Concert Program (PDF)

Concert Program (PDF)

Camera Lucida opens its seven-concert season with music by Beethoven (String Quartet in F major, opus 135), Janacek (Mladi for Wind Sextet),and Schubert (Octet for Strings and Winds). This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony.The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

Soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle gives her first performance of the new season. Last spring, she played a lead role in the Department of Music's production of Pascal Dusapin's experimental chamber opera To Be Sung.

A program resplendent with many colors! Scriabin scored Prometheus for piano, chorus, orchestra, and what he called a ”color organ.” Inspired by the interactive light-show artists of the late ’60s rock scene, acclaimed young video artist Ross Karre reshapes Scriabin’s original color organ part into a concerto grosso of light, color, image and shadow. Our multi-media presentation will be framed by two works full of color on their own: Bernstein’s sassy Candide Overture and Mahler’s mighty First Symphony.

A program resplendent with many colors! Scriabin scoredPrometheus for piano, chorus, orchestra, and what he called a ”color organ.” Inspired by the interactive light-show artists of the late ’60s rock scene, acclaimed young video artist Ross Karre reshapes Scriabin’s original color organ part into a concerto grosso of light, color, image and shadow. Our multi-media presentation will be framed by two works full of color on their own: Bernstein’s sassy Candide Overture and Mahler’s mighty First Symphony.

First Monday concert series showcases leading grad composers and performers. The season opener features Matt Barber’s six-movement Interface Chapel, performed by bassist Scott Worthington; Christopher Gollmar’s Mu, performed by clarinetist Curt Miller and french horn player Nicolee Kuester; and Mario Garuti’s Sei Pezzi Anestetici, with flutist Rachel Beetz and percussionist Dustin Donahue.

Percussionist Steven Schick premieres British composer James Dillon’s La Coupure, with sound by William Brent and Jaime Oliver, and video by Ross Karre.

DiskavIER ExtravaganzIER showcases music by composers ranging from Conlon Nancarrow to Paul Feyertag, Adam Tinkle & Joe Mariglio, Paul Hembree, Jacob Sudol, Werd Nella, and Kyle Gann. Instruments range from Disklavier to saxophone, toy piano, and power drill.

Border guitar fest comes to UC San Diego, with a solo concert by renowned Mexican guitarist Martin Madrigal.

Camera Lucida's second concert of the new season includes works by Bach (Art of Fugue 1), Martinu (Madrigals for Violin and Viola), Wagner (Prelude to Lohengrin, Act III), and Fauré (Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, opus 120). This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony.The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

The Palimpsest concert features one of the great works of the late Twentieth Century, Gyorgy Ligeti's Kammerkonzert for 13 Instrumentalists. This colorful and virtuosic piece will fill the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall with glorious sounds and captivating energy. Alongside this masterwork will be the premieres of two inspired new works for the same ensemble written by UCSD PhD candidates Aaron Helgeson, currently acting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College; and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the leading Icelandic composer of her generation. The program also includes the exciting A Fuoco by contemporary Italian composer Luca Francesconi, featuring the accomplished Mexican guitarist Pablo Gomez.

Kallisti Ensemble/Instant Operas presents original works of music theater/opera with a duration of 15 minutes or less. All were written for, and will be performed by, class members.

Anthony Davis’s students take the stage for an evening of spontaneous and surprising musical improv.

Lincoln High School students, directed by Charles Curtis’s UCSD students, perform a mix of spoken word, rap, dance, instrumental, and interdisciplinary works. Many of the high schoolers’ works portray personal stories. This concert is the first in a new project in which UCSD music students bring the arts to San Diego students at their schools.

Camera Lucida's final 2010 concert includes compositions by Schubert (String trio in B-flat, D. 581), Janacek (Violin Sonata), and Brahms (Piano Quartet in C minor, opus 60). This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony. The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

Percussionist's masters recital centers on music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, along with works by Globokar, Lockwood, and the world premiere of UCSD composer Carolyn Chen's VIN DIESEL = I END LIVES.

Grad program soprano Leslie Leytham gives her winter concert.

New York's Wet Ink Ensemble makes its West Coast debut with a program of works by Peter Ablinger, Alex Mincek, Katharina Rosenberger, and Mathias Spahlinger. Rosenberger's TEXTUREN makes its West Coast premiere. She and Wet Ink will be guests on KPBS-FM's "These Days" program on January 12 at 10:20 a.m. Listen at 89.5 FM, or streaming online at kpbs.org.

Pie is Jeff Kaiser (trumpet/fluegelhorn/electronics) and Phil Skaller (prepared piano). The duo has performed at the Vision Festival in New York with film by Bill Brand and at various other gigs in Germany and the United States.

Grad program clarinetist performs her winter concert.

Sonic Diaporas alum festival's first concert includes Aaron Gervais' Hockey Story, Chris Mercer's The Audible Phylogeny of Lemurs, Part I, Koji Nakano's Ancient Songs for solo soprano, Nancy Briggs' Improvisaria, Dana Reason's Myth Absence, and an improv directed by Eric Dries.

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Concert showcases Duo Runedako (pianists Ruth Neville and Daniel Koppelman) performing Paul Davies' Cathedral 1947 and Koppelman's rorodondo. Also on the program: UCSD composer Shahrokh Yadegari's Tower Sounds: Ancient Voices and Electronics with live electronics, Ian Power's Make Way for Ducklings, Richard Carrick's New Work from the Cycle of the Absurd, Adam Greene's Accord for piano and percussion, and Mark Applebaum's Pre-Composition for 8-channel tape.

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Opening night event of Sonic Diaporas features keynote speakers Paul Dresher and Diamanda Galas. Also on the program: Erik Griswold on prepared piano in the lobby, and, preceding the speakers, Bass Encounters featuring Mark Dresser and Bert Turetzky. Dresher/Davel Duo also performs.

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First day of Sonic Diasporas concludes with a late night concert featuring Guy Obrecht's One More Hit for the Go Duo; along with Pat O'Keefe's Generations: An Improvisation Event combining instrumental ensemble with laptop.

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Concert program includes James Phelan's Two Pieces for Unaccompanied Violin, Ben Carson's A is for Azimuth and Arnica, Steven Kazuo Takasugi's Die Klavierubung (gekurzte, revidierte Fassung), Yumiko Morita's Element Metal for solo piano, Marion Garver Fredrikson's New Music for Contrabass and Flute, Eric Lyon's Clusters, and the world premiere of Mark Applebaum's 40 Cryptograms. Also on the program: Music of Anthony Braxton with bassist James Ilgenfritz, an Improvisation Session with flutist Jane Rigler, and Lukas Schulze's Exit I.D. for contrabass flute.

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The concert's first half features UCSD violinists János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter on five compositions: new works from Mark Osborn and Steed Cowart, along with Igor Korneitchouk's Short Circuits, Book III, Drake Mabry's Négyesy's Gallery, and Lukas Schulze's Hermitage. The second half consists of the Calliope 10th Anniversary Project (Calliope Duo is flutist Elizabeth McNutt and pianist Shannon Wettstein). Their program is Andrew May's Calli for flute and piano, Josh Levine's Danse d'été (Inflorescence III), Derek Keller's 7 Collections, Francois Rose's Haiku #1, Erik Ulman's Styx, Juan Campoverde's offerings, Allison Johnson's This is Me in Transition, plus new works from Ulman, Eric Simonson, Linda Kernohan, and Richard Carrick.

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In the black box experimental theatre, the program includes Momilani Ramstrum's Divergence and Running Ahead with digital processing, John Celona's Meu rosto mudou, David Bithell's YesNo, Jaroslaw Kapuscinki's Oli's Dream for piano and computer projection, Derek Lee-Keller's Events and Mixtures, Ross Karre's The Five Lives of Helios for solo bass drum, ceramic tile, and percussionist, and Tom Dambly's La Trompette Concrète for trumpet and live electronics.

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Special Sonic Diasporas alum fest concert at The Loft night club in the Price Center on campus: Performances by Psychoangelo (Glen Whitehead and Michael Theodore), Tom Nunn and David Michalak, Donkey (Damon Holzborn and Hans Fjellestad), and O'Keefe/Stanyek/Walton/Whitehead with Jane Rigler. The concert includes live electronics and plenty of improv.

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Scott Makeig's JUST: Suite for flute, violin, cello & brain, Joseph Klein's Der Leichenschleicher ("The Corpse-skulker"), Eric Simonson's Tambo and Bones Revisited, Stephen Blumberg's Jacob's Ladder, Drake Mabry's Street Cries, and Judith Weir's Scotch Minstrelsy for soprano and piano.

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Josh Levine's Transparency (Part I) for percussion, David Ryther's Etude No. 6 for violin, Michael Pelz-Sherman's Now is the Time, Erik Ulman's days and days for bass clarinet, Susan Moore's Dogwood for piano, percussion works by Cesar Potes, Pamela Madsen and Brett Reed, plus a new composition by Pat O'Keefe.

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Works featuring guitarist Colin McAllister, woodwind player Alan Lechusza, violinist Mark Menzies, percussionist Morris Palter, and composer Juan Campoverde.

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Performances by bassist Kristin Korb and Cosmologic (Jason Robinson, Michael Dessen, Scott Walton, Nathan Hubbard, special guest Anthony Davis).

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Special Sonic Diasporas alum fest concert at The Loft night club in the Price Center on campus: Past and present members of UCSD's percussion ensemble RED FISH BLUE FISH unite for a performance of Steve Reich's Drumming, led by Steven Schick. Along with the thunder of more than a dozen percussionists, the performance will be augmented by Lisa Cella on piccolo plus sopranos Anne-Marie Dicce and Tiffany DuMouchelle. The expansive school of FISH includes S. Leah Bowden, Eric Derr, Dustin Donahue, Stephen Solook, Jennifer Torrence, Bonnie Whiting Smith, Terry Longshore, Brett Reed, Lisa Tolentino, Rob Esler, Vanessa Tomlinson, Morris Palter, Patti Cudd, Ross Karre, Justin Dehart, Aiyun Huang, and David Shively.

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Renowned faculty pianist Aleck Karis plays Messiaen's L'Aloette Calandrelle (book V, Catalogue of Birds) (1956-58), La Bouscarle (book V), and Le Traquet Stapazin (book II), plus Elliott Carter's Intermittences (2006) and Caténaires (2006), and Chopin's Études, Opus 25.

Grad guitarist performs works by Schubert, Bruguire, Webern, Rotaru, UCSD faculty composers Roger Reynolds and Lei Liang, and UCSD music alumnus Ignacio Baca-Lobera. The guitarist will be joined by Tiffany Du Mouchelle (soprano), Berglind Tomasdottir (flute), Ariana Lamon-Anderson (clarinet), and Jaime Oliver (computer musician).

What Where presents What the Anvil: recast works for piano, percussion, and electronics. Music by Heinz Holliger (Ma'mounia), Luigi Nono (...sofferte onde serene...), and DeMaison/Ponce (Three Years of Light). What Where is Jennifer Torrence, Jason Ponce, Julia Denboer, and Nicholas DeMaison.

Percussionist Dustin Donahue plays Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston. He is joined by Martin Hiendl and Rachel Beetz.

Pianist Cecil Lytle performs The Naked Liszt, with narration by Arthur Wagner and Eva Barnes. The concert is a fundraiser for scholarships that go to students at UCSD who are graduates of the Preuss School, a charter high school at UCSD.

Camera Lucida chamber series greets the new year with works by Bruckner (Quintet for Strings in F major) and Brahms (Quintet for Strings in G major, opus 111). This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony. The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

Percussionist Stephen Solook, a member of red fish blue fish, performs his winter recital.

Contrabassist Mark Dresser's Trio includes "hyperpianist" Denman Maroney, who often reaches inside the piano to strum the strings with copper bars, rubber blocks, and other objects; and flutist Matthias Ziegler, whose arsenal includes amplified and quartertone flutes. Dresser is a UCSD faculty member known as a composer, performer, improviser, interdisciplinary collaborator, and innovator in the area of telematic music, in which performers in multiple locations are connected by high-speed internet.

A study in very sharp contrasts, works by Debussy frame much more recent music. The concert opens with Debussy's final orchestral work, his wry ballet Jeux, about love and tennis, and closes with his nocturnes Nuages and Fetes, each a study in orchestral color. In between are the premiere of Phil Kline's A Dream and Its Opposite, featuring Real Quiet (Felix Fan, Andrew Russo, David Cossin), and the U.S. premiere of Iannis Xenakis' Metastasis (Alpha version), a work shaped by Einstein's concept of time and Le Corbusier's theories of architecture. Steven Schick conducts. His program note is here.

A study in very sharp contrasts, works by Debussy frame much more recent music. The concert opens with Debussy's final orchestral work, his wry ballet Jeux, about love and tennis, and closes with his nocturnes Nuages and Fetes, each a study in orchestral color. In between are the premiere of Phil Kline's A Dream and Its Opposite, featuring Real Quiet (Felix Fan, Andrew Russo, David Cossin), and the U.S. premiere of Iannis Xenakis' Metastasis (Alpha version), a work shaped by Einstein's concept of time and Le Corbusier's theories of architecture. Steven Schick conducts. His program note is here.

Samhara by Adam Goodwin (for clarinet, two basses, and percussion), performed by Kyle Rowan, Scott Worthington, Leah Bowden, and Adam Goodwin; and Remnants of Ouroboros by Adam Goodwin (for solo contrabass).

(NOTE: Even though this series is titled Wednesdays@7, this one concert takes place on a Tuesday night). UCSD Department of Music's chamber ensemble performs Boulez' improvisation sur mallarmé-(le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui), Ravel's Trois Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé, Messiaen's Couleurs de la Cité Celeste, plus new works by UCSD grad-program composers Tania Marquez and Daniel Tacke (a companion piece for the Messaien).

Music by Chen-Hui Jen, Nicholas Deyoe, Yuji Takahashi, and Cornelius Cardew, performed by Chen-Hui Jen, Jacob Sudol, Dustin Donahue, Adam Goodwin, Nicolee Kuester, Eric Derr, Curt Miller, and Jennifer Torrence.

A Biggidelicious Production featuring quartertone flutist and Rarescale artistic director Carla Rees, who is in residence in the Department of Music from Feb. 10 through Feb. 12, during which she will perform and record nine new works by UCSD graduate composers Paul Hembree, Chen-Hui Jen, Josh Spitzbergen, Jacob Sudol, Adam Tinkle, Ryan Welsh, Charlie Wilmoth, Scott Worthington, and Yvonne Wu. Featured guest artists include British composer and RCM electro-acoustic area director Michael Oliva, German composer Claes Biehl, and UCSD pianist William Fried.
 

On Valentine's Eve, violinist János Négyesy and Friends perform a concert of romantic music by Tartini, Bartók, Danzi, Turina, and Brahms, with Cecilia Kim (cello), Päivikki Nykter (violin and viola), William Powell (clarinet), Sarah Schwartz (violin), Janice Shin (flute), and Jennifer Wu (soprano).

Pianist performs music by Ligeti, Messiaen, and Feldman.

Students of Aleck Karis, Stefani Walens, and Brendan Nguyen, featuring Christopher Chan, Isaac Lu, Janet Lee, Binh-An Nguyen, Pearl Choi and Andrea Kim.

Flutist performs music by Toru Takemitsu, Daniel Tacke, Doina Rotaru, Chaya Czernowin, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and George Crumb, joined by guitarist Pablo Gómez Cano, soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle, and percussionists Steve Solook, Dustin Donahue and Jennifer Torrence.
 

Myriad Trio performs Bach's Trio Sonata, Bax' Elegiac Trio, Bruce's Eye of Night, and Debussy's Sonata. The trio features an all-star San Diego lineup of Brian Chen (viola), Demarre McGill (flute), and Julie Smith (harp). This concert is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

Contrabassist Mark Dresser's students extemporize their way into new territories.

Students of Mark Dresser.

Directed by Kamau Kenyatta, UCSD's Jazz Ensemble performs music by Elvin Jones, Stefano De Battista, A.C. Jobim, Ernest G. Schweikert and Frank Reardon, Chachao, Jaco Pastorius, Ed Jackson, Ned Washington and Victor Young, Ray La Montagne, Richard Thompson, and Ryan Brown.

János Négyesy's students perform works by Tartini, Bruch, Beethoven, Berio and Bozay.

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.

Directed by David Medine, the orchestra takes on Robert Schumann's Overture, Jean Sibelius' Pelleas and Melisande,
and Joseph Haydn's Symphony no 104.

He was the "show stopper" in India in early January. The Los Angeles Times calls his music "breathtaking," the Oberlin Review proclaims that "If the power of Indian music seems almost supernatural, then sitar player Kartik Seshadri must be a sorcerer." At UC San Diego, Seshadri is joined by longtime collaborator Arup Chattopadhyay on tabla for an evening of ragas selected to suit the season and mood of the evening.

Directed by János Négyesy, the ensembles perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Haydn, Hándel, Locatelli, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, and Tartini.

Robert Zelickman directs an all-English program including H.M.S. Pinafore highlights, Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy, Ralph Vaughan Williams Toccata Marziale, William Walton's Crown Imperial, Holst's Second Suite in F, Eric Coates' The Dam Busters March, and Davies & Dyson's Royal Air Force March Past.

Charles Curtis's students perform works by John Cage, Robert Erickson, Morton Feldman, and other innovative composers from 20th century new music.

A concert that stretches the conception of the concerto. Young Artist Competition (YAC) winner Hannah Cho is soloist in Prokofiev's poised Second Violin Concerto, and we conclude with the greatest orchestral concerto of them all, Bartok's noble Concerto for Orchestra. In between, a complete surprise: we present the world premiere of Mark Applebaum's Concerto for Florist and Orchestra, a Thomas Nee Commission (honoring the founding music faculty member), with ornamental horticulturist James DelPrince as soloist!

A concert that stretches the conception of the concerto. Young Artist Competition (YAC) winner Hannah Cho is soloist in Prokofiev's poised Second Violin Concerto, and we conclude with the greatest orchestral concerto of them all, Bartok's noble Concerto for Orchestra. In between, a complete surprise: we present the world premiere of Mark Applebaum's Concerto for Florist and Orchestra, a Thomas Nee Commission (honoring the founding music faculty member), with ornamental horticulturist James DelPrince as soloist!

Critically acclaimed Camera Lucida chamber series presents works by Bach (Sonata for Viola da gamba and Continuo in G minor) and Stravinsky (The Soldier's Tale). With special guests Eleanor Antin as narrator, Norman Bryson as The Devil, and UCSD Arts & Humanities Dean Seth Lerer as The Soldier. This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony. The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

Soprano Tiffany Du Mouchelle and violinist David McCarroll perform György Kurtág's 70-minute Kafka Fragments for soprano and violin. Through excerpts from Kafka's personal letters and diary entries, Kurtag explores the inner world of one of the most influential German writers of the 20th century.

"A Mess of Things": the world premiere of a fully staged work of hybrid music theater and experimental documentary sound art conceived, composed and performed by Adam Tinkle. The piece brings together recorded voices and video with live performance of text, song and instrumental soundscapes in an evening that explores the objects we keep, the things they remind us of, the way they fill our lives and often weigh us down. In particular, it focuses on the story of one man, an inventor with an improbably sized collection, and what happened to him when he was forced to leave the house where he kept it all for fifty years.

Leading composers and performers from the Department of Music's graduate programs present a free noon concert of original music.

SEPTATION: A real-time sonic exploration/recollection of the sounds and events of September 11, 2001, written for the 10th anniversary of the attacks by a composer who went through them. Multimedia/multimodal, with elements of found-sound, electronics, live improvisation, and interpretive narrative, video, and audio expressions based on Weinstein's own experience of the event. Performed by Joe Bigham (guitar), Mark Dresser (contrabass), Stephen Solook (percussion), and Josh Weinstein (prepared piano/electronics).

Double bassist Scott Worthington will present a recital of solo works by Gyorgy Kurtag, Salvatore Sciarrino, Iannis Xenakis, and himself.
 

Ace UCSD violinist Batya MacAdam-Somer performs Berio's Sequenza VIII for solo violin, Bártók's solo violin Sonata, and works by UCSD's Carolyn Chen and Robert Pierzak.
 

Celebrating Department of Music Founding Chairman Will Ogdon's 90th birthday, János Négyesy and Friends perform works by Ogdon, as well as Telemann, Chausson, Debussy, and Mozart. Performers are Cathy Blickenstaff (flute), Isabelle Fanchiu (harpsichord and piano), Cecilia Kim (cello), Julie Matsuda (violin), János Négyesy (violin), Päivikki Nykter (violin and viola), Laura Vaughan (harp), and Jennifer Wu (soprano).

Camera Lucida concert spotlights Beethoven (Piano Trio in E-flat, opus 1 nr. 1), Janacek (String Quartet-Intimate Letters), and Dvorak (Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major). This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from the UCSD music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony. The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

What do Karaoke Mozart, an opera about Shamu's bathroom, mascots tap dancing, a screaming vocal quartet and a remix of a 5 second online movie have in common? Come find out on a fun night of experimental music with an eclectic variety of odd musical spectacles, performance art and re-enactments featuring UCSD musicians.

The adventurous Los Angeles based string quartet performs works by graduate composers Nicholas Deyoe and Daniel Tacke, as well as a string quartet by Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith. The Formalist Quartet is Andrew McIntosh, Mark Menzies, Andrew Tholl, and Ashley Walters.

Fayetteville, AK band David's Pegasus is writing a musical with San Diego playwright Krista Knight. Composer Carolyn Chen (who just had an orchestra piece debuted in Carnegie Hall!) is writing a virtuoso percussion piece peppered with jokes about hyper-masculine Vin Diesel and video by artist Monica Duncan. And everyone is making strange, beautiful performance art, blending sound, image, movement and text. An unforgettable evening that will leave you questioning why we draw these lines between the arts to begin with.

An evening of dramatic, hilarious and just plain insane contemporary experimental music. From pieces for timpani and dancing banana to noisy explosions of an amplified bass viol (a baroque cello), along with some Freudian father killing in the form of parodic fantasies on two of the aging dinosaurs of contemporary music, Steve Reich and John Adams.

Open scores, real-time decisions and alternative modes of collaboration, in scores by UCSD composers Nick Deyoe and Martin Hiendl, inspired by Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and Earle Brown "So, in order to keep collaboration/decision-making/interpretation as a crucial element of the process to create these pieces of music, we have left important details to the discretion of the directors/performers"

Featuring virtuoso ensemble playing by prominent artists in jazz and improvised/experimental music, Net Works brings Myra Melford, Mark Dresser and Michael Dessen together via the web for an exciting evening of co-located performance from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. Real time musical interaction over the internet is a growing phenomenon, and this experienced group has been pushing the boundaries of the art to explore performances of intricate, tightly integrated music from distant locations. Their collaboration is enabled by CNMAT’s advanced research in live, net-based audio and video transmission. This concert is supported by the UCSD Department of Music, UC Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), in collaboration with Cal Performances and Meyer Sound.
 

Vocal concert features Berg’s "Lied der Lulu" from Lulu and Altenberg Lieder; Berio’s Sequenza III; Messiaen's Songs 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9 from Poèmes pour Mi; and Nicholas Deyoe’s McCallum’s Songs.

We observe the Easter season with one of the great monuments of music, Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, which calls for two orchestras, vocal and instrumental soloists, and a radiant role for the Evangelist.  Almost operatic in its spectacle and impact, this music was crucially important to Bach, who took special care to preserve his manuscript–-he wanted this music to survive.  And it has, magnificently. Additional performance at Village Church, Rancho Santa Fe, on April 29. Call 858-534-4637 for details.

We observe the Easter season with one of the great monuments of music, Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, which calls for two orchestras, vocal and instrumental soloists, and a radiant role for the Evangelist.  Almost operatic in its spectacle and impact, this music was crucially important to Bach, who took special care to preserve his manuscript–-he wanted this music to survive.  And it has, magnificently. Additional performance at Village Church, Rancho Santa Fe, on April 29. Call 858-534-4637 for details.

Last in a series of concerts staged this year to be performed on the first Monday of every month at noon. The six pieces on this concert capture a diverse approach to chamber music, from junk metal to pedal steel to more traditional chamber ensembles. Five of them are premieres from UCSD composers (all but Lotófagos by Austrian Beat Furrer). The idea was to have noontime music played at noon, for noon, and through noon. Noon is when the sun is highest. Noon is also when noon is immanent. At noon, noon whispers noontime music into your ears, it's saying: "How sweet that noon is here. Listen." In fact, it's noon right now.

James Gordon Williams performs a solo piano program of Improvisations from the Ontological Hinterlands (acoustic piano) and Your Ass Is In What You Sing (feedback piano). Gordon writes: "Feedback is insurgency through sound. It is the disruption/irruption of time and space. It is the sound altercation between creative practice and the musically, politically and spiritually hegemonic. I stand for anti-formalism because my ontology has given me no choice. When hegemonic structures are subverted space for imagination and creativity is maximized. Feedback is the feedback that comes from what objects live through/ have lived through… and so feedback is the sound histories and sound epistemologies that stretch out from the genealogy of those that strive from a location of an unacknowledged and caricatured subjectivity, to create new forms. 

Stanford Connection Concert features works by Juan Cristobal Cerrillo, Bruno Ruviaro, Alex Sigman, and Erik Ulman, performed by Ariana Lamon-Anderson (clarinets), Ashley Walters (cello), Jessica Aszodi (voice), Bonnie Whiting Smith (percussion: hardcore), plus special guest Andrew McIntosh (viola). A Notorious BGL production.

Chan E. Park presents bilingually and in the style of Korean p'ansori storysinging Song of the Underwater Palace, the classic allegory of the human politics of hegemony and survival. The Dragon King of the Underwater Palace is gravely ill and needs the liver of a hare for cure, and it is Turtle who volunteers to journey to the land to fetch one. On land, Turtle finds a hare and lures him to the Underwater Palace. Upon arrival, realizing he is about to be cut open, Hare fools the Dragon King that he left his liver in his home in the mountain. Dragon King orders Turtle to take Hare back for his liver. Back on land, Hare celebrates his survival, for now.

Students of Takae Ohnishi perform works by Froberger, Bach, Couperin, Blavet, Monteverdi, Daquin, Telemann, and Purcell.

Albus/Ater II is the second incarnation of a concept program for solo classical guitar (Albus Ater I appeared in May 2006). The pieces are loosely grouped around not just the simple definition of these words (Latin: white/black), but the myriad of other concepts to which they may refer. Two newly composed pieces are featured on the program:  Matthew Burtner’s Citlatepetl Vertex (based on Colin’s December 2010 ascent of the highest volcano in Mexico, the Pico de Orizaba); and Christopher Adler’s Aeneas in the Underworld, Act I: The Caves of Cumae, a setting of the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid for guitar and narrator. Other works include Carmina obscura : A garland of 14th & 15th century polyphony  (arrangements by McAllister, Adler and Bryan Christian), Miguel Ordóñez’s 21 Grupos, and the Decameron Negro of Leo Brouwer.

Body of Leaves is an Honors Jazz Recital featuring pianist Danny Sanchez and guitarist Scooter Oyama, joined by performers Ben Stillerman (drums), Tyler Eaton (bass), Matthew Litrus (bass), Evan Adams (saxophones), Kelly Styger (soprano sax and clarinet), and Russell White (vibes).

Once Upon an Island: Matthew Lien with Chou Yi-chien, Huang Yin-zhong and Siki Safi. A resident of Canada's Yukon Territory, Lien has been composing, recording and producing music for most of his life. Singing traditional German and American folk songs as a child with his family, he graduated to the guitar and piano by the age of 10. With formal music lessons leaving him uninspired, he abandoned them after a few weeks and proceeded to teach himself piano and music theory, drawing inspiration and knowledge from friends and family. He has achieved phenomenal success in Southeast Asia, primarily in Taiwan and mainland China.

Bach's Art of Fugue 2, Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds, KV 452, and Schumann's Piano Quintet are in the spotlight. This critically acclaimed chamber series features renowned players from UCSD's music faculty with principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony. Musicians are Charles Curtis (cello), Jeff Thayer (violin), Brian Chen (viola), and Reiko Uchida (piano). The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund.

'A sound,  vast and summerlike...'   juxtaposes the music of two seminal figures of modern music:  Eric Satie and Morton Feldman,  presenting works for concert performance in an original music-theater production conceived by Susan Narucki and Aleck Karis.  

The cornerstone of the production is Eric Satie's masterwork, Socrate. Written in 1918, Socrate is considered to be one of the precursors of minimalism and a turning point toward modernity.  Surrounding this is chamber music of Morton Feldman;  a composer in whom we see the influence of Satie in its full mid-century flower. His delicate, pulsing works can be compared to the painting of Mark Rothko; multi-layered, with exquisite instrumental and vocal color.  Satie and Feldman's songs, at times humorous and ironic, at times serenely beautiful, complete the program. 

"A sound, vast and summerlike.."  presents the work of two visionaries, who yearned to create music that was spacious, open and timeless.   The cast  includes members of kallisti, (UCSD's vocal ensemble dedicated to modern vocal music directed by Susan Narucki), UCSD faculty members baritone Philip Larson and conductor Aleck Karis,  and the musicians of  Palimpsest.     

The fully staged production takes place in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theater of the magnificent Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus.
  
 

'A sound,  vast and summerlike...'   juxtaposes the music of two seminal figures of modern music:  Eric Satie and Morton Feldman,  presenting works for concert performance in an original music-theater production conceived by Susan Narucki and Aleck Karis.  

The cornerstone of the production is Eric Satie's masterwork, Socrate. Written in 1918, Socrate is considered to be one of the precursors of minimalism and a turning point toward modernity.  Surrounding this is chamber music of Morton Feldman;  a composer in whom we see the influence of Satie in its full mid-century flower. His delicate, pulsing works can be compared to the painting of Mark Rothko; multi-layered, with exquisite instrumental and vocal color.  Satie and Feldman's songs, at times humorous and ironic, at times serenely beautiful, complete the program. 

"A sound, vast and summerlike.."  presents the work of two visionaries, who yearned to create music that was spacious, open and timeless.   The cast  includes members of kallisti, (UCSD's vocal ensemble dedicated to modern vocal music directed by Susan Narucki), UCSD faculty members baritone Philip Larson and conductor Aleck Karis,  and the musicians of  Palimpsest.     

The fully staged production takes place in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theater of the magnificent Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus.
  

'A sound,  vast and summerlike...'   juxtaposes the music of two seminal figures of modern music:  Eric Satie and Morton Feldman,  presenting works for concert performance in an original music-theater production conceived by Susan Narucki and Aleck Karis.  

The cornerstone of the production is Eric Satie's masterwork, Socrate. Written in 1918, Socrate is considered to be one of the precursors of minimalism and a turning point toward modernity.  Surrounding this is chamber music of Morton Feldman;  a composer in whom we see the influence of Satie in its full mid-century flower. His delicate, pulsing works can be compared to the painting of Mark Rothko; multi-layered, with exquisite instrumental and vocal color.  Satie and Feldman's songs, at times humorous and ironic, at times serenely beautiful, complete the program. 

"A sound, vast and summerlike.."  presents the work of two visionaries, who yearned to create music that was spacious, open and timeless.   The cast  includes members of kallisti, (UCSD's vocal ensemble dedicated to modern vocal music directed by Susan Narucki), UCSD faculty members baritone Philip Larson and conductor Aleck Karis,  and the musicians of  Palimpsest.     

The fully staged production takes place in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theater of the magnificent Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus.
  

Undergrad pianist Christopher Chan performs music by Bach, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Chopin. Chan is double majoring in music performance and cognitive science. 

Kartik Seshadri's students perform a range of classical Indian ragas.

Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir soars toward the heavens with African-American gospel, blues, and traditional songs.

Directed by Philip Larson, the UCSD Chamber Singers perform Brahms' Liebeslider Walzer, then are joined by the Concert Choir for Schubert's Mass in G.

Tubist Jonathan Piper presents a program of riffs, drones, nature sounds, blast beats, and the sounds of failure. Featuring five new pieces for tuba by UCSD composers Carolyn Chen, Nicholas Deyoe, Brian Griffeath-Loeb, Clint McCallum, and Francis Roberts.
 

Directed by Anthony Davis, featuring works by graduate students Adam Tinkle (Sketches), Josh Weinstein (Septation), Meghann Welsh (The MWE), and Justin Zullo (Escape the Cipher).
 

Directed by Anthony Davis, featuring works by graduate students Phil Skaller/ Leah Bowden (Temple of Music, Nature Musics of the West), Clint Davis/Ian Carroll (Memorial Cervix), and Skaller (Webcam Chat).

Roger Reynolds Ping includes the composer's Transfigured Wind IV for solo flute, PING (Reynolds' documentary about analog and digital migration, recently restored), and PING for piano, percussion, flute, electronics, and projected images. Performers: Roger Reynolds, piano; Rachel Beetz, flute; Ross Karre, percussion and video; Paul Hembree, electronics.

Directed by David Medine, the orchestra performs Schubert's Symphony no. 8, Unfinished, Fauré's Ballade, and Schumann's Overture, Scherzo, and Finale.

Kamau Kenyatta directs his talented young charges through a variety of modern jazz music.

Music by Sciarrino (Vanitas: a still life in one act, All'aure in una lontananza), Saariaho (Die Aussicht), Alessandrini (Wie bin ich froh), and Anderson (That is; that not is), performed by Jessica Aszodi (voice), Rachel Beetz (flutes), Pablo Gomez (guitar), Judith Hamann (cello), Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Curt Miller (clarinet), and Brendan Nguyen (piano).

UCSD's Wind Ensemble is joined by the Mt. San Antonio College Wind Ensemble (from Walnut, CA) for a double-barreled concert. Each ensemble performs several selections on its own, then the two groups team up for Jaime Texidor's Amparito Roca and Edvard Grieg's Triumphal March from Sigurd Jorsalfar. Robert Zelickman conducts the UCSD ensemble through Beethoven's King Stephen Overture, Gomez' IL Guarany Overture, and Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Dustin Barr steers Mt. San Antonio through Clifton Williams' The Sinfonians, Frank Ticheli's Shenandoah, William Schuman's Chester, Jacques Press' Wedding Dance, and James Barnes' Finale from his Third Symphony.

Composition grad student Martin Hiendl conducts Romitelli's An Index of Metals (1963-2004), an hour-long opera for voice, ensemble, and electronics. Romitelli completed the piece a few months before his death, with lyrics by Kenka Lèkovich. Performed by Leslie Leytham (voice), Rachel Beetz (flutes), Meghann Welsh (oboe), Ariana Lamon-Anderson (clarinets), Paul Hembree (trumpet), Ian Carroll (trombone), Katalin Lukacs (piano), Nicholas Deyoe (electric guitar), Clint McCallum (bass guitar), Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), David Medine (viola), Ashley Walters (violoncello), and Jason Ponce (electronics). 

An evening of Song and Opera, exploring various art song composers, and several (mostly Mozart) staged scenes performed by UCSD's undergrad vocalists, directed by Stephanie Aston, and featuring guest pianist Katalin Lukacs.

A program that explores the music of Haydn and the meaning of classicism. David Chase leads Brahms’ salute to Haydn and an earlier era, and the orchestra’s assistant conductor Nicholas Deyoe conducts Shostakovich’s neoclassical First Symphony.  The concert concludes with Haydn’s final mass, the resounding Harmonie-Messe for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

A program that explores the music of Haydn and the meaning of classicism. David Chase leads Brahms’ salute to Haydn and an earlier era, and the orchestra’s assistant conductor Nicholas Deyoe conducts Shostakovich’s neoclassical First Symphony.  The concert concludes with Haydn’s final mass, the resounding Harmonie-Messe for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

San Diego's premiere chamber series opens the 2011-2012 season with Schubert's Rondo in A Major, D. 438, Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478, and Chausson's Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21. Performers are violinists Jeff Thayer, Jasmine Lin, and Pei-Chun Tsai; violist Che-Yen Chen; cellist Charles Curtis; and pianist Reiko Uchida.

Icelandic composer and cellist Anna Thorvaldsdottir celebrates the Oct. 25 release of her CD Rhízōma (Innova Recordings) with a concert of electronic collage pieces constructed from the orchestra recordings for the CD. Also on the program are other acoustic and electronic pieces by Anna. The acoustic pieces will be performed by Ashley Walters (cello), Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Berglind María Tómasdóttir (flute), David Medine (viola), Eric Derr (percussion), Steven Solook (percussion), and Anna Thorvaldsdottir (cello). Also featured is experimental DJ/electronic wizard Mike Gao who will perform his own electronic manipulations of materials from Rhízōma. The album will be available for purchase after the concert at which point the gathering will move to a more party-friendly location to continue the celebration!

The CD includes three larger works by Anna for orchestra and chamber orchestra, separated by five smaller movements from a solo percussed piano work. The pieces are performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, the Icelandic CAPUT Ensemble, conducted by Snorri Sigfus Birgisson, and by percussionist Justin DeHart. "Hrím," the opening piece on Rhízōma, was awarded Composition of the Year (2010) at the Icelandic Music Awards 2011.

Violinist János Négyesy and Friends, performing Locatelli's Trio sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 1 (1/46), Mozart's Il core vi dono, Moszkowski's Suite in G minor, Op. 71, and Brahms' String sextet in B flat Major, Op. 18. Joining Mr. Négyesy are Isabelle Fanchiu - piano, Cecilia Kim - cello, Philip Larson - baritone, Steven Lewis - piano and harpsichord, Eric Moore - cello, Päivikki Nykter - violin and viola, Allison Roush - viola, Sarah Schwartz - violin, and Jennifer Wu - soprano.

Knell is the newest UCSD graduate chamber ensemble, featuring Rachel Beetz, flute; Curt Miller, clarinet; Nicolee Kuester, horn; Allison Roush, violin; Eric Moore, cello; Scott Worthington, double bass; Ran Duan, piano; and Dustin Donahue, percussion.

Program: 

Anton Webern: Quartet op. 22

Scott Worthington: Six Shades of Gray

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour le fin du temps

San Diego's premiere chamber series, Camera Lucida features principals from San Diego Symphony with renowned UCSD music faculty players. The program features Debussy: his Sonata for Cello and Piano, L 135; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L 137;  and Sonata for Violin and Piano, L 140. Also on the program are Debussy's Syrinx for Solo Flute, L 129, Richard Rodney Bennett's Sonata after Syrinx (inspired by Debussy's original), Respighi's Trittico Botticelliano, arranged for flute, viola and harp by Dan Reiter, and various Arie e danze tedesche. Performers are the Myriad Trio (Che-Yen Chen, viola; Demarre McGill, flute; Julie Ann Smith, harp), plus violinist Jeff Thayer, cellist Charles Curtis and pianist Reiko Uchida. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of Sam Ersan. Camera Lucida concerts are broadcast at 8 p.m. on KPBS-FM public radio on the second Saturday following each concert.

Percussionist Dustin Donahue premieres new solo works by Andrew Allen, Carolyn Chen, and Paul Hembree alongside compositions by Peter Ablinger and Thomas Meadowcroft.
 

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's season-long survey of Stravinsky begins with a program of music from Paris. Stravinsky’s moving memorial for Debussy (Symphonies of Wind Instruments) is followed by the music of Debussy himself: our Young Artists Competition winner, Charissa Barger, plays his Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane. We conclude with the sharpest of contrasts: Ravel’s charming tales of childhood innocence (Mother Goose Suite) are followed by Stravinsky’s savage (and world-changing) Rite of Spring. Conducted by Steven Schick.

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's season-long survey of Stravinsky begins with a program of music from Paris. Stravinsky’s moving memorial for Debussy (Symphonies of Wind Instruments) is followed by the music of Debussy himself: our Young Artists Competition winner, Charissa Barger, plays his Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane. We conclude with the sharpest of contrasts: Ravel’s charming tales of childhood innocence (Mother Goose Suite) are followed by Stravinsky’s savage (and world-changing) Rite of Spring. Conducted by Steven Schick.

Inspiraling: Telematic Jazz Explorations 2011. A concert of new music and integrated video conceived for the telematic medium featuring renowned improvisers performing at UC San Diego and New York University. Composers are UCSD's Mark Dresser along with Michael Dessen and Sarah Weaver. Performers in San Diego are Dresser (bass and conductor), Nicole Mitchell (flute), Michael Dessen (trombone), and Joshua White (piano). The New York ensemble includes Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Oliver Lake (alto saxophone), Tomas Ulrich (cello), Ikue Mori (laptop), and Sarah Weaver (conductor). Collaborators also include video artists John Crawford and Sarah Jane Lapp, as well as set designer Victoria Petrovich. Thanks to our promotional partner KPBS-FM public radio in San Diego.

Glen N. Bekc and AQUAPUKE All Night Long! showcases stunningly visceral performances, by classically trained musicians, that take inspiration from the cave paintings at Chauvet, palynology, and the life/afterlife of Gerald Mór FitzGerald, the 8th Earl of Kildare. Roger Ailes will be here in person, along with a very special guest appearance by percussionist Dustin Donahue. Reception to follow at the Night Owl.

Graduate students in the Department of Music present the monthly First Mondays concert series on November 7th at 12 noon. The program features solos and duos for flute and percussion.  Works by living composers of the U.S. and Germany: Stuart Saunders Smith, Thomas Meadowcroft, Walter Zimmermann, and Werner Heider. Performers include Dustin Donahue, Rachel Beetz, Jonathan Hepfer, Leah Bowden, and Steve Solook.

San Diego's premiere chamber series, Camera Lucida features principals from San Diego Symphony with renowned UCSD music faculty players performing Jan Dismas Zelenka's Trio Sonata, Dmitri Shostakovich's Viola Sonata, Op. 147, and Ernst Von Dohnanyi's Sextet for Piano, Strings and Winds in C, Op. 37. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of Sam Ersan. Camera Lucida concerts are broadcast on KPBS-FM public radio at 8 p.m. on the second Saturday following each concert.

Disco Soirée: Concert Report Music for Party Animals features five bands: Memorial Cervix, Neon Mental Melatonin Slam, RockRiver Mary and the Smooth Sandstones, Smooth Badger, MOLTEN LAVA EYEBALL FIEND.

Trio Kobayashi specializes in the emerging field of just intonation music for brass. This goal is frequently achieved by using a valve tuning system developed by Wolfgang von Schweinitz and Marc Sabat. Founded to perform the music of Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Kobayashi has gone on to perform a wide repertoire stretching from vocal music of the Renaissance to collaborations with living composers such as Larry Polansky, Ulrich Krieger, Nicholas Deyoe, Marc Sabat, and Jürg Frey. For this concert, the program includes Peter Ablinger's Weiss/Weisslich 21 (version for UCSD's 60-inch tam-tam), J.S. Bach's Trio Sonata BWV 1039, Marc Sabat's Hairy, Hippy, Happy, and Heinrich Isaac's Four Pieces. The trio has performed at RedCat's New Music After Grisey and Los Angeles' Microfest. Kobayashi has recently completed recordings of the music of Marc Sabat (Plainsound editions), as well as Mark Trayle and John Cage (Mode Records). Trio Kobayashi is Zara Teicher (french horn), Matt Barbier (trombones) and Luke Storm (tuba). They are in San Diego for a residency organized by composition grad student Brian Griffeath-Loeb in association with New Music at UCSD, with support from the UCSD Graduate Student Association, Associated Students, Triton Community Fund, and Department of Music.

Music from New York brings together spiky, visceral compositions for large ensemble by five modernist masters, performed by UCSD's new music ensemble Palimpsest under the direction of Aleck Karis. Included are Elliott Carter's Luimen, Mario Davidovsky's Cantione Sine Textu, Milton Babbitt's Arie da Capo, Morton Feldman's Between Categories, and Stefan Wolpe's Chamber Piece #2 for 13 players. These large ensemble works are rarely heard in San Diego. Karis, a pianist and music faculty member, has worked extensively with Davidovsky, Babbitt, and Carter, who turns 103 on Dec. 11. The concert also includes the world premiere of a new piece by graduate composition student Paul Hembree. Featured soloists are grad students Pablo Gomez (guitar) and Tiffany DuMouchelle (soprano).

red fish blue fish performs John Cage's percussion works and, following intermission, British composer James Dillon's East 11th Street (referencing Cage and his NYC neighborhood, although the address is fictitious). Cage's compositions include Inlets, Six, Five, Dance Music for Elfrid Ide, First Construction, and Double Music. Dillon and rfbf have an ongoing symbiosis: over three nights in September, the percussionists premiered Dillon's massive Nine Rivers at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.

During the week of their Cage concert at UCSD, red fish blue fish and Steve Schick are recording an album of Cage's percussion music in the Department of Music's studio that will be released by Mode Records. The project is part of an extensive collaboration with Third Coast Percussion and Percussion Group Cincinnati. The result will be a collection of CDs and DVDs covering much of the percussion music written by Cage. The November 17 concert includes all of Cage's music for the UCSD sessions.

Mezzo-soprano and music major Mariya Kaganskaya is artistic director of the new student organization Undergrads for Opera at UCSD. Their opening concert features undergrad vocalists Amy Calderon, Sharon Chang, Brian Hand, Shannon Johnson, Mariya Kaganskaya, Jennifer Wu, and Michael Wu. The program includes works by Barber, Bellini, Donizetti, Faure, Gounod, Handel, Mozart, Rorem, Satie, Strauss and more.

The Advanced Improvisation Ensemble, directed by David Borgo, performs music ranging from Latin Jazz classics by Tito Puente and Paquito D'Rivera to South African jazz by Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and American jazz standards by Charles Mingus, culminating in an all-out fusion frenzy celebrating the Music of Miles Davis from the 1970s.

Jeff Kaiser conducts his Ockodektet through his own compositions for this sweeping cast of 20. "This is certainly not a traditional big band," Kaiser says, "but grows out of my experience playing in traditional big bands and avant garde big bands like Vinny Golia's Large Ensemble (Vinny is on this gig). The music varies widely, but mostly we play modular scores I design with these players in mind, that we improvise our way through with me conducting. Modules can be strictly notated, graphically notated, or more verbal ideas. Modules are frequently revisited to create thematic coherence, but mostly, the modules act as springboards into improvisation, from solos to full band and everything in between." The Ockodektet includes saxophonists Vinny Golia, David Borgo, Andrew Pask, and Tracy McMullen; flutist Emily Hay; trumpeters Dan Clucas, John Fumo, Brad Henkel, and Kris Tiner; trombonists Michael Dessen and Michael Vlatkovich; tubists Jonathan Piper and William Roper; keyboardist/thereminist Wayne Peet; acoustic guitarist Tom McNalley; electric contrabass guitarist Steuart Liebig; contrabassists Jim Connolly (also on musical saw) and Mark Dresser; and percussionists Rich West and Brad Dutz.

 Penta Locus connects performers at five universities around the world by internet for a live concert. Collaborating with UCSD are New York University, Concordia University in Montreal, Queens University in Belfast, and the Hamburg Hochschule of Music. Faculty and students have composed new works for the concert. The UCSD contingent consists of students in Mark Dresser's Telematics classes. Telematics is Dresser's ongoing project exploring ways to incorporate technology as a vital part of the production and performance process. Audiences at each location experience musicians who are standing in front of them and musicians whose images and audio are piped in by internet and blended into the concert. Under Dresser's direction at UCSD, the performers are Kyle Blair (piano), Steven Solook (percussion), Yeung-ping Chen (clarinet), Yvette Jackson (trumpet), Tiffany Du Mouchelle and Bonnie Lander (voice), Adam Goodwin (bass), Kjell Nordeson (drums), Joe Cantrell (electronics/guitar), and Drew Ceccato (reeds). On the computer/technology side are Jason Ponce (director), Sami Nacach, Alex Segal, Luke Oskam, Torrance Carroll, Kyle Tice, and Michael Cheng.

Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir lifts hundreds of voices in a concert of African-American blues, gospel, and traditional songs.

Seasoned jazz musician Kamau Kenyatta directs the jazz ensembles through a program of classic jazz.

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Focus on Performance, directed by János Négyesy, features music by Bartók, Berio, Burkhardt, Cage, Crumb, Ferneyhough, Gervasoni, Heider, Kurtág, Saariaho, and Webern.

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Directed by János Négyesy, students perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, Cui, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Previn, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Spohr and Vivaldi.

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It's an evening of compositions for strings by Alban Berg, Luciano Berio, Händel, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, under the direction of János Négyesy.

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An evening of fantastic experimental sounds featuring new works by computer music grad students Andrew Allen, Joe Mariglio, Issac Garcia-Muñoz, Joachim Gossmann, and The New Brutalists.

Stefani Walens' students wrap up their Fall Quarter performing Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Shostakovich, and Debussy. The pianists are Dorothy Li, Andrea Kim, Janet Lee, and Isaac Lu.

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky continues with two brilliant folk-tales from the early twentieth century: Stravinsky’s portrait of a folk wedding in pagan Russia (Les Noces), featuring four pianists, chamber chorus, and Lux Boreal dancers choreographed by UCSD’s Allyson Green; and Bartok’s magical story of nine young hunters transformed into wild stags (Cantata Profana) scored for orchestra and chorus. Plus two much more recent pieces: György Ligeti’s daring work for 100 metronomes (Poème Symphonique), each at a different tempo, and David Lang’s rambunctious Grind to a Halt. Conducted by Steven Schick and David Chase.

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky continues with two brilliant folk-tales from the early twentieth century: Stravinsky’s portrait of a folk wedding in pagan Russia (Les Noces), featuring four pianists, chamber chorus, and Lux Boreal dancers choreographed by UCSD’s Allyson Green; and Bartok’s magical story of nine young hunters transformed into wild stags (Cantata Profana) scored for orchestra and chorus. Plus two much more recent pieces: György Ligeti’s daring work for 100 metronomes (Poème Symphonique), each at a different tempo, and David Lang’s rambunctious Grind to a Halt. Conducted by Steven Schick and David Chase.

Superb composers and performers from the grad program present their monthly noon-hour showcase concert featuring two contrasting piano solos from the early twentieth century, (Conlon Nancarrow’s Sonatina and George Enescu’s Piano Sonata in f# minor) and two chamber pieces that explore time in opposing ways, through fragmentation (Stills; edges by UCSD grad Yvonne Wu) and the extension of one a single note (La Monte Young’s Composition 1960 No. 10). Featured musicians include Todd Moellenberg and Steve Lewis (pianos), Nicolee Kuester (horn), Curt Miller (clarinet), Nicholas Deyoe (conductor) and more.

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A group portrait of Viennese musical life at the end of the nineteenth century: opulence, fervor, and the dazzling lightness of the waltz. Youthful works of Gustav Mahler and Alexander von Zemlinsky are followed by Wagner in the original chamber setting of the Siegfried Idyll, and Arnold Schoenberg's loving chamber transcription of the Emperor Waltz of Johann Strauss. Concert made possible through the generous support of Sam Ersan. Camera Lucida concerts are broadcast on KPBS-FM public radio on the second Saturday following each concert.

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Piano Concert: Students of Aleck Karis, Brendan Nguyen, Kyle Blair, Todd Moellenberg, Stephen Lewis, and Jeff Treviño.

Pianist Catherine Kautsky performs Bach's French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, Beethoven's Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101, and Rzewski's De Profundis. The latter is a dramatic setting of Oscar Wilde’s letter De Profundis, written in 1895 to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas when Wilde was in prison for "gross indecency".  In the letter, Wilde describes how he is spiritually transformed by his prison experience. Ms. Kautsky's performance will include excerpts from Wilde's letter. Kautsky has appeared at Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall, among other prestigious venues, and as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. She recently recorded a CD of Debussy's Preludes to accompany an eventual book on the genesis of that music and Debussy's role in early 20th century Paris. Kautsky is on the faculty at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Reviewing her New York debut, the New York Times said that she is "a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers... She gave these pieces nuances that made them meaningful on a human everyday level. The music spoke directly to the listener."

Leslie Ann Leytham presents as her second DMA recital Two Monodramas: world premiere of Robert Pierzak's Endangered Banana #4: Waywards (revised) and the American premiere of Martin Hiendl's Erwartung und Traumverlust. Pierzak's opera is a tale of societal belonging and destruction, with a woman slowly coming to realize her relationship to time and space, and ultimately, the annihilation of both. Martin Hiendl's monodrama is based on the short story, Kesa and Morito, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, written in 1918. To quote Hiendl, "The novel is a ruthless psychological story about the fatalistic relationship between Kesa and Morito, [who] cannot live out their love, leading them to perversity and extreme violation and humiliation." Scenic design and staging co-created by Micki Davis and Meghann Welsh. Lighting design and costumes by Leslie Ann Leytham. Sound design and electronics by Jason Ponce. Ensemble featuring members of the UCSD Music graduate community and conducted by Nicholas Deyoe.

In this pre-concert talk, composer and performer Steve Reich discusses his music. We expect a full house. Seating is first come, first served, and we suggest that you arrive by 5:00 pm to get in line for admission. The line will form by the Recital Hall entrance on Russell Lane.

THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT! Famed modernist composer Steve Reich will be here in person for a rare San Diego performance of his Music for 18 Musicians (1974-1976), conducted by Steven Schick. Reich will be joined by the Bang on a Can All-Stars as well as red fish blue fish, UCSD's resident percussion ensemble. The program also includes Reich's hand-powered 1972 Clapping Music and his Electric Counterpoint, structured in three movements: Fast, Slow, Fast.

A Concert of Premieres: Seven world premiere performances of pieces written by 1st year graduate students in composition: Xavier Beteta, Ran Duan, Owen Ferro, Jon Forshee, Hunjoo Jung, Stephen Lewis, and Ori Talmon.  Performances will feature: Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Kyle Blair (piano), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Jonathan Hepfer (percussion), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Todd Moellenberg (piano), Allison Roush (violin), and Alice Teyssier (flute).  All pieces will be juried by distinguished members of the Composition and Performance faculty for discussion on the following day. Jury response and discussion session with faculty, composers and performers is open to the public and will begin Saturday, January 21st at 10:00am in CPMC 231.

Nicolee Kuester, horn, with Curt Miller, clarinets, and Louise Devenish, Dustin Donahue, Stephen Solook, and Bonnie Whiting Smith, percussion, and Kelly Dancer, puppeteer, present the world premiere of Kaspar, a spoken opera based on historical events, by Kurt Isaacson, as well as works by George Crumb and an original text piece. The libretto for Kaspar is a collage of Kaspar-the-puppet's short autobiography, as well as first-hand descriptions of him written by various people who came into contact with him after he emerged from captivity.

Pianist Stephen Lewis performs George Enesco's Piano Sonata #1 in F sharp minor, Op. 24, No. 1. Lewis is joined by Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Allison Roush (viola), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Nicholas Deyoe (electric guitar), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), and Siu Hei Lee (piano).

Undergrads for Opera at UCSD presents… Members of the brand new student organization Undergrads for Opera at UCSD showcase their talents and hard work in an evening of song.

Pianist Cecil Lytle's "Jazz Gone Global" concert includes music from Paris (April in Paris and others), The American South (Beale Street Blues and others), Africa (Naima), and New York City (Harlem Rhapsody). Lytle, an emeritus music faculty member and former provost of Thurgood Marshall College, is joined by nine musicians including San Diego trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos. The concert benefits the Lytle Scholarships at UCSD's Thurgood Marshall College. Scholarships go to outstanding first year students from The Preuss School at UCSD. More information on the concert is here.

West Coast premiere of UCSD composer Lei Liang's Verge, conducted by Steven Schick. Also on the program: Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet, Bártok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, and UCSD composer and music grad student Chen-Hui Jen's through drifting moons.

Liang explains the genesis of Verge: "This piece was composed on the verge of an exciting moment in my life: the birth of our son Albert Shin Liang. Albert’s musical name – A, B (Bb), E, D (re) – asserts itself in different configurations and disguises as basic harmonic and melodic material. His heartbeat also makes an appearance in the form of changing tempi and pulsations. In a sense, I composed the piece in order to make a musical amulet for Albert. On a technical level, I was fascinated by the dialectical relationship between the convergence and divergence of musical voices found in the traditional heterophonic music of Mongolia. There, the functionality of a principal line and its accompaniment can interchange, and often not synchronously. The 18 strings are divided into antiphonal groups: left versus right, front versus rear. They diverge into various sub-ensembles, quartets, and also appear as 18 virtuosic soloists. Near the end, they converge into a singular voice."

Verge was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and its Music Director, Alan Gilbert. It premiered on December 17, 2009 in Symphony Space at the inaugural concert of the Philharmonic’s new music series CONTACT!, conducted by Magnus Lindberg.

Diagenesis Duo gives its California debut. The duo, dedicated to performing new music, is made up of UCSD cellist Jennifer Bewerse and Montana-based soprano Heather Barnes. This concert will feature the world premiere of two pieces from the Diagenesis American Folksong Project: Just Lonesome by Aaron Jay Myers and Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair by Scott Ordway. They will also perform Hands and Lips of Wind, by Mischa Salkind-Pearl and excerpts from James Kallembach's 11 Songs to the Poems of Anne Bradstreet, both of which they commissioned and premiered in 2011.

Principal soloists from San Diego Symphony join renowned UCSD music faculty players and special guests for a concert including Beethoven's Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1: Ghost; Martinu's Duo for Violin and Cello, H. 157; and Schumann's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63. If you can't catch the concert, tune in to KPBS-FM public radio (89.5; or streaming at www.kpbs.org) on Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. to hear the live recording.

Read the complete program with notes here.

Third installment in La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong Stravinsky survey is a program of stark - and very beautiful - drama. The program opens with Verdi's searing overture to bloody revenge (Overture to La Forza del Destino) and concludes with Brahms' mighty First Symphony. Between them comes John Adams' setting of Walt Whitman's poem about tending the wounded of the Civil War (The Wound Dresser) and this season's Thomas Nee Commission winner: Nicholas Deyoe's still getting rid of. Conducted by Steven Schick. Nee was a founding faculty member in UCSD's Department of Music who conducted LJS&C for 31 years.

Third installment in La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong Stravinsky survey is a program of stark - and very beautiful - drama. The program opens with Verdi's searing overture to bloody revenge (Overture to La Forza del Destino) and concludes with Brahms' mighty First Symphony. Between them comes John Adams' setting of Walt Whitman's poem about tending the wounded of the Civil War (The Wound Dresser) and this season's Thomas Nee Commission winner: Nicholas Deyoe's still getting rid of. Conducted by Steven Schick. Nee was a founding faculty member in UCSD's Department of Music who conducted LJS&C for 31 years.

A special Valentine's Day edition of the popular Soirée for Music Lovers with János Négyesy and Friends. The program includes Händel's Violin Sonata in D Major; Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major, KV 285; Camille Saint-Saëns' Aria Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (from the opera Samson et Delila); and Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eflat Major, Op. 44. Performers are Rachel Beetz (flute), Leslie Leytham (mezzo-soprano), Todd Moellenberg (harpsichord and piano), Eric Moore (cello), János Négyesy (violin), Allison Roush (viola), Sarah Schwartz (violin).

UCSD's Department of Music presents a special concert featuring the music of Chaya Czernowin, the Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University, and an alumnus of the department. The concert will feature her recent compositions performed by Department of Music graduate students, and Ms. Czernowin will speak about her music from the stage. The program includes Ina (recorded with UCSD faculty flutist John Fonville), Drift, and Manoalchadia. Ms. Czernowin earned her PhD ('93) in composition at UCSD where she was mentored by composers including Roger Reynolds and Brian Ferneyhough. She has said that she considers herself to be part of a new generation composers who have lived in many locations (in her case, Israel, Germany, Austria, Japan, and now the U.S.) and who create a new "hybrid" music that brings together a range of influences. She spoke to NewMusicBox.com about her work last year. The interview combines insightful conversation with video accompanied by provocative excerpts of her music.

For the complete concert program including compositions, performers, and Ms. Czernowin's bio, click here.

Violinist Andrew McIntosh and bassist Scott Worthington perform Wolfgang von Schweinitz's concert-length duo in just intonation, Plainsound Glissando Modulation.

Undergrads for Opera at UCSD presents… Members of the brand new student organization Undergrads for Opera at UCSD showcase their talents and hard work in an evening of song.

Clarinetist Ariana Lamon-Anderson performs her second DMA (grad degree) recital, featuring works by Giacinto Scelsi, Helmut Lachenmann, and Odd and Even.

Morton Feldman's iconic and rarely heard work Three Voices (for Joan La Barbara) will be performed by graduate student Jessica Aszodi. In this 90-minute work, the singer performs live alongside two prerecorded versions of herself. The text comes from a setting of the Frank O'Hara poem Wind. This performance is Jessica's Master's Recital.

Concert featuring undergrad pianists An Nguyen, Andrea Kim, Dorothy Li, Janet Lee, Isaac Lu, Claude Fan, Danny Kim, Lawrence Lee and Andrew Nettesheim.

Flutist Berglind Maria Tómasdóttir's concert begins with premieres of works she commissioned from UCSD grad-level composers Carolyn Chen, Nicholas Deyoe, and Clint McCallum (featuring vocalist Leslie Leytham). The second half is Berglind's new 'performative installation' I Am an Island, which includes a brand new video piece by visual artist Frankie Martin.

Leah Bowden presents percussion music by Jeff Kaiser, Clint McCallum, and Iannis Xenakis.

Undergrad composers premiere new works.

Kyle Adam Blair performs two pieces for solo piano: John Adams' American Berserk and Stuart Saunders Smith's Pinetop. Rachel Beetz plays compositions for solo flute by UCSD's Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Reynolds: Mosaic, Ambages and Transfigured Wind IV for solo flute plus a quadraphonic computer music part

Reger's Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola, Dvořák's Quintet for Strings in G, Op. 77, and Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 10, performed at Camera Lucida, San Diego's premiere chamber series. The concerts bring together principal soloists from San Diego Symphony with renowned UC San Diego faculty musicians and special guests. The series is made possible through the general support of Sam Ersan. Concerts are broadcast on KPBS-FM public radio on the second Saturday following each concert.

See complete Camera Lucida concert program (including program notes) here.

Adam Goodwin's "Low Art Recital" is a concert of original music presented by an assortment of UCSD grad students and special guest Miss Bovina Clovis.

Ride the wave of creativity in this concert of structured group improvisations designed by the ensemble's members and developed over the course of a quarter spent making music-in-the-moment together. Saxophonist/composer/improviser David Borgo of the music faculty directs the ensemble. 

Students of Philip Larson perform music by composers Antonio Vivaldi, Josquin, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Directed by Kamau Kenyatta, talented undergrad musicians perform works by Jackie McLean, Sonny Clark, Baden Powell, Kurt Weill, Ryan Brown, Herbie Hancock, Paul Buchanan & Robert Bell, Kenn Cox, Andrew d'Almeida, Tom Jobim, Cole Porter-Paul Weller, and Michael & Randy Brecker.

Dustin Donahue performs realizations of some of the earliest solo percussion repertoire: Earle Brown's Four Systems (1954), Sylvano Bussotti's Coeur (1959), Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zyklus (1959), Morton Feldman's King of Denmark (1964), and Herbert Brun's Plot (1967).

Percussionist Stephen Solook presents a concert of music by esteemed Department of Music faculty composers featuring percussion works by Chinary Ung, Cinnabar Heart, and the world premiere of Miniatures after poems by E.E. Cummings by Katharina Rosenberger for percussion and female voice. The centerpiece of the program is Roger Reynolds' theatrical work Justice. Justice, commissioned for the celebration of the Library of Congress's Bicentennial in 2000, is a fully staged dramatic work for percussionist, soprano, actress, and computer musician. Together the individual performers combine to form the inner psychic world of Clytemnestra, tragic heroine from the Greek plays of Euripides and Aeschylus. The performers explore Clytemnestra's inner vision of events that lead to her husband's murder through a dramatic reading extending from spoken to sung declamations and eventually into a wordless world of percussion.

Joining Solook for this performance are: Tiffany Du Mouchelle, soprano; Alice Teyssier, actress; Paul Hembree, computer musician. Auditory Illusion, a sound installation developed by Michael Ricca and Aldrin Payopay, will accompany this performance of Justice. The musical content of Auditory Illusion comes from Reynolds Illusion, a companion piece to Justice. The same events occur in Illusion as within Justice, however they are presented from five different perspectives instead of one. This installation focuses upon the concept of "received knowledge" a form of subconscious insight that through its possession develops awareness, which is the foundation of Justice. The installation will run from Tuesday March 6 through Sunday March 11, 2012 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD.

Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir lifts hundreds of voices to a program of Afro-American gospel, spirituals, and traditional songs.

The UCSD Chamber Orchestra presents Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Directed by János Négyesy. Music by Bellini, Brahms, Bruch, Delibes, Dvořák, Gabrieli, Hindemith, Mozart, Pergolesi, Schumann, and Shostakovich.

Graduate computer music students perform original works in a concert featuring experimental music, performance art, and visual music. Highlights include custom software for live performance, hand built electronics, sculptural sound objects, and a brainwave interface that controls sound by reading the performer's mood.

Directed by Robert Zelickman, UCSD's Wind Ensemble performs music by Alex Tsiatas (Overture), Joan Brown Goldberg (The Coronado Song), Aaron Copland (Danzon Cubano), Henry Fillmore (The Klaxon March), Charles Ives (Finale from the Second Symphony), Richard Rodgers (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue), and George Gershwin (Oh, Lady Be Good, Liza, Fascinating Rhythm, Swanee, plus five songs from Porgy and Bess).

Guitarist performs Leo Brouwer's Canticum, Hilda Paredes' Metamorfosis, Luciano Berio's Sequenza XI, Roger Reynolds' ImagE, Karlheinz Stockhausen's Solo, and Uros Rojko's Passing Away on Two Strings.

Violin students of János Négyesy perform works by J.S. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Kabalevsky, and Ysaÿe.

Showcase concert for students of Stefani Walens.

14 Short Fluxus Plays from the innovative performance art group Fluxus give a sharp edge to this concert by the New Music Performance class under the direction of János Négyesy. The program also includes works by Elinor Armer, John Cage, Robert Pierzak (composition grad student), Robert Erickson (founding UCSD music faculty), László Vidovszky, Lou Harrison, and Steve Reich.

Undergraduate vocalist Mariya Kaganskaya invites one and all to celebrate her 21st Birthday, with her favorite activity – a recital! Mariya performs pieces of various styles, revolving around the relevant themes of spring, libations, and old age. The program includes works by Offenbach, Rorem, recent UCSD graduate Frank S. Li, and more! This once-in-a-lifetime (literally!) event features illustrious colleagues, and a very special guest!

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus continues its yearlong survey of Stravinsky with a concert that explores the composer's classical roots. Mozart's famous Overture to the Marriage of Figaro leads to Stravinsky's most classical work, his Symphony in C, which he modeled on Beethoven's First Symphony, and the concert closes with that piece. Along the way comes a very different Stravinsky: his Ebony Concerto, written for clarinet soloist and Woody Herman's jazz orchestra. Conducted by Steven Schick.

San Diego's premier chamber series presents Bach's Preludes and Fugues for String Trio (arr. Mozart), Strauss' Sextet for Strings from Capriccio, Op. 85, and Brahms' Sextet for Strings in B-flat, Op. 18. There is inspiring synergy among top soloists from San Diego Symphony with renowned UCSD faculty musicians and special guests, in the superb acoustics of UCSD's new concert hall. Concerts are broadcast on KPBS-FM public radio at 8 p.m. on the second Saturday following each concert. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of Sam Ersan.

Klang Park, an exhibition of sound installations featuring new work by Berglind Tómasdóttir, Jessica Aszodi, Frankie Martin, Eric Derr, Brian Griffith-Loeb, Joe Mariglio, Tania Lanfer-Marquez, Louise Devenish, and Yvonne Wu.

Klang Park, an exhibition of sound installations featuring new work by Berglind Tómasdóttir, Jessica Aszodi, Frankie Martin, Eric Derr, Brian Griffith-Loeb, Joe Mariglio, Tania Lanfer-Marquez, Louise Devenish, and Yvonne Wu.

Adam Goodwin's High Art Recital will feature works for solo contrabass by Giacinto Scelsi, Fernando Grillo, Luciano Berio/Stefano Scodanibbio, Andrew Jordan Miller, and Jacob Druckman.

Seven Violin Duos Dedicated to János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter features the two musicians performing compositions by Victor Bloom, Steven Hoey, Igor Korneitchouk, Andrew May, Lukas Schulze, Will Ogdon (founding chair of the music department), and Mark Osborn.

Sitar master Kartik Seshadri performs classical Indian ragas in the tradition of his mentor, legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar. 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 "espressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility, and rhythmic intricacy." This is Kartik's final concert in the Department of Music's 2011-2012 season.

Contrabassist Tyler Eaton and percussionist Ayaka Ozaki present their Honors Recital.

On a Spring Tour, the U.S. Army Woodwind Ambassadors stop in at UC San Diego. The concert includes Carl Nielsen's Quintet, Op. 43, Paquito D'Rivera's Aires Tropicales (a Latin jazz tune re-arranged for strings), Jan Pieters Sweelinck's Variations on a Folksong, and Jean Francaix's Quintette. The group includes Sergeant First Class Sarah Eckman McIver (flute), Staff Sergeant Sarah Schram-Borg (oboe), Staff Sergeant John Blair (clarinet), Staff Sergeant Patricia Dusold (bassoon), and Staff Sergeant Christy Klenke (French horn).

The Seven Tragedies of Space Travel is a unique concert experience that mixes traditional western classical music with modern music and audio-visual settings inspired by science fiction, cosmology, and the tattered remains of false memories of the Vietnam War. Featuring Brendan Nguyen, piano and harpsichord, performing works by UCSD composers Aaron Helgeson, Nicholas Deyoe, and Clint McCallum, along with Jean-Philippe Rameau and Franz Schubert. Video stimuli by Jason Ponce, sound design by Joe Mariglio, movement design and costumes by Leslie Leytham, voiceover by Thao Nguyen.

A celebration of the centenary of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, a work that altered the course of modern music. The concert features the world premieres of companion pieces by composers Andrew Allen, Yeung-Ping Chen, Aaron Helgeson, and Paul Hembree as well as a performance of  Schoenberg's seminal work. The project features singers Jessica Aszodi, Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Bonnie Lander and Alice Teyssier, with instrumentalists Rachel Beetz (flute), Jennifer Bewerse (cello) Sam Dunscombe (clarinet), and Steven Lewis (piano). The Pierrot Project is led by UCSD faculty members Philippe Manoury and Susan Narucki.

Honors Recital showcases cellist Denaly Chen and soprano Amy Calderon. Chen's program includes Bach's Suites for Cello, Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007; Schumann's Fantasiestücke op. 73 for cello and piano; and Fauré's Elégie, Op. 24 (Chen's piano accompanist is Jacqueline Yu).

Come see what the double helix is all about! Featuring two theatrical works by Nicholas Deyoe/Leslie Leytham, and Clint McCallum/Bob Pierzak.
 

Soprano Susan Narucki and bass-baritone Philip Larson are featured, joined by pianist Aleck Karis. Larson opens the concert with works by Brahms, Mahler, and Hugo Wolf. Following intermission, Narucki's focuses on "three composers who interrelate in a very interesting way: Alexander Zemlinsky, Anton Webern and György Kurtág. Zemlinsky was a fascinating composer. He influenced Schoenberg and the composers of the Second Viennese School, yet had his own distinct compositional path - which was no doubt influenced by his emigration to the United States before the beginning of the Second World War. We are doing a set of pieces that includes some of his earliest songs, full of lush harmonies and sweeping lyricism, as well as some of his poignant later works. I'm also doing Webern, Op.4; a set of five early Webern songs which are set to elusive and beautiful texts by Stefan Georg. And to close, Three Old Inscriptions by the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtág." 

Bonnie Whiting Smith plays new music for percussion and voice by composers Jerome Kitzke, Jeffrey Treviño, and Nicholas Deyoe. Featuring Jerome Kitzke, piano and voice.

Flutist Rachel Beetz and pianist Ran Duan perform Morton Feldman's (1926-1987) For Christian Wolff for flute, piano and celeste. Feldman composed the piece late in his career and it stands alongside For John Cage and For Philip Guston as one of his most highly regarded works. For Christian Wolff lasts roughly three hours, carrying the listener on a subtly nuanced journey that explores various meditative states. Wolff is a composer and pianist born in France who relocated to the United States in 1941. Shortly after Feldman met Cage, Wolff began studying composition with Cage at the age of 16. Wolff is also known for his performances of experimental music with Rzewski and Cardew, often with sociopolitical themes.

Violinist Sarah Schwartz performs an evening of solo violin music, followed by contemporary tangos for a small ensemble. Including three living composers, she will perform works by Attila Bozay, Victor Bloom, Joshua Weinsten, J.S. Bach, and William Hill.  While pursuing a DMA, Ms. Schwartz has a full performance career in San Diego and Los Angeles. She spent 15 years in New York City as a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, two contemporary music ensembles, and as a frequent recitalist. She plays in the Grand Teton Music Festival orchestra in the summers.

Electronic musicians from four California campuses perform together in a diverse concert showcasing the state-of-the-art in experimental electronic music.  Graduate students from CalArts, Mills, UCSB, and UCSD present new works mixing live instruments with custom software, re-purposed technology, and home made electronics.
 

János Négyesy and friends celebrate the 75th Soiree with a program of Bach, Brahms, Respighi, and Fauré.

Strobes, Quasicrystals and Video Games: art by Jeff, Paul and Drew.

Virtuoso UCSD pianist Aleck Karis's concert ranges from traditional to modern to today. The program features Stravinsky's Serenade in A (1925), Beethoven's Sonata, Opus 21, No. 2 (1802), Yekovich's Four Hands+ (2012), Mozart's Fantasy, K. 465 (1785), and Beethoven's Sonata, Opus 110 (1821).

Knell Ensemble performs Elliott Carter's Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux and Esprit Dude/Esprit Doux II; Sofia Gubaidulina's Pantomime; and Pierre Boulez' Derive and Talea. Knell Ensemble is Rachel Beetz (flute), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ran Duan (piano), Nicolee Kuester (horn), Curt Miller (clarinet), Eric Moore (cello), Allison Roush (violin), and Scott Worthington (contrabass).

Clarinetist Sam Dunscombe's concert is titled Magics at the Crossroads of your senses.

Curt Miller (clarinet), Dustin Donahue (percussion), and Scott Worthington (double bass) give the first performance of Worthington's eighty-minute work, Even the Light Itself Falls.

Flutist Kimberly Turney performs Hara by Harvey Sollberger (for Alto Flute), Petit Aleph by Philippe Manoury (for Bass Flute), Suite for Flute and Clarinet by Giacinto Scelsi (with clarinetist Ariana Lamon-Anderson), Ambages by Roger Reynolds, and Books for Flutes by Stuart Saunders Smith. Sollberger is an emeritus music faculty member, Manoury is a current faculty member.