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 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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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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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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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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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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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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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard
Free. All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
RSVP not required. This concert will not be livestreamed.
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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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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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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Camera Lucida
Monday, June 6th, 2022
7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff/Students (advanced purchase): $28
Student Rush: Free at the door, with ID
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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