniuk with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Ilana Waniuk is a versatile violinist and contemporary chamber music addict with interests ranging from classical music and improvisation to visual arts. Along with pianist Cheryl Duvall, she is a founding member and co-artistic director of Tkarón:to (Toronto) -based contemporary music ensemble/presenter Thin Edge New Music Collective (TENMC) now in its twelfth season and Balancing on the Edge (multidisciplinary production melding circus arts with new music). Ilana is also a founding member of in^set, a flexible trio with Teresa Díaz de Cossio (flute) and David Aguila (trumpet) dedicated to creation, improvisation and experimentation.
Ilana can be heard on several recent recordings including Thin Edge New Music Collective’s ‘Dark Flower’ and ‘field studies, Chamber Music of Emilie Cecilia LeBel’ (2023). Her performance of LeBel’s ‘further migration’ for solo violin was praised by Peter Margasak for “producing a stunning range of sound and texture” (Best Contemporary Classical: May 2023). ‘Dark Flower’ has made its way to Bandcamp's Best Contemporary Classical Music of 2023,The Wire’s prestigious Adventures in New Music's top 10 list of 2023 and has been featured on CBC Radio, and BBC Radio 3.
Ilana has toured Cape Breton and Ontario as part of the Bicycle Opera Project, performed at contemporary music festivals including the California Festival in San Diego, Neofonía: Festival de Música Ensenada in Mexico, Suoni per Il Popolo in Montreal, the University of Calgary’s Happening Festival of New Music and Media, Open Ears in Kitchener/Waterloo and the Royal Conservatory’s 21C festival in Tkarón:to. Ilana is passionate about collaboration, creation and community building through the arts and is currently a doctoral candidate in contemporary performance at the University of California San Diego.
Teresa Díaz de Cossio is a flutist and an active member of in^set, a flexible chamber ensemble dedicated to creation, improvisation, experimentation, and collaboration. She has had the opportunity of performing with Los Tigres del Norte, and has been a fellow at The Banff Center, the Darmstadt Summer Institute, Curating Diversity (Sounds Now, Finland), and the Future of Music Faculty Fellowship (Cleveland Institute of Music, Sphinx Foundation). As a scholar, Teresa has presented her research on the composer Alida Vázquez at Unsung Stories: Women at Columbia's Computer Music Center and the International Musicological Society (Greece), and her work has been published in Radical Sounds of Latin America and the series Musicians’ Migratory Patterns by Routledge.
Currently, Teresa is a doctoral candidate at the University of California San Diego, where she is mentored by Wilfrido Terrazas and Amy Cimini. She is also a co-producer at Neofonia, Festival de Música Nueva in Ensenada– a space for exploration and collaboration between communities, and as a teacher at Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Teresa looks forward to making meaningful contributions to the community, both through her performances and her scholarly pursuits. Now, she is excited to join the Density Fellows program!
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Henry Threadgill in Conversation
Monday, February 5th, 2024 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Henry Threadgill In Conversation
with Anthony Davis and Jonny Stallings Cárdenas
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UC San Diego Music is honored to welcome composer and jazz legend HENRY THREADGILL to campus: Monday, February 5th at 6:00 p.m. for a conversation
with Anthony Davis and Jonny Stallings Cárdenas at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
A guest of fellow Pulitzer Prize winner, Distinguished Professor of Music Anthony Davis, Mr. Threadgill is a composer, saxophonist, and flautist. He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album: In for a Penny, In for a Pound.
Mr. Threadgill will coach and perform with UC San Diego Music graduate students, to perform excerpts from his album: Dirt...And More Dirt.
Henry Threadgill's UC San Diego residency is made possible by the The Cecil Lytle African and African-American Music Endowment Initiative.
ABOUT HENRY THREADGILL:
Hailed by the New York Times as “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation,” Henry Threadgill has been celebrated for over forty years as one of the most original, forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. His four-movement work, In for a Penny, In for a Pound, received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016, one of only three jazz compositions to ever be so honored.
A Chicago native, Mr. Threadgill studied at the city’s American Conservatory of Music, majoring in composition, piano, and flute. A Vietnam veteran, he performed with the U.S. Army Concert Band. Mr. Threadgill is an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), dedicated to the performance of its members’ original music. Mr. Threadgill has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Aaron Copland Award, and the Doris Duke Impact Award. Down Beat magazine’s International Jazz Critics Poll has five times distinguished him with its Best Composer Award. The Jazz Journalists Association honored him with its 2002 Composer of the Year Award and its Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Threadgill has released over thirty critically acclaimed albums.
Mr. Threadgill’s orchestral pieces, 1987’s Run Silent, Run Deep, Run Loud, Run and 1993’s Mix for Orchestra premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His many commissions include Mordine & Co. Dance Theater, Carnegie Hall, the New York Shakespeare Festival, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Junge Philharmonic Salzburg Orchestra, the Biennale di Venezia, and the American Composers Orchestra. He has been composer in residence at University of California-Berkeley and the Atlantic Center of the Arts. Through the years, Mr. Threadgill has led, performed, and recorded with numerous groups, most recently Zooid and the Double Up Ensemble. In 2015, a two-day festival at New York’s Harlem Stage celebrated works spanning Mr. Threadgill’s career performed and reinterpreted by an all-star collection of musicians.
Promotional photo of Henry Threadgill by John Baker, courtesy of Pi Recordings
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Henry Threadgill's Dirt...And More Dirt
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Music faculty and graduate students will perform Mr. Threadgill's album: Dirt...And More Dirt.
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UC San Diego Music is honored to welcome composer and jazz legend HENRY THREADGILL to campus: Tuesday, February 6th at 8:00 p.m. at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
A guest of fellow Pulitzer Prize winner, Distinguished Professor of Music Anthony Davis, Mr. Threadgill is a composer, saxophonist, and flautist. He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album: In for a Penny, In for a Pound.
Mr. Threadgill will coach and direct an ALL-STAR ensemble of UC San Diego distinguished faculty and graduate students to perform his composition: Dirt…And More Dirt. | RSVP: music.ucsd.edu/tickets
Musicians include: Paul Roth (alto saxophone), Lyra Montoya (alto saxophone and flute), Anita Chandavarkar (flutes), Stephanie Richards (trumpet), David Aguila (trumpet), Berk Schneider (trombone), Peter Sloan (trombone), Jonathan Piper (tuba), Peter Ko (cello), Jonny Stallings Cárdenas (piano), Boris Acosta Jaramillo (piano), Mark Dresser (double bass), and Andrew Munsey (drums).
Henry Threadgill's UC San Diego residency is made possible by the The Cecil Lytle African and African-American Music Endowment Initiative.
ABOUT HENRY THREADGILL:
Hailed by the New York Times as “perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation,” Henry Threadgill has been celebrated for over forty years as one of the most original, forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. His four-movement work, In for a Penny, In for a Pound, received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016, one of only three jazz compositions to ever be so honored.
A Chicago native, Mr. Threadgill studied at the city’s American Conservatory of Music, majoring in composition, piano, and flute. A Vietnam veteran, he performed with the U.S. Army Concert Band. Mr. Threadgill is an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), dedicated to the performance of its members’ original music. Mr. Threadgill has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Aaron Copland Award, and the Doris Duke Impact Award. Down Beat magazine’s International Jazz Critics Poll has five times distinguished him with its Best Composer Award. The Jazz Journalists Association honored him with its 2002 Composer of the Year Award and its Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Threadgill has released over thirty critically acclaimed albums.
Mr. Threadgill’s orchestral pieces, 1987’s Run Silent, Run Deep, Run Loud, Run and 1993’s Mix for Orchestra premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His many commissions include Mordine & Co. Dance Theater, Carnegie Hall, the New York Shakespeare Festival, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Junge Philharmonic Salzburg Orchestra, the Biennale di Venezia, and the American Composers Orchestra. He has been composer in residence at University of California-Berkeley and the Atlantic Center of the Arts. Through the years, Mr. Threadgill has led, performed, and recorded with numerous groups, most recently Zooid and the Double Up Ensemble. In 2015, a two-day festival at New York’s Harlem Stage celebrated works spanning Mr. Threadgill’s career performed and reinterpreted by an all-star collection of musicians.
Promotional photo of Henry Threadgill by John Baker, courtesy of Pi Recordings
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Bridge Music Series presents Flux Quartet
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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$20 General Admission | $15 UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni | All Students Free
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Event Program (PDF)Bridge Music Presents: Flux Quartet
Bridge Music Series focuses on bridging the classical and contemporary music genres and working across disciplines to create cultural connections.
This concert is made possible in part by the Chris Villars Fund.
The Flux Quartet will perform the San Diego premiere of Morton Feldman's epic 2nd String Quartet, a 5-6 hours long engagement from 2:00-8:00 pm.
The FLUX Quartet, one of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles around," (San Francisco Chronicle) has performed to great acclaim worldwide, including the Tate Modern in London with BBC Radio 3, Park Avenue Armory, Kennedy Center, Walker Art Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, arts incubators Mount Tremper Arts and EMPAC, and international festivals in Australia, Europe, and Asia. The group’s discography includes recordings on the Cantaloupe, Innova, New World, and Tzadik labels, in addition to the full string quartet catalog of Morton Feldman on Mode Records, and the complete quartet output of the late Toshi Ichiyanagi. Widely regarded as the authoritative ensemble on Feldman's epic String Quartet No.2, FLUX gave the premiere performance of the full-length version of the piece in 1999.
Strongly influenced by the “anything goes” philosophy of Fluxus, violinist Tom Chiu founded FLUX in the late 1990s. The quartet has since cultivated an uncompromising repertoire that combines late 20th-century groundbreaking works by Feldman, Nancarrow, Ligeti, Scelsi and others, with today's pioneers such as Oliver Lake, George Lewis, Lei Liang, Rand Steiger, Hans Tammen, Henry Threadgill and more. To support the creation of new works, FLUX actively commissions and has been awarded grants from the American Composers Forum, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Fromm Foundation, Meet the Composer, New Music USA, and Chamber Music America.
The spirit to expand stylistic boundaries is a trademark of FLUX. To that end, the quartet avidly pursues interdisciplinary collaborations, resulting in acclaimed creation of new works with choreographers Pam Tanowitz and Christopher Wheeldon, balloonist Judy Dunaway, video artists OpenEndedGroup, and visual artist Matthew Barney.
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The Grad Improvisers Forum (TGIF #5)
Friday, February 9th, 2024 6:00 pm
WLH Studio A
Free
Blacktronika
Friday, February 9th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. RSVP Required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
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Blacktronika
In collaboration with the Cross-Cultural Center at UC San Diego and Daunté Fyall, UC San Diego Lecturer in West African Dance
Present
Back to Source
A night of love, life, and liberation
Friday, February 9th
- Sound Bath 7-7:45pm
- Dance Party 8-10pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater, UC San Diego
This special Black History Month collaboration brings together healing and celebration grounded in African Diasporic connections through time, space, and sound. Back to Source goes back to the roots of West African music and infuses it with Black futurism of Chicago House, Detroit Techno, Funk and more. For the first part of the night, immerse yourself in a healing sound bath of ambient electronics accompanied by the ancient West African kora played by Fode Sissoko of the Joko International & DAANSEKOU Cultural Arts Collective. The rest of the night, dance and celebrate community resiliency to the rhythm of live West African drums and Blacktronika music provided by Professor King Britt.
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ArtPower presents Isidore String Quartet
Friday, February 9th, 2024 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by the Triton Box Office
Event Program (PDF)Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory. The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.’
Outside the concert hall the quartet has worked with PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US providing encouragement, education, and healing to marginalized communities-including elderly, disabled, rehabilitating incarcerated and homeless populations-who otherwise have limited access to high-quality live music performance.
The name Isidore recognizes the ensemble’s musical connection tothe Juilliard Quartet: one of that group’s early members was legendary violinist Isidore Cohen. Additionally, it acknowledges a shared affection for a certain libation-legend has it a Greek monk named Isidore concocted the first genuine vodka recipe for the Grand Duchy of Moscow!
PROGRAM
Mozart: Quartet in C Major, KV 465 “Dissonance”
Billy Childs: String Quartet no. 2 “Awakening”
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 44 no. 3
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus A Broken Hallelujah
Saturday, February 10th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Led by Music Director Emeritus, Steven Schick, witness the world premiere of Nasim Khorasasani's new work, winner of the 2024 Nee Commission. Takemitsu's graceful From Me flows what you call Time, performed by the ensemble Red Fish Blue Fish. Niloufar Nourbakhsh's Veiled features a performance by cellist Robert Bui, complemented by electronics and video.
The program culminates with Stravinsky's masterpiece, Le Sacre du Printemps.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus A Broken Hallelujah
Sunday, February 11th, 2024 1:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Please note that this concert will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Led by Music Director Emeritus, Steven Schick, witness the world premiere of Nasim Khorasasani's new work, winner of the 2024 Nee Commission. Takemitsu's graceful From Me flows what you call Time, performed by the ensemble Red Fish Blue Fish. Niloufar Nourbakhsh's Veiled features a performance by cellist Robert Bui, complemented by electronics and video.
The program culminates with Stravinsky's masterpiece, Le Sacre du Printemps.
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Robert Bui, cello - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 16th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)DMA student cellist Robbie Bui presents "SEN [line]", a recital of music entirely by Japanese composers. There will be music by Dai Fujikura, Toshio Hosokawa, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Toru Takemitsu (featuring pianist Kyle Adam Blair, DMA '13), and a world premiere by PhD student Akari Komura, featuring live visuals and fixed media.
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Robbie Bui is a contemporary cellist whose playing has been regarded for its intense physicality and fervent energy. Complemented by his additional background in composition, he puts deep consideration into music’s theoretical construction blocks to yield corporeally gripping performances. The crux of his musical work involves bringing the new and the unexpected to the foreground.
As a new-music specialist, Bui has been dedicated dozens of works by living composers in both solo and chamber settings. He has appeared as a soloist in several places including the McGill Schulich School of Music, Koussevitzky Shed, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Jordan Hall, Conrad Prebys Music Center, Mandeville Auditorium, and Coronado Public Library. He was frequently a recurring performer in nec[shivaree], NEC Contemporary Ensemble, and the Tuesday Night New Music series. Between 2018-2021, he was also Tuesday Night New Music’s leading director.
Bui is currently recognized in ensembles such as La Jolla Symphony, Pacific Lyric Association, Ecce Ensemble, Palimpsest Ensemble, and Alinéa Ensemble. Alinéa, of which he is a founding member, is a contemporary music group dedicated to music by living composers and new performance practices. The ensemble has produced notable events, some of which include a portrait concert, a microtonal-themed concert, a residency at Ithaca College, and even a virtual summer festival entitled « Everything But The Kitchen Sink, » which won a nomination for the Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award. Other groups in which he was a collaborator, composer, or mentee include Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble PHACE, JACK Quartet, New England Conservatory Symphony, Perfect 4th String Quartet, Tempest String Quartet, Transient Canvas, Worcester Chamber Music Society, and Phoenix Youth Symphony.
Some merits from his musical career include winning Best Contemporary Performance Prize of the La Jolla Symphony Young Artists Competition, as well as New England Conservatory’s Honors Ensemble Competition 2018, Orchestral Composition Competition 2019, and Contemporary Ensemble Competitions 2020. Additionally, he has been recognized and awarded through organizations such as Tribeca New Music, Collage New Music, Arizona Musicfest, and the American String Teacher Association’s National Orchestra Festival.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree with Honors from the New England Conservatory, where he was the Commencement Address speaker and a Presser Scholar. His primary teachers included composer Stratis Minakakis and cellist Mickey Katz. He then graduated with a Master of Arts in Contemporary Cello performance at University of California San Diego studying with Charles Curtis. Currently, he is a doctoral student at the same institution. In summers, he has attended institutes and festivals fostering both composition and performance disciplines including Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Klangspuren, Etchings Festival, Delian Academy, New Music on the Point, Orford Music Academy Contemporary Workshop, Vienna Summer Music Festival+Ensemble PHACE, Boston Conservatory, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and Idyllwild Arts.
Beyond cello and composition, Bui is the Community Engagement Manager of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, implementing programs to improve the accessibility and outreach of music. And beyond music, Bui is a portrait/event photographer, avid language learner, fashion enthusiast, and sometimes hair stylist, and latte artist.
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Marco Fusi performs Lei Liang
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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World-renowned violinist Marco Fusi will perform Lei Liang's 60-minute piece "Six Seasons" on violin and viola d'amore. "Six Seasons" was inspired by Liang's 6-year collaboration with scientists Joshua Jones and John Hildebrand of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The music pairs live performance with natural sounds captured by hydrophones placed 300 meters below sea surface in the Arctic. Mingyong Cheng's visual display of NASA images of the Arctic will be enhanced by sonic spatilization by UC San Diego PhD candidate Charles Deluga, a member of the Lei Lab.
With the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles
"Six Seasons" https://www.eamdc.com/psny/composers/lei-liang/works/six-seasons/
Lei Lab https://lei-lab.ucsd.edu/
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IDEAS: La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall
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La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura
Date: February 22, 2024
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Location: UC San Diego Atkinson Hall Theater
On Thursday, February 22 at 5 p.m., the Qualcomm Institute’s IDEAS series hosts a live performance of composer Luigi Nono’s “La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura,” performed by violinist/violist Marco Fusi, musician, artist and UC San Diego Ph.D. candidate Michelle Helene Mackenzie, and UC San Diego Associate Professor of Sound Design Bobby McElver. The piece will be performed using several hundred loudspeakers in a custom wave field synthesis array built by McElver.
Prior to his passing in 1990, Nono composed avant-garde classical music that mixed traditional instruments with choir and/or electronics. “La lontananza” is one such work that explores an “ever-changing soundscape” blending recordings and improvisation on the performers’ part.
To RSVP, email ideasqi@ucsd.edu by noon Thursday, February 22. All IDEAS events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
Program Notes:
Before becoming a score, “La lontananza” was a sonic space.
It was a room, filled with the sounds of moving chairs, laughing and chatting, and microphones and a violin. Luigi Nono was sitting in that space, listening and taking notes, and pasting together sounds and ideas. His fascination with sounds is mixed with respect and appreciation for all of them, from the aristocracy of the violin’s nineteenth century repertoire to the everyday experience of a slamming door. Such a composite set of elements is equally welcomed within the audio material that Nono assembled for this piece, designing an ever-changing soundscape that allows and demands that performers play along with its heterogeneous components, treading their own path within the hour of sounds that Nono has offered.
When his attention focuses on the violin, Nono sits close to the performer, entering a most intimate and secret space that listeners cannot access. Nono listens with the ears of the violinist, and together with them, explores the stuttering of the bow before the string, the uncertainty of the fingers exploring the fingerboard, searching for a way into the oscillation of the sound before it is heard. It is within these minutiae that the violin utters its first sounds, and the listeners are drawn closer and closer to the strings, within the smallest of the dynamics.
“La lontananza” is conceived as a mental space, and it develops as a real space. The recorded material and the violin explore the unique peculiarities of each room where they perform, moving through islands of sounds and clouds of silence, estranged sounds and enveloping vibrations.
Each performance develops in a different and unforeseeable experience.
Performers:
Marco Fusi
Marco Fusi is a violinist/violist, a researcher in music performance, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time.
Among many collaborations with emerging and established composers, he has premiered works by Jessie Marino, Giacinto Scelsi, Yu Kuwabara, Salvatore Sciarrino and Kristine Tjøgersen, among others. Marco has performed with Pierre Boulez, Elena Schwarz, Lorin Maazel, Susanna Mälkki, Alan Gilbert, and frequently plays with leading contemporary ensembles including Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Meitar Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Linea. He has recorded several solo albums, published by Kairos, Stradivarius, Col Legno, Da Vinci, Geiger Grammofon, New Focus Recordings. Marco also plays viola d’amore, commissioning new pieces and collaborating with composers to promote and expand existing repertoire for the instrument. He is currently Professor of Violin at the Conservatory of Alessandria and Fellow Researcher at the Orpheus Instituut of Gent.
Michelle Helene Mackenzie
Michelle Helene Mackenzie is a musician, artist, and researcher who works across electronic, ambient, and noise music. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music at the University of California, San Diego. Mackenzie combines electronics, synthesis, voice, field recording, and amplified objects. She has released music independently and collaboratively with ISLA, Hotham Sound, and Music From Memory’s Second Circle, and has a collaborative forthcoming release with GRM Portraits. She has performed at INA-GRM’s Live Electronics Series, Leaving Records’s Listen to Music Outside in the Daylight Under a Free, Deep Blue (various), New Forms Festival, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Interplay Festival, Polygon Gallery, Sunset Terrace, UC San Diego, and various other events. Her sound works and commissions have been shown with 221A (Vancouver), Active Cultures (Los Angeles), Albertinum (Dresden), Dynamo Arts Association (Vancouver) Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (Buffalo), Esker Foundation (Calgary), the Hand (NYC), Kadist Gallery (San Francisco), National Audiovisual Centre of Luxembourg (Dudelange), Patel Brown (Toronto/Montreal), Richmond Art Gallery, SFU Galleries (Vancouver), Unitt/Pitt (Vancouver), and Western Front (Vancouver).
Bobby McElver
Bobby McElver is a sound designer and composer who works in theater, dance, music and spatial audio for the performing arts. As a member of the iconoclastic Wooster Group from 2011 to 2016, he worked closely with founder and artistic director Elizabeth LeCompte on several of their experimental works, including “Early Shaker Spirituals,” “The Room,” “Vieux Carré,” “Hamlet,” “Early Plays,” and more.
As an artist-engineer, McElver’s research focuses on developing new spatial audio technology — specifically Wave Field Synthesis and “sound holograms” — and applying the technology in context of an artistic work. In 2018 he fabricated a Wave Field Synthesis array with 372 loudspeakers based on research at The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (EMPAC). One of the most extensive WFS arrays in the world, it allows him to place sound accurately in 3D space, creating “holophones,” or sounds that float and move in physical space. He is an associate professor of sound design with the UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance.
About the IDEAS Program
The IDEAS initiative aims to encourage interdisciplinary performing, visual, and literary-artists, as well as engineers and scientists, to take advantage of the Qualcomm Institute’s advanced audio-visual facilities, services and personnel in staging performances and presentations of new and experimental works and research. To learn more and to access a list of upcoming IDEAS performances for the 2024 season, visit https://ideas.ucsd.edu/.
This performance of Nono’s “La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura” was made possible with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles.
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish with Special Guest: TERRY LONGSHORE
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)WEDS@7 red fish blue fish with TERRY LONGSHORE
Wednesday, February 28th at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Music Center | Experimental Theater
UC San Diego Music welcomes the return of alumnus TERRY LONGSHORE - Professor of Music, Artist in Residence, and Director of Percussion Studies at Southern Oregon University.
- John Cage Third Construction (1942)
- Mackxswell and Terry Longshore Trap Hat (2022)
- Terry Longshore Kangaroopak Sardha (2015)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen Mikrophonie (1965)
red fish blue fish:
Mitchell Carlstrom, Michael Jones, Kosuke Matsuda, Steven Schick, Yongyun Zhang, Camilo Zamudio, with Terry Longshore
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ItsTheReal at The Loft
Thursday, February 29th, 2024 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free. All ages. Open to the Public.
Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, brothers known collectively as ItsTheReal, are regarded as two of the most captivating storytellers and interviewers within the music space. Their prolific body of work spanning the past fifteen years encompasses pioneering podcasts, ingenious sketch videos, and compelling writing, all of which have garnered acclaim from reputable publications such as The New York Times and the LA Review of Books. A wide array of luminaries, including Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Cardi B, Questlove, Nipsey Hussle, Meg Thee Stallion and countless others, have sat down with ItsTheReal, who set themselves apart through the authentic expression of their identities, unconventional approach to questioning, and an infusion of absurdist humor.
In 2023, ItsTheReal rolled out their magnum opus, The Blog Era, a narrative podcast about the massively important bridge between Napster and the streaming services, shining a light on the anonymous people behind keyboards who went around the gatekeepers, brought industries to their knees and changed the course of pop culture. Eric and Jeff partnered with Pharrell Williams and his company OTHERtone to distribute the series, which has been universally celebrated and honored with four Signal Awards.
Join us on Thursday February 29 at The Loft at UC San Diego for an essential discussion on one of hip-hop's most riveting eras and the artists, blogs and conditions that defined it. We'll also dive into our current climate, and the chaotic intersection between artists, labels, journalists, media, economics and technology.
This event is presented by the UC-San Diego Music Department. It will be hosted by Timothy "Ill Poetic" Gmeiner (a current music graduate student and artist born from the blog era), and features a DJ set by San Diego's legendary Abjo (Soulection/Ashe).
This event is free, all ages and open to the public. No RSVP required.
When: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Where: The Loft (UC-San Diego, Price Center)
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DISPLACEMENT: Aaron Mencher, composition installation
Monday, March 4th, 2024 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. No RSVP necessary.
This program will not be streamed.
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DISPLACEMENT: Aaron Mencher, composition installation
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. No RSVP necessary.
This program will not be streamed.
Event Program (PDF)Aaron Mencher writes “sophisticated and compelling” (Boston New Music Initiative) contemporary classical music. Currently, his music focuses on the concepts of utopias, hyperreality, and multimedia collaboration. His artistic practice frequently includes electronic components such as generative scores, DIY hardware electronics, and spatialized audio.
Recently, the Mivos Quartet premiered his piece “Articulate Particulate” for string quartet and generative score in collaboration with geologist Dr. Emily Chin. Additionally, his installation “Displacement” was recently presented with Project [Blank]. Aaron has additional premieres scheduled with Palimpsest Ensemble, violist Caleb Henry, flutist Adeline DeBella, and cellists Robbie Bui and Peter Ko. Previous collaborators include the St. Louis Symphony, Albany Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, violinist Patti Kilroy, cellist Dave Eggar, and many others. Aaron has also received recognition from organizations such as ASCAP, The American Modern Ensemble, The Boston New Music Initiative, NAfME, the European-American Musical Alliance, the American Prize, and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York.
In addition, he has worked on a variety of dramatic projects. He was the sound designer for Grippy Sock Vacation, a new play written by Beth Hyland, which premiered at the 2023 Wagner New Play Festival. Aaron scored a documentary directed by Katie Schnell, and the short film Maggephah directed by Atlanta-based filmmaker Brad McGaughey.
Aaron is currently a PhD student at the University of California San Diego. His teachers include Michelle Lou, Marcos Balter, and Oscar Bettison.
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WEDS@7 Changing Light - Music for International Women's Day
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $15 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)Susan Narucki and Kirsten Ashley Wiest, sopranos
Alex Greenbaum, cellist
Alexander Ishov, flutist
A musical celebration of International Womens' Day featuring vocal chamber music rarely heard in the United States, curated by Susan Narucki, award winning soprano and Distinguished Professor of Music at UC San Diego, joined by superb guest artists Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano, Alex Greenbaum, cellist and Alexander Ishov, flute.
Changing Light honors remarkable composers from across the globe. Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, now in her nineties, has written an astonishing array of powerful works, from large scale symphonic and choral works to intimate, eclectic chamber music. Her Letter to Rimma Dalos for voice and cello is a tribute to the great Russian poet.
German-American composer Ursula Mamlok was an essential voice in the modernist New York scene of the mid 20 th century as well as an important teacher of composition. With exquisite attention to balance in form and attuned to fine gradations of instrumental and vocal color, her Stray Birds, for coloratura soprano, flute and cello, are jewel-like settings of poems of Rabindranath Tagore.
Colombian born composer Alba Potes' distinctive music combines beautifully defined formal structures, with a subtle underpinning of Latin American traditional music. One of Mamlok's most distinguished mentees, Potes' moving TRINOS, written for Susan Narucki and Kirsten Ashley Wiest to poems by Javier Tafur Gonzalez, will be presented in its world premiere.
The late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was one of music's most important composers, writing exceptional music in the genres of opera, chamber music, choral works and music combination with electronics. We honor her by presenting her iconic From the Grammar of Dreams for two sopranos and her Changing Light for soprano and cello, a gentle prayer for grace and serenity.
Join us for a remarkable fusion of poetry and music created by exceptional women.
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Undergraduate Listening Room
Thursday, March 7th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, March 7th, 2024 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Bass Ensemble: In Memory of ROBERT BLACK
Friday, March 8th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego BASS ENSEMBLE Concert
Directed by Mark Dresser
In Memory of Robert Black
Friday March 8, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST
Conrad Prebys Music Center | Experimental Theater
The influential and beloved new music bassist Robert Black (1956-2023)
A Founding Member of Bang On A Can All-Stars
Champion of new solo works composed for the double bass
Works by
John Luther Adams
Robert Carl
J.S. Bach
Giacinto Scelso
Aphex Twin
UC San Diego Bass Ensemble:
Mark Dresser, Matthew Henson, Andrew Crapitto, Angelica Pruitt, Luke Holley
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, March 8th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Saturday Night Jazz - 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, March 9th, 2024 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)The 95JC concert will feature an ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some new compositions written and arranged by student musicians. Instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
Directed by Kamau Kenyatta
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Piano Studio Recital
Monday, March 11th, 2024 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Camilo Zamudio, percussion - DMA Recital
Monday, March 11th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Camilo Zamudio, a member of the percussion ensmeble red fish blue flsh, presents his first DMA recitlal in conteporary percussion performance.
Program features:
Flying Bear (2014) Wilfrido Terrazas (1974)
Le Livre des Claviers (1988) Philippe Manoury (1952)
IV Solo de vibraphone
Temazcal (1984) Javier Alvarez (1956-2023)
Ritmología (1988) Jesús Pinzón Urrea (1928-2016)
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Alex Taylor, composition - PhD dissertation recital
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Dissertation recital by Alex Taylor featuring four new works:
Obtuse Strategies (2023), for solo piano
Agee Songs (2023), for voice and piano
A Handful of False Starts and Dead Ends (2020), for octet
Interviews (2024), for large ensemble
This recital is a culmination of the compositional work I have done during my time at UCSD, and involves a large number of treasured collaborators, including Henry Wong Doe, Susan Narucki, Steven Schick, and Kyle Adam Blair. The concert will feature the premiere of Interviews, a substantial new work for instruments and voices, drawing on recorded interviews with my mother, and exploring issues of memory, identity, and family.
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $20 | UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10 | All Students : Free with ID Purchase Online
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Event Program (PDF)UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Matthew Henson
Performs
Beethoven’s Overture to "Egmont"
and Brahms’s Symphony No. 3
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MUS 33B FINAL REC
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 2:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)New compositions by undergraduate composers:
HANNAH ERLANDSON, SAUL ARANA , OWEN WHITE, JACK MELCHER, OLIVIA YANG, COLBY SAPERA
Performed by: KIT JACK CHAN AND ANDREW CRAPITTO
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble is formed with selected string students from MUS130 (Chamber Ensemble Class) directed by Takae Ohnishi. The program includes J.S.Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, G.B.Sammartini's Symphonia in F major and A.Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor. Please come and enjoy "The Baroque Night!" with us at the beautiful Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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MUS 202 Synthesizer Ensemble
Thursday, March 14th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Grad Synth Ensemble Full Concert - Thursday, March 14th, 2024 at Warren Lecture Hall, Studio B
Instructed by Tom Erbe in Winter 2024: witness an exciting journey through the world of modular synthesis.
Performers included Emir Chacra, Yifan Guo, Natalia Merlano Gómez, Myles Ortiz Green, Zehao Wang, Han Zhang, and David Aguila.
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95C Concert Choir
Thursday, March 14th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)95C Concert Choir presents: Les Miserables and West Side Story.
The program will be:
1.- Medley from " Les Miserables". Music by Claud-Michel Schönberg. Arranged by Ed Lojeski
2.- Choral Suite from "West Side Story". Music by Leonard Bernstein. Arranged by Mac Huff.
Piano accompanist: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
Instructor: Miguel Zazueta
MUS 95C Concert Choir presents a program with some of the most beautiful music written for musical theatre. Please join us in this wonderful concert!
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 14th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Jones, presents their Winter concert:
Overture to “Colas Breugnon” (1937/2003) Dimitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) arr. Donald Hunsberger
Lincolnshire Posy (1937/2010) Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
1. Dublin Bay (Lisbon)
2. Horkstow Grange
3. Rufford Park Poachers
4. The Brisk Young Sailor
5. Lord Melbourne
6. The Lost Lady Found
Katherine Pittman, guest conductor
Vitality (2022) Gala Flagello (b. 1994)
II Concerto for Clarinet (2011-12) Óscar Navarro (b. 1981)
Randy Lew, solo clarinet
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Matthew Henson, double bass - DMA Recital
Friday, March 15th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)Matthew Henson, originally from Kennesaw, Georgia, is a bassist, theorist, and conductor of classical, contemporary, and experimental music. In 2020, Matthew graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance and a minor in Contemporary Music Theory and Applied Composition, studying with Todd Seeber and Efstratios Minakakis, respectively. While in Boston, he performed with many New England orchestras, including Symphony New Hampshire, the Cambridge Symphony, the Pierre Monteux Festival Orchestra, and was the principal of the Boston Civic Symphony. Beyond the orchestra, he is a founding member of and the bassist for Alinéa, a chamber ensemble devoted to contemporary performance. As a theorist, Matthew has focused on the music of Rebecca Saunders, exploring its unique forms and motivic usages. As a conductor, Matthew has been an Associate at the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina and has performed with NEC orchestras, choirs, and chamber ensembles, conducting standard and contemporary repertoire, including numerous premiers of works by NEC colleagues. Currently, he is a graduate student at UC San Diego, studying Contemporary Double Bass Performance with Mark Dresser.
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UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble
Friday, March 15th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)The MUS 130 Chamber Ensemble students instructed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi present their Fall 2023 final concert in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Friday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus NEXUS
Saturday, March 16th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Nexus is a symphonic journey curated by Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel.
Celebrate the awakening of spring with Lili Boulanger's D’un Matin de Printemps. Discover Nina Shekhar's Lumina, a contemporary masterpiece that bridges the gap between tradition and innovation.
Immerse yourself in Debussy's La Mer, a sonic depiction of the majestic sea. The evening concludes with Poulenc's Gloria.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus NEXUS
Sunday, March 17th, 2024 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Nexus is a symphonic journey curated by Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel.
Celebrate the awakening of spring with Lili Boulanger's D’un Matin de Printemps. Discover Nina Shekhar's Lumina, a contemporary masterpiece that bridges the gap between tradition and innovation.
Immerse yourself in Debussy's La Mer, a sonic depiction of the majestic sea. The evening concludes with Poulenc's Gloria.
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Vocal Masterclass, 32VM
Sunday, March 17th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Natalia Merlano-Gomez instructs MUS 32VM Vocal Master Class for their end-of-term performanaces.
Accompanied by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair.
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KNOWING / NOT KNOWING
Sunday, March 17th, 2024 7:00 pm
UC San Diego Park & Market
General Admission: $10-$15 via eventbrite link
KNOWING / NOT KNOWING (2022-2024)
A new multimedia work by Roger Reynolds.
Narrator, recorded voices, mixed chorus, 2 percussion, trombone, 8-channel sound and video projections.
World premiere performance: Sunday, 17 March 2024, 7 pm
UC San Diego Park & Market
1100 Market Street, San Diego
Description By The Composer
What can I as an individual know? What seems out of reach? In fact, how does “knowing” come about? In everyday life, one faces such questions constantly. One is perplexed by events, by the opinions of others, with deciding how to act in circumstances with immediate or more long-term implications. In contrast, other moments can feel immediately “right”. There’s no friction. Living in this world of disrupted comfort, we seek perspective. KNOWING / NOT KNOWING is an 80-minute musical work for narrator, recorded actors, live and filmed performers, projected imagery, San Diego’s SACRA / PROFANA Chorus, and 8- channel sound movement. The work’s text has nine sections spanning Infancy and Individuation through Communality and Knowledge. It is a montage of more than two dozen sources ranging from ancient Persian and Indian wisdom, through the contemporary voices of Chinua Achebe, Wallace Stevens, James Baldwin, Simone Weil, Albert Camus, Amanda Gorman, Carlo Rovelli, David Brooks, Toni Morrison and many others. Although their perspectives span time and arise from the living of contrasted lives, the composite weave feels natural: many voices speaking as one about the lives we all lead. “Trust implies a willingness to depend upon another.” … “Compassion is a miracle more astonishing than walking on water.” … “Make yourself into an agent – consistent, unified and whole.” … “Every human being is a miracle.”
Experiencing KNOWING not only entails a kaleidoscopic array of observations, but frames and interconnects their content with a central musical score that stems from the world of lullabies: a mother singing to her child. Computer technologies allow individual phrases, nested dialogs, and shared ruminations to move choreographically across the performance space, circling around and through the audience. And what a listener experiences will not only come from the work’s sources and the efforts of those who realize it in performance, but will also include the literal voices of the community in which the finished work is heard. In a tenth section, the community speaks back to the work with its own voice.
Our diverse, dynamic, and turbulent world offers opportunity and peril in comparable proportion. If one cares about what they observe and wants to use who they are and what they can do to respond in useful ways, what to do? KNOWING seeks to address our perplexing encounters with the world. It involves a process of investment that hopes to clarify terrain, diminish tensions, and enable action.
Acknowledgements
The realization of KNOWING / NOT KNOWING has been generously supported by Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, to whom we are deeply indebted.
We also acknowledge the important support of UC San Diego's Park & Market Facility, and the UC San Diego Department of Music, as well as the many KNOWING collaborators whose energies and imagination have been and continue to be essential, including: Robert Castro, Steven Schick, Kyle Johnson, Peter Sellars, Jacob Sundstrom, Karen Reynolds, Juan Castro Acosta, Shahrokh Yadegari, Paul Hembree, Berk Schneider, Aiyun Huang, Kosuke Matsuda, Jessica Flores, Andrew Munsey, Andrew Waltz, Jennifer Ziemba, and, of course, Producer Leslie Leytham.
UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies has a mission to serve the critical lifelong learning needs of individuals, organizations, and the community, which includes the cultivation of arts enrichment and cultural experiences in the region. We are dedicated to sharing unique and diverse performances to foster vibrant and inclusive artistic encounters. The collaboration with internationally recognized composer Roger Reynolds on the KNOWING / NOT KNOWING Project aligns with these institutional commitments and helps ensure the transformative power of his innovative work reaches a broad audience.
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“UC San Diego Extended Studies is thrilled to collaborate with Roger Reynolds on the KNOWING / NOT KNOWING project. This performance explores the uniquely human quality of self-knowledge and how this innate ability evolves from infancy to adulthood as the boundaries between self and other are explored. Roger's body of work has contributed greatly to our region's creative legacy, leaving an indelible mark on the intersection of art and innovation. The addition of KNOWING / NOT KNOWING amplifies his influence.”
- Andrew Waltz, Director of Arts Management, UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies.
Creative Team
Roger Reynolds, composer
Kyle Johnson, filmmaker and video design
Jacob Sundstrom, electronics and sound design
Robert Castro, stage director
Steven Schick, conductor
Juan Carlos Acosta, choir conductor
Leslie Ann Leytham, creative producer
With Performances By
Aiyun Huang, percussion
Berk Schneider, trombone
Kosuke Matsuda, percussion
Monique Gaffney, actor
SACRA / PROFANA, choir
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Monday, March 18th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)one fish two fish Percussion Ensemble is excited to present their Winter Quarter concert! Please join us Monday, March 18 at 7 P.M. to experience an array of modern chamber percussion music ranging from John Cage's Credo in US (1942) to Alexis Lamb's Lyric Dusk (2023). one fish two fish is an ensemble of undergraduate volunteers dedicated to music making of the highest quality through recent percussion repertoire.
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ArtPower presents Boarte Piano Trio
Friday, April 5th, 2024 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by the Triton Box Office
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Electroacoustic Workshop with Earl Howard, Anthony Davis, and Gerry Hemingway
Thursday, April 11th, 2024 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
FREE Electro-Acoustic Workshop with Earl Howard, Anthony Davis, and Gerry Hemingway!
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IDEAS: Gravebirth
Thursday, April 11th, 2024 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall
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Gravebirth is a group audio-visual-movement improvisation through which we represent parallel stories confronting social oppression. Nasim Khorassani contributed a poetic text, Zendegi (life), by contemporary Iranian woman poet Erfan Nazar Ahari. This text illustrates an old woman giving birth in a grave. In a reversed life process, the poem shows offspring in combat, emerging from the death zone into that of life. Kosuke Matsuda offered the novel “Silence” by Syusaku Endo, a story of Japanese Christians’ religious oppression in the 17th century. Neither of these texts aims to transcribe history merely but instead attempts to define the real figure of humanity.
With these texts in hand, a wide-ranging collaboration ensued. We united the texts across their respective historical moments through sound, movement, and visuals, including light and projection. Through this, we aimed to make a hopeful and optimistic expression of solidarity with the Woman-Life-Freedom movement in Iran.
Gravebirth embeds performers and audience members in a sonic space consisting of sampled folksong, noise, drone, and silence. The space also contains suspended resonant pipes, standing in for the suspended political state of people fighting for freedom. During the course of the piece, the pipes are cut down, representing the fraught, dangerous, indeed deadly process of people freeing themselves in the course of political action. Gravebirth’s interrupted heavy silences represent God’s silence in response to the Japanese Christians’ prayers and the silence of the oppressed, particularly Iranian women, as they prepare to erupt into combat. Gravebirth aims to find one of the threads that could partially de(re)construct the enormous complexity of humanity, including emotional conflict and the sound of a surge in blood pressure when you, in your struggles, face the overbearing presence of silence.
Curated by: Kosuke Matsuda
More information: https://ideas.ucsd.edu/lamp-presents-gravebirth/
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Earl Howard with Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, and Steph Richards
Friday, April 12th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Anthony Davis and The Cecil Lytle African and African-American Music Endowment Initiative presents composer/performer EARL HOWARD in concert.
EARL HOWARD (synthesizers, saxophone) will perform with ANTHONY DAVIS (piano), STEPH RICHARDS (trumpet), MARK DRESSER (double bass), and GERRY HEMINGWAY (drums).
Earl Howard's music showcases real-time processing of ensemble instruments, crafting a seamless electro-acoustic soundscape. The upcoming concert will present a variety of works for the ensemble, including duets and a solo performance by Earl Howard himself.
Earl Howard, Gerry Hemingway, Distinguished Professor of Music Mark Dresser, and Anthony Davis have nurtured a creative collaboration spanning over 40 years. Joining them for the April 12th concert is trumpet dynamo and UC San Diego Professor of Music, Steph Richards.
The musical partnership between Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Distinguished Professor of Music, Anthony Davis, and Earl Howard commenced with the piece "Particle W" for piano and "Quarks 2" for the ensemble Episteme, including a duet with Ursula Oppens and Davis. Utilizing the Kurzweil, Earl Howard contributed electronic music for Davis's operas: "Wakonda's Dream," "Lear on the 2nd Floor," and "The Central Park Five." Howard played a pivotal role in Davis's clarinet concerto, "You Have the Right to Remain Silent," initially with J.D. Parran on clarinet and contra-alto clarinet, and more recently with Anthony McGill.
Earl Howard's residency at UC San Diego serves as a prelude to his upcoming performance on April 16th, where he will be featuring Anthony Davis's "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" alongside clarinetist Anthony McGill. The performance will be part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series, under the baton of renowned composer John Adams.
ABOUT EARL HOWARD:
Earl Howard has been performing his compositions in the United States and Europe for over fifty years. His recent compositions include music for live electronics, electronic tape music as well as music for electronics and instruments. Earl Howard's method of creating orchestrated sounds with electronics and adding live, improvisational performance creates a unique, densely layered composition. Howard has performed at numerous venues including Merkin Hall, the Whitney Museum, The Kitchen, The Knitting Factory, Roulette, and Carnegie Recital Hall. In 2011 Earl Howard received a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2004 his first sound installation was commissioned for the Tiffany Collection at the Queens Museum of Art. In the spring of 2003 Howard had a Regents Fellowship at UCSD. Howard received three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. In 1998 Howard was the recipient of Harvard's Fromm Foundation Commission. He graduated from California Institute of the Arts in Music Composition in 1974.
Recently Howard has performed frequently at UCSB, Roulette, the Herbst Theater, The Stone, and Merkin Hall with improvisers including; Georg Graewe, Mari Kimura, Mark Dresser, Anne LeBaron, Evan Parker, Thomas Buckner, and George Lewis. In 2005 he premiered a live improvisation with David Wessel at CINMAT in Berkeley, California. In 2006 he premiered Waftings in Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. In 2006 he was commissioned by the Donaueschingen Festival to produce a new ensemble work, Clepton. He also performed and composed for the Acoustmania Festival in Romania and Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon Festival 2006 in Austria. In 2007 Earl Howard was a special guest synthesizer performer and sound designer with the Perspectives Ensemble at the Miller Theatre and with the with Opera Omaha for Anthony Davis’s opera Wakonda’s Dream. In 2012 he premiered a composition made possible through his Guggenheim Fellowship “Superstring” in New York. This piece brought together musicians Wu Wei, Allan Jaffe, Miya Masaoka, Ernst Reijseger, Mark Dresser, Harris Eisenstadt, and Earl Howard.
Earl Howard’s compositions have been recorded by a number of musicians including Anthony Davis' recording of "Particle W", for piano and tape, released on the Gramavision label and Gerry Hemingway's recording of "D.R. for Solo percussion" on the Auricle Record label. The recording, "Pele’s Tears" is from ten years of his electronic music on the Random Acoustics Label and "Fire Song" on Erstwhile Records with hyperpianist, Denman Maroney. "Strong Force" for ensemble and electronics was released on Mutable Music's Label in the Spring of 2003. “Clepton” and “Granulary Modality” were recently released by New World Records.
Earl Howard has also produced numerous soundtracks for some of the leading film and video artists including Nam June Paik, Mary Lucier, Rii Kanzaki, Bob Harris, and Bill Brand.
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FROM THE LINER NOTES TO GRANULAR MODALITY ON NEW WORLD RECORDS
I first encountered Earl Howard’s music in 1980 with his work V & T, which was composed for the violinist Shem Guibbory. I was greatly impressed by his command of texture and the subtle interaction between the soloist and the tape. Initially I felt the soloist was controlled by the tape music but the piece fostered a nuanced performance with a refreshing attention to detail within a relatively restricted musical realm. I felt a connection to this new music because it resonated with my desire to create ensemble music in which compositional aims could be achieved through directed improvisation. I was pleased when he decided to create a new work for piano and tape, Particle W. Particle W was the beginning of a creative collaboration with Earl that continues to this day.
Working on Particle W I was introduced to a new vocabulary of musical terms that were certainly unique in the improvised sphere. His directions for the piano were very specific, not necessarily about pitch or even rhythmic gesture, but about the relationship of the “improvised” material to the tape music. The tape music moved through various textures divided into sections that featured subtle transitions. I had to negotiate very specific musical identities whether playing points with space, bandwidth games, or the beating tones of microtonal harmonics. The terminology for the piano textures came from electronic music. Directions were not metaphoric but a concrete design of interaction and play within a dynamically evolving musical frame. I was always aware of the fixity of tape music, the idea that the piece provided a clock, an organization and frame for the timing of events. This was not altogether different from playing a concerto where the performer must not only realize the inherent structure of the piece but reveal the structure as a new discovery for each performance. The piece excited me because it shattered the anachronistic idea of improvisation and composition as an oppositional binary. Howard’s innovations suggest that music can be realized in a continuum of interaction and design.
The only limitation in Particle W and Monopole, the subsequent work that Earl created for piano duet with Ursula Oppens and me, was that ultimately the tape maintained control. It dictated the duration and succession of events. The sounds and textures for Particle W, Monopole, and the tape composition Pele’s Tears were all created with a Serge system that Howard describes as an analog computer. With new technology, particularly the Kurzweil K2600, he could create music in real time. The music could be truly interactive within a complex, replicable design. The music could flow through textures and processes that were never static. Textures and ideas could transform and evolve over time. Howard did not conceive sound as an environment or a sonic field but as dynamic forces in motion. The sounds and textures could have behaviors and probabilities rather than static, unrelenting fixity.
In many respects Earl Howard’s music is an anomaly that resists categorization and the seductiveness of genre. He is an important force in improvised music and yet his work employs complex structures and rigorous transitions of sound and texture. His electro-acoustic music is realized with a Kurzweil K2600 that for Howard is not merely a keyboard synthesizer, but as he has described, an open system, a computer with a most effective interface with modules and a key map that enable more freedom in the composer’s creation of textures. The keys, pedals, and sliders on the instrument are in effect switches that can accomplish various musical tasks determined by the composer. Howard does not play the Kurzweil as a mere keyboard; the tactile interface with it allows for a musicality and subtlety that cannot be achieved by most artists working on laptops that feature a visual interface. Howard’s performances on the Kurzweil are embodied and the physical relationship of performer to music and action is self-evident. His painstaking programming of the Kurzweil creates a space for the intuitive mind and the improviser’s imagination. I have witnessed experts in computer music who are stunned by what he is able to achieve with effects and processes that would be impossible for the laptop in realtime.
Howard’s music challenges many assumptions about electro-acoustic music and the role of electronic music. In most electro-acoustic music today the electronic elements are limited to either an attenuation of the instrument in so-called hyper-instruments or in the creation of static environments that provide background for acoustic instruments. Very few composers working in computer music today are interested in new sounds or textures or sound transformation and are more concerned with the movement of sound in virtual spaces, the concert hall as a projected set of headphones.
Earl Howard grew up in Los Angeles. As a child, he was influenced by film music and he was fascinated by the way music and sound in films provided shifting perspectives, moving from large masses of sound like a posse on horseback to an individualized perspective of a bullet whistling overhead. Films provided sound in constant motion forming shifting points of view, from the dense to the spare, from the echoes of space to the violent confrontation. He attended California Institute of the Arts where he studied under the composer Morton Subotnick and the celebrated improviser Buell Neidlinger. Howard also studied saxophone with Phil Sobel. He is a virtuoso on the saxophone, performing on the alto as well as the soprano saxophone and the saxello. Sobel abhorred patterns and licks and emphasized the disruption of patterns by asking for random pitches during exercises. This served Howard well in the future because his music always engages in creative disruption, not allowing the improviser to dwell in the known clichés and patterns of playing and demanding that the performer listen and understand the movement and transformation of texture within the composition.
In the three solo works presented on Granular Modality, one can observe the striking continuity of Howard’s aesthetic approach. All three pieces employ a flexible script of material that transforms and modulates from texture to texture. Each section in the composition represents a complex sound world that is not simply multiphonics or sub-harmonics, for example, but an exchange, an interplay that is both directional in terms of an overall sense of form and discursive in its oppositional characteristics. The discursive elements in Howard’s playing on the saxophone and on the synthesizer convey a restless approach toward material. Musical material and texture always change and evolve. On the synthesizer this is accomplished with a scripted succession of programs, textures, and behaviors that can overlap and be revealed over time. The scripted flow of events creates a coherent overall structure that is malleable in terms of duration and nuance.
Distinction between the improvised and the composed becomes irrelevant, as the order of events, the script, remains the same as the details are revealed in the action of improvisation. The binary of composition and improvisation is an anachronism and inadequately describes a creative process that embraces immediacy and formal complexity.
Bird 3 (2006), a solo work for Kurzweil, opens the recording. The piece employs sharp contrasts of musical material with abrupt changes of texture. In a way the piece has a nostalgic quality as it negotiates a virtual history of electronic music from the Columbia-Princeton sine waves to musique concrète to the exploration of granular synthesis and noise. The piece is breathtaking in its virtuosity, filled with surprise and the unexpected. At times the piece builds with rhythmic momentum and then collapses into a mass of sound like a flock of birds drifting in and out of formation moving across a stereo field. Bird 3 has a unique spaciousness and in the piece Howard explores silences that disturb the expectation and predictability of cross-fades. Strasser 60 (2009) is the other Kurweil solo on the recording. In both pieces the listener is startled by the variety of sound and texture that are complexly defined, hardly ever sounding like a conventional instrument. In the opening sections of Strasser 60 the transformations are less abrupt, with large, dense textures that vie for attention. Textures collide and are augmented by harmonics and colorful elaboration with the occasional introduction of tonality and downward moving glissandi. This reveals Howard’s mastery in orchestration as the piece finally resolves into a pedal-point drone that dissipates into a sheen of harmonics, a sublimation of the tonal center.
2455 (2009) is a work for alto saxophone featuring the composer. Works for solo saxophone remain an important facet of Howard’s music. This piece follows his work on 5 Saxophone Solos. Unlike Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell, two other important composers who performed music for solo saxophone, Howard creates longer, more elaborate musical structures that are multi-thematic, employing a variety of extended techniques. He never limits himself to one idea in a piece. The composition morphs and transforms, negotiating contrasting textures and sounds.
The piece opens with breathy sub-harmonics creating a microtonal melody. He uses his glissando technique with an oblique nod to Johnny Hodges. Howard’s control of his instrument is especially impressive in his attention to dynamics and timbre, employing soft multiphonic textures and sub-tone melodies. Howard’s process of composition in his solo saxophone works is similar to his approach on the synthesizer. He explores contrasting sections of material in an array of varying approaches to technique and sound. Listening to his performance one often arrives at unexpected places like the folksy, Albert Ayler reference in the middle of the solo. The solo has a strong sense of structure while revealing a playfully melodic vision.
Crupper (2009) features Miya Masaoka on koto with the composer on synthesizer. Crupper begins with the koto alone and the listener is struck by the sense of space. The koto plays around D minor emphasizing the flat fifth, A-flat, like a blues. Later, the koto emphasizes a pentatonic modal scale introducing the E-flat against the D. This establishes a tonal center that will be felt throughout most of the piece. The music takes its time to reveal itself. The synthesizer enters as a shadow of the koto as Howard begins the processing of the koto. Slowly the interaction becomes more rhythmic with repeating figures in the koto but the synthesizer never overwhelms the acoustic koto as Masaoka moves to bowed figures on the koto and later percussive sounds beating on the wood. In the beginning sections of the piece the synthesizer plays a more subordinate role, mirroring and attenuating the melodic figures of the koto. This piece is rather unique in Howard’s music with its slow, almost ritualistic unfolding and with the presence of a predominant tonal center. The synthesizer gently disturbs and extends the tonality, slowly moving toward stochastic textures, less tonally defined, juxtaposed against the prevailing D tonal center in the koto. When Masaoka moves to more percussive sounds, the gravitational pull of tonality begins to abate as the synthesizer employs more stochastic sounds. Later, Masaoka plays microtonal figures with the synthesizer. The piece concludes with a drone in the synthesizer that recalls the D tonality in the beginning of the piece. The roles of the koto and the synthesizer are effectively reversed at the end of the piece with the koto providing melodic embellishment of the drone.
The piece has a fascinating tension between tonality and sound, finding a delicate balance between the stochastic and the melodic.
Earl Howard is a unique voice in new music. His sound world is probably the most rich and varied in electronic music and his playing on the saxophone reinforces a singular vision of music and sound. He draws from a wide range of influences across racial, social, and aesthetic barriers.
New music of the late twentieth century is not only defined by Stockhausen, Cage, and Varèse, but Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Ellington, and even Hank Williams provide the foundation for music today, shattering the anachronistic boundaries between the improvised and the composed.
Howard understands the history and development of electronic music without being constrained by its past. His music avoids the facile eclecticism so prevalent in music today. He has created his own idiosyncratic world of sound.
—Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis is a composer, pianist, and Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California San Diego.
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WEDS@7: Pianist Stephen Drury performs Charles Ives
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)Charles Ives: The Complete Sonatas for Piano
Stephen Drury, piano
First Sonata
- Adagio con moto
- Allegro moderato; “In the Inn”
- Adagio
- “not for the lilies lying back in soft dress-circle cushion to lap up pretty velvet sound with their soft ears”; Allegro
- Andante maestoso
Three Page Sonata
* intermission *
Sonata #2, “Concord, Mass. 1840 – 1860”
- Emerson
- Hawthorne
- The Alcotts
- Thoreau
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Pianist STEPHEN DRURY, in concert
Pianist and conductor STEPHEN DRURY has performed throughout the world with a repertoire that stretches from Bach to Liszt to the music of today. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Barbican Centre and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Cité de la Musique in Paris, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and from Arkansas to Seoul. A champion of contemporary music, he has taken the sound of dissonance into remote corners of Pakistan, Greenland and Montana.
In 1985 Stephen Drury was chosen by Affiliate Artists for its Xerox Pianists Program, and performed in residencies with symphony orchestras in San Diego, Cedar Rapids, San Angelo, Spokane, and Stamford. He has since performed or recorded with the American Composers Orchestra, the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the Springfield (Massachusetts) and Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestras, and the Romanian National Symphony. Drury was a prize-winner in the Carnegie Hall/Rockefeller Foundation Competitions in American Music, and was selected by the United States Information Agency for its Artistic Ambassador Program and a 1986 European recital tour. A second tour in the fall of 1988 took him to Pakistan, Hong Kong, and Japan. He gave the first piano recitals ever in Julianehaab, Greenland, and Quetta, Pakistan. In 1989 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Drury a Solo Recitalist Fellowship which funded residencies and recitals of American music for two years. The same year he was named “Musician of the Year” by the Boston Globe.
Stephen Drury's performances of music written in the last hundred years, ranging from the piano sonatas of Charles Ives to works by György Ligeti, Frederic Rzewski and John Cage have received the highest critical acclaim. Drury has worked closely with many of the leading composers of our time, including Cage, Ligeti, Rzewski, Steve Reich, Olivier Messiaen, John Zorn, Luciano Berio, Helmut Lachenmann, Christian Wolff, Jonathan Harvey, Michael Finnissy, Lee Hyla and John Luther Adams. Drury has appeared at the MusikTriennale Koln in Germany, the Subtropics Festival in Miami, and the North American New Music Festival in Buffalo as well as at Roulette, the Knitting Factory, Tonic and The Stone in New York. At Spoleto USA, the Angelica Festival in Bologna and Oberlin Conservatory he performed as both conductor and pianist. He has conducted the Britten Sinfonia in England, the Santa Cruz New Music Works Ensemble, and the Harvard Group for New Music. In 1988 - 1989 he organized a year-long festival of the music of John Cage which led to a request from the composer to perform the solo piano part in Cage's 1O1, premiered with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in April, 1989. In 2009 Drury performed the solo piano part in the Fourth Symphony of Charles Ives, again with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Alan Gilbert. In 1999 Drury was invited by choreographer Merce Cunningham to perform onstage with Cunningham and Mikhail Barishnikov as part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Drury has also appeared in New York at Alice Tully Hall as part of the Great Day in New York Festival and on the Bargemusic series, in Boston with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and as soloist with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and with the Seattle Chamber Players in Seattle and Moscow at the International Music Festival “Images of Contemporary American Music”. In 2003 he performed and taught at the Mannes College of Music’s Beethoven Institute; in 2005 he returned to Mannes to play and teach at the Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance. That summer he was also the piano faculty at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute. In 2006, Drury’s performance of Frederic Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival was a sensation; he was invited back in 2008 to premiere Rzewski’s Natural Things with the Opus 21 Ensemble at the Gilmore Festival in Michigan and Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in New York as part of the composer’s 70th birthday. That same summer Drury appeared at Bard College’s SUMMERSCAPE Festival, and at the Cité de la Musique in Paris for a week-long celebration of the music of John Zorn. In 2007 he was invited to León, Mexico to perform music by Rzewski, Zorn and Cage at the International Festival of Contemporary Art.
Drury has commissioned new works for solo piano from John Cage, John Zorn, John Luther Adams, Terry Riley, and Chinary Ung with funding provided by Meet The Composer. He has performed with Zorn in Paris, Vienna, London, Brussels, and New York, and conducted Zorn's music in Bologna, Boston, Chicago, and in the UK and Costa Rica. In March of 1995 he gave the first performance of Zorn's concerto for piano and orchestra Aporias with Dennis Russell Davies and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra. Later that same season he gave the premiere of Basic Training for solo piano, written for him by Lee Hyla. Drury has recorded the music of John Cage, Elliott Carter, Charles Ives, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Colin McPhee, John Zorn, John Luther Adams and Frederic Rzewski, as well as works of Liszt and Beethoven, for Mode, New Albion, Catalyst, Tzadik, Avant, MusicMasters, Cold Blue, New World and Neuma.
Stephen Drury has given masterclasses at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Mannes Beethoven Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory, and in Japan, Romania, Argentina, Costa Rica, Denmark, and throughout the United States, and served on juries for the Concert Artist Guild, Gaudeamus and Orléans Concours International de Piano XXème Siècle Competitions. Drury is artistic director and conductor of the Callithumpian Consort, and he created and directs the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at New England Conservatory. Drury earned his undergraduate degree for Harvard College, and has also earned the New England Conservatory's select Artist Diploma. His teachers have included Claudio Arrau, Patricia Zander, William Masselos, Margaret Ott, and Theodore Lettvin, and conducting with Donald Thulean. He teaches at New England Conservatory, where he has directed festivals of the music of John Cage, Steve Reich, and (in 2010) Christian Wolff.
Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano with Stephen Solook, percussion
Friday, April 19th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program (PDF)VOICES: A pop-up festival of 20th/21st Music for the singing voice
UC San Diego Music alumni TIFFANY DU MOUCHELLE, soprano, with STEPHEN SOLOOK, percussion.
Soprano Tiffany Du Mouchelle is known for her fearless performances of contemporary repertoire and her commitment to bringing commissioned works to life. Currently on faculty at the University of Buffalo and a graduate of the UC San Diego Department of Music, along with husband, the distinguished percussionist Stephen Solook, they will present a program of works that celebrate stylistic diversity in contemporary musical languages, and the expressive capacity of the singing voice.
Program to include:
- Lonh, Kaija Saariaho
- The Mussels (voice and percussion), Carolyn Chen
- Bird Songs, Susan Botti
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Soprano, Tiffany Du Mouchelle is praised for her musical versatility, an electric stage presence and exceptional dramatic sensibilities. Most recognized for her fearlessness in exploring new and challenging repertoire, she ushers the voice into new realms of expressivity, including a vast array of musical styles and languages, featuring over 100 different languages and exploring the genres of classical, world, contemporary, cabaret, and theatrical works. Recipient of the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant for American Opera Singers, Du Mouchelle has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Center for Contemporary Opera, Yellow Barn Music Festival, Skålholt Summer Music Series in Iceland, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and American Composers Alliance, and in such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, The Consulate of the Republic of Poland, The New York Historical Society, The Ukrainian Institute, the residence of the United States Ambassador in Cairo, and the Acropolium in Carthage. Recent collaborations include the AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE of Stockhausen’s Sirius with Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, the MODERN PREMIERE of Karl von Seckendorff’s Proserpina (1777) combined with the WOLRD PREMIERE of Paul Botelho’s electro-acoustic mono-opera Proserpina (2016), the WORLD PREMIERE of Roger Reynolds’ JUSTICE: The Songs (Clytemnestra), the WEST COAST PREMIERE of Pasqual Dusapin’s To Be Sung (Voice Two), along with residencies at Yellow Barn and Songfest. An active chamber musician, she is the co-founder of Aurora Borealis, a voice and percussion duo with her husband, Stephen Solook. They frequently commission and perform new works, expanding the repertoire for this unusual combination. A frequent collaborator with the cultural diplomacy organization Cultures in Harmony, she has served as an instructor of voice, musical outreach specialist, and performer for projects in Cameroon, Tunisia, Egypt and Papua New Guinea. In fall 2015, Du Mouchelle moved to Buffalo, NY, joining the faculty at University at Buffalo, where she serves as the director of the vocal performance program.
Critically acclaimed percussionist Stephen Solook currently resides in Buffalo, NY. As a vivacious interpreter of contemporary music Steve has worked with such composers as Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Moravec and Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, Bruce Adolphe, and David Loeb. With co-founder, Tiffany Du Mouchelle, of the Aurora Borealis duo (for soprano and percussion) they have performed together more then any other duo of its kind. Venturously they encourage the development of and explore equally composed works for this primal combination. Mr. Solook has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Egypt, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and is a sought after concerto soloist for many ensembles and composers. As an orchestral musician, Steve has served as principal percussionist/timpanist with multiple New York City ensembles, was a member of the La Jolla Symphony in San Diego, California, and performed as an substitute percussionist with the Buffalo Philharmonic. As a member of the non-profit organization Cultures in Harmony, Mr. Solook has traveled to perform, teach, and lead workshops in Cameroon, Egypt, Mexico, and Papua New Guinea. Ethnomusicological research has brought Steve to Fiji in a search to locate and document pre-colonial music, as a conservation project with Pacific Blue Foundation. Steve has performed with Bang on a Can All-Stars, Eighth Black Bird, the International Contemporary Ensemble, red fish blue fish, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Joseph Alessi, Bob Becker, David Krakauer, Steven Schick, Lucy Shelton, Socalled, Gordon Stout, Glen Velez, and the Jose Limon Dance Company. He has had the privilege to work under such conductors as John Rutter, JoAnn Falletta, Paul Nadler, and Edwin Outwater, and in venues ranging from Los Angeles’s Disney Hall and New York City’s Lincoln Center to the legendary nightclub CBGB’s. Steve can be seen on QPTV and heard on Bridge, Vortex, and Mode labels, as well as additional forthcoming productions with Mode records. Dr. Solook is on the percussion faculty at Buffalo State University.
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Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar with Shashank Subramanyam, bamboo flute
Saturday, April 20th, 2024 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program (PDF)“Sublime Integration of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions” with World renowned maestros of Indian Classical Music.
Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar with Shashank Subramanyam, bamboo flute
Accompanied by:
Hindole Majumdar, tabla
Parupalli Phalgun, mridangam
Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Pandit Kartik Seshadri is a world-renowned force in the field of Indian Classical Music. As a sitarist, he attracted widespread attention when he began performing full-length solos at the age of 6 in India. The sitar maestro is now hailed as an “amazingly accomplished” musical powerhouse noted for his music’s “expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility, and rhythmic intricacy,” praised the Washington Post while the Times of India (2011) noted that Seshadri’s concert was “a show stopper that transported the audience to soak soul deep in his mesmerizing performance.” The prestigious Songlines Magazine (U.K.) has in its March 2012 issue declared his latest album “Sublime Ragas” as one of the “Top Ten of the World’s ” CD’s (as with his 2004 Raga:Rasa album) further citing him as one of the “world’s greatest sitar players.”
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Susan Narucki, soprano with Donald Berman, piano
Sunday, April 28th, 2024 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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VOICES A pop-up festival of 20th/21st Music for the singing voice
VOICES: GORGEOUS NOTHINGS
Susan Narucki, soprano, and Donald Berman, piano
with Robert Zelickman, clarinet, and Alexander Ishov, flute
Featuring new works by Georgina Derbez, Eve Beglarian and more
Soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman, continue their longtime collaboration in a concert of music that celebrates music by women composers. The program features one of Mexico's most distinctive composers, Georgina Derbez. whose evocative settings of the late poems of Emily Dickinson bring the listener into an incandescent musical world. In addition, a beautifully crafted work by post-minimalist Eve Beglarian and additional works will complete the program.
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Grace Talaski, clarinets - DMA Recital
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Grace Talaski will present a program of mostly brand new works for clarinet and other instruments focusing on multiphonics, vocal effects, and improvisation. Works performed will include:
- Invisible Chisel for clarinet in A and fixed media by Marguerite Brown, world premiere
- What Confronts Us for solo B-flat clarinet by Janet Sit, world premiere
- Hullabaloo! a game for improvisers by Mitchell Carlstrom and Grace Talaski, world premiere. Featuring guest performances by Mitchell Carlstrom, Anita Chandavarkar, and Camilo Zamudio
- Partial Truths for solo B-flat bass clarinet by Evan Ziporyn
Grace's recital will take place on May 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Admission is free!
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Kaija Saariaho Tribute Concert
Friday, May 3rd, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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VOICES A pop-up festival of 20th/21st Music for the singing voice
kallisti
A Tribute to Kaija Saariaho
Miguel Zazueta, Mariana Flores, Natalia Merlano Gomez, Andrew Crappito, Kyle Adam Blair and more.
A concert dedicated to the music of the late Kaija Saariaho, one of contemporary music's most original voices. The concert will include Quatre Instants for voice and piano, Changing Light for soprano and violin, and the rarely heard Tag des Jahrs, for vocal ensemble and others.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus To the Stars
Saturday, May 4th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Join La Jolla Symphony and Chorus on May 4-5, 2024, for an ethereal voyage 'To the Stars,' guided by the artistry of our Music Director and Orchestra Conductor, Sameer Patel.
Experience the lushness and angst of Webern's Passacaglia, op. 1, Osvaldo Golijov's mesmerizing Azul, a spellbinding tapestry of sound that takes you on a celestial journey of emotions and colors.
The program concludes with Brahms's Symphony no. 3, op. 90, a musical experience that traverses the realms of human sentiment, from introspection to exultation.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus To the Stars
Sunday, May 5th, 2024 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information: lajollasymphony.com
Join La Jolla Symphony and Chorus on May 4-5, 2024, for an ethereal voyage 'To the Stars,' guided by the artistry of our Music Director and Orchestra Conductor, Sameer Patel.
Experience the lushness and angst of Webern's Passacaglia, op. 1, Osvaldo Golijov's mesmerizing Azul, a spellbinding tapestry of sound that takes you on a celestial journey of emotions and colors.
The program concludes with Brahms's Symphony no. 3, op. 90, a musical experience that traverses the realms of human sentiment, from introspection to exultation.
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Kelly Feng, composition - Honor Recital
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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103C with St. Lawrence String Quartet
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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St. Lawrence String Quartet perfoms new works by undergraduate composers including: Kaira Hagan, Gabriel Nelson, Farhad Taraporevala, and Guantong Zhang.
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Michael Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Friday, May 10th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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ArtPower presents St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, May 10th, 2024 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by the Triton Box Office
Hailed by the New Yorker “not simply for the quality of their music making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection,” the acclaimed St. Lawrence continues its fabled partnership with Stanford, remaining a cultural cornerstone of the University, directing the music department’s Chamber Music Program, concertizing at Stanford Live, hosting a popular summer seminar, and running the Emerging String Quartet Program.”
Program
Mozart: Quartet for Oboe (arranged for saxophone) and strings in F Major, K 370
Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe (arranged for saxophone) and Strings, Op. 2
Steven Banks: Cries, Sighs and Dreams for alto sax and string quartet (2021)
An additional work TBD.
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Sarah Saviet, violin
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Sarah Saviet is a violinist based in Berlin and dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the Saviet/Houston Duo and Ensemble Mosaik.
Sarah’s debut solo album SPUN (Coviello Contemporary) was recently nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for new music. She has also released on all that dust and another timbre, and her recording of Liza Lim’s violin concerto ‘Speak, Be Silent,’ with the Riot Ensemble on HCR/NMC records was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s ‘Best recordings of 2019.’
Recent performances include duo concerts at Ultraschall and AFEKT festivals, soloist with Klangforum Wien as part of Märzmusik in the Berliner Philharmonie, and the premiere of Rebecca Saunders and Enno Poppe’s duo Taste at Witten Festival 2022. Sarah has held visiting artist positions in the composition departments of the University of the Arts Berlin, Huddersfield University, at Goldsmith University London with the Riot Ensemble, and at Harvard University with ELISION Ensemble. She has given workshops on contemporary violin technique at the Manhattan School of Music University of the Arts Berlin, Manhattan School of Music, and Darmstadt Akademie für Tonkunst, and held artist residencies at Aldeburgh Music with composers Lawrence Dunn, Jack Sheen, and artist Rowland Hill.
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Natalia Merlano Gomez, voice - DMA Recital
Friday, May 17th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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New Works for Guitar and Accordion: Seth Josel and Christine Pate
Friday, May 17th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Alexander Leong, percussion - Senior Recital
Sunday, May 19th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Erin Graham, composition - PhD Dissertation Concert
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Anita Chandavarkar, flutes - DMA Recital
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Undergraduate Listening Room
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Yongyun Zhang, percussion - DMA Recital
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Andrew Crapitto, double bass - Graduate Recital
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, May 30th, 2024 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Tyler J. Borden, cello - DMA Recital
Friday, May 31st, 2024 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 31st, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS
Friday, May 31st, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Saturday Night Jazz - 95JC Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, June 1st, 2024 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Undergraduate Honors: Xiao Feng, percussion
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Bass Ensemble
Monday, June 3rd, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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MUS 33C
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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95W Indian Classical Music students of Pandit Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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95C Concert Choir
Thursday, June 6th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 6th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble
Friday, June 7th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Undergraduate Honors: Zoe Farrell, percussion
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Undergraduate Honors: Randy Lew, clarinet
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Time Present and Time Past
Saturday, June 8th, 2024 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Time Present and Time Past
Sunday, June 9th, 2024 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Vocal Masterclass, 32VM
Sunday, June 9th, 2024 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Monday, June 10th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Best of ICAM - Table presentations & Pizza Party
Thursday, June 13th, 2024 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Courtyard
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Best of ICAM - Theater Presentations
Thursday, June 13th, 2024 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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2. The UC San Diego campus is an Aira Access Location. To read more about the Aira service, please visit osd.ucsd.edu/resources/aira.html.
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