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Chien-Kwan Lin
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)Thomas Nee Memorial
Friday, October 10th, 2008 5:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Sanctuary
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 6:30 pm
Salk Institute
$25 general/$23 faculty-staff/$10 UCSD students
Michael Dessen Trio
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Camera Lucida
Monday, October 20th, 2008 8:00 pm
NSI
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $25 General/$10 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Mozart Sonatas
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Fabio Oliveira
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Kathleen Gallagher
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Soirée
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Piano Students
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Grad Forum #1
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Jonathan Hepfer
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Curtis Macomber Recital
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 5:00 pm
Erickson Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Ross Karre
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Anne-Marie Dicce
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
David Medine
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
The Music of Will Ogdon
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
William Fried
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Jean Kopperud and Steve Gosling
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)Geoff Gartner
Monday, November 17th, 2008 6:30 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Ashley Walters
Monday, November 17th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Grad Forum #2
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Colin McAllister
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
rfbf
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MUS 131
Friday, November 21st, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Chamber Orchestra
Monday, December 1st, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Singers
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 8:00 pm
NSI
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $25 General/Free for all students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 8:00 pm
NSI
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $25 General/$10 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 14th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Justin DeHart
Friday, April 17th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soirée
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida
Monday, April 20th, 2009 8:00 pm
NSI
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $25 General/$10 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Luis Tabuenca
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Christine Tsay
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kartik Seshadri
Saturday, April 25th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergrad Forum
Monday, April 27th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Paul Bowman
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Jesse Mandapat & Nathan Singhapok
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Conrad Prebys Music Center Grand Opening
Friday, May 8th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Cecil Lytle
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
FREE
Event Program Archive (PDF)János Négyesy
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
FREE
Event Program Archive (PDF)Aleck Karis
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
FREE
Event Program Archive (PDF)Conrad Prebys Music Center Grand Opening
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Harpsichord Students
Monday, May 11th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)redfishbuefish
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Cris Eaves & Ray Robles
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Spring Fest
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Spring Fest
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Spring Fest
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Spring Fest
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Spring Fest
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Indian Music
Monday, May 18th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Spring Fest
Monday, May 18th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Brian Wahlstrom
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)MUS 272
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
John Cage Songbook
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 2:57 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free
Spring Fest
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Spring Fest
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Guitar Students
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jazz Concert (95jc)
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Singers
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Violins & Violas
Friday, May 29th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jeff Denson
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Felix Olschofka
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida
Monday, June 1st, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $25 General/$10 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)Gospel Choir
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS) or at the door. $10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Free
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$10 General/$5 Student/Free UCSD Students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Ensemble XII
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Pavlos Antoniadis
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Eliot Gattegno
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Batya MacAdam-Somer
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Camera Lucida
Monday, October 5th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
redfishbluefish
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Nathan Singhapok & Jesse Mandapat
Friday, October 9th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Grad Forum #1
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general/$10 for students w/ID/free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.
Philippe Manoury Partita Tour
Monday, October 26th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general/$10 for students w/ID/free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.
Pablo Gomez Cano
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 1st, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
First Monday
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Susan Narucki
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
XVI Festival Hispanoamericano de la Guitarra
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$15 general, $5 students w/ID, free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.
Myriad Trio/Charles Curtis & Reiko Uchida
Monday, November 9th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Patrick Ian Carroll
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Grad Forum #2
Friday, November 13th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Aleck Karis
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
201F
Friday, November 20th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Jazz Concert
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$15 general/$5 for students/free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS).
Chamber Ensembles
Monday, November 30th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Lilith
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
$15 general/$5 UCSD students/Free for Department of Music faculty, staff, and students.
Lilith
Friday, December 4th, 2009 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students, alumni, and Friends of Music (discount code FOM). Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Friday, December 4th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
First Monday
Monday, December 7th, 2009 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Camera Lucida
Monday, December 7th, 2009 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)International Contemporary Ensemble
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forum
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)First Year Graduate Students Concert
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)KaiBorg
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
$25 general/$10 for students w/ID/free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Myriad Trio
Monday, January 25th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Takae Ohnishi
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
$25 general, 20% discount for UCSD faculty, staff, students. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Ashley Walters
Friday, January 29th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kimberly Turney
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)RELS Concert
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For Ticket Information Contact Amy Anderson. 858-534-1507 or a8anderson@ucsd.edu
Event Program Archive (PDF)First Monday
Monday, February 1st, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Brendan Nguyen
Friday, February 5th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 1:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Camera Lucida
Monday, February 8th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Art of Improvisation 1
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forum
Friday, February 12th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)201A
Friday, February 19th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tone Road Ramblers
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergrad Piano Students
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)First Monday
Monday, March 1st, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets $15 general/$5 for students/free for UCSD music faculty, staff, students.. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS). Student Rush Tickets $1 at the door
Jazz Concert
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate Piano Students
Friday, March 5th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Contrabass Ensemble
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets $15 general/$5 UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free with Student ID.
Guitar Students
Friday, March 12th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Camera Lucida
Monday, March 15th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Brian Archinal
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
First Monday
Monday, April 5th, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Jonathan & Jared Mattson
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
William Fried
Thursday, April 8th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Batya MacAdam-Somer
Friday, April 9th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Camera Lucida
Monday, April 12th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Gabrielle Athayde
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general/$10 for UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free for students w/ID
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Eliot Gattegno
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Berglind Tomasdottir
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Grad Forum
Friday, April 23rd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Myriad Trio
Monday, April 26th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MUS 272
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Palimpsest 2: Déserts
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Kevin Flowers & Patricia Wang
Friday, April 30th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
First Monday
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Kevin Flowers, Owen Ferro, Blake VanTreese
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Grad Forum
Friday, May 7th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forum
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Telematic Class Concert
Monday, May 10th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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redfishbluefish
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general/$15 UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free for students w/ID
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Telematic Music
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
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Harpsichord Students
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Saki Chan & Dipika Gopal
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Indian Music
Monday, May 17th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $15 general/$5 UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free for students w/ID
Jazz Concert
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 24th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
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Gospel Choir
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets $15 general/$5 UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free with Student ID. Tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858-534-TIXS).
Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
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Chamber Opera
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
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Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Free
Violins & Violas
Friday, May 28th, 2010 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Chamber Opera
Friday, May 28th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Tickets $25 general, $20 for UCSD faculty, staff; $1 student rush tickets available one hour before the concert. Subscription tickets also available at a greater discount. Other tickets available at UCSD Box Office (858.534.TIXS) or at the door.
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Singers Concert
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Tickets $15 general/$5 UCSD Faculty & Staff/Free with Student ID.
Guitar Ensemble
Friday, June 4th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Voice Students
Saturday, June 5th, 2010 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 5th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Wed @ 7: Aleck Karis & Charles Curtis
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
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Myriad Trio
Monday, October 11th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Subscriptions available at a 30% discount of full price.
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
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Christine Tavolacci
Friday, October 15th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Wed @ 7: James Newton
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 25th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Subscriptions available at a 30% discount of full price.
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
Event Program Archive (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.
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Tiffany DuMouchelle
Thursday, October 28th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Face the Music: Color
Saturday, October 30th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Face the Music: Color
Sunday, October 31st, 2010 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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.
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First Monday
Monday, November 1st, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wed @ 7: Steven Schick
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
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Percussionist Steven Schick premieres British composer James Dillon’s La Coupure, with sound by William Brent and Jaime Oliver, and video by Ross Karre.
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Grad Forum #1
Thursday, November 4th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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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.
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Festival Hispanoamericano
Friday, November 5th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
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Border guitar fest comes to UC San Diego, with a solo concert by renowned Mexican guitarist Martin Madrigal.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 8th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Subscriptions available at a 30% discount of full price.
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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David Medine
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Grad Forum #2
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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Wed @ 7: Palimpsest 1
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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redfishbluefish
Thursday, November 18th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
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201A
Friday, November 19th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Curt Miller
Saturday, November 20th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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201B
Monday, November 22nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Anthony Davis’s students take the stage for an evening of spontaneous and surprising musical improv.
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Jazz Concert
Monday, November 29th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Computer Music Concert + CEMEC
Monday, November 29th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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201F
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
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Piano~
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Face the Music: Missa Solemnis
Saturday, December 4th, 2010 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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Face the Music: Missa Solemnis
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
First Monday
Monday, December 6th, 2010 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 6th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Subscriptions available at a 30% discount of full price.
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-822-2166
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.
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Five Premieres
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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New Music for Guzheng, Piano, and Electronics
Friday, December 10th, 2010 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Bonnie Whiting Smith
Sunday, January 9th, 2011 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Leslie Leytham
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Grad program soprano Leslie Leytham gives her winter concert.
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Wed @ 7: Wet Ink
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Pie
Thursday, January 13th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Ariana Lamon-Anderson
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad program clarinetist performs her winter concert.
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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 10:30 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 11:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Friday, January 21st, 2011 10:30 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Friday, January 21st, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Friday, January 21st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Friday, January 21st, 2011 11:00 pm
The Loft
Free
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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 10:30 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Works featuring guitarist Colin McAllister, woodwind player Alan Lechusza, violinist Mark Menzies, percussionist Morris Palter, and composer Juan Campoverde.
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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Performances by bassist Kristin Korb and Cosmologic (Jason Robinson, Michael Dessen, Scott Walton, Nathan Hubbard, special guest Anthony Davis).
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UCSD Sonic Diasporas Alumni Festival
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 11:00 pm
The LOFT
Free
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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Wed @ 7: Aleck Karis
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
For Tickets Call Music Department Box Office: 858-822-2166
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Pablo Gomez Cano
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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What Where
Friday, January 28th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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.
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Dustin Donahue
Saturday, January 29th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Dustin Donahue plays Morton Feldman's For Philip Guston. He is joined by Martin Hiendl and Rachel Beetz.
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REL Scholarship Concert
Sunday, January 30th, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 100, Concert Hall
For Ticket Information Contact Amy Anderson. 858-534-1507 or a8anderson@ucsd.edu
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, January 31st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stephen Solook
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Stephen Solook, a member of red fish blue fish, performs his winter recital.
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Mark Dresser Trio
Friday, February 4th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Face the Music: Contrast
Saturday, February 5th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Face the Music: Contrast
Sunday, February 6th, 2011 1:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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First Monday
Monday, February 7th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Wed @ 7: Palimpsest 2
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
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Event Program Archive (PDF)(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).
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Trio Kobayashi presents
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Grad Forum #3
Thursday, February 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Brian Griffeath-Loeb
Friday, February 11th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
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.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Sunday, February 13th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Brendan Nguyen
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist performs music by Ligeti, Messiaen, and Feldman.
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Piano Students
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Students of Aleck Karis, Stefani Walens, and Brendan Nguyen, featuring Christopher Chan, Isaac Lu, Janet Lee, Binh-An Nguyen, Pearl Choi and Andrea Kim.
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Grad Forum #4
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Berglind Maria Tomasdottir
Sunday, February 27th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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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.
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Myriad Trio
Monday, February 28th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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MUS 131
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Contrabassist Mark Dresser's students extemporize their way into new territories.
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Bass Students
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Jazz Concert
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Violins & Violas
Friday, March 4th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)János Négyesy's students perform works by Tartini, Bruch, Beethoven, Berio and Bozay.
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First Monday
Monday, March 7th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
one fish two fish
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Directed by David Medine, the orchestra takes on Robert Schumann's Overture, Jean Sibelius' Pelleas and Melisande,
and Joseph Haydn's Symphony no 104.
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MUS 2K Rock Stars
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Wed @ 7:Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Chamber Ensembles
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Directed by János Négyesy, the ensembles perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, DvoÅ™ák, Haydn, Hándel, Locatelli, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, and Tartini.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Improv Concert
Friday, March 11th, 2011 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
MUS 133
Friday, March 11th, 2011 12:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Charles Curtis's students perform works by John Cage, Robert Erickson, Morton Feldman, and other innovative composers from 20th century new music.
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Face the Music: Concerto
Saturday, March 12th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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!
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Face the Music: Concerto
Sunday, March 13th, 2011 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
Event Program Archive (PDF)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!
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 14th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Tiffany DuMouchelle
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Adam Tinkle-Canceled
Friday, April 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Canceled
Event Program Archive (PDF)"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.
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First Monday
Monday, April 4th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Leading composers and performers from the Department of Music's graduate programs present a free noon concert of original music.
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Josh Weinstein
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Scott Worthington
Friday, April 8th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Double bassist Scott Worthington will present a recital of solo works by Gyorgy Kurtag, Salvatore Sciarrino, Iannis Xenakis, and himself.
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Batya MacAdam-Somer
Saturday, April 9th, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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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.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Sunday, April 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 11th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Re-Re-Enactments
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Wed @ 7: Formalist Quartet
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
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Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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The Best 15 Minutes of Your Life and Other Pieces!
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Doctors and Masters:Very Seriously, Seriously
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Dreier
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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"
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Wed @ 7: Telematics
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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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.
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Stephanie Aston
Friday, April 29th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Face the Music: The Passion St. Matthew
Saturday, April 30th, 2011 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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.
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Face the Music: The Passion St. Matthew
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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.
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First Monday
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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.
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James Gordon Williams
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stanford Connection Concert
Friday, May 6th, 2011 6:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
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.
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Song of the Underwater Palace
Friday, May 6th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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.
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Excursions - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Saturday, May 7th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Baroque Chamber & Harpsichord Students Recital
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students of Takae Ohnishi perform works by Froberger, Bach, Couperin, Blavet, Monteverdi, Daquin, Telemann, and Purcell.
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Colin McAllister
Thursday, May 12th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Body of Leaves (Danny & Scooter Honors Recital)
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Sounds from Taiwan
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 16th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wed @ 7 :"A sound, vast and summerlike..." kallisti ensemble
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
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'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.
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Janet Lee's Freshman Recital
Friday, May 20th, 2011 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
"A sound, vast and summerlike..." kallisti ensemble
Friday, May 20th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
'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.
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"A sound, vast and summerlike..." kallisti ensemble
Saturday, May 21st, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
'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.
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Christopher Chan Honors Recital
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergrad pianist Christopher Chan performs music by Bach, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Chopin. Chan is double majoring in music performance and cognitive science.
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Indian Music
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kartik Seshadri's students perform a range of classical Indian ragas.
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Gospel Choir
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir soars toward the heavens with African-American gospel, blues, and traditional songs.
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Solo Bass Students of Mark Dresser
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Singers
Thursday, May 26th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Jonathan Piper
Thursday, May 26th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
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.
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IS Juries
Thursday, May 26th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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).
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IS Juries
Friday, May 27th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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).
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Roger Reynolds' PING
Friday, May 27th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Directed by David Medine, the orchestra performs Schubert's Symphony no. 8, Unfinished, Fauré's Ballade, and Schumann's Overture, Scherzo, and Finale.
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Jazz Concert
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kamau Kenyatta directs his talented young charges through a variety of modern jazz music.
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Still LIfe
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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).
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Piano Students of Stefani Walens
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.00
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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An Index of Metals by Romitelli
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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).
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Voice Students
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Computer Music Concert
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Face the Music: Haydn the Progressive
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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.
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Face the Music: Haydn the Progressive
Sunday, June 5th, 2011 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Ticket Information: (858) 534-4637
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.
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Myriad Trio
Monday, June 6th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Anna Thorvoldsdottir
Thursday, October 20th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Event Program Archive (PDF)Icelandic composer and cellist Anna Thorvaldsdottir celebrates the Oct. 25 release of her CD RhízÅma (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 RhízÅma. 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 RhízÅma, was awarded Composition of the Year (2010) at the Icelandic Music Awards 2011.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Knell
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 24th, 2011 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Dustin Donahue
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
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Percussionist Dustin Donahue premieres new solo works by Andrew Allen, Carolyn Chen, and Paul Hembree alongside compositions by Peter Ablinger and Thomas Meadowcroft.
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Ashley Walters Recital
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Stravinsky Circus The French Composer
Saturday, October 29th, 2011 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stravinsky Circus The French Composer
Sunday, October 30th, 2011 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wed @ 7 Telematics
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 4th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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1st Monday (Nov)
Monday, November 7th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 7th, 2011 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Grad Forum
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Trio Kobayashi
Monday, November 14th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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.
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Eric Derr Recital
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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Wed @ 7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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redfishbluefish
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Introducing... Undergrads for Opera at UCSD
Friday, November 18th, 2011 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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.
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Adv. Improvisational Ensemble
Friday, November 18th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Jeff Kaiser Recital
Saturday, November 19th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Telematic Class Concert
Sunday, November 20th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir lifts hundreds of voices in a concert of African-American blues, gospel, and traditional songs.
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Jazz Concert
Monday, November 28th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Seasoned jazz musician Kamau Kenyatta directs the jazz ensembles through a program of classic jazz.
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MUS 245 Presentation
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Directed by János Négyesy, students perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, Cui, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Previn, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Spohr and Vivaldi.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The winds blow through Mexico as Robert Zelickman directs a program ranging from Paul Creston's Night in Mexico and Frank Ticheli's Concert for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble, to John Morrissey's Viva Mexico!, Albert Ginastera's Impetuosamente from Pampeana No. 3 and Danza Final from Estancia, Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez' Batuque, and G.H. Matos Rodriguez' La Cumparsita.
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Violins and Violas Presentation
Thursday, December 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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Computer Music Concert + CEMEC
Thursday, December 1st, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Piano Class Final
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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.
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Stravinsky Circus Ancient Noises
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stravinsky Circus Ancient Noises
Sunday, December 4th, 2011 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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1st Monday (Dec)
Monday, December 5th, 2011 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 5th, 2011 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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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MUS 132/232
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Piano Concert: Students of Aleck Karis, Brendan Nguyen, Kyle Blair, Todd Moellenberg, Stephen Lewis, and Jeff Treviño.
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Knell
Friday, December 9th, 2011 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Catherine C. Kautsky
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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."
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Leslie Leytham Recital
Friday, January 13th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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ArtTalks! for Music for 18 Musicians
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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.
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Wed @ 7 Music for 18 Musicians
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH ARTPOWER and the UCSD BOX OFFICE 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Regular: $35.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM: $10.00
UCSD Students: Free, but we recommend reserving early at the UCSD Box Office
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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A Concert of Premieres
Friday, January 20th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Nicolee Kuester Recital
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Grad Forum
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Undergrads for Opera at UCSD Presents...
Friday, January 27th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self-Support Concert
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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REL Scholarship Concert
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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all tickets are held at the door
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wed @ 7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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1st Monday (Feb)
Monday, February 6th, 2012 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, February 6th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stravinsky Circus The Populist
Saturday, February 11th, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Stravinsky Circus The Populist
Sunday, February 12th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
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.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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An Evening with Chaya Czernowin featuring performances by UC San Diego Graduate Students
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Plainsound Glissando Modulation - Scott Worthington, bass
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Violinist Andrew McIntosh and bassist Scott Worthington perform Wolfgang von Schweinitz's concert-length duo in just intonation, Plainsound Glissando Modulation.
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Undergrads for Opera at UCSD Presents...
Friday, February 17th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self-Support Concert
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Ariana Lamon-Anderson Recital
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Clarinetist Ariana Lamon-Anderson performs her second DMA (grad degree) recital, featuring works by Giacinto Scelsi, Helmut Lachenmann, and Odd and Even.
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Ariana Lamon-Anderson
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Jessica Aszodi Recital
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Piano Students
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Concert featuring undergrad pianists An Nguyen, Andrea Kim, Dorothy Li, Janet Lee, Isaac Lu, Claude Fan, Danny Kim, Lawrence Lee and Andrew Nettesheim.
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Berglind Maria Tomasdottir Recital
Friday, February 24th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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S. Leah Bowden Recital
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Leah Bowden presents percussion music by Jeff Kaiser, Clint McCallum, and Iannis Xenakis.
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Dobey, Flatley & Sundstrom Honors Recital
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergrad composers premiere new works.
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1st Monday (Mar)
Monday, March 5th, 2012 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 5th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Reger's Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola, DvoÅ™ák'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.
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Adam Goodwin
Monday, March 5th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self-Support Concert
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.
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MUS 201B
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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UCSD Singers
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students of Philip Larson perform music by composers Antonio Vivaldi, Josquin, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Jazz Concert
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Dustin Donahue Recital
Saturday, March 10th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Steve Solook Recital
Sunday, March 11th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Bass Students
Monday, March 12th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir lifts hundreds of voices to a program of Afro-American gospel, spirituals, and traditional songs.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Self-Support Concert
Event Program Archive (PDF)The UCSD Chamber Orchestra presents Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Directed by János Négyesy. Music by Bellini, Brahms, Bruch, Delibes, DvoÅ™ák, Gabrieli, Hindemith, Mozart, Pergolesi, Schumann, and Shostakovich.
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Computer Music Concert
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Self-Support Concert
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Pablo Gomez Cano Recital
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Violins and Violas Presentation
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Violin students of János Négyesy perform works by J.S. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Kabalevsky, and Ysaÿe.
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Piano Recital
Friday, March 16th, 2012 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Support
Showcase concert for students of Stefani Walens.
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MUS 133
Friday, March 16th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Mariya Kaganskaya Celebrates Her 21st in Song
Saturday, March 17th, 2012 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self-Support Concert
Event Program Archive (PDF)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!
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Stravinsky Circus The Classicist
Saturday, March 17th, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
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.
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Stravinsky Circus The Classicist
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
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.
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Piano Students
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Camera Lucida
Monday, April 2nd, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Sound Installation of Art
Friday, April 6th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Sound Installation of Art
Saturday, April 7th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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.
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Adam Goodwin Masters Recital
Monday, April 9th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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.
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Two Violins
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Ticket Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Wed @ 7 Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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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.
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Tyler Eaton & Ayaka Ozaki Honors Recital
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
HONORS Recital
Event Program Archive (PDF)Contrabassist Tyler Eaton and percussionist Ayaka Ozaki present their Honors Recital.
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US Army Woodwind Ambassadors
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 8:15 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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).
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Brendan Nguyen Recital
Friday, April 13th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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.
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The Pierrot Project
Saturday, April 21st, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Denaly Chen & Amy Calderon Honors Recital
Saturday, April 21st, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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).
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DNA Is In Our Experimentation
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
SpringFest Event
Free
Come see what the double helix is all about! Featuring two theatrical works by Nicholas Deyoe/Leslie Leytham, and Clint McCallum/Bob Pierzak.
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Wed @ 7 Susan Narucki, Philip Larson and Aleck Karis
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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."
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Bonnie Whiting Smith Recital
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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For Christian Wolff
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest Event
Free
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.
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Sarah Schwartz Recital
Friday, April 27th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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California Electronic Music Exchange Concert
Friday, April 27th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self-Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
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.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)János Négyesy and friends celebrate the 75th Soiree with a program of Bach, Brahms, Respighi, and Fauré.
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Strobes, Quasicrystals and Video Games
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
Strobes, Quasicrystals and Video Games: art by Jeff, Paul and Drew.
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Aleck Karis
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)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).
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Knell Ensemble
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
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).
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Magics at the Crossroads of your Senses
Monday, April 30th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self-Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
Clarinetist Sam Dunscombe's concert is titled Magics at the Crossroads of your senses.
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Even the Light Itself Falls
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest Event
Free
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.
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Kimberly Turney Recital
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)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.
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Flog the husband to feed the children, the Hûngbo Manura's Song
Friday, May 4th, 2012 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Flog the husband to feed the children, the Hûngbo Manura’s Song: A Transnational Interpretive P’ansori adapted from P’ansori Song of Hûngbo. Pansori, the UNESCO-designated Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humankind, is a genre of musical storytelling performed by a vocalist and a drummer. This popular tradition, characterized by expressive singing, stylized speech, a repertory of narratives and gesture, embraces both elite and folk culture. Professor Chan E. Park (Ohio State University) is a transnational artist who delivers to the English-speaking audience the text and art of p’ansori, the Korean tradition of story-singing, by weaving her bilingual interpretation in performance. She will present from the Song of Hûngbo, one of the five classical repertoires that reminds us of the cardinal virtues of sibling bond not rivalry. In her adaptation, Flog the husband to feed the children, the Hûngbo Manura’s Song, it is less the character Hûngbo but more his wife, the invisible gender, who compellingly portrays the ironic socioeconomic challenges of the less privileged against the dictates of the state in ancient Korea.
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Undergrads for Opera at UCSD Present Excerpts from Cosi fan tutte
Friday, May 4th, 2012 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Self-Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
Noise is the New New Music
Friday, May 4th, 2012 8:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self-Support Concert
SpringFest Event
Free
Noise is the New Music, a performance by computer and electroacoustic music artist Joe Mariglio.
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Phillip Wulfridge Honors Recital
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Phillip Wulfridge is a composition student at UCSD; moreover, he continues to be active in music performance as a pianist and violinist. In this unique recital, Phillip and fellow musicians perform new compositions by Wu and guest composers.
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Stravinsky Circus Spring Symphonies
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky continues with a program inspired by the many faces of spring. Grieg's beautiful lament for string orchestra (The Last Spring) is a perfect introduction to Schumann's robust 'Spring' symphony (Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major). Chorus and soloists join the orchestra for quite a different Spring Symphony, Benjamin Britten's setting of fourteen poems about the coming of spring, a preview of the chorus's upcoming Carnegie Hall debut. Guest artist: tenor Jon Lee Keenan. Conducted by David Chase.
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Stravinsky Circus Spring Symphonies
Sunday, May 6th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky continues with a program inspired by the many faces of spring. Grieg's beautiful lament for string orchestra (The Last Spring) is a perfect introduction to Schumann's robust 'Spring' symphony (Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major). Chorus and soloists join the orchestra for quite a different Spring Symphony, Benjamin Britten's setting of fourteen poems about the coming of spring, a preview of the chorus's upcoming Carnegie Hall debut. Guest artist: tenor Jon Lee Keenan. Conducted by David Chase.
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1st Monday (May)
Monday, May 7th, 2012 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us for the final installment for 2011-2012 of our First Monday noon concert series, presented by graduate program composers and performers. The 70-minute program includes Donatoni's Omar (Eric Derr, vibraphone), Schoenberg's Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten (Leslie Leytham, mezzo-soprano, and Todd Moellenberg, piano), Josh Levine's Reprise (Curt Miller, bass clarinet), Xenakis’s Rebonds A (Louise Devenish, percussion) and alumnus Benjamin Sabey's Espejismo (Pablo Gomez-cano, guitar with electronics).
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 7th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Inspiring synergy among top San Diego Symphony soloists, renowned UCSD faculty players and special guests makes Camera Lucida a rare chamber experience enhanced by the superb acoustics of UCSD's new concert hall. The all-Beethoven program includes the Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 102, No. 1; Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, Op. 16; and String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Concerts are broadcast on KPBS-FM public radio at 8 p.m. on the Saturday following each concert. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of Sam Ersan.
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Rachel Beetz Recital
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Flutist Rachel Beetz performs Toru Takemitsu's Voice, Richard Barrett's Inward (with percussionist Dustin Donahue), Tristan Murail's Unanswered Questions, Roger Reynolds' imagE, Stefano Gervasoni's Ravine, Kaija Saariaho's Laconisme de l'alle, and Salvatore Sciarrino's All'aure in una lontanazza.
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Matteo Cesari and Lucy Shelton
Friday, May 11th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support
Contact: Brian Griffeath-Loeb
Free
Internationally acclaimed contemporary music performers Matteo Cesari (flute) and Lucy Shelton (soprano) are in residence at UCSD from May 9 to May 16 to premiere and record a collection of new works written for them by emerging and established composers. The residency is produced by UCSD graduate composer Brian Griffeath-Loeb in association with New Music at UCSD, and is made possible through the generous support of the UCSD Graduate Student Association, Associated Students, Triton Community Fund, and Department of Music. Events include two concerts--May 11 and May 16, both at 8 pm, both free and open to the public. The May 11 program includes Marco Momi's Almost Vanishing for E.P. (2011), Milton Babbitt's Philomel (1964), and Salvatore Sciarrino's La perfezione di uno spirito sottile (1985).
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Binh-an Nguyen Honors Recital
Friday, May 11th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Songs from Taiwan
Sunday, May 13th, 2012 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $10
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Songs from Taiwan Concert. Dr. Cheng Chi-Jen with Edgar Macapili, Pei-Ying Wang and TACC senior Choir.
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redfishbluefish
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD's resident percussion ensemble performs music by early UCSD music faculty member Kenneth Gaburo (Maladetto), as well as Aldo Clementi (L'Orologio di Arcevia) and Guo Wenjing (Drama). The fish are Leah Bowden, Eric Derr, Louise Devenish, Dustin Donahue, Jonathan Hepfer, Kjell Nordeson, Steven Schick, Stephen Solook, and Bonnie Whiting Smith. They are joined by guest artists Aleck Karis, Leslie Leytham, Brendan Nguyen, Alice Teyssier, and Jeffrey Treviño.
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Wed @ 7 Art of Improv Nicole Mitchell
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Rare San Diego performance by renowned flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell, the first female president of Chicago's AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). Like others associated with AACM, Mitchell focusses on new and experimental works. She has collaborated with Lori Freedman, Muhal Richard Abrams, California flutist James Newton, and former UCSD music faculty member George Lewis (now on the faculty at Columbia University), among many others.
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Matteo Cesari and Lucy Shelton
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support
Contact: Brian Griffeath-Loeb
Free
Internationally acclaimed contemporary music performers Matteo Cesari (flute) and Lucy Shelton (soprano) are in residence at UCSD from May 9 to May 16 to premiere and record a collection of new works written for them by emerging and established composers. The residency is produced by UCSD graduate composer Brian Griffeath-Loeb in association with New Music at UCSD, and is made possible through the generous support of the UCSD Graduate Student Association, Associated Students, Triton Community Fund, and Department of Music. Events include two concerts--May 11 and May 16, both at 8 pm, both free and open to the public. The May 16 concert includes new works written for the duo by Brian Griffeath-Loeb, Paul Hembree, Sam Pluta, Bruno Ruviaro, Alex Sigman, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Erik Ulman, and Charlie Wilmoth.
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Jennifer Wu & Jasmine Yu Honors Recital
Saturday, May 19th, 2012 6:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
HONORS Recital
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate violist Jasmine Yu (6:30 pm) and soprano Jennifer Wu (8 pm) give their Honors Recitals. Yu's program includes Bach's Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, Brahms' Sonata in f minor, Op. 120, and Vieuxtemps' Elegie Op. 30. Her accompanists are undergraduate pianists Danny Kim and Claude Fan. Meanwhile, in her 8 pm concert, Wu will sing the parts of Thaïs (Massenet), Juliette (Gounod), Musetta (Puccini's La Boheme), Pamina (Mozart's The Magic Flute), Cleopatra (Handel's Giulio Cesare), and Anne Trulove (Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress). Wu's program also includes art songs by Wolf, Webern, Debussy, and Hageman. Pianist Todd Moellenberg will accompany her.
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Dorothy Li Piano Recital
Sunday, May 20th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Contact: Stefani Walens
Free
MUS 201B Improv
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Performances of new music, directed by Anthony Davis and featuring Yvette Jackson (trumpet), Nicolee Kuester (horn), David Morales Boroff (violin), Tyler Eaton (bass), Leah Bowden (drums & percussion), Ryoko Goguen (piano), and Anthony Davis (piano).
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Percussion and Celli Recital, Mus 32
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support
Free
Indian Music Concert
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Classical Indian ragas performed by students of sitar master Kartik Seshadri.
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Andrea Kim Piano Recital
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Contact: Stefani Walens
Free
Janet Lee Piano Recital
Friday, May 25th, 2012 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Contact: Stefani Walens
Free
Gospel Choir
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Ken Anderson, San Diego's leading proponent of gospel, directs UCSD's gospel choir in a concert of African-American spirituals, blues, and traditional songs.
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Trio Kobayashi
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Contact: Brian Griffeath-Loeb
Free
Program includes compositions by Carolyn Chen, Dustin Donahue, John Forshee, Brian Griffeath-Loeb, Paul Hembree, and Steve Lewis.
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Louise Devenish in Concert
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Visiting Australian percussionist Louise Devenish presents a concert of percussion works composed between 1975 and 1989. Guests Kjell Nordeson, Bonnie Whiting Smith, Steve Solook and Dustin Donohue will join Louise in performing a program featuring Xenakis’s Rebonds a and b and Okho, Reich’s Electric Counterpoint (a guitar piece re-arranged by Devenish for vibraphone and marimba), Cage’s Child of Tree, Alvarez’s Temazcal and Takemitsu’s Rain Tree.
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Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Weds@7)
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Note: Three performances: May 30, June 1-2
Viktor Ullmann's powerful chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, written in 1943, while the composer was interred in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. When the opera's obvious references to the Nazi regime were discovered during rehearsal, the work was banned; it had tragic consequences for the composer and his family. Miraculously, the work survived.
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Singers
Thursday, May 31st, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Friday, June 1st, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Note: Three performances: May 30, June 1-2
Viktor Ullmann's powerful chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, written in 1943, while the composer was interred in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. When the opera's obvious references to the Nazi regime were discovered during rehearsal, the work was banned; it had tragic consequences for the composer and his family. Miraculously, the work survived.
The story is a type of fable. After a protracted and violent war, Death discovers that his job has been taken away from him by the Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Death decides to go on strike; all of a sudden the concept of war, victory and defeat becomes irrelevant. The result is moving and heartbreaking.

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Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Note: Three performances: May 30, June 1-2.
Viktor Ullmann's powerful chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, written in 1943, while the composer was interred in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. When the opera's obvious references to the Nazi regime were discovered during rehearsal, the work was banned; it had tragic consequences for the composer and his family. Miraculously, the work survived.
The story is a type of fable. After a protracted and violent war, Death discovers that his job has been taken away from him by the Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Death decides to go on strike; all of a sudden the concept of war, victory and defeat becomes irrelevant. The result is moving and heartbreaking.

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Nono Project
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Luigi Nono's "Hay que caminar” Soñando and La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura: a staging for a theater. Walking in Toledo in 1985, Luigi Nono stumbled upon a wall spray painted with the words, “No hay caminantes, hay que caminar”—There is no path, there is only walking. The phrase profoundly moved Nono, influencing his final compositions. “Hay que caminar” Sonando and La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura were Nono’s last works. Both instruct the performers to physically move themselves between musical sections, “as if searching.” For this performance, both pieces are given fully theatrical stagings by director Tom Dugdale in UCSD's cavernous Mandeville Auditorium. Performed by János Négyesy, violin and Päivikki Nykter, violin and sound projection.
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Jazz Concert
Monday, June 4th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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John Fonville
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Chamber Ensembles
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Computer Music Concert + CEMEC
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self-Support Concert
Free
Mus 173 Final
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 3:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self Support Concert
Free
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Directed by Robert Zelickman, UCSD's Wind Ensemble performs Emmanuel Chabrier's Espana Rhapsodie, Joaquin Rodrigo's Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez (arranged by John Wyman), Jeff Pekarek's The Shipyard, L.C. Desormes' Divertissement Espagnole, Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Enrique Granados' Intermezzo from Goyescas, Bobby Rose's Flight of the Firebird, and Jose Franco's Aguero (paso-doble).
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Undergraduate Jazz
Thursday, June 7th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Free
Piano Students of Bess Wang
Friday, June 8th, 2012 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Contact: Bess Wang
Free
Violins & Violas
Friday, June 8th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Directed by János Négyesy, violinists perform music by Mozart, Bach, and Berg, and for the grand finale: Vivaldi's Four Seasons concertos for strings.
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Stravinsky Circus The Russian Composer
Saturday, June 9th, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky closes the 2011-2012 season with his most popular work, The Firebird. The concert opens with the premiere of Tintinnabulation by Igor Korneitchouk, professor of music at Mesa College, UCSD music alumnus, and longtime La Jolla Symphony violinist. UCSD faculty pianist Aleck Karis is the featured soloist in Barber's magnificent Piano Concerto, which won the Pulitzer Prize exactly fifty years ago.
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Wave Energy Series No.1
Saturday, June 9th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Stravinsky Circus The Russian Composer
Sunday, June 10th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus's yearlong survey of Stravinsky closes the 2011-2012 season with his most popular work, The Firebird. The concert opens with the premiere of Tintinnabulation by Igor Korneitchouk, professor of music at Mesa College, UCSD music alumnus, and longtime La Jolla Symphony violinist. UCSD faculty pianist Aleck Karis is the featured soloist in Barber's magnificent Piano Concerto, which won the Pulitzer Prize exactly fifty years ago.
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Voice Students
Sunday, June 10th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD's undergraduate voice students will perform a program of opera scenes directed by Tiffany Du Mouchelle and Todd Moellenberg. Included in the program are scenes from: Die Fledermaus, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Pasquale, and Sweeney Todd. Featuring: Amy Calderon, Sharon Chang, Emilie Doan Van, Roshini Hegde, Shannon Johnson, Mariya Kaganskaya, Krit Kranratanasuit, Alexandria Pulido, Jennifer Wu, and Michael Wu.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, June 11th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)San Diego's unique chamber series closes the 2011-2012 season with an edgy program featuring the Myriad Trio performing Richard Rodney Bennett's Sonata after Syrinx, Sofia Gubaidulina's The Garden of Joys and Sorrows, Jacques Ibert's Trio, plus former UCSD faculty member Bernard Rands' Trio "sans voix parmi les voix...". 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.
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Aleck Karis Piano Studio Students
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Mus 33 Final Recording
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The 2011-2012 season wraps with this concert of new works for voice and chamber ensemble, composed by PhD candidate Aaron Helgeson's Music 33C composition course. Each piece is three to five minutes, followed by discussion. Composers are Chris Perry, Brad Rosen, Kyle Fanene, Newton Chan, and Ryan Morgan. Performers are Rachel Beetz (flute), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Eric Derr (percussion), Samuel Dunscombe (bass clarinet), Krit Kranratanasuit (tenor), Curt Miller (bass clarinet), Brendan Nguyen (piano), Alice Teyssier (soprano), Ashley Walters (cello), Scott Worthington (bass), and Jennifer Wu (soprano).
For complete concert program, click here.
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Knell Ensemble
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self-Support Concert
Free
Bonnie Whiting-Smith DMA Recital
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Narratives on Narratives, from Utterance to Stories: Finding a Context for the Speaking Percussionist
Program: (interspersed with personal stories after John Cage's Indeterminacy)
Bonnie Whiting Smith: . . . perishable structures that would be social events (2008/11)
Jeffrey Treviño: Being Pollen (2011)
John Cage: Music for Two (by One) (1984/realized BWS 2011)
Vinko Globokar: Toucher (1973)
*10:50: Short reception with coffee and breakfast foods (CPMC concert hall courtyard)
*11:10: Dissertation defense (CPMC conference room 231)
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 1st, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS
Monday, October 1, 7:30pm
BEETHOVEN: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
SCHUMANN: Maerchenbilder for Viola and Piano
BRAHMS: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Read more about the Camera Lucida chamber music series at San Diego Symphony's website. (link)
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WED@7 Cage 100 Freeman Etudes
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
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Event Program Archive (PDF)JANOS NEGYESY PERFORMS JOHN CAGE'S FREEMAN ETUDES
In honor of the John Cage Centennial, UCSD Professor of Music, János Négyesy, performs the complete version of Cage's Freeman Etudes.
Négyesy premiered the Freeman Etudes in 1984 and is also known for performances of works by Globokar, Hajdu, Bozay, Feldman, Saariaho, Ligeti, Xenakis, Berio and many others.
http://crca.ucsd.edu/~jnegyesy/
Download a pdf of the program (here)
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WED@7 Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)KARL BERGER AND INGRID SERTSO IN CONCERT
Karl Berger, co-founder (along with Ornette Coleman) of the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY, performs with vocalist Ingrid Sertso, contrabassist Mark Dresser, and an Improvisor's Orchestra of UCSD faculty and graduate students.
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Portfolio 2012 Boesch / Peter / Rosenberger
Thursday, October 11th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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Boesch / Peter / Rosenberger
“PORTFOLIO” 2012
land - material - people
Interpretations, transformations and responses these are procedures at the heart of the project “PORTFOLIO” by the Swiss musicians Christoph Boesch (flute, voice, electronics), Thomas Peter (programming, electronics) and Katharina Rosenberger
(composition, electronics).
“PORTFOLIO” 2012 is dedicated to the concept of “origins” and to photography. As a point of departure serves the portfolio of three prominent Swiss photographers: Robert Frank (1924), Christian Lichtenberg (1953), and Sarah Girard (1978). Three generations of artists, well travelled, observant of culture and rituals, present in their artwork distinct perspectives of belonging and heritage.
Read more about "PORTFOLIO" 2012 and the Artists here.
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Fall Composition Juries
Saturday, October 20th, 2012 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)FALL COMPOSITION JURIES
Five premieres from graduate composers: Xavier Beteta, Ran Duan, Owen Ferro, Hunjoo Jung, and Ori Ben Yosef Talmon.
Performances begin at 10:00 AM and are immediately followed by a discussion panel led by UCSD composition faculty members.
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Alice Teyssier Recital
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)MUSICHE NUOVE
Soprano Alice Teyssier and friends present Salvatore Sciarrino's rarely-heard 'Aspern Suite', excerpts from the composer's opera based on Henry James' Aspern Papers. The evocative piece is preceded by songs from Giulio Caccini's 'Le nuove musiche.'
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Ableton Live Workshop
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Ableton is proud to be partnering with "The Godfather of Controllerism" Moldover and Abelton Live User Group San Diego for an exclusive workshop at UCSD. The practical tools and skills Moldover will be demonstrating are designed to ignite your enthusiam, advance your workflow, and maximize your productivity with Abelton Live. Whether you're new to Live or a seasoned pro, you're sure to benefit from this unique workshop presented by this amazing artist.
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WED@7 Mark Dresser
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)MARK DRESSER IN CONCERT
UC San Diego Department of Music faculty member Mark Dresser presents his latest improvisations and recent compositions. Included on the program: "Chronicles of an Asthmatic Stripper" an animation by Sarah Jane Lapp with live bass, and imAge/contrabass & imagE contrabass by Roger Reynolds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dresser
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Grad Forum
Thursday, October 25th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)GRAD FORUM
Jonathan Hepfer performs Lachenmann's timbral masterpiece, Intérieur I, for solo percussionist; Yvette Jackson presents her original radio opera, Prologue to Invisible People, in complete darkness; and Odd and Even, a collaborative music and dance ensemble, closes the show with dynamic interactions of sound and movement.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Hero / Anti-Hero
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: HERO / ANTI-HERO
Steven Schick conducts La Jolla Symphony and Chorus opens their season on the themes found in Wallace Stegner’s great novel “Angle of Repose” with differing views of heroism. The ultimate “heroic” piece – Beethoven’s Third Symphony – is paired with the young American composer Missy Mazzoli and her turbulent and alluring work. John Cage, the James Dean of 20th-century composers, lets us experience a true anti-hero. Missy Mazzoli joins LJSC for this concert (pictured).
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)SOIREE FOR MUSIC LOVERS
Soirée for Music Lovers returns! Under the direction of János Négyesy, the popular Soirée evenings resume featuring classical favorites.
The program will include:
Debussy 150 Birthday celebration with Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata and Harp Trio, and the Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor, Op.34
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Hero / Anti-Hero
Sunday, November 4th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: HERO / ANTI-HERO
Steven Schick conducts La Jolla Symphony and Chorus opens their season on the themes found in Wallace Stegner’s great novel “Angle of Repose” with differing views of heroism. The ultimate “heroic” piece – Beethoven’s Third Symphony – is paired with the young American composer Missy Mazzoli and her turbulent and alluring work. John Cage, the James Dean of 20th-century composers, lets us experience a true anti-hero. Missy Mazzoli joins LJSC for this concert (pictured).
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, November 5th, 2012 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
A special indoor / outdoor performance launches the opening First Monday at Noon concert. Guest guitarists from Tijuana start off the afternoon in the Concert Hall with visiting composer Guillermo Galindo's Lineas Cruzadas. The concert continues outdoors featuring the contr'alto flute, tuba, and drum kit played as virtuosic solo instruments.
GUILLERMO GALINDO: Líneas Cruzadas
Pablo Gómez Cano, Jorge Lopez, Francisco Castañeda and Rosana Ceceña, guitar quartet
MAURICIO KAGEL: Mirum
Jonathan Piper, tuba
LANDER AND WELSH: Mood Music for the Dendrophilic
Bonnie Lander and Meghann Welsh, voice
KRZYSZTOF GOLINSKI: Water Dragon Suite (Excerpt)
Krzysztof Golinski, drums
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 5th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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POULEC, MARTINU AND REGER
Monday, November 5, 7:30pm
POULENC: Violin Sonata
MARTINU: Musique de Chambre No. 1
REGER: Clarinet Quintet
Read more about the Camera Lucida chamber music series at San Diego Symphony's website. (link)
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Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra
Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra, A. C.
Sede: Sala de Espectáculos, Vestíbulo de El Cubo y Sala de Usos Múltiples del CECUT.
Fecha: Del 3 al 12 de noviembre de 2011.
Convocan: Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, y Centro Cultural Tijuana.
Nace en 1994 como una extensión de las actividades del Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra, A. C. Difunde el trabajo de los mejores guitarristas del mundo y fomenta el interés de los diversos públicos por conocerlos. Con la participación de destacados ejecutantes nacionales y extranjeros, ofrece conciertos de música clásica, flamenca, jazz y popular, así como conferencias, talleres y el Diplomado Nacional de Guitarra, con reconocimiento del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA). Incluye el trabajo interdisciplinario con artistas plásticos de la región, quienes presentan sus obras en la exposición denominada
La plástica bajacaliforniana dentro del Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra.
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Samuel Dunscombe Recital
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free. Seating is limited. Reservations required.
Event Program Archive (PDF)
(Dis)Embodied Sounds for winds and electronics.
Helmut Lachenmann - Dal Niente, for solo clarinet
Luigi Nono - A Pierre, Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum, for contrabass clarinet, contrabass flute, and electronics
Alvin Lucier - Still and Moving Lines, for clarinet and pure-wave oscillator
Samuel Dunscombe - Rainforest I, for clarinet and rainforest
There will be two performances: 7pm and 8:30pm.
Limit of 16 audience members per performance.
Booking is advised: please mail to info@samueldunscombe.com
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WED@7 Palimpsest Computer Music
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Dean's Night at the Prebys
Free Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)PALIMPSEST
MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONICS
Rand Steiger curates PALIMPSEST featuring computer music compositions and instrumental collaborations. Featured composers include: Wojtek Blecharz, John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, and John Luther Adams.
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
*A New Music Society featured event
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Curt Miller Recital
Saturday, November 10th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)TWO FOR ONE
Clarinetist Curt Miller performs music with multiple voices for solo clarinet in works by Josh Levine, Georg Philipp Telemann and Pierre Boulez. The concert will feature Boulez' revolutionary work for clarinet and electronics "Dialogue de l'ombre double" in an updated realization by Miller Puckette with the help of Scott Worthington.
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WED@7 soundSCAPE
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)soundSCAPE
Musicians from soundSCAPE make a rare San Diego appearance to perform the compositions of UC San Diego faculty and graduate composers.
soundSCAPE facilitates the exchange of new music, ideas, and culture between musicians of tomorrow’s generation, providing an international platform for performances of new music. Now in its ninth season, the festival attracts composers and performers from around the world for two weeks of inspiring concerts, lectures, master classes, and workshops. Musicians from soundSCAPE features music and musicians from the festival.
soundSCAPE takes place in Maccagno, Italy annually. For more information, please go to http://soundscapefestival.org
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redfishbluefish
Thursday, November 15th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)redfishbluefish
Under the direction of Steven Schick, the redfishbluefish percussion ensemble presents Lewis Nielson's 2010 composition Tocsin and Le Livre des Claviers, composed by Philippe Manoury.
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Kyle Adam Blair: M.A. Piano Recital
Sunday, November 18th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)AMERICAN BERSERK: AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE TREATMENTS OF JAZZ IDIOMS AND LEGENDS
John Adams' American Berserk provides an apt title for Kyle Adam Blair's program of solo piano works combining America's indigenous jazz music with the angularity and energy of the avant-garde. The program also includes Stuart Saunders Smith's Pinetop (dedicated to boogie-woogie forerunner Clarence "Pinetop" Smith), George Crumb's Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (a set of pieces exploring the melody and harmonies of Thelonius Monk's 'Round Midnight) and Elliott Carter's 1945 Piano Sonata, which recalls the scampering agility of jazz pianists such as Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson.
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Christine Tavolacci Recital
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
L'Opera per Flauto
In her second DMA recital, flutist Christine Tavolacci presents selections from both volumes of Salvatore Sciarrino's L'Opera per Flauto.
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Siu Hei Lee Piano Recital
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support Event
Free
SIU HEI LEE RECITAL
A native of Hong Kong, pianist and aspiring musicologist Siu Hei Lee plays Amy Beach, Caesar Franck and Piazzolla in another performance in town. This is the second of his "Musical Meetings," an ongoing series that aims to promote music of different genres, whether Chinese or Western, pop, classical or contemporary. He will be joined by violinist Steven Fong for Piazzolla and a tune by the celebrated Taiwanese musician JJ Lin.
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Claudia Stevens, Piano
Monday, November 26th, 2012 7:00 pm
Mandeville Recital Hall
Judaic Studies
CLAUDIA STEVENS in CONCERT
Presented by UCSD's Judaic Studies program, pianist Claudia Stevens performs in concert at the Mandeville Recital Hall.
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MUS 245 Focus on Performance
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)All graduate students from the Performance Area present works in concert.
Performances will feature the work of John Cage as well as works selected by the performers.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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UCSD GOSPEL CHOIR
Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir soars toward the heavens with African-American gospel, blues, and traditional songs.
Please note that this performance takes place at Mandeville Auditorium.
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MUS 201B Adv. Improv
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The students of Anthony Davis present an evening of free jazz improv.
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, November 29th, 2012 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)SINGERS and CHOIRS
Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95D and 95K ensembles perform.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, November 30th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Chambers Ensembles under the direction of János Négyesy perform.
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Tania Lanfer Concert
Friday, November 30th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support Event
Free
Gnarwhallaby, a new music ensemble from LA, will present new pieces by four Brazilian composers: Bernardo Barros, Bruno Ruviaro, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, and Tania Lanfer.
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Leah Bowden Recital
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)LEAH BOWDEN RECITAL
In her first D.M.A. Recital, Leah Bowden presents an evening of Free Jazz and Reality Television. Compositions by Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, Sven-Ake Johannson, Peter Brotzmann and Cecil Taylor; featuring Clint McCallum and Anthony Davis.
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, December 3rd, 2012 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
The December First Monday concert highlights late twentieth and early twenty-first century American music for solo piano and piano and voice. The program includes an original composition by Integrative Studies's Joshua Charney, Joseph Schwantner's Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro for voice and piano, and George Crumb's Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik for amplified piano.
JOSHUA CHARNEY: For/Fore/Four
Joseph Charney, piano
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Two Poems of Agueda Pizarro
Tiffany DuMouchelle, voice; Kyle Adam Blair, piano
GEORGE CRUMB: Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik
Kyle Adam Blair, amplified piano
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Monday Night Jazz, 95JC
Monday, December 3rd, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The 95jc concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. Our instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Karis Studio Students
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 2:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate piano performance students of Aleck Karis present an informal concert.
Featuring performances by: Todd Moellenberg, Kyle Blair, Stephen Lewis, and Siu Hei Lee.
*** PLEASE NOTE: This informal concert has a revised start time of 2:30 p.m. ***
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Under the direction of David Medine, the 95E Chamber Orchestra performs in CPMC 122, The Experimental Theater.
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MUS 103 Final Recording (Fall)
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A recital of compositions by the undergraduate composers in Music 103 Composition Seminar. Works for string quartet, percussion, piano and more.
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Camera Lucida
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MOZART STRING QUINTETS
Wednesday, December 5, 7:30pm
MOZART: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515
MOZART: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
MOZART: String Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 614
Read more about the Camera Lucida chamber music series at San Diego Symphony's website. (link)
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD WIND ENSEMBLE
Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the 95L Wind Ensemble performs at Mandeville Auditorium.
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, December 6th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
UCSD computer music graduate students present original music featuring original experimental works for performers and live electronics. This concert will include highly diverse material utilizing custom software, home-made electronics, re-purposed technology, computer graphics, and sculptural sound objects, as well as traditional instruments and recorded sound.
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Violins & Violas
Friday, December 7th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The students of János Négyesy perform:
Vivaldi-Respighi – Sonata in D Major
Moderato (a fantasia) – Allegro moderato – Largo – Vivace
Eunah Cho –violin, Daniel Kim – piano
Johann Christian Bach – Viola concert in C Minor
Allegro molto ma maestoso - Adagio molto espressivo
Palak Poncholi – viola, Daniel Kim – piano
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita for violin solo in b minor
Allemande – Double Courante – Double. Presto
Batya McAdam-Somer – violin
Massimo Lauricella – Kairòs for violin solo
Leah Asher – violin
Charles Ives – Sonata No.2 for violin and piano
1. Autumn
Batya McAdam Somer – violin
Todd Moellenberg – piano
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Grad Forum
Friday, December 7th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
The second and final Grad Forum of the quarter brings together a fantastic collection of sound art, visual art, improvisation, and electroacoustic music. The program includes video art by the Visual Arts Department’s Ava Porter alongside the second installment of Yvette Jackson’s Invisible People (A Radio Opera). Accomplished improvisers, Drew Ceccato and Chris Golinski, join forces in what promises to be an astounding improv duo, and Adam Tinkle and Pablo Gomez present fascinating solo computer and electroacoustic works.
VICTOR GARCIA PICHARDO: Looped Mode
Pablo Gómez Cano, guitar
ADAM TINKLE: Improvisation
Adam Tinkle, computer and saxophone
CECCATO AND GOLINSKI: Improvisation
Drew Ceccato, saxophone; Krzysztof Golinski, drum kit
AVA PORTER: Love Walked In
YVETTE JACKSON: Invisible People (A Radio Opera): Prologue and Act I, Scene 1
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ensemble et cetera
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support Event
Free
Ensemble et cetera presents new works by Matt Barber, Jon Forshee, and Kurt Isaacson along with a realization of John Cage's Variations I. Ensemble et cetera is Curt Miller, clarinets, Dustin Donahue, percussion, and Scott Worthington, double bass. http://ens-etc.org
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Dark / Bright
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: DARK / BRIGHT
Steven Schick conducts A brilliant Handel overture and Brahms’ stirring Triumphlied for chorus and orchestra face off against the darker hues and stirring passions of Schoenberg and Dallapiccola. Join LJSC for a concert of dazzling color and shadowy expression.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Dark / Bright
Sunday, December 9th, 2012 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
Event Program Archive (PDF)LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: DARK / BRIGHT
Steven Schick conducts A brilliant Handel overture and Brahms’ stirring Triumphlied for chorus and orchestra face off against the darker hues and stirring passions of Schoenberg and Dallapiccola. Join LJSC for a concert of dazzling color and shadowy expression.
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Cinegrid
Monday, December 10th, 2012 5:45 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
In association with CineGrid's 7th Annual International Workshop, a special public performance will be held in honor of Nathan Brock.
Networked Audio Performance in Memory of Nathan Brock: Mark Dresser, UCSD and Michael Dessen, UCI.
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MUS 33A: Undergraduate Composition Juries
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Live performances of new works will be followed immediately by discussion from a panel and students. World premieres by undergraduate beginning composers: Chris Duvall, Caitlin Endler, Andrew Fann, Jun Heo, Ellenhor Jovellanos, Jared Kehe, Tamara Lapinskas, Christopher Lee, Lawrence Lee, and Cole Pendergrass. Entire event is free and open to the public.
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Ben Hackbarth Recital
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Self Support Event
Free
A farewell concert of music for instruments and electronics by graduating composer, Ben Hackbarth. Featured artists include Matt Barbier, Justin DeHart, Samuel Dunscombe, Ryan Nestor, Steve Solook, Rand Steiger, Derek Stein, Nick Terry and Alice Teyssier.
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MMW Steven Schick
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
STEVEN SCHICK, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
"On the Bridge: The Beginnings of Contemporary Percussion Music"
Post Reception Hosted by UCSD Alumni
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Rand Steiger and ICE at Calit2
Friday, January 11th, 2013 5:00 pm
Calit2 Auditorium
Free
Rand Steiger and the International Contemporary Ensemble at Calit2
Calit2 Composer-in-Residence Rand Steiger will present his work-in-progress on the Coalescence Cycle, a series of new pieces for instruments and electronics he is composing for the International Contemporary Ensemble. He will be joined by MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase, and other members of ICE who will present previews from some of the music including:
Constellation (electronics and improvising ensemble)
Light on Water (flute, piano and electronics)
Concatenation (bassoon and electronics)
Joust (flute, bassoon and electronics)
Twister (clarinet and electronics)
The event is free and will be preceded and followed by receptions with the artists.
More information about the event may be found on ICE's site, here.
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Jonathan Hepfer Recital
Saturday, January 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Breve Storia Della Mano
On January 12 at 8pm in Conrad Prebys Music Center's Concert Hall, Jonathan Hepfer will perform three large-scale works for solo percussion by Pierluigi Billone ("Mani.Matta", "Mani.Mono", "Mani.de Leonardis"), with interludes by Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf ("Trema I,II,III"). This will be Jonathan's first D.M.A. recital.
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Eric Derr Recital
Sunday, January 13th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
KONTAKTE - for electronic sounds, piano and percussion
NASENFLÜGELTANZ - for percussionist and synthesizer player
Eric Derr - Percussion
Kyle Blair - Piano and Synthesizer
Scott Worthington - Sound Projection
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Camera Lucida
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)
BEETHOVEN AND MOZART
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E-flat, WoO 38
LEKEU: Piano Quartet
MOZART: String Quintet in D major, K. 593
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MMW David Borgo
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Please note: a limited number of walk up, rush tickets may be available 30 minutes prior to the event.
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
DAVID BORGO, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
"Why Music?"
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1st Year Grad Juries Performance
Friday, January 18th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A Concert of Premieres. Six world premiere performances of pieces written by 1st year graduate students in composition: Marcelo Flores Lazcano, Kevin Flowers, Caroline Miller, Edward Hamel, Kevin Zhang, and Elisabet Curbelo González. Performances will feature 1st year graduate students in performance: Leah Asher, Dylan Messina, Sara Perez, Ryan Nestor, Tommy Babin, and Judith Hamann.
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 19th at 9:00am in CPMC 231.
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1st Year Grad Juries, Discussion
Saturday, January 19th, 2013 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free. Seating is limited
Jury response and discussion session with faculty, composers and performers in response to the January 18th performance is open to the public and will begin Saturday, January 19th at 9:00am in CPMC 231.
Please note new start time: 9:00 a.m.
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Yvonne Wu Concert
Saturday, January 19th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support Event
Free
Recently graduated almuni Bonnie Whiting Smith, percussion, and Jessica Azsodi, soprano, return to UCSD to premiere Yvonne Wu's Four Poems of Li-Young Lee. Additional solos featuring Whiting Smith and Aszodi to be announced.
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WED@7 Takae Ohnishi
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)TAKAE OHNISHI, HARPSICHORD
UCSD composer Lei Liang's Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo is featured along with music by J.S.Bach and French Baroque composers, performed by masterful UCSD harpsichordist Takae Ohnishi. Liang's piece "reflects a person gone astray in fancy, absorbed in beauty, perpetuated in sorrow. It alludes to the repertoire of plucked instruments in Japanese and Korean musical traditions, especially the music of koto and kayagum."
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Bonnie Lander Recital
Friday, January 25th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Bonnie Lander's DMA Voice Recital will feature the music of György Kurtág, Anton Webern, and Luciano Berio mixed and cut up with improvisation and theatrical antics to create a personal collage and narrative that challenges traditional forms and audience expectations. George Crumb's moody, mystical work, Apparitions, also will be performed alongside the collage in its stark entirety.
Musicians involved include: Kyle Adam Blair, Todd Moellenberg, Meghann Welsh, and Scott Worthington.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 27th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
parking is free
all tickets are held at the door
for further information, please contact:
(858) 534-1507 or a8anderson@ucsd.edu
Event Program Archive (PDF)17th Annual Concert to Benefit the Lytle Scholarships
An all Beethoven program featuring Cecil Lytle, piano.
Piano Sonata #29 in Bâ™ Major, Opus 106 ("Das Hammerklavier") 1819
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Assai Vivace
III. Adagio Sostenuto
IV. Introduzione: Largo-Fuga: Allegro Risoluto
Piano Sonata #32 in C Minor, Opus 111 (1822)
I. Maestoso - allegro con brio ed appasionato
II. Arietta: adagio molto, semplice e cantabile
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Jennifer Bewerse Recital
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jennifer Bewerse presents a cello recital exploring a spectrum of relationships between music and theater: physical choreography, imagined spaces, and narrative mindsets. The concert will include works by Mac Low, Bresnick, Saariaho, and Lachenmann.
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MMW Aleck Karis
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Please note: a limited number of walk up, rush tickets may be available 30 minutes prior to the event.
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
ALECK KARIS, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
"Craft and Tools in Late Beethoven"
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Breather Resist
Friday, February 1st, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)BREATHER:RESIST is an elaborative sound installation work that includes a spatialized score for four female voices, which will be diffused over a surround sound system in a temperature controlled gallery space. The installation invites the listener to experience an environment that plays with the integration of the space and the body through the sensation of temperature, light and sound, which will animate the body to respond to the music in a particular ways.
Featuring sopranos Anne-Marie Dicce Valenzuela, Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Sara Perez, Alice Teyssier.
BREATHER:RESIST exhibition by Bradley Rosen
Installation dates and hours:
Friday, February 1st - 12pm to 5 pm
Saturday, February 2nd - 6pm to 9pm **live performance at 7pm
Sunday, February 3rd - 11 am to 4pm
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, February 4th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
February's First Monday at Noon concert showcases a handful of UCSD's graduate percussionists contrasted against a solo flute interlude performed by DMA candidate Alice Teyssier. From drum kit improvisation to a composition for automobile suspension and glass, this concert promises to prove how musical the art of percussion can be.
Krzysztof Golinski
Improvisation, drums
Trevor Baca
Sekka (2007)
Alice Teyssier, flute
Pierluigi Billone
Mani.De Leonardis (2004)
Jonathan Hepfer, automobile suspension and glass
Kjell Nordeson
Improvisation, percussion
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Marko Ciciliani Concert
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
MARKO CICILIANI IN CONCERT
Dr. Marko Cicliani, a guest of the composition department, will perform recent works at the CPMC Experimental Theater.
"All of Yesterday's Parties" 10'
for electric guitar, voice and electronics
"8'66" (or everything that is irrelevant)" (by Marko Ciciliani and Yannis Kyriakides) 10'
for projections
"Pop Wall Alphabet – S" 9'
for soundtracks
"muzArt" 25'
for the Wendy Carlos Revival Orchestra, live electronics, lighting and video
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MMW Steven Cassedy
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Please note: a limited number of walk up, rush tickets may be available 30 minutes prior to the event.
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
STEVEN CASSEDY, PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE
"How the West Rejected 'Nice' Music a Century Ago:
Abandoning the Tonal System and Emancipating Dissonance"
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redfishbluefish
Thursday, February 7th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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The redfishbluefish percussion ensemble presents Gérard Grisey's Le Noir de l'Etoile for six percussionists.
Directed by Steven Schick, UC San Diego's crack percussion ensemble gives a rare performance of Gerard Grisey's cosmic Le Noir de L'Etoile (The Night of the Star), with six performers amid the audience.
Inspired by the discovery in 1967 of pulsars -- pulsing radio waves from massive stars that disintegrated eons ago -- Grisey composed the piece in 1989-1990 for his son Raphael.
Red Fish Blue Fish has played the Bang on a Can Festival in New York City, the Agora Festival in Paris, the Centro des Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and has often been featured in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Inside / Outside
Saturday, February 9th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: INSIDE / OUTSIDE
Steven Schick conducts Luciano Berio’s delightful folk songs, sung by Young Artist winner Jessica Aszodi, lead us to muse on music outside the concert hall. In his moving Fantasia Ralph Vaughan Williams shows us just how intimate music can feel. Carl Nielsen takes us to the opposite extreme in his Espansiva symphony.
Special Guest: Jessica Aszodi, soprano
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Inside / Outside
Sunday, February 10th, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: INSIDE / OUTSIDE
Steven Schick conducts Luciano Berio’s delightful folk songs, sung by Young Artist winner Jessica Aszodi, lead us to muse on music outside the concert hall. In his moving Fantasia Ralph Vaughan Williams shows us just how intimate music can feel. Carl Nielsen takes us to the opposite extreme in his Espansiva symphony.
Special Guest: Jessica Aszodi, soprano
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Yuki Numata Resnick in Concert
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event, Sponsor: Brian Griffeath-Loeb
"From Bach to Berio"
New York-based virtuoso Yuki Numata Resnick presents a concert of both traditional and contemporary classical music for violin. Featured on the program is a piece written for her by UCSD graduate composer Brian Griffeath-Loeb.
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Grad Forum
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate students in the Department of Music present an evening of curious pieces exploring sound, text, and visual worlds. Includes instrumental works by Walter Zimmermann, Yannis Xenakis, Leah Asher, and a transcription of Morton Feldman, text works by Frederic Rzewski and Nicolee Kuester, and a work for ink and water by Leah Asher. Featuring Bonnie Lander, Sara Perez, and Sam Goodman, voice; Nicolee Kuester, horn and voice; Leah Asher, violin and voice; Todd Moellenberg, keyboard; Dustin Donahue, percussion; Jennifer Bewerse and Eric Moore, cello; Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin; and David Medine, viola.
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WED@7 JACK Quartet
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Associates: Free with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)JACK Quartet
The JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe) and "viscerally exciting performances" (New York Times). David Patrick Stearns (Philadelphia Inquirer) proclaimed their performance as being "among the most stimulating new-music concerts of my experience." Comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland, JACK is focused on the commissioning and performance of new works.
The evening's WEDS@7 performance will include compositions by Lei Liang and Roger Reynolds.
By invitation of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, JACK Quartet is presented as a "Dean's Night" and FREE to the UCSD Community.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of violinist János Négyesy, the popular Soirée for Music Lovers returns as a special Valentine's Day performance.
Maestro Négyesy and special guests will perform works by Bach, Fauré, DvoÅ™ák, and Mozart.
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Hunjoo Jung and Jon Forshee Recital
Friday, February 15th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate students in composition, Hunjoo Jung and Jon Forshee present pieces, in performance.
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MMW Susan Narucki
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Please note: a limited number of walk up, rush tickets may be available 30 minutes prior to the event.
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
SUSAN NARUCKI, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
"Utterance, Ritual, Expression: Why Singing Makes Us Human"
Post Reception Hosted by Chancellor's Associates
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Piano Students
Thursday, February 21st, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate piano students of Bess Wang and Brendan Nguyen, perform.
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MUS 133 Projects in New Music
Friday, February 22nd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of János Négyesy, the students of Music 133 present Projects in New Music.
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Monday Night Jazz, Adv Improv
Monday, February 25th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The Monday Night Jazz series continues with the presentation of Advanced Improvisation.
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Aleck Karis
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Aleck Karis Recital - Webern/Wolpe/Feldman
Form (1959), Form IV (1972) Stefan Wolpe
Piano (1977) Morton Feldman
Variations, Opus 27 (1936) Anton Webern
Palais de Mari (1987) Morton Feldman
Professor of Music, Aleck Karis, presents an informal noon-time concert.
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MMW Diana Deutsch
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Please note: a limited number of walk up, rush tickets may be available 30 minutes prior to the event.
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | TO BE MUSICAL
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, To Be Musical, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, in association with the Department of Music.
DIANA DEUTSCH, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
"Musical Illusions, Perfect Pitch, and Other Curiosities"
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Ashley Walters Recital
Friday, March 1st, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Cellist Ashley Walters presents her final recital at UC San Diego:
Sweet Bay Magnolia with Berry Clusters by Wadada Leo Smith *premiere
another anxiety by Nicholas Deyoe *premiere
Another Secular Calvinist Creed by Andrew McIntosh
and special guest Andrew McIntosh on viola.
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Scott Worthington Recital
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Double bassist Scott Worthington will perform a recital of chamber and solo music by Niccolò Castiglioni, Bent Lorentzen, Gioachino Rossini, Daniel Tacke, MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg, and Charles Wuorinen with Leah Asher, violin, Rachel Beetz, flutes, Jennifer Bewerse, cello, Tiffany DuMouchelle, voice, and Curt Miller, clarinets.
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, March 4th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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The March First Monday concert includes a fantastic mix of composed and improvised pieces for acoustic and electric instruments.
Program:
Kevin Flowers
Fear of Patterns
Judith Hamman - solo cello
Improvisation
Nicolee Kuester, Leah Asher, Sam Dunscombe, Greg Surges
Edward Hamel
The Color Underneath
Edward Hamel - guitar, electronics and two amplifiers
Improvisation
Krzysztof Golinski - drums
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 4th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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BRAHMS PIANO QUARTETS
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in g minor, opus 25
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in A major, opus 26
Jeff Thayer, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello; Reiko Uchida, piano
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Violins & Violas
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of János Négyesy, violin and viola students present their Winter concert.
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Lear on the 2nd Floor (WED@7)
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Lear on the 2nd Floor
Composed by Anthony Davis with a libretto by Allan Havis, Lear on the 2nd Floor is a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s King Lear. It tells the story of Nora Lear, a prominent neuroscience researcher beset with early onset Alzheimer’s. As Nora loses her bearings and her autonomy, she is increasingly at the mercy of her three quarreling daughters. Nora’s dead husband Mortimer is Shakespeare’s fool in this version and is her constant companion as she walks through a world where the past and present blend and reality bends. Davis’s arrangement and instrumentation reflect diverse influences ranging from classical opera to jazz to reggae.
Lear on the 2nd Floor is the fourth chamber opera production of kallisti. The cast includes Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Bonnie Lander, Sara Perez, Alice Teyssier, Philip Larson and Susan Narucki in the title role. Steven Schick serves as music director and conductor of UCSD's contemporary music ensemble Palimpsest. The creative team includes Mark DeChiazza, director, Victoria Petrovich, set designer, Mary Ellen Stebbins, lighting designer, and Halei Parker, costume designer.
*** SOLD OUT *** /// Student Rush Unavailable
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Lear on the 2nd Floor
Friday, March 8th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Lear on the 2nd Floor
Composed by Anthony Davis with a libretto by Allan Havis, Lear on the 2nd Floor is a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s King Lear. It tells the story of Nora Lear, a prominent neuroscience researcher beset with early onset Alzheimer’s. As Nora loses her bearings and her autonomy, she is increasingly at the mercy of her three quarreling daughters. Nora’s dead husband Mortimer is Shakespeare’s fool in this version and is her constant companion as she walks through a world where the past and present blend and reality bends. Davis’s arrangement and instrumentation reflect diverse influences ranging from classical opera to jazz to reggae.
Lear on the 2nd Floor is the fourth chamber opera production of kallisti. The cast includes Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Bonnie Lander, Sara Perez, Alice Teyssier, Philip Larson and Susan Narucki in the title role. Steven Schick serves as music director and conductor of UCSD's contemporary music ensemble Palimpsest. The creative team includes Mark DeChiazza, director, Victoria Petrovich, set designer, Mary Ellen Stebbins, lighting designer, and Halei Parker, costume designer.
*** SOLD OUT *** /// Student Rush Unavailable
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Lear on the 2nd Floor
Saturday, March 9th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Lear on the 2nd Floor
Composed by Anthony Davis with a libretto by Allan Havis, Lear on the 2nd Floor is a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s King Lear. It tells the story of Nora Lear, a prominent neuroscience researcher beset with early onset Alzheimer’s. As Nora loses her bearings and her autonomy, she is increasingly at the mercy of her three quarreling daughters. Nora’s dead husband Mortimer is Shakespeare’s fool in this version and is her constant companion as she walks through a world where the past and present blend and reality bends. Davis’s arrangement and instrumentation reflect diverse influences ranging from classical opera to jazz to reggae.
Lear on the 2nd Floor is the fourth chamber opera production of kallisti. The cast includes Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Bonnie Lander, Sara Perez, Alice Teyssier, Philip Larson and Susan Narucki in the title role. Steven Schick serves as music director and conductor of UCSD's contemporary music ensemble Palimpsest. The creative team includes Mark DeChiazza, director, Victoria Petrovich, set designer, Mary Ellen Stebbins, lighting designer, and Halei Parker, costume designer.
*** SOLD OUT *** /// LIMITED Student Rush may be available. Line starts at 6:30 p.m.
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Monday Night Jazz, 95JC
Monday, March 11th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Under the direction of David Medine, the Chamber Orchestra presents their Winter concert.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Under the direction of Ken Anderson, the UCSD Gospel Choir, performs in Mandeville Auditorium.
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Ensemble Adapter
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event, Sponsor: Berglind Tomasdottir
Ensemble Adapter is a quintet for New Music consisting of Kristjana Helgadóttir (flute), Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson (clarinet), Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harp), Marc Tritschler (piano) and Matthias Engler (percussion). The ï¬ve instrumentalists from Iceland and Germany are based in Berlin. In international concerts and in the studio Adapter plays music by composers of the meantime and the recent past. In cooperations the ensemble acts as a producing or co-producing unit, testing chances and limits of transmedial approaches in different kinds of settings. In workshops the group transfers knowledge of how to write, study and perform contemporary music to composers, instrumentalist and creatives worldwide. Adapter stays in touch with the latest developments in the differing scenes of contemporary creation, maintaining a progressive, authentic and powerful style.
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Roger Reynolds Passage 9 (WED@7)
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)PASSAGE 9
PASSAGE 9 is UC San Diego composer Roger Reynolds' multimedia work combining live performance, video, spoken word, and sound spatialization. Reynolds himself will read texts, joined by computer musician Paul Hembree, percussionist Steven Schick, and flutist Rachel Beetz. "Several years ago, I began a series of presentations that offers an intriguing way of sharing observations, images, sounds, and their unpredictable resonances," Reynolds states. "PASSAGE is not a lecture 'about something,' from which an audience member carries away a particular (and uniform) message. It is rather expected that each imdividual will make his or her own connections between the elements. The intent is associative and inferential, not illustrative or explanatory. My texts, read live and also pre-recorded, are spatialized in real time by an elaborate computer algorithm carefully tuned to allow a textural choreography where lines of thought intersect and challenge one another in novel ways."
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the Wind Ensemble presents their Winter concert in Mandeville Auditoirium.
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, March 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD computer music graduate students present original music in this year's three-concert computer music series, featuring original experimental works for performers and live electronics. The concerts contain highly diverse material utilizing custom software, home-made electronics, re-purposed technology, computer graphics, and sculptural sound objects, as well as traditional instruments and recorded sound.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 15th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of János Négyesy, Chamber Ensembles perform the works of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Beethoven, Bruch, Cui, Delibes, Fauré, Franck, Ravel and Reicha.
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Batya MacAdam-Somer Recital
Saturday, March 16th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin/voice) performs works by Nicholas Deyoe, J.S. Bach, Kaija Saariaho, and Charles Ives. Featuring David Medine (live sound engineering) and Todd Moellenberg (piano).
Reception follows in courtyard.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Repeat / Move On
Saturday, March 16th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: REPEAT / MOVE ON
Steven Schick conducts A fascinating collage of opposites: Philip Glass, the American master of repeating phrases, paired with Aaron Copland’s flowing essay on eternal growth and renewal frame the rhythmic vitality of Bay Area composer Paul Dresher’s concerto for invented instruments. We also premiere this year’s Thomas Nee Commission by Yvonne Wu.
Special Guest: Paul Dresher, invented instruments
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Repeat / Move On
Sunday, March 17th, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: REPEAT / MOVE ON
Steven Schick conducts A fascinating collage of opposites: Philip Glass, the American master of repeating phrases, paired with Aaron Copland’s flowing essay on eternal growth and renewal frame the rhythmic vitality of Bay Area composer Paul Dresher’s concerto for invented instruments. We also premiere this year’s Thomas Nee Commission by Yvonne Wu.
Special Guest: Paul Dresher, invented instruments
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Karis Studio Students
Monday, March 18th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
MUS 33 Final Recording (Winter)
Monday, March 18th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Camera Lucida
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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BEETHOVEN AND FAURÉ
BEETHOVEN: Variations for Piano Trio on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu"
MOZART: String Quintet in C minor, K. 406 (arrangement of wind serenade)
FAURÉ: Piano Quartet in C minor
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Leah Asher Recital
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Works by Massimo Lauricella, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Eugène Ysaÿe, Lewis Nielson, Edward Hamel, and Giacinto Scelsi.
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Rachel Beetz Recital
Friday, April 5th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Flutist Rachel Beetz will play works by Telemann, Karg-Elert, Hurel, and Prokofiev with pianist Kyle Adam Blair.
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Virtual Tour - A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert Series
Friday, April 5th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Telematic performance, explores the musical, technical, and social dimensions of live performance between multiple locations through high speed Internet. The Virtual Tour will be a series of 3 concerts, each involving 4 UC Professors in San Diego, CA, performing together with renowned improvisers in different geographical locations each night: Amherst, MA (April 5); Zurich, Switzerland (April 6); and Stony Brook, NY (April 7).
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Virtual Tour - A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert Series
Saturday, April 6th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Telematic performance, explores the musical, technical, and social dimensions of live performance between multiple locations through high speed Internet. The Virtual Tour will be a series of 3 concerts, each involving 4 UC Professors in San Diego, CA, performing together with renowned improvisers in different geographical locations each night: Amherst, MA (April 5); Zurich, Switzerland (April 6); and Stony Brook, NY (April 7).
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Virtual Tour - A Reduced Carbon Footprint Concert Series
Sunday, April 7th, 2013 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)Telematic performance, explores the musical, technical, and social dimensions of live performance between multiple locations through high speed Internet. The Virtual Tour will be a series of 3 concerts, each involving 4 UC Professors in San Diego, CA, performing together with renowned improvisers in different geographical locations each night: Amherst, MA (April 5); Zurich, Switzerland (April 6); and Stony Brook, NY (April 7).
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2nd Monday Noon Concert
Monday, April 8th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)This First Monday (2nd Monday) at noon concert features Aurora Borealis, a soprano/percussion duo consisting of Tiffany Du Mouchelle and Stephen Solook. The duo has performed throughout the world from NYC to Papua New Guinea. Their unique repertoire explores the nature of utterance and human communication through the world's two oldest instruments, voice and percussion. Their repertoire mixes western classical music traditions with folk and world music influences, while also integrating electronic and contemporary explorations of sound. This program features works by Milton Babbitt, John Cage, Tania León, Stuart Saunders Smith, John Zorn, and the World Premiere of a new work by UCSD doctoral student Paul Hembree.
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Pablo Gomez-Cano Recital
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)PABLO GOMEZ: GUITAR UNLIMITED
Pablo Gomez-Cano presents a DMA recital in the CPMC Concert Hall featuring chamber and electronic music. Guest artists include: Tiffany DuMouchelle, Batya MacAdam-Somer, Ariana Warren, and Ricardo Gallardo, percussion.
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WED@7 Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Kartik Seshadri, Sitar Master
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."
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Songs in Ulterior Time
Thursday, April 11th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
A program of new and recent vocal chamber music composed and performed by UCSD graduate students and friends. Texts from Chaucer, Laxness, and sundials.This concert, with reception to follow, inaugurates the Department of Music’s annual Springfest, a showcase for the innovative work of its graduate composers, performers and interdisciplinary artists.
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Pop Suckets
Thursday, April 11th, 2013 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
Cute and unpredictable animal puppets, portrayed by musicians pushing at the extremes of vocal expression, try (and mostly fail) to stay out of a series of recursively nested Hells. The show will function as a series of episodes for children's television, investigating themes such as: how flowers mimic the shapes of sexually desirable insects to fool the insects into pollinating them through attempted mating; how the development of telecommunications electronics is the result of aliens programming us to extract and collect rare earth metals; the alienation and disempowerment of the information age.
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Ping [!] Pong installation
Friday, April 12th, 2013 4:00 pm
Warren Lecture Hall - Music Graduate Offices
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
SpringFest 2013
Game triggered sound effects by Andy Muehlhausen. Come play a match and enjoy the ensuing madness!
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Todd Moellenberg Recital
Friday, April 12th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
POSING NOTHING
Posing Nothing is a recital featuring pianist, Todd Moellenberg, in collaboration with Matt Savitsky, a visual artist in the UCSD Visual Arts MFA program. According to a script of stage commands, Moellenberg will perform calculated movements between pieces within built stage elements created by Savitsky. The collaboration explores the semantics of symbolic gesture, and the role it serves in communicating the self and its absence in a musical and theatrical context. The recital includes the music of composers Chris Dench, Jonathan Harvey, George Benjamin, and Harrison Birtwistle.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, April 13th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers
Under the direction of violinist János Négyesy, the popular Soirée for Music Lovers returns for a Spring engagement!
Featured composers will be: Leclair, Hugo Wolf, Schubert and Schumann.
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SpringFest at Birch Aquarium
Sunday, April 14th, 2013 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
SpringFest 2013 Event
SpringFest 2013
An evening of electronic, ambient, and live music in the varied environments of the Birch Aquarium. Wander through sea life galleries and enjoy the atmosphere(s) at your leisure.
Birch Aquarium: 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, CA 92037 (To get to the Birch Aquarium, Take I-5 to La Jolla Village Drive. Go west one mile. Turn left on Expedition Way. )
$10 general admission/$8 Birch members & UCSD students--includes Aquarium admission. Purchase tickets in advance here.
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Lightness and Darkness
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
9 settings of Lorine Niedecker and the 9 settings of Celan, by Harrison Birtwistle, paired with a world premiere by graduate composer Ryan Welsh.
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Maiden Voyage
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
Kyle Adam Blair presents an evening of world-premieres featuring music of UCSD graduate students, friends, and his own.
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Language, as a music / six marginal pretexts for composition
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
Benjamin Boretz's seminal 1978 text/music work invokes relationships between the written word, the language(s) of music, and the music of language. Composed in six sections, this 90-minute multi-media work features original piano music by Boretz, alongside his spoken text and Irving Berlin's 1925 song "Remember".
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Devotion of Union, Collapse of Pleasure
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
SpringFest 2013 Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)SpringFest 2013
Part cabaret, part sound installation, part religious ceremony, this new concert length piece explores ecstatic experience in the context of contemporary social and political identifications.
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Amos Oz Lecture
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Free Event
Reservations recommended
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Amos Oz Lecture - In a special appearance at UC San Diego as the Herman Wouk Chair of Modern Judaic Studies Visiting Lecturer, renowned Israeli author Amos Oz gives a talk titled "Zionist Dreams and Israeli Realities." Oz' books include the new Jews and Words as well as Between Friends (2012) and A Tale of Love and Darkness (2005). His visit is hosted by the Office of the Dean, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities, with the generous support of the Price Family.
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Camera Lucida (The Myriad Trio)
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
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MYRIAD TRIO
A Camera Lucida Special Presentation
Myriad Trio:
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Demarre McGill, flute
Julie Ann Smith, harp
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Christian Wolff Symposium
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Interdisciplinary Symposium with Guest Artist, Christian Wolff
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
6-8pm, Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall (room 127)
The composer will be joined in public discussion by a panel of five distinguished faculty members:
Michael Davidson (Literature)
Charles Curtis (Music)
Roger Reynolds (Music)
Yolande Snaith (Theater & Dance)
Babette Mangolte (Visual Arts)
Our symposium begins with a live performance of Wolff’s music, followed by introductions of panel members and their questions. The composer will have a period to respond to these topics, after which, the panel will rejoin him for discussion , after which the floor will be opened to the audience.
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Christian Wolff Concert
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Christian Wolff established himself as a major figure of the New York experimental scene in the 1950s, and would become a long-time collaborator of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. A professor of Classics at Dartmouth until his recent retirement, Wolff comes from a very interesting literary family as well—his parents, Helen and Kurt Wolff, published Benjamin and Kafka in Europe, and then co-founded Pantheon Books after emigrating.
The residency to celebrate his work will feature a symposium on Tuesday, April 23rd at 6:00 pm in the CPMC Recital Hall, as well as a concert, curated by UCSD professor: Charles Curtis.
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California Electronic Music Exchange Concert
Thursday, April 25th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Experimental electronic musicians from across California perform new original works featuring live electronics and custom software. The UCSD installment of the California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts features students from UCSB, CalArts, UCSD, and Mills. Performances will include hand built circuitry, live computer graphics, re-purposed electronics, pre-recorded electroacoustic music, and real-time signal processing.
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Sephardic Music Lecture and Recital
Friday, April 26th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsors: Xavier Beteta and Elisabet Curbelo Gonzalez
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Old Worlds / New World
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: OLD WORLDS / NEW WORLD
Steven Schick conducts Can we hear where we come from? Try this idea on as you listen to the vivid images by the eminent Chinese-American composer Chou Wen-chung paired with Edgard Varèse’s tribute to his adopted home in Amériques. Richard Strauss’s second horn concerto, featuring Young Artist winner Nicolee Kuester, represents the backdrop of Europe.
Special Guest: Nicolee Kuester, horn
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Old Worlds / New World
Sunday, May 5th, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: OLD WORLDS / NEW WORLD
Steven Schick conducts Can we hear where we come from? Try this idea on as you listen to the vivid images by the eminent Chinese-American composer Chou Wen-chung paired with Edgard Varèse’s tribute to his adopted home in Amériques. Richard Strauss’s second horn concerto, featuring Young Artist winner Nicolee Kuester, represents the backdrop of Europe.
Special Guest: Nicolee Kuester, horn
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, May 6th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Curated and featuring graduate students from the Department of Music, First Monday Concerts are free events held on selected Mondays in the academic year. The May First Monday Concert includes Chirstian Wolff's For Prepared Piano, Luciano Berio's Sequenza III for solo voice, two premieres composed by UCSD grad students and an improvisation duo.
PROGRAM:
Fear of Patterns by Kevin Flowers
Judith Hamann, cello
Reconnections by Kyle Rowan
Curt Miller, clarinet
Sequenza III for Voice by Luciano Berio
Bonnie Lander, voice
For Prepared Piano by Christian Wolff
Kyle Adam Blair, prepared piano
Improvisation
Kyle Adam Blair, prepared piano
Krzysztof Golinski, drums
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Cuatro Corridos (WED@7)
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)CUATRO CORRIDOS
Based on true events, Cuatro Corridos tells the story of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking and represents an unprecedented collaboration between internationally acclaimed creative artists.


Led by Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki and noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi, the fully-staged production features original music by composers Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. Each composer gives voice to one of the four female characters by presenting one act in the hour-long drama.
Three of the most distinguished performers of new music, percussionist Steven Schick, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking. The production team includes artist-activist Karen Guancione, lighting designer Kristin Hayes, costume designer Halei Parker and graphics animators Cameron Bailey and Sam Doshier.
Cuatro Corridos received generous support from UC MEXUS, the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Department of Music at UCSD.
Stay up to date and learn more about this project by joining the Facebook page and visiting Cuatro Corridos online.
Jorge Volpi / Librettist
Lei Liang, Arlene Sierra, Hilda Paredes, Hebert Vázquez / Composers
Susan Narucki, Aleck Karis, Steven Schick, Pablo Gomez / Performers
Cameron Bailey, Sam Doshier / Graphics Animators
Kristin Hayes / Lighting Designer
Halei Parker / Custume Designer
Karen Guancione / Production Concept
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Cuatro Corridos
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
A panel discussion featuring noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi and the four composers from Cuatro Corridos: Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. This symposium will focus on the development of the work and its place in their larger artistic concerns.
Reception follows in CPMC Courtyard.
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Cuatro Corridos
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
In support of the Cuatro Corridos project, this panel discussion features noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi and experts on human trafficking in the San Diego/Tijuana border region including Elizabeth Aguilera, reporter from UT San Diego; Daliah Setareh, Senior Attorney at Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; and Dr. Jay Silverman, Professor of Medicine and Global Public Health at UCSD.
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red fish blue fish
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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red fish blue fish
Alaska composer John Luther Adams, a longtime collaborator with percussion ensemble red fish blue fish, is spotlighted in this neatly symmetrical program. Two works by Adams open and close the concert: ...dust into dust..., Songbird Songs; Songbird Songs, ...and dust rising... In between, two compositions by John Cage (Credo and Third Construction) sandwich one by Lou Harrison (Fugue).
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Cuatro Corridos
Friday, May 10th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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CUATRO CORRIDOS
Based on true events, Cuatro Corridos tells the story of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking and represents an unprecedented collaboration between internationally acclaimed creative artists.


Led by Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki and noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi, the fully-staged production features original music by composers Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. Each composer gives voice to one of the four female characters by presenting one act in the hour-long drama.
Three of the most distinguished performers of new music, percussionist Steven Schick, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking. The production team includes artist-activist Karen Guancione, lighting designer Kristin Hayes, costume designer Halei Parker and graphics animators Cameron Bailey and Sam Doshier.
Cuatro Corridos received generous support from UC MEXUS, the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Department of Music at UCSD.
Stay up to date and learn more about this project by joining the Facebook page and visiting Cuatro Corridos online.
Jorge Volpi / Librettist
Lei Liang, Arlene Sierra, Hilda Paredes, Hebert Vázquez / Composers
Susan Narucki, Aleck Karis, Steven Schick, Pablo Gomez / Performers
Cameron Bailey, Sam Doshier / Graphics Animators
Kristin Hayes / Lighting Designer
Halei Parker / Custume Designer
Karen Guancione / Production Concept
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Cuatro Corridos
Saturday, May 11th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)CUATRO CORRIDOS
Based on true events, Cuatro Corridos tells the story of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking and represents an unprecedented collaboration between internationally acclaimed creative artists.


Led by Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki and noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi, the fully-staged production features original music by composers Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. Each composer gives voice to one of the four female characters by presenting one act in the hour-long drama.
Three of the most distinguished performers of new music, percussionist Steven Schick, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking. The production team includes artist-activist Karen Guancione, lighting designer Kristin Hayes, costume designer Halei Parker and graphics animators Cameron Bailey and Sam Doshier.
Cuatro Corridos received generous support from UC MEXUS, the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Department of Music at UCSD.
Stay up to date and learn more about this project by joining the Facebook page and visiting Cuatro Corridos online.
Jorge Volpi / Librettist
Lei Liang, Arlene Sierra, Hilda Paredes, Hebert Vázquez / Composers
Susan Narucki, Aleck Karis, Steven Schick, Pablo Gomez / Performers
Cameron Bailey, Sam Doshier / Graphics Animators
Kristin Hayes / Lighting Designer
Halei Parker / Custume Designer
Karen Guancione / Production Concept
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Camera Lucida
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)
BEETHOVEN AND BACH
MOZART: Quintet in B-flat Major, K. 174
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
This performance features Takae Ohnishi on harpsichord.
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Berglind Tomasdottir Recital
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
ROCKRIVER MARY: The Caravan Concerts (Berglind Tómasdóttir, 2013)
Length: 35 minutes.
In August of 2011 Berglind Tómasdóttir a.k.a. Rockriver Mary gave concerts inside a caravan in Iceland. In a 35-minute-long documentary we follow Rockriver Mary on her adventures in rural Iceland.
The screening will be followed with Q&A and a reception in the CPMC North Patio Courtyard.
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Baroque Ensemble Student Recital
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, Baroque Ensemble Students perform.
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Andrea Kim Honors Recital
Saturday, May 18th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)An evening featuring classical pianist Andrea Kim. Program of the night will include grand compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Leos Janacek, and more.
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ensemble et cetera
Saturday, May 18th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Support Event
Free
Ensemble et cetera is Curt Miller, clarinets, Dustin Donahue, percussion, and Scott Worthington, double bass. http://ens-etc.org
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Stephen Lewis Recital
Sunday, May 19th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Monday Night Jazz, Improvised Music for Piano and Bass
Monday, May 20th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Improvised Music for Piano and Bass
Josh Charney, piano & Mark Dresser, bass
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Musicians in Ordinary
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Musicians In Ordinary for the Lutes and Voices, Hallie Fishel soprano and John Edwards, lutes and guitars, take their name from the ensemble which played in the most private quarters of the Stuart monarchs. They are dedicated to the performance of early solo song and vocal chamber music and are often joined by some of North America’s leading performers of early music for their lively and moving concerts.
Musicians in Ordinary are in residence at UC San Diego at the invitation of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Seth Lerer.
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MUS 32 Celli Percussion Recital
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The MUS 32 cello students of Ashley Walters and percussion students of Dustin Donahue, perform.
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WED@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Dean's Night at the Prebys
Free Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)PALIMPSEST
THE MUSIC OF ELLIOTT CARTER
PALIMPSEST, the department's graduate performance ensemble, celebrates the music of Elliott Carter, who died November 5, 2012, at the age of 103. Curated by Aleck Karis, conducted by special guest Donald Palma, and featuring soprano soloists Alice Teyssier and Tiffany DuMouchelle, the program includes Carter's Double Trio, Triple Duo, Hiyoku, and A Mirror on Which to Dwell, as well as UC San Diego composer Rand Steiger's Elliott's Instruments and the world premiere premiere of Stephen Lewis' Colla Voce. Musicians are Leah Asher (violin), Judith Hamann (violincello), Calvin Price (trumpet), Eric Starr (trombone), Kyle Blair (piano), Leah Bowden (percussion), Batya MacAdam-Somer (violin), Rachel Beetz (flute), Curt Miller (clarinet), Jonathan Hepfer (percussion), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Christine Tavolacci (flute), Jonathan Davis (oboe), Todd Moellenberg (piano), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), and Scott Worthington (bass).
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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John Chowning
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)A concert of electronic works by groundbreaking composer and computer music researcher, John Chowning. Included in the program, Voices (2005) will feature esteemed soprano, Maureen Chowning, for whom the piece was written.
John Chowning, a graduate and longtime professor of music at Stanford University, is famous for his discovery of the FM synthesis algorithm and for his work as founder and director of Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
At 5:30 p.m. the artists will present a FREE lecture/demonstration showing the development of 4-channel spatial illusions—spatialization— and how that led to the discovery of FM synthesis, followed by the 8:00 p.m. Concert. Guests attending the symposium are welcome to remain for the concert, gratis.
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Sound Synthesis and Perception: Composing from the Inside Out (and a bit of history)
8:00 p.m. - Concert
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Shannon Johnson and Sharon Chang Voice Recital
Friday, May 24th, 2013 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Shannon Johnson
Soprano Sharon Chang will perform songs exploring the progression of life and love. Starting with an innocent, quirky outlook on life, then looking at the emotions of lost and unrequited love, and finishing with an acquired mischievous and bold attitude to what life has to offer.
Tenor Shannon Johnson will perform a selection of songs highlighting man-made relationships. His program begins with an arrangement of the popular folksong How Can I Keep From Singing by Richard Walters, Charles Ives’ setting of the hymn At The River, and Total Eclipse from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Samson” as a trio of songs addressing humankind’s relationship with God.
Interpersonal relationships are also examined, as Ivor Gurney’s languid Sleep, Margaret Bonds’ soulful setting of the Langston Hughes poem Minstrel Man, and Benjamin Britten’s realization of Henry Purcell’s I attempt from love’s sickness to fly conclude the program.
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Tiffany DuMouchelle Recital
Friday, May 24th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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A few words to sing...
Soprano Tiffany Du Mouchelle performs a program celebrating women's voices, life, love, and song. Throughout the ages women's voices have been repressed. Those who have found the strength to speak against their repression have often faced exile or even death. Beginning in the Middle Ages we hear the troubadour Rudel's song about courtly love in Saariaho's Lonh, Chaucer's description of the Wife of Bath and her views on marriage from Trimble's Four Fragments from the Canterbury Tales, and the voice of Hildegard of Bingen as she sings her devotion to love and God in Viñao's Hildegard's Dream. Returning to the present day, the physicality of vocal repression is explored through Berio's Sequenza III:
Give me a few words for a woman
to sing a truth allowing us
to build a house without worrying before night comes.
William Harvey's song cycle Speaking for the Afghan Woman illuminates words of women who's voices have been caged in contemporary society: poems by Afghan female poets, including Bahar Saeed and Parwin Pajwak who were forced into exile along with Nadia Anjuman and Menna Keshwar Kamal who were both murdered in response to their words being heard. The program concludes with Only by Feldman, as an elegy to those who suffer in silence.
Tiffany Du Mouchelle will be joined by Rachel Beetz, flute; Kyle Adam Blair, piano; Todd Moellenberg, harpsichord; Ariana Warren, clarinet.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Under the direction of Ken Anderson, the UCSD Gospel Choir, performs in Mandeville Auditorium.
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Indian Music, 95W
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Classical Indian ragas performed by students of sitar master Kartik Seshadri.
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Adam Tinkle Recital
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, May 30th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)SINGERS and CHOIRS
Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95C and 95K ensembles perform.
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Xavier Beteta Recital
Friday, May 31st, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Xavier Beteta, piano, in concert with violinist Ercole Salinaro.
The duo will perform works by Beethoven, Pugnini-Kreisler, Paganini, Ponce, and Gardel.
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Integrative Studies Composition Juries
Friday, May 31st, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Yvette Jackson, Krzysztof Golinski, Joshua Charney, Kjell Nordeson, and Judith Hamann present new in innovative works for presentation as part of the Integratve Studies Composition Juries, in concert at the Experimental Theatre on Friday evening.
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Samara Rice Honors Recital
Saturday, June 1st, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)An evening of original compositions by undergraduate composer Samara Rice. Pieces for toy piano, bowed piano ensemble, string quartet, solo violin, and more performed by talented members of the UCSD music community.
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Bass Students
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Supported Event
Free
Tim McNally and Christopher Duvall, students of Mark Dresser, perform.
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David Castaneda Honors Recital
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Featuring original compositions and arrangements by percussionist David Castañeda, the performers will include:
UCSD Lecturer Kamau Kenyatta - Piano & Keys
Tim McNalley - Bass
Evan Adams - Tenor Sax
Kirk Portuguez - Drumset & Percussion
David Castañeda - Percussion
"No hay más que decir - vamos a reír, vamos a sudar, vamos a disfrutar, porque estos son los ratos buenos"
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1st Monday Noon Concert
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Étude, Book 1, No. 4: Fanfares György Ligeti
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano Ligeti
I. Andante con tenerezza
II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico
III. Alla marcia
IV. Lamento. Adagio
Leah Asher, violin; Nicolee Kuester, horn; Todd Moellenberg, piano
TBD Sam Dunscombe
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Monday Night Jazz, 95JC
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of David Medine, the UCSD Chamber Orchestra performs in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Nicolee Kuester Recital
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Nicolee Kuester performs works for horn and speaker and etc.:
PROGRAM:
Carolyn Chen: Overtures for solo horn
Nicolee Kuester: bird for speaker alone
Bobo/Okok: Digestive with violin, clarinet, horn and electric guitar
György Ligeti: Trio for violin, horn, and piano
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
Leah Asher, violin
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Sam Dunscombe, clarinet
Greg Surges, electric guitar
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the Wind Ensemble returns to Mandeville Auditorium!
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, June 6th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD computer music graduate students present original music in this year's three-concert computer music series, featuring original experimental works for performers and live electronics. The concerts contain highly diverse material utilizing custom software, home-made electronics, re-purposed technology, computer graphics, and sculptural sound objects, as well as traditional instruments and recorded sound.
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Piano Recital by the students of Stefani Walens
Friday, June 7th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Undergrad Composition Juries
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)World premiere performances by undergraduate composers, immediately followed by feedback from the distinguished members of the UC San Diego composition faculty.
10:00 a.m. - Mason Shaner - Moods of the Disconsolate Heart
11:00 a.m. - Christopher Perry - The Hike
12:00 p.m. - Newton Chan - Psi(x,t)
1:15 p.m. - Kyle Fanene - Three Twos
2:15 p.m. - Ryan Morgan - Once, There Was One
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Earth / Peace
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: EARTH / PEACE
David Chase conducts Three great 20th-century composers contemplate peace – global, personal, spiritual. Britten begins the program with a work inspired by his intense pacifism. Schoenberg paints a picture of mankind evolving from a murky past to a bright future based on “Peace on Earth.” We conclude with one of Vaughan Williams’ greatest choral-orchestral works based on the war poetry of Walt Whitman and excerpts from the Bible.
Special Guests: Mary Jaeb, soprano; Dean Elzinga, bass-baritone
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Earth / Peace
Sunday, June 9th, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information go to La Jolla Symphony & Chorus or call 858-534-4637.
LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS: EARTH / PEACE
David Chase conducts Three great 20th-century composers contemplate peace – global, personal, spiritual. Britten begins the program with a work inspired by his intense pacifism. Schoenberg paints a picture of mankind evolving from a murky past to a bright future based on “Peace on Earth.” We conclude with one of Vaughan Williams’ greatest choral-orchestral works based on the war poetry of Walt Whitman and excerpts from the Bible.
Special Guests: Mary Jaeb, soprano; Dean Elzinga, bass-baritone
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Voice Students
Sunday, June 9th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Camera Lucida (The Myriad Trio)
Monday, June 10th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)
A Camera Lucida Special Presentation
Charles Curtis, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
The Myriad Trio: Che-Yen Chen, viola; Demarre McGill, flute;
Julie Ann Smith, harp
Camera Lucida program:
BEETHOVEN: Seven Variations on "Bei Maennern welche Liebe fuehlen"
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
Myriad Trio program:
JAN BACH: Eisteddfod
BEETHOVEN/ARR. MAAYANI: Serenade, Op. 25 (Arr. for Flute, Viola and Harp)
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MUS 33 Final Recording (Spring)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Karis Studio Students
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Todd Moellenberg and Andrea Kim perform in the Concert Hall.
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Piano Recital by the students of Bess Wang
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Piano students Bernard, Lily, and Megan will play pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
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The Best of ICAM
Friday, June 14th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Theatre
Free
ICAM students present their end-of-year projects for THE BEST OF ICAM.
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Jeff Trevino Recital
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (1946-48) by John Cage (70 min.)
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Jazz Composers Orchestra Reading
Friday, September 20th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
Classical music and jazz intersect in this exciting collaboration between LJS&C and the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute. Hear a free performance reading of five new works written for symphony orchestra by jazz composers Miya Masaoka, Michael Dessen, Daniel Francis Marschak, Alan Chan, and Tobin Chodos.
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Grad Welcome Concert
Monday, September 23rd, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)GRAD WELCOME CONCERT
UCSD Graduate students will present a plethora of music from the last century including pieces by Nicholas Deyoe, Philippe Manoury, Bob Pierzak, Viktor Ullmann, Iannis Xenakis, and a demonstration of Andrew Allen's latest software, Ruratae!
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, September 27th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros, and Jamie Pawloski curate an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theatre at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theatre is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
1: ELEMENTAL
Curated by: Zachary Seldess
Diana Salazar: Capsicum Fever (10:58) (2ch)
Elizabeth Hoffman: WhirlingNothingness (4:56) (18ch)
Jane Rigler: The Calling (7:39) (2ch)
Dave Gedosh: Train Song (8:58) (4ch)
Erik Deluca: [In] (ca. 15:05) (5.1ch)
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Aurora Borealis
Friday, October 4th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Stephen Solook
Tiffany Du Mouchelle and Steve Solook prepare for an upcoming competition with this non-traditional concert. Colleagues and outside guests are invited to come listen and give feedback as they prepare their material. The first part will feature Tiffany and Steve as their voice/percussion duo, Aurora Borealis, followed by a short open forum for comments from the audience. The second part features Tiffany as soloist performing unaccompanied works for voice and accompanied works with pianist Kyle Adam Blair, also followed by a short forum for comments. This event will run approximately 90 minutes.
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Dustin Donahue Recital
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Dustin Donahue presents a noontime solo concert. Music by John Cage, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Gordon, Martin Hiendl, and Alvin Lucier.
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WED@7 Charles Curtis
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)A concert of music for cello including the West Coast premieres of three recent pieces composed for Charles Curtis: Christian Wolff's One Cellist (2013), Éliane Radigue's Occam V (2012-13) and Tashi Wada's Landslide (2013). Also on the program are two earlier works composed for Curtis: Alvin Lucier's Slices for Cello and Pre-Recorded Orchestra (2007-11) and Alison Knowles' Rice and Beans for Charles Curtis (2008). The program will intersperse short pieces from the Middle Ages and Renaissance amongst these new and recent works.
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Grad Forum
Friday, October 11th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Grad Forum
Friday, October 11th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
GRAD FORUM #1
"Non-quantized music"
Adam Tinkle and Bonnie Lander
"Fingers slide to find the notes between the notes, vocal cavities arch to find the vowels between the vowels; the just-noticeable difference harnessed to an attempt to harmonize out of the blooming, buzzing desert of meaning."
DAVID MEDINE
No Fancy
Joe Cantrell, Meghann Welsh, and guest
Experimental-Electro-Acoustic Improv
Minderbinder
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Krzysztof Golinski, drums
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 14th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's renowned chamber music series opens the 2013-2014 season with a program of Beethoven (String Trio opus 9 no. 1 G major), Szymanowski (Three Myths for Violin and Piano) and Saint Saëns (Piano Quartet in B-flat). Camera Lucida is a collaboration between leading San Diego Symphony soloists and prominent UC San Diego faculty performers led by cellist Charles Curtis, who serves as the series' artistic director. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of the Sam Ersan Chamber Music Fund. Ticket information: (619) 235-0804.
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Fall Composition Juries Concert
Friday, October 18th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Fall Composition Jury breaks from the traditional format and is presented as an evening concert! World premiere compositions by Edward Hamel, Kevin Flowers, Jon Forshee, Marcelo Flores-Lazcano, Elisabet Curbelo-González, Caroline Miller, and Kevin Zhang, highlight the evening.
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Fall Juries - Discussion Session
Saturday, October 19th, 2013 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
The public is welcome to observe discussion and jury observations by UC San Diego's distinguished composition faculty in response to Friday evening's Fall Composition concert of premieres.
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Ryan Nestor Recital
Sunday, October 20th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Ryan Nestor performs Richard Barrett's Abglanzbeladen / Auseinandergeschrieben, Gerald Eckert's Nor and Schwebe, Verlöschend (with Michael Matsuno, flute) and Marcelo Lazcano's Taca-Taca, a new work for solo percussion.
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, October 25th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros and Jamie Pawloski host an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theatre at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theatre is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
2: LANDSCAPES - Curated by Tom Erbe
Melody Eötvös: Patoises I: Blue (8:24)
Paul Riker and Anthony Angelicola: Cubicle Revisted (8:54)
Jon Weinel: Mezcal Animations #1-3 (4:00)
Damon Lee: Stumm (7:27)
Luca De Siena: Concrezione (4:19)
Teresa Connors: Terroir (6:46)
Alexander Sigman: Future Creatures (9:24)
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Now Hear Ensemble
Saturday, October 26th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Kevin Zhang
Now Hear Ensemble presents the "Made in California" project with music by Eoin Callery, Carolyn Chen, Todd Lerew, Mateo Lugo, Daniel Miller, Jon Myers, Iván Naranjo, Nick Norton, Dan VanHassel, David Werfelmann and Kevin Zhang-composers with ties to CalArts, Mills College, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and USC.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Saturday, October 26th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers returns as a birthday celebration in honor of János Négyesy's 75th year!
Violin virtuoso János Négyesy's and friends will perform the works of Corelli, Ravel, Hindemith, and Fauré.
Please join the artists for a post performance gathering, outside the Concert Hall.
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Festival hispanoamericano de guitarra
Sunday, October 27th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Pablo Gomez-Cano
15 h. | Concierto Estelar
SERGIO BUCHELI (México)
Recital Hall del Conrad Prebys Music Center
Entrada Libre
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 1st, 2013 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Steven Schick conducts
A concert for young eyes and ears that’s fun for adults too! Hear a revolutionary work for solo flute performed by Claire Chase and Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, with commentary by Steven Schick.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, sometimes a little scary
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Steven Schick conducts
Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b W.A. Mozart
Density 21.5 Edgar Varèse
Mina Dai Fujikura
Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz
Special Guests: Claire Chase, flute; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Music from four different centuries, chosen to reflect this spooky time of the year. The contemporary music group ICE joins us for a program that ranges from Mozart’s poised Sinfonia Concertante for Winds through Varèse’s revolutionary Density 21.5 for solo flute and on to Dai Fujikura’s Mina, inspired by the birth of his first child. We conclude with Berlioz’s haunted masterpiece, Symphonie Fantastique.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, sometimes a little scary
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Steven Schick conducts
Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b W.A. Mozart
Density 21.5 Edgar Varèse
Mina Dai Fujikura
Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz
Special Guests: Claire Chase, flute; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Music from four different centuries, chosen to reflect this spooky time of the year. The contemporary music group ICE joins us for a program that ranges from Mozart’s poised Sinfonia Concertante for Winds through Varèse’s revolutionary Density 21.5 for solo flute and on to Dai Fujikura’s Mina, inspired by the birth of his first child. We conclude with Berlioz’s haunted masterpiece, Symphonie Fantastique.
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First Monday
Monday, November 4th, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Giacinto Scelsi
Ko-Tha (Three Dances of Shiva)
Jonathan Hepfer, guitar
Alban Berg
Piano Sonata
Steve Lewis, piano
TBD
Dustin Donahue, percussion
Softclip
Ine Vanoeveren, flute
Kyle Motl, bass
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Nico Couck in Concert
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Wojtek Blecharz
Antwerp-based guitarist Nico Couck will guest with the composition area, then present a concert of his work. In "Reciprocity" Nico Couck explores the possibilities of the back-and-forth motion. Be it in physical Reciprocityenergy, sounding textures (between harmony and chaos), or even in the performer’s approach to the instrument. How can constantly interpolating gestures become relevant and substantial in musical practice?
Simon Steen-Andersen’s work transforms musical information to visuals in the opposite way of Mark Applebaum’s work. Johannes Kreidler creates a multi-dimensional space of sounding and ‘außermusikalischer’ motion - while Clemens Gadenstätter’s music balances on the verge of instrumental sonorities and spoken word. And finally, new compositions by Lorenzo Pagliei and Stefan Beyer in which the semantics of sound production are compromised.
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WED@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)PALIMPSEST
Palimpsest, UCSD's resident new music ensemble, presents a concert featuring the Second Viennese School, conducted by Aleck Karis. This is an opportunity to hear two rarely performed masterpieces by Arnold Schoenberg: the ground-breaking Five Pieces for Orchestra Opus 16 (in the Chamber Version) and the brilliant Suite, Opus 29 for three strings, three clarinets and piano. The program also includes Webern's Concerto Opus 24 and the world premiere of Shetakh by Ori Talmon.
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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Brendan Gaffney Recital
Thursday, November 7th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Come ring in a technological centennial, the 100th year of our beloved standard, MIDI. Featuring new instruments and interfaces by Brendan Bernhardt Gaffney, new compositions by Robert Pierzak and performances by Andrew Allen, Joe Mariglio and Drew Ceccato.
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Brian Griffeath-Loeb Dissertation Concert
Friday, November 8th, 2013 6:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)...on a par with grass & twigs...
Conducted by Nicholas Deyoe, featuring flutists Berglind María Tómasdóttir, Michael Matsuno, and Rachel Beetz, percussionists Craig Shields and Stephen Solook and pianist Stephen Lewis.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 8th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Chikako Morishita - Lizard (shadow) (clarinet solo)
Jo Kondo - Orient Orientation (clarinet duo)
Pierre Boulez - Domains
Jo Kondo - Theatre
IMPROV - Sam Dunscombe, Chris Golinski, Kyle Adam Blair
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Chinary Ung Symposium
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A symposium focused on the life and work of Distinguished Professor Chinary Ung will feature distinguished guest speakers Adam Greene, Topher Levin, and Yayoi Uno Everett. Curated and coordinated by Lei Liang.
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WED@7 Chinary Ung Celebration
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Chinary Ung - Celebration 70
A celebratory concert honoring Distinguished Professor Chinary Ung on his 70th year. Featuring renowned international artists as well as UCSD faculty and graduate students, a special event is planned to honor the life of Chinary Ung.
CINNABAR HEART (2009)
Stephen Solook, marimba
SPIRAL I (1987)
Felix Fan, cello
Matthew Gold, percussion
Aleck Karis, piano
SPIRAL XI: “Mother & Child” (2007)
Susan Ung, viola
AURA (2005)
Elissa Johnston, high soprano
Kathleen Roland, low soprano
John Fonville, flute
Paul Sherman, oboe
Anthony Burr, clarinet
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Peter Clarke violin
Linda Piatt, viola
Susan Ung, viola
Jennifer Bewerse, cello
Mark Dresser, double bass
Nicholas Perry, percussion
GRANT GERSHON, conductor
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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Camera Lucida
Thursday, November 14th, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music by Brahms (C-minor Piano Quartet) and DvoÅ™ák (E-flat Piano Quartet) is featured in this chamber music concert collaboration between virtuoso UC San Diego faculty musicians such as cellist Charles Curtis and leading San Diego Symphony soloists such as violinist Jeff Thayer. The series is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund. Ticket information: (619) 235-0804.
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Yvette Jackson Recital
Thursday, November 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A Thin Line (A New Radio Opera)
This evening will premiere sketches from A Thin Line and new other works. Tape meets live performance featuring Jessica Aszodi, Josh Charney, and Amy Cimini.
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Monday Night Jazz - 201B Improv
Monday, November 18th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Composing for Improvisors
Advanced grad performers under the direction of Anthony Davis, perform.
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Violins & Violas
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Violin and Viola students of János Négyesy, perform the works of Vivaldi-Respigh, Kallivoda, Kabalevsky, Tchaikovsky, and Kurtág.
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WED@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)3: NEGATIVE SPACE / Curated by Elliot Patros
Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros host an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theatre at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theatre is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
JOHN NICHOLS III: Gates (Kadesh-Naphtali) (8:46)
C.R. KASPRZYK: veiled (5:09)
JEF CHIPPEWA: DUO (2:46)
NICOLAS VÉRIN: Trois études d'espace (14:40)
HANS TUTSCHKU: Rojo (15:16)
CHRISTOPHER DELAURENTI: Thrill (4:44)
JOHN OLIVER: Just Inference (5:03)
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Chamber Ensembles, under the direction of János Négyesy, perform in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall.
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Monday Night Jazz - 95JC
Monday, November 25th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Computer Music Concert
Monday, November 25th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Computer music graduate students perform new original works featuring live electronics and custom software, in the first installment of this year's computer music concert series. Performances will include hand built circuitry, signal bending, electroacoustic music playback, and real-time digital signal processing.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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First Monday
Monday, December 2nd, 2013 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)Curated and featuring graduate students from the Department of Music, First Monday Concerts are free events held on selected Mondays in the academic year.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 2nd, 2013 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's renowned chamber music series heads for the holidays with a program including Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 6, Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 10, and Brahms' String Quartet in F major. Camera Lucida is made possible through the generous support of the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund. Ticket information: (619) 235-0804.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Approval Seekers
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Paul Hembree
Karis Piano Studio
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate piano performance students of Aleck Karis present an informal concert.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 5th, 2013 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD WIND ENSEMBLE
Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the 95L Wind Ensemble performs at Mandeville Auditorium.
The program will feature euphonium soloist, Eric Starr, for Herbert L. Clark's The Bride of the Waves. The Wind Ensemble will also perform selections by: Jenkins, Schuman, Copland, Mennin, Cailliet, Bennett, and George Gershwin.
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The Music of Netty Simons
Friday, December 6th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Joshua Charney
Josh Charney presents an evening of music by composer Netty Simons. Pieces will include Night Sounds for piano (1953), Windfall (1965), and Too Late, the Bridge is Closed (1976). Charney will be joined by Adam Tinkle on the saxophone.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, utterly ecstatic,
Saturday, December 7th, 2013 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
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Steven Schick conducts
Musica Celestis Aaron Jay Kernis
Ikarus-Azur Paul Hembree NEE COMMISSION
Daphnis et Chloe Maurice Ravel
Our second subscription program takes us to the sublime. We open with Aaron Jay Kernis’ ethereal Musica Celestis (“Music of the Heavens”) for string orchestra and conclude with a complete performance of Ravel’s opulent ballet Daphnis et Chloe, scored for huge orchestra, chorus, wind machine, and vast percussion battery. Between them, we present the world premiere of a work for orchestra and chorus by this year’s Thomas Nee Commission recipient.
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Four Seasons Project
Saturday, December 7th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Four Seasons/Four Elements project, initiated by renowned UCSD violinist János Négyesy, is in its final phase: a transformation into a musical theater production. Tonight's concert premieres one part of music for the new production: Cercles de Feu by Fulbright visiting composer Nicolas Vérin, in residence in the Department of Music during Fall quarter. Vérin's piece brings together electric and acoustic violin, live electronics, the Sphere, and video projection. The program also includes Parmegiani's Violostries, Saariaho's de la Terre, and Vérin's Solo Violin Piece I, all performed by Négyesy.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, utterly ecstatic,
Sunday, December 8th, 2013 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to http://www.lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Steven Schick conducts
Musica Celestis Aaron Jay Kernis
Ikarus-Azur Paul Hembree NEE COMMISSION
Daphnis et Chloe Maurice Ravel
Our second subscription program takes us to the sublime. We open with Aaron Jay Kernis’ ethereal Musica Celestis (“Music of the Heavens”) for string orchestra and conclude with a complete performance of Ravel’s opulent ballet Daphnis et Chloe, scored for huge orchestra, chorus, wind machine, and vast percussion battery. Between them, we present the world premiere of a work for orchestra and chorus by this year’s Thomas Nee Commission recipient.
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MUS 103 Final Recording
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
MUS 33 Final Recording
Thursday, December 12th, 2013 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music 33A, Introduction to Composition, presents their first term concert of new works for voice and chamber ensemble, as directed by PhD candidate Stephen Lewis. Each piece is three to five minutes, followed by discussion by a juried panel from the composition graduate area.
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Stephen Lewis
Friday, December 13th, 2013 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Stephen Lewis
Late Feldman
Saturday, December 14th, 2013 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Aleck Karis presents works by Feldman, Wolpe, and Webern
The first half features music from Karis' recent CD on Bridge Records: Morton Feldman's Piano and Palais de Mari juxtaposed with Wolpe's Form and Form IV and Webern's Piano Variations. For the second half he will be joined by Curt Macomber, Danielle Farina and Chris Finckel in a performance of Feldman's last work: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, January 6th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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MYRIAD TRIO I
Monday, January 6, 7:30pm
The Myriad Trio
Program TBA
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AP Emerson String Quartet
Thursday, January 9th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower! presents:
The Emerson String Quartet has achieved its exalted place in the hierarchy of American quartets for good reason. The ensemble has an impeccable track record, dozens of admired recordings, and a consistent history of serious dedication to chamber music literature. This season, in what will be the first change in the quartet’s membership since 1979, Paul Watkins—a distinguished soloist, award-winning conductor, and dedicated chamber musician—will join the ensemble for its return concert with ArtPower!. Marking a major milestone in the history of American chamber music, the evolution of the Emerson String Quartet will undoubtedly open up a whole new chapter of excellence. Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello.
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K. 428 (K.421b); Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122; Ludwig van Beethoven:String Quartet No. 8 in E minor (“Rasumosky No. 2”), Op. 59/2
Sponsors: Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda, Joan Jordon Bernstein, Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch
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Jonathan Hepfer Recital
Friday, January 10th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Daniel Tacke: ABEND (US Premiere)
Walter Zimmermann: GLOCKENSPIEL (US Premiere)
Lewis Nielson: HERZPLATTEN (World Premiere)
With Alice Teyssier, Flute / Voice
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WED@7 Radnofsky Sax Quartet
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Radnofsky Sax Quartet concludes a residency with UC San Diego's composition area with a performance in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. The performance will also feature works by UCSD faculty: Rand Steiger and Lei Liang.
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1st Year Grad Juries
Monday, January 27th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)An evening of premieres featuring seven new works by first year graduate composition students: James Bean, Annie Hsieh, Hunjoo Jung, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, Bradley Scott Rosen, Felipe Rossi, and Tina Tallon. A collaboration with the first year performance graduate students, featured performers will be: Matt Kline and Kyle Motl on bass, Michael Matsuno and Ine Vanoeveren, flutes, and soprano Kirsten Wiest.
Discussion for this performance will be on Tuesday, January 28th in CPMC 367, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
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Jennifer Bewerse Recital
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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As musical access evolves alongside technology and ever-shifting culture, the performing artist is confronted with a question: is live performance essential? Tonight’s concert offers five pieces and their various answers to this question.
Burn Again with a Low Blue Flame - Annie Gosfield
Vessel - Caroline Miller
Durations 2 - Morton Feldman
The New Right of Spring - Pauline Oliveros
Charles Curtis - Alvin Lucier
Focusing on the very physical nature of sound and its expression in space, the full realizations of these works are only available in the moments they are exchanged between the performer and audience. A case for live performance is made not with the risk of failure or presentation of the performer as hero, but with compositional ideas that live fully only within the moment of performance.
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MMW Roger Reynolds
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. Seating is limited and registration is required: Eleanor Roosevelt College
The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series
Event Program Archive (PDF)THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD | THE GOOD LIFE
Eleanor Roosevelt College presents The Making of the Modern World Lecture Series, "The Good Life", at the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall.
ROGER REYNOLDS, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
"Musings on 'Good Lives': Relationships, Sustenance,
Aspirations, Truth, Secrets, Boundaries, purpose, Flight"
Please note that this program will begin at 6:00 p.m.
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Grad Forum
Thursday, January 30th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Stuart Saunders Smith Portrait Concert
Culminating New England composer Stuart Saunders Smith's visit to UCSD, performances will be given by graduate students, as well as voice and percussion duo Aurora Borealis. Included in the program are early works such as “Flight,” which was originally written for UCSD faculty, John Fonville, in addition to several recent works written for UCSD Alum, Lisa Cella. Also included is the premiere of “Palm Sunday” written for and performed by pianist Kyle Adam Blair. This concert was co-curated by Rachel Beetz and Kyle Adam Blair.
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, January 31st, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros, and Jamie Pawloski curate an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts take place in the Experimental Theater at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theater is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
Last Friday Listening Room 4: Full of Thought
Curated by Zachary Seldess
Scott Barton: Opus Palladianum (7:02)
Christopher Bailey: Harvest Kitchen IIA (10:16)
Nick Del’Nero: Tools To Technocracy (11:44)
Rose Dodd: Island Music (7:40)
Emanuele Battisti: Electrode (Study on Pink Noise No.1) (6:58)
Christopher Haworth: Vertizontal Hearing (up & down, l then ll) (13:58)
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AP Danish String Quartet
Friday, January 31st, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower! presents:
The Danish String Quartet holds a unique position among the many young and dynamic ensembles performing on the international scene today. The musicians, all under the age of 30, have been performing as a quartet since its debut in 2002 at the Copenhagen Festival. With their passion for Scandinavian composers juxtaposed with the classics, the group brings a level of freshness, energy, and sheer accomplishment to their lively performances. Since winning the Danish Radio P2 Chamber Music Competition in 2004, the four young musicians have been frequent guests at international festivals and at chamber music venues throughout the world. Come see this explosion of talent for yourself. Frederik Øland, violin; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello.
Program: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13; Claude Debussy: String Quartet, L. 85 (Op. 10); Hans Abrahamsen: String Quartet No. 1, “Ten Preludes”
Sponsor: Sam B. Ersan
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Lytle Scholarship Concert
Saturday, February 1st, 2014 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Lytle Benefit Concert: Eastbound Home Featuring
Nathan East, '78
Get ready to rock out at the 18th Annual Lytle Benefit Concert. This year's musical benefit features a campus homecoming with world-renowned bass guitarist and Grammy-nominated alumnus Nathan East, '78, performing in UC San Diego's award-winning Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
East has played with rock music's greatest artists for the past 35 years -- from Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, to Madonna, Beyonce and Daft Punk. At this special benefit concert, he'll return to his San Diego roots to play with UC San Diego Music faculty and alumni, while raising funds for the endowed Lytle Scholarship, which benefits Preuss School students attending UC San Diego's Thurgood Marshall College.
For questions or more information, please email ecwiggins@ucsd.edu.
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First Monday
Monday, February 3rd, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Curated and featuring graduate students from the Department of Music, First Monday Concerts are free events held on selected Mondays in the academic year.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, February 3rd, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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MOZART AND BRAHMS
Monday, February 3, 7:30pm
MOZART: Piano Trio in E Major
REBECCA CLARKE: Viola Sonata
BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
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Meyer Sound Seminar
Thursday, February 6th, 2014 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. Registration required.
Rachel Beetz Recital
Friday, February 7th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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SCRIPT – RESCRIPT
A script is something written, a text. It is also writing and behavior.
Rescript is a response, a statement. It could be imitative, repetitive, or even contrary.
Interpretation of a written score is a rescript; Inspiration is too.
In bringing the script and rescript together, another entity appears.
This entity is only an idea, a brief presence, unable to occur without the original duo.
As beings, we continue to rescript not only with documents, but also with each other.
Without interaction and collaboration, we can never begin to experience the wondrous space between.
Rachel Beetz, flute
Nichole Speciale, artist
Also featuring flutists Christine Tavolacci and Michael Matsuno.
Works by Ablinger, Donatoni, Feldman, Ferneyhough, Johnson, and the world premiere of Alvin Lucier's 13 Degrees of Darkness
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, sometimes hidden (in plain sight),
Saturday, February 8th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Sarah Cahill plays the Piano Concerto of Lou Harrison, a great California composer much too little-known by California audiences. We frame that with music by two classical masters: Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, which concludes in an explosion of fireworks, and Brahms’ autumnal final symphony.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, sometimes hidden (in plain sight),
Sunday, February 9th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Sarah Cahill plays the Piano Concerto of Lou Harrison, a great California composer much too little-known by California audiences. We frame that with music by two classical masters: Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, which concludes in an explosion of fireworks, and Brahms’ autumnal final symphony.
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WED@7 Mark Dresser
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Alice Teyssier Recital
Thursday, February 13th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Flutist and soprano Alice Teyssier presents an evening of second performances of two large-scale works written for her. Lewis Nielson's Herzplatten explores the complexities of the heart, both physiologically and emotively. Rolf Riehm's Pasolini in Ostia is a modern-day passion on the gruesome and controversial death of film maker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Alice is joined by percussionist Jonathan Hepfer, cellist Judith Hamann and pianist Brendan Nguyen.
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To János with Love
Friday, February 14th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)János Négyesy died on Dec. 20. In lieu of what would have been his 80th Soirée for Music Lovers, we pay tribute to Mr. Negyesy on Valentine's Day with To János With Love, a concert featuring performances by faculty members Mark Dresser (contrabass), Aleck Karis (piano), Philip Larson (bass baritone), Kartik Seshadri (sitar), Robert Zelickman (clarinet), along with various peers, alumni and students who performed with or were mentored by János. A detailed article about János is here.
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WED@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Piccola Musica Notturna /A Little Night Music
Susan Narucki, co-curator
Jonathan Hepfer, Guest Conductor and co-curator
kallisti: Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Bonnie Lander, Sara Perez, Alice Teyssier and Kirsten Wiest, sopranos
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Co-curated by Susan Narucki and Jonathan Hepfer, the second Palimpsest program of the season is an exploration of evocative works by the Italian modernists Luigi Dallapiccola, Niccolò Castiglioni and Aldo Clementi. All composers with one foot firmly planted in the 20th century and one in the Renaissance, the pieces presented seamlessly combine rigor and lyricism, chaos and elegance, complexity and simplicity, the current and the eternal. Featuring the dynamic soloists of the vocal ensemble kallisti the program will also include a new work by Kyle Rowan, commissioned as a companion piece to Dallapiccola's masterwork 'Piccola Musica Notturna' ('A Little Night Music').
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 21st, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.A concert featuring the sounds of the sea, including unique recordings collected in oceanographic research, as well as classics of American experimental music inspired by whalesong.
Litany for the Whale - John Cage
Vox Balanae - George Crumb
Caroline Miller and Adam Tinkle - Whaleworks
(World Premiere)
Featuring sounds collected in cooperation with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Research Vessel Roger Revelle, and Josh Jones of the SIO Whale Acoustic Lab)
With performers: Bonnie Lander (voice), Meghann Welsh (voice and musical saw), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Rachel Beetz (flute), and Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Adam Tinkle (saxophone), Caroline Miller (electronics)
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WED@7 Takae Ohnishi with Brian Chen
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Harpsichordist Takae Ohnishi teams up with violist Brian Che-Yen Chen in a performance of J.S.Bach’s Complete Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029.
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AP Schick Machine
Thursday, February 27th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
In Schick Machine, UC San Diego faculty member and percussionist Steve Schick explores a magical stage filled with huge, invented instruments made by composer/instrument builder Paul Dresher—including the Hurdy Grande, the Tumbler, the Peacock, the Field of Flowers, and a deconstructed pipe organ. Weaving whimsical stories about his childhood in Iowa together with unexpected encounters with noise-making objects, Steve draws audiences into a whimsical evening of instrumental exploration.
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, February 28th, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros, and Jamie Pawloski curate an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theater at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theater is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
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Scott Worthington Recital
Saturday, March 1st, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Scott Worthington will present a recital of music for solo bass with electronics including Peter Ablinger's Weiss/Weisslich 17h, a realization of John Cage's Solo for Bass with WBAI, Kaija Saariaho's Folia, Julia Wolfe's Stronghold, and his own Reflections.
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Tim McNalley Honors Recital
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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First Monday
Monday, March 3rd, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Curated and featuring graduate students from the Department of Music, First Monday Concerts are free events held on selected Mondays in the academic year.
Featuring:
Fragments
by Matt Kline
Matt Kline, solo bass
Walk
by Jo Kondo
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Michael Matsuno, flute
Improvisation
Bonnie Lander, solo voice
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Monday Night Jazz - 95JC
Monday, March 3rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Mobius Trio
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 6:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Sponsor: Adam Tinkle
Described by the eminent Sergio Assad as “the most inventive and exciting young guitar ensemble today”, Mobius Trio has made it its mission to fully integrate the classical guitar into the 21st century’s nascent musical lexicon. The Trio exclusively performs music that they have commissioned; they seek to expand the guitar ensemble’s repertoire to encompass all of the myriad currents passing through contemporary art music. San Francisco-based, this young ensemble's recent performance engagements include Washington DC's Kennedy Center. They are currently on a southern California tour, culminating in a residency at UC Riverside.
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Bass Performance Students
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)11 at 8
The UCSD Bass Ensemble will perform 11 at 8, a program of eleven short new works composed for the ensemble by graduate composers and members of the bass ensemble comprised of undergraduate and graduate contrabassists.
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Eric Derr Recital
Thursday, March 6th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Projects in New Music, MUS 133
Friday, March 7th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The students of Music 133 will present a concert of American experimental music, featuring works by Christian Wolff and James Klopfleisch.
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Dustin Donahue Recital
Sunday, March 9th, 2014 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Flutist Rachel Beetz and percussionist Dustin Donahue present music by Ann Cleare, Daniel Corral, Mario Garuti, Jo Kondo, and Stuart Saunders Smith. The duo will also premiere a new work by UCSD composer Yvonne Wu.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
AP Kronos Quartet
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
ArtPower! presents Kronos Quartet at Mandeville Auditorium
For 40 years, the San Francisco-based quartet has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagining the string quartet experience. Working with artists as diverse as they are revered, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble has collaborated with a host of intrepid thinkers for live performances, multimedia experiences, and film scores. David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Sunny Jungin Yang, cello.
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Karis Piano Studio
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students of Aleck Karis perform music by Bach, Debussy, Martino, and Hirs.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 13th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD WIND ENSEMBLE
Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the 95L Wind Ensemble performs at Mandeville Auditorium.
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, March 13th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Computer music graduate students perform new original works featuring live electronics and custom software in the second installment of this year's computer music concert series. Performances will include audio-visual music, hand built circuitry, and real-time digital signal processing.
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Students of Bess Wang Piano Recital
Friday, March 14th, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Bess Wang
Piano students of Bess Wang will perform music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 14th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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UCSD CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi. USCD students will perform the works by A. Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, J. Brahms, G. Lekeu, and A.Copland.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, made for sharing,
Saturday, March 15th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Famed Venezuelan choral conductor Maria Guinand joins LJS&C choral director David Chase in a program of Latin American music. The concert opens with David Chase conducting the swaggering Malambo by Alberto Ginestera followed by the West Coast premiere of Intrada 1631, an expanded processional by composer Stephen Montague based on a 17th-century Peruvian chant and scored for symphonic brass choir with field drums. Maria Guinand conducts the second half of the program in two works for chorus, orchestra and soloists: Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana and Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Chôros No. 10. Ticket prices: $29 adult, $27 senior, $15 student.
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MEA LUX : VOX MEA
Saturday, March 15th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Event sponsor: Yeung-Ping Chen
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, made for sharing,
Sunday, March 16th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Famed Venezuelan choral conductor Maria Guinand joins LJS&C choral director David Chase in a program of Latin American music. The concert opens with David Chase conducting the swaggering Malambo by Alberto Ginestera followed by the West Coast premiere of Intrada 1631, an expanded processional by composer Stephen Montague based on a 17th-century Peruvian chant and scored for symphonic brass choir with field drums. Maria Guinand conducts the second half of the program in two works for chorus, orchestra and soloists: Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana and Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Chôros No. 10. Ticket prices: $29 adult, $27 senior, $15 student.
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MUS 206 Course Presentation
Monday, March 17th, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 17th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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MENDELSSOHN AND FAURÉ
Monday, March 17, 7:30pm
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartet
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata, Op. 102 No. 2
FAURÉ: Piano Quartet in G minor
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
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MUS 33 Final Recording
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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AP Escher String Quartet
Friday, April 4th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower! presents:
The Escher String Quartet’s concert with ArtPower! will be an evening of formidable artistry. The ensemble, now in its eighth year, has garnered praise from luminaries such as Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman as they continue to display “ripe tonal balances with the kind of heedless intensity that comes with youth” (San Francisco Chronicle). Balancing interweaving solo parts and group harmony, their performances are evocative of graphic artist M.C. Escher, from whom they take their name. The group brings this twisting and turning musicianship to a triptych of string quartets by classical and post-war composers. Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Aaron Boyd, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Dane Johansen, cello.
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major (“Spring”), K. 387; Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for String Quartet; Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Sponsors: Sam B. Ersan, Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
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Ellen Fullman
Saturday, April 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)GUEST ARTIST: ELLEN FULLMAN
In 1981, Ellen Fullman began developing the “Long String Instrument,” an installation of dozens of wires fifty feet or more in length, tuned in Just Intonation and ‘bowed’ with rosin coated fingers. Fullman has developed a unique notation system to choreograph the performer’s movements, exploring sonic events that occur at specific nodal point locations along the string-length of the instrument. She has recorded extensively with this unusual instrument and has collaborated with such luminary figures as composer Pauline Oliveros, choreographer Deborah Hay, the Kronos Quartet, and Keiji Haino. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, commissions and residencies including: DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program residency, Japan/U.S. Friendship Commission/NEA Fellowship for Japan, Meet the Composer, Reader's Digest Consortium Commission, Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, and artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. Her music was represented in The American Century; Art and Culture, 1950-2000 at The Whitney Museum, and she has performed in venues and festivals in Europe, Japan, and the Americas including: Instal, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Other Minds, the Walker Art Center and Donaueschinger Musiktage. Her release “Ort”, with Berlin-based collaborator Jörg Hiller, was selected in the top 50 recordings of 2004 by The Wire (London) and “Fluctuations” with trombonist Monique Buzzarté on Deep Listening was included in the Wire top 50 of 2008.
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Stephen Lewis Recital
Sunday, April 6th, 2014 4:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Event Program Archive (PDF)SOFT HAMMERS
"Of Challenge and of Love" by Elliott Carter
Trio in B major, Op. 8 (revised version) by Johannes Brahms
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Béla Bartók
Stephen Lewis performs with Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Batya MacAdam-Somer, Jennifer Bewerse, Kyle Adam Blair, Stephen Solook, and Dustin Donahue.
Please note Sunday's start time will be: 4:30 p.m.
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Improv@Happy Hour
Monday, April 7th, 2014 4:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
IDEAS Performance: Soldier
Monday, April 7th, 2014 5:00 pm
Calit2 Recombinant Media Lab
Free
Crippled Symmetry
Monday, April 7th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Ryan Nestor
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Improv@Happy Hour
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 4:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Messiaen's Harawi
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Bonnie Lander
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Sara Perez Recital
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Sara Perez presents her MA recital:
Nymphs and Shepherds - Henry Purcell
Sweeter than Roses, Opus 27 - Richard Strauss
Being Beauteous - Hans Werner Henze
2 songs - Kevin Flowers (world premiere)
Recitations 8, 10, 11, 13 - Georges Aperghis
Sara will perform with: Kevin Flowers, Nicolee Kuester, Marcelo Lazcano, Stephen Lewis, Ryan Nestor, Neil Ruby and Meghann Welsh
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Sound in Silence: Music and Film
Thursday, April 10th, 2014 7:30 pm
Luce Loft
At Luce Loft
$5 to $10, suggested Donation
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Josh Charney
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Synthesizer Petting Zoo
Friday, April 11th, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Brendan Gaffney
Event Program Archive (PDF)Interact with hand-built instruments
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California Electronic Music Exchange Concert
Friday, April 11th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Cooper Baker
Event Program Archive (PDF)Experimental electronic musicians from across California perform new original works involving live electronics and custom software. The UCSD installment of the California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts features students from UCSB, CalArts, UCSD, and Mills. Performances will include hand built circuitry, live computer graphics, re-purposed electronics, pre-recorded electroacoustic music, and real-time signal processing.
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Wave Energy Series no. 2
Saturday, April 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Joe Cantrell
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IMMERSION@Birch Aquarium
Sunday, April 13th, 2014 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Paul Hembree
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Students from A Reason to Survive - Headphone soundscapes
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Michael Matsuno - Electroacoustic flute and voice
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Tiffany DuMouchelle - Electroacoustic flute and voice
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Yeung-ping Chen - Electroacoustic flute and voice
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Caroline Miller - Electroacoustic flute and voice
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Odeya Nini - Electroacoustic flute and voice
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Chris Golinski - Atmospheric percussion
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Sean Conway - American and Lithuanian folk music
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Paul Hembree - A synaesthetic virtual instrument
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Meghann Welsh - Free improvisation
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Joe Cantrell - Free improvisation
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Jon Forshee - Mesostic poetry
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Carolyn Chen - Tai Chi
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The Kernels - Indie hip hop noise rock
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The Family Room
Monday, April 14th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Todd Moellenberg
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 14th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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BEETHOVEN AND HAYDN
Monday, April 14, 7:30pm
HAYDN: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130
Jeff Thayer, violin
Tereza Stanislav, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Springfest 2014 Event
Sponsor: Fernanda Aoki Navarro
Event Program Archive (PDF)"none of us want to be in calm waters all our lives"
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WED@7 Shackle
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Shackle: flutist-composer Anne La Berge with laptop-instrumentalist Deckard
Shackle is Anne La Berge on flute and electronics and Deckard on laptop-instrument. Their aim is to explicity and subtly exploit shackling in both concept and material. This extraordinarily inventive duo has a way of making music all their own. At the heart of their duo is a self-designed, cutting-edge digital cueing system which operates as a sometimes visible third member. Both prodding and reactive, the Shackle system suggests musical directions and textures to these two highly gifted performers, opening up a fascinating array of sonic choices for La Berge and Deckard to play with and against.
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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MUS 214 Course Presentation
Friday, April 18th, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Ariana Warren Recital
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Ariana Warren, clarinet+, presents her final DMA recital:
Preludes Book 1, Eric Mandat
Press Release, David Lang
The Shape Distance, Marc Yeats
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, Osvaldo Golijov
Guest performers will include: Kim Kilmer, flute, Tiffany Lynne Sieker, violin, Batya MacAdam-Sommer, violin, Nico Hueso, viola and Jennifer Bewerse, cello
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WED@7 Aleck Karis
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Aleck Karis plays piano music by Francis Poulenc, master of Gallic charm and sophistication. The program spans the years 1918-1959 and includes popular works like “Toccata” and “ Mélancolie”, along with less familiar ones like “Intermède” and “Thème Varié”
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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Nicolee Kuester Recital
Thursday, April 24th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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NOW DON'T BE A STRANGER OKAY
Nicolee Kuester's second doctoral recital juxtaposes views of intimacy and solitude among chamber and solo works for horn by Josef Haydn, Henri Pousseur, Giacinto Scelsi, and Robert Schumann, and in performance texts for multiple speakers by Georges Aperghis and Nicolee Kuester. With performers Peter Clarke, Todd Moellenberg, Eric Moore, and Sara Perez.
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, April 25th, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros, and Jamie Pawloski curate an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theater at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theater is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
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Kyle Adam Blair Recital
Friday, April 25th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair presents: EVOCATIONS/FANTASIES
In his first DMA recital, pianist Kyle Adam Blair continues to explore the American solo piano repertoire. On this occasion, Blair performs music of Aaron Copland, Carl Ruggles, Donald Martino, and Elliott Carter.
This program features two pairs, each pair consists of an outward, declamatory piece from the early-to-mid 20th century succeeded by a moody, imaginative piece from the late 20th century.
Aaron Copland’s Piano Variations reduces the familiar “Theme and Variations” form into a lean, stark, essential statement. A harsh, pointed theme of sharply struck single notes is run through a developing world of dissonant counterpoint in which every step is sure-footed; every intention—clear and directed.
The blunt, coarse rhetoric of Copland is followed by character, wit, and whimsy in Martino’s Fantasies and Impromptus, a nine-movement work mimicking at once a suite and a loose fast-slow-fast sonata-esque form. Although Martino employed twelve-tone techniques in some of the movements, Fantasies and Impromptus owes a tremendous amount to the German Romantic tradition; one could swear at times that the textures were borrowed directly from Brahms, Chopin, or Liszt (especially in the two Impromptus each bearing the subtitle “Omaggio”).
Carl Ruggles’ only work for solo piano, Evocations: Four Chants for Piano, bears the same boldness as Copland’s Variations, utilizing, in its loud moments, brashly melodic octaves and large, crashing chords to craft a mountainous landscape. The piece is not without subtleties, however. In its soft moments one can hear carefully crafted harmonic colors shift, disintegrate and coalesce.
Finally, Elliott Carter’s Night Fantasies signifies the evening’s final retreat from the evocative back into the subconscious. Depicting a restless sleep, periods of floating, open harmonies reminiscent of the calmness of slumber are interrupted by fluttering, nervous gestures, which dart about like fleeting thoughts in the night.
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Will Ogdon Memorial Concert
Saturday, April 26th, 2014 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us as we honor the life of Founding Chair of the Music Department, Will Ogdon. He and Robert Erickson, the Department of Music's first two professors along with Tom Nee, wanted to build a department that embraced and promoted aesthetic diversity, and has since grown into a fortress of experimental music, thriving on its students' thirst to explore the depths of music. As a teacher of both theory and composition, Ogdon also composed music for his students, such as his “Tonal Songs,” not typical for their tonality, but utterly recognizable for their distinctive expressiveness and among his most beautiful music. Since retiring in 1991, Will Ogdon continued to write music every day. His music composed between 1995-1999 filled an entire CD, produced in 2001. We remain ever grateful for all that Will has given us and inspired in us.
Faculty members:
Phil Larson, baritone
Aleck Karis, piano
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Current or former students:
Rachel Beetz, flute
Jennifer Bewerse, cello
John Mark Harris, piano
Siu-Hei Lee, piano
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Victoria Mature, soprano
David Medine, viola
Shiba Nemat-Nasser, mezzo-soprano
From town:
Sidney Green, oboe
Warren Gref, French horn
David Savage, bassoon
Post show reception will follow in the North Courtyard.
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Ableton Event
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 6:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
MUS 7 & 173
ABLETON UNIVERSITY TOUR
Public Event: 6:30 p.m. Recital Hall, 127
Ableton is proud to partner with UC San Diego for the Ableton University Tour, a day and evening of student workshops and public presentations held at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla, CA. Students are invited to join Ableton representatives and Certified Trainers for an afternoon of break-out sessions exploring composition, sound design, production techniques and performance utilizing Ableton Live, Max for Live and Push. Day time activities will be followed by a free evening presentation open to the public, featuring performances, tips and tricks and unique approaches for music-making from artists and Ableton experts. Special guests for the UC San Diego event include Yeuda Ben-Atar (SideBrain/Ableton Certified Trainer), Paul Dateh (Artist) and Dave Hillel (Ableton).
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Pablo Gomez-Cano Recital
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pablo Gomez-Cano and friends perform the music of J. S. Bach, Adam Greene, Tristan Murail, George Crumb, Lou Harrison, and Hebert Vazquez
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Judith Hamann Recital
Thursday, May 1st, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Jason Rosenberg Dissertation Concert
Friday, May 2nd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A Ph.D. dissertation recital
by Jason Carl Rosenberg
Rosenberg's choral composition, L.O.S.T., was written as a companion piece to Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah, a masterpiece of the late Renaissance. Stephen Sturk conducts a choral a cappella performance of these two compositions in an arrangement that interweaves the old and the new.
The concert will also feature Kirsten Ashley Wiest and Anne-Marie Dicce in performances of Rosenberg's solo vocal music.
Concert length: 80 minutes
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, and bursting with promise.
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Three twentieth-century classics. Chika Inoue performs Villa-Lobos’ saucy Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra, and then we offer two works about war and peace: Prokofiev’s mighty Fifth Symphony, written on the verge of victory in World War II, and Bernstein’sChichester Psalms, a moving prayer for peace written for chorus and orchestra.
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Kartik Seshadri in Concert
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)KARTIK SESHADRI, SITAR MASTER
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."
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is fresh, and bursting with promise.
Sunday, May 4th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Three twentieth-century classics. Chika Inoue performs Villa-Lobos’ saucy Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra, and then we offer two works about war and peace: Prokofiev’s mighty Fifth Symphony, written on the verge of victory in World War II, and Bernstein’sChichester Psalms, a moving prayer for peace written for chorus and orchestra.
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First Monday
Monday, May 5th, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Curated and featuring graduate students from the Department of Music, First Monday Concerts are free events held on selected Mondays in the academic year.
Improvisation
Kyle Motl, bass & Tobin Chodos, piano
AxBxC
Josh Groffman & Michael Matsuno, flute
Braxton Ensemble
Anthony Braxton
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Pamela Z Presentation
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Composition Focus
WED@7 kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Sino alla morte, kallisti's fifth chamber opera, pairs music by two Italian composers, Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) and Salvatore Sciarrino (1947- ) inspired by Sophocles' The Women of Trachis. Susan Narucki leads the production, with guest music director Stephen Lewis.
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Philip Skaller Recital
Thursday, May 8th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Friday, May 9th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Sino alla morte, kallisti's fifth chamber opera, pairs music by two Italian composers, Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) and Salvatore Sciarrino (1947- ) inspired by Sophocles' The Women of Trachis. Susan Narucki leads the production, with guest music director Stephen Lewis.
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kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Saturday, May 10th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Sino alla morte, kallisti's fifth chamber opera, pairs music by two Italian composers, Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) and Salvatore Sciarrino (1947- ) inspired by Sophocles' The Women of Trachis. Susan Narucki leads the production, with guest music director Stephen Lewis.
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Gary Shteyngart with Dean Seth Lerer
Monday, May 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: Free
Reservations recommended
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Presented by UC San Diego's Division of Arts & Humanities at Mandeville Auditorium:
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WED@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)redfishbluefish
Directed by Steven Schick, UC San Diego's crack percussion ensemble, redfishbluefish, presents Stockhauen's Mikrophonie and Lucier's Kettles. The program will also feature Steven Schick performing John Cage's 27'10.554" for a percussionist.
Red Fish Blue Fish has played the Bang on a Can Festival in New York City, the Agora Festival in Paris, the Centro des Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and has often been featured in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series.
Through the generosity of Dean Seth Lerer, this event is free to the UCSD Community.
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Todd Moellenberg Recital
Thursday, May 15th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)For his DMA I recital, Todd Moellenberg will play solo piano works by Pierre Boulez, Rozalie Hirs, Olivier Messiaen, Katharina Rosenberger, and a premiere by Ori Talmon.
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Carolyn Chen Dissertation Concert
Saturday, May 17th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Boaz Roberts Honors Recital
Sunday, May 18th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Ine Vanoeveren Recital
Monday, May 19th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Adam Tinkle Recital
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Dunscombe & Miller, Clarinets
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Sponsor: Sam Dunscombe
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Sponsor: Kjell Nordeson
Walking with Mirabeau is a solo percussion concert oscillating between composed music and various degrees of improvisation. At certain points during an hour of music, Nordeson will arrive at Rebonds b by Xenakis, Omar II by Donatoni, and Prelude in Eb minor by Bach. These pieces will be surrounded by improvisations and recorded material, like islands in an improvisatory stream.
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Last Friday Listening Room
Friday, May 23rd, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tom Erbe, Zachary Seldess, Elliot Patros, and Jamie Pawloski curate an exciting new series of tape music concerts from noon to 1PM on the last Friday of each month.
The Last Friday Listening Room concerts will take place in the Experimental Theater at Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. The Experimental Theater is equipped with a 51-speaker Meyer Audio Constellation system, and can accommodate pieces in nearly any channel format.
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Leslie Ann Leytham Dissertation Performance
Friday, May 23rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Free
Vanity Run Amok isn’t a dissertation recital performed by a mezzo-soprano, it’s a TV variety show that features the best in contemporary conceptual performance art and music. Through multi-media works, live performance, and character study, Ms. Leytham hopes to reconcile the differences between her varied areas of expertise (pop music and television culture, classical singing, and contemporary score preparation), drawing inspiration from and offering a critical response to the performance practices inherent in each genre. Through this work, Leslie will give a bloated portrait of herself as an artist whose identity was immeasurably shaped by a very bizarre youth and early adulthood spent living in Las Vegas, NV, the place she can’t seem to stop calling home.
This performance piece will be shiny and obnoxious (that’s a good thing), featuring design by Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli and Ms. Leytham, and starring the inimitable Brendan Nguyen as the charismatic, yet aloof host. Vanity Run Amok will also feature music by Clinton McCallum, Nicholas Deyoe, Lenny Bruce, Bonnie Lander, Ambroise Thomas, Beat Furrer, Robert Pierzak, and Leslie Ann Leytham.
NOTE: This performance will be broadcast live on television and the internet, and seats in the studio audience are first-come, first served.
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Tiffany Du Mouchelle Recital
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Tiffany Du Mouchelle performs “Pierrot Lunaire”, a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg. Born from the Italian pantomime of the Renaissance, Pierrot is a symbol of humanity, and especially the artist. Sensitive and romantic, he lives in a world of his own creation. He is the brother of the moon, and lives in the shadows of his own mind. Pierrot, becomes drunk on the moonlight, his source of artistic inspiration. He rejects reality for a fairytale devised by his intoxication. As his creative mind abuses the “sacred beverage” of moonlight and creative inspiration, his overly decadent pursuits sicken his mind and lead to a nightmarish world where the sun, a symbol for reason and reality, is blocked out by delusion. Here, void of reason, Pierrot’s imagination takes a dark turn. Forgetting his traditional comic role, laughter has disappeared. He envisions the sacrifice of his own heart, and numero us possibilities of death. Fortunately Pierrot is reminded of his past, and returns home much wiser than he left. He reclaims his role as entertainer, using his creative inspiration to affect others. He becomes an agent of the moon and returns home, no longer rejecting his past, but growing from it.
Featuring: Rachel Beetz, flutes; Jennifer Bewerse, cello; Stephen Lewis, piano; Päivikki Nykter, violin and viola; Ariana Warren, clarinets.
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WED@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
Deans Night at the Prebys, FREE to the UCSD Community.
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Renga, a new collaboration between UCSD percussionist and conductor Steven Schick and San Diego Symphony violinist Kat Hatmaker, is featured at this special KPBS Night, with FREE admission for KPBS members. The evening celebrates a vital mission shared by the Department of Music and by KPBS-FM: to present innovative high-quality arts and to engage new audiences. Dean of Arts & Humanities Seth Lerer will be on hand to welcome everyone, and Schick will introduce the music.
Admission to the concert is also FREE to UCSD faculty, staff, students and alumni, as a special Dean's Night event.
The evening's program include's UCSD composer Lei Liang's Trans for solo percussion (performed by Schick), along with Haydn's Symphony #80 and Morton Feldman's For Samuel Beckett.
Renga's roots reach back to when Schick attended the University of Iowa with Hatmaker's father, who earned a PhD in music theory. Hatmaker grew up in Chicago, earned an undergrad and when she came to San Diego in 2006 to join the San Diego Symphony she soon introduced herself to Schick. As they gradually got to know each other and it became apparent that they shared common musical ground, they founded Renga as co-artistic directors.
"Renga," according to Hatmaker, is Japanese for a poetry collaboration where each poet invents a single line, followed by lines by a succession of poets in a sort of chain reaction. Renga's first project was recording Liang's Verge in 2012 (the piece had been commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic). The May 28 concert at UCSD is Renga's second, and the ensemble--which Hatmaker calls "a flexible group of co-conspirators"--will also perform at the Ojai Festival in 2015, when Schick serves as the festival's artistic director.
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Voice Students
Thursday, May 29th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)LAST WORDS
Versatile pianist Kyle Adam Blair accompanies the talented voice students from the Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass. On Thursday night the singers will be showcasing a wide variety of incredible vocal music from their repertoire; ranging from traditional German lieder, classical art song, romantic operatic arias, to avant garde improvisation and unusual performance pieces. A guaranteed fun night of vocal styles for all!
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Thursday, May 29th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Chris Duvall Honors Recital
Friday, May 30th, 2014 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Violins & Violas
Friday, May 30th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Stephen Solook Recital
Saturday, May 31st, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)***Please note that this event time has changed to 5:00 p.m.***
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Jazz - 95JC
Sunday, June 1st, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the students of 95JC present jazz in concert.
The 95JC concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. Our instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
***Please note that this performance will be on SUNDAY, JUNE 1st.***
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Electro-acoustic Music Series II: 3 Flutes
Monday, June 2nd, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Event sponsor: Yeung-Ping Chen
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Camera Lucida
Monday, June 2nd, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 7pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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DVOŘÁK AND SIBELIUS
Monday, June 2, 7:30pm
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3
DVOŘÁK: Trio in F minor
SIBELIUS: String Quartet: Voces Intimae
Jeff Thayer, violin
Tereza Stanislav, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Ozgur Aydin, piano
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of David Medine, the 95E Chamber Orchestra performs in the Concert Hall.
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95W Indian Music Students
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Under the direction of Kartik Seshadri, the students of 95W, World Music perform in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall.
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, June 5th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95D and 95K ensembles perform.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the 95L Wind Ensemble performs at Mandeville Auditorium.
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Computer Music Concert
Thursday, June 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Computer music graduate students perform new original works featuring live electronics and custom software, in the final installment of this year's computer music concert series. Performances will include hand built circuitry, custom instruments, real-time digital signal processing, live video, and experimental software.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 6th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, undergraduate chamber ensembles perform.
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Vincent Fung Recital
Saturday, June 7th, 2014 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event sponsor: Phil Larson
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Bridge: A Journey Through the Seasons of Life
Bass-baritone Vincent Fung invites you to traverse upon the journey of life in transition. Walk one step at a time with selections from Franz Schubert's hauntingly beautiful and deeply emotional song cycle, Winterreise, the operatic work of W.A. Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, and Richard Wager, art songs by Samuel Barber and Gabriel Fauré, and music from the hit Broadway musical, My Fair Lady.
Gabriel Arregui and 2012 UCSD Music alumna Jennifer Wu accompany on the piano. Jennifer Wu and UCSD Music students Sharon Chang, Ratnaganadi Paramita, and Kirstin Rower sing in collaboration on this recital.
This event is made possible with faculty support from Professor of Voice Phil Larson, in whose studio Vincent is currently studying.
Samples of previous UCSD performances may be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/vfung921.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is for celebrating.
Saturday, June 7th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick and David Chase lead our final program of the season. We open with Janacek’s impassioned Zarlivost (“Jealousy”), originally the overture to his opera Jenufa, and close with the classical proportions and high spirits of Haydn’s final symphony, his “London Symphony.” David Chase concludes his fortieth-anniversary season by leading Cary Ratcliff’s expansive setting of Pablo Neruda poems, scored for three vocal soloists, a virtuoso guitarist, chorus, and orchestra.
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Piano Performance Students
Saturday, June 7th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students of Aleck Karis, Yung-Hsing Wang and Takae Ohnishi perform.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Life is for celebrating.
Sunday, June 8th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick and David Chase lead our final program of the season. We open with Janacek’s impassioned Zarlivost (“Jealousy”), originally the overture to his opera Jenufa, and close with the classical proportions and high spirits of Haydn’s final symphony, his “London Symphony.” David Chase concludes his fortieth-anniversary season by leading Cary Ratcliff’s expansive setting of Pablo Neruda poems, scored for three vocal soloists, a virtuoso guitarist, chorus, and orchestra.
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ICAM Timecode
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Camera Lucida, Myriad Trio
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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MYRIAD TRIO II
A Camera Lucida Special Presentation
Charles Curtis, cello
Özgür Aydin, piano
WEBERN: Drei Kleine Stücke for Cello and Piano, Op. 11
JANÀCEK: Pohádka, for Cello and Piano
PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119
Myriad Trio:
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Demarre McGill, flute
Julie Smith Phillips, harp
NIELSEN: Three Pieces from Moderen
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
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MUS 33 Final Recording
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate composition students present their end of year premiere pieces, followed by juried discussion regarding each new work.
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Best of ICAM
Thursday, June 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
ICAM students present their end-of-year projects for THE BEST OF ICAM.
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Grad Welcome Concert
Monday, September 29th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate students from UC San Diego's Department of Music kick off the 2014-2015 concert seaon with a welcome concert for incoming grads and the public. All are welcome!
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WEDS@7 Midori and Ozgur Aydin
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin return to San Diego to present an evening of pieces from comtemporary composers.
PROGRAM:
XENAKIS: Dikhthas for violin and piano (1979)
SCHNITTKE: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1994)
SAARIAHO: Calices (2009)
HARTKE: Netsuke (2011)
DAVIDOVSKY: Synchronisms #9 (1988)
ADAMS: Road Movies (1995)
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 6th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
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SCHUBERT AND BEETHOVEN
Monday, October 6, 7:30pm
SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
BEETHOVEN: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
A note from Camera Lucida Artistic Director Charles Curtis about this program:
"You will find here a new kind of voice-leading, and, as to imagination [Phantasie], it will, God willing, be less lacking than ever before!" (- Ludwig van Beethoven, ca. 1825, on the late string quartets, in conversation with violinist Karl Holz)
Camera Lucida is proud to present the final installment of our five-year project surveying the last string quartets of Beethoven. "So that the last shall be first, and the first last" - our survey began in 2010 with Opus 135, and ends now with Opus 127. This quartet, invoking the august, ritualistic tonality of E-flat major, beckons the listener into the final and deepest chamber of Beethoven's creative life, a period in which he worked almost exclusively in the medium of the string quartet. The result is a set of six quartets that have baffled and overwhelmed listeners up to the present day - from our standpoint, Beethoven's remark above seems an "understatement to leave us all speechless" (Joseph Kerman). The "new kind of voice-leading" heralds a new kind of listening, and potentially even a new kind of feeling and thinking - fragmented and compressed, elliptical, ambiguous, yet deeply, even violently expressive - perhaps more akin to the flows of meaning in Joyce than to Haydn or Schubert. Adorno refers to "quasi-allegorical, formulaic moments..." – for him, Beethoven does not seek to "cleanse music of the formulaic, but to make the formulaic transparent, to let it speak on its own"; and he claims for these aphoristic formulae "the uncanny utterance of a magical spell." One seeks in vain for an analog, in any art form, to the strange beauty of the late quartets.
Our program opens with another sort of fragment: the orphaned Quartettsatz in c-minor of Franz Schubert, composed in 1820 as Beethoven embarked on the initial works of the late period; seven years later, Schubert would carry a torch at Beethoven's funeral. And we perform as well the String Trio in D major, Opus 9 Nr. 2, a perfect example of Beethoven's gallant early style, predating all of the extraordinary string quartets which would map his later creative journey.
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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Grad Forum
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Autoduplicity is an exploration of music for bodies and speech - our shared instruments - and investigates how these ordinary sounds can be transformed into powerful musical ideas reflective of the human experience. The program also probes themes of blurred identities and realities, questions of sanity, the movements of our bodies, and the rhythms of our speech.
Featuring:
Peter Ablinger’s Das Wirkliche als Vorgestelltes (The real is imaginary)
Jackson MacLow’s Asymmetries 94 and 259
Mayke Nas’s Digit No. 2
Vinko Globokar’s ?Corporel
Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls
Performed by Jennifer Bewerse and Rachel Beetz.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Ryan Nestor DMA Recital
Friday, October 10th, 2014 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Kontakte - Karlheinz Stockhausen
Komboï - Iannis Xenakis
----With Todd Mollenberg, harpsichord/piano and Scott Worthington, electronics
Percussionist Ryan Nestor (1985) is a percussionist specializing in classical music of the 20th century. Currently a candidate for the Doctorate in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego, Nestor is active with the percussion group red fish blue fish and was recently the principal percussionist of the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra. Nestor has performed at the Sweet Thunder Festival, Monday Evening Concert Series, Ojai Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and Bang on a Can Marathon. He was an adjunct lecturer in music at Queensborough Community College in New York City and has presented master classes and performances at universities around the country. Nestor earned his Master’s degree in Percussion Performance at Stony Brook University and his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from University of Kentucky. Nestor is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Ensemble et cetera
Friday, October 10th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Ensemble et cetera is Curt Miller, clarinets, Dustin Donahue, percussion, and Scott Worthington, double bass. http://ens-etc.org
- works from Ensemble et cetera's 2013 composition competition
- Joseph Andrew Lake: Vyssan Lull (premiere)
- Timothy McCormack: KILN II (premiere)
- Dimitri Papageorgiou: Intrascalings (premiere)
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Mark Dresser and Joey Baron
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)MARK DRESSER, bass: At the core of his music is an artistic obsession and commitment to expanding the sonic and musical possibilities of the double bass through the use of unconventional amplification and extended techniques. His solo works include the DVD/CD/booklet triptich Guts: Bass Explorations, Investigations, and Explanations (2010) and CDs UNVEIL (2006) and Invocation (1994) feature the music evolving out of this research. A chapter on his extended techniques, “A Personal Pedogogy,” appears in the book, ARCANA (Granary Press). Dresser has written two articles on extended techniques for The Strad magazine: “Double Bass Harmonics” (October 2008) and an “Introduction to Multiphonics” (October 2009). Dresser presented a lecture/demonstration titled “Discover, Develop, Integrate: Techniques Revealed” at the 2009 International Society of Bassists convention, where he curated a New Music Summit featuring lectures, performances, and panel discussions on improvisation and contemporary music performance.
JOEY BARON, drums: is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Bowie, Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae, Laurie Anderson, John Scofield, Al Jarreau, Michael Jackson, Jim Hall, Eric Vloeimans, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, John Abercrombie, Tim Berne, Pat Martino and Eliane Elias. His own groups he has led include the Down Home Group, Barondown, Killer Joey.
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ARCHITEUTHIS WALKS ON LAND: THE SURVEYORS
Sunday, October 19th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. General Admission.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Violist Amy Cimini and bassoonist Katherine Young have been performing together as Architeuthis Walks on Land since 2003. The duo developed its approach to improvisation in Chicago and New York City's rich experimental music communities, and have collaborated with artists like Anthony Braxton and the Tri-Centric Orchestra, Peter Evans, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jessica Pavone, and Hans Joachim Irmler from Faust. In 2011, Cimini and Young were each invited to the High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music. Reviews of their second album, Natura Naturans released on Carrier Records in 2010, describe this intensity as "raw, yet refined improvisational sophistication" (Free Jazz Stef) and "manifest improvisational bravura, of the ruthless variety, depending on close intervallic buzzing, pipe-like droning and the rusty fencing of inhospitable harmonic territories." Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes). The duo recently completed two artist residencies at the Rensing Center for the Arts and EMPAC at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, where they developed and recorded their third album. Cimini and Young have been evolving their live-electronics set-ups for a number of years - in this collaboration, as well as in other rock and experimental music projects such as Pretty Monsters, Starring, and Till by Turning. The Surveyors marks the first documentation of these efforts.
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WEDS@7 Talea Ensemble
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Music Department Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Talea Ensemble with Susan Narucki
Charles Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy (1977)
Aaron Helgeson: Poems of Sheer Nothingness (2012-2013)
Oscar Bettison: An Automated Sunrise (for Joseph Cornell) (2014)
Rand Steiger: A Menacing Plume (2011)
Susan Narucki, soprano
James Baker, conductor
The Talea Ensemble is committed to promoting new, groundbreaking music through innovative programming thereby communicating the distinctive voices of composers that deserve to be heard. By commissioning and programming these progressive works alongside the established literature of modern and contemporary repertoire, the ensemble creates a dialogue that challenges the boundaries of music and fosters a greater understanding of the works of today. Additionally, the Talea Ensemble wishes to support and advance familiarity with contemporary American works by bringing it to concert halls and venues not only in New York but also abroad. By developing an interactive relationship between the composers, performers and audience, the Talea Ensemble builds an environment of reciprocal inspiration that sparks the imagination of all.
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ArtPower! Presents: Minguet Quartet
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
One of Europe’s most sought-after quartets, the Minguet Quartet takes its name from Pablo Minguet, an eighteenth-century Spanish philosopher who tried in his writings to make the fine arts accessible to the masses. The Quartet aspires to do the same through chamber music. Performing in the most prestigious concert halls and music festivals, such as the Salzburg Festival and the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Quartet has impressed audiences with their precision. “They possess a refinement and polish that commands attention and effortlessly pleases” (Calgary Herald). In 2010, the ensemble received one of the most prestigious prizes in Germany, the "Echo Klassik."
Ulrich Isfort, violin; Annette Reisinger, violin; Aroa Sorin, viola; Matthias Diener, cello.
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 (K. 417b)
Glenn Gould: String Quartet, Op. 1
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
SPONSORS Patricia and Christopher Weil
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Fall Composition Jury Concert featuring the Talea Ensemble
Friday, October 24th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Talea Ensemble joins UC San Diego grads to present the Fall Composition Juries, an evening of world premiere presentations by graduate composers: James Bean, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Felipe Rossi, Tina Tallon, and Bradley Scott Rosen.
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Fall Juries, Discussion Session
Saturday, October 25th, 2014 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
The public is welcome to observe discussion and jury observations by UC San Diego's distinguished composition faculty in response to Friday evening's Fall Composition concert of premieres.
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red fish blue fish
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Monday@Noon UCSD Graduate Students in Concert
Monday, November 3rd, 2014 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Improvisation : blank corridors
Bonnie Lander
I want to tell a story that cancels itself as it goes I replied
Ben Isaacs
Tyler Borden, cello
Quoq
Robert Erickson
Michael Matsuno, flute
Jungles: Revision
Caroline Louise Miller
Elliot Patros & Caroline Louise Miller, performers
Grad Forums and Mondays@Noon Concerts provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 7th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Threads
Carolyn Chen, composer
Christopher Clarino, performer
In Space and Time
Dina Apple – Emily Aust – Angelica Bell
Kris Apple – Ryan Welsh
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 7th, 2014 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Our second annual Young People’s Concert is tailored for young audiences and enjoyable for the entire family. Conductor Steven Schick takes the audience through an enlightening and entertaining performance of Mahler’s famous Fifth Symphony, with commentary from the podium.
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ArtPower! Presents: St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, November 7th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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The Saint Lawrence String Quartet continues to build its reputation for imaginative and spontaneous music making - through an energetic commitment to the great, established quartet literature, as well as the championing of new works. “Here is an ensemble that projects an irresistible exuberance in performances,” writes the Boston Globe, “and links that sense of joy with artistry of subtlety and finesse.” Among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation, the Saint Lawrence String Quartet returns to ArtPower! to convey every piece of music to the audience in vivid color!
Geoff Nuttall, violin; Mark Fewer, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello.
PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 (“Emperor”)
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Antonín Dvorák: String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121
SPONSOR Sam Ersan
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of sensation and thought
Saturday, November 8th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Steven Schick and David Chase conduct
Nathan Davis a Sound, uttered WORLD PREMIERE
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5
Guest Artists: red fish blue fish
Two works of sharp contrast open our 60th anniversary season. The world premiere of Nathan Davis’ a Sound, uttered, scored for chorus and 4 percussionists, draws text from a unique collaboration between composer and the chorus that depicts the origin and meaning of language. We conclude with one of the mightiest of all symphonies. Mahler’s Fifth opens with a grief-stricken funeral march, lifts out of that darkness to dance with cosmic energy, and concludes in a blaze of triumph.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of sensation and thought
Sunday, November 9th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick and David Chase conduct
Nathan Davis a Sound, uttered WORLD PREMIERE
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5
Guest Artists: red fish blue fish
Two works of sharp contrast open our 60th anniversary season. The world premiere of Nathan Davis’ a Sound, uttered, scored for chorus and 4 percussionists, draws text from a unique collaboration between composer and the chorus that depicts the origin and meaning of language. We conclude with one of the mightiest of all symphonies. Mahler’s Fifth opens with a grief-stricken funeral march, lifts out of that darkness to dance with cosmic energy, and concludes in a blaze of triumph.
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Chamber Music Recital
Sunday, November 9th, 2014 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Robert Zelickman and friends present An Afternoon of Chamber Music.
Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola & piano, Op. 132 (1853)
Kalevi Aho: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (2006)
Gérard Pesson: Nebenstück, filtrage de la Ballade op.10 n°4 de Brahms (1998)
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891)
Robert Zelickman (clarinets), Päivikki Nykter (viola), Todd Moellenberg (piano), Batya MacAdam-Somer and Joan Zelickman (violins), Cecilia Kim (cello)
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ArtPower! Presents: Arabesque Dance, Vietnam
Saturday, November 15th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
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Realism merges with symbolic movement when seven dancers conjure agrarian cycles and rural rituals in The Mist. Consisting of seven scenes, this visually arresting piece depicts an emotional story about the simple life of rice farmers. A rustic spectacle of bamboo bridges, spiral incense, and conical hats, will fill the stage and embody all the charms and colors of southern Vietnam. “Masterpieces are rarely simply explicable… instead, they’re the product of rich imagination, and The Mist is in every way undeniably that” (The Saigon Times). In their San Diego debut, Arabesque will awaken all of the senses of ArtPower! dance lovers, drawing them closer to the traditional cultural beauty in rural areas in Vietnam through their exquisite movement.
K-12 STUDENT MATINEE & MASTER CLASS SPONSORS Jon and Bobbie Gilbert
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 17th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MARTINU AND BRAHMS
A Camera Lucida Concert
Anna Skálová, violin
Jeff Thayer, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
MARTINU: Serenade No. 2 for Two Violins and Viola, H. 216
BRAHMS: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major
MARTINU: Quintet No. 2 for Piano and Strings, H. 298
A note from Camera Lucida Artistic Director Charles Curtis about this program:
The music of Bohuslav Martinu is too often overlooked. Or it is listened to without the close attention it deserves. A childhood spent living in the belltower of a village church left its mark on his harmony, a bracing fusion of open dissonances and church mode-derived chordal sequences. On Monday, November 17, Camera Lucida offers the rarely performed Second Piano Quintet, composed in New York City in 1944. One hears the assimilation of New World elements - racy jazz rhythms and hints of Broadway musicals, the clamor and energy of the big city, the scope of 1940's cinema; one is reminded of other austere European modernists reveling in their new environment, Mondrian and his "Broadway Boogie Woogie" among many others. But the darkness of the war years and the pain of exile keep returning in Martinu's music as ghostly echoes; a genuine grief finally overwhelms the Quintet.
Martinu contributed striking qualities to the music of the mid-century. Long stretches of roiling timbres with only minuscule harmonic changes are typical; a music that teems below a static surface. Formally the music is simple, but up close it is densely figured and sonically detailed. Rhythmic ambiguity adds to a sense of vastness, and there are moments of pure atmosphere that are unequalled among his contemporaries. Like other emigrés, he brought to American music as much as he took from it, and with his many exiled European colleagues in all of the arts and sciences he participated in huge and lasting changes to the American cultural landscape.
Our program opens with Martinu's more modest Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, and also includes Brahms' late A-major Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100, the first installment in our survey of Brahms' sonatas for string instrument and piano.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's premiere chamber ensemble: Palimpsest, performs Donald Martino's Triple Clarinet Concerto, Lei Liang's Harp Concerto, and the premiere of Yvonne Wu's Piano Concerto, with new music from Japan; curated and conducted by faculty member Aleck Karis.
Concerti by UC San Diego Department of Music composers take the spotlight in November 19's WEDNESDAYS@7 performance by Palimpsest, the department's resident chamber ensemble, curated by Aleck Karis. Lei Liang's Harp Concerto, included on his 2011 CD Milou, will be performed at the Conrad Prebys Music Center by Los Angeles harpist Alison Bjorkedal, a member of Southwest Chamber Music, the Golden State Pops Orchestra and MUSE/IQUE, and whose recordings include Southwest Chamber Music's Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chavez, Volume 4 and William Kraft's Encounters, both nominated for Latin Grammies. Karis has also invited Yiheng Yvonne Wu, a Ph.D. Candidate in Music Composition studying with Katharina Rosenberger, to write a small piano concerto for this concert. Scored for solo piano (Kyle Adam Blair), two percussionists (Jonathan Hepfer and Ryan Nestor), and a nine-piece ensemble of winds, brass, and strings, Dreams of a Young Piano explores the contradictory percussive and lyrical properties of the piano, especially in relation to other instruments. The piano and percussion, which form a wide triangle across the stage, initially exchange pointed attacks, while the ensemble's intermittent appearances come from a separate temporal and harmonic world. The percussion and piano gradually elongate their sounds and enlist the forces of the ensemble. Ultimately, the ensemble becomes an extension of the piano, and all resonate together as a single body. In addition to the pieces by UC San Diego composers Liang and Wu, Karis has selected Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Donald Martino's rarely heard Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet (1977), considered by many to be the composer's masterpiece. Martino's provenance reaches back to his work with composers Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt as well as his studies with Luigi Dallapiccola in Italy as a Fulbright scholar. November 19's concert will also feature Akira Kobayashi's Glass swan, Naoyuki Terai's Colors in the Forest, and Hiroyuki Yamamoto's Contour-ism mini.
Program:
Donald Martino – Triple Concerto
Lei Liang – Harp Concerto
Yvonne Wu – Dreams of a Young Piano
Tomoyuki Hisatome – Un luogo sulla terra
Akira Kobayashi – Glass swan
Naoyuki Terai – Colors in the Forest
Hiroyuki Yamamoto – Contour-ism mini
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 21st, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
performance and sonic obstruction of sounds 4(a)
Gust Burns
Tyler Borden, cello
Quartet for Clarinet, Horn, Cello, and Snare Drum
Bohuslav Martinu
Michiko Ogawa, clarinet
Nicolee Kuester, horn
Eric Moore, cello
Fiona Digney, snare drum
Improvisation
Steven Leffue, saxophone
Kyle Motl, bass
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
The One With Joey's Dirty Day
Todd Moellenberg
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Matthew Kline Graduate MA Recital
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)MATTHEW KLINE, DOUBLE BASS GRADUATE RECITAL
Program:
Fernanda Aoki Navarro - Too Big for the Door
Roger Reynolds - imAge/imagE
Chinary Ung - Gliding Wind
Kenneth Gaburo - Inside
Krzysztof Penderecki - Capriccio Per Siegfried Palm
John Dorhauer - Inarritu (World Premier)
Also featuring:
Michael Matsuno - Flute
Kyle Adam Blair - Piano
Matt Kline is equally at home as a double bassist, composer and improviser. His music often combines all three of these areas and has provided him a very diverse musical career. As a double bassist, he writes extensively for the instrument using new and original techniques. In 2010, his piece Fragments for solo bass was awarded the grand prize in the International Society of Bassist’s composition competition. Recently, he performed as principal double bassist under the conductor and composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Upon the composer’s request, Matt performed his own adaptation of Penderecki’s Capriccio for Sigfried Palm. He previously was a member of the Renew ensemble, a group that specialized in contemporary improvisation.
He has received commissions and/or performances from Sandor Ostlund, Todd Meehan, Dennis Whittaker, Maggie Hasspacher, Rodolfo Morales, Thomas Bacon, Alicia Lawyer, members of the Czech Philharmonic and others. In 2008 he was a winner in the Robert Avalon composition competition. He has participated in the Academy Westfalen in Germany, CASMI program in Prague, Domaine Forget, Fresh Inc and Texas music festivals. Matt received his undergraduate in composition from Baylor University where he studied with Scott McAllister and Sandor Ostlund. In 2011, he lived in Paris, France where he studied with international bass soloist and pedagogue Francois Rabbath. He holds both performing and teaching diplomas from his institute. He studies double bass performance with Mark Dresser.
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Monday Night Jazz: 201B Improv Ensemble
Monday, November 24th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Stephanie Richards, the MUS 201B Improvisation Ensemble presents their course concert.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Under the direction of Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir performs spirituals as well as traditional and contemporary Gospel music.
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Karis Studio Piano Students
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students from Aleck Karis' piano studio perform selected works.
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Bonnie Lander DMA Recital
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Inside Voices
D.M.A candidate Bonnie Lander presents a somatic aural understanding of the inner world of sound that we all experience in our day to day lives. Combined with live improvisation, this work could be considered a concerto for improvising soprano and black box theater. The music has been spatialized in the theater by composer James Bean and gives the listener the uncanny sense of being inside someone else's head. Lighting by Lily Bartenstein. Additional musicians include cellist Judith Hamann and saxophonist Drew Ceccato.
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MUS 201A: The Music of Wadada Leo Smith
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Anthony Davis, the MUS 201A Improvisation Ensemble focused on the music of Wadada Leo Smith presents their course concert.
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Kyle Adam Blair and Todd Moellenberg Duo Recital
Thursday, December 4th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair and Todd Moellenberg present a duo recital. The program includes two-piano works by Claude Debussy, Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, a world premiere by Hunjoo Jung for piano and prepared piano, and Stockhausen's Refrain, for piano, celesta, and percussion, with Ryan Nestor.
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Jazz Adv Improvisation Techniques, MUS 131
Thursday, December 4th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Mark Dresser, MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation Techniques presents their course concert.
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Michael Mizrahi, piano
Friday, December 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Michael Mizrahi, a guest of Aleck Karis, performs works by Beethoven as well as several newly composed works from the 21st century.
Mr. Mizrahi has won acclaim for his compelling performances of a wide-ranging repertoire and his ability to connect with audiences of all ages. He has appeared as concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and teaching artist across the United States and abroad. Mr. Mizrahi has performed in the world’s leading concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Toyko’s Suntory Hall, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Jordan Hall and the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Chicago Cultural Center and Houston’s Jones Hall. He has performed as soloist with major orchestras including the Houston Symphony, National Symphony, Haddonfield Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, and Prince Georges Philharmonic. He has given solo recitals at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC and has made repeated appearances on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. His chamber music festival appearances include Music@Menlo, Verbier, the Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. Mr. Mizrahi won First Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the Ima Hogg International Competition, as well as first prizes in the International Bartók-Kabalevsky Competition and the Iowa International Piano Competition. He won third prize in the San Antonio International Piano Competition in 2006. Mr. Mizrahi appeared for many years on the active roster of Astral Artists.
Michael Mizrahi received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, where his concentrations were in music, religion and physics. He holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Claude Frank. After his Philadelphia debut recital, the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that “…the performance had transparency, revealing a forward-moving logic and chord voices you didn’t previously realize were there…textures were sumptuous.”
He is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Watch more on Mizrahi here:
The Bright Motion from New Amsterdam Records on Vimeo.
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Computer Music Concert
Friday, December 5th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate computer music students perform original works in a concert featuring experimental music, performance art, and visual music.
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Kirsten Wiest DMA Recital
Saturday, December 6th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
With her "wonted skill and poise", soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest presents her first recital-in-residence toward fulfillment of her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree. Lyrical settings of emotionally-charged poetry juxtapose fragmented musical offerings of Sylvia Plath and text of utter nonsense in this magical music of the past century.
Program:
Gabriel Faure: L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Kaija Saariaho: From the Grammar of Dreams
Sara Perez, soprano
Wolfgang Rihm: Drei Hölderlin-Gedichte
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Per Nørgård: Fons Laetitiae
Tasha Smith Godinez, harp
György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
Siu Hei Lee, piano
Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest is “a new music natural” committed to the continuous evolution of classical vocal music. Her “wonted skill and poise” has captured the attention of many composers, resulting in several world premiere performances and close collaborations. Kirsten has worked with Ben Johnston, Jeffrey Holmes, Denis Kolokol, Ellen Reid, and Christopher Rountree, among others.
Kirsten has sung as a soloist with wild Up new music collective, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, UCLA John Cage Symposium, kallisti chamber opera, UCSD's Palimpsest, CalArts New Century Players Ensemble, and Chapman University’s New Music Ensemble. She has also performed with The Industry - LA’s home for experimental opera, San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the Metroplex Opera Company in Dallas, and the Texas 'Lone Star' Ambassadors of Music.
Currently a DMA student at UCSD under the instruction of Grammy award-winning soprano Susan Narucki, Kirsten holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BM cum laude from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded the New Music Award for her outstanding commitment to the performance of contemporary works.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, December 8th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the students of 95JC present jazz in concert.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Jonathan Hepfer, the UCSD Chamber Orchestra performs.
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MUS206 Telematics
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 8:00 pm
Warren Studio B
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)An inter-campus concert presentation of collaborative work between graduate students at UC San Diego and UC Irvine, under the direction of Mark Dresser and Michael Dessen, respectively. Musicians in remote locations perform together through a medium of telepresence enabled by high speed internet.
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International Contemporary Ensemble
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)International Contemporary Ensemble performs the Coalescence Cycle, six works for instruments and electronics by Rand Steiger, developed during his composer residency at Calit2.
Cyclone (2013) - clarinet and electronics
Joshua Rubin, clarinet
Concatenation (2012) – bassoon and electronics
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Light on Water (2012) – flute, piano and electronics
Claire Chase, flute; Jacob Greenberg, piano
Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Ensemble (2013)
Peter Evans, trumpet; Steven Schick conductor
Mourning Fog (2012) – cello and electronics
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Coalescence (2013) – thirteen soloists and electronics
Steven Schick, conductor
ICE is dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced.
International Contemporary Ensemble
Claire Chase, flute
Alice Teyssier, flute
Nick Masterson, oboe
Campbell MacDonald, clarinet
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
Peter Evans, trumpet
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Nathan Davis, percussion
Ross Karre, percussion
Jennifer Curtis, violin
Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello
Randall Zigler, bass
This program is sponsored by CalIt2 and the UC San Diego Department of Music.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UCSD WIND ENSEMBLE
Under the direction of Robert Zelickman, the 95L Wind Ensemble performs at Mandeville Auditorium.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, undergraduate chamber ensembles perform.
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Donahue and Barbier
Friday, December 12th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Dustin Donahue, percussion and Matt Barbier, trombone
Richard Barrett, EARTH
John Cage, Variations II for four snare drums
Nicholas Deyoe, facesplitter
John Cage, Ryoanji
Roger Reynolds, From Behind the Unreasoning Mask
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the democratic impulse and the effacement of obstacles
Friday, December 12th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Steven Schick conducts
William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Guest artist: Natalie Mann soprano; Peabody Southwell, mezzo-soprano; Enrique Toral, tenor; Ron Banks, bass
In December 1989 Leonard Bernstein led an international orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the ruins of the Berlin Wall, which had just been demolished. We mark the 25th anniversary of that historic concert with a performance of the same music. The concert opens with a different declaration of freedom: William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony of 1930 was the first significant symphony by an African-American composer. Nearly a century later, it remains a compelling piece of music.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the democratic impulse and the effacement of obstacles
Saturday, December 13th, 2014 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Guest artist: Natalie Mann soprano; Peabody Southwell, mezzo-soprano; Enrique Toral, tenor; Ron Banks, bass
In December 1989 Leonard Bernstein led an international orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the ruins of the Berlin Wall, which had just been demolished. We mark the 25th anniversary of that historic concert with a performance of the same music. The concert opens with a different declaration of freedom: William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony of 1930 was the first significant symphony by an African-American composer. Nearly a century later, it remains a compelling piece of music.
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Lawrence Lee Recital
Saturday, December 13th, 2014 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Lawrence Lee Concert at UC San Diego
Featuring the works of:
J.S. Bach
F. Chopin
L.V. Beethoven
and
Original Compositions
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the democratic impulse and the effacement of obstacles
Sunday, December 14th, 2014 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Guest artist: Natalie Mann soprano; Peabody Southwell, mezzo-soprano; Enrique Toral, tenor; Ron Banks, bass
In December 1989 Leonard Bernstein led an international orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the ruins of the Berlin Wall, which had just been demolished. We mark the 25th anniversary of that historic concert with a performance of the same music. The concert opens with a different declaration of freedom: William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony of 1930 was the first significant symphony by an African-American composer. Nearly a century later, it remains a compelling piece of music.
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Gratkowski-Brown-Winant Trio
Sunday, December 14th, 2014 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Frank Gratkowski - Chris Brown - William Winant
California meets Germany happens to be the headline of this trio of Frank Gratkowski, William Winant, and Chris Brown. Maybe the story-behind-the-story here is that great minds think alike and great improvisers improvise, well...greatly.
German composer/reed musician Frank Gratkowski has been active on the European scene for the last 20 years. He has an affinity for strong pianist like George Graewe, Misha Mengelberg and Achim Kaufmann, and drummers including Gerry Hemingway and Tony Oxley. It seems natural that he would connect with pianist Chris Brown and percussionist William Winant. Both West Coast artists have been associated with Glenn Spearman and Larry Ochs of ROVA fame.
-Mark Corroto, allaboutjazz.com
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 15th, 2014 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
Event Program Archive (PDF)
SCHUBERT, MOZART AND CHAUSSON
A Camera Lucida Concert
Jeff Thayer, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
SCHUBERT: String Trio Fragment in B-flat Major
MOZART: Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K. 423
CHAUSSON: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 30
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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ArtPower! Presents: Pacifica String Quartet
Saturday, January 10th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices, during the past two decades the Pacifica Quartet has gained international stature as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. From its early days as winner of the Naumburg and Avery Fisher Awards to its Grammy-honored recordings, chamber music lovers have been following the impressive rise of the Pacifica Quartet for years. Fresh and daring, their strikingly personal interpretations of classical and contemporary composers are performed with “remarkable unanimity of vibrato, attack, and volume” (The New York Times). The ensemble returns to ArtPower! with a program displaying its members’ deep musical instincts.
Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello.
SPONSORS Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner, Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda
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Robert Jedrzejewski Recital
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Tobin Chodos
Pure Intuitive Act, Robert Jedrzejewski (cello)
Video Score Project, Robert Jedrzejewski (cello/video)
Business Music, Tobin Chodos (piano) / Robert Jedrzejewski (cello)
Lubrication, Tobin Chodos (piano) / Kyle Motl (bass) / Robert Jedrzejewski (cello)
Trance, Tobin Chodos (piano) / Drew Ceccato (sax) / Kyle Motl (bass) / Robert Jedrzejewski (cello)
12 Strings, Judith Hamann / Tyler Borden / Robert Jedrzejewski (cellos)
Supported by Culture.pl
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MUS103A Seminar in Composition Final
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)New compositions written for Ensemble Etcetera. Performed in support of the Music 103A composition final.
Undergraduate composers advised by Distinguished Professor of Music Chinary Ung.
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1st Year Grad Winter Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 16th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
A Concert of Premieres: Six world premiere performances of pieces written by 1st year graduate students in composition: Anahita Abbasi, Tobin Chodos, Caroline Miller, Justin Murphy-Mancini, Celeste Oram, and Theocharis Papatrechas. Performances will feature: Tyler Borden (cello), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Fiona Digney (percussion), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Michiko Ogawa (clarinets), and Hillary Young (soprano).
All pieces will be juried by the 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 17th at 10:00am in CPMC 231.
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1st Year Grad Winter Juries, Discussion Session
Saturday, January 17th, 2015 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Discussion session for A Concert of Premieres: Six pieces written by 1st year graduate students in composition: Anahita Abbasi, Tobin Chodos, Caroline Miller, Justin Murphy-Mancini, Celeste Oram, and Theocharis Papatrechas.
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WEDS@7 Wadada Leo Smith
Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Renowned composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith makes a rare West Coast appearance for a concert featuring his Ten Freedom Summers: Defining Moments in the History of the United States of America. Premiered at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2012 and performed in Brooklyn the following year for the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington, D.C., the work was inspired by the civil rights movement. Joining Smith onstage at UCSD are pianist Anthony Davis of the music faculty, bassist John Lindberg, harpist Alison Bjorkedal and music department video artist Jesse Gilbert. Davis performs with Smith on the 4-CD box set of Ten Freedom Summers. Last year the pair played concerts in Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Wroclaw, Poland, where they recorded Smith's latest composition, on the theme of solidarity, with the Golden Quartet and the Wroclaw Philharmonic. Davis and Smith have made music together for something like 45 years, beginning when Davis was teenage wiz in a trio including Smith as well as trombonist George Lewis.
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ArtPower! Presents: ODC Dance Company
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
ODC is known worldwide for its athleticism, passion and intellectual depth. The San Francisco-based dance company has been widely recognized for its seamless fusion of ballet and modern techniques, all made more thrilling by the visceral physicality of its dancers. The company of eleven world-class artists will perform the imaginative repertory of Brenda Way, KT Nelson and Kate Weare in an evening of dance that will take ArtPower! audiences on an unexpected journey with each work. Of Triangulating Euclid, the San Francisco Chronicle writes: “There's a point-to-point logic to the piece that seems as irresistible and inevitable as those ancient mathematical theorems. The new work flows, twirls and regroups with utter confidence.”
MASTER CLASS SPONSOR Renita Greenberg
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Gnarwhallaby
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Dustin Donahue
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M.***
gegenwhallaby | four little infinite lullabies & a point
gnarwhallaby presents a concert of works spanning the 40 year history of it's instrumentation. Music written for Poland's warsztat muzyczny [the instrumentation's originators] by Wlodzimierz Kotonski, Henryk Gorecki, and Hans-Joachim Hespos are paired with Mathias Spahlinger's expansive gegen unendlich, written for Germany's Quartett Avance. The program is rounded out with Lullaby 4 by UCSD Alum, Nicholas Deyoe.
gnarwhallaby is Brian Walsh [Clarinets], Matt Barbier [trombones], Derek Stein [cello], and Richard Valitutto [piano].
Hans-Joachim Hespos- Point [1971]
Wlodzimierz Kotonski- Pour Quatre [1968]
Mathias Spahlinger- gegen unendlich [1995]
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki- Muzyczka IV [Koncert Puzonowy], op. 28. [1970]
Nicholas Deyoe- Lullaby 4 [2013]
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Christine Tavolacci DMA Recital
Friday, January 23rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
947 - Alvin Lucier (2001)
Density 21. 5 – Edgard Varèse (1946)
Septet – Alvin Lucier (1985)
Unanswered Questions – Tristan Murail (1995)
The Bronze Age – Tristan Murail (2012)
with
MATT BARBIER, trombone - ERIC KM CLARK, violin & viola
ORIN HILDESTAD, violin – JONATHAN STEHNEY, bassoon
DEREK STEIN, cello – RICHARD VALITUTTO, piano
BRIAN WALSH, clarinet - SCOTT WORTHINGTON, bass
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Monday@Noon UCSD Graduate Students in Concert
Monday, January 26th, 2015 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
Bonnie Lander, improvisation
Tiene Duende - Xavier Beteta
Xavier Beteta, piano (7)
Toucher - Vinko Globokar
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion (10)
Improv - Tommy Babin, bass and Kyle Blair, piano
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Jennifer Bewerse DMA Recital
Monday, January 26th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
As musical access evolves alongside technology and ever-shifting culture, the performing artist is confronted with a question: is live performance essential? This concert offers five pieces and their various answers to this question.
Nota Bene (Installation) - Jennifer Bewerse
Study No.30 - Ryan Ross Smith
Asymmetries - Jackson Mac Low
Failing - Tom Johnson
Weather Music - Monte Weber
She Was A Visitor - Robert Ashley
Focusing on the many interactions that take place in a concert space, the full realizations of these works are only available in the moments they are exchanged between the performer and audience. A case for live performance is made with compositional ideas that live fully only within the moment of performance.
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Sara Perez DMA Recital
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Michael Finnissy: Same as We
Thomas Ades: Five Eliot Landscapes
Gyorgy Ligeti: Három Weöres-dal
Beat Furrer: Lotofagos I
Kaija Saariaho: From the Grammar of Dreams
Featuring performers: Todd Moellenberg, Matt Kline, Kirsten Wiest
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MUS206 Sound Installation Seminar Presentation
Thursday, January 29th, 2015 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 5-8PM
the newest sound installation and performance art pieces will go up
@ CPMC's Experimental Theatre - CPMC 365 - south staircase - ground level hallway
featuring works of
Fernanda Aoki Navarro / Jennifer Bewerse / Kyle Blair / Stefani Byrd /
Judith Hamann / Kevin Haywood / Annie Hsieh / Tina Tallon /
Ine Vanoeveren / Kevin Zhang
with special performances at the Experimental Theatre
7pm Fernanda Aoki Navarro
6pm / 7.30pm Kyle Blair
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Grad Forum
Friday, January 30th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
Le Corps à Corps - Georges Aperghis
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion (10)
L's GA - Salvatore Martirano
Christopher Clarino, poet/performer (24)
Bone Alphabet - Brian Ferneyhough
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion (12)
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Kyle Motl Recital
Saturday, January 31st, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Kyle Motl presents a recital of music for solo contrabass:
Ana-Maria Avram: Axe VII
Anthony Braxton: Compositions 110A/69Q/23O/69B
Hans-Werner Henze: S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 12.07
György Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K. 34
Stefano Scodanibbio: Due pezzi brillanti
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Roger Reynolds 80 Installation
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Tuesday, February 3rd - Installation hours: 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - Opening: Public conversation with Ross Karre and Katharina Rosenberger
An open installation featuring Roger Reynolds’s intermedia pieces:
george WASHINGTON, PING, MARKed MUSIC, and Sanctuary.
Curated by Ross Karre
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Roger Reynolds 80 Symposium
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds' 80th birthday will be celebrated with a symposium, (Feb. 3), concert (Feb. 4) and multimedia exhibit (Feb. 3-5). Reynolds has mentored many generations of composers since he joined UCSD's music faculty in 1969. The concert will feature the Arditti Quartet, which has premiered and recorded several works by Reynolds. Along with music for string quartet and electronics by Reynolds, the program includes compositions by Chaya Czernowin (UCSD alumna and former music faculty, now on the Harvard faculty) and Ben Hackbarth (music alumnus, now head of composition at the University of Liverpool). The three-day installation is curated by percussionist, video artist, and UCSD alumnus Ross Karre, now a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. It will highlight the works PING (1968), Sanctuary (2007), and george WASHINGTON (2013), as well as elements of other works by Reynolds. The symposium is titled The Interaction of Scientific and Artistic Imagination: Perceptual Studies and the Making of Music. Speakers will include Stephen McAdams (Canada), Philippe Lalitte (France), and Aniruddh Patel (Tufts University, Boston). Following their talks, they will be joined Reynolds, Karre and composer Katharina Rosenberger (UCSD music faculty) for a round table discussion moderated by composer and percussionist Steven Schick of the music faculty. Reynolds' life and work are extensively documented online in the Library of Congress's Roger Reynolds Collection.
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Roger Reynolds 80 Installation
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Wednesday, February 4th - Installation hours: 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
An open installation featuring Roger Reynolds’s intermedia pieces:
george WASHINGTON, PING, MARKed MUSIC, and Sanctuary.
Curated by Ross Karre
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WEDS@7 Roger Reynolds' 80th Year Celebration with the Arditti Quartet
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds' 80th birthday will be celebrated with a symposium, (Feb. 3), concert (Feb. 4) and multimedia exhibit (Feb. 3-5). Reynolds has mentored many generations of composers since he joined UCSD's music faculty in 1969. The concert will feature the Arditti Quartet, which has premiered and recorded several works by Reynolds. Along with music for string quartet and electronics by Reynolds, the program includes compositions by Chaya Czernowin (UCSD alumna and former music faculty, now on the Harvard faculty) and Ben Hackbarth (music alumnus, now head of composition at the University of Liverpool). The three-day installation is curated by percussionist, video artist, and UCSD alumnus Ross Karre, now a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. It will highlight the works PING (1968), Sanctuary (2007), and george WASHINGTON (2013), as well as elements of other works by Reynolds. The symposium is titled The Interaction of Scientific and Artistic Imagination: Perceptual Studies and the Making of Music. Speakers will include Stephen McAdams (Canada), Philippe Lalitte (France), and Aniruddh Patel (Tufts University, Boston). Following their talks, they will be joined Reynolds, Karre and composer Katharina Rosenberger (UCSD music faculty) for a round table discussion moderated by composer and percussionist Steven Schick of the music faculty. Reynolds' life and work are extensively documented online in the Library of Congress's Roger Reynolds Collection.
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Roger Reynolds 80 Installation
Thursday, February 5th, 2015 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Thursday, February 5th - Installation hours: 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
An open installation featuring Roger Reynolds’s intermedia pieces:
george WASHINGTON, PING, MARKed MUSIC, and Sanctuary
Curated by Ross Karre
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Curt Miller Recital
Saturday, February 7th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Transcripture
Curt Miller presents experiments in the transcription of machine
performance, recorded performance and spiritual performance.
(Solo For Wounded CD)
I. 133 (trans. CDM)
II. 141 (trans. fiddle~, arr. CDM)
Performance Practice (for JPR and DL)
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Third Appearing
I. Manifestations
II. Holy Ghost People
Curt Dallace Miller, clarinets + electronics
with:
Dustin Donahue, percussion
Scott Worthington, double bass
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the democratic impulse and the effacement of obstacles
Saturday, February 7th, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Osvaldo Golijov Azul
Chinary Ung Khse Buon
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4
Guest Artist: Maya Beiser, cello
Local audiences will recall Maya Beiser’s splendid performances of the Elgar Cello Concerto with the La Jolla Symphony in 2007. She returns to play two works: Golijov’s Azul, a cello concerto written for Yo-Yo Ma, and Khse Buon by UCSD composer Chinary Ung, a piece for unaccompanied cello written in response to tragic events in the composer’s native Cambodia. The concert concludes with Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony, an earthshaking statement of faith in life composed during the darkest days of World War I.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the democratic impulse and the effacement of obstacles
Sunday, February 8th, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Osvaldo Golijov Azul
Chinary Ung Khse Buon
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4
Guest Artist: Maya Beiser, cello
Local audiences will recall Maya Beiser’s splendid performances of the Elgar Cello Concerto with the La Jolla Symphony in 2007. She returns to play two works: Golijov’s Azul, a cello concerto written for Yo-Yo Ma, and Khse Buon by UCSD composer Chinary Ung, a piece for unaccompanied cello written in response to tragic events in the composer’s native Cambodia. The concert concludes with Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony, an earthshaking statement of faith in life composed during the darkest days of World War I.
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Rachel Beetz DMA Recital
Sunday, February 8th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Flutist Rachel Beetz presents “A Life of Many Hats” a recital based on works which explore idiomatic techniques of specific performers as well as the life cycle. In performing these works, Rachel attempts to transform herself into these performers and characters.
Peter Ablinger – Parker Notch
Salvatore Sciarrino – Morte tamburo
Vinko Globokar – Monolith
John Fonville – Music for Sarah
Roger Reynolds – imAge/flute (US premiere)
Peter Ablinger – A California Score
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The New York Times calls red fish blue fish a "dynamic percussion ensemble from the University of California." Founded twenty years ago by Steven Schick, the San Diego-based ensemble performs, records, and premieres works from the last 85 years of western percussion's rich history.
red fish blue fish performs Michael Gordon's Timber.
Michael Gordon's Timber, is scored for six wooden 2x4s, each cut into different sizes, giving each one a slightly different pitch. Called a "simantra", this percussion instrument was first devised by composer Iannis Xenakis. Far from a gimmick, the instrumentation allows Gordon to create the impression that the sound is traveling around and through the room by subtly shifting the accent of sound from one player to another. The result is a meditation on sound and rhythm, bringing the physicality, endurance and technique of percussion performance to a new level.
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Joshua Charney Recital
Thursday, February 12th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Josh Charney presents an evening of occult wonder, spontaneous forms, and Persian melodies. This recital will feature compositions by Darvish Khan, Jon Forshee, and Charney himself. Performers include…
Josh Charney - Piano
Jon Forshee - Voice
Kyle Motl - Bass
Andrew Munsey - Drums
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 13th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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ArtPower! Presents: Dover Quartet
Saturday, February 14th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)Dubbed “The Young American String Quartet of the Moment” by The New Yorker, the Dover Quartet is considered one of the most remarkably talented ensembles ever to emerge at such a young age. The Quartet swept the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three Special Prizes: the R.S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize for the best performance of Haydn, the Székely Prize for the best performance of Schubert, and the Canadian Commission Prize for the best performance of a newly commissioned work. ArtPower! audiences are in for an impressive program as The Strad raved that the Quartet is “already pulling away from their peers with their exceptional interpretive maturity, tonal refinement, and taut ensemble.”
Joel Link, violin; Bryan Lee, violin; Milena Pajaro-ven de Stadt, viola; Camden Shaw, cello.
SPONSOR Sam Ersan
UCSD STUDENT MASTER CLASS SPONSORS Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
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Camera Lucida
Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MENDELSSOHN, BRAHMS AND SCHUBERT
A Camera Lucida Concert
MENDELSSOHN: Lied ohne Worte for Cello and Piano in D Major, Op. 109
BRAHMS: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38
SCHUBERT: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D. 667: The Trout
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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WEDS@7 Aleck Karis and Michael Nicolas
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Michael Nicolas, cello and Aleck Karis, piano
Performing a concert featuring music for cello and piano by New York composers.
Charles Wuorinen - An Orbicle of Jasp (1999)
Earle Brown - Music for Cello and Piano (1955)
Ben Weber - Five Pieces, op. 13 (1941)
Morton Feldman - Durations II (1960)
Elliott Carter - Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948)
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ArtPower! Presents: Black Grace Dance, NZ
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
With their distinctive dynamism sparked by Pacific Island and Maori heritage, the Black Grace dancers take possession of the stage—and own the audience—from the first moment; and they never let go. Eloquent yet elemental, athletic yet spiritual, they are primed for the physical and artistic rigors of artistic director Neil Ieremia’s choreography. A deeply personal work, Gathering Clouds is a response to controversial claims made in a leading New Zealand newspaper by an economist who warns that Polynesians living in New Zealand display “significant and enduring under-achievement”– a problem he believes immigration is making worse. ArtPower! dance fans will be mesmerized by the highly physical work, rich in the story telling traditions of the South Pacific, and expressed with raw finesse, beauty, and power.
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Samuel Dunscombe Recital
Saturday, February 21st, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Samuel Dunscombe - DMA Recital II
Music for clarinets and electronics.
Horatiu Radulescu - Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets
Hunjoo Jung - Gok
Iancu Dumitrescu - Opus 1: Metamorphoses
Ana-Maria Avram - Telesma II
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Felipe Rossi Recital
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Felipe Rossi presents an evening of recently composed works including solos, duos and chamber pieces with (and without) live electronics. Rossi
will be joined by Kjell Nordeson (percussion), Matt Kline (double bass), Kyle Motl (double bass), Robert Zelickman (clarinet), Tyler Borden (cello)
and other great musicians.
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Oren Ambarchi and Crys Cole
Monday, March 2nd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Anthony Burr
Palimpsest featuring the music of Brian Ferneyhough
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The first of two concerts on Wednesday, March 4th, curated by Steven Schick, honoring composer Brian Ferneyhough.
Featuring the Palimpsest and wasteLAnd ensembles.
Brian Ferneyhough – Superscriptio
Rachel Beetz, piccolo
Kevin Zhang - while twigs make minor adjustments
Kirsten Wiest, soprano
Michael Matsuno, flute
Curt Miller, clarinet
Batya Macadam Somer, violin
Tyler Borden, cello
Todd Moellenberg, piano
Steven Schick, conductor
Brian Ferneyhough - Sisyphus Redux
Ine Vanoeveren, flute
Brian Ferneyhough - Etudes Transcendentales
wasteLAnd, conducted by Nicholas Deyoe
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest featuring the music of Brian Ferneyhough
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Brian Ferneyhough - La Chute d’Icare
Anthony Burr, clarinet soloist
Batya Macadam-Somer, violin
Judith Hamann, cello
Matthew Kline, bass
Michael Matsuno, flutes
Paul Sherman, oboe
Kyle Blair, piano
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion
Steven Schick, conductor
Brian Ferneyhough - Fanfare for Klaus Huber
Ryan Nestor, Dustin Donahue, Percussion
Hunjoo Jung - La Chute d’Icare
Samuel Dunscombe, clarinet
Batya Macadam-Somer, violin
Judith Hamann, cello
Matthew Kline, bass
Michael Matsuno, flute
Paul Sherman, oboe
Kyle Blair, piano
Jonathan Hepfer, percussion
Steven Schick, conductor
Brian Ferneyhough - Time and Motion Study
Tyler Borden, cello
Paul Hembree, electronics
James Bean, audio technician
Brian Ferneyhough - Terrain
Mark Menzies, violin with wasteLAnd, conducted by Nicholas Deyoe
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Ine Vanoeveren DMA Recital
Thursday, March 5th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
they banded together under the battle cry of ILLUSION!
Flutist Ine Vanoeveren explores the abstract side of some Greek myths in Brian Ferneyhough’s solo music for flute: optical dungeons in Superscriptio, fruitless predictions in Cassandra’s Dream Song, a satisfied condemned king in Sisyphus Redux and a forgotten muse in Mnemosyne.
Ine will also create 2 new works by UCSD composers James Bean and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
B. Ferneyhough - Superscriptio
B. Ferneyhough - Cassandra’s Dream Song
J. Bean - ligament at distance (world premiere)
B. Ferneyhough - Sisyphus Redux
F. Aoki Navarro - Through (world premiere)
B. Ferneyhough - Mnemosyne
More info: http://www.inevanoeveren.com
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Bass Ensembles
Friday, March 6th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The students of Mark Dresser present: BASS ENSEMBLES
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Dustin Donahue DMA Recital
Saturday, March 7th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Dustin Donahue presents a recital of works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Helmut Lachenmann, and Roger Reynolds. Donahue will also give the premiere performance of Kurt Isaacson’s new solo work, dust that will coat the lobes of her lungs with glittering stillness.
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Sam Wells presents works for Trumpet and Electronics
Sunday, March 8th, 2015 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Caroline Miller
Join us as composer/performer Sam Wells presents an evening of contemporary works for trumpet , electronics, and video.
Per Bloland – Quintet for Solo Trumpet and Electronics (2005)
Samuel Wells – Minong (2012)
Paul Hembree – Blue Sky Catastrophe (rev. 2013)
Christopher Biggs – Decoherence (2014)
Elainie Lillios – November Twilight (2011)
Samuel Wells – (dys)functions (2011)
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 9th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
SCHOENBERG AND TCHAIKOVSKY
Monday, March 9, 2015
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor
Jeff Thayer, violin
Wayne Lee, violin
Brian Chen, viola
Chi-Yuan Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Ru-Pei Yeh, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 9th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the students of 95JC present jazz in concert.
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Karis Studio Piano Students
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate piano performance students of Aleck Karis present an informal concert.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Under the direction of Jonathan Hepfer, the UCSD Chamber Orchestra performs works of full orchestras.
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UCSD Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Site Specific Performer Composer Collaboration
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard
Free
The students of Projects in New Music Performance present their end of quarter concert featuring new music and site-specific engagement.
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the instruction of Phil Larson, the students of Singers & Choirs present their end of quarter recital.
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Judith Hamann Recital
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)For her DMA II recital, cellist Judith Hamann performs Morton Feldman's Patterns in a Chromatic Field with pianist Todd Moellenberg.
This 80-minute performance will take place in the UCSD CPMC Concert Hall.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's Wind Ensemble presents their end of quarter concert, directed by Robert Zelickman.
Program:
SECOND HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY- F. LISZT
CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND BAND- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
1. ALLEGRO VIVACE
2. ANDANTE CANTABILE
3. ALLEGRO
ERIC STARR, SOLOIST
THE TOY TROMBONE- WARREN COVINGTON TROMBONE QUARTET AND BAND
SYMPHONIC DANCE NO. 1- RACHMANINOFF
INTERMISSION
TAHITI TROT- D. SHOSTAKOVICH
AFTER TEA FOR TWO- VINCENT YOUMANS
YAKETY SAX- BOOTS RANDOLPH (FEATURING THE SAXOPHONE SECTION)
MIDNIGHT SOLILOQUY- JOHN CACAVAS (FEATURING THE SAXOPHONE SECTION)
ROUMANIAN RHAPSODY NO. 1- GEORGES ENESCO
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 13th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, the students of Chamber Music Performance present small ensembles of representative instrumental and vocal chamber music literature.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of renewal
Friday, March 13th, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Hector Berlioz Requiem
Guest artists: John Tiranno, tenor; San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus
Berlioz’s Grand messe des morts is one of the most fabulous pieces of music ever conceived. Berlioz composed it for performance in the vast Les Invalides in Paris, and he conceived it as an example of what he called “architectural music.” It was, in fact, an early example of quadraphonic music, for Berlioz wrote it for an ideal orchestra of 200 players, a chorus of 600, and four brass bands stationed in the corners of the hall surrounding the audience. For all its ear-splitting spectacle, the Requiem also offers some of Berlioz’s most heartfelt music. Added performance: Friday at 7:30 pm
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Computer Music Concert
Friday, March 13th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
An end of quarter concert presenting computer techniques for desktop audio, including audio editing, MIDI control, and real-time music algorithms.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of renewal
Saturday, March 14th, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Hector Berlioz Requiem
Guest artists: John Tiranno, tenor; San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus
Berlioz’s Grand messe des morts is one of the most fabulous pieces of music ever conceived. Berlioz composed it for performance in the vast Les Invalides in Paris, and he conceived it as an example of what he called “architectural music.” It was, in fact, an early example of quadraphonic music, for Berlioz wrote it for an ideal orchestra of 200 players, a chorus of 600, and four brass bands stationed in the corners of the hall surrounding the audience. For all its ear-splitting spectacle, the Requiem also offers some of Berlioz’s most heartfelt music. Added performance: Friday at 7:30 pm
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of renewal
Sunday, March 15th, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
Hector Berlioz Requiem
Guest artists: John Tiranno, tenor; San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus
Berlioz’s Grand messe des morts is one of the most fabulous pieces of music ever conceived. Berlioz composed it for performance in the vast Les Invalides in Paris, and he conceived it as an example of what he called “architectural music.” It was, in fact, an early example of quadraphonic music, for Berlioz wrote it for an ideal orchestra of 200 players, a chorus of 600, and four brass bands stationed in the corners of the hall surrounding the audience. For all its ear-splitting spectacle, the Requiem also offers some of Berlioz’s most heartfelt music. Added performance: Friday at 7:30 pm
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Wojtek Blecharz Recital
Sunday, March 15th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Wojtek Blecharz presents his PhD dissertation concert:
PART 1.
K'an for steel drum and ca. 130 sticks
Choice to remain silent for contrabass clarinet
The Map of Tenderness for cello solo
PART 2.
September (the next reading)
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Camera Lucida, Myriad Trio
Monday, March 16th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
Event Program Archive (PDF)
MYRIAD TRIO I
Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99
Georg Philipp Telemann, arr. The Myriad Trio: Triosonate in E minor, Twv 42:e6
Gustav Mahler, arr. Phillips – “Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5
Harald Genzmer – Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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MUS33B Intro to Composition Final
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
MUS 33B presents their course final, under the supervision of composer Ori Talmon. Their works will reflect their studies of notation, calligraphy, instrumentation, orchestration, and twentieth-century music literature.
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ArtPower! Presents: Elias String Quartet
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)
The Elias String Quartet take their name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is its German form, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. Writes The Scotland Herald: “The Elias String Quartet should not really be called a quartet. Although they are four string players, they don't play as four separate musicians but instead as one musical force to be reckoned with.” The Quartet was chosen to participate in BBC Radio‘s prestigious New Generation Artists’ scheme and is the recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. We know ArtPower! chamber music lovers will be swept up in the energy and dynamism of this incredible ensemble.
Sara Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello.
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 ("Dissonance"); Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for String Quartet; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C? minor, Op. 131
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Kyle Blair Recital
Friday, April 3rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair: DAVIDSBUND
In his second DMA recital, pianist Kyle Adam Blair explores the beauty of brevity, highlighting sets of “musical miniatures”. The four maverick composers whose music is presented during this concert could certainly have been frontrunners for membership alongside Florestan and Eusebius in the Davidsbund, Robert Schumann’s imaginary “League of David”, which forever battles against the (musical) Philistines.
Variationen für Klavier, Op. 27 (1936) – Anton Webern
Bagatelles (1985) – Peter Lieberson
Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (1915-1917) – Sergei Prokofiev
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (1837) – Robert Schumann
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Monday@Noon UCSD Graduate Students in Concert
Monday, April 6th, 2015 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The last Monday at noon concert is curated by Stephen Lewis, featuring works by him, Robin Hauffman, and Mark Applebaum.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Springfest: Microventions
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center
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free
ONGOING EVENT / hidden schedule
What can happen in 60 seconds? The universe expand by 2.760 miles. Data in fibreoptic cables circumnavigates the earth 7.5 times. 300 million of your cells die. A performance.
Microventions.wordpress.com
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Springfest at the Loft Part I
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 7:30 pm
The Loft @ UC San Diego
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Free
Tommy Babin & Kyle Motl present improvisations and new compositions for two basses. Followed by the Marks Brothers (Mark Dresser and Mark Helias: basses), and Mark Helias' Open Loose with Tom Rainey and Tony Malaby.
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Springfest: The Music of Nicholas Deyoe
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Just because composer, Nicholas Deyoe isn't dead, doesn't mean we can't celebrate his life's work. Yes, Nicholas Deyoe is very much ALIVE! In light of this shocking revelation, we will take pause to reflect upon his generous and visceral oeuvre.
PROGRAM:
Lied/Lied
Lullaby 2
3 Dickinson Songs
still getting rid of
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Springfest at the Birch Aquarium
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
$10 general admission/$8 Birch members & UCSD students--includes Aquarium admission. Purchase tickets in advance
Join the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for the third annual Immersion@Birch Aquarium concert. This special evening under the sea features musical performances from UC San Diego music graduate students. On April 19 from 6-8pm, visitors can stroll through the aquarium and encounter live and recorded pieces specifically curated for this unique event. Performances include intimate chamber music in front of the two-story Kelp Forest tank, silent sea-themed film in the Galleria, live Gamelan music on the Tide-Pool Plaza, free jazz near the Elasmo Beach Sharks, and electronic music based on live video tracking of jellyfish in the Hall of Fishes.
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Springfest: Music for Mallets and Keyboards
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music by: Osvaldo Golijov, Edward Hamel, David Lang, and Steve Reich
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Springfest at the Loft Part II
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 8:30 pm
The Loft @ UC San Diego
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free
An evening of jazz and improvised music in two parts. At 8:30, Chaos Magic - Josh Charney, Andrew Munsey, and Kyle Motl, present new music for trio. At 9:30, a large ensemble improvisation featuring Josh Charney, Tommy Babin, Kyle Motl, Andrew Munsey, Nathan Hubbard, Stephanie Richards, Drew Ceccato, and Peter Kuhn.
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Springfest: Polyester
Thursday, April 9th, 2015 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 368
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free
"Polyester" is a new installation in a series of works created by collaborators, Curt Miller and Nichole Speciale in which audio transducers are embedded in suspended, unzipped sleeping bags to create an immersive sound environment in an intimate space. This work will explore the close relationships between material and memory, questioning the manner in which sound, touch and experience transfer familiarity and trigger memory with simple, mass-produced objects.
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Springfest: Ogawa & Matsuno
Thursday, April 9th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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A recital of works for Flute and Clarinet, with world premieres by Ori Talmon and Kevin Zhang.
PROGRAM:
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (1985) - Elliott Carter
Untitled (2015) - Ori Talmon *world premiere
Ko-Lho (1966) - Giacinto Scelsi
our energies propose we meet (2015) - Kevin Zhang *world premiere
All that is including me (1996) - Misato Mochizuki
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Springfest: 400 Years of Text
Thursday, April 9th, 2015 8:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A celebration of performance works from Shakespeare to Stein to 21st century writers, 400 Years of Sound Texts explores the music of the speaking voice and the grammar of pure sound.
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Springfest: From Fragile to Plastique: Confronting the Culture of Music and Affect
Friday, April 10th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Recent years have seen the expansion of research surrounding neuroplasticity and the ‘emotional brain.’ How is the notion of biological and psychological affect situated among modern health application and practice? What role does emotion play in music’s capacity to heal, and how does the interplay of the empirical and the existential stand to demystify the mind/body problem? This panel seeks to engage the potentialities and limitations of music in health and cognition.
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Springfest: GSA Happy Hour
Friday, April 10th, 2015 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
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free
UC San Diego's Graduate Student Association (GSA) hosts a social for Graduate Students with free beer and snacks featuring selected performances from Springfest 2015.
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Springfest: Okaganon
Friday, April 10th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A rite. As the beating heart of the Earth.
The program will include music by Giacinto Scelsi, Pascal Dusapin, György Kurtag, Karlheinz Stockhausen and will feature paintings by Peter Kline.
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Springfest: Music and Motion
Friday, April 10th, 2015 8:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music & Motion is an exploration of the experience of motion through music, and music through motion. Musicians and dancers from UCSD’s graduate programs have teamed up for an exciting evening of visual music.
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Springfest: Polyester
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 368
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free
"Polyester" is a new installation in a series of works created by collaborators, Curt Miller and Nichole Speciale in which audio transducers are embedded in suspended, unzipped sleeping bags to create an immersive sound environment in an intimate space. This work will explore the close relationships between material and memory, questioning the manner in which sound, touch and experience transfer familiarity and trigger memory with simple, mass-produced objects.
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Springfest: Synthesizer Petting Zoo
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center North Courtyard
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free
Get hands on with the Audio Electronics Club’s handmade music hardware and software! Synthesizers, effects processors, control and performance systems, and more!
Chris Donahue
Kevin Haywood
Joe Mariglio
Colin Zyskowski
+ more!
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Springfest: Wave Energy Series No. 3
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Wave Energy Series No.3 is the third installment of an annual experimental music event on the UCSD campus. The event highlights often overlooked, but nonetheless important sound production practices and provides a forum for performance and discussion for artists and audiences from local and far-ung locales. This concert will include a new composition from Sam Dunscombe, as well as Joe Cantrell, who will perform Disco Vérité, a piece using three turntables and physical materials from broken sound equipment.
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Springfest: Family Room 2
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The performing ensemble Family will host an open workshop Saturday night in the Experimental Theater. We will work with prompts that we have developed throughout the year that investigate our speaking and moving selves, through improvisation, game-playing, writing, and observation. Participants are welcome to join us at 6:30pm, and observers may stop by any time between 7 and 8:30pm. Participants are encouraged to RSVP at tmm884@gmail.com.
***Please note that only audience members 17 years of age and up will be admitted as there will be brief nudity.***
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Springfest: Power to the People
Saturday, April 11th, 2015 8:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
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free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music written for and featuring electric guitars and basses. Works by Wolff, Pierzak, Flores, and Rzewski.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 13th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
Event Program Archive (PDF)
BRAHMS: Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, Op. 120, No. 2
MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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Nico Couck Solo Concert
Thursday, April 16th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Apparatus is the system of relationships that is established between two elements: the musical instrument and its player. While each element has the capacity to capture, interpret, model, control, or secure the gestures of the other element - it is the interaction and the changing of each element's role that form the concert. It is the mechanics of the physical act of playing guitar and how the body can become the extension of the instrument, its major manipulator, or simply both.
Nico Couck performs music by Simon Steen-Andersen and Tiziano Manca, and new works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Kai Johannes Polzhofer and Dan Tramte. Integrating guitars, choreography, J.S. Bach, electronics, and even YouTube, Apparatus is a multimedia event in which the physical and mechanical duality is the denominator.
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Hearing Landscapes
Friday, April 17th, 2015 5:00 pm
Calit2 Theater, Atkinson Hall
Free
Qualcomm Institute Composer in Residence Lei Liang, collaborating with Falko Kuester, Director of the institute’s Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3), will present a public performance based on work funded by a 2014 Calit2 Strategic Research Opportunities (CSRO) grant to Liang.
The performance will feature new musical compositions by Liang and high-resolution, multispectral scans of 12 rare Chinese landscape paintings by 20th-century artist Huang Binhong (1865-1955). The paintings were on loan from Elna Tsao, with support from the San Francisco-based Mozhai Foundation, for digitization at UC San Diego in late January 2015. Liang, a professor of music at UC San Diego, is developing new concepts of sonic “shadows” and “lights” to craft a musical language for orchestration and sound spatialization. The multispectral imaging led by CISA3’s Kuester will also shed new light on the painter’s creative process by capturing detailed information (big data) about the materials, techniques and artistic processes used by Huang. The April 17 event will end a week of rehearsals, and it will give the campus and broader community an opportunity to experience how composer Liang transforms the big data into new sonic expressions and individualized experiences. He will use the Calit2 Theater's outsized VROOM display system to showcase the never-before-seen multispectral images of the paintings (captured in visible light as well as ultraviolet, infrared and other wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum), annotated by music.
PERSONNEL:
Lei Liang – Composer (Calit2, UCSD)
Falko Kuester – Visual Explorer (CISA3, UCSD)
Zachary Seldess – Principal Collaborator / Audio Software Developer
Greg Surges – Audio Software Developer
Samantha Stout – Cultural Heritage Engineer
Chris McFarland – Software Developer
Eric Hamdan - Audio System Developer
Eric Lo – Robotic Engineer
James Strawson – Robotic Engineer
This free event has limited seats available. Please register at http://hearing-landscapes.eventbrite.com/.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, April 19th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
This year’s concert theme is “Harlem Hellfighters: Jazz Goes to War.” The program will feature jazz music brought to Paris from the United States during World War I by the “hellfighters,” a group of African American soldiers who fought valiantly during the war—even when they did not have equal rights at home.
All proceeds and gifts benefit the Lytle Scholarship Endowment, which provides scholarships for graduates of The Preuss School UCSD attending UC San Diego’s Thurgood Marshall College.
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Pablo Gomez Cano Recital
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Music 541 presents: Dustin Donahue, Pablo Gomez Cano, Scott Worthington
New works for percussion, guitar, and double bass by Stanford graduate composers: Constantin Basica, Eoin Callery, Andrew Greenwald, Alexandra Hay, Jessie, Marino, Iván Naranjo, Laura Steenberge
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Original, distinctive, and unconventional, Pablo Gomez's guitar is one of the most remarkable sounds of today's music scene. Decidedly different and away from all conventions, his repertoire includes various aesthetic tendencies: from classics of the twentieth century and contemporary pieces to works written expressly for him by renowned Mexican and international composers. His repertoire includes solo guitar; electro-acoustic music; duets with vocalist, percussion, and violin; and concerts with chamber ensembles and orchestras. This a musical diversity that has taken him to performances in concerts in the United States, Sweden, France, London, Germany, Austria, Spain , Canada, Latin America Chile, Venezuela, Iceland and in several cities in Mexico. He has shared the stage with world class performers, such as Susan Narucki, Christophe Desjardins, Steve Schick, Magnus Andersson, among others. He has been soloist with the Camerata de Las Americas, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City, the Orchestra of the University of Cincinnati, Carlos Chavez Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Fine Arts in Mexico City to name a few and has participated in various ensembles: The Contemporary Ensemble of Montreal (ECM)and the Kore Ensemble of Canada, the Ibero-American Ensemble of Madrid, the Latin American Quartet, Onix, Palimpsest Ensamble among others. He has performed in the Cervantino Festivals, Festival de México, Festival Internacional de Morelia as well as other dedicated to new music, including the Ferien Kurse für Neue Musik Darmsatadt, Radar, the Manuel Enriquez New Music Forum, the V Search Event in San Diego, and the Festival A Tempo in Caracas and Paris, among others. Pablo Gomez began his musical studies at the (Ollin Yoliztli) School Introduction to Music and Dance with maestro Gerardo Carrillo. He received his professional education at the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where he graduated with honors. He also had private studies with Federico Bañuelos. With the support of Mexico's National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), he attended a two-year specialization program in contemporary music in Stockholm, Sweden, with Magnus Andersson. He produced a CD Tañendo Recio, under the Quindecim label and has participated in various other professional recordings. Recently the label World Records produced the CD Miliou that includes a solo work perfumed by Gomez. In 2012 he received the "Interpreters with relevant Career" grant from Mexico's National Fund for the Arts. He currently teaches at UNAM's National School of Music and is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of California at San Diego.
Scott Worthington (b. 1987) is a double bassist and composer based in Los Angeles. As a chamber musician and soloist he largely focuses on contemporary music and frequently commissions and premieres new works. These commissions have resulted in solos and concertos by Robert Morris, Juan Trigos, and numerous young composers. Upcoming premieres include works with electronics by Clarence Barlow, Brenna Noonan, and Gary Philo. Worthington is a founding member of ensemble et cetera, a trio for clarinet, percussion, and double bass. Since 2010, eleven works have been composed for their unique instrumentation and they have realized many open-score works by composers such as John Cage and Earle Brown. In 2013, &c. held an international composition competition which received over 250 applications and they currently working towards a studio recording of the winners' works. His other engagements span a variety of areas in contemporary music. Worthington’s interest in concert-length music led to many performances of Wolfgang von Schweintz's epic Plainsound Glissando Modulation, an eighty-minute duet in just intonation, with violinist Andrew McIntosh. Through his interest in electronic music, he has worked as a sound engineer for performances of a variety of electro-acoustic works by Boulez, Lucier, Meadowcroft, Reynolds, Sciarrino, and Stockhausen. He is also active in promoting contemporary music as a concert organizer. He served on the board of Ossia New Music for two years helping to expand their concert series and present 20th century repertoire pieces alongside premieres. In 2013 he co-founded wasteLAnd, a concert series in Los Angeles which presents Southern-Californian composers and performers. Worthington has performed around the world at the the Carlsbad Music Festival, the Chihuahua International Festival, June in Buffalo, the Lucerne Festival, Monday Evening Concerts, MicroFest, and the WithOutWalls Festival and spent three summers at the Lucerne Festival Academy working with Pierre Boulez and Ensemble Intercontemporain. His music has been performed around the United States by ensembles and soloists in art galleries, concert halls, and venues such as the Carlsbad Music Festival, the DiMenna Center, The Stone, and Roulette. He can be heard on Albany Records, Bridge Records, Hat Hut, Naxos, Populist Records, and Tzadik. Worthington studied at the Eastman School of Music with James VanDemark and the University of California, San Diego with Mark Dresser. While in San Diego, he also studied the Alexander Technique with Eileen Trobermann. He performs on a copy of a Lorenzo Carcassi bass built for him by Barrie Kolstein.
Dustin Donahue is a percussionist residing in San Diego, California. He is currently a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego where he studies with Steven Schick and performs with the percussion group red fish blue fish. Prior to his arrival in southern California, Dustin studied with Anthony Di Sanza at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. As a chamber musician, Dustin has performed in venues across North America, such as the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, the Ojai Music Festival, the Banff Centre, the Aspen Music Festival, and Disney Hall in Los Angeles. With red fish blue fish, he has performed alongside Dawn Upshaw, Eighth Blackbird, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Dustin has also appeared as a soloist at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Carlsbad Music Festival, and the soundSCAPE Festival in Pavia, Italy. Dustin has recorded for Populist Records as part of composer Nicholas Deyoe's debut album, with throbbing eyes. He also appears on several upcoming releases from Mode Records, including the late works of Iannis Xenakis and the complete percussion works of John Cage. Devoted to the creation of new art, Dustin enthusiastically seeks collaboration with composers and artists. Recent premieres include works by John Luther Adams, Lewis Nielson, and Michael Pisaro, as well as a multitude of new pieces by young composers across the country.
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ArtPower! Presents: Emerson String Quartet
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtTalks! at The Loft, 7pm
An ArtPower! fan favorite, the Emerson String Quartet stands apart in the history of string quartets with an unparalleled list of achievements over three decades: more than thirty acclaimed recordings, nine Grammys (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, Musical America’s "Ensemble of the Year", and collaborations with many of the greatest artists of our time. With the arrival of cellist Paul Watkins in 2013, the Emerson Quartet has embarked on a remarkable new journey – one filled with freshness, warmth and impressive accolades.
Eugene Drucker, violin; Philip Setzer, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Paul Watkins, cello.
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387; Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C major, Op. 36; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
SPONSORS Joan Jordan Bernstein and Alexa Hirsch, Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
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Kartik Seshadri in Concert
Saturday, April 25th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)KARTIK SESHADRI, SITAR MASTER
Sitar master Kartik Seshadri performs classical Indian ragas, accompanied by Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay. Seshadri's CD Sublime Ragas was recently among Songlines magazine's Top 10 "Top of the World" albums. His music has been praised by The Washington Post for its "espressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility, and rhythmic intricacy."
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Pi-hsien Chen Piano Recital
Sunday, April 26th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)This concert is made possible by Chuan-Lyu Endowment at UC San Diego and the Spotlight Taiwan Project grant from the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan), Taiwan Academy of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, with additional support provided by Special Patron Dr. Samuel Yin.
World-renowned pianist Pi-hsien Chen will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and new compositions written by Taiwanese composers Tzyy-Sheng Lee, Tsung-Hsien Yang, and Ying-Ting Lin.
Artist’s Biography
Pi-hsien Chen was born in Taiwan and came to Cologne when she was nine years old. One year later, she was admitted into the class of Hans-Otto Schmidt-Neuhaus. She won the first prizes at the ARD-International Piano Competition in Munich, the A. Schoenberg Competition in Rotterdam, and the J.S.Bach Competition in Washington D.C. She performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw-Orchestra, the Zurich-Tonhalle-Orchestra. Conductors with whom she has worked include Bernhard Haitink, Paul Sacher, Hans Zender, Péter Eötvös. Pi-hsien Chen took part in numerous international music festivals. Her increasing interest and engagement in contemporary music grew in cooperation with composers such as Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtág and Elliott Carter. Moreover, she performed contemporary music with ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Asko Ensemble. More recently, her complete Mozart's Sonatas are released by Sunrise Records. Her recording of Scarlatti and Beethoven sonatas, along with John Cage and Stockhausen were released by HATnowART (Basel,Switzerland) to critical acclaim. Since 1983, Pi-hsien Chen was professor of piano at the University of Music in Cologne, and since 2004, at the University of Music in Freiburg.
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Camera Lucida, Myriad Trio
Monday, April 27th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
THE MYRIAD TRIO II
A Camera Lucida Special Presentation
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Demarre McGill, flute
Julie Smith Phillips, harp
DEBUSSY: Nuage from “Nocturnes”
Reverie
LIEBERMANN: Sonata for Flute and Harp
SALZEDO: Chanson de la Nuit, arr. Phillips
DELIUS: Florida Suite, arr. Cavaterra
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the Space between us all
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Chris Rountree conducts
Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”
Yeung-ping Chen The Moon in La Jolla Nee Commission
Charles Ives Symphony No. 2
Guest artist: Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Special guest conductor Christopher Rountree, artistic director and conductor of wild Up, an adventurous chamber group that blends new music, classical repertoire, performance art and pop, leads a unique American program. Bernstein’s dramatic First Symphony was written while he was still in his twenties, and voted outstanding new classical work its debut year by the New York Music Critics Circle. Yeung-ping Chen will compose what is truly a twenty-first century work, a “tele-concerto” in which the orchestra will be in Mandeville and the soloists will “appear” with the orchestra via the internet. Ives’ popular Second Symphony fuses the great European symphony with popular American tunes.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of the Space between us all
Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Chris Rountree conducts
Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”
Yeung-ping Chen The Moon in La Jolla Nee Commission
Charles Ives Symphony No. 2
Guest artist: Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Special guest conductor Christopher Rountree, artistic director and conductor of wild Up, an adventurous chamber group that blends new music, classical repertoire, performance art and pop, leads a unique American program. Bernstein’s dramatic First Symphony was written while he was still in his twenties, and voted outstanding new classical work its debut year by the New York Music Critics Circle. Yeung-ping Chen will compose what is truly a twenty-first century work, a “tele-concerto” in which the orchestra will be in Mandeville and the soloists will “appear” with the orchestra via the internet. Ives’ popular Second Symphony fuses the great European symphony with popular American tunes.
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Alice Teyssier DMA Recital
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Alice Teyssier DMA Recital III: (s)he who is never there
The Atelier is a multi-directional collaboration between Alice Teyssier, Michael Weyandt and Bradley Scott Rosen, in which singular, defined roles are abandoned in favor of co-creation and co-performance. For Alice Teyssier's final DMA recital, the Atelier presents '(s)he who is never there", exploring implications of absence and presence, modes of performance and technological reproduction/imitation, and the power of our senses in producing knowledge. Pieces by Gesualdo (16th century), Merula (17th century), Schubert (19th century), Nono, Xenakis and Gubaidulina (20th century) and Rosen (21st century) as well as numerous fragments of literary and philosophical texts are used as source materials to intensify the listening and intellectualization processes.
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WEDS@7 The Threepenny Opera
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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kallisti presents chamber opera:
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
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Since its premiere in 1929, The Threepenny Opera has challenged and captivated audiences worldwide. It has been performed over 10,000 times and translated into 18 languages. For kallisti's sixth opera project, we turn to this classic work of music theater.
Led by Grammy award winning soprano Susan Narucki, kallisti draws its singers from the graduate program in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego and distinguished guest artists.
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Performances: May 6, 8, and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
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Scott Worthington DMA Recital
Thursday, May 7th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Space Administration
Space Administration sets a visual presentation of Ken Hunt’s poem "Apollo Spacecraft" inside music for bass and electronics by Scott Worthington. The poem uses NASA’s voice transcript of the Apollo 11 mission by erasing most of the words and leaving the time stamps. Through the erasure, Hunt creates an ode to the god Apollo and a rumination on space travel. Worthington’s music lets the bass float weightlessly above a galactic electronic background, created mostly with a Moog synthesizer (a company which became popular just a few years before the Apollo 11 mission).
poetrywillbemadebyall.ch/book/space-administration/ (free pdf download of Hunt’s poem)
spacecraftpress.wordpress.com (Ken Hunt’s press)
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The Threepenny Opera
Friday, May 8th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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kallisti presents chamber opera:
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
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Since its premiere in 1929, The Threepenny Opera has challenged and captivated audiences worldwide. It has been performed over 10,000 times and translated into 18 languages. For kallisti's sixth opera project, we turn to this classic work of music theater.
Led by Grammy award winning soprano Susan Narucki, kallisti draws its singers from the graduate program in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego and distinguished guest artists.
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Performances: May 6, 8, and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
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The Threepenny Opera
Saturday, May 9th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)
kallisti presents chamber opera:
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
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Since its premiere in 1929, The Threepenny Opera has challenged and captivated audiences worldwide. It has been performed over 10,000 times and translated into 18 languages. For kallisti's sixth opera project, we turn to this classic work of music theater.
Led by Grammy award winning soprano Susan Narucki, kallisti draws its singers from the graduate program in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego and distinguished guest artists.
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Performances: May 6, 8, and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
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The Threepenny Opera
Sunday, May 10th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)
kallisti presents chamber opera:
THE THREEPENNY OPERA
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Since its premiere in 1929, The Threepenny Opera has challenged and captivated audiences worldwide. It has been performed over 10,000 times and translated into 18 languages. For kallisti's sixth opera project, we turn to this classic work of music theater.
Led by Grammy award winning soprano Susan Narucki, kallisti draws its singers from the graduate program in Contemporary Music Performance at UC San Diego and distinguished guest artists.
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Performances: May 6, 8, and 9 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 11th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets handled by San Diego Symphony
Single tickets: $25
UCSD Faculty/Staff: $20
(UCSD students with ID may attend for FREE, but must arrive by 6:30pm!)
Ticket information: 619-235-0804
GERNSHEIM AND BRAHMS
A Camera Lucida Concert
BRAHMS: Sonatensatz in C minor, WoO 2 for Violin and Piano
GERNSHEIM: Quintet No. 2 for Piano and Strings in B minor, Op. 63
BRAHMS: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Camera Lucida, a collaboration between UC San Diego and the San Diego Symphony, presents chamber music masterpieces of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in the acoustically perfect Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UCSD. Principal musicians from the San Diego Symphony and distinguished performance faculty from UCSD join with guests from the international chamber music world in performances that blend the precision and cohesiveness of a permanent ensemble with widely ranging instrumentation.
Sponsored by the Sam B. Ersan Fund at the San Diego Foundation
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi and Che-Yen Chen
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
Department of Music Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Carlota Caceres Recital
Thursday, May 14th, 2015 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Thomas Babin Recital
Thursday, May 14th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bassist Tommy Babin presents his MA recital.
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Lai-Tat Linda Szeto Clarinet Recital
Friday, May 15th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Robert Zelickman
Lai-Tat Linda Szeto, a student of Robert Zelickman, performs her undergraduate senior recital.
Premiere Rhapsodie - Claude Debussy
Pianist: JinYoung Choi
Improvisation for Solo Clarinet
Brahms Clarinet Trio
Pianist: JinYoung Choi
Cellist: Min-Seok Peter Ko
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Michael Matsuno Recital
Saturday, May 16th, 2015 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Flutist Michael Matsuno presents his MA Recital, featuring Pianist Todd Moellenberg.
Robert Erickson, Quoq
Lei Liang, In Praise of Shadows
Brian Griffeath-Loeb, Aphorisms and Rituals (world premiere)
Brian Ferneyhough, Cassandra's Dream Song
Stefan Wolpe, Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano
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Paul Hembree Dissertation Concert
Sunday, May 17th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)“Sonic algorithms act, but they do so as part of an ill-defined network of actions upon actions, in which unintended consequences can become critically important. ... They are never an internally closed system, but a catalytic network of relays connecting one analog domain to another. ... Formal logics are inherently incomplete and indiscernibles exist. Machines break down, programs are buggy, projects are abandoned and systems hacked. Humans are literally infected by abstractions. This is no bad thing, because like the virus which produced variegated tulips of a rare beauty, infection can be creative too.”
– Steve Goodman and Andrew Goffey, in Software Studies
“Now that we've eaten of the tree of knowledge paradise is locked and bolted, and the cherubim stands behind us. We have to go on and make the journey round the world to see if it is perhaps open somewhere at the back. As thought grows dimmer, grace emerges more brilliantly. But grace itself returns when knowledge has gone through an infinity. Grace appears most purely in that form which either has no consciousness, or an infinite consciousness.”
– Heinrich von Kleist, in On the Marionette Theatre
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Jury Concert: Integrative Studies
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Integrative Studies creative practice students present original works.
Featuring new compositions by: James Gutierrez, Diana Hereld, Yvette Jackson, Joshua Charney, Juan Rubio, Gust Burns, Joshua Hochman, and Suzanne Thorpe.
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WEDS@7 David Borgo presents Kronomorfic and KaiBorg
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Professor David Borgo presents Kronomorfic and KaiBorg in this special Wednesdays@7 concert.
Kronomorfic, co-led by saxophonist David Borgo and drummer Paul Pellegrin, is an ensemble dedicated to the exploration of polymetric time. The music is innovative yet surprisingly approachable. The compositions explore multi-layered rhythmic phrases (e.g., 3:4:5, 3:5:7, 6:7:9, 8:12:15, 7:11, 9:13, 11:18) using interlocking melodies that evolve through rhythmic modulations and individual and collective improvisations, but in the end the music grooves, the melodies linger, and the solos burn. The ensemble’s first album, Micro Temporal Infundibula, was released in 2010 on pfMENTUM Records. The second installment, Entangled, was released in 2014 on OA2 Records.
KaiBorg explores the intersections of cutting-edge computer music and contemporary improvisation. Employing custom signal processing techniques and hardware mapping strategies, the musicians perform on "hybrid instruments" that extend their acoustic sonic palettes and afford new spatialization opportunities, all without sacrificing the sense of intimacy and speed of interaction required in improvised settings.
KaiBorg’s music has been described as "a surging sonic kaleidoscope" (San Diego Union Tribune) filled with "strange sounds and odd surprises" (Babysue) that "alternately overwhelm the senses and gives pause for contemplation" (Gapplegate Review); "quite cosmic, yet never indulgent" (Downtown Music Gallery). The duo released its first compact disc entitled Harvesting Metadata on the pfMENTUM label, and they have concertized throughout California and in Holland and Sweden.
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Leah Bowden DMA Recital
Thursday, May 21st, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bam! Bam!
Leah Bowden
Percussion and Drums
A D.M.A. Concert featuring works by Erik Griswold, Tristan Perich, Anthony Davis and Glenn Kotche.
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Peter Ko Undergraduate Honors Recital
Friday, May 22nd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Peter Ko presents his undergraduate honors recital, with pianist Daniel Kim.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No.4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Gabriel Fauré - Élégie
Sergey Prokofiev - Cello Sonata Op. 119
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Ojai Festival Preview with Steven Schick
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Distinguished Professor of Music, Steven Schick, will be the Musical Director for the 2015 Ojai Music Festival! He will be presenting a preview of June's festival at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Read more here.
Percussionist, conductor, and author Steven Schick was born in Iowa and raised in a farming family. For forty years he has championed contemporary music by commissioning or premiering more than one hundred-fifty new works. He was the founding percussionist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars (1992-2002) and served as Artistic Director of the Centre International de Percussion de Genève (2000-2005). Schick is founder and Artistic Director of the percussion group, red fish blue fish.
Currently he is Music Director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and Artistic Director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. In 2012 he became the first Artist-in-Residence with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Schick founded and is currently Artistic Director of “Roots and Rhizomes,” a summer course on contemporary percussion music held at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He maintains a lively schedule of guest conducting including appearances in this season with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Nova Chamber Ensemble and the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble. Among his acclaimed publications are a book, “The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams,” and numerous recordings of contemporary percussion music including a 3 CD set of the complete percussion music of Iannis Xenakis (Mode). Mode will release a companion recording on DVD of the early percussion music of Karlheinz Stockhausen in 2014. Steven Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego.
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Karis Studio Piano Students
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate piano performance students of Aleck Karis present an informal concert.
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DUOPO-J
Thursday, May 28th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
UCSD Gospel Choir
Thursday, May 28th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
Anderson and the Gospel Choir were recently highlighted in thisweek@ucsandiego, naming it "the most popular music course on campus."
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Kjell Nordeson Recital
Friday, May 29th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Piano Students
Saturday, May 30th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Cole Pendergrass Undergraduate Honors Recital
Sunday, May 31st, 2015 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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MUS 32VM Voice Students
Sunday, May 31st, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 1st, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The 95JC concert, under the direction of KAMAU KENYATTA, will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. Our instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Jonathan Hepfer, the UCSD Chamber Orchestra performs.
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95W Indian Music Students
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Under the direction of Kartik Seshadri, the students of 95W, World Music perform in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall.
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, June 4th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)SINGERS and CHOIRS
Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95D and 95K ensembles perform.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 4th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)In his final concert as he retires in June, Robert Zelickman directs UC San Diego's Wind Ensemble in The Music of German Composers with works by Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, Wagner, and Weber.
More in News of the Week.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 5th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Takae Ohnishi, MUS130 Chamber Ensembles perform in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of utterance
Saturday, June 6th, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
David Chase conducts
Peter Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Jonathan Dove There Was a Child
Guest artist: Priti Gandhi, soprano; Annelle Gregory, violin; Edward Mout, tenor; North Coast Singers youth choir
Choral Director David Chase leads our season-ending concerts. Annelle Gregory, winner of the 2012 Young Artists Competition, plays Tchaikovsky’s great concerto, one of the most difficult ever written for the violin. There Was a Child, composed by Jonathan Dove in 2009, is a grand cantata in the spirit of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Composed as a tribute to a young man who had died tragically, rather than dwelling in darkness, Dove’s oratorio inspires and uplifts. Setting texts by English and American poets, it is scored for soprano and tenor soloists, children’s choir, chorus, and orchestra.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus ...on the nature of utterance
Sunday, June 7th, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
David Chase conducts
Peter Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Jonathan Dove There Was a Child
Guest artist: Priti Gandhi, soprano; Annelle Gregory, violin; Edward Mout, tenor; North Coast Singers youth choir
Choral Director David Chase leads our season-ending concerts. Annelle Gregory, winner of the 2012 Young Artists Competition, plays Tchaikovsky’s great concerto, one of the most difficult ever written for the violin. There Was a Child, composed by Jonathan Dove in 2009, is a grand cantata in the spirit of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Composed as a tribute to a young man who had died tragically, rather than dwelling in darkness, Dove’s oratorio inspires and uplifts. Setting texts by English and American poets, it is scored for soprano and tenor soloists, children’s choir, chorus, and orchestra.
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Undergraduate Juries
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
MUS33C Intro to Composition Final
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Best of ICAM
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Lexi Pulido Recital
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Kamau Kenyatta
Grad Welcome Concert
Monday, September 21st, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
ArtPower! Presents Irvine Arditti and Roger Reynolds
Friday, September 25th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
An ArtPower! presentation.
Tickets handled by
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English violinist, Irvine Arditti, founder of the celebrated Arditti Quartet, has been a guiding influence on the string quartet medium, itself perhaps the most substantive thread in the weave of Western music tradition. His four-decade friendship with Pulitzer Prize–winning UC San Diego composer Roger Reynolds has elicited four quartets, a solo work and a chamber concerto. Now Reynolds and Arditti are collaborating on a new, large-scale work—a duo for solo violin and real-time algorithms controlled in performance by computer musician Paul Hembree. Their collaboration will be presented in a workshop where they will demonstrate the musical sources and the algorithmic strategies before giving what will be the work’s world premiere performance! rogerreynolds.com
SPONSOR Eric Lasley and Judith Bachner
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My New House
Saturday, September 26th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A collaborative engagement featuring Joe Garrison, Tiffany Du Mouchelle, Stephen Solook, Ariana Warren and Chris Warren.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Sila: The Breath of the World
Sunday, September 27th, 2015 3:00 pm
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park
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Sila: The Breath of the World
John Luther Adams, composer
We perform John Luther Adams’ extraordinary site-determined work in the beautiful Japanese Friendship Garden in celebration of Balboa Park’s centennial. Free event. No reservations required.
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Fiona Digney, Percussion Recital
Thursday, October 1st, 2015 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Percussionist Fiona Digney, a member of red fish blue fish, Steven Schick's studio, presents:
Saudade
Saudade: a profound emotional state encompassing the feelings of intense nostalgia or melancholic longing for an absent someone or something with which one may never be reunited.
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Jonathan Nussman, Baritone Recital
Friday, October 2nd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Brendan Nguyen, Piano Recital
Friday, October 9th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The details aren't as important as the [REDACTED].
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--- DRESS CODE: Formal attire, cross-dressing and drag permitted/encouraged.
--- PRE-CONCERT RECEPTION: Please come early.
--- NO LATE ADMITTANCE: There will be no breaks during the 60 minute performance.
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Chamber Music Recital featuring Robert Zelickman
Sunday, October 11th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)2. Divertissement
3. Jue
4. Introduction et Final
2. The Soldier's Violin
3. A Little Concert
4. Tango - Waltz - Ragtime
5. The Devil's Dance
2. Piheno (Relaxation)
3. Sebes (Fast Dance)
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ArtPower Presents Huang Yi & Kuka
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower! presentation.
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Taiwanese dancer, choreographer, inventor, and videographer Huang Yi’s pioneering work is steeped in his fascination with the partnership between humans and robots. He interweaves continuous movement with mechanical and multimedia elements to create dance which corresponds with the flow of data, effectively making the performer a dancing instrument. Named by Dance Magazine as one of the “25 to Watch,” Huang was immersed in the arts at a young age, spending much of his childhood in his parents’ studio watching them teach tango and learning to paint alongside his father. He is widely considered one of Asia’s most prolific choreographers. Huang’s groundbreaking and award-winning work, HUANG YI & KUKA, in which he performs alongside a robot he conceptualized and programmed, opened the 2013 Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), the internationally renowned unique platform for digital art and media culture.
SPONSOR Renita Greenberg
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Grad Forum
Friday, October 16th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Kana Kotera, euphonium
Saturday, October 17th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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AUX Electronic Music Concert
Sunday, October 18th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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WEDS@7 Callithumpian Consort
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Fall Composition Jury Concert
Friday, October 23rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Fall Composition Juries feature world premieres by graduate student composers: Anahita Abbasi, Tobin Chodos, Justin Murphy-Mancini, Celeste Oram, and Theocharis Papatrechas.
Featuring the Callithumpian Consort, directed by Stephen Drury.
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Stephen Drury, Solo Piano Recital
Monday, October 26th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Hillary Jean Young, Soprano Recital
Thursday, October 29th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Grad Forum
Friday, October 30th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, October 30th, 2015 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Our third annual Young People’s Concert is tailored for young audiences and enjoyable for the entire family. Conductor Steven Schick takes the audience through an enlightening and entertaining performance of excerpts of the upcoming concert, with commentary from the podium. Reservations required.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, October 31st, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Steven Schick conducts
John Luther Adams Become Ocean
Guest artist: Aleck Karis, piano
The 61st season opens with a program of variety and emotional depth. It begins with Varèse’s Tuning Up, a wry commentary on orchestras and audiences, and continues with perhaps the mightiest piano concerto ever written. Aleck Karis will be the soloist in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. The program concludes with John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 1st, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts
John Luther Adams Become Ocean
Guest artist: Aleck Karis, piano
The 61st season opens with a program of variety and emotional depth. It begins with Varèse’s Tuning Up, a wry commentary on orchestras and audiences, and continues with perhaps the mightiest piano concerto ever written. Aleck Karis will be the soloist in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. The program concludes with John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Camilla Hoitenga, flute
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Self supported event
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camilla Hoitenga, flutist, presents: Music for Solo Flute (NEWISH, NEWER, NEWEST) featuring a compendium of works by: Stockhausen, Svoboda, Kobayashi, Bohn, Inamori, Obermueller, Saariaho, and Chambers.
A guest of John Fonville, Flutist Camilla Hoitenga, is at home on stages all over the world, performing in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Kremlin in Moskow and the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, playing not only the C-flute but also the alto, bass, and piccolo flute and other varieties of her instrument.
In addition to her intensive collaborations with Saariaho, Köszeghy and Stockhausen, she has had pieces dedicated to her by wide range of composers, including Donnacha Dennehy, Christopher Fox, Miyuki Ito, Anne LeBaron, Arvydas Malcys, Michele Rusconi, Oliver Schneller, Helena Tulve, Jovanka Trbojevic, Andreas Wagner, and Bryan Wolf.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 9th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Purcell: Fantazias for Strings
Webern: String Trio Fragment
Stravinsky: Three Short Pieces for String Quartet
Brahms: String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 67
Under the artistic directorship of UCSD professor and cellist Charles Curtis, and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony principals, UCSD performance faculty and guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, yet with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Jeff Thayer, vioin | Che-Yen Chen, viola | Charles Curtis, cello | Reiko Uchida, piano
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Jen Shyu in Concert
Friday, November 13th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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ArtPower Presents Cuarteto Quiroga
Friday, November 13th, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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The early 20th century Spanish violinist Manuel Quiroga is not as well known as his compatriots Pablo de Sarasate and Pablo Casals, but he is an esteemed figure in Spain. The Cuarteto Quiroga, a youthful ensemble founded in Madrid in 2004, is keeping his name alive and creating curiosity about him among listeners outside Spain. As the quartet-in-residence in charge of the Royal Collection of decorated Stradivarius at Madrid’s Royal Palace, Cuarteto Quiroga has established itself as one of the most dynamic and unique quartets of its generation. Prizewinners of several major international string quartet competitions (Bordeaux, Paolo Borciani, Geneva, Fnapec-Paris, Palau Barcelona), the ensemble regularly appears at prestigious halls and festivals in Europe and South America. Since 2011, the quartet has been ensemble-in-residence at the Miguel Delibes Auditorium in Valladolid (Spain). Cuarteto Quiroga has won international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for its distinctive personality as well as its bold and original approach to the string quartet repertoire. cuartetoquiroga.com
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm
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Taiwanese Singers
Saturday, November 14th, 2015 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Takao Run Band from Taiwan
Takao Run Band was founded in 1997. For 18 years we have traveled around Taiwan like gypsies meeting many interesting people in rural villages who always inspire us. We add some elements of authentic Taiwan tradition like Temple Fair or Din-Tao into modern street dance, while collecting all the stories from our native tribes, Taiwanese Opera and local folk songs. We want to bring to the audience some individual experience when they are watching Takao Run’s Techno Prince’s performance. Takao Run is constantly invited to attend many prestigious festivals and cultural events in Taiwan.
This event is co-sponsored by the UC San Diego Taiwan Studies Lecture Series.
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Classical and Folkloric Persian Music Night
Saturday, November 14th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Karis Piano Studio
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Piano students of Aleck Karis present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Stephanie Richards presents Synchronous Vibrations
Friday, November 20th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Todd Moellenberg, Piano Recital
Monday, November 23rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Monday Night Jazz: MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation
Monday, November 23rd, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Jonathan Hepfer, Percussion Recital
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
In his final concert before completing his D.M.A./Ph.D. degree, percussionist Jonathan Hepfer plays an all-solo program including Georges Aperghis' Le corps à corps, James Tenney's Having Never Written a Note for Percussion, Giacinto Scelsi's Ko-Tha - Three Dances of Shiva, Alvin Lucier's Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra and Luis De Pablo's Le prie-dieu sur la terrasse.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
B.M. (1970), M.A. (1972), and Ph.D. (1977), University of Michigan. She taught at Columbia University (1977-1982), New York University (1982-1990), and Wesleyan University (1990-1992), before joining the Harvard faculty in 1992. At Harvard, Shelemay has served as Chair of the Department of Music (1994-1999; acting chair, spring 2002; chair, spring 2005) and is active in interdisciplinary studies across several domains. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy for Jewish Research, she is a Past President of the Society for Ethnomusicology. A Congressional appointee to the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress since 2000, she was Chair of that Board from 2002-2004. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Radcliffe Institute. Shelemay was named the Chair in Modern Culture at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress during August and September, 2007 and June, 2008.
In addition to longtime interests in musical ethnography and music and memory, Shelemay's current research is on Ethiopian music and musicians in their North American diaspora. Her monograph Music, Ritual, and Falasha History (1986, 1989) won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award and the Prize of the International Musicological Society. In addition to the seven-volume collection Garland Readings in Ethnomusicology (1990) and A Song of Longing. An Ethiopian Journey (1991), Shelemay edited the three-volume Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant. An Anthology (1994, 1995, 1997, with Peter Jeffery). Other recent publications include Let Jasmine Rain Down. Song and Remembrance Among Syrian Jews (1998, finalist for the National Jewish Book Award) and Soundscapes. Exploring Music in a Changing World (2001, second edition 2006). She has co-edited Pain and Its Transformations. The Interface of Biology and Culture (with Sarah Coakley), published by Harvard University Press in 2007. Shelemay received an Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Columbia University School of General Studies in 1982, and in 2006 at Harvard, the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize and the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, November 30th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble, under the direction of William Gilmer, presents their Fall concert in Mandeville Auditorium.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 4th, 2015 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the instruction of Takae Ohnishi, the students of MUS 130: Chamber Ensembles, perform.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 5th, 2015 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Steven Schick conducts:
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3
Guest artist: Zen Wu, soprano
The concert opens with Adams’ ethereal study of orchestral color, continues with Barber’s moving Prayers of Kierkegaard with chorus (based in part on Gregorian Chant), and concludes with Copland’s triumphant Third Symphony, written at the end of World War II. Also on the program is the premiere of a work by this season’s Thomas Nee Commission winner, Ori Talmon.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 6th, 2015 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick conducts:
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3
Guest artist: Zen Wu, soprano
The concert opens with Adams’ ethereal study of orchestral color, continues with Barber’s moving Prayers of Kierkegaard with chorus (based in part on Gregorian Chant), and concludes with Copland’s triumphant Third Symphony, written at the end of World War II. Also on the program is the premiere of a work by this season’s Thomas Nee Commission winner, Ori Talmon.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 7th, 2015 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $20.00
Students w/ID: Free
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Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Mozart: Trio for Viola, Clarinet and Piano, K. 498, “Kegelstatt”
Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio, K. 563
Under the artistic directorship of UCSD professor and cellist Charles Curtis, and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony principals, UCSD performance faculty and guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, yet with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Jeff Thayer, vioin | Che-Yen Chen, viola | Charles Curtis, cello | Reiko Uchida, piano
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MUS 103A Final Recording
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate composition students present their project compositions from the first cycle of the 103 course series.
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WEDS@7 Cuatro Corridos
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Led by Grammy Award winning soprano Susan Narucki and noted Mexican author Jorge Volpi, the fully-staged production features original music by composers Hilda Paredes, Arlene Sierra, Lei Liang and Hebert Vázquez. Each composer gives voice to one of the four female characters by presenting one act in the hour-long drama.
Three of the most distinguished performers of new music, percussionist Ayano Kataoka, pianist Aleck Karis, and guitarist Pablo Gomez, accompany Narucki in sharing the compelling stories of four women whose lives are scarred by human trafficking. The production team includes artist-activist Karen Guancione, lighting designer Kristin Hayes, costume designer Halei Parker and graphics animators Cameron Bailey and Sam Doshier. Jason Ponce serves as technical director for the project.
Cuatro Corridos received generous support from UC MEXUS, the MAP Fund for the Performing Arts (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the Department of Music at UCSD.
Stay up to date and learn more about this project by joining the Facebook page and visiting Cuatro Corridos online.
Jorge Volpi / Librettist
Lei Liang, Arlene Sierra, Hilda Paredes, Hebert Vázquez / Composers
Susan Narucki, Aleck Karis, Ayano Kataoka, Pablo Gomez / Performers
Halei Parker / Custume Designer
Karen Guancione / Production Concept
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National Book Award-Winning author and environmentalist Barry Lopez joins UC San Diego’s Steven Schick, a world-renowned percussionist, to explore the intersections of music, words, and the natural world through dialogue and performance.
“The contemporary naturalist,” Lopez writes, is one “whose involvement in the political process, in the debates of public life, in the evolution of literature and the arts, has become crucial.” The evening is a prelude to Schick’s January 24 performance with the Renga Ensemble of composer Olivier Messaien’s rarely heard tribute to Utah’s Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks.
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Steven Schick performs John Luther Adams
Friday, January 22nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Schick performs Adams' The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies, an eight-movement, 75-minute piece born of a 2001 visit by Schick with Adams at the composer's home in Alaska. Schick performed the piece in Manhattan in 2014. Of his rendering of "Shimmer," the third movement, the New York Times said that Schick "created a celestial, kaleidoscopic palette of sounds by playing on several triangles." In "Roar," another section, "a halo of sounds emerged in a vigorous crescendo from the tam-tam (a type of gong)." Schick's live performance intermingles with a variety of electronic sounds.
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ArtPower Presents Calder Quartet
Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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Renga: Messiaen's Des canyons aux etoiles...
Sunday, January 24th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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String Quartets with Jurg Frey
Thursday, January 28th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
The Second Annual Jürg Frey String Quartets Evening features the composer's Second and Third quartets, performed by Erik Carlson and Keir GoGwilt (violins), Andrew McIntosh (viola) and Judith Hamann (cello).
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1st Year Grad Winter Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 29th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A CONCERT OF PREMIERES
Six world premiere performances of pieces written by 1st year graduate students in composition: Lydia Winsor Brindamour, Andrés Gutiérrez Martinez, Wen Liu, and Qingqing Wang. Performances will feature 1st year performance graduate students: Rachel Allen (trumpet), James Beauton (percussion), Ashley Cutright (soprano), Sean Dowgray (percussion), Madison Greenstone (clarinets), and Kiyoe Wellington (contrabass).
All pieces will be juried by the 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 30th at 10:00am in CPMC 231.
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Telematics: Changing Tides I presented by Mark Dresser and collaborators
Saturday, January 30th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Changing Tides: A Telematic Translocational Concert Series is a dynamic musical collaboration among world-renowned improvisers that will bring attention to the powerful role of intercultural collaboration in addressing global environmental concerns.
Telematic music is live performance via the Internet by musicians in different geographic locations. This year-long project will feature a core ensemble in San Diego, CA performing three concerts, each a month apart. For each concert, a different ensemble in a remote location will perform live with the California musicians via high-bandwidth, Internet2 networks. Culminating many years of immersion in telematics and jazz-inspired traditions, this project will set a new artistic precedent by establishing innovative connections among collective, improvisatory performance practices, cutting-edge internet technologies, and our shared dependence on the environment.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 31st, 2016 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
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Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
A benefit concert for the Lytle Scholarship and the Preuss School UCSD, Cecil Lytle presents noted trumpeter and bandleader Gilbert Castellanos and his Latin Jazz group.
More information regarding the Lytle Scholarship Concert online here.
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WEDS@7 Aleck Karis and Michael Nicolas
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Christopher Clarino, Percussion Recital
Thursday, February 4th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Drew Ceccato Graduate Recital
Friday, February 5th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Drew Ceccato, saxophonist and Integrative Studies creative practice graduate student, presents his recital.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 6th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 7th, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Kirsten Wiest, Soprano Recital
Friday, February 12th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soprano Kirsten Wiest's concert includes Anton Webern's Drei Gesänge aus Viae inviae, Op.23, W. A. Mozart's No, no che non sei capace, K.419, Jeffrey Holmes' Fragments and Jonathan Harvey's Song Offerings.
Featuring Ran Duan, piano
also with:
Steve Lewis, conductor
Michael Matsuno, flute
Madison Greenstone, clarinet
Mona Tian and Päivikki Nykter, violin
Annabelle Terbetski, viola
T.J. Borden, cello
Kyle Motl, doublebass
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Telematics: Changing Tides II presented by Mark Dresser and collaborators
Saturday, February 13th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Changing Tides: A Telematic Translocational Concert Series is a dynamic musical collaboration among world-renowned improvisers that will bring attention to the powerful role of intercultural collaboration in addressing global environmental concerns.
Telematic music is live performance via the Internet by musicians in different geographic locations. This year-long project will feature a core ensemble in San Diego, CA performing three concerts, each a month apart. For each concert, a different ensemble in a remote location will perform live with the California musicians via high-bandwidth, Internet2 networks. Culminating many years of immersion in telematics and jazz-inspired traditions, this project will set a new artistic precedent by establishing innovative connections among collective, improvisatory performance practices, cutting-edge internet technologies, and our shared dependence on the environment.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Alex Weheliye
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
"Hotline Bling: Gendered Technologies of Humanity in R&B Music" is a free lecture by Alexander Weheliye, Professor of African American Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, Northwestern University, where he teaches black literature and culture, critical theory, social technologies, and popular culture. Weheliye says that his talk "will consider how Black singing voices in contemporary R&B music represent gendered technologies of humanness in their deployment of different singing styles, the use of voice processing software, as well as the aspirational performance of luxury and leisure. In addition to charting the significant aesthetic, political, and economic shifts R&B has undergone over the last 25 years, I argue that contemporary R&B music--a genre frequently neglected in scholarly and journalistic debates about popular music--remains central to both Black culture and popular culture at large." The lecture runs from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Experimental Theater at Conrad Prebys Music Center. It's FREE and open to the public.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 19th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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ArtPower Presents Harlem Quartet
Friday, February 19th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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Jane Rigler, flute
Saturday, February 20th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Self supported event
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Jennifer Bewerse, Cello Recital
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Chamber Music by Manfred Werder
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 8:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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WEDS@7 Anthony Burr
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Fresh off a sabbatical that took him to Reykjavik, Berlin, Brisbane and Melbourne, ace clarinetist Anthony Burr of the music faculty performs a program centered on Morton Feldman's Clarinet and String Quartet---which he recently released on a CD. He will be joined by violinists Erik Carlson and Keir GoGwilt, violist Caterina Longhi and cellist Charles Curtis. Curtis performed on the recording. The concert program also includes Aldo Clementi's Impromptu for Clarinet and String Quartet, which, like the Feldman, is a late work of the composer that reflects nineteenth century chamber music in an inscrutable and mysterious way.
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Intercultural Music Conference
Thursday, February 25th, 2016 2:00 pm
WLH 2155
Free
Exploring subjects such as representation and misrepresentation in intercultural music, the three-day event includes a conference, seminar and concert, all open to the public. It was initiated and organized by Siu Hei Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in critical musicology at UC San Diego. "The term 'intercultural' has been utilized in public and intellectual discourse for years," Lee said. "What is the meaning and significance of the term today? What are the problems and prospects of cultural (mis)representation, hybridization, and contemporary performance practices in intercultural music? These questions are by nature interdisciplinary, and we shall use concerts and discussion panels to give some answers, and perhaps raise more questions."
Keynote speakers are Martin Scherzinger (media theorist, composer, musicologist, NYU faculty) and Jann Pasler (musicologist, pianist and documentary filmmaker, UC San Diego music faculty). Panel discussants will include Walter Aaron Clark (UC Riverside Department of Music), Munir Beken (UCLA Department of Music), and Nicol Hammond (UC Santa Cruz). UC Irvine's Hossein Omoumi, a master of ney, the traditional Iranian reed flute, will give a special lecture-recital.
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Intercultural Music Conference
Friday, February 26th, 2016 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free
What are the problems and prospects of cultural (mis)representation, hybridization, and contemporary performance practices in intercultural music? The February 26 to 28 conference will use concerts and discussion panels to explore these issues.
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IcM: December 1952
Friday, February 26th, 2016 5:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Location: The Loft, 2nd floor, Price Center*
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Intercultural Music Conference
Saturday, February 27th, 2016 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free
Highlights on Saturday include a keynote speech by New York University Professor Martin Scherzinger (media theorist, musicologist, and composer), with the tentative title “Algorithms of Musical Time: From Autonomous to Automatic Listening” (Conrad Prebys Music Center, Room 127). Discussion panels throughout the day at the music center will investigate construction of indigenous identity in Latin America, intercultural spectacle, Chinese music as intercultural resource, and historical biases in intercultural musicology. Walter Aaron Clark (UC Riverside), Munir Beken (UCLA), and Nicol Hammond (UC Santa Cruz) will serve as panel discussants.
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IcM Concert featuring red fish blue fish
Saturday, February 27th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)red fish blue fish, the acclaimed percussion ensemble led by Reed Family Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor of Music, Steven Schick, headlines the Saturday evening concert on February 27th. This performance of intercultural music will feature Mark Dresser as bass soloist for Lei Liang’s composition Luminous.
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Intercultural Music Conference
Sunday, February 28th, 2016 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center
Free
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IcM Closing Concert: Musical Dialogues Across Continents
Sunday, February 28th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Musical Dialogues Across Continents: IcM Closing Concert
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Roscoe Mitchell
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Mitchell, a founder of both the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the AACM (Assocation for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), comes to UC San Diego for this lecture, and for a concert the following night (Mar. 2). Mitchell's appearance was organized by the Improvisers' Alliance, a collaborative project founded by the music faculty's David Borgo, Amy Cimini, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser and Stephanie Richards to promote artistic and community-building activities centered in the improvisatory in music.
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Bass Ensembles
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Contrabass performance students of Mark Dresser present: BASS ENSEMBLES.
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WEDS@7 Roscoe Mitchell
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)SINGERS and CHOIRS
Under the direction of Phil Larson, Singers and Choirs of from UCSD's 95D and 95K ensembles perform.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill Mandeville Auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Grad Forum
Friday, March 4th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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ArtPower Presents Meccore String Quartet
Friday, March 4th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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The Winter Stars Project Rachel Beetz Installation
Monday, March 7th, 2016 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 7th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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The Winter Stars Project Rachel Beetz Installation
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Karis Piano Studio
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Rachel Huang
Beethoven: Sonata Opus 10 no. 3
Dana Chan
Mozart: Sonata in Eb major, K 282
Fauré: Nocturne No. 1 in Eb minor, Op. 33/1
Kyle Adam Blair
Stuart Saunders Smith: “Family Portraits: Self (in 14 stations)” (1997)
Daniel Tsay
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (solo version)
Mengchun Tao
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 10, No. 2 in F major
Matthew Rice
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 2, No. 1 in F minor
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MUS 33B Final Recording
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 136
Free
The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Hepfer, present their Winter concert.
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The Winter Stars Project Rachel Beetz Installation
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 10th, 2016 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
Students w/ID: Free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UCSD Wind Ensemble conducted by Bill Gilmer will present a concert on Thursday, March 10 at 8 PM in Mandeville Hall. The theme of the program is "Something Borrowed...Something New" and will feature compositions based on a pre-existing themes, or other musical ideas. The concept is to show how previous written material can often serve as a spark for another's creativity. Featured compositions will include Fantasia in G: Timothy Mahr, Chorale and Shaker Dance: John Zdechlik, After "The Thunderer": Ira Hearshen, Variations on a Korean Folk Song: John Chance, and the Second Suite in F: Gustav Holst, and Courtly Airs and Dances: Ron Nelson. Please come and enjoy this ensemble comprised of Wind and Percussion players from the UCSD student body and community.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 11th, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the instruction of Takae Ohnishi, the students of MUS 130: Chamber Ensembles, perform.
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UCSD Bach Ensemble
Friday, March 11th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 12th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 13th, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Camera Lucida
Monday, March 14th, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
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Mozart, "Kegelstatt" Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, K. 498
Beethoven, String Quartet in F minor, opus 95
Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat, opus 44
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Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, double bass recital
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Keir GoGwilt Presents: A Starling Recital
Friday, April 1st, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
This performance will feature vocals by Bonnie Lander, a violin and poetry from members of the GoGwilt clan.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Ana Maria Ochoa
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Erik Carlson and Aleck Karis perform Feldman
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Tyler Borden, Cello Recital
Thursday, April 7th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Telematics: Changing Tides III presented by Mark Dresser and collaborators
Sunday, April 10th, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Springfest Birch Aquarium
Sunday, April 10th, 2016 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
$12 general admission/$9 Birch members & UCSD students--includes Aquarium admission. Purchase tickets in advance online
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Springfest Solo Piano Works by Xavier Beteta
Monday, April 11th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Springfest Suspiria
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Springfest HOME LIFE: domestic text
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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WEDS@7 Malcolm Goldstein
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Springfest Late Nights at The Loft, Part I
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 8:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
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Springfest three bodies (moving)
Thursday, April 14th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Springfest Autoduplicity - Machaut + Rauschen
Thursday, April 14th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Springfest Late Nights at The Loft, Part II
Thursday, April 14th, 2016 8:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
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Springfest Observation Dock
Friday, April 15th, 2016 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall Room 105
Free
The Observation Dock runs from 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Entrance is via the Concert Hall's backstage entry, across from room 136, on the main floor.
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Springfest Happy Hour Reception
Friday, April 15th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 136
Free
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Springfest Rainforest:Southland Ensemble
Friday, April 15th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Springfest Festival at Bread and Salt
Saturday, April 16th, 2016 10:00 am
Bread and Salt
Free
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WEDS@7 Formosa Quartet
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50
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ArtPower Presents Christopher O'Riley and the New York Chamber Soloists
Thursday, April 21st, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower! presentation.
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California Electronic Music Exchange Concert (CEMEC)
Friday, April 22nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $15.50
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WEDS@7 Erik Carlson and Aleck Karis perform Jurg Frey
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Kyle Motl, Bass Recital
Friday, April 29th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Håkon Thelin: oibbinadocS
Barry Guy: Statements II
Kyle Motl: ax[i]on
Tobin Chodos: Trickle Town
Kyle Motl: Transmogrificant I
Iannis Xenakis: Theraps
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, April 30th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 1st, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Cathy Kautsky, Solo Piano Recital
Sunday, May 1st, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
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Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Mark Dresser and Barre Phillips Telematic Performance
Saturday, May 7th, 2016 11:30 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 9th, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General: $25.00
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WEDS@7 kallisti presents "Noon at Dusk" a new Chamber Opera by Stephen Lewis
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Georgina Born
Thursday, May 12th, 2016 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Michiko Ogawa, Clarinets Recital
Thursday, May 12th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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kallisti presents "Noon at Dusk" a new Chamber Opera by Stephen Lewis
Friday, May 13th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General: $15.50
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kallisti presents "Noon at Dusk" a new Chamber Opera by Stephen Lewis
Saturday, May 14th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Nicolee Kuester, Horn Recital
Sunday, May 15th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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WEDS@7 Stephanie Richards plays "Arms" with Vicki Ray and Cathlene Pineda
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Samuel Dunscombe, Clarinet
Friday, May 20th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Rachel Huang, Piano Honors Recital
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Michael Matsuno, Flute Recital
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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MUS 103C Undergraduate Juries
Monday, May 23rd, 2016 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, May 23rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Karis Piano Studio
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $5.50
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Joshua Charney, Piano Recital
Thursday, May 26th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Yiheng Yvonne Wu Dissertation Recital
Friday, May 27th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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95W Indian Music Students
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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Guitar, students of Pablo Gomez Cano
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Singers and Choirs
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 3rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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MUS 133 Projects in New Music Performance
Friday, June 3rd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Jan Fidelis Honors Recital, Composition
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 5th, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Clarinets, students of Michiko Ogawa
Sunday, June 5th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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32VM Voice Students
Sunday, June 5th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Samuel Dunscombe, Clarinet
Monday, June 6th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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MUS 33C Final Recording
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Best of ICAM, Night 1
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Best of ICAM, Night 2
Thursday, June 9th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Ine Vanoeveren, Flute Recital
Friday, June 10th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Computer Music Focus: Andrew Brown
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Making Musical Mates: Adventures in interactive algorithmic performance.
Much of my creative work involves the design and use of algorithmic music systems that facilitate a close creative partnership. But what does it mean to design and construct such instruments, to make an interactive music system with a sense of creative agency that evokes a rich sense of creative interplay? In this presentation I will discuss some of the issues that arise for me in this activity; from both a conceptual perspective and in the design, making and playing of original interactive musical systems and devices.
Andrew R. Brown is Professor of Digital Arts at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is an active computer musician and computational artist. His research interests include digital creativity, computational aesthetics, music education and the philosophy of technology. He pursues a creative practice in computer-assisted music performance and audio-visual installations, with focus on generative processes and algorithmic music performance including live coding.
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WEDS@7 Aleck Karis, piano
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Aleck Karis begins the 2016-2017 Wednesdays@7 concert series with an evening of solo piano pieces by Claude Debussy, Victor Ibarra, Lei Liang and Harrison Birtwistle.
Karis' program will include:
- Claude Debussy: Etudes, book I (1915)
- Victor Ibarra: Exégesis sobre "La Galatea" (2016)
- Lei Liang: The moon is following us (2015)
- Harrison Birtwistle: Harrison's Clocks (1998)
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Tatsuya Nakatani with Sam Dunscombe & Kyle Motl
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Self Supported Event
Tatsuya Nakatani Solo + Trio
Tatsuya Nakatani: percussion | Sam Dunscombe: clarinets | Kyle Motl: contrabass
Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative artist / percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan who has released over sixty recordings in North America and Europe. Residing in the USA since 1994 he has performed countless solo percussion concerts and has collaborated with hundreds of artists in international music festivals, university concert halls, art museums and galleries. His latest project is the Nakatani Gong Orchestra, which builds community ensembles performing on multiple bowed gongs under his direction, as recently presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Nakatani’s constant touring fosters the raw and fresh quality in his music, which can only survive through an open willingness to share energy, culture, music and self on a global human scale. His master classes and workshops at schools and universities, emphasize his unique musical approach and philosophy in creating visceral, non-linear music.
He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drums, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, intuitively primitive, expressive music of unusually strong spirit that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.
The Loft At UC San Diego for more information: http://theloft.ucsd.edu/index.php/event/1453
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The Voice Machine
Friday, October 7th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Two years of collaboration between composers and performers at UC San Diego and Stanford University have resulted in The Voice Machine, a four-part performance that seeks to address the questions of what opera is and what is required for its creation.
The Voice Machine features four new works by Constantin Basica, Alexandra Hay, Jessie Marino and Caroline Miller. Sopranos Hillary Jean Young, Ashley Cutright and Kirsten Wiest, baritone Jonathan Nussman and pianist Kyle Adam Blair will perform the works as part of UC San Diego’s kallisti ensemble. Featuring lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and technical direction by Jason Ponce, the opera will premiere on Friday, October 7 at the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater and return on Saturday, October 8 before traveling to Stanford University for performances on October 16 and 17.
The Voice Machine features the following works:
- Knot an Opera by Constantin Basica
- How to Survive a 100-Hour Workweek by Caroline Miller
- Experiments in Opera II by Jessie Marino
- Metanoia by Alexandra Hay
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The Voice Machine
Saturday, October 8th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Performance #2 of The Voice Machine
Two years of collaboration between composers and performers at UC San Diego and Stanford University have resulted in The Voice Machine, a four-part performance that seeks to address the questions of what opera is and what is required for its creation.
The Voice Machine features four new works by Constantin Basica, Alexandra Hay, Jessie Marino and Caroline Miller. Sopranos Hillary Jean Young, Ashley Cutright and Kirsten Wiest, baritone Jonathan Nussman and pianist Kyle Adam Blair will perform the works as part of UC San Diego’s kallisti ensemble. Featuring lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and technical direction by Jason Ponce, the opera will premiere on Friday, October 7 at the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater and return on Saturday, October 8 before traveling to Stanford University for performances on October 16 and 17.
The Voice Machine features the following works:
- Knot an Opera by Constantin Basica
- How to Survive a 100-Hour Workweek by Caroline Miller
- Experiments in Opera II by Jessie Marino
- Metanoia by Alexandra Hay
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Kris Davis & Craig Taborn
Monday, October 10th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's Jazz Initiative presents the piano duo Kris Davis and Craig Taborn.
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn will perform together during an evening of original compositions and improvisations.
Pianist-composer Kris Davis has blossomed as one of the singular talents on the New York jazz scene, a deeply thoughtful, resolutely individual artist who offers “uncommon creative adventure,” according to JazzTimes. Davis made her recording debut as a leader with Lifespan (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2003), followed by more for the Fresh Sound label: the quartet discs The Slightest Shift (2006) and Rye Eclipse (2008), as well as the trio set Good Citizen (2010). Her 2011 solo piano album on Clean Feed, Aeriol Piano, appeared on Best of the Year lists in The New York Times, JazzTimes and Artforum. Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz piano from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in classical composition from the City College of New York. She currently teaches at the School for Improvised Music.
Craig Taborn is an American pianist, keyboardist and composer who also dabbles in organ and Moog synthesizer. Taborn began playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was influenced at an early age by the freedom expressed in the recordings of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Sun Ra, and Cecil Taylor. While still in school, Taborn toured and recorded with saxophonist James Carter. He went on to play with numerous other musicians in electronic and acoustic settings while building his reputation as a solo pianist. Taborn has released five albums under his own name and appeared on more than 70 as a sideman.
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James Beauton, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)“Paradigms”
There have been three distinct mediums through which solo percussion music has been composed since 1955. Each of these compositional motivations has arisen as a parallel to its respective historical context that inevitably gives relevance to these works performed today. Representing each of these periods through such works as Helmut Lachenmann’s Interieur I (1966), Franco Donatoni’s Omar (1985), Philippe Manoury’s Le Livres des Claviers part IV (1986), and Iannis Xenakis’ Okho (1989), Beauton offers a time-lapsed look into the history of solo percussion music and its compositional trajectory over the past half century.
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WEDS@7 Mivos Quartet
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Declared “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” by The Chicago Reader, the Mivos Quartet is devoted to performing the works of contemporary composers to diverse audiences. Since its beginnings in 2008, the quartet has performed works by emerging and established international composers that represent varied aesthetics of contemporary composition. The Mivos Quartet is invested in commissioning and premiering new music for a string quartet, particularly in a context of close collaboration with composers over extended time periods. Recent collaborations include works with Mark Barden (Wien Modern Commission), Dan Blake (Jerome Commission), Richard Carrick (Fromm Commission), Patrick Higgins (ZS), Sam Pluta (Lucerne Festival Commission), Kate Soper, Saul Williams, Scott Wollschleger and Eric Wubbels (CMA commission).
The quartet is committed to working with guest artists, exploring multi-media projects involving live video and electronics, creating original compositions and arrangements and performing improvised music. The Mivos Quartet has participated in several concert series including Wien Modern (Austria), Transart (Italy), Music at the Phillips (Washington, DC), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), HellHOT! New Music Festival (Hong Kong), Festival International Chihuahua (México), Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI), Asphalt Festival (Germany), and Aldeburgh Music (UK).
The quartet's Wednesdays@7 program will include:
- Lei Liang, Serashi Fragments
- Gyorgy Kurtag, 12 Mikroludien
- G. F. Haas, String Quartet No. 3
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Sean Dowgray, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, October 13th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Sean Dowgray will perform his first D.M.A. recital at UC San Diego's Department of Music.
" [...] a site for musical action that yearns to transcend the instrument's typical character and limitations. Increasingly the player tries to dileneate multiple timbres and musical layers, as if trying to teach the instruments to transform its body, to speak or even sing."
-Josh Levine, notes on Transparency (I)
Dowgray's program will include:
Josh Levine: Transparency (I) (2004, 2010) (for bass drum, triangles, sand paper)
Richard Barrett: Abglanzbeladen/auseinandergeschrieben (1992-96, ed. 1998) (for vibraphone, crotales, steel pan, flexatone, low gong)
Daniel Tacke: einamkeit (2009) (for bass drum, four crotales, 20 objects)
Jason Eckardt: Transience (1999) (for solo marimba)
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Computer Music Focus: Bryan Jacobs
Thursday, October 20th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Bryan Jacobs presents:
Computer-controlled instruments in composition and sound art
The Computer Music Series continues with a lecture by composer, performer and sound artist Bryan Jacobs. Of his presentation, Jacobs explains: "I will discuss and demonstrate a number of recent computer-controlled pieces I’ve created for use in musical compositions and gallery presentation. Each instrument creates electronic sounds acoustically with the use of physical computing platforms like Arduino, Teensy, and Raspberry Pi. My work is fueled by the increased accessibility of physical computing technologies as it inspires new generations of composers to explore electronic music beyond loud speakers."
Jacobs’ work focuses on interactions between live performers, mechanical instruments and computers. His pieces are often theatrical in nature, pitting blabber-mouthed fanciful showoffs against timid reluctants. The sounds are playfully organized and often mimic patterns found in human dialogue. Hand-build electromechanical instruments controlled by microcontrollers bridge acoustic and electroacoutic sound worlds. These instruments live dual lives as time-based concert works and non-time-based gallery works.
Jacobs' music has been performed by ensembles such as the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Wet Ink, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Pamplemousse, and defunensemble. His music has been featured at many music festivals in Europe and in the U.S. He is a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow and has performed his own compositions for guitar and electronics at the Stone (NYC), Miller Theater (NYC) and the Wulf (LA). In addition to his artistic endeavors, Jacobs is the co-founder of Qubit, a New York-based new music initiative that presents mostly emerging artists whose work involve creative uses of technology.
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Fall Composition Juries
Thursday, October 27th, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Fall Composition Jury Concert presents an evening of premieres by graduate composers Lydia Winsor Brindamour, Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez, Wen Liu and Qingqing Wang. Performed by select members of the Palimpsest Ensemble, the works will be juried by distinguished members of UC San Diego's composition faculty.
Program:
- Wen Liu - Echoes in the petals falling
- Qingqing Wang - Soul Calling, Soul Screaming, Heart Crying
- Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez - Gitterfenster/C
- Lydia Winsor Brindamour - through a mist, lightly
Featuring: Michael Matsuno and Rachel Beetz, flutes, Madison Greenstone, clarinets, Tyler J. Borden, cello, Matthew Kline and Kiyoe Washington, doublebasses, Kyle Adam Blair, piano, Fiona Digney, percussion, and Johannes Regnier, electronics and spacialization. Steven Schick will conduct two of the premiere performances.
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Fall Composition Juries Discussion Session
Friday, October 28th, 2016 9:00 am
Other
Free
Discussion session for the Fall Composition Juries. Public welcome.
9 to 9:40 a.m.: ANDRÉS GUTIÉRREZ MARTÍNEZ's Gitterfenster/C
9:45 to 10:25 a.m.: LYDIA WINSOR BRINDAMOUR's through a mist, lightly
10:45 to 11:25 a.m. QINGQING WANG's Soul Calling, Soul Screaming, Heart Crying
11:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.: WEN LIU's Echoes in the petals falling
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, October 28th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick will conduct the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' annual Young People’s Concert, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of La Jolla. Schick will lead attendees through an enlightening and entertaining performance of select excerpts of the opening concert, with commentary from the podium. Reservations are required.
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“From Isfahan to Irvineâ€
Saturday, October 29th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
From Isfahan to Irvine is a documentary directed by Hesam Abedini that focuses on the life and work of Hossein Omoumi, one of the masters of Persian classical music.
The evening will include music demostrations by Maestro Hossein Omoumi, Faraz Minooei, Niloufar Shiri and Hesam Abedini.
Reservations are required. Click here to RSVP.
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Directed by Hesam Abedini, From Isfahan to Irvine focuses on the life and work of Hossein Omoumi, one of the masters of Persian classical music as well as a teacher of that field. The documentary takes viewers from Isfahan, where Omoumi learned and mastered Persian classical music, to Europe and the United States, where Omoumi continues to perform and teach. This project was supported by the NEA and DER.
Dr. Omoumi is currently the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the music department at University of California Irvine. Professor Omoumi is also known for his original work with Persian traditional drums, particularly the tombak and the daf.
Watch the official trailer here and click here to learn more about the project.
Reservations are required for the screening. Click here to RSVP.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, October 29th, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
- Aeriality by Anna Thorvaldsdottir (2010-11)
- Le Poème de l’extase by Alexander Scriabin (1905-08)
- Lachrimae by Bryce Dessner (2012)
- Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1804-08)
The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' 62nd season samples music that composers wrote at the rich midpoint of their careers. In many cases, these works acted as pivots and became jumping-off points for new arcs of musical development in the composers' later years. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus opens the season with what may be the most famous music ever written, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, premiered when Beethoven was 38. The classic monumentality of No. 5 contrasts sharply with the steamy sensuality of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy, composed when Scriabin was 36. In more recent years, Thorvaldsdottir and Dessner similarly sketched colorful accounts of newer musical landscapes.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, October 30th, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
- Aeriality by Anna Thorvaldsdottir (2010-11)
- Le Poème de l’extase by Alexander Scriabin (1905-08)
- Lachrimae by Bryce Dessner (2012)
- Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1804-08)
The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' 62nd season samples music that composers wrote at the rich midpoint of their careers. In many cases, these works acted as pivots and became jumping-off points for new arcs of musical development in the composers' later years. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus opens the season with what may be the most famous music ever written, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, premiered when Beethoven was 38. The classic monumentality of No. 5 contrasts sharply with the steamy sensuality of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy, composed when Scriabin was 36. In more recent years, Thorvaldsdottir and Dessner similarly sketched colorful accounts of newer musical landscapes.
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WEDS@7 Pamplemousse Ensemble
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Ensemble Pamplemousse brings flavors and objects to a new form, a new piece, a new experience. Instead of discrete pieces filling out the typical concert, the composer-performer collective has co-authored a piece of strange magic, an exquisite corpse of exquisite corpses, a work sending each members' talents and specialties skittering across its surface. This concert-length set has been developed collectively by bringing everyone's favorite sounds and materials together in one exhilarating combination. What better way to reach the sublimely absurd than the classic mashup revisited by Pamplemousse?
The piece was collaboratively composed by Natacha Diels, Andrew Greenwald, Jessie Marino, David Broome, Bryan Jacobs and Weston Olencki.
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Hillary(Jean Young)2016
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 7:30 pm
The Che Cafe, UC San Diego
$2-$7 pay-as-you-can
Hillary(Jean Young)2016
An art party for the end of the world
An interdisciplinary event featuring graduate students from UC San Diego's Music, Visual Arts, and Theatre and Dance departments.
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Stephanie Richards Quintet
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Music Stephanie Richards will lead a performance of her quintet at the Loft. The performance will feature Richards (trumpet), Chris Speed (saxophone), Michael Dessen (trombone), Mark Dresser (bass) and Andrew Munsey (drums).
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In an April 2016 review of Richards' performance style, NBC's SoundDiego said that Richards “left an indelible impression — her tone limber and personal, and her ideas deftly executed.” (Click here for the full review.)
Traveling the spaces between new music, improvisation and performance art, the Brooklyn-based trumpeter and composer Stephanie Richards examines the physical, visual and auditory interactions of live music performance. As reflected in her recently commissioned works Rotations (for 12 choreographed musicians and carousel organ) and Trading Futures (for 600 choreographed found sound surfaces), Richards' theatrical tendencies often result in compositional collaborations of sound, sight and movement.
Richards has become a prominent voice in experimental improvisation, collaborating with pioneering artists like Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris, John Zorn and Anthony Braxton, composer Helmut Lachenmann and performance artists Mike Kelly, Laurie Anderson and Yoko Ono. As a founding member of Asphalt Orchestra, created by the new music collective Bang on a Can, Richards has worked with David Byrne, St. Vincent, Susan Marshall, Tyondai Braxton and others. She has also performed alongside the Kronos Quartet, the Pixies, Kanye West, A-Trak and Common.
As a champion for new music, Richards has premiered her own works from stages as varied as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to smaller iconic New York stages like the Blue Note and the Stone. While her performances survey a panorama of musical genres ranging from free improvisation, jazz, hip hop and punk to contemporary classical music, it is the collaboration with space and surface that unifies Richards’ creative pursuits. She holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, McGill University and California Institute of the Arts and has held a residency at Stanford University. A member of the music faculty at University of California San Diego's Department of Music, Richards continues to encourage the performance and commissioning of jazz and new music as vice president of the Festival of New Trumpet (FONT) alongside trumpeter Dave Douglas.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 4th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Department of Music graduate students Celeste Oram, Keir GoGwilt, Sean Dowgray, Judith Hamann, Ryan Nestor, Todd Moellenberg, Tobin Chodos, Justin Murphy-Mancini and Daniel Fishkin will perform as part of this fall's Grad Forum.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. The works presented here consist of hand-selected material unrelated to the students' course or degree requirements.
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ArtPower presents Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio
Friday, November 4th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by pianist Michael Brown, violinist Elena Urioste and cellist Nicholas Canellakis. Brown, Urioste and Canellakis have established themselves as three of the most sought-after young virtuosos on the music scene today. Individually, they have been winners of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme, Sphinx and the Concert Artists Guild competitions. They have performed in prestigious venues across the United States and in Europe, including at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and London’s Wigmore and Royal Festival Halls. For their San Diego debut, the trio aspires to captivate its audience with superb musicianship and an overall engaging performance.
The trio's program will include:
- Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 3 by Ernest Chausson (1881)
- Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hob XV:29 by Joseph Haydn (1797)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 by Felix Mendelssohn (1845)
- Elegie, Op. 23 by Josef Suk (1902)
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Chamber Music Recital featuring Robert Zelickman
Sunday, November 6th, 2016 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Clarinetist Robert Zelickman, a retired lecturer and former conductor of the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble for 23 years, will present a chamber music recital featuring violinists Päivikki Nykter and Batya MacAdam-Somer, cellist Eric Moore and pianist Todd Moellenberg.
Zelickman's program will include:
- Trio for Viola, Clarinet and Piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
- Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio by Krzysztof Penderecki (1993)
- Variations for Violin, Clarinet and Piano by John Harbinson (1982)
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Camera Lucida
Monday, November 7th, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in D-major, WoO 36
Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat major, Opus 3
Dvorak: Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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San Diego New Music presents: Noise Spectra
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego graduate student and flutist Rachel Beetz hosts San Diego New Music, the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble and conductor Simone Mancuso for a performance at the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Following last year's collaboration with Mancuso presenting the works of Pierre Boulez, Noise Spectra presents a new collaboration featuring Ethers by Tristan Murail (with soloist Rachel Beetz), Malin Bång's hyperoxic, Gérard Grisey's Stèle and a new work by the Arizona-based composer Garth Paine.
The evening's performers will include:
- Rachel Beetz, flute
- Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
- Mark Menzies, viola
- Alex Greenbaum, cello
- Scott Worthington, double bass
- Eric Starr, trombone
- Dustin Donahue and Ryan Nestor, percussion
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Computer Music Focus: Oeyvind Brandtsegg
Thursday, November 17th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Professor Øyvind Brandtsegg of the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU) is the leader of a project run by NTNU in collaboration with De Montfort University, Maynooth University, Queen Mary University of London, Norwegian Music Academy and UC San Diego. Brandtsegg will give a presentation about this project and explain "cross adaptive processing as musical intervention - exploring radically new modes of musical interaction in live performance."
The project explores cross-adaptive processing as a drastic intervention in the modes of communication between performing musicians. Digital audio analysis and processing techniques are used to enable features of one sound to inform the processing of another.
This allows the actions of one performer to directly influence another performer’s sound, and doing so only by means of the acoustic signal produced by normal musical expression on the instrument. To enable the cross adaptive processing methods, a number of software tools for this kind of musical performance will be developed. Sessions documentation, reflections, software and other material will be available at the project blog.
The project is strongly based in practical experimentation with said techniques, and for this we rely on collaboration with a range of fine performers.
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Michael Matsuno, flute - Graduate Recital
Friday, November 18th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Flutist Michael Matsuno presents his second DMA recital. Matsuno will be joined by pianist Mari Kawamura, with diffiusion by Johannes Regnier and Rand Steiger.
Matsuno's program will include:
Jason Eckardt, Multiplicities
Milton Babbitt, None But The Lonely Flute
Luciano Berio, Sequenza I
Franco Donatoni, Nidi I, II (solo piccolo)
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, premiere new work (piccolo and spacialized tape)
Rand Steiger, Light on Water (flute, piano, and live electronics)
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill Mandeville Auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs and gospel.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, November 28th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 95JC course concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by students. The instrumentation will include vocals, violin, saxophones, a rhythm section and Afro-Latin percussion.
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Karis Piano Studio Students
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students of Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis will present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
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MUS 201A
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Assistant Professor of Music Natacha Diels presents her course concert for MUS 201A students.
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Concert Choir, 95C
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 3:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Under the instruction of Professor of Music Philip Larson, students of the 95C Concert Choir course will present their end-of-quarter recital.
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MUS 33A Final Recording
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students in the MUS 33A: Introduction to Composition course will present their first term concert of new works for voice and chamber ensembles.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
Free
The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra will perform its fall course concert in Room 136 of the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
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MUS 103A Final Recording
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Undergraduate composition students will present the compositions they created during the first cycle of the 103 course series.
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Christopher Clarino, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, December 1st, 2016 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Christopher Clarino will present his graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall with featured guests and fellow graduate students Kirsten Ashley Wiest (soprano) and Siu Hei Lee (piano). Clarino's program will include:
- Cinnabar Heart by Chinary Ung
- Dew on Spiderweb by Clayton Valli
- Premiere of early morning (dew, spiderweb) by Lydia Winsor Brindamour
- Premiere of touch/time by Stephen Lewis
- Autumn Island by Roger Reynolds
- Selections from Katharina Rosenberger's miniatures after poems by e. e. cummings
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, December 1st, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students in the MUS 95K Chamber Singers course will perform under the direction of Professor of Music Philip Larson.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 1st, 2016 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
Free
The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble will present its fall quarter concert under the direction of graduate student Kyle Adam Blair.
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Grad Forum
Friday, December 2nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Madison Greenstone: 'for bass clarinet and electronics' by Erik Carlson**
Chris Clarino: 'One for violin solo' by Nam June Paik
Kyle Motl and Tommy Babin: 'The Mechanics of Discontent'
Daniel Fishkin: 'hey ii'
T.J. Borden
Jacob Sundtrom performs a new work for electronics
**This piece will begin at 6:30pm and take place in the screening room in the back of the gallery. It will last the duration of the concert. The rest of the program will begin at 7pm.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. The works presented at this event will consist of hand-selected material unrelated to the students' course or degree requirements.
Location: University Art Gallery
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Graduate students from UCSD's music department present an evening of experimental music amidst the University Art Gallery's Extensions of Photography exhibit. Upon looking at a photograph, one is faced with a still image captured from a split second in the past - initially, this strikes one as a mere truism, but it is in this moment that past and present are, in a way, collapsed. It is this sense that 'Collapsing Temporalities' sets out to explore - the kind of collapse that occurs when manifold entities are condensed into a temporal unity. While the historical dislocation enabled by a photograph might seem a far cry from the immediacy of sound, musicians are always consolidating the past into the present. In 'Collapsing Temporalities', images will be made audible through digital processes, improvisers will draw upon a wealth of past experience to construct new aural logics in real time, and a violin will utter its last sound in Nam June Paik's Fluxus hallmark, 'One for Violin Solo.'
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 2nd, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students in the MUS 130 Chamber Music Performance course will perform their fall course concert under the direction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
- Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky (1930)
- new true mirrors, furrowed, flooded, extended quite far by Kevin Zhang (2016)
- In the Midst of Flux by Gity Razaz (2013)
- Symphony No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
This performance will feature classical and neo-classical compositions that demonstrate two radically different approaches to the symphony as Beethoven’s loving evocation of the Austrian countryside follows the stark beauty of Stravinsky’s devout statement of faith. These iconic works share the stage with pieces by two emerging composers. Kevin Zhang, this year’s Thomas Nee Commission recipient, will present a concerto for two violins, performed by co-concertmasters David Buckley and Peter Clarke. The young Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz balances influences from two musical worlds with enormous sophistication in her 2013 composition.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 4th, 2016 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
- Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky (1930)
- new true mirrors, furrowed, flooded, extended quite far by Kevin Zhang (2016)
- In the Midst of Flux by Gity Razaz (2013)
- Symphony No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
This performance will feature classical and neo-classical compositions that demonstrate two radically different approaches to the symphony as Beethoven’s loving evocation of the Austrian countryside follows the stark beauty of Stravinsky’s devout statement of faith. These iconic works share the stage with two emerging composers. Kevin Zhang, this year’s Thomas Nee Commission recipient, will present a concerto for two violins, performed by co-concertmasters David Buckley and Peter Clarke. Young Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz balances influences from two musical worlds with enormous sophistication in her 2013 composition.
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Amy Brandon and Kyle Motl
Sunday, December 4th, 2016 7:00 pm
Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Amy Brandon and Kyle Motl present an evening of improvised music for guitar and bass.
Sculptural and evocative, guitarist Amy Brandon's solo compositions and improvised pieces draw from the worlds of jazz, classical and electroacoustic music.
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Brandon holds an MA in composition from the University of Ottawa and is currently completing an interdisciplinary PhD in guitar skill acquisition and cognition at Dalhousie University. She has performed at several festivals including the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, the Guitar Now Festival, Nexus Festival, Halifax Jazz Festival Spring Series and the 2016 Open Waters Experimental Music Festival. She attended the 2015 Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, Interplay with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and an Atlantic Centre for the Arts residency with Myra Melford in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Brandon has also toured with several Canadian and international musicians including Juno winner Mike Rud, Radio Intro, composer and guitarist Roddy Ellias and 4Guitars with classical guitarists Sylvie Proulx, Emily Shaw and bossa nova guitarist Joanne Hatfield. She recently released her first CD, Scavenger, which is nominated for Classical Recording of the Year 2016 by Music Nova Scotia.
In addition to performance and composition, Brandon writes and presents academic work concerning improvisation and guitar pedagogy. Recent presentations include the 2015 International Society for Improvised Music's conference in Switzerland, the Virtuosity Symposium at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and the 2016 International Guitar Research Centre Conference at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Brandon's work has also been published in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine. She is grateful for past support from Arts NS and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, December 5th, 2016 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
- Phantasiestücke, Op. 88 (for piano trio) by Robert Schumann (1842)
- Fourth Violin Sonata: Children's Day at the Camp Meeting by Charles Ives (1900-16)
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63 by Robert Schumann (1847)
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Tommy Babin, bass - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bassist Tommy Babin will present his graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Babin's program will include:
- Christian Wolff: Look She Said (1991)
- Michael Gordon: Paint It Black (1988)
- The world premiere of John Forshee's Opus (2016)
- David Lang: I Feel Pretty (2001)
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Neue Vocalsolisten
Thursday, December 8th, 2016 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Established in 1984 as an ensemble specializing in the interpretation of contemporary vocal music, Neue Vocalsolisten has been artistically independent since 2000. Featuring high soprano Johanna Zimmer, lyric soprano Susanne Leitz-Lorey, mezzo soprano Truike van der Poel, tenor Martin Nagy, baritone Guillermo Anzorena and bass Andreas Fischer, Neue Vocalsolisten will present a special evening of chamber vocal music.
Neue Vocalsolisten will perform tempi agitati, a 55-minute vocal performance arranged by Associate Professor Katharina Rosenberger with choreography by theater and opera director Ludger Engels. The piece uses the music's rhythms, textures and tempi to drive the singers' movements while paying tribute to Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch and Renaissance composers Adrian Willaert and Cipriano de Rore.
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Erik Carlson with Greg Stuart, percussion
Friday, December 9th, 2016 7:00 pm
Recital Hall
Free
Assistant Professor of Music Erik Carlson will present new works by Jürg Frey, Marianne Schuppe and Tim Feeney with guest performers Greg Stuart (percussion) and graduate student Michiko Ogawa (clarinet). The trio will also perform pieces by Ryoko Akama.
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Aleck Karis, Erik Carlson and Michael Nicolas
Saturday, January 7th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Aleck Karis, violinist Erik Carlson and cellist Michael Nicolas will perform the following pieces:
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Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1983) by Charles Wuorinen
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Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano (2011) by Harrison Birtwistle
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Piano Trio, Op. 97 ("Archduke Trio") (1811) by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Camera Lucida
Monday, January 9th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
For its third concert of the 2016-17 season, Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Viola Sonata, Op. 36 (1863) by Henri Vieuxtemps
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Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 75 (1885) by Camille Saint-Saëns
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Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (for clarinet, cello and piano) (1922-23) by Gabriel Fauré
No late seating.
Parking permits are available for purchase at the Gilman Parking Structure, located across the street from the Conrad Prebys Music Center at 3100 Gilman Drive.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Ryan Nestor, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Ryan Nestor will present his graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Nestor will be joined onstage by guest Tasha Godinez and fellow graduate students Sean Dowgray, Matt Kline and Celeste Oram.
Nestor's program will include:
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Zyklus by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1959)
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Difficulties Putting it into Practice by Simon Steen-Andersen (2007) (with Dowgray)
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Early Sentiments by Edward Hammel (2015)
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Okanagon by Giacinto Scelsi (1968) (with Godinez, Kline and Oram)
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Lullaby by Nicholas Deyoe (2011)
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ArtPower presents Lea DeLaria
Saturday, January 14th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by Lea DeLaria.
DeLaria seems to have achieved overnight stardom with her SAG Award–winning stand-out role as Carrie “Big Boo” Black in the Netflix hit series Orange is the New Black. However, her multifaceted career as a comedian, actress and jazz musician has spanned decades. She was the featured vocalist at the 50th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival and has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Chicago Symphony, Hollywood Bowl, the Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. For her ArtPower debut, DeLaria will treat the audience to her beautiful vocal jazz styling and witty commentary. Expect vocal and comedic fireworks.
“ . . . a must . . . for fans of evocative composition, emotional storytelling, and music in general.”—Broadwayworld.com
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Tyler J. Borden, cello - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tyler J. Borden, a cellist and graduate student at UC San Diego's Department of Music, will present his graduate recital at 8 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Borden's program will include:
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ASCHE (for cello and clarinet) by Lisa Streich (with Madison Greenstone)
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the world premiere of merewerges (for solo cello) by Justin Murphy-Mancini
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thaes ofereode, thisses swa maeg: eight lyrics for cello and soprano by Evan Johnson (with Madison Greenstone)
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the world premiere of Sixty Cycles (for solo cello) by Josh Levine
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1st Year Grad Winter Composition Jury Concert
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)First year graduate students studying composition will present their winter jury concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
The evening will feature performances of works by Joseph Bourdeau, John Burnett, Yi-Hsien Chen, Ioannis Mitsialis, Anthony Vine and Tiange Zhou.
Their pieces will be performed by first year graduate performers Barbara Byers (vocals), Lauren Jones (vocals), Mari Kawamura (piano), Daniel King (percussion), Jordan Morton (double bass) and Benjamin Rempel (percussion).
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1st Year Grad Winter Juries, Discussion Session
Thursday, January 19th, 2017 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
First year graduate students studying composition will engage in a discussion of the previous night's winter jury concert.
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Geoffrey Gartner, cello
Thursday, January 19th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self supported event
Seven years after leaving UC San Diego, Australian cellist Geoffrey Gartner returns to his alma mater to present a solo recital. Geoffrey attended UC San Diego from 2002 through 2009 and completed his graduate degrees in performance under the mentorship of Professor Charles Curtis - a pivotal time in his artistic existence.
Geoffrey's program will consist of works he studied with Charles, including major opuses by Helmut Lachenmann, Luigi Dallapiccola and Morton Feldman, as well as pieces by Damien Ricketson and the premiere of a work by fellow UC San Diego alumnus Jude Weirmeir.
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ArtPower presents L-E-V Dance Company
Thursday, January 19th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the L-E-V Dance Company.
The L-E-V Dance Company derives its name from the Hebrew word for heart (lev). OCD Love, the company’s latest work, is a powerful piece danced to pulsating techno beats created by DJ Ori Lichtik, one of the pioneers of techno in Israel. The piece deals with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which poses challenges for love and for life; it is about love that always misses or lovers who keep missing each other. The brainchild of choreographer Sharon Eyal, former dancer and resident choreographer with Batsheva, and arts and rave producer Gai Behar, L-E-V will make its ArtPower debut with this piece, performed by six astoundingly agile dancers.
“The company (pronounced lev) is new . . . but it has a defined style that it takes most troupes years to develop.”—The New York Times
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John Fonville Portrait Concert and Celebration
Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us in celebrating John Fonville's more than 30 years of teaching at UC San Diego's Department of Music. Fonville's former students from across the globe will present a concert of his works and works dedicated to him, including a recreation of the original choreography to Fonville's Music for Sarah by the Austin-based dancer Sarah Brumgart. Other special guests include Lisa Cella, Anne La Berge, Batya MacAdam-Somer, Reiko Manabe, Elizabeth McNutt, Jane Rigler, Christine Tavolacci, Berglind María Tómasdóttir and Ine Vanoeveren.
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Michiko Ogawa, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Monday, January 23rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate student and clarinetist Michiko Ogawa will present her second DMA recital on Monday, January 23. The performance will feature works by Teiji Ito as it appears in several experimental films and screenings of select scenes from the films, including Maya Deren's 1943 Meshes of the Afternoon.
The recital will also feature guest performers James Rushford (guitar), Kozue Matsumoto (koto), Clinton McCullum (vocals), Stefan Elnabli (16mm film production), Kate Clark (documentation), and fellow graduate students Sam Dunscombe (bass clarinet/hichiriki/zither), Michael Matsuno (flute), Matthew Kline (contrabass), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Benjamin Rempel (percussion) and Rachel Allen (trumpet).
The evening's program will include music from:
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The Very Eye of the Night
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Bagatelle for Willard Maas
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Passage to Nirvana
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Work for Matisse
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Meshes of the Afternoon
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Computer Music Focus: Anne La Berge
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus lecture series continues with a presentation by flutist, composer and improviser Anne La Berge. During her presentation, La Berge will present Utter, a multimedia project created by La Berge in collaboration with Isabelle Vigier and Marcel Wierckx. Inspired by a narrative La Berge created about the relationship between a mother and her child, Utter weaves La Berge's sound and story with visuals provided by Vigier and Wierckx. While at UC San Diego, La Berge will describe the making of Utter in addition to other related works as part of her distinguished career as a composer and performer.
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John Fonville Portrait Concert
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The celebration honoring John Fonville on January 22 will be followed by another tribute on January 25. This second concert will feature Fonville's complete Changing Scales, performed by Fonville and current graduate students.
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Rachel Allen, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 26th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Local trumpet player and second year graduate student Rachel Allen will present her first DMA recital featuring works for trumpet. Selections will include pieces by Elliot Carter, Toru Takemitsu, Karlheinz Essl, Matthew Burtner and Robert Erickson. Allen will be joined by special guest Eric Starr on trombone.
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ArtPower presents Enso String Quartet
Friday, January 27th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the EnsÅ String Quartet.
Named “one of the eminent string quartets of our era” by Classical Voice, the Grammy-nominated EnsÅ String Quartet has risen to the top rankings of chamber music performers. Founded at Yale University in 1999, the quartet has been described by The Strad as “thrilling” and praised by the Washington Post for its “glorious sonorities.” The quartet went on to win numerous awards, including top prizes at the Concert Artist Guild competition and the Banff International String Quartet competition. Derived from the Japanese zen painting of the circle, enso represents many things: perfection and imperfection, the moment of chaos that is creation, the emptiness of the void, the endless circle of life and the fullness of the spirit.
The EnsÅ String Quartet's program will include:
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String Quartet No. 2 by Alberto Ginastera
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Crisantemi by Giacomo Puccini
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String Quartet in F Major by Maurice Ravel
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Italian Serenade by Hugo Wolf
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit
Sunday, January 29th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert presents Gospel Music Extravaganza, featuring the UC San Diego Gospel Choir as led by Ken Anderson. Special guests will include Archie Robinson and New Birth Praise.
Proceeds from ticket sales and 100% of donations benefit the Lytle Scholarship Endowment, which provides scholarship support for graduates of The Preuss School at UC San Diego attending Thurgood Marshall College at UC San Diego.
For more information about the concert and scholarships, please visit: rels.ucsd.edu.
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conduction for Butch Morris, Part I
Monday, January 30th, 2017 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
WEDS@7 Reed Family Concert - Boulez: Répons
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Distinguished Professor of Music and Reed Family Presidential Chair Steven Schick will conduct the second annual Reed Family Concert at UC San Diego's Mandeville Auditorium. The concert will feature the Renga ensemble and will include a performance of Pierre Boulez's Répons (1981-84).
This presentation of Répons will include solos by Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis (piano), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Principal Harpist of the San Diego Symphony Julie Smith Phillips, and graduate students Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Fiona Digney (xylophone and glockenspiel) and James Beauton (vibraphone). The performance will also feature technical integration and spatialization led by Professor Miller Puckette and graduate student Johannes Regnier with sound design by Professor Shahrokh Yadegari.
The evening's program will include performances of:
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Octandre by Edgard Varèse (1923)
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world premiere of Cordatum by graduate composer Anahita Abbasi (2016)
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Répons by Pierre Boulez (1981-84)
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MUS206 Sound Installation Seminar Presentation
Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate students enrolled in the MUS 206 Sound Installation course will present their latest sound installation projects. The projects presented at this quarter's seminar will involve a theme of mapping across distance and sound.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 3rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Department of Music graduate students will present the following works at tonight's Grad Forum:
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hey (iii) for oscilloscopes and photodiode by Daniel Fishkin
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Ys Valley by Horatiu Radulescu (performed by Kyle Motl)
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Piano Sonata Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven (performed by Siu Hei Lee)
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Suite in D Major by Jean Henry d'Anglebert (performed by Justin Murphy-Mancini)
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Two Flutes Kissing and Two Flutists Kissing by Michael Matsuno and Madison Greenstone
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. The works presented here consist of hand-selected material unrelated to the students' course or degree requirements.
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Ine Vanoeveren's UCSD Connection
Monday, February 6th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Belgian flutist and Department of Music alumna Ine Vanoeveren will present a solo recital honoring UC San Diego composers as part of her 2017 United States tour. Vanoeveren's program will include:
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Through by Fernanda Navarro (2015)
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Echoes of Cassandra by Brian Griffeath-Loeb (2015)
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Ina by Chaya Czernowin (1988)
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AP, 16, 17 by Marcelo Lazcano (2015)
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and the world premiere of No I am not roaming aimlessly by Anahita Abbasi (2017)
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MUS 103B Reading: Del Sol Quartet
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The internationally renowned Del Sol Quartet will be in residency to work with a group of UC San Diego undergraduate composers. This is an exciting opportunity for the younger composers to work with these professional musicians, as it is the first time most of these students have ever composed for the string quartet.
Hailed by Gramophone as “masters of all musical things they survey,” the Del Sol String Quartet shares living music with an ever-growing community of adventurous listeners. Fascinated by the feedback loop between social change, technology and artistic innovation, the San Francisco-based ensemble is a leading force in 21st century chamber music whether introducing Ben Johnston’s microtonal Americana at the Library of Congress, exploring Andean soundscapes with Gabriela Lena Frank and traditional musicians, deconstructing Ruth Crawford’s radical experimental processes with East Bay schoolchildren or rocking Mason Bates’ techno grooves in his Ruby Skye dance party. The New York Times praised Del Sol’s most recent recording, Scrapyard Exotica: “See if your foot can stay still once you put on this funky disc of rhythmically infectious… music played by the adventurous Del Sol String Quartet.”
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Christopher Guzman, piano
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self supported event
Guest of Aleck Karis
Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Christopher Guzman will visit the Conrad Prebys Music Center as a special guest performer. Guzman was a piano student at University of Texas at Austin, New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School before landing his current position as an assistant professor at Penn State University. Lauded by the New York Times for his "coiled, explosive playing," Guzman has performed with several distinguished orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He is an award recipient of the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music Competition, the Isang Yun Competition of South Korea and the 10th Concours International de Piano d'Orleans in France. Guzman's program will include:
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Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 by Robert Schumann
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Twelve Etudes, Op. 8 by Aleksandr Scriabin
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Etude in C-sharp minor
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Etude in F-sharp minor
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Etude in B minor
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Etude in B major
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Etude in E major
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Etude in A major
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Etude in B-flat minor
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Etude in A-flat major
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Etude in G-sharp minor
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Etude in D-flat major
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Etude in B-flat minor
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Etude in D-sharp minor
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SlowSD - Festival of Slow Music
Friday, February 10th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violinist Erik Carlson, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, will present SlowSD, a festival of slow music and art. The festival will begin at midnight on February 10, 2017 and last through February 12. Admission to all festival performances is free.
Schedule for February 10, 2017:
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All day |
Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: difference between sameness and difference is same / sameness between difference and sameness is different | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| 10:00am - 1:30pm | Recital Hall | Todd Moellenberg and Judith Hamann: The Usual Traffic | Todd Moellenberg and Judith Hamann |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Recital Hall | John Cage: One8 Laurence Crane: Raimondas Rumsas |
Jennifer Bewerse |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Recital Hall | Long Tone Improvisation | Bonnie Lander, Rachel Beetz |
| 6:00pm - 6:50pm | Recital Hall | Anthony Vine: Bazetta | Anthony Vine, John Burnett, Benjamin Rempel, Jordan Morton |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: today (for on kawara) | D. Edward Davis, Nomi Epstein, Erik Carlson, Judith Hamann |
| 8:30pm - 9:00pm | Silent Tree (Library Walk) | Pauline Oliveros: Extreme Slow Walk | Nomi Epstein and friends |
| 9:30pm - 10:30pm | Recital Hall | Antoine Beuger: karminrot | Justin Murphy-Mancini |
| 11:30pm | Recital Hall | Erik Satie: Vexations | Kyle Adam Blair |
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Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
SlowSD - Festival of Slow Music
Saturday, February 11th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violinist Erik Carlson, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, will present SlowSD, a festival of slow music and art. The festival will begin at midnight on February 10, 2017 and last through February 12. Admission to all festival performances is free.
Schedule for February 11, 2017:
| 10:00am - | Room 243 | Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih: Drawing Room | installation |
| All day | Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | Christopher Otto: Ductually Crossible Flassionallion | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| - 10:30am | Recital Hall | Erik Satie: Vexations | Kyle Adam Blair |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Concert Hall | Morton Feldman: Crippled Symmetry | Steve Schick, Aleck Karis, Michael Matsuno |
| 1:00pm - 1:20pm | Recital Hall | D. Edward Davis: monopine D. Edward Davis: aperture |
D. Edward Davis, Erik Carlson |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Concert Hall | Jonathan Nussman: Rose, Lily, Dove | Jonathan Nussman, John Burnett |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Recital Hall | Eva-Maria Houben: ab und zu | Justin Murphy-Mancini |
| 4:45pm - 5:15pm | Recital Hall | Pauline Oliveros: Extreme Slow Song | Nomi Epstein and friends |
| 5:30pm - 6:15pm | Concert Hall | John Cage: Four3 | Christopher Clarino, Dustin Donahue, Ryan Nester, Erik Carlson |
| 6:20pm - 6:30pm | Recital Hall | Egidija Medeksaite: C-sharp | electronic playback |
| 6:40pm - 7:00pm | Recital Hall | Sarah Hennies: Casts | Erik Carlson, D. Edward Davis, Nomi Epstein, T.J. Borden |
| 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Recital Hall | Liam Clancy and Leslie Seiters: Slow Dancing | Liam Clancy and Leslie Seiters |
| 9:00pm - 3:00am | Room 136 | Jacob Sundstrom: once in a while, i don't believe you | Jacob Sundstrom |
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Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 11th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
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Barber of Seville Overture by Gioachino Rossini
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Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sinfonia by Luciano Berio
Featuring guest artists David Bowlin (violin) and vocal octet kallisti, this performance will offer a re-imagining of what the symphony might be. In 1969, the 44-year-old Luciano Berio confronted the imposing heritage of Beethoven and Mahler and composed his Sinfonia, performed here by kallisti under the artistic direction of Susan Narucki. Also on the program are Beethoven’s majestic Violin Concerto, featuring soloist David Bowlin, and Rossini’s much-loved Overture.
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SlowSD - Festival of Slow Music
Sunday, February 12th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Violinist Erik Carlson, an assistant professor at UC San Diego, will present SlowSD, a festival of slow music and art. The festival will begin at midnight on February 10, 2017 and last through February 12. Admission to all festival performances is free.
Schedule for February 12, 2017:
| All day | Room 243 | Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih: Drawing Room | installation |
| All day | Experimental Theater | Bryan Jacobs and Colin Zyskowski: slow machines | installation |
| All day | Recital Hall | Nomi Epstein: Sound for Installation (UCSD) | installation (when the hall is not otherwise in use) |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Recital Hall | Barbara Byers: Wither | Barbara Byers, John Burnett |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Recital Hall | Samuel Dunscombe: Southern California Grid | Samuel Dunscombe |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Recital Hall | Matt Sargent: Tide Eva-Maria Houben: Nachtstück Jürg Frey: Accurate Placement |
Matthew Kline |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm | Recital Hall | Nomi Epstein: Till for solo piano Nomi Epstein: Solo for Piano, part 2 |
Nomi Epstein |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Recital Hall | Teodora Stepancic: 90 | Erik Carlson |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Recital Hall | Taku Sugimoto: new work | Michiko Ogawa, Samuel Dunscombe, Judith Hamann, Erik Carlson, Michael Matsuno |
| 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Recital Hall | Justin Murphy-Mancini: Two Pieces for Flute Cat Lamb: Frames Ernstalbrecht Stiebler: Three in One |
Michael Matsuno, T.J. Borden, Judith Hamann |
| 6:30pm - 9:30pm | Recital Hall | Madison Greenstone: 300 notes played on the contra bass clarinet | Madison Greenstone |
| 9:30pm - 11:30pm | Recital Hall | T.J. Borden, Steve Flato: In the Garden of Eating | T.J. Borden and Steve Flato |
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Performers will include music professors Erik Carlson, Steven Schick, Aleck Karis and dance professor Liam Clancy. The festival will also feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Todd Moellenberg (piano), Judith Hamann (cello), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Bonnie Lander (soprano), Rachel Beetz (flute), Anthony Vine (composition), John Burnett (composition), Benjamin Rempel (percussion), Jordan Morton (bass), Justin Murphy-Mancini (composition/piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Jonathan Nussman (baritone), Christopher Clarino (percussion), Dustin Donahue (percussion), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Jacob Sundstrom (composition), Matthew Kline (bass), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Barbara Byers (composition), Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet), Michiko Ogawa (clarinet) and Madison Greenstone (clarinet).
Guest performers will include D. Edward Davis (composition), Nomi Epstein (composition), Steve Flato (composition) and Leslie Seiters (dance). Installations by Annie Hui-Hsin Hseih, Bryan Jacobs, Colin Zyskowski, D. Edward Davis, Christopher Otto and Nomi Epstein will also be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the weekend.
Visit slowsd.org for the full festival schedule.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 12th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
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Barber of Seville Overture by Gioachino Rossini
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Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sinfonia by Luciano Berio
Featuring guest artists David Bowlin (violin) and the vocal octet kallisti, this performance will offer a re-imagining of what the symphony might be. In 1969, the 44-year-old Luciano Berio confronted the imposing heritage of Beethoven and Mahler and composed his Sinfonia, performed here by kallisti under the artistic direction of Susan Narucki. Also on the program are Beethoven's majestic Violin Concerto, featuring soloist David Bowlin, and Rossini's much-loved Overture.
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Jennifer Bewerse, cello - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jennifer Bewerse is joined by Southland Ensemble to present her final recital at UC San Diego featuring the chance poetry of Jackson Mac Low. Mac Low’s dedication to systems of composition – which included chance, indeterminacy, and simultaneous performance – allowed him to create works of extreme openness. His poems represent a moment in poetry where truths of authorship were called into question and the very boundaries of music and poetry were pulled taut.
Featuring:
Tree Movie
54th Light Poem: For Ian Tyson
The Five Young Turtle Asymmetries
Is That Wool Hat My Hat?
Numbered Asymmetries
“I myself think that if it is a connection and it does something, it’s some kind of cause but it’s different from the time-linear cause going from past to future. It’s across any present, between any two things coexisting. ... And I think that one thing that systematic chance does allow... is for something to happen on that synchronous plane.” - Jackson Mac Low
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ArtPower presents Dover Quartet and Avi Avital
Friday, February 17th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Dover Quartet, featuring Avi Avital.
The New Yorker recently dubbed the Dover Quartet as “the young American string quartet of the moment.” The group catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet competition, becoming one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world. They return to the ArtPower stage with Avi Avital, one of the world’s most exciting and adventurous musicians. Acknowledged by The New York Times for his “exquisitely sensitive playing” and “stunning agility,” Avital is the first mandolin player to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Soloist category.
The quartet's program will include:
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Chaconne in D Minor (for solo mandolin) by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Cymbeline (for string quartet and mandolin) by David Bruce
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Quartet No. 1, “From My Life” by BedÅ™ich Smetana
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Six Miniatures (for string quartet and mandolin) by Sulkhan Tsintsadze
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Dror Feiler w/ Kyle Motl and Kjell Nordeson
Saturday, February 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
"To be in exile to be displaced from one’s country of origin and upbringing to be an immigrant —the experience of over 185 million people in the world, on a conservative estimate—is a wrench perhaps comparable in impact to that of war, long-term hunger or imprisonment.
"For me to be in exile, to be an immigrant is like being 'NOISE' in musical context, Like being the 'STAIN' on the 'clean' wall.
"Instead of a person creatively carrying over meanings, across accepted borders of sense, a person is here bodily pushed over borders by forces beyond his or her control.
"In 'NOISE MUSIC' performances aural elements are sprinting toward each other from opposite far ends of the aural space and are colliding in a direct, violent impact. This sound of crashing aural elements is 'NOISE MUSIC.' While sound connotes nothing more than the sense-data of hearing, 'NOISE MUSIC,' from the Latin nausea, suggests an unpleasant disturbance, confusion, or interference baldly lacking any musical quality and that in sociological terms for me is 'EXILE.' The collision of the 'STAIN' of the 'NOISE' with the clean wall is becoming the sunrise of freedom and justice."
-from Exile as Noise & Stain - Noise & Stain as Exile - Dror Feiler
Dror Feiler was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel and has been living in Sweden since 1973. Feiler plays the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and contrabass saxophones, as well as the B-flat clarinet, bassethorn, contrabass clarinet. He also operates computerized sound systems.
Feiler has performed and recorded with several groups and as a solo artist in Sweden, Russia, Yuguslavia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Israel, Palestine, Holland, Hungary, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, U.S.A., Brazil and Colombia over the last 40 years.
Filer is the founder of the free music improvisation group Lokomotiv Konkret. He is also the founder and artistic leader of the Too Much Too Soon Orchestra.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, February 20th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 73 (1849) by Robert Schumann
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String Quartet in D major, K. 575, “King of Prussia” (1789-90) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (1918) by Edward Elgar
No late seating.
Parking today is free.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Composition Focus Seminar: Steve Takasugi
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Guest composer Steven Takasugi will present a lecture as part of the Computer Music Focus lecture series, during which he will discuss compositional practices and his own recent works. An open Q&A session will follow the discussion.
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Mari Kawamura, piano
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate performer Mari Kawamura will present a solo piano recital at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 21 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. Kawamura's program will include:
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Six Piano Etudes (1, 2) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Makrokosmos, Volume 1 (1972) by George Crumb
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Six Piano Etudes (3, 4) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1994) by Rebecca Saunders
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Six Piano Etudes (5, 6) (2006) by Augusta Read Thomas
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Sequenza IV (1966) by Luciano Berio
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's own percussion ensemble red fish blue fish will perform as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series. The performance will be conducted by Founder and Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick and will feature graduate students James Beauton, Leah Bowden, Christopher Clarino, Fiona Digney, Sean Dowgray, Daniel King, Ryan Nestor and Benjamin Rempel.
The ensemble's program will include the following:
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Percussion Suite (1933) by Johanna Beyer
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A song of grecis. by Justin Murphy-Mancini (world premiere)
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Persephassa (1969) by Iannis Xenakis
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Composition Focus Presents Steve Takasugi
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Guest composer and alumnus Steven Takasugi will present a recital of original works following his lecture on February 21 at the Conrad Prebys Music Center. Featuring current Department of Music graduate performers, the program will include:
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Strange Autumn (2003-04) by Steven Takasugi, performed by Madison Greenstone and Tyler J. Borden
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Die Klavierübung (2007-09) by Steven Takasugi, performed by Kyle Adam Blair
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Kyle Motl, bass - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Motl presents Metatrope, a concert for solo contrabass.
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conduction for Butch Morris, Part II
Monday, February 27th, 2017 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will perform conductions with members of the Phantom Station Ensemble, featuring professors Erik Carlson and Mark Dresser, special guests Oyvind Brandtsegg and Bryan Jacobs and select Department of Music graduate students.
This performance is the second in a three-part series that strives to excavate spontaneous sonic combustion and delve into the unknown through Conduction, an artistic process created by Butch Morris to enable "an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor" without words or musical notation. This concert is part of the Conduction series, which will hold a final performance on March 13.
Click here to learn more about the February 27 performance at the Loft.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)San Diego's own Palimpsest Ensemble will present a special program featuring works and performances by members of UC San Diego's Department of Music community. Curated and conducted by Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis, Palimpsest's program will include:
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Penthode by Elliott Carter
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Accord in the Corral, a new work by UC San Diego graduate student Tobin Chodos featuring the instrumentation of Elliott Carter's piece
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Piano Concerto by György Ligeti, as performed by graduate student Todd Moellenberg
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Grad Forum
Friday, March 3rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The fourth Grad Forum of the 2016-17 academic year will feature music by Daniel Fishkin, Jonathan Nussman, John Burnett, Barbara Byers, Benjamin Rempel, Celeste Oram, Grace Huddleston and Tiange Zhou.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. The works presented here consist of hand-selected material unrelated to the students' course or degree requirements.
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ArtPower Dublin Guitar Quartet
Friday, March 3rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Dublin Guitar Quartet.
They might play traditional Spanish-style classical guitars, but they’re not your standard guitar ensemble. Described as a “quartet with a difference” by the Irish Times, the Dublin Guitar Quartet is the first classical guitar quartet devoted entirely to new music. Since their formation, the quartet has worked to expand the genre’s limited repertoire by commissioning new works and adapting modern masterpieces. With the help of 8- and 11-string guitars, the quartet has created an original catalogue of arrangements by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt and György Ligeti. Expect a dynamic, entertaining and completely novel concert experience at their San Diego debut with ArtPower.
The quartet's program will include:
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Aheym by Bryce Dessner
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Saxophone Quartet by Philip Glass
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Book of Leaves by Rachel Grimes
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Gongan by William Kanengiser
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Changing the Guard by Nikita Koshkin
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Inaktelki Nóták and Mátraszentimrei Dalok by György Ligeti
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Quartet by Marc Mellits
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Songs in Honour of the Virgin Mary by Urmas Sisask
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MUS 133 Projects in New Music Performance
Monday, March 6th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Students enrolled in the MUS 133 Projects in New Music Performance course will present their end-of-quarter concert.
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Karis Piano Studio Students
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students of Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis will present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Henry Spiller
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Wednesdays@7 presents: Distinguished Lecture Series: Henry Spiller
Heavy Metal Bamboo: How archaic bamboo instruments became modern in Bandung, Indonesia
UC Davis
In 2009, nine people suffocated at a death metal concert featuring local metal bands in Bandung, Indonesia. In response, some Bandung-based metal musicians began to reconsider their wholesale adoption of global "heavy metal" values and musical style. In a quest to inject local Sundanese values of community and cooperation into their musical practice, they hit upon the idea of reviving archaic rural bamboo musical instruments— karinding (mouth-resonated lamelophone) and celempung (idiochord tube zither)—as a means to reconnect to their Sundanese past.
This lecture examines how Bandung musicians create localized, alternative modernities by putting old bamboo instruments to new uses. I introduce two case studies: Karinding Attack ("Karat"), a group of metal musicians who play their death-metal-inspired compositions on village bamboo instruments, and Galengan Sora Awi ("GSA"), a neighborhood-based group of musicians who play a variety of traditional Sundanese musical styles on bamboo instruments of their own invention. I explore how both groups have modified traditional bamboo musical instruments and styles to promote decidedly global modern values: the noisy timbres and diffuse pitches associated with distorted amplified guitars, the rejection by some countercultural groups of modern, sterile, mass-produced, manufactured goods in favor of do-it-yourself (DIY) technologies, the fostering of renewable resources, conservation, and the cleanup of urban environments, and the promotion by the Indonesian government of local and regional traditions.
Bamboo’s versatility—which in the past enabled Sundanese individuals to solve many pressing everyday problems—continues to empower them to face the challenges of modern life. Bamboo’s association with the rakyat—everyday people—and bamboo music’s association with Sundanese/Indonesian principle of gotong royong (mutual aid and cooperation) are further attractions for modern Indonesians eager to adapt local values to global contexts.
Henry Spiller is an ethnomusicologist whose research focuses on Sundanese music and dance from West Java, Indonesia. His books include Gamelan: The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia (ABC-CLIO, 2004) and Erotic Triangles: Sundanese Dance and Masculinity in West Java (Chicago, 2010). His most recent book, Javaphilia: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance (Hawaii, 2015), was awarded the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Bruno Nettl Prize in 2016. Spiller’s current project, based on fieldwork conducted in Bandung, Indonesia, with the support of a Fulbright Senior Scholar award, investigates music made with bamboo musical instruments. He earned his BA (music) from UC Santa Cruz, an MM (harp performance) from Holy Names University, and the MA and PhD (ethnomusicology) from UC Berkeley. Currently he is professor of music at UC Davis, where he is the once and future department chair, teaches world music classes and graduate seminars, and directs the department's Sundanese gamelan ensemble.
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Bass Ensembles
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Professor of Music Mark Dresser's students will present an end-of-quarter bass ensemble performance.
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ArtPower presents Bereishit Dance Company
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
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Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Bereishit Dance Company.
Founded by choreographer Park Soon-Ho, Bereishit is a Seoul-based dance company that approaches the Korean traditional culture from a contemporary perspective. The company explores the issues of identity and transformation with a dance style that merges the control and full-body excitement of break dance with sleek artistry and urban cool.
With an all-male cast, Bereishit’s West Coast debut includes two works: Bow, an athletic duet inspired by the tradition of archery, explores the boundaries of sports and dance, while the intensely physical Balance and Imbalance features brilliant and fun interplay among five dancers, a pair of Korean traditional drummers and one traditional pansori singer.
“The street style in dress and movement disguises finely honed skill in balancing bodies at extraordinary angles and in extraordinary configurations.”—Critical Dance
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Jonathan Nussman, baritone - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Baritone Jonathan Nussman will present his graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
The recital will feature George Crumb's Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death, as well as György Kurtág's Hölderlin-Gesänge and a world premiere work by UC San Diego graduate composer Anahita Abbasi. Guest performers include James Beauton (percussion), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Matt Kline (bass), Ryan Nestor (percussion), Boaz Roberts (guitar), Bryan Smith (tuba) and Eric Starr (trombone).
In addition to the live performance, a new sound installation, Drone for Mary Hamilton, will be on display in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall, beginning at 6 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m.
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Kiyoe Wellington, bass - Graduate Recital
Sunday, March 12th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bassist Kiyoe Wellington will present her graduate recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Wellington's program will include:
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Figment III (2007) by Elliott Carter (for solo bass)
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Ryoanji (1983) by John Cage (for bass, percussion, tape and dance; featuring Chris Clarino)
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Madrigals, Book I (1965) by George Crumb (for bass, vibes, voice; featuring Lauren Jones)
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Einige Sätze (1996-99) by György Kurtág (for bass, voice, slides and projection; featuring Barbara Byers)
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The Sea (for solo bass)
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Stronghold (2008) by Julia Wolfe (for bass and tape)
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert, under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include vocals, violin, saxophones, a rhythm section and Afro-Latin percussion.
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conduction for Butch Morris, Part III
Monday, March 13th, 2017 8:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will perform conductions with members of the Phantom Station Ensemble, featuring special guest Ivan Trujillo (trumpet).
This is the final performance in a three-part series that strives to excavate spontaneous sonic combustion and delve into the unknown through Conduction, an artistic process created by Butch Morris to enable "an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor"without words or musical notation. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. at the Loft.
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Ableton Live Workshop
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 264
Free
Moldover and the Future of Controllerism
For those with the drive and patience to learn a little engineering, anything you can dream up, you can build. But in a world of cheap, powerful and seemingly unlimited off-the-shelf solutions, why would you even want to?
In this talk, Todd Moldover will discuss the motivation behind his bespoke instruments and controllers. Through a demonstration of particular key devices, he'll discuss the artistic challenges that necessitated their design and show how you can take your performance needs and turn them into instruments and controllers of your own. Finally, he'll discuss the idea of "controllerism" as an artistic ethos. Where did it come from, and where will it go in the future?
Please note that this event begins at 2:00 p.m. in CPMC Room 264.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, will perform its winter course concert in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Beethoven - Coriolan Overture Op. 62
Debussy/Schoenberg - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299
Soloists: Michael Matsuno; Flute
Tasha Godinez Smith; Harp
Weber - Overture to Der Freischutz
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs and gospel.
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Susan Narucki and Donald Berman
Longtime collaborators, soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman present an evening of works for voice and piano that combine intensity of expression and overarching lyricism.
The concert's first half juxtaposes two works by György Kurtág: Three Old Inscriptions and Requiem For the Beloved with selections from Robert Schumann's Kerner Lieder, Op. 35. Alexander Zemlinsky's Op. 13, a set of six songs to poems by Maurice Maeterlinck and works by American composer James Primosch complete the program. Narucki and Berman have collaborated on a number of critically acclaimed recordings, including Song Cycles of Aaron Jay Kernis (Koch), Music From the American Academy in Rome (Bridge) and The Light That is Felt: Songs by Charles Ives (New World), for which they earned the Classical Recording Foundation's Samuel Sanders Award for Distinguished Collaboration.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 16th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 136
Free
Under the direction of Kyle Adam Blair, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble will perform a program of canonic wind ensemble staples as well as experimental pieces from UC San Diego affiliated composers, including alumnus Mark Applebaum and founding Department of Music faculty member Robert Erickson. The ensemble's program will include:
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English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Ambitus by Mark Applebaum
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Symphony No. 6 for Band by Vincent Persichetti
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White Lady by Robert Erickson
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Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger
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95K Chamber Singers
Friday, March 17th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Students in the MUS 95K Chamber Singers course will perform a short program of vocal works under the direction of Bonnie Lander. The students' program will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and selections from Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Walzer, with accompaniment by Loie Flood and Jeanne Saier.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 17th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students in the MUS 130 Chamber Music Performance course will perform their winter course concert under the direction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
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Computer Music Focus: Neil Rolnick
Friday, March 17th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus lecture series continues with a presentation by composer Neil Rolnick. In this lecture, Rolnick will recount his experience using computers in performance since the 1970s. Using musical examples, he'll describe the evolution of his thinking about what it means to treat the computer as an instrument, and he'll perform excerpts of several recent pieces for laptop computer.
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Composer Neil Rolnick pioneered the use of computers in musical performance, beginning in the late 1970s. Based in New York City since 2002, his music has been performed worldwide, including recent performances in China and Mexico and across the U.S. His string quartet Oceans Eat Cities was performed at the UN Global Climate Summit in Paris in December 2015.
Rolnick’s music has often included unexpected and unusual combinations of materials and media. His work ranges from digital sampling and interactive multimedia to acoustic vocal, chamber and orchestral works. Throughout the 1980s and '90s he was responsible for the development of the first integrated electronic arts graduate and undergraduate programs in the U.S., at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s iEAR Studios in Troy, NY.
Though much of his work connects music and technology, and is therefore considered in the realm of “experimental” music, Rolnick’s music has always been highly melodic and accessible. Whether working with electronic sounds, acoustic ensembles, or combinations of the two, his music has been characterized by critics as “sophisticated,” “hummable and engaging” and as having “good senses of showmanship and humor.”
In 2014 and 2015 Rolnick completed Cello Ex Machina (2015), Silicon Breath (2014), commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts, and Dynamic RAM & Concert Grand (2014), commissioned by the Fromm Foundation. All three appear on his latest CD Ex Machina, released on Innova Recordings in 2016. During this period, Rolnick also completed the first two of a series of new solo laptop performance pieces, O Brother! and WakeUp, deconstructing recordings by Rolnick’s younger brother and by the Everly Brothers, respectively. In 2014, the American Composers Orchestra issued the 18th commercial recording of Rolnick’s work, his iFiddle Concerto, featuring violinist Todd Reynolds.
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Friday, March 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Select students in the MUS 130 course will perform a program of concerti by Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, Concerto for Flute in F major) and J. S. Bach (Concerto for Violin in A minor) under the instruction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Friday, March 17th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Reqiuem.
Guest artists include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 18th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
Giuseppe Verdi: Reqiuem
Guest artist include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 19th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Music Director Steven Schick will conduct performances of the following pieces:
Giuseppe Verdi: Reqiuem
Guest artist include Ariana Strahl (soprano), Victoria Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Robert Breault (tenor), Colin Ramsey (bass-baritone), the San Diego Master Choral and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus.
Verdi composed his magnificent Requiem in 1874, when he was in his sixties and thought that he had retired. Requiem was composed nearly by accident: Verdi proposed that a setting of the great text should be made by a group of composers, but when the others dropped out, he wrote the whole thing himself. Millions of music lovers have been grateful ever since for Verdi’s return from retirement. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus will be joined in this production by guest choruses and operatic soloists for the concert event of the season.
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A Night of Classical Iranian Music
Friday, March 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Hesam Abedini
Iranian Music Improvisation
Niloufar Shiri: Kamancheh
Mahtab Nadalian: Santour
Milad Jahadi: Tombak & Daf
Hesam Abedini: Vocals
RSVP Required at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2897579
Mahtab Nadalian is an Iranian Santoor player who graduated from the College of Fine Arts at University of Tehran. She had her high school studies from 2004 to 2010 at Tehran Music Conservatory, where she had maestro Arfa' Atraee as her Santour teacher. Mahtab has performed in many music festivals such as Iranian Women's Music Festival, Tehran Youth Music Festival and Fajr International Music Festival, to name a few. She is currently studying Audio Recording Technology at Houston Community College.
Milad Jahadi was born in 1983 in Qazvin. He started his Tombak lessons with Hamidreza Maghsudi and later studied with Rashid Kakavand and Pezhham Akhawas. He started Daf in 2002 and continued his music lessons with Dr. Hossien Meissami who taught him music theory. Milad performed with the Horakhsh and Sama ensembles as well as with the late Ostad Jalal Zolfonoun. He migrated to the US in 2011 where he continued his musical activities, performing and teaching both adult and children at the Iranian School of San Diego. He has performed with Dr. Hossien Omoumi.
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The UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities presents a conversation with Master Parissa on Tuesday, April 4 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. Dean Cristina Della Coletta will provide an introduction to Parissa's discussion.
Parissa is the first holder of the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. She is Iran's most distinguished female vocalist, who is visiting UC San Diego to share her deep knowledge of Radif - the classical repertoire of Persian traditional music. Its melodic patters are preserved through many generations and provide the basis for improvisation in Persian traditional music. Radif is taught through oral tradition and the repertoire evolves and is preserved by masters of each generation, such as Parissa.
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Bonnie Lander, voice - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soprano Bonnie Lander will present a recital in collaboration with the New York-based ensemble Rhymes with Opera. The ensemble will premiere Lander's Coping Mechanisms as its first improvisational opera, featuring vocalists Lander, Elisabeth Halliday and Robert Maril, as well as Judith Hamann (cello), Tommy Babin (bass) and Kjell Nordeson (percussion).
Coping Mechanisms explores themes of isolation, anxiety, agoraphobia and grief through improvised dramatic narratives and sounds. Set apart in three separate spaces, three singers (performed by Rhymes With Opera ensemble members Bonnie Lander, Elisabeth Halliday and Robert Maril) explore their own anxieties about what awaits them in the outside world. Using both incidental vocal sounds and melodies inspired by operatic training and techniques, the trio works together in bringing to life a full musical narrative - without the safety net of a written score. Coping Mechanisms is a new opera that explores how we create our own personal spaces while also longing for a connection with our community.
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Founded in 2007, Rhymes With Opera includes founding company members Ruby Fulton (composer); Elisabeth Halliday (soprano); George Lam (composer); Bonnie Lander (soprano); and Robert Maril (baritone). During the 2012-2013 season, Rhymes With Opera expanded to include a house band, the Rhymes With Orchestra, a chamber ensemble comprised of some of this generation’s most exciting contemporary instrumentalists. With the addition of the RWOrchestra, RWO has become a self-contained contemporary opera machine, commissioning and producing works that can be performed whole-cloth by the company.
Since 2007, RWO has commissioned more than 17 new operas, ranging from one-minute “signature” pieces to evening-length productions. New operas commissioned and produced by RWO include Travis Sullivan’s Three Modern Pieces, Thomas Limbert’s Numbers / Dates, Jenny Olivia Johnson’s Book of Gazes, Kathleen Bader’s Leads, Douglas Buchanan’s Goblin Market, David Smooke’s Criminal Element, Adam Matlock’s Red Giant, and Erik Spangler’s Cantata For A Loop Trail, an outdoor hiking opera set in Gwynn Falls Leakin Park in Baltimore and Inwood Hill Park in New York City.
RWO has performed in Baltimore venues including Area 405, the 2640 Space, the City Arts Gallery and the Wind-Up Space, and in NYC venues including Roulette, the Cornelia Street CafeÌ, the National Opera Center, JACK, and the City University of New York. Since 2014 , RWO has regularly presented our mainstage productions in the intimate 124 Bank Street Theatre in New York City.
Bonnie Lander is a classically trained vocalist and violin player who specializes in unorthodox music including new music, avant-garde, and free improvisation. Her relationship with experimental music is defined through collaboration with composers, performers (music and dance), improvisers, lighting designers, sound engineers, computer musicians, students, and friends. Bonnie has performed throughout the United States and Europe in a wide variety of concert settings oscillating between theaters, concert halls, galleries, vans, and bridges. She is currently a DMA candidate at UC San Diego and is an active member of two new music non- profit organizations as performer, composer, and outreach director: Rhymes With Opera (NYC) and San Diego New Music (San Diego). For more info check out http://www.bonnielander.com
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Drew Ceccato, saxophone - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Saxophonist Drew Ceccato will present a graduate recital featuring fellow Department of Music graduate students Tyler J. Borden (cello), Judith Hamann (cello), Tommy Babin (bass) and Kyle Motl (bass). Ceccato's program will include a performance of Roscoe Mitchell's Nonaah.
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Madison Greenstone, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 6th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Clarinetist Madison Greenstone will present a graduate recital featuring music for low clarinets by Trevor BaÄa, Martin Rane Bauck, Luigi Nono, and mixed media video animation by Marta Tiesenga. Madison will be joined by Michael Matsuno (bass flute), Jacob Sundstrom (electronics) and Marta Tiesenga (projection/animation).
Madison's program will feature:
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MYRKR (for solo bass clarinet) by Trevor BaÄa
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the world premiere of lago maggiore (for solo bass clarinet and electronics) by Martin Rane Bauck
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A Pierre. dell'azzuro silenzio inquietem (for contrabass clarinet, bass flute and electronics) by Luigi Nono
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Keir GoGwilt, violin - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 6th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Violinist Keir GoGwilt will present his graduate recital with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Paul von Westhoff, and world premieres of music by Carolyn Chen, Tobin Chodos and Celeste Oram. GoGwilt's concert will also feature guest pianist Todd Moellenberg. His complete program will include:
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Shirr* by Tobin Chodos with pianist Todd Moellenberg
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Suite in D Minor by Johann Paul von Westhoff
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Study on Westhoff Suite in D Minor* by Carolyn Chen
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Partita in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Televisionmann (Gulliver's Travels)* by Celeste Oram
*world premieres
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Springfest - staycation
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 12:01 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Ongoing
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate pianist Todd Moellenberg presents Staycation, an event that will launch Springfest on April 8 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater and last through Sunday, April 16.
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Springfest: CEMEC
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The California Electronic Music Exchange Concert (CEMEC) series is meant to strengthen the connections between the California institutions that have computer and electronic music programs. Each concert features electronic and electroacoustic music by student composers, performers, computer musicians and installation artists from across California. Institutions represented at UC San Diego's installment include Mills College, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, CalArts and UC San Diego.
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Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano - Graduate Recital
Saturday, April 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)"I emerged as a Phoenix, to rise in love."
Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest will present a graduate recital featuring guest performers Siu Hei Lee (piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano) and Ashley Cutright (mezzo-soprano). The concert program will include:
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A Sonatina (2016) by Bill Alves
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Please Be Okay Till Morning by Daniel Felsenfeld (world premiere)
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Tacciono i boschi (1981) by James Erber
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Two Sonnets by Giordano Bruno by Phoenix (world premiere)
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jumalattaret (2012) by John Zorn
Free parking, free admission, free hugs post-performance.
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Formosa Quartet
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $10.00
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.00
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Formosa Quartet will return to UC San Diego for a performance that will include the world premiere of a new work by Wei-Chieh Lin inspired by Taiwanese folk songs. The quartet's program will feature:
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world premiere of Five Taiwanese Folk Songs by Wei-Chieh Lin
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String Quartet No. 4 by Bela Bartok
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Lullaby for String Quartet by George Gershwin
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Four Grappelli Jazz Tunes arranged by quartet violinist Jasmine Lin
This concert is co-sponsored by the Chuan Lyu Endowment and the Taiwan Lecture Series at UC San Diego.
The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae – have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, and New England Conservatory, they have performed in major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, and have been top prizewinners in prestigious competitions such as the Paganini, Primrose, Fischoff, Naumburg, and Tertis competitions. As chamber musicians, they have appeared regularly at the Marlboro, Kingston, Santa Fe, Ottawa, Ravinia, Crans-Montana, and Schiermonnikoog festivals, as well as at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove. They have held principal positions in the San Diego and Cincinnati Symphonies, and have taught at the University of Southern California, California State University Fullerton, Roosevelt University, Taos School of Music, Stanford University, McGill University, and the Juilliard School. In 2014 the Quartet became the faculty quartet-in-residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
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Winners of the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the London International String Quartet Competition in 2006, the Formosa Quartet is “one of the very best quartets of their generation” (David Soyer, cellist of the Guarneri Quartet). Its debut recording on the EMI label was hailed as “spellbinding” (Strad Magazine) and “remarkably fine” (Gramophone), and the quartet has given critically acclaimed performances at the Ravinia Festival, the Caramoor Festival, the Library of Congress, the Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, Rice University, San Francisco State University, and Wigmore Hall in London. Formed in 2002 when the four founding members came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the Formosa Quartet is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of its heritage.
The members of the Formosa Quartet are the founders and faculty members of the annual Formosa Chamber Music Festival in Hualien, Taiwan. Inaugurated in 2013 and modeled after American summer festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, the Taos School of Music, and Kneisel Hall, FCMF is the product of long-held aspirations and years of planning, and represents one of the quartet’s more important missions: to bring high-level chamber music training to talented young musicians in Taiwan and first-rate music to Taiwanese audiences.
In the 2015-2016 season, the Formosa Quartet continues a two-year residency with Art of Élan, a San Diego arts-presenting organization. As ensemble-in-residence, the Quartet is working with UCSD professor of composition Lei Liang to create a new piece based on music indigenous to the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. The culmination of the two-year project was the premiere performance of the commission in Spring 2016 and looks ahead to a new disc of music inspired by Hungarian and Taiwanese folk traditions.
In its relatively brief existence, the Formosa Quartet’s active commissioning has contributed significantly to the 21st century’s string quartet literature. They premiered Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen’s Returning Souls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends in 2014, and the Quartet’s recording of its first commission from Ms. Chen, Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom, was released on the New World Records label in 2013. Other pieces recently written for the Quartet include three pieces by Dana Wilson — Hungarian Folk Songs,The night of h’s, and Apart — Wei-Chieh Lin’s Pasibutbut, and Thomas Oboe Lee’s Piano Quintet and Jasmine Variations.
The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae – have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, and New England Conservatory, they have performed in major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe, and have been top prizewinners in prestigious competitions such as the Paganini, Primrose, Fischoff, Naumburg, and Tertis competitions. As chamber musicians, they have appeared regularly at the Marlboro, Kingston, Santa Fe, Ottawa, Ravinia, Crans-Montana, and Schiermonnikoog festivals, as well as at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove. They have held principal positions in the San Diego and Cincinnati Symphonies, and have taught at the University of Southern California, California State University Fullerton, Roosevelt University, Taos School of Music, Stanford University, McGill University, and the Juilliard School. In 2014 the Quartet became the faculty quartet-in-residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
The Formosa Quartet forms an octet with violins Joseph Curtin (2001) and Andrea Guarneri (1662), an Enrico Catenari viola (1680), and a Vincenzo Postiglione cello (1885) on generous loan from the Arts and Letters Foundation.
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Springfest: IMMERSION@Birch Aquarium
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 6:00 pm
Birch Aquarium
$12 general admission/$9 Birch members & UCSD students--includes Aquarium admission. Purchase tickets in advance
Springfest 2017 Event
Birch Aquarium teams up with UC San Diego's Department of Music to present Springfest: IMMERSION, an evening of live music and experimental sounds spread throughout the aquarium. Join us for a unique offering of works conceived and performed by graduate students and inspired by the sea.
To purchase tickets, visit the Birch Aquarium website.
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Springfest: Tango Canyengue
Monday, April 10th, 2017 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Xavier Beteta will perform tangos of the "Old Guard," the original tango style that was danced in the outskirts and poor neighborhoods of Buenos Aires in the early 20th century.
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Xavier is originally from Guatemala City where he studied piano at the National Conservatory. At age 18, he was awarded the first-prize at the Augusto Ardenois National Piano Competition and third-prize at the Rafael Alvarez Ovalle Composition Competition in Guatemala. He continued his piano studies in the United States with Argentinean pianist Sylvia Kersenbaum and with Russian pianist Sergei Polusmiak. He has attended master-classes with pianists Massimiliano Damerini and Daniel Rivera in Italy, and he has also performed as a soloist with the Guatemalan National Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, Xavier studied privately in Guatemala with Rodrigo Asturias. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Composition at the University of California San Diego, where he has studied with Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, and Philippe Manoury. In 2013, Xavier won the Second Prize at the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague.
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Springfest - Robert Morris: Oracle
Monday, April 10th, 2017 4:00 pm
Geisel Library
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Come hear music performed outdoors! Inspired by the I Ching, Robert Morris's Oracle for large ensemble will provide a 64-minute sonic landscape of the 64 hexagrams from The Book of Changes.
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Oracle is a sixty-four-minute composition for singers and instrumentalists including percussion. It is the third of my pieces designed to be played out of doors, in a park or in the country, woods, highlands, and the like. It may be also played indoors. The structure of Oracle is based on the I-Ching, one of the Chinese Classic texts (compiled c. 1150 b.c.) in which sixty-four hexagrams are used to suggest appropriate actions in response to questions posed by the reader. Each hexagram is a collection of six lines that are either broken (- -) or unbroken (---). I use each hexagram to determine the musical features of a corresponding section of the composition; there are therefore 64 sections, each lasting one minute. The order of the hexagrams does not follow the orders given above, but are sequenced so that between two successive hexagrams only one line changes from broken to unbroken or vice versa. This ensures that the music based on the hexagrams flows along smoothly, without great change or abruption. As in my other outdoor pieces, each section is associated with a basic pitch. Thus there is a sequence of 64 notes that guides the music forward. These notes are overlapped so that, excepting the first and last three sections, each section has not only a basic pitch, but a basic four-note chord that is articulated in various ways. The structure of the basic pitch sequence permits the chords to represent each of the 29 types of four-note harmonies (available in the equal-tempered system of pitches) exactly once in a given order, then in retrograde. -Robert Morris
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Springfest - Jürg Frey: Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jürg Frey's evening-length work for percussion quartet (1996-2001) explores the sonic properties of triangles, hand-bells, tam-tams, bell plates, bass drums, stones, and leaves through sequences of repetition.
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Springfest @ The Loft
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 8:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Kyle Motl Trio with Tobin Chodos and Kjell Nordeson perform music from the upcoming record Panjandrums! along with new compositions.
Jordan Morton and Creatures open the show.
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Springfest - Kyle Motl, Solo Contrabass
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate bassist Kyle Motl presents solo music utilizing the wealth of the contrabass' sonorities, testing the limits of timbre, technique, and dynamic envelope.
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At the heart of Kyle Motl's solo music is an ongoing interest in exploring the limits of the contrabass. In solo improvisation, he is free to plumb the instrument’s wealth of sonorities, pushing sound to its breaking point and revealing the extremities of technique, timbre, and dynamic envelope. This also presents a platform for the artifacts from other musical endeavors as varied as free jazz, contemporary concert music, and noise, to become refracted, transformed, and recontextualized. An ever evolving work, Metatrope constantly looks back on itself while pushing forward, an embracing the idiosyncrasies of intuition. Bio. Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser. Active in a variety of ensembles and settings, Kyle’s work crosses the boundaries between idioms as wide as free jazz, contemporary concert music, and extreme metal. Current interests include extended harmonic techniques for solo bass improvisation, electroacoustic performance with live electronics and improvising software, modular compositional schemes, recursive and generative structuring, and exploration of complex sonic spectra. Kyle is a member of the Peter Kuhn Trio, and has been performing in quartet and trio with Abbey Rader since 2011. He maintains regular duo projects with T.J. Borden, Adam Tinkle, and Drew Ceccato. The Kyle Motl Trio, featuring Kjell Nordeson and Tobin Chodos is a collaborative platform for new compositions weaving complex structures together with free improvisation. Kyle has performed alongside artists including Anthony Davis, Kidd Jordan, Mary Halvorson, Roscoe Mitchell, Mark Dresser, and Wadada Leo Smith, among others. Kyle holds a BM from Florida Atlantic University and an MM from Florida International University. He is a DMA candidate at UC San Diego, where he studies bass with Mark Dresser.
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Springfest - Bazetta Revisited
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bazetta Revisited is an immersive sound and light environment, featuring music by Anthony Vine and video projections by Katy Gilmore. During this two-hour expanse, slowly evolving visual fields of blurred footage and camera feedback elide with bent and diffracted microtonal networks that are cast in a variety of forms, from long, improvisatory meditations to antiphonal hymns. Bazetta—a small township in Northeast Ohio—serves as a guiding metaphor. Audience members may come and go as they please during the performance.
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Springfest - Luke Martin: shifting inflections
Thursday, April 13th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The shifting inflections series will grow (expand, proliferate) as if it was a mold spore. here and there. sometimes unseen. sometimes seen. with the potential to suddenly explode and (re)connect in unpredictable ways. erewhon: both no-where and now-here. something not present in an actual state, but present in a virtual state: potential.
This concert will be performed by Tyler J. Borden and Madison Greenstone.
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Springfest - a mist is a collection of points
Thursday, April 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A mist is a collection of points, while a grid is an organized collection of points. There is the unspoken tension in this work between regular and aperiodic, solid and vague, artificial and organic, order and sprawl. This interplay takes place from one section to the next, and also in the interactions between the parts: between the pianist (Todd Moellenberg), the percussionist (Ryan Nestor), and the sine tones (by Michael Pisaro). It affects the melody and the resonance, the timing and the coordination between parts. The intermingling of shadow pitches and extended resonances creates effects that are at least as vivid as any articulation.
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Springfest - Donatoni/Feldman
Friday, April 14th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)"I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it." - Morton Feldman
This concert will feature performances of the following pieces:
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Ave by Franco Donatoni
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Why Patterns? by Morton Feldman
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Springfest - XX
Friday, April 14th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)XX presents a concert featuring collaboration between women. Live motion tracking, video, performance art, sung poetry, amplified hair, a talking disklavier, delicate percussion and gritty solo bass come together in a fabric that explores themes of radical biological forms, domestic violence and space, feeling at home and fragility. The concert is configured partly as an homage to the late and great Pauline Oliveros, and features her work Bye-Bye Butterfly as well as her correspondence with various female collaborators.
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Springfest - Sound and Violence
Friday, April 14th, 2017 9:00 pm
Che Cafe
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Springfest presents a night of performances and audiovisual installations exploring the ways in which sound engages violence, discipline, and resistance in an age of authoritarianism.
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Springfest - [O]
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 12:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Lydia Winsor Brindamour’s [O] is a multimedia sonic experience comprised of a piece for two double basses with live spatialization, performed alongside photographs taken this past August during a month long stay in Olafsfjordur, North Iceland. The work is a visual and aural portrait of a specific place and time.
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Matt Kline is a double bassist who is committed to avant-garde and experimental music. He has performed with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Zeillig, LA Monday Evening Concerts, Tony Arnold, Felix Fan, Steven Schick, Krzysztof Penderecki and others. He has worked with Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, Hans Abrahamsen, Lewis Nielson and has had numerous works written for him. In 2014, Matt created and premiered the double bass version of the Capriccio per Siegfried Palm by Krzysztof Penderecki upon the composer’s request. He is a regular guest artist at the soundSCAPE music festival. He also composes extensively for the double bass and in 2010, won the grand prize in the International Society of Double Bassists composition competition. His primary mentors have been Sandor Ostlund, Paul Ellison, Francois Rabbath, Scott McAllister and Mark Dresser. Matt holds both performance and teaching diplomas from Le Institut de Rabbath. He is currently pursing a DMA in double bass performance at the University of California San Diego.
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Springfest - CLAUSTRUM
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Sound installation / Micro-Opera / Haunted House
A short, immersive performance for small groups of people, CLAUSTRUM is the creation of Bonnie Lander and Jonathan Nussman, vocalists and improvisers. The performance will be repeated on loop for successive small audiences. Listeners can sign up for a specific time, or will be admitted on a first-come basis.
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Springfest - TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIPS: A RADIO SÉANCE
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Celeste Oram is joined by violinists Keir GoGwilt and (remotely, from New Zealand) Alex Taylor in re-enacting the improvisatory practice of Vera Wyse Munro (1897-1966): a pioneering New Zealand radio ham, improviser, and sonic experimenter. During the afternoon, this durational improvisation - featuring violins, starling poems, shortwave radio, and archaeologies of radio history - will be broadcast as a radio installation on multiple channels over low-power radio transmitters, and the public is invited to come prepared with battery-powered radios to tune in to the improvisation in the Conrad Prebys Music Center. In the evening, audience members are invited to gather in the Concert Hall for a culminating séance summoning the ghost of Vera Wyse Munro.
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Springfest - Where I Am I AM
Saturday, April 15th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Experimental vocalist and composer Odeya Nini presents a night of her instrumental compositions, sound collages, and solo vocal work. Odeya's work is an investigation of extended techniques, resonance and pure expression, exploring the relationship between mind and body, multi- dimensionality and the various landscapes it can yield. Her solo work is an interdisciplinary vocal practice with movement and theatrical elements displaying a spectrum of sound from tender intimacy to bold aberrance. The concert will feature Where I Am I Am, a piece for three voices, tape and electronics. Compositions will include works for solo flute and solo piano.
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Springfest @ Bread & Salt
Sunday, April 16th, 2017 10:00 am
Bread & Salt, San Diego
Springfest 2017
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Springfest @ Bread and Salt: ENCUENTRO is an event that seeks to bring the UC San Diego Department of Music into dialogue, collaboration and engagement with the broader San Diego community. This year, the event partners with Borderland Noise in order to extend this process into a bi-national experimental arts festival, featuring artists from Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. With more than 30 artists involved, performances and installations will take place across the entire Bread and Salt site, including unusual hidden spaces, and a quadrophonic grain silo.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 17th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Sonata in B-flat Major for Viola and Piano, Opus 107 by Max Reger
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String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 74, “The Harp” by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Piano Trio by Charles Ives
No late seating.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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WEDS@7 On Structure: Natacha Diels and Jessie Marino
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents On Structure, the collaborative project of Jessie Marino and Assistant Professor Natacha Diels. The duo's April 19 concert will include performances of the following pieces:
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Tape Piece by Andy Ingamells and Maya Verlaak
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Portal by On Structure
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Throw Me To You And Back Again by Jessie Marino
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Love Duet by Department of Music alumna Carolyn Chen
On Structure is a sound-centric performance duo. The
New York based ensemble uses improvised and composed
Sounds {and the fluctuation of these sounds} to brew
Transferable art pieces which may
Ravage the realms of the performer, audience or space itself.
Uncovering the hidden motions of sound, freeing
Compositions from the fluorescence of the concert expectation.
Topsy-turvy.
Use of lasers, wigs, electronics, cellosandflutes;
Repurposing life experiences for music glitches and muscle twitches.
Eclipse boundaries of the stage.
To learn more, visit Jim Chute's April 2015 San Diego Union-Tribune article about On Structure.
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Felipe Rossi, composer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, April 20th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Felipe Rossi presents an evening of recently composed works along some improvisations with (and without) live electronics in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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ArtPower Ariel Quartet
Friday, April 21st, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the Ariel Quartet.
Characterized by their youth, brilliant playing and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel when the members were young students 16 years ago, the quartet was recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. They currently serve as the faculty quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts—a remarkable achievement for an ensemble so young. This award-winning quartet has performed widely in North America, Europe and Israel and will be making their San Diego debut at ArtPower.
The quartet's program will include:
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Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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New Commission by Mahammed Fairouz
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Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 by Robert Schumann
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Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Sitar master Pandit Kartik Seshadri will present a performance of classical Indian ragas, accompanied by tabla player Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay. Seshadri's CD Sublime Ragas was recently among Songlines Magazine's Top 10 "Top of the World" albums. His music has been praised by The Washington Post for its "expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and rhythmic intricacy."
Parking is free on weekends.
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King Yue Li, piano
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Event sponsor: Siu Hei Lee
Event Program Archive (PDF)King Yue Li (Hong Kong/Philadelphia) will present piano music by Department of Music graduate composer Xavier Beteta, Claude Debussy and Frederic Chopin, among others.
Winner of the Japan-Hong Kong International Music Competition and the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition, King Yue traveled across the United States, Germany and Hong Kong to perform in solo piano recitals, chamber ensemble concerts and harpsichord salons. Born in Hong Kong, King Yue is currently completing his master's degree in piano performance at Temple University.
Before pursuing postgraduate studies in the USA, King Yue’s talent had been recognized in his Hong Kong hometown. He was the top prizewinner of prestigious competitions such as the Hong Kong Youth Culture & Art Development Association’s Competition and the Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition. Taking advantage of the continual British influence in Hong Kong music education, King Yue obtained piano certifications such as the Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM, 2009) and the Fellowship of the Trinity College London (FTCL, 2011). As a result of his academic and pianistic achievements, he received scholarships from the Hong Kong Government, Au Bak Ling Charity Trust, and the Temple University.
Beyond performance, King Yue is also a specialist in education. He holds an education degree with First Class Honor and has given private lessons for nine years.
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Acclaimed harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi will present a night of music by Professor Lei Liang and Johann Sebastian Bach as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series.
Alongside guests Missy Lukin from Quartet Nouveau and Zou Yu (violin), Chi-Yuan Chen (viola) and Chia-Ling Chien (cello) from the San Diego Symphony, Ohnishi will present the following program:
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Garden Eight: Earth / East by Liang
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Toccata in G minor, BWV 915 (for harpsichord) by Bach
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Lakescape III by Liang
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Winged Creatures by Liang
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Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 by Bach
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Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo by Liang
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Parts for a Floating Space by Liang
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Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 (for viola and harpsichord) by Bach
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The UC San Diego Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series continues with a performance by acclaimed harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi. Ohnishi has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player. The Gramophone praised her recording of the Goldberg Variations, commenting, “Ohnishi’s brilliant artistry immerses the listener in the creative and emotional narratives Bach unfolds with incomparable mastery.”
Held in UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, Ohnishi's performance will feature the Department of Music's beautiful Marc Ducornet French Flemish harpsichord.
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Computer Music Focus: Gil Weinberg
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus lecture series will continue with a presentation by Gil Weinberg.
Robotic Musicianship at Georgia Tech
Abstract: The Robotic Musicianship Group at Georgia Tech aims to facilitate meaningful musical interactions between humans and machines, leading to novel musical experiences and outcomes. In our research we combine computational modeling approaches for music perception, interaction, and improvisation, with novel approaches for generating acoustic responses in physical, social, and embodied manner. The motivation for this work is based on the hypothesis that real-time collaboration between human and robotic players can capitalize on the combination of their unique strengths to produce new and compelling music. Our goal is to combine human qualities such as musical expression and emotions with robotic traits such as powerful processing, mechanical virtuosity, the ability to perform sophisticated algorithmic transformations, and the capacity to utilize embodied musical cognition, where the robotic body shapes its musical cognition. The talk will feature a number of approaches we have explored for perceptual modeling, improvisation, path planning, and gestural interaction with robotic platforms such as Haile, Shimon, Shimi and the robotic drumming prosthesis.
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Weinberg is the founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, where he established the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in music technology. He is a professor in the School of Music and an adjunct professor in the School of Interactive Computing. Weinberg's research aims at expanding musical expression, creativity and learning through meaningful applications of technology. His research interests include robotic musicianship, new instruments for musical expression, mobile music and sonification. During his tenure at Georgia Tech, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and seven patent applications. Based on his recent inventions – a set of musical applications that allow novices to create music in expressive and intuitive manners – he has founded a startup company – ZOOZ Mobile – whose products have been downloaded by close to two million users.
Weinberg's music has been featured at festivals and concerts such as Ars Electronica and SIGGRAPH, and with orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish BBC Symphony. His interactive musical installations have been presented in museums like the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Boston Children's Museum. With his improvising robotic musicians, Haile and Shimon, he has traveled worldwide, featuring dozens of concerts and presentations in festivals and conferences such as SIGGRAPH, DLD, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Weinberg received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and his B.A. from the Interdisciplinary Program for Fostering Excellence in Tel Aviv University.
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Judith Hamann and Anthea Caddy, cellists
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 7:00 pm
WLH Studio A
Free
Cellist Jutith Hamann presents her graduate recital on Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m.
Anthea Caddy and Judith Hamann create an immersive performance experience, exploring the acoustic capacities of two cellos through electroacoustic spatialisation, durational listening and site specific use of room tone.
Using amplification to identify microscopic and subtle nuances of the cello, this project develops works that identify a combination of pitch and resonance, positioning them within an expanded context of temporality, and deep immersion for the audience. Focused in part on durational listening over the course of concerts that are a over an hour in length, this project develops seemingly simple sounds into an increasingly complex and engaging sound world, as the cellists navigate and magnify the minute details of two cellos interacting. Anthea and Judith use spatialised amplification to tune the acoustics of site specific performance spaces, creating an environment where the works submerge the listener, suspending and extending their sense of time and space. The space itself is darkened, creating a unique experience where the work is presented as an intersection point between performance and installation, with the audience able to move through and alter their perspective throughout the work.
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Kyle Adam Blair, piano - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 28th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Adam Blair presents: COMMUNE
Pianist Kyle Adam Blair invites vibraphonist Berndt Thurner to premiere Stuart Saunders Smith's chamber vibraphone concerto entitled Commune, a 90-minute work composed for soloist and an ensemble featuring a violin, cello, string bass, flute, soprano saxophone, piano, and two percussionists.
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Siu Hei Lee, piano
Saturday, April 29th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Graduate pianist Siu Hei Lee presents a family, kids and infant-friendly piano recital. The program will last for 35 minutes only and will feature:
Fireflies by Amy Beach
Ballade No. 1 by Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. The performance will begin at 4 p.m.
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Fiona Digney, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)|
⫸SPACE ⦂ PLACEâ«· Australian percussionist and Department of Music graduate student Fiona Digney presents an evening of music exploring space and place: architectural spaces, sonic landscapes, acoustical phenomena and psychological geographies. From the contemplative listening of John Cage’s 4’33”, the shimmering reflections of Alvin Lucier’s Silver Streetcar of the Orchestra and the earthy power of Iannis Xenakis’ Rebonds to the encompassing ethereal landscape of John Luther Adams’ Four Thousand Holes, Digney, with special guest Mari Kawamura, explores the spaces and places we occupy, and how these are created, represented and experienced through music. |
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WEDS@7 Anthony Burr & Thomas Meadowcroft
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Associate Professor Anthony Burr and guest composer Thomas Meadowcroft will present a concert featuring three of Meadowcroft's recent works. Bur and Meadowcroft will be joined onstage by several of the Department of Music's current graduate students, including Fiona Digney, Benjamin Rempel, Rachel Beetz, Todd Moellenberg and alumnus Dustin Donahue. The program will include performances of The Great Knot, Medieval Rococo and the United States premiere of a new work for pedal steel guitar and electronics.
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ArtPower St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, May 5th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower presents a performance by the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Back by popular demand, the “witty, buoyant, and widely attentive” (The Gazette, Montreal) St. Lawrence String Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as a world-class chamber ensemble. Serving as ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University since 1998, the quartet continues to build their reputation for imaginative and spontaneous music making through an energetic commitment to the established quartet literature, as well as the championing of new works by composers like John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Ezequiel Viñao and Jonathan Berger.
The quartet's program will include:
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Second Quartet by John Adams
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String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 112 by Camille Saint-Saëns
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 6th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Guest conductor Michael Gerdes will lead the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Concerto for Flute by Carl Nielsen
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Biennale Snapshots by Vivian Fung (U.S. premiere)
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
This performance will feature guest flutist Carlos Aguilar, the 2015 Young Artists winner.
Continuing the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' season theme of music created during the midpoint of composers' careers, guest composer Michael Gerdes will lead the perennial favorite Pictures at an Exhibition, composed when Modest Mussorgsky was 35 years old. That should have been the midpoint of a great career, but–tragically–Mussorgsky was dead only seven years later. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists first place winner Carlos Aguilar will perform Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, a very playful (and very funny) piece of music. Vivian Fung offers her own set of “pictures” in a colorful musical response to works of public art from the 2014-16 Vancouver Art Biennale.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 7th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Guest conductor Michael Gerdes will lead the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Concerto for Flute by Carl Nielsen
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Biennale Snapshots by Vivian Fung (U.S. premiere)
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
This performance will feature guest flutist Carlos Aguilar (2015 Young Artists Winner).
Continuing the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' season theme of music created during the midpoint of composers' careers, guest composer Michael Gerdes will lead the perennial favorite Pictures at an Exhibition, composed when Modest Mussorgsky was 35 years old. That should have been the midpoint of a great career, but–tragically–Mussorgsky was dead only seven years later. The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists first place winner Carlos Aguilar will perform Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, a very playful (and very funny) piece of music. Vivian Fung offers her own set of “pictures” in a colorful musical response to works of public art from the 2014-16 Vancouver Art Biennale.
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WEDS@7 kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
Additional performances will be held in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on May 12 and 13, both at 7 p.m.
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kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Friday, May 12th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)
kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
The final performance will be held in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on May 13 at 7 p.m.
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kallisti Presents Chamber Opera
Saturday, May 13th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)
kallisti presents an evening of one-act operas
kallisti will premiere its eighth chamber opera on May 10, 2017 as part of the Department of Music's Wednesdays@7 concert series. The double bill will feature performances of Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and two short works by American minimalist composer Tom Johnson.
Since its formation in 2009, kallisti has regularly presented chamber operas and vocal chamber music performances. Housed at UC San Diego, kallisti is led by Artistic Director Susan Narucki and features current Department of Music graduate students working in collaboration with distinguished guest artists.
Written in 1958 to a libretto by Jeau Cocteau, La Voix Humaine focuses on the final phone call that marks the end of a relationship. Set for solo soprano, the 40-minute work is a detailed psychological portrait that includes music of heartbreaking beauty. The kallisti production features Hillary Jean Young and pianist Kyle Adam Blair. Narucki directs, with assistance from Celeste Oram.
In Johnson's two absurd, comedic miniatures Dryer and Drawers, unnamed characters attempt to communicate with each other while performing simple tasks. Hindered by the musical processes of repetition and gradual growth, their humorous interactions offer a glimpse into a farcical world governed by mechanized order. Graduate student and baritone Jonathan Nussman directs both pieces and takes the lead in Dryer alongside soprano Lauren Jones, while soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest performs Drawers. Pianist Ran Duan provides musical accompaniment for both Johnson pieces. Both works feature lighting design by Jessica C. Flores and costume design by Annie Le.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, May 15th, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Created by a generous gift from the Sam B. Ersan Chamber Music Fund, Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Camera Lucida's program will include:
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Sonata for Piano and Cello in F major, Opus 5 Nr. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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String Trio by Arnold Schoenberg
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Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 87 by Antonin Dvorak
No late seating.
Limited free student tickets available at the door.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's own percussion ensemble red fish blue fish return for another performance in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. The ensemble's program will include:
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Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis
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Aura by Anna Thorvaldsdottir
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Six legs and an amphibious state of mind by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh (world premiere)
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Darkness by Franco Donatoni
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Tobin Chodos, composer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, May 18th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Doctoral candidate Tobin Chodos will present a solo piano concert featuring the music of Los Angeles-based composer Micah Kerenzvi.
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Hesam Abedini and Niloufar Shiri - Honors Recital
Friday, May 19th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Department of Music undergraduate honors students Hesam Abedini and Niloufar Shiri will present their honors composition recital at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. The recital will feature performances by Department of Music graduate students Joshua Charney (piano), Sean Dowgray (percussion), Judith Hamann (cello), Lauren Jones (soprano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Kyle Motl (double bass), Ryan Nestor (percussion) and Jonathan Nussman (baritone).
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Yvette Jackson - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 19th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer Yvette Jackson will present her graduate recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 19 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Jackson's program will feature improvisations performed by soprano Malesha Jessie Taylor, graduate cellist Judith Hamann, graduate bassist Tommy Babin, as well as the premiere of Jackson's latest multichannel radio opera Swan II: Journey to Freedom.
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Michael Cohn, piano - Honors Recital
Saturday, May 20th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Department of Music undergraduate honors pianist Michael Cohn will present his honors recital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Cohn's program will include:
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Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 by Frederic Chopin
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Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Stephen Lewis, piano - Graduate Recital
Sunday, May 21st, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Stephen Lewis will present his graduate recital at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 21 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Lewis' program will include music by Luciano Berio, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Joshua Charney, piano - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Josh Charney presents selected scenes from his chamber opera Bula Matari: Breaker of Rocks, the true story of British explorer Henry Morton Stanley’s tumultuous expedition through the African Congo into the Sudan. This is in collaboration with MFA directing student Will Detlefsen. The evening also features the premiere of Charney’s piece for flute and fixed media, Water Round #1, performed by Michael Matsuno.
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Dr. Richard Kogan: Music and Melancholy
Monday, May 22nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free, ticketed event.
Register online: https://hrweb.ucsd.edu/ra/
The Department of Music will host an event in collaboration with the John A Majda, MD Fund and the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry as part of the 2017 American Psychological Association's annual conference. Dr. Richard Kogan, who works as a concert pianist, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Cornell Weill University and the artistic director of the Cornell Music and Medicine program, will present Tchaikovsky: Music and Melancholy, a lecture and performance analyzing the mental illness and presumed suicide of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Dr. Kogan trained as a concert pianist at Juilliard School of Music before majoring in music and attending medical school at Harvard University. He will be speaking and playing for the American Association of Psychiatrists at their annual general meeting to be held in San Diego in May.
Admission is free, but RSVPs are required. Please visit https://hrweb.ucsd.edu/ra/ to RSVP.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Martha Feldman
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Department of Music's Distinguished Lecture Series is proud to present a lecture by Martha Feldman, a Mabel Green Myers professor of music and the humanities at the University of Chicago's Department of Music. Feldman will present a lecture titled, The Castrato Phantom: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Rome on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall. A light reception will follow.
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Ryan Welsh, composer - Graduate Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Ryan Welsh will present his graduate dissertation recital at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater. Welsh's performance will include the world premiere of his new work String Quartet No. 1: Convergences for string quartet and electronics, as well as a performance of Lattices, Cobwebs, Tunnels and Spirals for solo piano.
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WEDS@7 Carlson and Karis
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and Assistant Professor Erik Carlson will present a concert as part of the Department of Music's ongoing Wednesdays@7 concert series. The duo's program will consist of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Milton Babbitt, Eva-Maria Houben and Johannes Brahms. The complete program will feature:
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Sonata in F minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Little Goes a Long Way by Milton Babbitt
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Wind's Whispering Words by Eva-Maria Houben
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Sonata in G major, Op. 78 by Johannes Brahms
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Computer Music Focus: James Fei
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
The Computer Music Focus series continues with a lecture presented by composer and performer James Fei.
Klangumnwandlers and Optical Oscillators: On Working with Some Historic Electronic Instruments
Without really planning on it, I have over the years developed a series of works that is part historical investigation and part creative challenge. I was always curious about some of the more unusual inventions in electronic music history that were mentioned fleetingly and rarely heard – how did something like Theremin's Rythmicon, with its synchronized rhythmic and harmonic ratios, actually work, and what did it sound like? In this talk I will discuss my compositional approach and the operation of some of these instruments, including the ANS, the original Buchla modular system, the Bode Frequency Shifter, and Michel Waisvisz's Crackle Synthesizer.
James Fei (b. Taipei, Taiwan) moved to the U.S. in 1992 to study electrical engineering. He has since been active as a composer and performer on saxophones and live electronics. Works by Fei have been performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Bang on a Can All-Stars, MATA Micro Orchestra and Noord-Hollands Philharmonisch Orkest. Recordings can be found on Leo Records, Improvised Music from Japan, CRI, Krabbesholm and Organized Sound. Compositions for Fei's own ensemble of four alto saxophones focus on physical processes of saliva, fatigue, reeds crippled by cuts and the threshold of audible sound production, while his sound installations and performance on live electronics often focus on feedback. He was a recipient of the 2014 award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Fei has taught at Mills College in Oakland since 2006, where he is John and Martha Davidson Associate Professor of Electronic Arts and Head of the Art and Technology Program.
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Undergraduate Forum Performance
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate majors of the Department of Music present their first FORUM performance on Thursday, May 25. The concert will feature performances and compositions by: Dana Marie Chan, Michael Cohn, Johnny D'Agostini, David Dong, Chris Gross, Julian Haddad, Alec Hamilton, Elliot Han, Michael Hayes, Jonathan Connor Hughes, Natalie Kanga, Ian Martin, Peter McInnis, Marc Olsher, Brandon Paulson, Varun Rangaswamy, Nicole Yixuan Shao, Alberto Vargas, and Sherry Zheng.
Please note that this event has moved to the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Performance begins at 7:00 p.m.
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ArtPower presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Thursday, May 25th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
An ArtPower presentation.
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Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)ArtPower will present a performance by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company was born out of an 11-year collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, who passed away in 1988. During this time, the two dancers redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of American dance. The Company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company returns to UC San Diego with Play and Play: An Evening of Movement and Dance, which includes two works—D-Man in the Waters and Story/. Both will be accompanied by live music.
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MUS 33C Final Recording
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 33C: Introduction to Composition III course will present their final recordings.
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Marc Olsher, double bass - Honors Recital
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bass player Marc Olsher will present his undergraduate honors recital at 7 p.m. on May 31, 2017 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Jury Concert: Integrative Studies
Thursday, June 1st, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Integrative Studies students will present their end-of-quarter juries concert.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, June 1st, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Directed by faculty member Ken Anderson, the UC San Diego Gospel Choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs and gospel.
Will Call tickets will be available for pickup in the Mandeville Auditorium lobby one hour prior to the concert's scheduled start. Tickets will also be available for purchase in the lobby prior to the concert start.
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MUS 131 Advanced Improvisation
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 131: Advanced Improvisation course will present their end-of-quarter concert.
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MUS 103C Undergraduate Juries
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate students enrolled in the MUS 103C: Seminar in Composition III course will present their end-of-quarter juries concert.
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Dana Marie Chan, piano
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Undergraduate music student Dana Marie Chan will present her solo piano recital at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
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Ryan Matsumura, senior recital
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Self Supported Event
Undergraduate student Ryan Matsumura will present his senior recital on Sunday, June 4 at 2 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Piano Students
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students of Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis will present an informal studio concert of their current projects.
Michael Cohn (Bach's Prelude and Fugue in b minor)
Matthew Rice (Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F# Major & selections from Prokoviev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22)
Chia-yu Chang (Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331, Andante grazioso)
Ziyi Gao (Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3, Allegro con brio)
Jad Barrere (Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso op. 14 and Barber's Excursions op. 20 no. 3, Allegretto)
and Kyle Adam Blair (Ferneyhough's Opus Contra Naturam (A Shadow Play), I - Pensieroso, vacilando, and selections from Poulenc's Les soireés des Nazelles)
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 5th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of faculty member Kamau Kenyatta, the MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include vocals, violin, saxophones, a rhythm section and Afro-Latin percussion.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Matthew Kline, the UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra will perform its spring course concert in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Danzón No. 2 - Arturo Márquez
Un Sourire - Olivier Messiaen
- Sean Dowgray and Dan King - Mallet Soloists
Le Nozze di Figaro (Selections) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Overture
- Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
- Voi, che sapete
- Hai gia vinta la causa
- L'ho perduta, me meschina
- Giunse alfin il momento
- Scena Ultima
Mozart Vocal Soloists:
Susanna – Kirsten Ashley Wiest
Countess – Hillary Jean Young
Cherubino – Ashley Wahlstrom
Barbarina – Lauren Jones
Marcellina – Susan Narucki
Basilio – Nathan Daum
Don Curzio – Sean McCormac
Count – Jonathan Nussman
Antonio – Kyle Rowan
Bartolo – Samuel Chan
Figaro - Phil Larson
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95W Indian Music Students
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Under the direction of Kartik Seshadri, the students of 95W: World Music Ensembles will perform in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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MUS 32/132 Guitar Students
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Pablo Gomez-Cano
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Singers and Choirs, 95CK
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the 95C: Concert Choir and 95K: Chamber Singers courses will perform under the instruction of Professor Philip Larson.
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Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 8th, 2017 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the 95L: Wind Ensemble course will perform under the instruction of graduate pianist Kyle Adam Blair.
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1954) - Dmitri Shostakovich
(arr. Donald Hunsberger)
Symphony in B-flat for Band (1951) - Paul Hindemith
I. Moderately fast, with vigor
II. Andantino grazioso / Fast and gay
III. Fugue
No Lantern Burns Long in this Cavity (2017) - Kyle Adam Blair
*world premiere
Percussion Concerto (1994) - Joseph Schwantner
(arr. Andrew Boysen)
I. Con forza
II. In Memoriam. Misterioso
III. Ritmico con moto (with restrained energy), con forza
James Beauton, percussion soloist
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 9th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 130: Chamber Music Performance course will perform under the instruction of faculty member Takae Ohnishi.
(For the full concert program, please click on the image on the left.)
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String Quartet, “American” – Allegro ma non troppo - Antonin DvoÅ™ák (1841-1904)
Leanne Chen, violin
Graceful Lee, violin
Kevin Chen, viola
Cory Lin, cello
Lachrymae, Excerpts - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Nan Yi, viola
Qingqing Wang, piano
Divertimenti 3, KV. Anh. 229 – No. 1, Allegro / No. 2, Adagio / No. 5, Rondo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ha Yeon Kim, first clarinet
Daphne He, second clarinet
Violoncello: Andrew Choi, cello
Piano Quartet Op.25 – Rondo alla Zingarese - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Yeeun Kim, violin
Emily Ng, viola
Julianne Chen, cello
Walter Chang, piano
Sonata in E Minor, K. 304 – Allegro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amir Moheimani, piano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
Four songs for voice and violin, Op. 35 – II and III - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Weilin Neo, soprano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
Violons Dans Le Soir - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Weilin Neo, soprano
Amir Moheimani, piano
Jacqueline Guy, violin
String Quartet No.1 Op.11 – Andante Cantabile / Scherzo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Celeste Maya, violin
Caitlin Murphy, violin
Stephanie Cheng, viola
Yingqi Chen, cello
Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 32 – Rondo / Andante grazioso - Kaspar Kummer
(1895-1970)
scored by Thomas Goss
Jane Wu, flute
Hannah Hwang, clarinet
Neha Shah, bassoon
Trio for two flutes and cello – Allegro Moderato / Andante / Rondo Allegretto - Carl Stamiz (1746-1801)
Erica Liao, flute
Seema Ahmed, flute
Alisa Kim, cello
Piano Trio – Movement I - Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Charlotte Armstrong, violin
Giuliana Sidhu, cello
Remi Ha, piano
Piano Quartet Op.23 – Allegro Moderato - Antonin DvoÅ™ák
Eun Lee, violin
Hanna Roan, viola
Angela Kang, cello
Seonmin Hwang, piano
Danse Macabre, Op.40 - Camille Saint-Saëns
Mitchell Kong, first piano
Yiming Kang, second piano
Maggie Joshi, Alexander Chuk and Vincent Nguyen, senior recital - voice
Saturday, June 10th, 2017 2:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported event
Sponsor: Jonathan Nussman
Event Program Archive (PDF)Maggie Joshi, Alexander Chuk and Vincent Nguyen will present their senior recital at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 10th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)David Chase will conduct the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz
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Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg
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The Lovers by Samuel Barber
Love gone awry, love gone bad, love gone very well indeed. David Chase concludes his 43-year tenure as the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' Choral Director with a program inspired by love in its many faces. Berlioz’s take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has delighted audiences everywhere, Schoenberg’s macabre love story haunted Viennese audiences and Barber’s explicit settings shocked Philadelphians at its premiere.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 11th, 2017 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)David Chase will conduct the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus in a performance of:
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Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz
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Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg
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The Lovers by Samuel Barber
Love gone awry, love gone bad, love gone very well indeed. David Chase concludes his 43-year tenure as the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus' Choral Director with a program inspired by love in its many faces. Berlioz’s take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing has delighted audiences everywhere, Schoenberg’s macabre love story haunted Viennese audiences and Barber’s explicit settings shocked Philadelphians at its premiere.
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32VM Vocal Master Class
Sunday, June 11th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students enrolled in the MUS 32VM: Vocal Masterclass course will perform under the instruction of Jonathan Nussman.
(Please click on the image on the left for full program information.)
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Tell me on a Sunday (Song and Dance) - Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
Zyczenie - Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Teagan Rutkowski, mezzo-soprano
Tu lo sai - Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Not While I’m Around (Sweeney Todd) - Stephen Sondheim (b.1930)
Ethan Coston, baritone
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella - Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
Losing my mind (Follies) - Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Martha Hartt, soprano
Under the Greenwood Tree - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
I’m Falling in Love With Some One (Naughty Marietta) - Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Adrian Chan, baritone
Love’s Philosophy - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Deh vieni, non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Maggie Joshi, soprano
Adieu - Gabriel Fauré (1877-1962)
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Misérables) - Claude-Michel Schönberg (b. 1944)
Vincent Nguyen, baritone
Non più andrai (Le nozze di Figaro) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Berceuse / Songs My Mother Taught Me - Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Alexander Chuck, baritone
Take, O take those lips away - Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
An die Laute - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
I Remember (Evening Primrose) - Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
Miranda Evans, mezzo-soprano
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
O Mistress Mine - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
Ombra mai fu (Serse) - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Warren Bacal, tenor
Best of ICAM
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)ICAM students present their end-of-year projects for The Best of ICAM.
Event timeline at the Conrad Prebys Music Center:
4-6 PM Installations and booths: Experimental Theater (CPMC 122)
5-6 PM Reception: North Courtyard
6-8 PM Presentations: Recital Hall (CPMC 127)
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Tuesday, June 12th:
2-5 ICAM Vis walkthrough at the Kamil Gallery in Mandeville
4-6 ICAM Music student projects in the CPMC North Courtyard
4-8 ICAM Music installations in CPMC 122
5-6 Pan-ICAM reception in the CPMC North Courtyard, with food and refreshments
6-8 ICAM Music presentations in CPMC 127
Installations (in 122, 4-8 PM):
- Elizaveta Onatsko
- Hongjing Zhu
- Josh Gomez
- Todd Everett
Booths (in the North Courtyard, 4-6 PM):
- Christopher Carrillo
- Cindy Ly
- Helen Zhou
- Jingjie Gao
- Jonah Paraiso
- Kim Jin
- Lenis Kim
- Mai Dinh
- Max Catozzi
- Meghan Kennedy
Presentations (in 127, 6-8 PM. Roughly 10 minutes each, in this order):
- Lenis Kim
- Kevin Di Bella
- Elizabeth Lee
- Kristanya Oen
- Brad Stevenson
- Mai Dinh
- Junseok Shim
- Gabrielle Jarrett
- Tetsutarou Shimoda
Xavier Beteta, composer - Graduate Recital
Friday, June 16th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Graduate composer and pianist Xavier Beteta will present his graduate recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 16, 2017 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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OPENING NIGHT: Fiddles vs. Pianos
Friday, August 4th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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OPENING NIGHT: Fiddles vs. Pianos
An evening of musical fireworks and spectacular artistry as world-renowned violinists and celebrated pianists strut their stuff. Will there be a winner? Be there to find out!
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56
SARASATE Navarra, Op. 33
SHOSTAKOVICH Galop from Cheryomushki
BIZET/MILONE Carmen Fantasy for Four Violins and Double Bass
SCHOENFIELD Boogie for Piano-4 Hands
MENDELSSOHN Andante and Allegro Brilliant for Piano-4 Hands, Op. 92
RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
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Open Rehearsal: Daniel Ching
Saturday, August 5th, 2017 12:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Daniel Ching
12:10 PM DOORS OPEN
12:20 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Olli Mustonen and Miró Quartet rehearse Mustonen’s Piano Quintet
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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From Prague with Love
Saturday, August 5th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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Parisian glamour meets Eastern Europe’s romantic mysticism in this luscious program of Chopin, DvoÅ™ák and Lutoslawski’s Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos, played by piano duo sensations, twin sisters, Christina and Michelle Naughton.
BALAKIREV Islamey
DVOŘÁK Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
CHOPIN Rondo for Two Pianos in C Major, Op. 73
LUTOSLAWSKI Variations on Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
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Genius from Finland: Olli Mustonen
Sunday, August 6th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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GENUIS FROM FINLAND: Olli Mustonen
Evoking the era of virtuoso composer-pianists Liszt and Rachmaninoff, Finnish genius Olli Mustonen spans two centuries in this scintillating program of Beethoven and his own brilliant quintet.
MUSTONEN Nonet No. 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Apassionata”
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
MUSTONEN Piano Quintet
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Open Rehearsal: DaXun Zhang
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 12:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: DaXun Zhang
12:40 PM DOORS OPEN
12:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Glenn Dicterow, Chee-Yun, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Edward Arron and DaXun Zhang rehearse Dvorák’s Quintet for Strings and Bass in G Major, Op. 77
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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In the Heart of Hungary
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Plush – Liszt’s Grand Duo
Earthy – Kodaly’s Duo for Violin and Cello
Profound – Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4:
Music to salute the heart and spirit of an enchanted place.
LISZT Grand Duo Concertant sur le ‘Le marin’, S.128
KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
BARTÓK Village Scenes, SZ78
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 4
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The Power of Five
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
One night, three quintets spanning centuries, that will broaden sonic frontiers. Beethoven’s sole string quintet is operatic in its scope. DvoÅ•ák adds a string bass for a beautiful new sonority. Xiaogang Ye’s West Coast Première combination of pipa and string quartet is a lyric breakthrough.
BEETHOVEN String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29
XIAOGANG YE Gardenia for Pipa and String Quartet, West Coast Première
DVOŘÁK Quintet for Strings and Bass in G Major, Op. 77
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Open Rehearsal: Cho-Liang Lin
Thursday, August 10th, 2017 2:50 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Cho-Liang Lin
2:40 PM DOORS OPEN
2:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Kristin Lee, Cho-Liang Lin, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Edward Arron and Miró Quartet rehearse Spohr’s Double String Quartet No. 1, Op. 65
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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Celebrating Strings
Friday, August 11th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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Reach the mountaintop summit of Mendelssohn’s Octet on an invigorating excursion via Kodály’s meltingly romantic serenade, and the power of Spohr’s Double String Quartet – written in Leipzig in 1825, the same year Mendelssohn completed his own octet masterwork at the age of 16!
SPOHR Double String Quartet No.1, Op. 65
KODÁLY Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
MENDELSSOHN String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
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Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Sunday, August 13th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO: 40th Anniversary
Wish a happy 40th anniversary to America’s internationally-lauded piano trio, as they gift SummerFest with the new work written for them by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, as well as profoundly moving trios by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Pas de Trois (2016)
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
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Beethoven I
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS I
Violinist (and SummerFest Music Director) Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker inaugurate a four-concert journey through some of the most profound
and beautifully-moving music written by Beethoven, history’s
most-acclaimed composer.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 , No. 3
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
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Beethoven II
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS II
The sublime “Kreutzer” sonata is the capstone for the second stop on this four-concert journey through Beethoven’s genius, performed violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
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Beethoven IV
Friday, August 18th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN’S VIOLIN SONATAS IV
SummerFest favorite, violinist Yura Lee, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center pianist Gilles Vonsattel complete this SummerFest first-ever performance
of the complete Beethoven violin-piano sonatas.
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
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Open Rehearsal: Michelle Kim
Saturday, August 19th, 2017 1:50 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Michelle Kim
1:40 PM DOORS OPEN
1:50 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Haochen Zhang, Cho-Liang Lin, Michelle Kim, Paul Neubauer and Clive Greensmith rehearse Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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An Evening with the Regina Carter Quartet
Saturday, August 19th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
AN EVENING WITH THE REGINA CARTER QUARTET
THE REIGNING QUEEN OF JAZZ VIOLIN
Regina Carter is an extraordinary violinist, a certified genius. The Los Angeles Times calls her “a talented, charismatic player who is almost single-handedly reviving interest in the violin as a jazz instrument.” Wherever this Grammy® nominated violinist performs, she takes her audiences with her on a journey through tradition and creativity.
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Summer Serenades
Sunday, August 20th, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
Wind virtuosi will take you on a musical journey. From the British genteel and aristocratic atmosphere of Elgar to the rarely heard Gemini Variations by Britten. This program brims with disarming quirks and unexpected charms, concluding with DvoÅ™ák Serenade for Winds, one of the greatest works for winds since the Mozart Serenade.
BRITTEN Gemini Variations for Flute, Violin and Piano 4-Hands, Op. 73
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds and Strings in D Minor, Op. 44
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Open Rehearsal: Haochen Zhang
Monday, August 21st, 2017 2:20 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free Event! No late seating.
OPEN REHEARSAL
Special Guest: Haochen Zhang
2:10 PM DOORS OPEN
2:20 PM REHEARSAL STARTS
Haochen Zhang, Nathan Hughes, Anthony McGill, Keith Buncke and Jennifer Montone rehearse Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K.452
Doors will open 10 minutes prior to the start time listed below for each rehearsal. These are working rehearsals and no entry is allowed once they have begun.
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Mozart's Enchantment
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
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Mozart – the very word embodies the experience of sublime beauty. The Quintet for Winds and Piano is an astonishing rarity; few composers tackled this combination. The Divertimento for string trio – a pinnacle of human creativity. The Flute Quartet, featuring SummerFest veteran Catherine Ransom Karoly, an immersion in sheer pleasure.
MOZART Flute Quartet No. 3 in C Major, K.285b
MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K.452
MOZART Divertimento in E-flat Major, K.563
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An Evening with Alisa Weilerstein
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
For ticket information go to La Jolla Music Society or call 858.459.3728.
La Jolla Music Society | SUMMERFEST 2017
AN EVENING WITH ALISA WEILERSTEIN
One of today’s reigning instrumental soloists world-wide, cellist Alisa Weilerstein returns to SummerFest. Clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Inon Barnatan join Alisa for the shimmering autumnal profundities of the Brahms’ Clarinet Trio and the brooding power of Brahms’ Piano Quintet.
J.S. BACH Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009
BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114
BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
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Hyperspectral Contrabass
Friday, September 22nd, 2017 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Motl presents a concert of solo bass music in memoriam Ana-Maria Avram.
Iancu Dumitrescu: Spectrum V
Caroline Louise Miller: Hydra Nightingale
Kyle Motl: Phosphene
Ana-Maria Avram: Axe VII
Horatiu Radulescu: Ys Valley
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 28th, 2017 3:00 pm
Sun God Lawn
Free
Celebrate the Arts at UC San Diego
ArtPower hosts Celebrate the Arts - a one day festival on the Sun God Lawn featuring Arts and Culture departments from across the UC San Diego campus. Food trucks and a headline artist will be featured.
More information forthcoming: http://celebratearts.ucsd.edu/
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Camera Lucida: Mozart & Brahms
Monday, October 2nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Program
Mozart, Piano Trios in G major, K. 496 and B-flat, K. 502
Brahms, Sonata in E-flat for Viola and Piano, Opus 120 Nr. 2
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website:sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497). On sale: AUGUST 1st.
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S. Leah Bowden, percussion - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Leah Bowden's doctoral studies have centered on the critical documentation of M'Boom, an historic percussion collective that Max Roach founded in 1970 and directed for several decades. On Tuesday October 10th 2017, Ms. Bowden will present a final DMA concert reinterpreting music by different members of M'Boom. She will also play a glockenspiel solo by Roscoe Mitchell and give the world premier of Terra Firme by Lisa Schonberg. For the large ensemble works, Ms. Bowden will be joined by El Otro Lado (The Other Side), a new percussion band featuring musicians who perform and teach on both sides of the USA-Mexico border.
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ArtPower presents Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Friday, October 13th, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)Drawn from the principal players of the world-renowned chamber orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, this “luminous, often breathtaking” (Washington Post) ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger-scale works from the chamber music repertoire, such as wind trios and string octets. Directed by academy director/leader Tomo Keller, the ensemble has released over 30 recordings—more than any other chamber ensemble—of classical, romantic, and modern music from the last century.
Program
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10; Dmitri Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11; Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSORS
Amnon and Lee Ben-Yehuda; ArtPower’s Founders Club
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Department Seminar: Tatsuya Nakatani
Monday, October 16th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Robert Zelickman Chamber Music Recital
Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Robert Zelickman presents his annual chamber recital, featuring:
- Kimmo Hakola - Diamond Street op. 34 (1999)
- Bernhard Henrik Crussel - Clarinet Quartet op. 4 in C minor (1817)
- Louis Spoor - Octet in E major op. 32 (1814)
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Warren Gref and Barry Toombs, horns
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Päivikki Nykter and Francesca Savage, violas
Cecilia Kim, cello
Matthew Kline, double bass
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red fish blue fish
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
WEDS@7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Gérard Grisey's Le Noir de l’Etoile
Directed by Steven Schick, UC San Diego's acclaimed percussion ensemble gives a rare performance of Gerard Grisey's cosmic Le Noir de L'Etoile (The Night of the Star), with six performers amid the audience.
Inspired by the discovery in 1967 of pulsars -- pulsing radio waves from massive stars that disintegrated eons ago -- Grisey composed the piece in 1989-1990 for his son Raphael.
Red Fish Blue Fish has played the Bang on a Can Festival in New York City, the Agora Festival in Paris, the Centro des Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and has often been featured in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series.
***ADDED FREE STUDENT PERFORMANCE: Wednesday, 10/25 at 4PM***
Steven Schick discusses red fish blue fish: https://youtu.be/0nQ0GQBIKcI
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Grad Forum
Friday, October 27th, 2017 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists here at UCSD.
Variations on "Nearer my God to Thee" (1990) by Andy Pape (b.1955)
Chris Clarino and Kyle Adam Blair
as though (1994) by Thomas DeLio (b. 1951)
Chris Clarino, percussion
"The Pheasant Plucker Hotel" and "The Great New Zealand Eschatological Love Song" by Celeste Oram w/ Landon Bain, banjo, and Dan King, jigdoll
Omar (1985) by Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
James Beauton, percussion
Sticks, Snader, and Catbabel - Barbara Byers, Madison Greenstone, and Ben Rempel
Haftarah by Todd Moellenberg
Subsong by Caroline Louise Miller
Variations on ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ (1990) by Andy Pape (b. 1955)
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Mime (2016-17) by Matthew Chamberlain
Michael Matsuno, flute
Please note that this program contains mature content. Audiences must be 18 years or older.
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
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Department Seminar: Tobin Chodos & Cecil Lytle
Monday, October 30th, 2017 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Fall Composition Juries
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)A CONCERT OF PREMIERES
Six world premiere performances of pieces written by graduate students in composition: Joseph Bourdeau, John Burnett, Yi-Hsien Chen, Ioannis Mitsialis, Anthony Vine, and Tiange Zhou.
- Joseph Bourdeau - A Grin Without a Cat
- John Burnett - assemblage
- Yi-Hsien Chen - Rising Vision
- Ioannis Mitsialis - Five Glimpses of a Strange Dream
- Anthony Vine - Cadwallader Sonk
- Tiange Zhou - In Wasted Time
Performances will be conducted by Steven Schick and will feature Rachel Allen (trumpet), Michael Matsuno (flutes), Madison Greenstone (clarinets), Barbara Byers (voice), Mari Kawamura (piano), Kyle Adam Blair (piano), Matthew Kline (double bass) and percussionists: Sean Dowgray, Benjamin Rempel, and Daniel King.
All pieces will be juried by the distinguished members of the Composition and Performance faculty for discussion on the following day, and all are welcome to attend.
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Fall Composition Juries Discussion Session
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 9:00 am
Other
Free
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
A fun and informative introduction to the symphony! Conductor Steven Schick and orchestra perform excerpts from the season-opening concert with commentary from the podium. Free event - Reservations required.
Call 858-534-4637 or register at Eventbrite.com for this event only.
SPONSORED BY: Kiwanis Club of La Jolla
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ArtPower presents Meccore String Quartet
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)One of the best loved among ArtPower string quartets, known for their breathtaking performances, flawless technique, and visionary interpretations, the Meccore Quartet is one of Europe’s most compelling young ensembles. Formed in 2007 by four of Europe’s most celebrated young string players, the quartet has enthralled music lovers across Europe and America. They have received numerous awards at prestigious chamber music competitions, such as Italy’s Paolo Borciani Competition, the Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition in London, and the Max Reger International Chamber Music Competition.
Program
Edvard Greig: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27; Robert Schumann: Quartet in A Minor; Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2
ARTTALK
Pre-performance ArtTalk at The Loft at 7 pm.
SPONSOR
Sam B. Ersan
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Crossing the rue St. Paul
Saturday, November 4th, 2017 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick conducts
George Gershwin - An American in Paris

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

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Solitude

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

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

Aaron Copland - Quiet City

Duke Ellington/arr. T. Chodos - Solitude

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

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

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

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

for clarinet, viola and piano
Andante – Menuetto – Rondeaux




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



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

Ouverture – Divertissement – Jeu – Introduction et Final



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

Andante con dolore, con molto espressione – Allegro – Moderato


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

Heat Lightning Prowls the mountain horizon like 

Memory. I follow the soundless flicker, 

As ridge after ridge, as outline of peak after peak 

Is momentarily defined in the 

Pale wash, the rose-flush, of distance. 

--Robert Penn 
Warren
Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 27th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
Parking is free
All tickets are held at the door
Event Program Archive (PDF)23RD ANNUAL LYTLE SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT
Jewish Music: from Bessarabia to Bowery to Broadway
Esa Einai (I Will Lift Up My Eyes)
arranged by Ben Steinberg
Sim Shalom (Grant Peace)
Bob Remstein, composer
Chasdei Hashem
Israel Alter, composer
Cantor Mark E. Childs, David Samuel Childs
Cecil Lytle, piano & Bertram Turetzky, contrabass
Liebeslied [Love’s Sorrow]
Liebestod [Love’s Joy]
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) composer
Transcribed for solo piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Cecil Lytle, solo piano
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano (1942)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), composer
Robert Zelickman, clarinet & Cecil Lytle, piano
Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha
Blah, Blah, Blah
George (1898-1937) & Ira (1896-1983) Gershwin
“Of Love and Lost”
Bertram Turetzky, contrabass
Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble
This program is dedicated to the congregation of the Tree of Life Synagogue and the people of the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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THE LYTLE SCHOLARSHIP CONCERTS
Each year since 1996, audiences have attended these annual scholarship concerts to experience a targeted musical program for a targeted purpose on a targeted date, the Sunday before Super Bowl Sunday. Every Lytle Scholarship Concert features a particular composer or idea in programming repertoire.
The first year was a solo piano concert of music by the Hungarian composer/pianist, Franz Liszt. Soon there followed annual concerts dedicated to the music of Frederic Chopin, Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miles Davis, Alexander Scriabin, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin. Other concerts not specific to a particular composer have centered around an “idea” or genre such as music based on mystical musings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Hymns, Tangos, Ragtime, Gospel tunes, Latin Jazz. Last year’s concert was unusual, featuring five great jazz pianists seated at five equally great concert grand pianos performing together in a circle. It is unlikely that you will ever hear or see a concert like that any time soon! We hope for the same today.
Now in its twenty-first year, Preuss School is a public college prep charter school (grades 6-12, 852 students) on the UCSD campus serving promising youngsters from low income, first-generation families. This award-winning secondary school has served as a model for excellence in urban education for other universities and the nation. Since graduating its first seniors in 2004, 1,600 Preuss School graduates have been accepted with full scholarships into the leading colleges and universities in the country. The proceeds from the annual Lytle Scholarship Concerts provides scholarships to Preuss grads attending UC San Diego.
Your support of these scholarship concerts is deeply appreciated by the many highly motivated and deserving youngsters who have benefitted from your generosity. They are our ultimate inspiration, and we hope you agree when, after Intermission, Mr. Scott Barton, Preuss School Principal, presents just a few of the highly motivated students attending Preuss School UCSD. Their success is our success!
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Monday, January 28th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
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WEDS@7 Explorative, Explanitive, and Performative
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Exploring Collaboration: Anthony Burr, Roger Reynolds, Jacob Sundstrom
This evening, in the Conrad Prebys Music Center’s Experimental Theater, will feature an informal conversation between clarinetist Burr, computer musician, Sundstrom, and composer Reynolds. Each will describe their role in a two-year collaboration resulting in Toward Another World; LAMENT. It’s three movements: Innocence, Awakening, and Resolve, trace the emotional arc traveled by Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, as she grasps her fate. The relationship between Aeschylus’s text, extended techniques for the solo instrument, and the management of three algorithmic strategies for modifying and responding to the live musician’s performance will be discussed and illustrated before a culminating performance of the completed work. A Q and A with the audience closes the program.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
Program information to be announced.
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ArtPower presents Hermitage Piano Trio
Friday, February 1st, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)Descending from the great Russian musical tradition, the Hermitage Piano Trio is distinguished by its exuberant musicality, interpretative range, and sumptuous sound. In the same way that St. Petersburg’s venerable Hermitage State Museum represents the very essence and history of Russia while also using its collection to embrace and promote cultures from around the world, the trio embodies the majesty of their Russian lineage.
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A rarity in the chamber music world, this elite trio comprises three musicians who are noted soloists in their own right. Together they have performed to tremendous acclaim for audiences on major chamber music series in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Tucson, Portland (OR), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), and New Orleans. They make their San Diego debut at ArtPower, presenting a program of Russian masterpieces. Program Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50; Sergey Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque in D Minor, op. 9
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Black February
Monday, February 4th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest, curated by Erik Carlson
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Winter Palimpsest ensemble featuring the works of Eva-Maria Houben, Catherine Lamb, Anthony Vine, and Pauline Oliveros.
Eva-Maria Houben: John Muir Trails 1 (in the fullness of time) (2008)
Catherine Lamb: line/shadow (2011)
Anthony Vine: Primaries and Secondaries (2019) *world premiere
Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation (1971)
The Palimpsest Ensemble:
Rachel Allen - Trumpet, Erik Carlson - Violin, Madison Greenstone - Clarinet, Matthew Kline - Double Bass, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones - Percussion, Michael Matsuno - Flutes, Alexandria Smith - Trumpet, Juliana Gaona Villamizar - Oboe, Ilana Waniuk - Violin
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Eva-Maria Houben (b. 1955) studied Music Education at Folkwang-Musikhochschule Essen and the organ with Gisbert Schneider. Following her exams she taught both German and Music Education at Secondary School. She received her doctorate and postdoctoral lecturing qualification in musicology and was called for lectures at Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg and Robert-Schumann-Hochschule Düsseldorf. Since 1993 Professor Houben has been lecturing at Dortmund University`s “Institut für Musik und Musikwissenschaft”, with both music theory and contemporary music as her focus. Up to now many books were published, concerning contemporary music, contemporary composers and traditional music, listened to with ‘new ears’. Eva-Maria Houben has been performing works for the organ for more than 30 years. As she is related to the “wandelweiser-group” of composers, her compositions are published by “edition wandelweiser”, Haan. Her list of compositions up to now includes works for the organ, piano, clarinet, trombone, violoncello and other solo instruments, works for voice and piano, for wind and chamber ensembles, for orchestra and for voice and orchestra, works for choir (www.wandelweiser.de). She publishes on subjects of contemporary music (Steiner, Stuttgart; PFAU, Saarbrücken; Edition Howeg, Zürich; bis-label, Oldenburg; Edition Wandelweiser, Haan; transcript, Bielefeld).
Catherine Lamb (b. 1982, Olympia, Wa, U.S.), is a composer exploring the interaction of elemental tonal material and the variations in presence between shades and beings in a room. She has been studying and composing music since a young age. In 2003 she turned away from the conservatory in an attempt to understand the structures and intonations within Hindustani Classical Music, later finding Mani Kaul in 2006 who was directly connected to Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and whose philosophical approach to sound became important to her. She studied (experimental) composition at the California Institute of the Arts (2004-2006) under James Tenney and Michael Pisaro, who were both integral influences. It was there also that she began her work into the area of Just Intonation, which became a clear way to investigate the interaction of tones and ever-fluctuating shades, where these interactions in and of them-selves became structural elements in her work. Since then she has written various ensemble pieces (at times with liminal electronic portions) and continues to go further into elemental territories, through various kinds of research, collaboration, and practice (herself as a violist). She received her MFA from the Milton Avery School of Fine Arts at Bard College in 2012 and is currently residing in Berlin, Germany.
Anthony Vine (b. 1988) is a composer and guitarist currently living in San Diego, California. His work is characterized by a pluralistic approach to tuning and harmony, exploring the intersections between spectral techniques, just-intonation, and other temperaments. These tones are cast in immersive forms, and projected by acoustic instruments and simple wave forms. The music attempts to engage a reflexive mode of listening, wherein one takes notice of their own perceptual faculties, and begins to perceive themselves listening.
He has collaborated with a number of ensembles and musicians, including Alarm Will Sound, Bearthoven, Bozzini Quartet, Ensemble Modelo62, Ensemble SurPlus, Minnesota Orchestra, Trio SurPlus, Will Lang, Yarn/Wire, and his exceptional colleagues at UCSD. These works have been presented at Copland House, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Musiikin Aika, Schloss Solitude, and Ultima Festival. His music has been recorded and released on Cantaloupe Music and Galtta Media.
In 2016, he was awarded the Gaudeamus Prize. The jury noted, "Anthony Vine creates a solid, mature, beautifully crafted fragile sound world. He knows how to blur the identity of the different sources of sounds including the use of electronics in a very singular way." Other awards and honors include the 2018 John J. Cali String Quartet Composition Award, 2015 Jerome Fund Commissioning Award, 2015 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award (2nd place), and NPR/Q2 Radio Top Composers under 40 (2011). Vine is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in music composition at the University of California, San Diego.
Pauline Oliveros is a senior figure in contemporary American music. Her career spans fifty years of boundary dissolving music making. In the '50s she was part of a circle of iconoclastic composers, artists, poets gathered together in San Francisco. Recently awarded the John Cage award for 2012 from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, Oliveros is Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Darius Milhaud Artist-in-Residence at Mills College. Oliveros has been as interested in finding new sounds as in finding new uses for old ones --her primary instrument is the accordion, an unexpected visitor perhaps to musical cutting edge, but one which she approaches in much the same way that a Zen musician might approach the Japanese shakuhachi. Pauline Oliveros' life as a composer, performer and humanitarian is about opening her own and others' sensibilities to the universe and facets of sounds. Since the 1960's she has influenced American music profoundly through her work with improvisation, meditation, electronic music, myth and ritual. Pauline Oliveros is the founder of "Deep Listening," which comes from her childhood fascination with sounds and from her works in concert music with composition, improvisation and electro-acoustics. Pauline Oliveros describes Deep Listening as a way of listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, of one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening is my life practice," she explains, simply. Oliveros is founder of Deep Listening Institute, formerly Pauline Oliveros Foundation, now the Center For Deep Listening at Rensselaer.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 9th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Katinka Kleijn–champion of new music and a member of the Chicago Symphony–is soloist in Philip Glass’ graceful Second Cello Concerto, drawn from his score to the film Noqoyqatsi. The concert concludes with one of Anton Bruckner’s most compact and attractive symphonies, dedicated to Wagner and full of Bruckner’s glorious writing for brass. Emerging composer LJ White adds to the fun with a new work commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus.
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LJ WHITE New Commission
PHILIP GLASS Cello Concerto No. 2
ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 10th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Katinka Kleijn–champion of new music and a member of the Chicago Symphony–is soloist in Philip Glass’ graceful Second Cello Concerto, drawn from his score to the film Noqoyqatsi. The concert concludes with one of Anton Bruckner’s most compact and attractive symphonies, dedicated to Wagner and full of Bruckner’s glorious writing for brass. Emerging composer LJ White adds to the fun with a new work commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus.
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LJ WHITE New Commission
PHILIP GLASS Cello Concerto No. 2
ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
Michiko Ogawa, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Monday, February 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Michiko Ogawa DMA #3: Music for Film
THE STIGMA FOG SAINT Wards Off Extinction by Angela Jennings
Music by James Rushford & Michiko Ogawa
Hand Catching Flour by Lyndsay Bloom
Music by Carolyn Chen
Performed by Michiko Ogawa
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Black February
Monday, February 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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WEDS@7 Michael Nicolas and Aleck Karis
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Aleck Karis performs with cellist Michael Nicholas
BACH: Gamba Sonata in G, BWV1027
BEETHOVEN: Sonata, opus 102 no 1
BRAHMS: Sonata for cello and piano in F majors, opus 99
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ALECK KARIS, PIANO
Aleck Karis has performed recitals, chamber music, and concertos across the Americas, Europe and in China. As the pianist of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae he has participated in over a hundred premieres and performed at major American and European festivals. His appearances with orchestra have ranged from concertos by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to those of Stravinsky, Messiaen and Carter. His five solo discs on Bridge Records include Aleck Karis performs Schumann, Carter, Chopin; Aleck Karis: Mozart Recital; Stravinsky: Music for Piano 1911-1942; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes; and Karis Plays Webern, Wolpe & Feldman. His two discs on Romeo Records are Piano Music of Philip Glass and Late Piano Music of Frederic Chopin. Last month, Bridge released his most recent disc, Feldman's haunting last work Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello. Karis has studied with William Daghlian, Artur Balsam and Beveridge Webster. He is a Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego, and former Associate Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities.
MICHAEL NICOLAS, CELLO
A “long-admired figure on the New York scene” (New Yorker), cellist Michael Nicolas enjoys a diverse career as chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and improvisor. His eclectic tastes and adventurous spirit have led him to forge a musical path of uncommon breadth, where his activities range from performing the masterpieces of the past in the world's most prestigious concert halls, to free improvisation in a downtown New York experimental venue with giants of the genre, to working with contemporary composers of all styles, pushing the boundaries of musical expression and meaning.
The ensembles Michael plays in illustrate his commitment to diversity. He is the cellist of the intrepid and genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which has drawn praise from classical, world music, and rock critics alike. As a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he has worked with countless composers from around the world, premiering and recording dozens of new works. Another group, Third Sound, which Michael helped found, made its debut with an historic residency at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival, in Cuba.
As a soloist, Michael performs recitals and concertos across the globe. His album Transitions, available on the Sono Luminus label, was named Q2 Music Album of the Week at WQXR upon release, and it has since garnered critical acclaim across North America. His chamber music playing can also be found on the Naxos, Tzadik, and Universal Korea labels.
Of mixed French-Canadian and Taiwanese heritage, Michael was born in Canada, and currently resides in New York City. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School.
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Thursday, February 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers: A tradition continues
Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764) Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No.1
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Terzettino (1905) for flute, viola and harp
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Four songs from Schwanengesang, D.957 (1828)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1876-79)
Performers:
Kyle Adam Blair (harpsichord and piano), Alexander Ishov (flute), Cecilia Kim (cello), Leslie Leytham (mezzo-soprano), Michael Matsuno (flute), Brendan Nguyen (piano), Päivikki Nykter (violin and viola), Tasha Smith Godinez (harp), Annabelle Terbetski (viola)
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In 1987, renowned virtuoso violinist János Négyesy established a series of Chamber Music concerts called the “Soirée for Music Lovers.” These programs were intended to be a musical counterpoint to the experimental music that characterized the music department at the University of California, where Professor Négyesy was a long-time faculty member. The quarterly concerts, featuring chamber music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, grew to be a popular and elegant part of the musical life of San Diego. The tradition continues this year on Wednesday, February 14th, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on UCSD campus. Päivikki Nykter, the late Professor Négyesy’s wife, musical partner and a featured performer in every previous Soirée, has taken up the mantle in presenting a program worthy of the Négyesy legacy.
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WEDS@7 Charles Curtis, cello
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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performs
Éliane Radigue: Naldjorlak for solo cello (2005)
Alvin Lucier: Slices for cello and pre-recorded orchestra (2007-2012-2019)
Two long works for cello, made for, and with, Charles Curtis. Each to be played in its own room, and with its own cello.
Concert Hall, 7 p.m.: Radigue
In Naldjorlak, the cello is tuned to its own native resonance, the so-called "wolf tone." The performance sets forth a detailed and exhaustive investigation into the instrument's hidden resonances, following the body of the cello as both geography and musical form at once. In Salomé Voegelin's words (from The Political Possibility of Sound), Naldjorlak "performs the entanglement of composer, cello, cellist, bow and breath... the playing of the instrument activates a composition between the different resonating bodies of the space, the performer, the cello and the audience, working on an impossible yet aimed for unison."
For Radigue (born January 1932), legendary for her work with feedback, the ARP 2500 synthesizer and analog tape, Naldjorlak was the very first work for an acoustic instrument and a live performer. This collaboration led to a florescence of new works for soloists and ensembles, all created collaboratively without written score. In this collaborative model, the piece is considered non-transferable; it is not intended to be performed by anyone other than the individual for whom it was made.
Experimental Theater, 8:15 p.m.: Lucier
The range of the cello is presented as a 53-note chromatic cluster sustained by the traditional instruments of the European symphony orchestra. The soloist articulates a melodic sequence of the cluster, and with each successive note from the soloist, the corresponding orchestral instrument falls silent. In a new ordering, the reverse takes place: with each new melodic step, the orchestral instrument enters again, once again building up the arrayed cluster. This process of erasure and re-inscription is followed seven times in all.
Lucier (born May 1931) originally conceived Slices as a piece for cello with live orchestra, as it was premiered in 2007 at Ostrava. The impracticabilities of performance led to a version with pre-recorded instruments (recorded by Tom Erbe), looped and mounted in a supercollider patch (originally written by Scott Worthington); this was first performed at the Berlin MaerzMusik in 2012. Jacob Sundstrom has now re-written the patch to accommodate as many individual channels for the orchestral instruments as possible. This performance will be the first presentation of Slices with 32 loudspeakers.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Gary Tomlinson
Thursday, February 21st, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Distinguished Lecture Series guest, Dr. Gary Tomlinson, John Hay Whitney Professor of Music and Humanities at Yale University, presents "What Evolutionary Musicology Is, and What It Isn’t"
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ABSTRACT:
How humans came to be musical creatures is an age-old question, one that has been linked to modern evolutionary thinking since its inauguration in Darwin’s writings. Nevertheless, research into the evolutionary history of human musical capacities has burgeoned in the last two decades, enough to justify speaking of a subdiscipline of “evolutionary musicology.” What defines this field of study? What is its place in studies of human evolution? What can it hope to accomplish? What is its relation to conventional musicologies, to new trends such as posthumanism, and to central tenets of the humanities in general? Finally—of particular importance at this moment of burgeoning interest—what are the pitfalls evolutionary musicology must avoid, pitfalls all-too-evident in such initiatives as evolutionary psychology and “literary Darwinism”?
BIOGRAPHY:
Gary Tomlinson, by training a musicologist, has in recent years focused his attention on the musical and cultural evolution of Homo sapiens, leading to two books: A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity (2015) and Culture and the Course of Human Evolution (2018). His innovative view of this evolution models deep processual patterns in the interactions of culture and biology in hominins and other species, joining biologists' “niche construction” theory to the systematic analysis of Paleolithic cultures and an extended semiotics indebted to Charles Sanders Peirce. Tomlinson’s other writings include books on opera and subjectivity, Claudio Monteverdi and late-Renaissance thought, the role of music in Renaissance occult philosophy, and the place of song in the first meetings of Europeans with indigenous peoples of the New World; his essays explore many aspects of critical and post-critical theory in their musical applications. Tomlinson is John Hay Whitney Professor of Music and Humanities at Yale University, where he directs the Whitney Humanities Center.
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Grad Forum
Friday, February 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Music Department graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms.
- David Lang: String of Pearls - James Beauton, marimba
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza I - Teresa Díaz de Cossio, flute
- Thomas DeLio: Transparent Wave - Christopher Clarino, snare drum
- Nicholas Solem: Phasegnau 0 - Nicholas Solem, electronics
- A performance by SElectOR
- George Benjamin: Flight - Alexander Ishov, flute
- A performance by Keir GoGwilt and Kyle Motl
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Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass - Graduate Recital
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER, BASS - DMA1
Giacinto Scelsi: Mantram
H. W. Henze: S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207
Aaron Cassidy: The Wreck of Former Boundaries
Juan Campoverde: Amores *world premiere, featuring James Beauton, percussion
Wilfrido Terrazas: pequeño vikingo **US premiere
Mark Dresser/Ed Harkins, arr. Schulmeister: House of Mirrors, featuring Alexandria Smith, trumpet
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KATHRYN SCHULMEISTER
Described as “…turning [the double bass] into a writhing white-hot crucible.”, Kathryn Schulmeister brings radiant energy and rigorous expression to her performance of musical repertoire ranging from classical to experimental. With a fearless curiosity for collaborative environments, Kathryn actively seeks opportunities to integrate improvisation, movement and theater into her musical performance. Kathryn’s charisma and boundless enthusiasm for pushing the boundaries of the artistic potential of her instrument have led her to thrive as an active performer in festivals and venues around the world.
As one of the newest members of the renowned ELISION ensemble (Australia), Kathryn will perform in Taiwan, Cambridge (MA), Buffalo (NY), and Melbourne in 2019. Other current engagements include performances with Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Dal Niente (Chicago), and Fonema Consort (Chicago). In May 2019, Kathryn will perform original compositions with her duo project a&k at John Zorn’s famed venue for experimental music, The Stone (NYC).
As a captivating soloist, Kathryn has brought exciting new works for the double bass to life in international festivals such as the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), the soundSCAPE festival (Italy), the Foro de Música Nueva (Mexico City), Festival Vertice (Mexico City), among others. In April 2018 Kathryn recorded composer Aaron Cassidy’s new work for solo double bass ‘The wreck of former boundaries’ which will be released in 2020. In March 2017, Kathryn performed a 6-city tour of Switzerland and Luxembourg with the Lucerne Festival Young Performance Ensemble, performing an experimental theater work incorporating dance, theater, and various styles of contemporary and classical music. Equally passionate and experienced as an orchestral musician, Kathryn served as a core member of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra for three consecutive seasons from 2014-2017, and has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, the California Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Lyric Opera, the Maui Chamber Orchestra, and Hawaii Opera Theater.
Kathryn is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance from the University of California, San Diego, studying with internationally renowned bassist/improviser/composer Mark Dresser. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and completed her Master of Music degree at McGill University in Montréal. Her primary teachers have included Todd Seeber (Boston Symphony Orchestra) and Ali Yazdanfar (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal). Since the start of her musical career, Kathryn has been recognized for her achievements on numerous occasions including winning a project grant from New Music USA and successfully receiving McGill’s Austrian Society Scholarship grant to pursue individual study of contemporary music in Vienna.
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Cross-Wired: Monday
Monday, February 25th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)https://rebeccalloydjones.org/about/Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Topic: Music for Voice & Percussion
Eva Barnes | Steven Schick | Roger Reynolds
2:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Abigail Fisher | Louis Pino
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Georges Aperghis: Le Corps à Corps
Nicole Joshi
David Lang: String of Pearls
James Beauton
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Black February
Monday, February 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Developed by the pioneering artist Butch Morris, Conduction can be described as a duet for conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black February series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music making by presenting three dynamic nights of Conduction each Monday of February. Assistant Professor Stephanie Richards will be performing the series with her Winter 201 Class.
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Cross-Wired: Tuesday
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Extending Techniques
Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
2:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Jordan Curcuruto | Daniel Matei
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Philippe Manoury - Le Livre de Clavier (Vibraphone)
Daniel Matei
Liza Lim - Ming qi (Bright Vessel)
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion and Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe
Larry Polansky - Veditz
Christopher Clarino
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Cross-Wired: Wednesday
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
7:00 p.m. Steven Schick Solo Concert
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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WEDS@7 Steven Schick, solo percussion
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick presents an evening of solo percussion pieces including Celeste Oram's 2018 work and the world premiere of Roger Reynolds' Here and There.
Celeste Oram: __ • • • __ __ • • __ __ • • ___ • • (2018)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus (1959)
Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964)
Roger Reynolds: Here and There (2018) *world premiere
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Cross-Wired: Thursday
Thursday, February 28th, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
2:00 p.m. Topic: Delivering on Text
Eva Barnes | Steven Schick | Roger Reynolds
4:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
5:00 p.m. Concert & Conversation
Christopher Adler: Zaum Box (Excerpts)
Jordan Curcuruto
James Rolfe: The Connection
Abigail Fisher
Dieter Schnebel: Der Springer
Katelyn King
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Cross-Wired Faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Cross-Wired: Friday
Friday, March 1st, 2019 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Cross-Wired is unique: in a week-long set of concerts and master classes, seven young percussionists from North America and Europe will be in residence at UC San Diego to study a new work for percussion solo by Pulitzer-Prize winning composer and University Professor, Roger Reynolds . The new work, for percussion with text by Samuel Beckett , will be coached by Cross-Wired host Steven Schick , along with Reynolds, Theatre and Dance faculty member Eva Barnes and two distinguished alumni of UC San Diego: Aiyun Huang (University of Toronto) and Ivan Manzanilla (University of Guanajuato).
1:00 p.m. Master Class: Here and There
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Featuring Cross-Wired faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Cross-Wired Master Class Presentation
Friday, March 1st, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Concert & Conversation
CROSS-WIRED ROUND-UP
including Roger Reynolds' Here and There
performed by Steven Schick
Featuring Cross-Wired faculty
Eva Barnes | Aiyun Huang | Ivan Manzanilla | Roger Reynolds | Steven Schick
Cross-Wired Fellows
Jordan Curcuruto | Abigail Fisher | Nicole Joshi | Katelyn King
Carmen Maldonado | Daniel Matei | Louis Pino
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney
Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
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Crossing Boundaries
Friday, March 1st, 2019 6:00 pm
CalIt2 Atkinson Hall
Free
An interdisciplinary performance featuring the work of students from UC San Diego’s Theater & Dance, Music and Visual Arts departments.
Alex Stephenson • Andrew Lynch • Ariadna Sáenz • Elisabet Curbelo • Felipe Rossi • Grace Grothaus • John Burnett • Joseph Hendel • Juliana Kleist-Méndez • Justin Beets • Kathryn Schulmeister• Kevin Allen Schwenkler • Kirstyn Hom • Lydia Winsor Brindamour • Marcos Duran • Paul Hauptmeier
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red fish blue fish: Xenakis' Persephassa
Friday, March 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)red fish blue fish
featuring: Aiyun Huang & Ivan Manzanilla
Persephassa (1969) is the first of Xenakis' innovative and ambitious works for percussion ensemble. The title refers to the goddess Persephone, "the personification of telluric forces and of transmutations of life." The piece was commissioned for the first-ever Shiraz Festival (organized by the Empress of Iran), held at the historic desert site of Persepolis -- an awesome and altogether fitting setting for such a powerful work.
Sergio Luque Dreaming about Tinguely’s Mechanical Structures
Nicole Lizee Hitchcock Etudes (2017)
Salvador Torre Pop Wuj I (2011)
David Bithell Windward (2018)
Iannis Xenakis Persephassa (1969)
red fish blue fish
James Beauton | Christopher Clarino | Fiona Digney | Michael Jones | Rebecca Lloyd-Jones | Steven Schick
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Persephassa gains much of its effect from having the six percussionists distributed around the audience. The treatment of space as a musical parameter is one of the most important preoccupations of Xenakis' music, particularly in his works of the mid-to-late 1960s. The dramatic impact of utilizing the performance space in this manner is evident many passages throughout the piece in which accents or imitative rhythms are passed around the ensemble. Xenakis' spatial scheme is particularly successful in helping to clarify the counterpoint of the middle section, in which each player marks a series of pulsations, and then patterns, in his or her own tempo. This passage culminates in clouds of metallic sounds, played on a set of exotic instruments called simantras. Xenakis also throws in sirens, maracas, and pebbles, along with the usual arsenal of drums, wood blocks, cymbals, and gongs. The final section of Persephassa is quite extraordinary. In it, Xenakis winds up a rotating series of percussion rolls, spinning the accents around faster and faster, then adds another rotating pattern that moves in the opposite direction. By the end, there are six layered patterns swirling around at dizzying speed, breaking off into silence just when it seems impossible to keep listening without falling out of one's seat. The final gesture is a long, improvised outburst by all the players on all the instruments; the sound no doubt echoed throughout the ancient site of the premiere long after the final stroke.
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Crossing Boundaries
Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 6:00 pm
CalIt2 Atkinson Hall
Free
An interdisciplinary performance featuring the work of students from UC San Diego’s Theater & Dance, Music and Visual Arts departments.
Alex Stephenson • Andrew Lynch • Ariadna Sáenz • Elisabet Curbelo • Felipe Rossi • Grace Grothaus • John Burnett • Joseph Hendel • Juliana Kleist-Méndez • Justin Beets • Kathryn Schulmeister• Kevin Allen Schwenkler • Kirstyn Hom • Lydia Winsor Brindamour • Marcos Duran • Paul Hauptmeier
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ArtPower presents Vijay Iyer and Matt Haimovitz
Thursday, March 7th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
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Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)Cellist Matt Haimovitz—an artist whose barrier-breaking performances have taken him around the world—joins forces with genius jazz composer-performer pianist Vijay Iyer in a program that truly defies definition.
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This special event showcases Iyer’s own composition alongside the music of Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, J. S. Bach, Ravi Shankar, Billy Strayhorn, and others to create a program of unprecedented virtuosity and depth. Duets are the centerpiece, but also expect solo performances by each of these mesmerizing players.
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Vijay Iyer Master Class
Friday, March 8th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
VIJAY IYER MASTER CLASS
Grammy-nominated composer-pianist VIJAY IYER (pronounced “VID-jay EYE-yer”) was described by Pitchfork as “one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today,” by the Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star,” and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an American treasure.” He has been voted DownBeat Magazine’s Artist of the Year three times – in 2016, 2015 and 2012 – and Artist of the Year in Jazz Times’ Critics’ Poll and Readers’ Poll for 2017. Iyer was named Downbeat’s 2014 Pianist of the Year, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist. In 2014 he began a permanent appointment as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts in the Department of Music at Harvard University.
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James Beauton, percussion - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 8th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
JAMES BEAUTON, PERCUSSION
Based in Southern California, James Beauton is a percussionist who specializes in experimental music from the last century. Beauton performs regularly as a soloist in Los Angeles for the Music@MiMoDa and Brilliant Strings concerts series, performing works of composers Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Philippe Manoury, Franco Donatoni, and Brian Ferneyhough. He has also performed in Monday Evening Concerts and the unSung Music Festival.
More information: jamesbeauton.com
- Michael Gordon - XY
- David Lang - String of Pearls
- Morton Feldman - King of Denmark
- G.N. Gianopoulos - Lullabies/Nocturnes *world premiere
- Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zyklus Nr. 9
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Beauton is a member of the ensemble Tala Rasa, a percussion trio dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new music. Tala Rasa has premiered works by composers G.N. Gianopoulos, Andrea Mazzariello, Wally Gunn, Michael Laurello, and Thomas Childs. James has also performed with ensembles such as red fish blue fish, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Nova Ensemble, and has been featured as a soloist with the ensembles Renga, the Contemporary Chamber Players, and the Michigan State University Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras.
Pursuing his passion for percussion pedagogy and music education, Beauton joined the teaching artist roster at the innovative Music Vault Academy in 2014. This dynamic and multifaceted music school, recording studio, and concert venue also hosts and produces the music series Concerts@theVault. As Artistic Director of this series, Beauton manages these events that provide live music to the community of South Orange County, often featuring artists from Los Angeles and San Diego.
Currently, James holds a faculty position at San Diego State University as a dance accompanist and works toward his Doctorate of Musical Arts at UC San Diego. He has earned degrees from SUNY Stony Brook (Master of Music) and Michigan State University (Bachelor of Music). James is a Vic Firth and Yamaha Performing Artist.
Bass Ensembles
Friday, March 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Bassist Mark Dresser leads BASS ENSEMBLES presenting new and innovative pieces for double bass performance. Featuring performances by bassists Matthew Kline, Kathryn Schulmeiester, Tommy Babin, Mark Dresser and Alexandria Smith on the trumpet.
BASS ENSEMBLES will premiere new works by UC San Diego graduate composers Zachary Konick, Nakul Tiruviluamala, Alexandria Smith, and Jacques Zafra.
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Undergrad Forum
Saturday, March 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Performers: Leonardo Barba, Isabella Calabrese, Martin Chapman, Michael Cohn, Jennifer Colin, Owen Cruise, Alonso de la Pena, Joey di Liberto, Mason Davis, Savanna Dunaway, Lizze Fisher, Joseph Garcia, Gregor Grigorian, Remi Ha, Noah Hermansen, David Knoll, Siddhartha Krishnan, Matthew Leveque, Benjamin Mateyka, Junko Roberts, Eduardo Sanchez, Samuel Shing, Tino Tirado, Alice Williams, Julia Yu and Sherry Zheng
Program information to be announced.
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Voice Students, 32VM
Monday, March 11th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, instructed by Kirsten Ashley Wiest, presents a recital of art songs and arias, featuring German Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. Pianist Dr. Kyle Adam Blair joins singers Adrain Chan, Jennifer Colin, Joseph Garcia, Teagan Rutkowski, Julia Yu, Lizze Fisher, Daniel Zhao, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Cameron Haywood, Shane Ramil, and Myasia Fox.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, March 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section, and afro-latin percussion.
Program:
Aesthetic Lady - Lars Gullin
On the Que Tee - Freddie Hubbard
Mother I’m Here - Darren Korb
The Pineapple Incident - Braden Rigling
Eucalyptus - Gino Calgaro
Fly With the Wind - McCoy Tyner
After the Gig - Darryl Reeves
The Fall of Omar Little - Martin Chapman
Soon As I Get Home - Charlie Small
Were Almost Lovers - Zeju Zheng
Eclipse - Noah Hermansen
Godspeed - Frank Ocean
Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, presents their Winter performance in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Alberto Ginastera - Harp Concerto
Tasha Smith Godinez, soloist
Florence Price - Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
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Advanced Improvisation, MUS 131
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Ken Anderson, San Diego's leading proponent of gospel, directs UCSD's gospel choir in a concert of African-American spirituals, blues, and traditional songs.
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)“Vivaldi Night”
The annual UCSD Bach Ensemble Concert features works by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) performed by selected undergraduate students from the Chamber Ensemble class. Special guest appearances by Pei-Chun Tsai (violinist of the San Diego Symphony), Ilana Waniuk (violin, UCSD Graduate Student) and Cory Lin (alumnus). Please come and enjoy our exciting performance!
All Vivaldi Program includes
- “Spring” and “Winter” from The Four Seasons
- Concerto for two violins in A minor
- Concerto for two cellos in G minor
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Piano Studio Recital
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, March 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Elsa’s Procession To The Cathedral (1850) - Richard Wagner
from “Lohengrin” trans. Lucien Cailliet
Percussion Concerto (2009) - Jennifer Higdon
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion soloist
The Pines of Rome (1924) - Ottorino Respighi
I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese trans. Guy M. Duker
II. The Pines Near a Catacomb
III. The Pines of the Janiculum
IV. The Pines of the Appian Way
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MUS 206 Experimental Studies
Friday, March 15th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 15th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Program information to be announced.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, March 16th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)After meeting Laurie San Martin, one this country’s most important ebullient composers, we’ll experience the lightness of a classical great—the seldom-heard 8th Symphony of Beethoven—and conclude with Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary and poignant Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish), with chorus, soprano soloist and narrator. The Bernstein piece, named for the Jewish prayer for the dead, was dedicated to the late President John F. Kennedy and premiered in the days after of his assassination in 1963. It is a reflection simultaneously on the loss of a president and the loss of a generation of European Jews. It is powerful music, but also hopeful.
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LAURIE SAN MARTIN nights bright days
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BERSTEIN Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, March 17th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)After meeting Laurie San Martin, one this country’s most important ebullient composers, we’ll experience the lightness of a classical great—the seldom-heard 8th Symphony of Beethoven—and conclude with Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary and poignant Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish), with chorus, soprano soloist and narrator. The Bernstein piece, named for the Jewish prayer for the dead, was dedicated to the late President John F. Kennedy and premiered in the days after of his assassination in 1963. It is a reflection simultaneously on the loss of a president and the loss of a generation of European Jews. It is powerful music, but also hopeful.
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LAURIE SAN MARTIN nights bright days
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BERSTEIN Symphony No. 3 (Kaddish)
Caroline Louise Miller, composer - Graduate Recital
Monday, March 18th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Biomes: A Musical Life-Form Tour
An evening of works inspired by surrealism, dreams, and biology.
Collaborators:
Kyle Motl, contrabass | Mari Kawamura, piano | Alexandria Smith, trumpet | Teresa Diaz de Cossio, bass flute | Ilana Waniuk, violin
Works:
Reductionism is a Dirty Word
Subsong
Hydra Nightingale
Jungles: Remix
Spelunking (*World Premiere)
Phobiaphages
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 1st, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
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Mahler composed his only surviving work of chamber music in 1876, at the age of 15; it was premiered three days after his 16th birthday at the Vienna Conservatory, by Mahler and fellow students. Dvorak's "Bagatelles" for two violins, cello and harmonium appeared in the same year. Both works, by Bohemian-born artists precariously entangled in bourgeois German and Austrian culture, capture the seething melancholy and alienation of the outsider artist.
In a symmetrical program framed by these two late-Romantic rarities, we explore the transition from Romanticism into its intensified form, Expressionism. Berg's "Four Pieces" for clarinet and piano, Webern's two early slow movements for cello and piano, as well as his "Three Little PIeces" for the same combination, show the nineteenth century teetering on the brink of the twentieth. Of special interest is Berg's own arrangement of the last of his "Altenberg-Lieder" for an ensemble of violin, cello, piano and harmonium, arranged as a gift for Alma Mahler-Gropius and her musical friends in 1917. These ravishing, inwardly-directed musical psychograms crystallize in sound the sense of a culture slipping toward chaos, "das Gleitende," as Hoffmansthal called it, using the musical metaphor of the glissando, or the portamento: the sliding, gliding, shifting uncertainty of the fin-de-siècle.
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in a minor (1876)
Alban Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 5 (1913)
Max Bruch: Pieces for Viola, Clarinet and Piano, Opus 83 (1910)
Alban Berg: Hier ist Friede from the Altenberg-Lieder, Opus 4 Nr. 5 (1913)
Anton Webern: Two PIeces for Cello and Piano (1898)
Anton Webern: Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Opus 11 (1914)
Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles for 2 Violins, Cello and Harmonium (1876)
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No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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Josh Levine Portrait Concert
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer and UC San Diego alumnus Josh Levine visits UC San Diego April 1st-3rd. His residency will culminate with performances of four works. We are delighted to have you join us this coming Wednesday, April 3rd at 5:00 p.m. in the Experimental Theater at the Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Praeludium - Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Les yeux ouvert - Sean Dowgray, vibraphone
Sixty Cycles - T.J. Borden, cello
Four Places, Many More Times - Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd Jones, James Beauton, Sean Dowgray, percussion; Steven Schick, conductor
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WEDS@7 Black Lives Matter
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Black Lives in the Operas of Anthony Davis
The stories in my operas are drawn from the history of African Americans from the tragic consequences of the slave trade to the emergence of Black Nationalism and galvanizing figures like Malcolm X. In my operas, one can find heroic figures like Malcolm or Cinque, the leader of the Mende rebellion, Yoruba deities like the Trickster God and the Goddess of the Waters, or tragic victims of the American justice system, or misguided leaders of marginalized radical groups like the Symbionese Liberation Army. My operas address the issues of race and the collision of culture.
My first opera, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with a libretto by Thulani Davis follows Malcolm X’s odyssey and transformation from Malcolm Little, to Malcolm X and finally to El Hajj Malik el Shabazz. The three act structure of the opera corresponds to a change of name. In Act I, Malcolm becomes Detroit Red, the street hustler, who finds himself at the end of the act confronting his demons in prison. In Act II, a visit with his brother Reginald, introduces Malcolm to Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. In Act I he becomes Malcolm X and begins his ministry. In Act III Malcolm breaks with Elijah and makes his pilgrimage to Mecca and embraces Sunni Islam. His story was told in the opera as the classic journey of the tragic hero whose metamorphosis reflects the evolution of African American politics and identity. The rhythmic structures in the opera compel the drama reflecting Malcolm’s violent world. The music also reveals the parallel musical evolution of Jazz from Swing and the Jump Blues of the late 1940’s to the modal innovations John Coltrane and Miles Davis in the 60’s.
My opera Tania about the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst also explores a political topic with heiress turned revolutionary. Whereas X at root is a tragedy, Tania with a libretto by Michael John LaChiusa is a dark comedy reflecting an undeveloped revolutionary ethos signaling the end of the earlier period of radicalism. Much of the opera happens in a “closet world” where Patty becomes the revolutionary Tania and then after the death of her comrades becomes Patty again. The music employs parody to comic effect and musical repetition as a means to explore brainwashing in cults and conversion therapy.
The opera Amistad with a libretto by Thulani Davis tells the story of the mutiny and trial of Mende captives aboard the slave ship Amistad. The opera reveals the story of the Amistad as not only the pyrrhic victory of Mende captives who were never slaves but also as a transformative moment in the formation of American culture. This is represented in the opera in the parallel story of the arrival of the Trickster God in America. It is no accident that the anxiety about slave rebellions with Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and the Amistad helped account for the popularity of the minstrel show in “White” America beginning in the 1840’s. The opera explores this cultural phenomenon as the genesis of American culture, no longer European, forever entangled in race and representation. The Trickster’s arrival is balanced by the emergence of the Goddess of the Waters for whom the Middle Passage is a violation of body and spirit. The music of the opera ranges from an evocation of the sea to the playful improvisatory spirit of the Trickster, who plays with language and time.
The Central Park Five will premiere in June at Long Beach Opera. The opera with a libretto by Richard Wesley, examines the wrongful conviction of five teenaged boys in New York City for the rape and assault on the Central Park jogger. The case electrified New York City and the boys were vilified for their supposed actions. Donald Trump was particularly vocal in his accusations against the boys. He published letters in the New York newspapers calling for the death penalty beginning his ongoing campaign to promote racial division and acrimony. The opera explores the interrogation of the five teenagers that forced confessions and the racial anxiety in New York with the emergence of hip-hop and hip-hop culture.
I would like to thank Alan Johnson who has been a tireless advocate for my music and an indispensable proponent of new American opera. I would also like to thank the performers, Christine Jobson and Carl DuPont. I would also like to thank the institutions that have supported this project, the University of Miami, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
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Madison Greenstone, clarinets - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Johannes Brahms: Sonata Op. 120 Nr. 2 in Eb Major for Clarinet and Piano, 1895
I. Allegro Amabile
II. Appassionato, Ma Non Troppo Allegro
III. Andante Con Moto - Allegro
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Helmut Lachenmann: Dal Niente (Interieur III), 1970
for a solo Clarinet-Player
Madison Greenstone: Corridors
for room-responsive mixer feedback
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Undergraduate Honors: Remi Ha, piano
Saturday, April 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Program:
Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 - J .S. Bach
Piano Sonata in E Flat Maj or No. 18, Op. 31 - Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo- Allegro vivace
Ill. Menuetto- Moderato e grazioso
IV. Presto con fuoco
Estampes - Claude Debussy
I. Pagodes
II. La soiree dans Grenade
II. Jardins sous la plu ie
6 Encores - Luciano Berio
I. brin(1990)
II. leaf (1990)
Ill. wasserklavier(l965)
VI. feuerklavier (1989)
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BlueRail: A BINATIONAL IMPROVISATION RELAY AT UC San Diego - APRIL 7, 2-4pm (FREE)
San Diego, CA - March 19, 2019: BlueRail is a two-hour-long, multidisciplinary, international, site-specific and improvised performance, based on the relay format, with improvisers moving through the halls, patio, stairs and secret corners of the CPMC building. The event will take place on Sunday, April 7th, 2019, from 2 to 4pm, at the Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego. BlueRail is supported by the UC San Diego Department of Music’s Improvisers Initiative, a diverse faculty collective focused on improvisation in musical culture.
BlueRail invites improvisers to interact by moving between different ensembles positioned throughout the building chosen for the acoustical, interaction and social features. Like runners in a relay race, improvisers tag each other in and out of ensembles; the audiences move throughout the building to create their own concert experience as the ensembles grow and change. Improvisers will take over the place in two big “waves” of one hour each. The event features extraordinary artists from San Diego, and Baja California, including musicians, dancers, and visual artists.
Anthony Burr, Barbara Byers, Mónica Camacho, Lissa Corona, Teresa Díaz de Cossío, Pable Derodo, David DeFillipo, Francisco Eme, Juliana Goana, Sarah Hankins, Aftab Jassal, Haydeé Jiménez, Roshanak Kheshti, Peter Kuhn, Nick Lesley, Abraham Lizardo, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Sam Lopez, Edwin Montes, Kyle Motl, Stephanie Richards, Paul Roth, Esther Gámez Rubio, Juan David Rubio, Kevin Schwenkler, Nicole Shao, Mariliu Salinas, Peter Sloan, Alexandria Smith, José Solares, Frida de la Sota, Jasper Sussman, Armando de la Torre.
The event is free, open to the public, family friends and accessible. Food and drinks will be provided. The title BlueRail honors the dynamics of circulation that have shaped peoples' lives in the region. Like the trolleys that change direction at the border, BlueRail explores improvised ways of listening and sound that push and pull in many directions at once.
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SpringFest: SoundAmour
Sunday, April 7th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Courtyard
SpringFest 2019
Free
An afternoon of improvisatory performance continues with a showcase of collaborative, interdisciplinary work in CPMC’s courtyard.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Experiments in Entropy
Monday, April 8th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Experiments in Entropy features three diverse works which explore electronic, and electronically processed, sounds. The SElectOR ensemble performs electronic improvisations, featuring both synthesized and electroacoustic sounds. Anqi Liu’s work for modular synthesizer invites the listener to experience the spectral nuances and microcosmic spaces created by her live-patching of the instrument. Andres Gutiérrez’s work Auscultation explores the sonic qualities of different materials (such as metal and cardboard boxes) which are amplified and excited through contact microphones and speakers, and then projected spatially to create an immersive sonic experience.
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“Power of Photography for Humanityâ€
Monday, April 8th, 2019 6:00 pm
UC San Diego Atkinson Hall Aduitorium - Qualcomm Institute
Free
A philanthropist, idealist and humanist, Reza Deghati’s career began with studies in architecture. He has gone on to become a renowned photojournalist who, for the last three decades, has worked all over the world, most notably for National Geographic.
His assignments have taken him to over 100 countries as a witness to humanity’s conflicts and catastrophes, and has been celebrated internationally through media, a series of books, exhibitions and documentaries made for the National Geographic Channel.
Join the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities as we welcome Reza to campus as a visiting artist under the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. Reza will bring his unique voice and photography to students, faculty and the greater San Diego community, exploring “A Dream of Humanity.”
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SpringFest: Pic.co.lo!
Monday, April 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
A concert that explores registral limits and compositions that navigate them. UC San Diego graduate flutists will perform piccolo music by Kaija Saariaho, Hilda Paredes and Mario Lavista, along with premieres of chamber music by Jessie Downs, Nick Deyoe and Wilfrido Terrazas.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest Music at Balboa Park
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Planning for this event is in development. Performance information and times will be announced.
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SpringFest: ...Which Reminds Me…
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
This concert features a selection of interdisciplinary pieces that engage with theatricality, surreality, and ritual. There will be three brand new works, including the premiere of Josh Charney's music/drama Phaedra for piano, voice and playback, UC San Diego alum Yvette Jackson's new piece for fixed media, and Tobin Chodos' realization of Richard Nixon's Piano Concerto #1. The program will also feature UC San Diego graduate and musicologist Heidi Von Gundun's Whistle Music: A Sonic Exorcism, a work that explores ritual music surrounding various culture's exorcism ceremonies. Lastly, an ensemble will honor a friend of the music department, Ryoko Amadee Goguen, with a performance of her composition Pelican Fish Button.
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SpringFest: XX
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)XX presents its fourth concert featuring music created by women. Themes invoke multiple scales of time and space—from Celestial bodies light-years from Earth, to mysterious geological formations underground, to an aria for the queen of the crickets. On a human time-scale, experience a live acoustic soundscape of Tehran, Iran at 7am, and contemplate the flaws that may be integral to our identities. Video installations will be running at Conrad Prebys Music Center throughout the week.
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Blue Heron
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Matt Kline will perform works for Double Bass by Catherine Lamb, Eva-Maria Houben and Pauline Oliveros.
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SpringFest: red fish blue fish
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
red fish blue fish presents: Uchronian worlds
The word uchronia refers to a hypothetical or fictional time-period of our world, in contrast to altogether fictional lands or worlds.
Uchronian worlds is an exploration of sonic landscapes where the listener is transported to new constructed worlds. Exploring the relationships between time, space and temporal sonorites, this program will feature works from composers such as Sarah Hennies, Fritz Hauser and Josh Levine. Also being presented are world premieres from Lydia Winsor Brindamour and Aristea Mellos.
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SpringFest: Ghost Music
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019 9:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Ghost Music (2007-2008) is an evening-length work for solo percussion by Hudson Valley-based composer and Bard College faculty member Matt Sargent. Scored for a humble array of resonant metals, the piece creates an organic and breathing space through the use of recursive materials and unfolding processes: a “sanctuary in a suitcase.”
Audience members are encouraged to bring cushions, blankets, mats or whatever will make them comfortable, since the space will be cleared of chairs. (Please note that folding chairs will be available for those who need them.)
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Hermetic Art Party—a multidisciplinary performance collective featuring Anthony Vine, Madison Greenstone, and Katy Gilmore—will present a four day art and brend party from April 8th - 11th. The party will take place in the confines of room 2146 in Warren Lecture Hall, and function as a reclusive hideaway running parallel to the the rest of Springfest.
Each day will feature an installation in the afternoon, followed by a performance in the evening. The festival will feature artists and musicians from UCSD’s music, literature, and visual arts departments, as well as artists outside the university, including Erik Carlson, John Dombroski (Visual Arts), Daniel Meyer (Joshua Tree) and Ben Rempel (LA), Michael Matsuno, Celeste Oram, Zach Bushnell (Literature), and Hermetic Art Party.
A journal of prose, interviews, and poetry written and compiled by the participating artists will be available free of charge while supplies last.
Please note: This event is "ongoing" throughout the festival. Visit the Event Link for specific information regarding the schedule of daily events.
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SpringFest: Songs, Texts, Canons
Thursday, April 11th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Songs, Texts, Canons: new works for solo voice and electronics
Baritone Jonathan Nussman presents a program of works for voice and computer, featuring the premiere of two new installments in his ongoing series, Canons for a Solo Singer. Also on the program is Nathan Hearing’s Medical Text p. 57 for voice and live electronics (2017). Collaborators include Alexandria Smith on flugelhorn, and a computer program written by John Burnett.
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SpringFest: Unbound from Space and Time
Thursday, April 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Unbound from Space and Time: Spatial Compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Spanning three decades of his oeuvre, an evening of spatial compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The concepts of each of Stockhausen’s works were perpetually expanded upon, which created a cohesive universe within itself. The earliest of the works on the program, YLEM, sonically imagines the Big Bang with a large ensemble of mixed acoustic and electronic instruments. Time and space musically are connected in Stockhausen’s world and in his seven day opera Licht, the thematic material transcends through time on cellular and celestial levels.
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The concert will begin in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall before moving outdoors.
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SpringFest: Vision de l'Amen
Friday, April 12th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
SpringFest 2019
Free
Olivier Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen
Pianists Mari Kawamura and Sasha Burdin perform Visions de l’Amen, a majestic and mysterious work for two pianos that Messiaen wrote in 1943, shortly after having been released from a prisoner of war camp. The work was the first of his many collaborations with Yvonne Loriod, his future wife and his lifetime muse. They premiered the work that year in the Nazi-occupied Paris. This dramatic, almost 45 minute piece, seems influenced not only by Messiaen’s Catholic faith, but also his conflict with his growing forbidden passion toward Loriod, and longing for world peace.
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SpringFest: Tacos Varios
Friday, April 12th, 2019 6:30 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
SpringFest 2019
Free
Tacos Varios at The Loft at UC San Diego
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SpringFest: Tales from the Wasteland
Friday, April 12th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
On Friday, April 12th, parallel universes converge in the blackbox theater at UC San Diego's Department of Music. Digital ghosts banished from our reality return from the void, human-creature hybrids relate the grisly cost of adapting to climate change, an afrofuturistic spaceship takes flight, a musician meets his DJ doppelgänger, and more in this series of dark, humorous, and strange musical acts from the beyond.
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“A Dream of Humanityâ€
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 5:00 pm
UC San Diego University Art Gallery - Mandeville Center
Free
A philanthropist, idealist and humanist, Reza Deghati’s career began with studies in architecture. He has gone on to become a renowned photojournalist who, for the last three decades, has worked all over the world, most notably for National Geographic. His assignments have taken him to over 100 countries as a witness to humanity’s conflicts and catastrophes, and has been celebrated internationally through media, a series of books, exhibitions and documentaries made for the National Geographic Channel. Join the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities as we welcome Reza to campus as a visiting artist under the Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship. Reza will bring his unique voice and photography to students, faculty and the greater San Diego community, exploring “A Dream of Humanity.”
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Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano - Graduate Recital
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest presents her final recital at UC San Diego, featuring four works written for her unique voice by composers Gérard Pape, James Erber, Joseph Bishara, and Jeffrey Holmes.
Program:
Joseph Bishara – Black Sunday *world premiere
Gérard Pape – Being Beauteous
Kaija Saariaho – Luonnon kasvot and selections from Leino-laulut
James Erber – Phoenix
Jeffrey Holmes – Mara *world premiere
Performed with Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Award-winning coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest is firmly committed to the continuous evolution of classical vocal music. music. Her “bright, dazzling vocal technique” (San Diego Story) has captured the attention of composers worldwide, resulting in numerous world premiere performances including works by James Erber (UK), Veronika Krausas (CA/US), Rand Steiger (US), Tina Tallon (US), Jack Van Zandt (US), and Annie Hsieh (AU). among many others. Kirsten has sung as a soloist with the GRAMMY-winning Partch ensemble, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, YMF Debut Orchestra, MiraCosta Symphony, HEAR NOW Festival of New Music, the Industry, kallisti chamber opera, Musica Vitale, wild Up new music collective, UCLA John Cage Symposium, UCSD's Palimpsest, CalArts New Century Players Ensemble, and Chapman University’s New Music Ensemble, and has performed at venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, Copley Symphony Hall, Aratani Japan America Theater, Théâtre Le Palace, Autonomous University of Baja California, and the Moore Theater. She has given solo recitals on concert series' hosted by Harvey Mudd College, Chapman University, and Tuesdays @ MONK Space, was a featured soloist in the LA Philharmonic’s installation, Nimbus, and has recorded for several interactive operatic experiences and film scores. Kirsten has also performed with Bang on a Can All-Stars, Accordant Commons, San Diego Symphony percussion, red fish blue fish, San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the Metroplex Opera Company in Dallas, and the Texas 'Lone Star' Ambassadors of Music. Operatic roles include "La Princess" in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges (Perigueux, France), "Polly Peachum" in Weill's Threepenny Opera (San Diego CA), and "Mabel" in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance (Fort Worth, TX). Collaborations-in-progress include works by Lei Liang (CN/US), Katharina Rosenberger (CH/US), Joseph Bishara (US), Gerard Pape (FR), and Jeffrey Holmes (US), premiering soon! A DMA candidate at UCSD under the guidance of GRAMMY award-winning soprano Susan Narucki, Kirsten holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and a BM cum laude from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music.
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CEMEC (California Electronic Music Exchange Concert)
Saturday, April 13th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts (CEMEC) form a series of events designed to strengthen the connections between the various California educational institutions that maintain computer and electronic music programs. These events are run and curated by the graduate students and faculty of each participating institution.
The 2019 series of California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts will be held at the campuses of UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Mills, CCRMA/Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, and CalArts.
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SpringFest: Songs from Patmos
Sunday, April 14th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
SpringFest 2019
Free
Songs from Patmos: Music for the End of the World
In a cave, on a rock, off the coast of second century Anatolia, John saw a vision of the end of days and penned his Apokalypsis. While this text sat for centuries on the fringes of the Christian canon, today many of its vivid images have entered the western popular consciousness through songs, visual art, and literature of various kinds. From the great pit of scorpion-tailed locusts, to the Beast and his pals running amok across the face of the Earth, Songs from Patmos, sets excerpts from Revelation as a series of chaotic vignettes, which explore the book’s dense layers of references, as well as its possible relevance to our modern world, and the human experience at large.
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Springfest joins forces with San Diego-based performing artists for an evening of music, dance, theater and socializing. Ongoing performances will occur throughout Space 4 Art’s live/work and gallery spaces, as well as on the property outdoors, while interdisciplinary, collaborative pieces are presented in the SandBox Venue next door.
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki, soprano
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)"..grander far the unseen soul"
Music by Nadia Boulanger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Viktor Ullmann, Ingrid Stölzel, Christopher Cerrone, Nina C. Young, Aaron Helgeson and Charles Ives.
Are songs a distillation of life's experience, for those who compose them and those who perform them? In their latest recital program, longtime collaborative partners soprano Susan Narucki and pianist Donald Berman explore works of a distinct group of composers drawn from different generations and diverse personal histories, in songs with a wide range of musical expression from the folk-like and minimal to lush echoes of late Romanticism and multilayered textures of the modern.
Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Nadia Boulanger: Au bord de la route (1922), Chanson (1922), Cantique (1909), J'ai frappé (1922)
Nadia Boulanger: Vers la vie nouvelle (1918), for piano solo
Ruth Crawford Seeger: From Five Songs (1929), Home thoughts, White Moon, Sunsets
Viktor Ullmann: Three Hölderlin Lieder (1943), Sonnenuntergang, Der Frühling, Abendphantasie
Ingrid Stölzel: Grand is the Seen (2014)
Christopher Cerrone: That Night with the Green Sky (2013)
Nina C. Young: Swan Song (2018)
Aaron Helgeson: Through glimpses of unknowing (2012), for piano solo
Charles Ives: From 114 Songs - Ann Street, At Sea, The Greatest Man, West London, Down East
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Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was best known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential pedagogues and taught a number of celebrated composers and musicians. She was also an active composer, though her works are infrequently performed; the songs and piano solo on the program date primarily from 1918-1922 and are notable for their concise, clear form and direct - in some cases - brutal, emotional expression.
Three of American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger's evocative settings of poems of Carl Sandburg, dating from 1929, are included as well. Crawford Seeger's compositional language is rooted firmly in the modern, yet she creates a delicate, variegated sound world that lifts and envelops Sandburg's candid imagery.
The Three Hölderlin Songs (1943) of Viktor Ullmann were written during the composer's internment at Terezin. The poems speak to the possibility of transcendence through our relationship to the natural world; these little known masterworks of the song genre are luminous and achingly beautiful.
The second half opens with music from a younger generation of composers: Ingrid Stölzel, Christopher Cerrone and Nina C. Young. Stölzel's Grand is the Seen captures Whitman's resplendent text, with a deft use of instrumental color and sweeping vocal lines. Cerrone's The Night with the Green Sky builds an atmosphere of almost suffocating fragility through the simplest of means. And in Swan Song, Nina C. Young creates a fusion of word and sound in which time seems suspended. Aaron Helgeson's piano solo, Through glimpses of unknowing explores the knife edge between sound and silence, with writing of delicacy and restraint.
The program concludes with songs by Charles Ives. Narucki and Berman have collaborated on music of Ives for decades, as their critically acclaimed recording The Light that is Felt: Songs of Charles Ives (New World) attests. The songs presented on this program include vignettes of an America that is long past, with a notable exception: West London. "ill, moody and tongue tied" is the description that Matthew Arnold applies to the homeless woman with her child, who seek help from the few to whom they are visible. Ives' song, nearly one hundred years old, illuminates what still surrounds us.
Are songs a distillation of life's experience, for those who compose them and those who perform them? ..."grander far the unseen soul" is full of music of great audacity, if we consider the audacity it takes to be immersed in the intimate.
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Undergraduate Honors: Yixuan Shao, composition
Thursday, April 18th, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)摩 挲 (2018-2019)
a six-channel sound and two-channel projection installation designed in SuperCollider
摩 挲: a skin piece (2019)
a percussion trio
Performed by: Performed by: Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Michael Jones, & Matthew LeVeque
Videography by: Nasim Biglari
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Sammi Jo Stone, composition - Graduate Recital
Friday, April 19th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Cantata: St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness for baritone and soprano soloists, ensemble, and chorus.
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Gerard Assayag with Guest Musicians
Monday, April 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Symbolic Interaction with Creative Agents:
In this concert, great musicians will interact freely with different artificial systems in a spontaneous and jubilant way and try to build individually and collectively a flavor of this symbolic interaction.
Performers:
Wilfrido Terrazas (Flutes)
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion)
Robert Keller (Trumpet, Impro-Visor system)
Shlomo Dubnov (piano, pyOracle, VMO)
Gérard Assayag (OMax, SoMax, Dyci2)
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Guest Speaker: Gerard Assayag
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Gerard Assayag
IRCAM, Paris
Improvisation can be seen as a major driving force in human interactions, strategic in every aspect of communication and action. In its highest form, improvisation is a mixture of structured, planned, directed action, and of hardly predictable local decisions and deviations optimizing adaption to the context, expressing in a unique way the creative self, and stimulating the coordination and cooperation between agents. An invaluable observation deck for understanding, modeling and promoting co-creativity in a context of distributed intelligence, Improvisation is an indispensable ability that any cyber-human system should indeed cope with in an expert way. Improvisation is instantiated in its most refined form in music, where the strongest constraints govern the elaboration of highly complex multi-dimensional, multi-scale, multi-agent actions in a cooperative and timely fashion so as to achieve creative social and cultural cooperation.
Setting up powerful and realistic human-machine environments for improvisation necessitates to go beyond the mere software engineering of creative agents with audio-signal listening and generating capabilities, such as what has been mostly done until now. Gerard Assayag has coined the term symbolic interaction in order to account for a richer and more versatile musical dialog between machines and humans, spanning over several levels of information from acoustic signals to the higher symbolic integration scales that are familiar to trained musicians. In order to foster realistic and artistically interesting behaviours in creative software agents, and to communicate with these in a productive way, we bring into synergy a combination of technical means: machine listening — extracting high level features from the musician signals and turning them into significant symbolic units ; machine cognition — discovering and assimilating on the fly structural schemes and learning powerful representations ; style modelling— elaborating consistent model of style an activating generative processes ; symbolic music representation — linking to formalized representations underpinning organized musical thinking s;a. analysis and composition. All these means cooperate — or compete — in order to elaborate multi-dimensional and multi-scale memory models, underlying processes of discovery, understanding, adaptation, reactivity, decision, planning, generation and contributing to the emergence of creative musical agents acting individually or in social interaction with other agents.
Improvised creative interactions between humans and machines can thus be studied from different perspectives (social sciences, AI, signal processing, control theory, robotics) and modalities in order to highlight the conditions under which these interactions can emerge, their temporal adaptation dynamics, their logical strategies, and to exploit their creative potential. We have proposed the expression co-creativity between human and artificial agents in order to emphasize the fact that creativity in this case is an emerging phenomenon resulting from complex interactions and complex crossed feed-backs between actors, and cannot be reduced to one or the other agent’s production in isolation, whether the latter be human or artificial.
This neutralizes the endless philosophical question of whether artificial entities can be qualified as “creative” or not, and shifts the research interest to the exploration of how to build the best possible technical tools in order to allow co-creative interaction to occur.
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Bio
Gerard Assayag has headed the IRCAM research lab (STMS : Science and Technology of Music and Sound) for six years with more than a hundred people in his jurisdiction. He is currently head of the Ircam Music Representation Team, a research group he has created in 1992.
His research interests are centered on music representation issues, including domain specific programming languages, artificial intelligence, computational modeling of music structures,
computer-assisted composition and performance. He has developed with his collaborators OpenMusic and OMax, two powerful music research environments which have gained international appraisal and are used in many places around the world for computer assisted composition, analysis and human-machien improvised interaction. Assayag’s current work covers creative dynamics of improvised interaction between (natural and artificial) creative agents using computational creativity models and reactive time architectures, and leads national and international collaborative projects aiming at delivering these new creative tools for musicians.
Gerard Assayag is founding member of AFIM (French Society for Computer Music) and SMCM (Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music) and he serves in the boards of Journal of Mathematics and Music (which he co-founded) and Journal of New Music Research. He is co-founder of the Sound and Music Computing conference which has become a major international computer music conference,and of the Improtech workshop and music festival series,held in Paris,New York, Philadelphia and Athens, dedicated to improvisation and thecnology, which gathers the world’s best improvisers working with intelligent systems. Gérard Assayag has published several books on musical machine intelligence, such as «Mathematic and Music » (Springer-Verlag 1999), «The OM Composer’s Book I, II & III» (Delatour 2008-2016), «New Computational Paradigms for Computer Music » (Delatour 2009), «Constraint Programming in Music » (Wiley 2012)and « Mathemusical Conversations » (World Scientific 2016).
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest, curated by Steven Schick
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Steven Schick leads the Palimpsest Ensemble with Hans Abrahamsen's Schnee (2008) and a premiere work by PhD candidate in composition, Felipe Rossi.
The Palimpest Ensemble includes: Christopher Clarino, percussion, Juliana Gaona-Villamizar, oboe & English horn, Madison Greenstone, clarinets, Alexander Ishov, flutes, Mari Kawamura, piano, Ilana Waniuk, violin, and Ashley Zhang, piano.
Conducted by Steven Schick
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Hans Abrahamsen - Schnee (2008)
10 Canons for 9 instruments:
Canon 1a. Ruhig aber beweglich (three strings and piano)
Canon 1b. Fast immer zart und stille (tutti)
Canon 2a. Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bisschen melancholish (three woodwinds and piano)
Intermezzo 1. (three strings, three woodwinds)
Canon 2b. Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bisschen melancholish (tutti)
Canon 3a. Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi") (three strings, three woodwinds)
Canon 3b. Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi") (two pianos and percussion)
Intermezzo 2. (three strings)
Canon 4a (minore) (Hommage à WAM). Stürmich, unruhig und nervös (tutti)
Canon 4b (maggiore). Sehr stürmich, unruhig und nervös (tutti)
Intermezzo 3. (cello, piccolo, clarinetto)
Canon 5a (rectus). Einfach und kindlich (violin, viola, two pianos, piccolo, clarinetto)
Canon 5b (inversus). Einf
https://www.yellowbarn.org/page/hans-abrahamsen-schnee
Hans Abrahamsen describes visualizing “pictures of music…basically, music is already there” within a given concept or narrative. This might explain his fascination with children’s fairytales (with their oft-pictorial language), such as Hans Christian Andersen’s classic “The Snow Queen”, which was Schnee’s partial inspiration. The score provides detailed guidelines to the musicians in the service of wintery images such as “like an icy whisper, but with a pulsation,” or “tender and still,” as well as fantastic, unspoken exclamations to accompany rhythmic motives such as “children hope there will be snow!” and “this is winternacht!”
During an eight-year-long period of self-described writer’s block in the 1990s, long before the beginning of Schnee’s realization in 2006, Abrahamsen spent time arranging the work of others. In his note to accompany the piece, he describes this experience:
“In the beginning of the 90s, I arranged some of J.S. Bach’s canons for ensemble – in total seven single standing works from his entire life span. I became totally absorbed into this music and arranged them with the intention of the music being repeated many, many times, as a kind of minimal music. Obviously, I didn’t know which durations Bach had in mind, but by listening to his canons in this way, a profound new moving world of circular time was opened to me. Depending on the perspective on these canons, the music and its time can stand still or move either backwards or forwards. In my own work, an ongoing idea has persisted, of at some point writing a work consisting of a number of canonical movements that would explore this universe of time.
In Schnee, a few simple and fundamental musical questions are explored. What is a Vorsatz [antecedent phrase]? And what is a Nachsatz [consequent phrase]? Can a phrase be answering? Or questioning?
The guideline or rule for the canons is very simple: We start out with an answering Vorsatz, followed by a questioning Nachsatz. Throughout the time of the piece, these two are intertwined more and more, as more and more dicht geführt [tightly composed] canons, until, at the end, they are interchanged. Now the question and then the answer. The two canons are identical like a painting in two versions, but with different colors. And where the first one does not include the space, the second one does, as well as containing more canonical traces.”
—Hans Abrahamsen
Hans Abrahamsen studied theory at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was one of his mentors. Spurred by the example of his teacher, Abrahamsen’s music initially channeled the ideas of the New Simplicity movement, which was conceived as a reaction to the complex serialism championed as the pinnacle of modernism by the Darmstadt School in central Europe. His style evolved over the course of the ’70s and ’80s, spurred first by a fascination with minimalists Terry Riley and Steve Reich and, later, under the tutelage of Györgi Ligeti. The composer describes his own body of work “as one long music,” connected musically and thematically, by which token themes based on the intersection of winter and fantasy can be found in several of his compositions in addition to Schnee. These examples range from his recently Grawemeyer Award-winning, orchestral song cycle let me tell you (2013), which sets a snowy passage from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, to far earlier Winternacht (1978) and Märchenbilder[Fairytale Pictures] (1984). Abrahamsen is currently working on an opera based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”.
—Josh Davidoff
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Lizze Fisher & Julia Yu, sopranos
Friday, April 26th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate sopranos Lizze Fisher and Julia Yu will be joined by pianist Dr. Kyle Adam Blair for a recital showcasing a handful of beautiful solo and duet soprano repertoire. Duet pieces include works by Gioacchino Rossini, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Léo Delibes. Join us on Friday, April 26th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Recital Hall and journey through some major classical arias and art songs.
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ArtPower presents St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, April 26th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
Tickets handled by
UCSD Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-8497
Event Program Archive (PDF)The award-winning St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has spent nearly three decades at the top of the chamber music world. Based at Stanford University, the ensemble is renowned for the intensity of its performances, its breadth of repertoire, and its commitment to concert experiences that are at once intellectually exciting and emotionally alive. A frequent visitor to ArtPower, SLSQ is this time joined by acclaimed pianist and composer Stephen Prutsman. Described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time, Prutsman was a medalist at both the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition and the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition.
- Robert Schumann: Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44;
- Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, op. 55 no. 2 “The Razor”
- Stephen Prutsman: Color Preludes for Piano and Strings
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Pandit Kartik Seshadri, sitar
Saturday, April 27th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)“World renowned sitar virtuoso Pandit Kartik Seshadri presents an enchanting evening of Ragas and Talas in the Maihar tradition of Indian Classical Music. He will be accompanied by Pandit Arup Chattopadhyay on the tabla. ”
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Indian classical music known as Raga Sangeeth, is an improvised art form based on the concepts of Raga and Tala. The historical origins of this spiritual musical tradition date back to the sacred Hindu scriptures known as Veda(s), which were the early precursors to the system of music that developed gradually. Raga(s) are the tonal idiom for improvisation and these precise melodic forms while essentially modal in structure, acquire their distinct musical
identities from a complex range of factors: the Indian tonal system of perceiving the octave as 22 microtonal divisions (Sruti); the subtle nuances, inflections, and ornamentations associated with each Raga; and the particular emphasis of certain notes (Vadi, Samavadi) within the specific ascending and descending (Arohana and Avarohana) movement of each
Raga. While all Raga(s) are specific to the time of the day (morning, evening or night) some Raga(s) are performed only during certain seasons, festivals or special occasions. The melodic and rhythmic aspect of our tradition is completely consistent with our aesthetic and philosophical idea that each Raga expresses a single dominant mood (Rasa). The nine
Rasa(s) associated with our music are: Shringara (sensuous or erotic), Hasya (humorous), Karuna (pathos), Rudra (anger), Veera ( heroic), Bhayanaka (fearful), Vibhatsa (disgust), Adbhuta (wonderment) and Shanta (tranquility).
The second aspect of improvisation in Indian classical music pertains to the concept of rhythm known as Tala. A Tala is conceptualized in cycles of beats ranging anywhere from a three beat cycle to a 108 beat cycle. There are other complex cycles in fractional beats such as 41⁄2, 61⁄2, 111⁄2 to mention a few, that make for complicated improvisations. An accomplished musician of Indian classical music has to develop complete mastery and facility over both Raga and Tala to acquire the total freedom of improvisation within the complex constraints that Raga and Tala impose on the performer. Indian classical music is predominantly steeped in melody and rhythm as opposed to the ideas of contrast manifested in harmony, counterpoint and modulation which shape traditions such as European art music or Jazz. The challenge of our music lies in the musician’s ability to shape and develop an entire musical edifice of a Raga and to express its fullest depth and excitement. This is acquired through many years of Talim (training) with a master musician (Guru).
A typical performance of instrumental Indian classical music begins with Alap, Jor and Jhala rendered on the solo instrument such as Sitar, Sarod, etc. While the Alap is a slow, spiritual, non- metric rendition of the Raga, the following sections Jor and Jhala are somewhat free and bound to a more defined pulse. The Gat (theme) follows the previous sections and it is in this section that the concept of Tala is introduced and the accompanying percussion instrument (such as Tabla or Pakhawaj) joins the main instrument.
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Camera Lucida
Monday, April 29th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
Mozart - Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Beethoven - String Quartet in G major, Opus 18 No. 2
Mozart - Quintet for clarinet and strings in A major, K. 581
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No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and USC professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
In collaboration with the Faculty Club, the restaurant will now serve light-fare to Camera Lucida ticket holders before the concert at Cecil’s bar-lounge.
Cecil’s has an expanded and exciting new menu, available 4:30-7:30, on November 5, December 3, January 28, April 1 and 29. You don’t need to be a Club member to enjoy!
Cecil’s menu: http://facultyclub.ucsd.edu/lounge-happy-hour/index.html
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WEDS@7 Takae Ohnishi, harpsichord
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)~Unit BWV Series: Take 2~
J. S. Bach – The Musical Offering (BWV 1079)
Composed near the end of his life, The Musical Offering is a collection of 2 ricercars, 10 canons, fugues, and trio sonata, by J.S. Bach, all based on a musical theme given by Frederick II of Prussia. It is one of the composer’s most complex, abstract and beautiful works. We will present the complete set of this masterpiece.
Guest artists from the San Diego Symphony: Rose Lombardo (flute), Nicole Sauder (violin), Zou Yu (violin) and Chia-Ling Chien (cello)
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Nina Sun Eidsheim
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The Race of Sound: The Acousmatic Question as Voice-Making 
Nina Sun Eidsheim
University of California, Los Angeles
The foundational question raised in listening to a human voice is: Who is this? Who is speaking? This is an acousmatic question that asks what type of essence is sounding. In this presentation, I assert that we ask the acousmatic question because it is not actually possible to know voice, vocal identity, and meaning as such; we can only know them in their multidimensional processes, practices, and multiplicities. My goal with this talk is to provide tools that help denaturalize the acousmatic listening process and the voices it names. For example, how timbre performed by one person is understood as essence (e.g., a so-called white timbre performed by someone understood as white) while the same timbre performed by another person is understood as an imitation (e.g., a so-called white timbre performed by someone understood as African American). This framework helps explain how singing, while generally mistaken for essence, is always made up of entrainment, style, and technique—concepts I will discuss in detail. Thus, drawing from musicology, ethnomusicology, African American-, race-, sound- and voice studies, I provide a framework that can help us critically examine how race is “measured” through sound, and how the authenticity of race and racial subjectivities is often located in vocal timbre. More broadly, I hope this work can contribute to a knowledge of the ways in which comprehending voice remains central to understanding human experience.
Nina Eidsheim (Professor of Musicology; Director of Graduate Studies; Dean's Associate for Faculty and Graduate Student Development; UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music), Sensing Sound: Singing and Listening as Vibrational Practice (Duke UP, 2015) and The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music (Duke UP, 2019); co-editing Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies (forthcoming, June 2019); Co-editor (with Josh Kun and Ronald Radano) of the Refiguring American Music book series for Duke University Press; recipient of the Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Cornell University Society of the Humanities Fellowship, the UC President’s Faculty Research Fellowship and the ACLS Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship. She received her bachelor of music from the Agder Conservatory (Norway); MFA in vocal performance from the California Institute of the Arts; and Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, San Diego.
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Jasper Sussman - Graduate Recital
Saturday, May 4th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Jasper Sussman is a music researcher, voice artist, collaborative composer, and educator pursuing her Ph.D. in Integrative Studies at the University of California San Diego where she studies the in- and exclusionary aspects of vocal performance and practice. Her first dissertation recital features 20th and 21st-century music with vocal styles ranging from Italian verismo to American Appalachian. Her fondly selected program delightfully showcases the diversity of the human instrument.
Featuring: Christopher Clarino, percussion, Mari Kawamura, piano, Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
PROGRAM
Georges Aperghis (b. 1945) | Pub 1 (2002), Pub 2 (2002)
Tansy Davies (b. 1973)
Troubairitz: 1. What I Write Now, 2. Secret Wishes, 3. Since I Refused,
4. Beloved Friend, 5. Now He Is Gone, 6. Winter, 7. I Walk Alone (2010)
featuring Christopher Clarino, percussion
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) | Violon: Fiançailles Pour Rire (1939)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) | Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) | Un bel di, vedremo (1904)
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Shawn Jaeger (b. 1985) | In Old Virginny (2007)
featuring Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, May 4th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Looking to the Future
Steven Schick, conductor
Julia Wolfe Fuel (with film by Bill Morrison)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Anne Liu, piano, 2017 Young Artists Winner (pictured)
Steven Schick leads a sharply varied program. Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music with film, and we hear her Fuel, with a film by Bill Morrison. Young Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Saint-Saens’ witty Second Piano Concerto, which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” The concert concludes with Sibelius’ mighty Fifth Symphony, which drives to its triumphant conclusion on six shattering chords for full orchestra.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, May 5th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)Looking to the Future
Steven Schick, conductor
Julia Wolfe Fuel (with film by Bill Morrison)
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Anne Liu, piano, 2017 Young Artists Winner (pictured)
Steven Schick leads a sharply varied program. Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe has taken particular pleasure in writing music with film, and we hear her Fuel, with a film by Bill Morrison. Young Artist Winner Anne Liu performs Saint-Saens’ witty Second Piano Concerto, which has been described as “beginning with Bach and ending with Offenbach.” The concert concludes with Sibelius’ mighty Fifth Symphony, which drives to its triumphant conclusion on six shattering chords for full orchestra.
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Michael Matsuno, flute - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Flutist Michael Matsuno presents his final DMA recital, entitled: “Twelve Partials”
Premieres by: Lydia Winsor Brindamour and Anthony Vine
Works by: Matthew Chamberlain, Ben Johnston, Brian Ferneyhough
With: Kyle Adam Blair, piano and Ilana Waniuk, violin
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ABOUT MICHAEL:
Michael Matsuno is a flutist and educator based in San Diego. His creative practice aims to extend the timbral range of the instrument through new techniques applied in both scored music and new collaborations. He has worked closely with composers like Jürg Frey, Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, Matthew Chamberlain, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Katharina Rosenberger, and Brian Griffeath-Loeb. Michael performs frequently with the UCSD Palimpsest and Renga ensembles, and has guest performed on the June in Buffalo festival, San Diego’s SoundON Festival and LA’s Monday Evening Concerts, WasteLAnd, and Jacaranda New Music.
More about Michael: http://www.michaelmatsuno.com/
WEDS@7: kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
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kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo
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kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Friday, May 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
Purchase Online
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
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kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo.
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(pãpl?'musjee z) (singular: pamplemousse) 1. n. an oblate spheroid 2. v. the act of dissecting and conceiving acoustic blueprints 3. adj. juicy and sweet and tender and tart 4. v. aggregating sonic possibilities into shapes of resonance, clusters of glitch, skitters of hyper action, and masses of absurdity 5. q. whodipousse?
" The absurd dances with the sublime, and playfulness collides with rigor. " ~Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
Composer/performer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse was founded in 2003 to provide a focal point for like-minded creators with a thirst for sonic exploration. The ensemble is a close-knit group of divergent artistic personalities, emergent from training in disparate musical fields. Their collective love for the exquisite in all sonic realms leads the ensemble to persistently discover new vistas of sound at the frayed edges of dissective instrumental performance technique. Compositions aggregate each member's unique virtuosic talents into extraordinary magical moments. In the flexible moments of performance, the ensemble weaves together shapes of resonance, clusters of glitch, skitters of hyper action, and masses of absurdity into impeccable structures of unified beauty.
PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGE - This performance will begin at 5:30 p.m.
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kallisti presents Chamber Opera
Saturday, May 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Seeking Antonia
A constructed opera on a hidden life.
Antonia Bembo (1640-1720) was a singer and composer whose remarkable life and work has been largely overlooked. Born in Venice, her early talent as a singer brought her to the attention of the French aristocracy during her physician father's search for a position at court. After her tragic marriage to a Venetian nobleman left her in ruin, she fled to Paris with a group of virtuoso musicians, to seek the patronage of Louis XIV. She was offered protection in a Parisian cloister, and during her decades in residence there, produced a unique body of work for solo and multiple voices that was a direct reflection of music of the high Italian Baroque and incorporated elements of the new galante style that was emerging in France.
Despite the fact that Antonia Bembo regularly had her music played at court, and collaborated with some of the most distinguished artists of the day, including the poet Elisabeth Sophie Chéron, none of her works were published during her lifetime.
Seeking Antonia is an hour-long performance that weaves together texts from family letters, inscriptions from musical manuscripts, and concert works for voice from Bembo's compositions, including her Produzione Armoniche, and a piece for vocal quartet from one of her mature masterworks, The Seven Penitential Psalms.
kallisti singers Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Hillary Jean Young, Jonathan Nussman, all candidates for the DMA at UC San Diego will be joined by four talented UCSD undergraduate vocalists: Elizabeth Fisher, Julia Yu, Joseph Garcia, and Adrian Chan.
kallisti artistic director, Professor Susan Narucki, conceives and directs the project with Kyle Adam Blair serving as music director.
Join us for an exploration of vocal music of rare beauty and the celebration of a singular, remarkable life.
Additional Description:
kallisti has also been featured with the La Jolla Symphony (Berio:Symphony) and on the Green Umbrella Series at the Los Angeles Philhamonic (Reich: Music for 18), both with conductor Steven Schick and in the San Diego Symphony's 2018 It's About Time Festival at Copley Symphony Hall. In addition, kallisti has toured to Stanford University in a unique collaboration of three world premiere operas: The Voice Machine (2016)
kallisti chamber operas bring rarely heard masterworks and world premieres to the San Diego community. kallisti presented the San Diego premiere of Viktor Ullman's 1943 chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2012) in a critically acclaimed production that has been viewed over 4000 times worldwide on Vimeo
View Google Map | Add to Google CalendarGuest Scholar: George Lipsitz
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
WEDS@7 Kamau Kenyatta & Joe Garrison
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Underground composer Joe Garrison returns with Prayers & Mantras Suite in 9-movements, featuring bel canto soprano, 5 winds, piano, bass and live electronics.
Repertoire - Kamau Kenyatta Ensemble, Joe Garrison and Night People
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Joe Garrison MM. University of Colorado, Boulder. BM. CSUF - has been an active part of the San Diego Art Scene since the 1960's. Coming up through the rock scene of the 60's, Garrison transitioned into the San Diego Avant Garde Music community through contact with UCSD Music Dept, where he was heavily influenced by - Roger Reynolds, Thomas Nee, Kenneth Gaburo, Robert Erickson, Pauline Oliveros, Frank McCartey, Allen Strange. He continued studies in composition with Lloyd Rodgers and Donal Michalsky at CSUF. Garrison continued to the University of Colorado and studied with Pulitzer Prize- winning composer, Richard Toensing and Cecil Effinger.
Garrison returned to the San Diego music scene as part of the Ruse Collective in the 1980's, when he formed his iconic workshop ensemble - Night People. Joe Garrison and Night People has performed as an ongoing project since 2000, releasing several recordings with San Diego Jazz Luminaries - including - Daniel Jackson, Kamau Kenyatta, Lori Bell, Gilbert Castellanos, Derek Canon, Melonie Grinnell, Mackenzie Leighton. Classical musicians have joined forces - from the local free lance community - Brian O'Donnell, Arian Warren, Jane Zwerneman, Robert Zelickman to name a few.
Garrison's music crosses all boundaries - spanning Jazz, Rock and Classical. He paraphrases John Cage, "All Music is Music, when you let it flow." Garrison has continued to blur the lines between classical and jazz music and brings musicians from all points of the spectrum together.
UCSD alumni, Chris Warren brings his unique vision of live electronics to this project. In addition, he composes one of the nine movements.
Prayers & Mantras features:
Kirsten Ashley Wiest - Soprano
Chris Warren - live electronics/composer movement #6
Lori Bell - flute
Ariana Warren - clarinet
Kamau Kenyatta - soprano saxophone
Jane Zwerneman - French horn
Brian O'Donnell - bass trombone
Melonie Grinnell - piano
Mackenzie Leighton - bass
Joe Garrison - composer/conductor
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Miranda Cuckson, violin
Thursday, May 16th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Tiange Zhou - Movements I
Alex Stephenson - Soif
Kyle Johnson - Arrangements of Songs Which Have Titles Beginning with the Letter M
Joey Bourdeau - Drunken Hiccups
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Nakul Tiruviluamala - Graduate Recital
Friday, May 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Joseph Garcia - undergraduate recital
Saturday, May 18th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Phil Larson
Berk Schneider, trombone - Graduate Recital
Monday, May 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Imposter Syndrome
Berk Schneider, trombone - Graduate Recital
Esquisse Retouchee, incipit II (2002) for solo trombone and kick drum Johannes Staud (1974-)
Spazio Immergente (2015) for trombone and soprano Beat Furrer (1954-) Barbara Byers, soprano
Fallacy (2019) for partially-amplified solo trombone Sang Song (1971-)
Facesplitter (2015) for solo trombone Nicholas Deyoe (1981-)
Three States (2019) for electro-acoustic ensemble Berk Schneider (1988-) SElectOr, electronics
Dos-a-Dos (1988) on trombone and flute Vinko Globokar (1934-) Alexander Ishov, flute
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Guest Scholar: Marc Hannaford
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
Marc Hannaford, "Fugitive Theory in Chicago (and Beyond): Muhal Richard Abrams’s Engagement with the Writings of Joseph Schillinger.”
This paper traces connections and resonances between Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and Russian composer, theorist, and polymath Joseph Schillinger. I examine Abrams’s engagement with Schillinger’s composition treatise, The Schillinger System of Musical Composition from historical and conceptual viewpoints, and critical theorize it as an instance of what I call “fugitive music theory.” This theorization suggests an under-examined genealogy of music theory involving black musicians and hence suggests a reappraisal of the discipline to include this work.
Marc Hannaford is a music graduate student at Columbia University.
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One Fish Two Fish
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
One Fish Two Fish, directed by James Beauton, is made up of undergraduate percussion players who are enrolled in either MUS 32 (private lessons) or MUS 95L (Wind Ensemble). They are presenting a concert of classic and original works.
Catfish - Mark Applebaum
Suite for Percussion - Johanna Beyer
Side by Side - Michio Kitazume, Adrian Martinez, soloist
Ostinato Pianissimo - Henry Cowell
Rebonds - Iannis Xenakis, Matthew Leveque, soloist
Drum Mashup - Wilcoxon, Harr, Barba, Chapman
Double Music - Lou Harrison/John Cage
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WEDS@7 Stephanie Richards
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)May 22 features an intimate duo with intrepid pianist Joshua White and trumpeter and UC San Diego faculty Steph Richards, featuring new compositions by Richards.
This concert marks the beginning of a new cycle of works Richards is writing specifically for White's unique and extraordinary navigation of notated and improvised music. Steph Richards has been called "boldly inventive" by the New York Times saying that "Steph Richards composes in ways that standard notation could never document." While her trumpet “skillset explodes every category,” (WBGO/Nate Chinen), Richards has worked with pioneering artists ranging from Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton and John Zorn to David Byrne, St. Vincent and Yoko Ono. Richards is driven by a curiosity how listeners interact with music and what sensory variables are open to experimentation. Her compositions have premiered on stages at Carnegie Hall, the Blue-note and Lincoln Center to include works for carousel, underwater ensemble, film, dance and most recently, scents. Her debut record "Fullmoon" (Relative Pitch Records) was voted on multiple “Best of 2018” year end lists and in early 2019 she released her latest record “Take The Neon Lights” earning high praise from NPR, stating that "Richards is one to watch". Richards co-produces the annual FONT Music Festival in NYC, and, beginning last year, began producing a San Diego-based FONT Music Festival in partnership with Dan Atkinson and UCSD Extension. Richards is on faculty at UC San Diego and is a Yamaha artist.
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Seth Brodsky
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 367
Free
Interregnum Music
This is a talk about messes—old messes, of the kind that aesthetic modernism was concerned with both making and cleaning up, and new messes, like the one many of us find ourselves in right now politically, culturally, socially, technologically. On the one hand, it might seem a misplaced urge to talk about the historical category of modernism in relation to the current day: the superego injunction to discuss “more urgent things” lifts us up but also beats us down now, not least academics interested in aesthetic theory, and it finds in modernism’s monadic hauteur and pretentious loneliness an easy target for de-prioritization (Think collectively! Work together! Be transparent! Not top-of-list qualities of the stereotypical modernist.) But something of the present pings sympathetically with elements constitutive of aesthetic modernist theory and practice. This is especially true when thinking about music, where modernism’s historical coordinates are fuzzier and extend further into the present.
I build my speculations here around a motley series of encounters all concerned with form and formalism: the myth of Apollo and Marsyas, an interview with Samuel Beckett, the reign of Trump, the work of Caroline Levine, and the Freudian-Lacanian theory of drive; strung throughout are para-encounters with a string quartet of Helmut Lachenmann. But my question is essentially a historical one: as so many categories of experience defining of historical modernism—categories long thought to have been left behind—reemerge as impending conditions, what should we do with this uncanniness, these “formal correspondences” between old and new, this hopeful and tragic sense of repetition? As the revolutionary horizon begins (for better and worse) to reappear, as technology once again regains its utopian and dystopian charisma, and as hegemonic social classes seem poised for dissolution or at least radical realignment—in such a moment, what does modernism still have to tell us? And what does its sound have yet to augur?
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Seth Brodsky is Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is the author of From 1989, or European Music and the Modernist Unconscious (California 2017, Lewis Lockwood Award 2018). His scholarly and critical work pursues a number of related lines of inquiry focusing on music of the 20th and 21st centuries, including the cultural place of “the composer”; the role of unconscious processes, particularly as figured in psychoanalytic discourse, in the making and experiencing of music; and repetition, in particular, thinking about aesthetic modernism less as a proverbial "search for the new" then as a larger project in resisting or "breaking" repetition, whether it be the repetition of forms, laws, and languages, of genres and styles, or of themes, patterns, motives, etc. He currently serves as interim director of the University of Chicago’s Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, which seeks to cultivate experimental collaborations between artists and scholars from any and all backgrounds and fields, and is executive editor of its triannual journal Portable Gray.
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Jennifer Colin, soprano - Senior Recital
Friday, May 24th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Self Supported Event
Sponsor: Phil Larson
Vocal student Jennifer Colin, accompanied primarily by pianist Remi Ha, presents her senior recital.
The program will include exerpts from Pierre Lunaire, German lieders, and French and Italian arias.
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Piano Studio Recital
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano studio students under the instruction of Aleck Karis and Mari Kawamura present an end of year recital:
Andante with Variations in F minor - Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Seth Lerer
Sonata Opus 2, no. 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Menuetto - Allegretto - Prestissimo
Daniel Mendoza
Impromptu No. 4 in A-flat major, D 899 - Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Chia-yu Chang
Ballade - Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Junko Roberts
Asturias - Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
Etude-Tableaux Opus 39, no. 8 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
Jad Barrer
Six Encores - Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
Erdenklavier - Luftklavier
Remi Ha
Snowdrift - Michael Finnissy (b. 1946)
Mari Kawamura
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Guest Scholar: Alex Stalarow
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 231
Free
Alex Stalarow, "Collecting and Manipulating International Sound Sources in Pierre Schaeffer’s Postwar Radiophonic Art"
This paper explores the myriad sound recordings that comprise Pierre Schaeffer’s Une Heure du monde, a six-part radio drama produced for the 1946 Paris Peace Conference. Acquired from near and far at institutions including the sound archives at the Musée de l’Homme and the sound databases of Radio Delhi, the recordings that enliven Une Heure du monde work to facilitate cultural exchange and reframe French identity within the structures of postwar cultural internationalism. Exploring these recordings—their collection, manipulation, and montage—locates the early manifestations of Schaeffer’s work within the context of a postwar international radio. Further, this paper reveals how some of the program’s dramatic, sonic, and process-based experiments shaped Schaeffer’s later projects, particularly those of global scope.
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Alexander Stalarow obtained his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of California, Davis in 2017 is currently a Professor of Music History and Literature at the San Francisco Conservatory. His work on Pierre Schaeffer’s early career in radiophonic art and its impact on the multidisciplinary figure’s musique concrète project has been supported by grants including a Chateaubriand Fellowship and an AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship.
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33C Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Music 33C, Introduction to Composition III, presents their end of year concert.
New and original work composed by: Emmitt Carroll, William Fisher, Jackie Guy, Kaolyn Hong, Adrian Martinez, James Medwid, Daniel Mendoza, Braden Rigling, Diego Rodriguez, and Korey Ross.
Instructed by Natacha Diels.
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Undergrad Forum
Friday, May 31st, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Undergraduate Majors and Minors present a MEGA concert as their final forum concert of the year.
Featuring performances by: Leonardo Barba, Madison Carmichael, Chiayu Chang, Martin Chapman, Martin Chapman, Jennifer Colin, Owen Cruise, Mason Davis, Alonso de la Peña, Joseph Di Liberto, Savanna Dunaway, Nolan Fewell, Lizze Fisher, Joseph Garcia, Marc Girard, Gregor Grigorian, Jackie Guy, Remi Ha, Lindsey Jackson, Mari Kawamura, David Knoll, Siddhartha Krishnan, Xavy L. Johnson, Raphael Lam, Matthew Leveque, Benjamin Mateyka, Amir Moheimani, Caitlin Murphy, Arya Natarajan, Ariel Ortega, Kaiyang Qiu, Max Rossip, Eduardo Sanchez, Samuel Shing, Tino Tirado, Jackie Wang, Julia Yu, Yehan Yuan, Danlei Zhao, and Sherry Zheng
Concert begins at 5:30 p.m. and will feature a mid-concert reception.
Produced by Department of Music Student Ambassador: Sherry Zheng
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Fernanda Aoki Navarro, composition - Dissertation Recital
Friday, May 31st, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Fernanda Aoki Navarro presents her dissertation recital in support of her Ph.D. defense.
Program:
Emptying the Body (violoncello: Tyler J. Borden)
Too Big for the Door (double bass: Matthew Kline)
Through
1. Watching (flute: Alexander Ishov)
2. About Beauty (bass flute: Teresa Díaz de Cossio)
Impermanence (*UC San Diego premiere*)
1. Mestiça
2. Uprooted
3. Permanent Alien (and native friends)
Featuring performances by:
Mari Kawamura (piano), Alexander Ishov and Teresa Díaz de Cossio (flutes), Madison Greenstone (clarinet), Ilana Waniuk (violin), Tyler J. Borden (violoncello), and Matthew Leveque (percussion)
PLEASE NOTE START TIME CHANGE TO 6:00 p.m.
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Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a musician born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, based in San Diego, California. She graduated in music composition at University of Sao Paulo, moved to the United States in 2011, where she did her Masters at UC Santa Cruz. She's a Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego. She works with acoustic and electroacoustic music, performance art and sound installation.
She doesn’t believe in the idea that a bio makes music more interesting.
Fernanda doesn’t like to be reduced to a gender, doesn’t know how to dance samba, procrastinates to write program notes, doesn’t know how to react when someone makes a compliment or a critique, goes to the cinema every week, drinks coffee every day.
Participating artists include: Alexander Ishov, Teresa Diaz, Ilana Waniuk, Madison Greenstone, TJ Borden, Matthew Kline, and Mari Kawamura.
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103C Undergraduate Juries
Saturday, June 1st, 2019 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate student composers present their final compositions for the undergraduate composition course cycle.
New and original compositions by: Joshua Choi, Eduardo Jimenez, Hyun Kim, and Matthew Leveque.
Instructed by Distinguished Professor of Music and Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair: Rand Steiger.
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Justin Murphy-Mancini, composer - Graduate Recital
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Hwilwæg - Justin Murphy-Mancini presents his dissertation recital in support of his Ph.D. defense.
Hwilwæg (roughly "hweel-way") sets texts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, imagining a large-scale musical environment which the texts might inhabit.
Featuring: Lauren Jones, Hillary Jean Young, Barbara Byers, voices; Anthony Burr, Madison Greenstone, clarinets; David Aguila, Rachel Allen, Alexandria Smith, trumpets; Mari Kawamura, Ashley Zhang, keyboards; Sean Dowgray, Dan King, percussion; Batya MacAdam-Somer, Ilana Waniuk, violins; Shayla James, viola; Heather Vorwerck, cello; and Matthew Kline, double bass
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OpenICE and UC San Diego Music - Building a Work
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 6:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A collaboration between the International Contemporary Ensemble, UC San Diego Music, and the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology Ensemble in Residence Program. Featuring open workshops between the International Contemporary Ensemble and UC San Diego composers and artists including: Roger Reynolds, Katharina Rosenberger, and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
Monday, June 3rd - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hindsight: analysis of projects from the history of the partnering composers and Ensemble (all 6 BAW participants) Four presenters, 24 minutes each 24 minutes questions/discussion
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, the popular 95JC returns! Featuring an ensemble performing a variety of diverse compositions, including pieces written and arranged by student musicians, instrumentation includes voice, violin, saxophones, rhythm section and afro-latin percussion.
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OpenICE and UC San Diego Music - Building a Work
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A collaboration between the International Contemporary Ensemble, UC San Diego Music, and the Nokia Bell Labs Experiments in Art and Technology Ensemble in Residence Program. Featuring open workshops between the International Contemporary Ensemble and UC San Diego composers and artists including: Roger Reynolds, Katharina Rosenberger, and Fernanda Aoki Navarro.
Tuesday, June 4th - 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Projection Design Experimental Session lead by Ross Karre.
Tuesday, June 4th - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Building a Work (lead by ICE) How the International Contemporary Ensemble has commissioned, developed, and realized large and small-scale projects by Ashley Fure (The Force of Things), Phyllis Chen/Nathan Davis (In Plain Air), and Tyshawn Sorey (Perle Noire). Each work involves complex relationships with technology, theater, site-specificity, and intersectional challenges between theater and music producing models.
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Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Matthew Kline, presents their season finale Spring concert, feature the world premiere of Lydia Winsor Brindamour's (of a day) begin, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. Post concert reception sponsored by the Symphonic Student Association.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE TO TUESDAY, JUNE 4th
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95W World Music Students
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Students of Kartik Seshadri in a performance of Indian Classical Music.
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Chamber Singers
Thursday, June 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Chamber Singers, under the direction of Celeste Oram (covering Spring term for Phillip Larson) and accompanied by Loie Flood, present their end of year performance.
Featuring performances by:
Ryan Arroyo, Leonardo Barba, Jonathan Barnes, Sebastian Clark, Alyson Fruchey, Anna Gruszka, Lauren Jue-Morrison, David Knoll, Donald Liang, Vincenzo Liberatore, Halana MacAmay, Benjamin Mateyka, Miguel Munoz, Eric Ngo, Ariel Ortega, Taylor Ozbun, Tannistha Roychoudhury, Kasey Thach, Katherine Wilkes, Sara Zhang, Danlei Zhao, Samantha Zhou.
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PROGRAM:
Dos Corazones
arr. Blas Galindo (b. 1910, San Gabriel, Mexico; d. 1993, Mexico City)
‘En tanto que declinando el sol / No puede amor hacer mi dicha mayor’
scene from the opera La Púrpura de la Rosa
music by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (b. 1644, Villarrobledo, Spain; d. 1728, Lima, Peru)
text by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (b. 1600; d. 1681, Madrid, Spain)
soloists: Julia Yu, Rachel Dovsky, Jonathan Barnes, Jennifer Colin, Ryan Arroyo, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Sara Zhang, Benjamin Mateyka
with Vincenzo Liberatore, guitar; Leonardo Barba & Ariel Ortega, percussion; Peter Ko, cello
Salve Regina
music by Juan de Lienas (fl. 1617-1654, Mexico City/Havana)
soloists: Joseph Garcia, Danlei Zhao, David Knoll, Taylor Ozbun
Se equivoco la paloma
music by Carlos Guastavino (b. 1912; d. 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina)
text by Rafael Alberti (b. 1902; d. 1999, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain)
Thirteenth Blackbird (world premiere)
music by Adrian Martinez
text by Wallace Stevens (b. 1879, Reading, PA; d. 1955, Hartford, CT)
Timepiece
music by Anthony Ritchie (b. 1960, Christchurch, New Zealand)
text by Cilla McQueen (b. 1949, Birmingham, UK)
Rains on Me
music & text by Gelsey Bell (b. Sebastopol, CA)
sextet: Lauren Jue-Morrison, Julia Yu, Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao
Wanting Memories
music & text by Ysaye M. Barnwell (b. 1946, New York City)
soloists: Halana Macamay, Katherine Wilkes, Taylor Ozbun, Danlei Zhao
Blessed Be Thine (world premiere)
music by Katherine Wilkes
text by M.S.H.
Childhood
music & text by Jenny McLeod (b. 1941, Wellington, New Zealand)
Sir Duke
music & text by Stevie Wonder (b. 1950, Saginaw, MI)
arr. Kirby Shaw
soloists: Donald Liang, Kasey Thach
with Martin Chapman, guitar; Tino Tirado, saxophone; Eduardo Sanchez, bass; Max Rossip, drums
UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, June 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble presents their final concert of the 2018-19 concert season, entitled "Closed Circuit." This program features the percussion group, arx duo, as they join the ensemble for a west coast premiere and UCSDWE partial commission of Ted Hearne's In Thrall.
Directed by James Beauton, DMA candidate in Contemporary Music Performance, percussion.
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Program:
Shoutout (2009) Roshanne Etezady
Shoonthree (1943) Henry Cowell
Ionisation (1931) Edgard Varèse
*featuring members of one fish two fish, red fish blue fish, and arx duo*
In Thrall (2019) Ted Hearne
*west coast premiere*
*arx duo, soloists*
Intermission
El Muro (2008) Ricardo Lorenz
Enigma Variations (1899) Edward Elgar arr. Slocum
FREE!
Learn more about the arx duo at www.arxduo.com
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MUS 206 Free Improvisation Workshop
Friday, June 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
MUS 206 - Free Improvisation, instructed by Wilfrido Terrazas, presents their end-of-term performance.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The undergraduate students from the Chamber Ensemble class, directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi, will perform an evening of chamber music, featuring some favorite works by Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Arensky, Shostakovich, among others. Please come enjoy their performance and celebrate the students' hard work!
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, June 8th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)We close our season with a reflection on the composer/soldiers of World War I, from Maurice Ravel to Ralph Vaughan-Williams to George Butterworth, whose life was tragically cut short in the war. Music from the same time by Charles Ives, and a favorite of Benjamin Britten, the Adagio for Strings rounds out a program that is both steeped in memory and full of messages for our own time.
MAURICE RAVEL La Valse
CHARLES IVES From Hanover Square North
SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Event Program Archive (PDF)We close our season with a reflection on the composer/soldiers of World War I, from Maurice Ravel to Ralph Vaughan-Williams to George Butterworth, whose life was tragically cut short in the war. Music from the same time by Charles Ives, and a favorite of Benjamin Britten, the Adagio for Strings rounds out a program that is both steeped in memory and full of messages for our own time.
MAURICE RAVEL La Valse
CHARLES IVES From Hanover Square North
SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
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Voice Students, 32VM
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Undergraduate Vocal Masterclass, under the direction of Kirsten Ashley Wiest, presents their second annual Undergraduate Opera. With music direction by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair, lighting design by Jessica C. Flores, and costume design by Natalie Barshow, UC San Diego's undergraduate voice majors will thrill and delight in Thomas Pasatieri's "Signor Deluso" and scenes in English from Jacques Offenbach's "La Perichole".
Singers: Adrian Chan, Jennifer Colin, Elizabeth Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rutkowski, Julia Yu, and Danlei Zhao
Pianist and Music Director: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
Stage Direction: Kirsten Ashley Wiest | Costume Design: Natalie Barshow | Lighting Design: Jessica C. Flores
FREE ADMISSION!
FREE CAKE TO FOLLOW!
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Vincenzo Liberatore - Senior Recital
Sunday, June 9th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Best of ICAM
Thursday, June 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 26th, 2019 11:00 am
Sun God Lawn
Free
Free UC San Diego student-only event as part of UC San Diego Welcome Week
GIVEAWAYS & INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES by Campus Arts Departments (UC San Diego Music, UC San Diego Visual Arts, UC San Diego Theatre and Dance, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities), Organizations (ArtPower at UC San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Stuart Collection), and Student Arts Organizations
FREE ICE CREAM & ROOT BEER FLOATS
Check in with your student ID at various spots throughout Celebrate the Arts to get a ticket for a free ice cream, slushie, or ice cream float from King Kream Ice Cream.
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Keir GoGwilt - Graduate Recital
Sunday, October 6th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)REGARDING CHICKENS (feat. music by Carolyn Chen, Johann Paul von Westhoff, Celeste Oram, and poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt)
Performances: 10/6 @ 5 PM and 10/8 @ 7 PM
Installation opens 10/6 @ 2 PM
Installation by Audrey Hope;
Music by Carolyn Chen, Celeste Oram, and Johann Paul von Westhoff; Poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt
Regarding Chickens is an immersive musical-poetic performance-installation. Audrey Hope’s accumulation of colorful refuse and chicken-sculptures houses Keir GoGwilt's performance, which navigates between the realities of this art space and that of the classical violin, the sounds of which emerge as more glittery scraps and scrapes.
"'Grow,' says collective vision, 'Grab as many...' Impossible. When will my 'as many' ever be enough. I will not will my own growth; who is to say one grows into many; who is to say many is anything but the exclusion of few, of any, of never and
anon—"
Music:
Partita in d minor - Johann Paul von Westhoff
Regarding Chickens, Death - Carolyn Chen
Study on Westhoff Partita in d minor - Carolyn Chen
Craigie Hill - Keir GoGwilt & Celeste Oram
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Encounters: Carnatic-Hindustani-Jazz
Monday, October 7th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Co-sponsored by: the South Asian Studies Minor Program, UC San Diego Music, and the India Fine Arts Association of San Diego (IFAASD)
A conversation featuring jazz musician Rudresh Mahanthappa, Revathi Subramanian (India Fine Arts Academy of San Diego), David Borgo (UC San Diego Music), Mark Dresser (UC San Diego Music), Anthony Davis (UC San Diego Music), Kartik Seshadri (UC San Diego Music)
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
UC San Diego Conrad Prebys Music Center
Recital Hall, Room 127
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Keir GoGwilt - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)REGARDING CHICKENS (feat. music by Carolyn Chen, Johann Paul von Westhoff, Celeste Oram, and poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt)
Performances: 10/6 @ 5 PM and 10/8 @ 7 PM
Installation opens 10/6 @ 2 PM
Installation by Audrey Hope;
Music by Carolyn Chen, Celeste Oram, and Johann Paul von Westhoff; Poetry by Christopher and Keir GoGwilt
Regarding Chickens is an immersive musical-poetic performance-installation. Audrey Hope’s accumulation of colorful refuse and chicken-sculptures houses Keir GoGwilt's performance, which navigates between the realities of this art space and that of the classical violin, the sounds of which emerge as more glittery scraps and scrapes.
"'Grow,' says collective vision, 'Grab as many...' Impossible. When will my 'as many' ever be enough. I will not will my own growth; who is to say one grows into many; who is to say many is anything but the exclusion of few, of any, of never and
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Music:
Partita in d minor - Johann Paul von Westhoff
Regarding Chickens, Death - Carolyn Chen
Study on Westhoff Partita in d minor - Carolyn Chen
Craigie Hill - Keir GoGwilt & Celeste Oram
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IDEAS: New Works for Percussion with David Bithell, Aiyun Huang, and Terry Longshore
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP requested to
A performance showcasing recent trans-disciplinary works for percussion, live electronic music, interactive video and animation.
Windward, composed by David Bithell in 2018 and premiered at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity by Aiyun Huang, is a technologically driven meditation on storytelling and the power of myth. Using the head of a concert bass drum as a projection screen, the performer conjures dynamic images and sounds through their musical gestures. The interactive visuals for Windward are created through procedural animation developed in Unity and triggered by audio-analysis cues and events generated in 3ds Max. Real-time audio processing of the bass drum is mixed with pre-recorded sound elements to create an immersive environment.
With visual inspiration drawn from traditional and contemporary shadow play practices combined with the iconography of percussion performance, the second work, Penumbra, focuses on the human form situated in a technologically saturated atmosphere. Collaboratively composed by David Bithell and Terry Longshore in 2014, Penumbra explores the gestural implications of percussion performance, as well as the audience’s expectations about how physical gestures and percussion manifest in sound and image. Penumbra makes use of 2D and 3D animations that are reactive - changing shape, size, and scope in relation to the live musical input. The sonic environment is created out of real-time processing of live input (including granular synthesis and sample triggering), generative sample playback and patterning, and prerecorded electronic elements.
SPEAKER BIO:
David Bithell is an interdisciplinary composer, artist, and performer exploring the connections between visual art, music, theater and performance. Using new technologies and real-time interactive environments, his work brings the precision and structure of contemporary music and audio practices together with an understanding of performance, narrative and humor drawn from recent theater, live cinema and performance art. His works have been presented at major venues in the United States, Europe and Asia. Highlights include: the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art (Minneapolis), Ghent International Film Festival, Pixilerations [v.6], the Seoul International Computer Music Festival, the MANCA Festival (France), the IS ARTI Festival (Lithuania), and at numerous colleges and universities in the United States. He has received grants and commissions from Meet the Composer Commissioning Music / USA, the American Composer?s Forum, the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, and the President's Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Fund at SOU. He is a professor of art and emerging media at Southern Oregon University where he heads the Cross-disciplinary Studio for Art and Technology (xARTS) and is a core faculty member of the Center for Emerging Media and Digital Arts (EMDA).
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The ever-evolving Aiyun Huang ( http://www.aiyunghuang.com ) enjoys a musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, researcher, teacher and producer. She was the First Prize and the Audience Award winner at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2002. Recent highlights include engagements with L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Aventa Ensemble. Recent collaborations include works with Nicole Lizée, Vivian Fung, Philippe Leroux, Roland Auzet and David Bithell. An expert in "percussion theater," her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from UC San Diego. Between 2004 and 2006, she was a faculty fellow at UC San Diego. Between 2006 and 2017, she led the percussion program and was a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is currently an associate professor, directs the percussion program, and is in the midst of establishing Centre for Brain, Performance, and Music Creation with Michael Thaut (neuroscience/music) and Eliot Britton (music technology/composition) at the University of Toronto.
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Terry Longshore ( http://www.terrylonghsore.com ) is a percussionist based in Ashland, Oregon whose genre-crossing work exhibits the artistry of the concert stage, the spontaneity of jazz and the energy of a rock club. He performs nationally and internationally as a soloist and ensemble member, collaborates with artists working in diverse media and has premiered and recorded numerous works. Longshore is a Yamaha Performing Artist, a Marimba One Vibe Artist, and an artist endorser for Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drumheads, Gon Bops Percussion and Beato Bags. He is also a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Education Network. He is a trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator. He holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration from California State University, Fresno and percussion performance from California State University, Sacramento, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in contemporary music performance from UC San Diego. He is a professor of music and coordinator of the Music Graduate Program at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University
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Sean Dowgray, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Grand Tour
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 | Experimental Theater
Examining the time-bound and timeless, this event utilizes video from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory, the Apollo XI mission, and amateur ground-based astronomers; photography from the twin Voyager space probes; audio derived from the plasma and radio waves of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, and the solitary red giant Xi Hydrae; amongst other media in tandem with a program with works by Christopher Adler, Josh Levine, Daniel Tacke, & Lewis Nielson
Sean Dowgray is a classical percussionist specializing in modern and contemporary music. Currently a doctoral candidate at UC San Diego, Dowgray performs frequently with resident ensembles red fish blue fish and Palimpsest. He has appeared with the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, RENGA, San Diego New Music, Art of Èlan, The San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, Monday Evening Concerts, the WasteLAnd New Music Series, La Jolla Music Soceity, members of the San Diego Symphony, and members of the International Contemporary Music Ensemble.
SEAN DOWGRAY: As a soloist, Dowgray has been featured at the Oberlin Percussion Institute, the Percussive Art Society International Convention, the WasteLAnd New Music Series, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Arizona, SoundON, and Eureka! Musical Minds of California. Dowgray collaborates closely with composers Daniel Tacke, Josh Levine , Lydia Winsor Brindamour, and Justin Murphy-Mancini. In the recent past, he has collaborated with composers including Jürg Frey, Christopher Adler, Ioannis Mitsialis, Lewis Nielson, and James Wood.
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Ine Vanoeveren, flutes
Friday, October 11th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)This program explores different types of embodied engagement in a diverse selection of solo flute pieces.
Sam Hayden's 'attente' (2019) is a search for intense physicality in a performance. The material combines relatively static multiphonic textures with more rapid and directional linear gestures.
'OR' (1978) by R.Dick investigates extremity on a different level: intimate, microtonal multiphonics shape the vulnerability of this work.
Anahita Abbasi introduces a dialogue in 'No I am not roaming aimlessly' (2017), where the composite concept “dialogical self” goes beyond the self-other dichotomy, by infusing the external to the internal and, in reverse, to introduce the internal into the external.
Finally, The Silenced (2015), the mono drama for flutist by Jason Eckardt is a journey from trauma to (at least partial) healing. While the scars of the trauma are still present by the end, the protagonist arrives at a place where the memories and feelings are manageable.
attente for flute solo (2019) - Sam Hayden (world premiere)
OR for flute solo (1978) - Robert Dick
No I am not roaming aimlessly (2017) - Anahita Abbasi
The Silenced, a mono drama for flutist (2015) - Jason Eckardt
Recital Hall, Conrad Prebys Music Center, UC San Diego
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Camera Lucida: Bridge, Bartok, Shostakovich
Monday, October 14th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Concert 1 : Bridge, Bartok, Shostakovich
Frank Bridge, Piano Quartet
Bela Bartok, Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Quintet
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Playing the Flute in Shanghai: the Musical Life of Dai Shuhong
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Professor Helen Rees will present her documentary film, Playing the Flute in Shanghai: the Musical Life of Dai Shuhong, in the Focus on Integrative Studies seminar (MUS 205).
PLAYING THE FLUTE IN SHANGHAI: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF DAI SHUHONG
Dai Shuhong (b.1937) is one of Shanghai's most renowned performers and teachers of China's traditional bamboo flutes, the transverse dizi and endblown xiao. Plucked in 1956 from life as a factory worker to join the first ever Chinese traditional instrument class at the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Dai subsequently taught at the Conservatory for almost fifty years. As a young performer, he made his mark as dizi accompanist to Tibetan megastar propaganda singer Caidan Zhuoma (Tseten Drolma). Since the 1980s, he has specialized in a rather different genre, the esoteric art of qin-xiao performance. Partnering with several of China's foremost qin zither performers, including his legendary mentor Zhang Ziqian (1899–1991), he creates delicate xiao lines to complement the elegant pieces of the qin repertoire, many of which date back centuries. Dai's recordings with Zhang and others stand as landmarks of this style.
Shot over 2016–2017 in Shanghai and incorporating historical photographs and video footage, this documentary focuses not just on Dai's artistry and pedagogical skill, but also on his firsthand experience of the seismic upheavals in Chinese musical life since the 1950s. He witnessed the Soviet-inspired institutionalization of local folk music, the modernization of traditional instruments, the creation of a new civil servant class of professional performers, and, more recently, the nostalgic revival of attenuated traditions such as the qin zither. Possessed of a prodigious memory, Dai is a natural raconteur who engagingly recounts how such national trends played out in one individual's everyday life.
From the outset, this film has been a collaborative endeavor, with Dai and other participants helping plan the shoots and critiquing the results during the editing process. It was selected for screening in August 2019 at the Shanghai Grand Theater as part of the First Festival of Chinese-language Ethnographic Films on Music.
BIO
Helen Rees, director of Playing the Flute in Shanghai, is a professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA, where she is also director of the World Music Center. As a recipient of a British Council scholarship to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in the late 1980s, she studied Chinese flutes with Dai Shuhong for two years. Frequent trips back to Shanghai since then have resulted in an extensive oral history, which is the basis for a forthcoming biography that will complement the film. Her other research interests lie in ritual musics of southwest China, and in East Asian intangible cultural heritage protection policies. She also performs professionally on recorders and Chinese flutes.
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Grad Forum
Thursday, October 17th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater - 7PM
*FREE*
Come kick off the first Grad Forum of the year with an evening of performances by music department grads!
- Program -
Tiange Zhou performing her own "Finger Work" for electronics and projection
Kathryn Schulmeister, Alexandria Smith, and Madison Greenstone performing an untitled trio
Anqi Liu performing a modular synthesizer improvisation
Barbara Byers, Celeste Oram, Alexandria Smith, and Joseph Bourdeau Performing "Appalachian Hell / Bag of Bones" by Barbara Byers
Madison Greenstone performing "Telegrams" by Michelle Lou
Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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ArtPower presents Escher Quartet with Jason Vieauz
Friday, October 18th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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Lydia Winsor Brindamour, composition - Graduate Recital
Monday, October 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
A concert of music by Lydia Winsor Brindamour, performed by James Beauton, Erik Carlson, Sean Dowgray, Madison Greenstone, Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Michael Matsuno and Kathryn Schulmeister.
6.30pm- installation (audience can come and go freely)
7pm- concert (no late seating)
Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater
FREE
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ENS EKT
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)ENS EKT
Tuesday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m.
UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center
Experimental Theater
The ENS EKT trio features the experimental musical inventions of Paul Stapleton (Californian born, Belfast-based) in dialogue with the circular breathed multi-phonics and harmonic textures of David Bud (English born, Berlin-based) and the resonant gestural and spectrally focused playing of Mad Pulse Maybe (Danish born, Berlin-based). The group explores emergent timbral, dynamic and social musical structures through improvisation.
Paul Stapleton is an improviser and sound artist originally from Southern California. He designs and performs with a variety of modular metallic sound sculptures, custom made electronics and found objects in settings ranging from Echtzeitmusik venues in Berlin to the annual NIME conference. Paul is currently Professor of Music at SARC in Belfast, where he teaches and supervises research in new musical instrument design, music performance, sound design and critical improvisation studies. Paul is also currently the co-director of Sonorities Festival Belfast. He has received critical acclaim for several artistic projects and for his sound design and composition work as part of the immersive audio theatre piece Reassembled, Slightly Askew.
Mad Pulse Maybe is a prolific bass player, composer and PhD-researcher in sonic arts. His work with extended instrument techniques and adaptive electro-acoustic performance systems is documented on several releases and through sound installations. He is a frequent collaborator with dancers, has created music for film and theatre and exhibited audio-generated sculpture. He has toured extensively in Europe, the US, Japan and Australia and has performed with Evan Parker, Audrey Chen, Lotte Anker, Tony Malaby and many others.
David Bud is a saxophonist, author and researcher from London, England based in Berlin, Germany. He has performed on baritone and alto with hundreds of musicians in small and large groups, collaborations have included Pauline Oliveros, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Steve Noble, Mark Dresser, Tristan Honsinger, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Audrey Chen, Mark Sanders and many others. His work in improvisation has led to collaborating beyond music with dancers, visual artists, mixed media, built instruments, site specific performance and more. His research interest is in creative processes.
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Fall Composition Juries
Thursday, October 31st, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Thursday, October 31st at 7:30 p.m.
The Fall Composition Jury Concert presents an evening of premieres by graduate composers.
Composers: Stephen de Filippo, Nathan Haering, Nasim Khorassani, Zach Konick, Sang Song, & Jacques Zafra
Performances by: David Aguila, Teresa Díaz, Juliana Gaona Villamizar, Alex Ishov, Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Dimitris Paganos Koukakis, Berk Schneider, Kathryn Schulmeister, Ilana Waniuk, and Ashley Zhang
Conducted by Steven Schick
The concert will begin in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
At intermission, the audience will be asked to move to the Experimental Theater for Nasim Khorassani's piece.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 at 7:30 p.m. - Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
CONCERT PROGRAM ORDER
Nathaniel Haering - “Spate II”
Stephen DeFilippo - “Casuarina-salvaged Dreaming”
Sang Song - “Tracing Gretel”
Intermission
Zachary Konick “Currents”
Jacques Zafra - “liusa”
Pause as audience moves to Experimental Theater
Nasim Khorassani (Experimental Theater) - “Line”
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young People's Concert
Friday, November 1st, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Fall Composition Jury Discussion Session
Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Grad Forum
Thursday, November 7th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry
Friday, November 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Morton Feldman, Crippled Symmetry
Performers:
Alex Ishov (flute)
Michael Jones (percussion)
Shaoai Ashley Zhang (piano)
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Michael Jones, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)
Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 14th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)"διΧΑσμΟΣ"
Music for Piano and Electronics By Stephenson, Van Der Aa, Lillios and Papatrechas.
Piano: Dimitris Paganos Koukakis
Electronics: Theocharis Papatrechas
November 14th, 7:00 pm.
Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater
UC San Diego
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ArtPower presents Penderecki Piano Trio
Friday, November 15th, 2019 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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The Penderecki Piano Trio was created by three of the most dedicated and outstanding Polish musicians of our time. The promisingly gifted pianist Konrad Skolarski, the breathtaking virtuoso Jaros?aw Nadrzycki , and the sensational cellist Karol Marianowski are all acclaimed artists in their country and abroad. They are laureates of many international music competitions, each with a long history of performances all over Europe, North and South America, as well as Asia.
As soloists or as chamber musicians (two of the musicians were recently at the core of the Meccore String Quartet), each member of the trio has performed in distinguished concert halls, such as Wigmore Hall (London), Frick Collection (New York), Pollack Hall (Montreal), as well as with leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Simón Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela.
Program
Claude Debussy: Premier trio in G Major; J. Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major Hob. XV/25 “Gypsy”; P. ?ukaszewski – Piano trio;
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Improv Week Showcase
Saturday, November 16th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Since 2014, the Semana Internacional de Improvisación has gathered cutting-edge artists from both sides of the border, and beyond, in the Mexican city of Ensenada. This showcase will officially light the spark for next year's edition of the festival, to be held in March of 2020. Featured in this concert is trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Iván Trujillo, presenting the debut of his 8-piece Ensemble. Trujillo will be joined by Ensenada-based improvising visual artist Esther Gámez and by flutist and UC San Diego Faculty member Wilfrido Terrazas as special guests. The combo will present a spicy mix of original compositions and creative music classics, with a Baja California flavor. Furthermore, and in correspondence with the Semana's cross-border spirit, the Ensemble will also be joined by a handful of UC San Diego Grad students to create site-specific large ensemble improvisations at UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Iván Trujillo Ensemble
Iván Trujillo - Trumpet & Electronics
Martha Rolón - Clarinet
Katherine Hernández - Saxophone
Lesly Sandoval - French Horn
Kevin Urzua - Trombone
Kalid García - Electric Guitar
Gabriel Nava - Electric Bass
Javier Gómez - Drums
Special Guests
Wilfrido Terrazas - Flutes & Whistles
Esther Gámez - Live Art
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Monday Night Forum
Monday, November 18th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Grad Forums provide an outlet for Department of Music graduate students to present individual and collaborative works on their own terms. From theatrically-oriented conceptions to virtuosic instrumental solos, this Grad Forum highlights the artistic diversity that coexists at UC San Diego.
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WEDS7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The New York Times calls red fish blue fish a "dynamic percussion ensemble from the University of California." Founded 20 years ago by Steven Schick, the San Diego-based ensemble performs, records, and premieres works from the last 85 years of western percussion's rich history. The group works regularly with living composers from every continent. Recent projects include the world premiere of Roger Reynolds' Sanctuary and the American premiere of James Dillon's epic Nine Rivers cycle with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). In the Summer of 2011 red fish blue fish collaborated with George Crumb, Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars to premiere the staged version of The Winds of Destiny. Eighth Blackbird invited red fish blue fish to join them in performances of works by American icons John Cage and Steve Reich at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The New York Times called their "riveting" John Cage performance the "highlight" of the program. Recordings of the percussion chamber music of Iannis Xenakis and Roger Reynolds on Mode Records have been praised by critics around the world. Recordings released in the 2012-13 season included the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacinto Scelsi and rare works of Iannis Xenakis.
In 2012 red fish blue fish presented four concerts of percussion music alongside Percussion Group Cincinnati at the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington, D.C., where they performed highlights from Cage's collection of percussion works.
RFBF has had a huge impact on new music percussion performances, recordings and education. Successful RFBF/UC San Diego Department of Music alums include Ross Karre, now with ICE; Aiyun Huang, who heads the percussion department at McGill University; Morris Palter, an assistant professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he is also the artistic director of the 64.8 percussion group; and Justin DeHart, who is a member of the Chapman University faculty and of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet.
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Rachel Allen, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Thursday, November 21st, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Undergrad Forum
Friday, November 22nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
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Selector
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Computer music concert featuring: live video analysis + synthesis, spatial audio, projection, theatre, and interactive works.
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!!!
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SElectOr
This concert is brought to you by the Sound Electroacoustic Orchestra (SElectOr) at UCSD. This collective is composed of performers, programmers, producers, visual artists and composers. The group is designed to bring access to technological tools to all graduates and undergraduates around campus. Leveraging our positions and connections the collective works together to give everyone access to state-of-the-art equipment and technical support for the purposes of creating new musical materials. Our goal is that no student’s musical vision will remain a dream because of lack of access or knowledge. The group is open to all UCSD students, faculty and staff.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Robert Zelickman Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, November 24th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Trio, Op. 274 (1905) - Carl Reinecke (1873-1916)
for piano, clarinet and horn
Allegro | Ein Märchen | Scherzo | Finale
Quintet in D Major, Op. 42 (1893) - Zden?k Fibich (1850-1900)
for violin, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
Allegro non tanto | Largo | Scherzo | Finale
Mari Kawamura, piano
Cecilia Kim, cello
Päivikki Nykter, violin
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Jane Zwerneman, French horn
Program notes
Born in Hamburg but living most of his life in Leipzig, Carl Reinecke was one of the most versatile musicians in 19th century Germany, recognized as a conductor, pianist and teacher as well as a composer. In 1860, he was appointed director of Leipzig’s great Gewandhaus orchestra, a position he held for more than 30 years. There he led the premier performance of Brahms’s German Requiem and joined the Gewandhaus Quartet in the premier performance of Brahms’s great Piano Quintet. He served as a teacher for 35 years, first as a professor at the Cologne Conservatory and then at the Leipzig Conservatory. Students came from all over Europe to study with him, and included composers Edvard Grieg, Leoš Janá?ek, Isaac Albeniz, Max Bruch and Frederick Delius. As a pianist, he toured Western Europe as a concert artist, probably unrivaled as a performer of Mozart. Known for his legato style in a time of keyboard brainstorming, Liszt picked him as the teacher for his own two daughters. Near the end of his life, at the age of 80, he recorded piano rolls, making him the earliest-born pianist to have his playing preserved in any format. As a composer, he first wrote music for his own performance – four piano concertos and cadenzas for concertos by other composers. After his retirement from teaching, he devoted his time for composing, resulting in a life-time output of nearly 300 published works. At a time of great changes in music, he was basically a conservative, producing music of classical design, proportion and restraint.
This Trio was one of three, composed in his mature years, for unusual combinations of instruments; Op. 188 for oboe, horn and piano; Op. 264 for viola, clarinet and piano, and Op. 274 for clarinet, horn and piano. He produced them to perform with Leipzig friends who played instruments then with limited roles in the chamber music repertory.
The Op. 274 Trio, which we hear today, was composed in 1905, five years before Reinecke’s death, and is the work of a superior craftsman writing in the harmonic language and spirit of the late Romantic period just coming to an end. Indeed, the first movement, Allegro, is in conventional sonata form and could well have written by Brahms. It begins with a six-measure horn call repeated by the clarinet and blended with a third theme led by the piano and culminating in a long crescendo to a climax. The second movement is titled Ein Märchen (a German fairytale) – a caption used previously by Schumann for music depicting a somewhat sinister world of fairies. There is a touch of that element here in an otherwise restful mood picture. In the third movement, a Scherzo, Reinecke again follows Schumann’s lead in providing two contrasting trios. Note the vigor and bravura writing for the horn. The Finale, is launched with the clarinet’s statement of the main theme. This is followed by a series of sections giving all three instruments a chance to shine and ending with a formal announcement of the starting theme. -Willard J. Hertz
Zden?k Fibich is the third of the so-called Big Three of 19th century Czech composers, the other two being Smetana and Dvo?ák. That Fibich is not as well known as the other two is not because his music was in any way inferior, but simply because he lived during a time of extreme national consciousness and unlike Dvorak and Smetana, he did not choose only to write in a purely Czech idiom. Rather, his music, though exhibiting Slavic elements, is more typically Central European in sound. This reflects his background. One of his parents was Czech, the other an Austrian German. His education was at both Czech and German schools. He studied at the famous Leipzig Conservatory then spent a year in Paris. Hence Fibich, in contrast to either Dvorak or Smetana, was the product of two cultures, German and Czech. His instrumental works are generally in the vein of the German romantics such as Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner.
Fibich’s Quintet is one of the most original sounding chamber music works because of the unusual tone color effects that Fibich creates. Clearly, in its original version for piano, winds and strings, the nature of the instruments, by themselves alone, creates the stunning and rich effects. However, the version for standard piano quintet benefited immeasurably because Fibich strove hard to maintain the wonderful tone color of the original. The Quintet dates from 1893. Because of the unusual combination of instruments Fibich selected for the original version, his publisher, knowing not many copies would be sold, asked for a version for standard piano quintet. This he produced and yet, such was Fibich's genius, that it in no way sounds like an arrangement and often even gives the feeling of being an altogether separate composition. The main theme to first movement, Allegro non tanto, is warm-hearted and presents a colorful reflection on the peacefulness of nature with a somewhat rustling quality in the background. There is a brief orchestral call to attention before the music seamlessly drifts away. The second movement, Largo, has for its main subject a melody which is serene and dignified but also capable of tremendous passion. A Schubertian Scherzo, with two trios comes next. Fibich gives the instruction "to be played with wild humor." The finale, Allegro con spirito, is bright, joyous and festive. -Edition Silvertrust
Biographies for performers
Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble. Robert was a member of Orchestra Nova for 23 seasons and has performed with the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera. Recently, Robert retired from UC San Diego (1983-2015) where he lectured on Jewish Music, conducted the Wind Ensemble and performed regularly, premiering many new compositions. He currently performs in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout San Diego. Zelickman earned his BA at UCLA and a MFA at Cal Arts. He studied with Hugo Raimondi, Michele Zukovsky and Ronald Rueben.
Jane Zwerneman has been an active recitalist, freelance musician and teacher in the San Diego area since 1987, performing regularly in productions at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theater, and with the Gilbert Castellanos Jazz Orchestra, Joe Garrison and Night People, Orchestra Nova and the San Diego Symphony. As horn soloist with the Orquesta de Baja California from 1992-2000 she performed and recorded extensively throughout Mexico and the United States. She earned her MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music where she studied horn with Verne Reynolds and composition with Samuel Adler and Joseph Schwantner. Dr. Zwerneman was a member of the faculty at Grossmont College from 1989 to 2009. In her spare time she works as Assistant Director of the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, commissioning new public art for the campus.
A versatile recitalist and chamber musician, violinist Päivikki Nykter, is equally at home with standard repertoire as well as contemporary music. A native of Finland, she is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Ms. Nykter served as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of California San Diego Music Department from 1994 to 2006. She is now a freelance violinist maintaining a busy concert schedule as well as teaching the Alexander Technique both in the US and Europe. Ms. Nykter is an artistic director of a Chamber Music Concert Series in Lappeenranta, Finland. She has recorded on Neuma, Aucourant Records, CRI, Old King Cole, Omega Editions and mode labels.
Cellist Cecilia Kim, a native of Korea, where she began her music career at a young age. She received a Bachelor and a Master’s degree at the Daegu Catholic University as a full scholarship recipient and earned another Master degree at San Diego State University. She has held positions in many orchestras including the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and the Daegu Chamber Ensemble. Simultaneously, she made highly acclaimed solo appearances with the Daegu Symphony Orchestra, the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Daegu Catholic University Orchestra and the University of San Diego Orchestra. Also, she held a faculty position at the Daegu Catholic University and the University of San Diego. Currently, she has been giving many performances around San Diego County.
Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity and wide-ranging interests have taken her in many directions. Her repertoire includes pieces by William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage and several contemporary Japanese composers. She has been collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers. She has appeared in the major festivals, such as Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival USA and the Darmstadt International Summer Course and has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Jordan Hall (Boston), Regent Hall (London) and Kirsten Kjær Museum (Denmark). Her 2013 performance of Xenakis’s Dikthas at the SICPP in Boston was described as "an unrelenting volcanic eruption" by NEWMUSICBOX. Kawamura holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music, where she achieved the DipRAM prize for her outstanding final recital. Her teachers included Vadim Sakharov and Tatiana Sarkissova. After studying with Stephen Drury at the
New England Conservatory in the Graduate Degree Program, Kawamura is now pursuing her DMA degree under Aleck Karis at the University of California San Diego.
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201B Improv Ensemble
Monday, November 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)New Works for Improvisers
featuring:
Joseph Bourdeau - found percussion
Teresa de Cossio Diaz - flute
Mariana Flores - voice
Juliana Villamizar Gaona - oboe
Felipe Rossi - Bass Clarinet
Alexandria Smith - trumpet
Jonathan Stallings - clarinet
Qingqing Wang - piano
Ilana Waniuk - violin
Mark Dresser - bass/instructor
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Advanced Jazz Ensemble
Monday, November 25th, 2019 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Come enjoy MUS 131's Fall 2019 concert! We will showcase our 7-piece combo, led by Dr. David Borgo. From bebop to fusion, latin to funk, we hope you join us for a night of JAZZ.
WHEN: Monday, November 25th @7PM
WHERE: The Loft
Free! No ticket required.
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Aleck Karis, piano & Michael Nicolas, cello
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Cellist Michael Nicolas and pianist Aleck Karis will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's magnificent Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (1901) along with the Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65, by the English composer Benjamin Britten.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Kalle Hakosalo, percussion - Guest Scholar Recital
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
As part of his residency at the University of California San Diego, Finnish percussionist Kalle Hakosalo presents a solo marimba recital featuring a mixed program of marimba literature and transcriptions of piano, cello and orchestral music. Romantic imagery and Baroque dances are contrasted with contemporary tone language and shimmering virtuosity meets intimate ambiance in this concert extraordinaire.
Time & place: Recital Hall (Conrad Prebys Music Center), 11/27/2019 at 4pm
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Piano Studio Recital
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Students from Aleck Karis' piano studio perform selected works.
Program:
Tyler Koh: Sinfonia No.2 in C minor, BWV 788 by J.S. Bach
Chris Lin: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 12 "Pathétique" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Chia-yu Chang: Capriccio no. 3 from Fantasien, op. 116 by Johannes Brahms
Jad Barrere: Années de pèlerinage. Première année "Suisse" S.160/R.10-4 by Franz Liszt
Mari Kawamura: Sonata No.21 in C major "Waldstein" by Ludwig van Beethoven
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UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass presents Make Our Garden Grow: Songs of Bernstein and Sondheim
The singers from the UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass offer a recital of songs and ensembles composed by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, two of the most celebrated theater composers of the past century. The program will feature selections from works both familiar and rarely heard, including Bernstein’s West Side Story, Candide and Peter Pan, and Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Follies, and Evening Primrose. The singers will be joined on stage by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano) and Julianne Chen (cello).
Featuring:
Adam Berry, Sophia Casas, Rachel Dovsky, Elizabeth Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Seongmin Kim, Leya Ledvin, Halana Macamay, Vita Muccia, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rutkowski, and Julia Yu. With Julianne Chen (cello) and Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano).
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Monday Night Jazz: UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble
Monday, December 2nd, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Join UC San Diego's Department of Music for our Monday Night Jazz event of the year! Directed by Kamau Kenyatta, The 95JC concert will feature a small ensemble performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians.
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Dysfunctional Jazz Experiment
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 11:30 am
Mandeville Auditorium East Room
Free
Dysfunctional Jazz Experiment. Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 11:30am. Mandeville Auditorium, East Room. Free
Paul Roth-Alto Sax
Tommy Babin-Acoustic Bass
Kevin Green-Drums
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra directed by Matt Kline presents their Fall performance on December 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Mandeville Auditorium.
Program:
Overture in D Minor - Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 35 in D Major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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33A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The students of Music 33 "Introduction to Composition," led by Prof. Lei Liang, will present their original compositions. For many students in this class, this is the first time they composed their own music! These students came from diverse backgrounds, and many are double-majors or music minors. Their original works reflect their diverse interests and talents, and all are invited to attend.
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Eliane Radigue's Occam Ocean
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Éliane Radigue (b. 1932) is a pioneering French composer of undulating continuous music marked by patient, virtually imperceptible transformations that purposefully unfold to reveal the intangible, radiant contents of minimal sound—its partials, harmonics, subharmonics and inherent distortions. As a student and assistant to musique concrète pioneers Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Radigue mastered tape splicing techniques, but preferred the creation of fluid, delicately balanced feedback works to the spasmodic dissonance of her teachers’ music. Finding peers among minimalist composers in America, Radigue began working with synthesis in 1970, eventually discovering the ARP 2500 synthesizer, which she would use exclusively for her celebrated electronic works to come. With remarkable restraint, Radigue spent years on each piece, painstakingly assembling series of subtle, pulsating ARP recordings to be later mixed meticulously into hourlong suites of precise, perpetual mutation, including masterpieces Trilogie de la mort and Adnos I-III. In 2001, Radigue adapted an early feedback work to live performance on electric bass, Elemental II, and in 2004, with the encouragement of ongoing collaborator Charles Curtis, she permanently abandoned electronics for acoustic composition, beginning with Naldjorlak for solo cello, composed for Curtis. As within each individual work, Radigue has maintained an obstinate focus throughout the flow of her career, her dedication to the materiality of sound earning her numerous accolades and ensuring her place as one of the most important composers of our time.
Occam Ocean is an ongoing series of solo and ensemble pieces composed by Radigue for individual instrumentalists in which a performer’s personal performance technique and particular relationship to their instrument function as the compositional material of the piece. The “knights of the Occam,” as Radigue refers to the performers participating in the project, are therefore musicians who have developed individualistic, creative approaches to their instruments; and the resulting compositions are not transferable to other performers on that instrument. Citing the ocean as a calming antidote to the overwhelming nature of our vibratory wave-filled surroundings, Radigue has named the tributary components of her Occam series with the image of fluid water in mind. Solo pieces are Occams, duo pieces Rivers, and larger ensemble pieces Deltas. The process of combining or over-laying the solos as small ensemble pieces, with only minor adjustments in the solos themselves, recalls Radigue’s procedure in the early feedback works made as sound installations, in which individual feedback loops are to combined freely in slight non-synchronization such that combinations of loops rarely or never repeat. With the extreme simplicity of Occam’s razor, continuous pieces that are iridescent on their own achieve a new radiance of interacting pulsation in their River and Delta configurations. The Occam series began in 2011 with a solo for harpist Rhodri Davies and has continued steadily to the present, counting now well over fifty individual solos and ensemble pieces.
Each night of Occam Ocean at Pace Gallery will feature different combinations of performances in Occam, River, and Delta configurations by Charles Curtis, Rhodri Davies, and Robin Hayward.
Acknowledged internationally as a performer of new and experimental music, cellist Charles Curtis has been associated with minimalist pioneer La Monte Young and Marina Zazeela since 1987, their intimate working relationship having yielded retroactive recalibrations of pieces like Young’s 1958 Trio for Strings. Curtis is also the first performer to collaborate with Éliane Radigue on a work for an unamplified, acoustic instrument without electronic support or accompaniment. This work, Naldjorlak, composed in 2004 and premiered in December 2005, is an hour-long, exhaustive enquiry into the inherent resonating properties of the cello.
Rhodri Davies is an improvising harpist who confronts traditional concepts of the harp through his use of preparations, detuned, bowed, and e-bowed strings. One of the most prominent members of the London reductionist school of improvised music, new pieces for solo harp have been composed for him by Philip Corner and Yasunao Tone, in addition to Éliane Radigue.
Robin Hayward is a tuba player and composer who has introduced radical playing techniques to brass instruments, initially through the discovery of the ‘noise-valve’ and later through the development of the first fully microtonal tuba in 2009. In 2012 he invented the Hayward Tuning Vine, partly out of a desire to visualise the harmonic space implicit within the microtonal tuba, and began working on a solo tuba piece with Éliane Radigue, which became Occam XI. Other composer collaborations include Christian Wolff and Alvin Lucier.
Occam Ocean is part of Éliane Radigue: Intermediate States, a retrospective curated by Lawrence Kumpf and Charles Curtis and developed in collaboration with Éliane Radigue for Blank Forms in New York. The retrospective seeks to present Radigue’s practice in a richly contextualized, holistic manner to draw out important connections between her early and late periods of work, examining the breadth of her practice and juxtaposing her compositions with new interpretations and experimental re-stagings by contemporary composers. The retrospective will continue with more programs into 2020.
Éliane Radigue: Intermediate States has been made possible with generous support from Pace Gallery, Wales Arts International, the Goethe-Institut, and through the New Music Fund, a program of FACE Foundation, with generous funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, Florence Gould Foundation, Fondation CHANEL, French Ministry of Culture, Institut français-Paris, and SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique).
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95W World Music Students
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Students of Pandit Kartik Seshadri and Arup Chattopadhyay perform Indian Classical Music on December 5, 2019 in an evening of Ragas and Talas (Indian Classical Music) under the directorship of Kartik Seshadri. All are welcome to attend.
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IDEAS: Time Unfolded, with Johannes Reginier and Nakul Tiruviluamala
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:00 pm
Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom
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IDEAS: Time Unfolded, with Johannes Reginier and Nakul Tiruviluamala
Date: December 5th, 2019 to December 5th, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Atkinson Hall Theater/VRoom , UC San Diego
Host: Shahrokh Yadegari, professor, Department of Music
DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT:
Time Unfolded is an interdisciplinary and immersive multi-media work, combining highresolution video, dance and live electronics.
Time Unfolded is an exploration of the movements of a dancer, filmed in 4.6K and high frame rate and decomposed instant after instant, following and extending the techniques of chronophotography of Eadweard Muybridge and Étienne-Jules Marey, and accompanied by an immersive 8-channel live electronics performance. Through the interplay of sounds and images, time unfolds and shapes emerge from the succession of the instants.
SPEAKER BIO:
Johannes Regnier (UC San Diego Music) In a career that spans more than a decade, Johannes Regnier has been active as a composer and sound engineer and has conducted several projects in the field of electronic music. He studied mathematics at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, sound engineering at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris and sound art at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Regnier is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in computer music at UC San Diego under the supervision of Miller Puckette.
Nakul Tiruviluamala (UC San Diego Music) Nakul Tiruviluamala has a deep passion for music that began when he started studying piano at the age of four. He is a keyboardist, composer, singer, conductor, sound artist, and multiinstrumentalist. He received his bachelor’s of music in classical piano performance at UC Irvine. Afterwards, he earned both a master’s in music composition as well as an artist diploma in jazz piano performance at San Diego State University. He is currently pursuing a PhD at UC San Diego in computer music.
Verónica Santiago Moniello - Verónica is a Venezuelan-Italian choreographer and dancer currently based in the south of California and Mexico. She holds an M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts in the Theatre & Dance Program at UCSD, the University of California, San Diego (U.S.) and a B.A. in Dance Making by the Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen (Germany), where she worked on Pina Bausch’s “Le Sacre Du Printemps” répertoire. Her practice is inspired by the relationships between human movement and unstable surfaces, the connection between the body, its organs and naturals elements, notions of memory and the idea of birth, antagonist subjects of resistance, utopian bodies, and dreams. Her projects have been presented in Mexico, Venezuela, Belize, Germany, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S. Currently she is teaching Movement Laboratory for undergraduates at the Dance Program at UCSD in San Diego- California,U.S. Recently she has been choreographing “Women at War” (dir. Rebecca Johannsen,) at California State University San Marcos. Also Anna Moench’s “Mothers at Play” (dir. Bea Basso) at the Potiker Theatre in La Jolla. San Diego- California, U.S. She also has choreographed “Amor es más Laberinto” (dir. Raquel Araujo,) co-produced between the National Theater Company of Mexico and La Rendija theater company in MeridaYucatan. She has directed “Before the Horses Crash into the Ground, and then the Ground,” as part of her ongoing research “The Body that has Been Possessed” awarded by the Tinker Fellowship, CILAS (Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) and The Friends of California, and is co-creator of “DosLados;” a collaboration between Habitual and La Mecedora, that re-imagines new ways of shortening and folding the territory between, Rosarito, Tijuana and San Diego through dance. She has performed in the dance video piece “Until it Lives in the Muscle” (dir. Andrea Canepa) at the Bauhaus School (Dessau, Germany.) Also she has presented her solo “implicitself” at “Series of Performances” program hosted by Movement Research (NYC, U.S.) Since 2015 she has been guiding dance workshops and masters classes at “La Rendija” theater company at the same time collaborating with the dance company Tumakat as directors assistant for Vania Duran in Mérida, Yucatán (México.)
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A reception will be held at 6 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Phillip Larson directs the CHAMBER SINGERS of MUS 95K.
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Switch~ Ensemble
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Katharina Rosenberger: surge for bass clarinet, cello, piano
Anna-Louise Walton: uttered for clarinet, cello, piano
Ashley Fure: therefore i was for cello, percussion, piano
Katharina Rosenberger: Up-Close new collaborative work for fl, bcl, vcl, pno, perc (as listed above)
Performers:
Michael Matsuno, flute (guest)
Madison Greenstone, clarinets
Tyler J. Borden, cello
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion (guest)
Wei-Han Wu, piano
Jason Thorpe Buchanan, electronics and sound diffusion
About [Switch~ Ensemble]
A new music ensemble for the 21st Century, the [Switch~ Ensemble] is dedicated to the creation of new works for chamber ensemble, integrating technology and live performance. We believe that working directly with composers throughout their creative process—in a medium where the score is a departure rather than a finish line—allows for new and thrilling musical possibilities.
Recent engagements include ensemble residencies at Harvard, Cornell, Bard, University of Chicago, Ithaca College, Buffalo State, and UC Berkeley, as well as performances at the Image/Sound Festival, San Francisco Center for New Music, Valencia International Performance Academy, MATA Interval Series, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the Queens New Music Festival, and the Vanguard New Music Series at Kent State University.
[Switch~] contributes to the future of the genre by strongly advocating for and commissioning the music of a new generation of early career composers. Commissions by and for [Switch~] include works by Katharina Rosenberger, Anna-Louise Walton, Matt Sargent, Esaias Järnegard, Adrien Trybucki, and Timothy McCormack. Additionally, we have performed European or American premieres of major works by composers from across continents, like Alexander Schubert, Elvira Garifzyanova, Santiago Diez-Fischer, Lisa Streich, Rand Steiger, or Anthony Pateras. [Switch~ Ensemble] has been generously supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, New Music USA, the Amphion Foundation, the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research, and more.
[Switch~]’s 2019-2020 season highlights include a residency with Harvard Group for New Music, a workshop and performance at UC San Diego for a new commission by Katharina Rosenberger, a return engagement at Eastman Audio Research Studio’s Image/Sound Festival, residencies at the Frost School of Music in Miami and SPLICE Festival in Kalamazoo, and performances in New York City.
Founded in 2012 at the Eastman School of Music’s Computer Music Center as a flexible-size professional ensemble looking toward the future of contemporary music, the [Switch~ Ensemble] specializes in high-level chamber music integrated with cutting-edge technology. We are passionate about helping to build a diverse canon of 21st century works that leaves space for all voices—especially those that have historically been excluded from our field. Read more about the ensemble and its members at: http://www.switchensemble.com/about/
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Marimba, Bow, Stone, Player
Friday, December 6th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Kevin Good and Katie Eikam present Kunsu Shim’s rarely heard percussion piece “Marimba, Bow, Stone, Player."
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Undergraduate students under the direction of Takae Ohnishi will perform chamber music. All are welcome to attend.
The program includes the works by Telemann, Haydn, Schumann, Migot, Barrmann, Popper, etc.
G. Ph. Telemann - Concerto, Allegro ma non troppo in G major
Irene Lee, flute, Jacqueline Guy, violin 1, Hsian-ying Lu, violin 2, Siddhartha Krishnan, Baroque guitar, and Sherry Zheng, harpsichord
J. Haydn - String Quartet “Sunrise” Allegro con spirito in B-flat major, op.76, no.4
Jane Park, violin1, Meng-Chia Lee, violin 2, Mische Holland, viola, and Gabrielle Carr, cello
D. Popper - Requiem in F-sharp minor, op.66
Henry Helmuth, cello 1, Julianne Chen, cello 2, Russell Chiang, cello 3, and Chonling Liu, piano
G. Migot - Les Parques
Anu Chaparala, violin 1, Anete Ramos, violin 2, Adam Woll, viola, and Yidong Guo, piano
C. Baermann - Duo Concertant op. 33
Evan Lam, clarinet 1, Mara Casebeer, clarinet 2, Qinghong (Sherry) Xie, piano
I. Lachner - Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 37
II. Andante con moto | III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Ben Boyarko, violin, Claire Morris, viola, and Xiaoyan Ren, piano
C. Rorich - Burleske op. 64
E. Krakamp - Scherzo “Il maestro e gli allievi” op. 100
Seema Ahmed, flute 1, Simran Bhakta, flute 2, Sadaf Khwajazada, flute 3, and Chia-yu Chang, piano
R. Schumann - Piano Quintett, Allegro brillante in E-flat major, op44
Jonathan Fong, violin 1, Helen Thio, violin 2, Kane Gu, viola, Sarah Kang, cello, and John Guo, piano
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David Aguila, trumpet - Graduate Recital 1
Friday, December 6th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
David Aguila plays the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Harmonien (2007)
Tierkreis (1975)
arr. Aguila (2017)
- Leo
- Virgo
- Libra
- Scorpio
- Sagitarius
- Capricorn
Spiral (1968)
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A Talk with Anthony Davis on “The Central Park Fiveâ€
Saturday, December 7th, 2019 3:00 pm
San Diego Central Library
Free
Join us for a conversation with composer Anthony Davis, conducted by UC San Diego Music professor emeritus Cecil Lytle, exploring the genesis of The Central Park Five and the artist’s duty to reflect on important social and political issues of the day.
Opera News has called UC San Diego Music Professor Anthony Davis, "A National Treasure," for his pioneering work in opera. His important contributions also extend to chamber, choral and orchestral music as well as improvised music and jazz. His six operas include works centered on recent historical figures Malcolm X and Patty Hearst. His latest opera, The Central Park Five, an exploration of the infamous wrongful conviction of five teenagers of color in NYC in the 1980s, premiered at the Long Beach Opera in 2019 to international acclaim.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, December 7th, 2019 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Celeste Oram Thomas Nee Commission
Robert Schumann Violin Concerto
John Adams Harmonium
Soloist: Keir GoGwilt, violin
Keir GoGwilt, who dazzled in Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto two seasons ago, returns with another unfamiliar (and very different) piece, the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann, one of that doomed composer’s final works. The La Jolla Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for the work that launched John Adams’ career: Harmonium sets texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, and its premiere in 1981 announced the arrival of a major composer. Celeste Oram, this year’s Nee Commission winner, continues our tradition of melding music and visual art.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Celeste Oram Thomas Nee Commission
Robert Schumann Violin Concerto
John Adams Harmonium
Soloist: Keir GoGwilt, violin
Keir GoGwilt, who dazzled in Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto two seasons ago, returns with another unfamiliar (and very different) piece, the Violin Concerto of Robert Schumann, one of that doomed composer’s final works. The La Jolla Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for the work that launched John Adams’ career: Harmonium sets texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, and its premiere in 1981 announced the arrival of a major composer. Celeste Oram, this year’s Nee Commission winner, continues our tradition of melding music and visual art.
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David Aguila, trumpet - Graduate Recital 2
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
David Aguila plays the music by Aguila, Andre, Cage, and Stockhausen.
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Camera Lucida: Schumann, Kurtag, Mihaud, Strauss
Monday, December 9th, 2019 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
PROGRAM:
Schumann, Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
György Kurtag, Hommage a Robert Schumann, Op. 15d
Darius Milhaud, Sonatina for Violin and Viola, Op. 226
Richard Strauss, Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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Kalle Hakosalo, percussion - Guest Scholar Recital
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)nonPERCUSSION is an entity that explores a set of transformations. The symmetrically arranged program features three types of works: instrumental, non-instrumental and object- centered. Each of them have been assigned an acoustic and an electroacoustic variant. The result is a narrative arch that depicts the loss and re-discovery of oneself. The transitions between pieces also undergo a change, first developing an (electronic) existence of their own and little by little being reduced to a simpler form.
Kalle Hakosalo is a young, prolific Finnish percussionist. Passionate about popularizing percussion music in his native Finland and abroad, he performs extensively as a soloist and chamber musician (in ensembles like NEKO3 and km2). His repertoire extends from Baroque arrangements to cornerstone works of percussion literature, multidisciplinary art and music written for him.
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103A Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Seminar in Composition, instructed by Anthony Davis presents their end of term concert featuring new and innovative premiere works.
Featuring compositions by: Emmitt Carroll, Jackie Guy, Kaolyn Hong, Adrian Martinez, Daniel Mendoza, Ekaterina Myshliaeva, Braden Rigling, Diego Rodriguez, Korey Ross, Irene Sha, and Katherine Wilkes.
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Fiona Digney, percussion - Graduate Recital
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)In her final DMA recital, Fiona Digney is joined by friends and colleagues Steven Schick, Aleck Karis, Kyle Adam Blair, and Kyle Johnson for a concert exploring the macro and the micro. The program will begin with a new work by duo ...and then we run, followed by the rarely performed magical and wondrous 1974 work for two pianos and two percussion; Makrokosmos III: Music for a Summer Evening by George Crumb.
Please join us for this FREE event that will be sure to start the new decade off right with ancient mystical sounds and a new work for a new world.
About Fiona Digney:
Fiona Digney is an Australian-born multi-faceted percussionist who holds both education and performance degrees and is currently based in California while she undertakes doctoral studies under the guidance of Prof. Steven Schick. She has enjoyed a wide-ranging freelance career over the last decade, performing in solo, ensemble, and theatrical settings in Australia, China, Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, England, Mexico, and the United States. As an avid proponent of new music, she has commissioned and premiered various percussion works from composers across the globe and has been involved in many new music ensembles; most recently as on-stage percussionist in the European premiere of Anne Washburn’s highly acclaimed post-electric play, Mr. Burns at the Almeida theatre, London. Fiona has performed with West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tetrafide percussion quartet (AUS), Ensemble 64.8 (USA), Het Zuiderlijk Toneel, and Diamantfabrielk theatre companies (NL), as well as a soloist at Club Zho and the launch of the Totally Huge New Music Festival (AUS). Fiona is a current member of red fish blue fish and is active in both the music and theatre departments at the University of California San Diego.
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Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 9th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her first DMA recital:
Program:
Betsy Jolas - Études Aperçues (1992)
Vanessa Tomlinson - world premiere (2019)
Theocharis Papatrechas- world premiere (2019)
Kaija Saariaho - Six Japanese Gardens (1993-95)
About Rebecca:
Australian born percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones is a diverse musician who is passionate about percussion performance, research and education. She has worked extensively with the Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin Symphony Orchestra, The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and served as a musician in The Australian Defence Force.
Rebecca has performed at several focus days for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, has attended the Roots and Rhizomes program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada, and has also presented at the 2017 Transplanted Roots Research Symposium. In 2019, Rebecca was a guest artist at the VI Semana Internacional de Improvisación held in Ensenada, and will also be a guest tutor at the Festival de Música Nueva, Ensenada.
Based in San Diego, Rebecca is a doctoral candidate at UCSD under the guidance of Distinguished Professor Steven Schick. In Australia, Rebecca graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts completing her Honours Degree, under the tutelage of percussionist Peter Neville and is also an alumnus of the Higher Degree Research Department at Queensland Conservatorium completing her Masters of Music Research Degree with Dr. Vanessa Tomlinson.
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one fish two fish, 32C percussion ensemble
Monday, January 13th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
One Fish Two Fish is made up of undergraduate percussion players who are enrolled in either MUS 32 (private lessons) or MUS 95L (Wind Ensemble). They are presenting a concert of new percussion classics.
Program:
Gravity - Marc Mellits
Baby Bot - Andrea Mazzariello
Early Sentiments - Edward Hamel
Matt Leveque, soloist
Mallet Quartet - Steve Reich
Directed by James Beauton:
DMA Candidate, red fish blue fish member, and conductor of the UCSD Wind Ensemble
one fish two fish members:
Hailey Brown
Wesley Chen
Katie Hsieh
Matt LeVeque
Adrian Martinez
Eric Nguyen
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Camera Lucida: Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninov
Monday, January 13th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
PROGRAM:
Mozart, Piano Trio in Bb, Divertimento K. 254
Beethoven, String Quartet in D major, Op.18 Nr. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov, Sonata Op 19 for viola and piano
PERFORMERS:
Jeff Thayer, violin
Hanah Stuart, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Charles Curtis, cello
Reiko Uchida, piano
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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Mari Kawamura, piano - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 16th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)PROGRAM:
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat Major, Hob.XVI/49
Erik Ulman: Au seul souci de voyager for solo piano
Michael Finnissy: Snowdrift
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53 "Waldstein"
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Grad Forum
Friday, January 17th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)2020 is upon us at last, and so too is the latest installment in a proud lineage of Grad Forum concerts! An eclectic, thrice-quarterly grab bag of electro-acoustical-musical-theatrical excellence showcasing the ongoing work of UC San Diego Music Department grad students. Grad Forums are always free, always weird, and usually not terribly long, so join us Friday, January 17th in the Experimental Theater as we plunge ourselves into a shiny new year doubtlessly full of fun new experiences, and fresh existential horrors!
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ArtPower presents Beethoven Cycle Part 2 with Ariel Quartet
Friday, January 17th, 2020 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
An ArtPower presentation.
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“A blazing, larger-than-life performance.”—Washington Post
Distinguished by its virtuosic playing and impassioned interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has earned its glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel nearly twenty years ago, the Quartet was recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. The Ariel serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the rigorous chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts in addition to their busy touring schedule.
In honor of Beethoven’s sestercentennial in 2020, the Ariel Quartet will perform the complete Beethoven Cycle. This concert marks the second of a five-concert series.
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat Major;op. 127; String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6; String Quartet “Rasumovsky,” op. 59, no. 3
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Lucia Mense - Performance Focus
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
David DeFilippo, computer - Graduate Recital
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Two new works of electronic music:
- All sorts
- conscientiousness
Two synths were programmed to have internal dynamic mechanisms, where the musician can mix what processes co-occur and couple together creating rhythmic vibrations. Timbres reach into heavy saturation and unexpected resonance shapes via containing high volume signals with power-preservation. Signals are projected to higher-dimensions and rotated with other signals or oscillators, altering and adding to the psychedelic sound of the instrument.
Coupling helps multiple processes find a central tendency, a rhythmic voice coupled to a chaotic process gives the chaotic process inflections of pulse timing and due to bi-directionality the rhythm is perturbed by the chaotic process creating phase changes. Demarcations as decelerations form among processes, the consistency of decelerations in terms of its resonance can mask or reveal activity depending on the relations and the actions of the musician.
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The titles of the two works All sorts and conscientiousness signal to the old and new problematics of power and follow from these sentences lifted from instructional documentation of IBM’s Watson-based Personality Insights service: “You need text written by the person whose personality you are interested in. It should contain words about everyday experiences, thoughts, and responses. This service applies linguistic analytics and personality theory to infer attributes from a person’s unstructured text. Gain insight into how and why people think, act and feel the way they do.” **
**A new IBM service providing micro-targeting capability -- or the antidemocratic identification and persuasion of consumers and voters alike by personality metrics. The Watson system it is based on is general purpose and generates responses to questions using methods of web-based inference. The founder of IBM Thomas J Watson started the corporation up on the technology of census processing, developing punch-card machines to automate sorting and tabulation of populations into grouped types. Before punch-card technology the census would take 10 years to tally and after only 3 months. Watson would later work closely with the Nazi party through subsidiary branches in Germany to furnish nazi officials with as many as of such machines with single-use punch-cards that were in the exact shape of the dollar bill as he could, keeping 90% of the profits. IBM employed workers went door to door to collect population data in search of Jewish people throughout Europe to later abduct and work to death. The IBM punch-card machine served as an enabling technology for the high-speed realization of Hitler’s idea. It is a haunting example of capitalism and fascism becoming indistinguishable.
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1st Year Grad Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 24th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)First-year graduate students studying composition and performance will present their winter jury concert at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24th in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
The evening will feature five world premiere performances by Erin Graham, Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit, Jonathan Stallings, and Alexander Taylor.
The program will feature performances by Mariana Flores (voice, piano), Peter Ko (cello),
Miguel Zazueta (voice), Erin Graham (percussion), and Alexander Taylor (voice, percussion, and violin).
PROGRAM:
Manual, by Erin Graham
Between Breaths, by Janet Sit
Interregnum, by Douglas Osmun
La Invasión de la Noche, by Jonny Stallings
Poema de la Siguiriya Gitana, by Alex Taylor
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1st Year Grad Jury Discussion Session
Saturday, January 25th, 2020 9:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Discussion session with faculty response to the 1st Year Composition Jury Concert on Friday, January 24th. Open to the public.
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Lytle Scholarship Benefit Concert
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets may be purchased online at:
http://rels.ucsd.edu
All tickets are held at the door
Event Program Archive (PDF)24th Annual Concert to Benefit the Lytle Scholarship at UC San Diego
Featuring: Cecil Lytle
Program: Music of Remembrance
Please join us as we raise scholarship funds for promising students.
The notion of art for art's sake is a misnomer: every sculpture, painting, dance, poem, or piece of music is a conscious act of principle and intent. Though the purpose may not be literal, and indeed its genesis may be quite obscure, art stems from individual experience and memory. This year's program presents classical compositions in memory of a person, idea, or an occasion.
For more information, please visit rels.ucsd.edu.
PROGRAM:
Alan Berg (1885-1935) - Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1913)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Keyboard Sonata in E-flat Major Hob. XVI/49 (1790)
Zden?k Fibich (1850-1900) - Quintet in D Major, Opus 42 (1893)
PERFORMERS:
Cecil Lytle, piano
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
Mari Karamura, piano
Cecilia Kim, cello
Päivikki Nykter, violin
Jane Zwerneman, French horn
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WEDS7 Prebys Concert
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Prebys Chair Concert featuring Karis, Schick, Steiger, Terrazas and Kanasevich
Compositions by Rand Steiger, Anqi Liu and Alex Stephenson
Conducted by Steven Schick
Conrad Prebys (1933-2016) was an extremely generous philanthropist who made the largest and most important gift to the UC San Diego Department of Music that we have ever received, enabling us to complete the Conrad Prebys Music Center in 2009. His subsequent gifts enabled us to establish an endowment for graduate student support (and name our concert hall in his honor) and to establish the Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair in Music. To honor the memory of Mr. Prebys, and to commemorate the establishment of the Endowed Chair five years ago, the Department of Music presents a concert of the music of Rand Steiger, the current holder of the Chair. The program will include the premiere of a new work for solo piano Simple Gifts, Variations for Conrad Prebys, performed by Professor Aleck Karis, along with Beacon (2015), for flute and electronics, performed by Professor Wilfrido Terrazas, and Cyclone (2013), for clarinet and electronics, performed by clarinetist Gleb Kanasevich. The program will conclude with Steven Schick conducting Palimpsest in a performance of Steiger’s innovative composition Ecosphere in a new version with revised electronics. Steiger’s work broke new ground in the use of realtime digital signal processing of musical instruments when it was commissioned and premiered by IRCAM and the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2002. Schick will also lead the premiere of two new works written for the occasion for the same 16-piece ensemble by graduate composers Anqi Liu and Alex Stephenson.
PROGRAM:
Simple Gifts (Variations for Conrad Prebys) - Rand Steiger (Aleck Karis, piano)
Cyclone - Rand Steiger (Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet)
How Light Arrives… (premiere for Ecosphere ensemble) - Anqi Liu
Cantus (premiere for Ecosphere ensemble) - Alex Stephenson
Beacon - Rand Steiger (Wilfrido Terrazas, flute)
Ecosphere - Rand Steiger [DSP]
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Electronic Music Workshop
Thursday, January 30th, 2020 7:00 pm
The Loft at UC San Diego
Free
Reed Family Concert: Beethoven Interpolations
Saturday, February 1st, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Students : Free with ID
MUSIC Box Office: 858-534-3448
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Beethoven turns 250 this year. He was a great composer, as everybody already knows. But in the midst of what will certainly be a mind-numbing hagiography, I can’t help but think that he would feel misunderstood by us. After all, he was much more in spiritual league with the flame-throwing radicals of the Jacobin rather than the cultural mainstream. What would the person who turned his back on princes and emperors say about today’s cultural worship of his music in the form of a well-heeled gala crowd at a symphony orchestra concert?
We propose another kind of birthday present. Building on the classical notion of interpolation to shed light on Beethoven’s impact on 20th and 21st music, we will nest among the movements of Beethoven’s mercurial First Symphony (1800) newer work that contains 20th and 21st century echoes of Beethoven’s mind. Webern’s Symphony, Dallapiccola’s Una Piccola Musica Notturna, and new music by PamelaZ and Anna Thorvaldsdottir help reveal the often unseen Beethoven: his formalism, his penchant for lyricism, and his wicked sense of humor. We hope to afford insight into parallel moments of cultural and political peril. From the turn of the 19th century in post-revolutionary Europe to the volatile time between world wars in the 20th century to our early 21st century michigas, these works, taken together, demonstrate the necessity for an artist to react to her or his time.
PROGRAM:
Pamela Z - Heiligenstadt Lament
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony #1, First Movement
Anton Webern - Symphony Op. 21
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Second Movement
Luigi Dallapiccola - Una Piccola Musica Notturna
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Third Movement
Beethoven - Symphony #1, Fourth Movement
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Aequilibria
The concert will be preceded by a conversation with Steven Schick and a distinguished panel including: Pamela Z, Lilian Faderman, and Henry Torres Blanco, entitled: "How do we as artists working in different genres use (or abuse) classic works?"
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Felipe Rossi, composition - Graduate Recital
Monday, February 3rd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Composer Felipe Rossi presents his dissertation recital in support of his Ph.D. defense.
Program:
Entrelignes for violoncello and live electronics
Saturation for violin and live electronics
h2enh1 for bass flute and live electronics
Quartet in five scenes for clarinet, viola, double bass and piano
Featuring:
Teresa Diaz de Cossio, bass flute
Mark Dresser, double bass
Peter Ko, violoncello
Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano
Päivikki Nykter, viola
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
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Alexandria Smith, trumpet - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 7th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Alexandria Smith – praised by the New York Times for her “appealingly melancholic sound” and “entertaining array of distortion effects" (on the trumpet) – presents a repertoire recital, Shifting: an exploration of Timbre. Highlighting the vocal nature and complex timbre of the trumpet, Smith will perform pieces that include extended vocal techniques, distortion-like sounds, and linear virtuosity. Featuring the creative voices of Kathryn Schulmeister (bass) and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion), Alexandria Smith will present an evening of works by Liza Lim, Pedro Alvarez, Robert Erickson, and herself.
Liza Lim: Roda - The Living Circle 2017
Liza Lim: Ehwaz (Journeying) 2010
Pedro Alvarez: Canto for amplified trumpet 2018
Robert Erickson: Kryl 1980
Alexandria Smith: Shifting 2020
Part of the Festival of New Trumpet Music West, http://extension.ucsd.edu/fontwest
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Cultured Data Symposium: Panel 3
Saturday, February 8th, 2020 11:00 am
Bread & Salt — Barrio Logan
Professor Shlomo Dubnov will be giving a talk at the Cultured Data Symposium this Saturday, February 8th between 11-12:30pm titled “In Fleeting Moments: Recomposing Prokofiev with Deep Neural Networks”
Learn more: http://cultureddata.net/schedule/#panel3
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Saturday, February 8th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Anahita Abbasi - New Work *BRENDA AND STEVEN SCHICK COMMISSION
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Michael Pisaro - Concerto for Amplified Percussion & Orchestra
Soloist: Greg Stuart, percussion
Brahms’ mighty Third Symphony manages also to be his most intimate and–some would say–his most beautiful symphony. The La Jolla Symphony has not played it for over a quarter of a century–come, listen fresh, and rediscover the wonders of this glorious music. We premiere two commissioned works: a new piece by emerging Iranian composer Anahita Abbasi, known for her electric and electro-acoustic works; and Michael Pisaro’s Concerto for Amplified Percussion, featuring extraordinary percussionist and frequent Pisaro collaborator, Greg Stuart.
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La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 2:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
For ticket information call 858-534-4637 or go to lajollasymphony.com
Steven Schick, conductor
Anahita Abbasi - New Work *BRENDA AND STEVEN SCHICK COMMISSION
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Michael Pisaro - Concerto for Amplified Percussion & Orchestra
Soloist: Greg Stuart, percussion
Brahms’ mighty Third Symphony manages also to be his most intimate and–some would say–his most beautiful symphony. The La Jolla Symphony has not played it for over a quarter of a century–come, listen fresh, and rediscover the wonders of this glorious music. We premiere two commissioned works: a new piece by emerging Iranian composer Anahita Abbasi, known for her electric and electro-acoustic works; and Michael Pisaro’s Concerto for Amplified Percussion, featuring extraordinary percussionist and frequent Pisaro collaborator, Greg Stuart.
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David Borgo:50
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)David Borgo celebrates his half-century birthday in musical style, inviting friends old and new to collaborate on an improvised suite of epic proportions,
transforming the worldly sounds of brass, wind, wood, voice and skin through otherworldly electronic means into a metamodern masterpiece.
David Borgo - saxophones, winds, electronics
Jeff Kaiser - quartertone trumpet, voice, electronics
Kjell Nordeson - percussion
Tobin Chodos - piano
Tommy Babin - contrabass
Paul Roth - alto saxophone
Peter Sloan - trombone
Alexandria Smith - trumpet
Wilfrido Terrazas - flute
let the crazy out
let the weirdness shout
let the unconscious loose
release inner recluse
let the automatic sing
let the gibberish ring
let the heart guide
let the energy preside
let the mind wander
drifting over yonder
into the hills
let the spontaneity spike
let it be
the free roaming psych
(poem by Andy Cappricorn)
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Camera Lucida: Ravel, Beethoven, Brahms
Monday, February 10th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Reserved seating: $37
Faculty/Staff: $28
Students: FREE
UC San Diego Box Office
Ticket information: 858-534-TIXS (8497)
Event Program Archive (PDF)“It may have an air of nothingness, this machine for two instruments: there is nearly a year and a half of toil in it.” (Ravel on his Sonata for Violin and Cello)
We welcome you to listen to the eccentricities, intricacies and oddities of Ravel’s celebrated Duo, and to read Anthony Burr’s detailed essay on the swirl of figures that surround this work: Dixieland jazz, Duchampian “Bachelor Machines,” the “Whirlwind of Death" circus showpiece, Murnau’s expressionist film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” and more. Also, we near the completion of our cycle of the entire Beethoven quartets with Opus 18 Nr. 4 in c-minor. And finally we will play Brahms’ melancholic, late Clarinet Quintet, one of his last compositions. Composer Carolyn Chen (currently holder of the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin!) writes in our program about gardens and fog, fragments and ruins, Romantic love, Dürer’s Melancholia and the clarinet as a “shadow instrument.” Join us in puzzling over these musical mysteries and sonic miracles, listening through the past to the present moment, just as we do, absorbed in ineffable waves of sound energy.
PROGRAM:
Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello
Beethoven, String Quartet in c minor, Op. 18 Nr. 4
Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115
No late seating.
For additional program information, please visit Camera Lucida's website: sdcamlu.org
Subscription and single tickets available at the UC San Diego Box Office. Ticket information: (858) 534-TIXS (8497).
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
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WEDS7 Mexican Music (Mostly Not) for flute and harp
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Wilfrido Terrazas and Tasha Smith Godinez present an evening of work for flute and harp featuring a version of Cynthia Martínez Lira’s beautiful graphic score Marcos (2016-17), Mariana Villanueva’s seldom performed classic Canto Nocturno (1985), for bass flute, José Gurría-Cárdenas' Mobile Active Simulated Humanoids (2017), for solo harp, Iva?n Trujillo's Autunno (2019), and two works of by Terrazas: Jaspe (2014) and Ifigenia en (2013).
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Changing Tides II - A Telematic Translocational Concert
Thursday, February 13th, 2020 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Extending their prior 2016 collaboration to a new level of immersive audio-visual design, in February, 2020 an intercultural team of artists presents Changing Tides II, an intercultural music collaboration responding to the climate crisis, featuring renowned improvisers in Seoul and San Diego performing together via cutting-edge technologies. With audiences at both locations, the event links 10 musicians in a stunning scenic environment created by visual artists, including Korean director Jungung Yang who conceived the design in relation to a Korean shamanic ceremony to simultaneously evoke sorrow and the recirculation of new life. Blending live collaborative performance, pre-recorded materials, visualizations of climate data, and original compositions integrating Korean music, jazz and beyond, Changing Tides II addresses our urgent need for global collaboration and blends past and future artistic expressions in a unique act of collective imagination.
Director in Korea: Jungung Yang
Directors in San Diego: Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen
Producer in Korea: Jun Oh
Artist Director at CultureHub NY: Billy Clark
Scenic design in San Diego: Victoria Petrovich
Digital Content and Design: Kyle Johnson
Technical Director in San Diego: Trevor Henthorn
Event produced in collaboration with Seoul Institute of the Arts and CultureHub NY
Musicians in San Diego: Stephanie Richards, Mark Dresser, Wilfrido Terrazas, Michael Dessen and Joshua White
Musicians in Seoul: Yoon Jeong Heo, Jean Oh, Aram Lee, Min Wang Hwang, Bae Il Dong and Jungpyo Lee
Event produced in collaboration with Seoul Institute of the Arts and CultureHub NY
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Soirée for Music Lovers
Friday, February 14th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Soirée for Music Lovers: A tradition continues
In 1987, renowned virtuoso violinist János Négyesy established a series of Chamber Music concerts called the “Soirée for Music Lovers.” These programs were intended to be a musical counterpoint to the experimental music that characterized the music department at the University of California, where Professor Négyesy was a long-time faculty member. The quarterly concerts, featuring chamber music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, grew to be a popular and elegant part of the musical life of San Diego. The tradition continues this year on Friday, February 14th, at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on the UC San Diego campus. Päivikki Nykter, the late Professor Négyesy’s wife, musical partner and a featured performer in every previous Soirée, has taken up the mantle in presenting a program worthy of the Négyesy legacy. The program begins at 7 p.m., and admission is free.
The post concert reception will feature a customary toast to Professor Négyesy.
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Schallfeld Ensemble
Saturday, February 15th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)SCHALLFELD ENSEMBLE
Schallfeld is an international ensemble for contemporary music based in Graz. The group sparks the interest of its audience by its vivid virtuosity and refined chamber music sound, paired with interpretations that pay special attention to concert format, creating events that adapt to the specific venue while aiming for a new dimension of listening.
The ensemble was founded in 2013 by alumni of Klangforum Wien and composition students of Kunstuniversita?t Graz. It currently consists of musicians from 8 nationalities and reflects the diversity and different interests of its members in its artistic direction. In the last few years, Schallfeld has been able to establish itself on international stages through exciting programming with a focus on young composers, innovative concert-stagings as well as through the quality of its collective improvisations and innovative use of live-electronics.
Schallfeld sees its mission in bringing music of international young composers to Austria and acting as an ambassador for new music production abroad. Besides its own concert cycle in Graz, Schallfeld is regularly guest in festivals in Austria and abroad, such as Wien Modern, Impuls Graz, Klangspuren Schwaz, Darmsta?dter Ferienkurse, Afekt (Estonia), Poznan Musical Spring (Poland), EMA (Spain), Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival (South Korea). In 2016 and 2017 Schallfeld has been selected by the Ministry of Foreign/cultural Affairs as representative of NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music), a program designed to promote young Austrian artists internationally.
The ensemble is also involved in pedagogical activities and collaborative theater projects for children and adults. Schallfeld is funded by the municipality of Graz, the federal state of Styria, the Austrian federal Government and receives generous support from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the iem (Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics) Graz. Past projects by Schallfeld have also received grants by the EU (Youth in Action), Music Austria (MICA) and KulturKontakt Austria.
www.schallfeldensemble.com
PROGRAM:
Anahita Abassi -Situation II / Dialoge for Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano, Violin, Cello, Double bass & Objects
Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez – Monolito, for bassclarinet, doublebass and piano
Stephen de Filippo – A moment exposed, for mixed chamber ensemble
Ioannis Mitsialis – Jupiter, for ensemble
Nasim Khorassani – Paper Pigeons, for Schallfeld Ensemble and papers
Qingqing Wang – Circles, for clarinet, piano, violin violoncello and contrabass
Tiange Zhou - Morphing, for clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass, and piano
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Satoko Fujii's “Kazeâ€
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Satoko Fujii's "Kaze"
featuring
Natsuki Tamura – trumpet
Christian Pruvost - trumpet
Satoko Fujii – piano
Peter Orins– drums
Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m. - Free event
UC San Diego's Conrad Prebys Music Center
Recital Hall, room 127
Kaze
Melodic, abstract, mysterious, beautiful, and confrontational, Kaze plays free jazz at its most creative and powerful. The members of this international quartet share an insatiable appetite for sonic experimentation, boundless energy and enthusiasm, and the disciplined intelligence of accomplished spontaneous composers.
The group has released three acclaimed recordings - 2011’s Rafale, 2013’s Tornado, and 2015’s Uminari which the London Jazz News calls “...bold, uncompromising music." Uminari is a Japanese word that refers to a sound rising from the sea, a low-frequency roar that portends a coming storm or tsunami. The two-horn quartet is equally adept at the calm and the storm, with expressive subtleties giving way to overwhelming torrents of sound
“...the rarely heard sound of two trumpets collaborating, interweaving and cross-talking is at the center of the group Kaze, whose penultimate set of the festival was also one of the high points of the overall program.” – Josef Woodard, DownBeat
“… one of the most musically dynamic and intense "jazz" sets of the year… If you think you can imagine what piano, drums, and two trumpets will sound like, think again.” ? Derk Richardson, KPFA Radio
“One of the best gigs I’ve seen this year…one of my favorite working groups.” – Steve Dalachinsky, The Brooklyn Rail
“[Fujii] is a demon on the keys, capable of delicately pretty melodies as easily as full-keyboard chord-blocks, and amazingly controlled inside-the-piano stringwork.” – Byron Coley, exclaim.ca
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WEDS7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
Student Rush: Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Remembering Chou Wen-chung
One of the 20th century’s most important musicians, Professor Chou Wen-chung died at the end of October, leaving behind a wealth of extraordinary music, and a legacy of stewardship. He paved the way for many young composers, especially those with roots in Asia, and his abiding devotion to the music of his mentor, Edgard Varèse, changed the way many of us heard this great composer of the 20th century.
Beginning with one of his most ambitious pieces, Echoes from the Gorge for percussion quartet, red fish blue fish pays tribute to Chou Wen-Chung. We will also perform music by two of his most important students, our colleagues, Chinary Ung and Lei Liang. Edgard Varèse, paterfamilias of American experimental music, will also make an appearance. Through this and other music, we will hear the many ways that Chou Wen-chung lives on.
PROGRAM:
Part 1: Echoes - Roger Reynolds, comments from the stage
Chou Wen-Chung - Echoes from the Gorge
Steven Schick, James Beauton, Fiona Digney, and Garrett Mendelow
Chinary Ung - Cinnabar Heart
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, marimba
Lei Liang - Trans (Quartet Version)
Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd Jones, Matthew LeVeque, and Steven Schick
Consulting artist, Yao Lu
Part 2: Rain - Steven Schick Comments from the Stage (5-8’)
Michael Pisaro - ricefall
Edgard Varèse - Poème Electronique
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Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe - Graduate Recital
Friday, February 21st, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
On her 1st oboe DMA recital: vortexes, Juliana will be collaborating with great colleagues and friends: Rebecca Lloyd Jones- percussion and Kathryn Schulmeister- bass.
PROGRAM:
Sequenza VII (1969) - Luciano Berio
Karura for oboe solo (2007) - Akira Nishimura
Ming Qi (bright vessel) (2000) - Liza Lim
Vortex (2020) - Juliana Gaona-Villamizar and Kathryn Schulmeister
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Selector
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
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This computer music concert will feature: improvised electronic music with real-time analysis to drive lights, piano with electronics, 16-channel fixed-media pieces, modular paired with analog video feedback and more. All the pieces created for this concert were created by UC San Diego alumni or current students. UC San Diego SElectOr is an open creative arts group focused on the use of technology for musical expression.
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Encounters: Improvisational Cultures- Korea and American Collaborations
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
Over the past ten years musicians from Korea and the United States have been collaborating on virtual concerts centered around common themes of peace, climate change, and shared artistic values. Following "Changing Tides 2, a Virtual Concert on February 13th/14th between Seoul Institute of the Arts and UC San Diego, the distinguished ensemble from Korea, Black String and their UC collaborators, Professor David Borgo-moderator, Professors Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen, Stephanie Richards and Wilfrido Terrazas will have conversation on February 25th about common themes of cross cultural collaboration and those artistic values that are permeable those that are not.
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WEDS7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10.50
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Aleck Karis leads the Palimpsest Ensemble in a program honoring Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Mario Davidovsky. In 1959, the Argentine born composer emigrated to America at the behest of Aaron Copeland, with whom studied at the Berkshire Music Center (now Tanglewood). There he met Milton Babbitt, who encouraged Davidovsky’s move to New York City where he eventually became director of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. In honor of Davidovsky, who passed away last August, Aleck Karis has chosen a program including: Flashbacks, Sefarad, Pennplay, and Biblical Songs, featuring Susan Narucki, soprano. The program will also highlight Milton Babbitt’s Composition for 12 Instruments, from which a new “palimpsest” composition with the same ensemble will be created by UC San Diego graduate composer Yi-hsien Chen.
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Garrett Mendelow, percussion
Thursday, February 27th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)"The voice has the power to communicate through words, and yet also the ability to create a multitude of percussive sounds. Together with percussion, they act as a conduit for a musician's virtuosity and emotions, whether or not the language of the voice is understandable, or the rhythm of the percussion instruments is comprehensible." - Garrett Mendelow
This recital features works on Garrett's upcoming album "singing to his craft...," which is a collection of pieces for a solo vocalizing percussionist. The album not only explores the ability of the voice to interact with various percussion instruments. But the multi-lingual component also renders a wide array of articulations and sounds from the voice, while at the same time communicating the spoken text.
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MUS131 - Advanced Improvisational Performance
Friday, February 28th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Featuring new music composed by the MUS131 contingent, led by Prof. Stephanie Richards
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Isaac Garcia Munoz - “Virtual Reality Concertâ€
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Extended Reality (XR) encompases Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The three pieces in this concert feature musical instruments for each one of these XR modalities. The compositions and instrument designs debuts by University of California San Diego Computer Music PhD Candidate Isaac Munoz.
PROGRAM:
VR Singing Kite - A VR Concerto
Between a Log and a Pluck Place - An MR Minuet
Push Pull - An AR Rock Single
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2 Pianos: Paganos & Zhang
Saturday, February 29th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Two x Two: a chamber concert
University of California San Diego graduate pianists Dimitris Paganos Koukakis and Shaoai Ashley Zhang present a program of works for piano duo. They will be joined by percussionists Michael Jones and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones for Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.
PROGRAM:
Figures de Résonances (1976)- Henri Dutilleux
Two Pianos (1957)- Morton Feldman
La Valse (1920)- Maurice Ravel
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)- Béla Bartók
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Monday Night Forum
Monday, March 2nd, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Monday Night Forum is back! That wonderful, once-a quarter soirée that’s basically just a fancy Grad Forum in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. Performances by Alex Taylor + Celeste Oram, Joseph Bourdeau + Qingqing Wang, Michael Matsuno, and more! Dust off your Monday best and join us at 7pm on Monday, March 2nd in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall for our last forum of the quarter!
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Distinguished Lecture Series: Deborah Wong
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
Free
Louder and Faster: Reflections on Writing a Book about Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko
Deborah Wong (University of California, Riverside)
Recently published, Louder and Faster is a study of taiko in California, focused on the play of sound, performance, identity, ethnicity, race,
gender, and politics. Wong explores taiko as a music/dance art form that creates spaces in which memories of the WW2 Japanese American incarceration,
Asian American identity, and a desire to be seen/heard intersect with global capitalism, the complications of mediation, and legacies of imperialism.
Based on two decades of participatory ethnographic work, the book offers a vivid glimpse of an Asian American presence both loud and fragile. Wong will
reflect on the process of researching taiko in Southern California, read short passages from the book, and consider how and why Japanese American
activism matters.
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Kathryn Schulmeister, bass - Graduate Recital
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Bassist Kathryn Schulmeister presents an adventurous solo recital program including Roger Reynolds' electroacoustic work for solo bass and real time algorithm transformation, MARKed Music, and Liza Lim's stunning work for solo bass with voice and preparation, The Table of Knowledge. Featuring the talents of Alexandria Smith and Mari Kawamura, this program will explore a range of contemporary compositional approaches to the double bass.
Program:
Schulmeister: Prelude (2020)
Reynolds: imagE/contrabass (2008)
Lim: The Table of Knowledge (2017) for solo double bass with voice and preparation
Messiaen, Arr. Schulmeister: Quartet for the End of Time, V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (1940, Arr. 2020)
featuring Mari Kawamura, piano
Reynolds: MARKed Music (2011) for solo contrabass and real-time algorithmic transformation
featuring Alexandria Smith, electronics
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John McCowen & Madison Greenstone - Two Clarinets
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Free
This concert will feature the contrabass clarinet as a polyphonic instrument. Internal microphones are used as a sonic microscope, giving subtle sounds more physical presence. The concert will feature solo and duo works by John McCowen for contrabass clarinet(s) performed by Madison Greenstone and McCowen.
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WEDS7 Susan Narucki, soprano
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
General Admission: $15.50
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suddenly drenched with dawn
Soprano Susan Narucki will present an evening of music that celebrates the human voice in its most intimate, lyrical and exuberant. The recital takes place at UC San Diego Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on March 4, 2020 at 7 p.m. Narucki, will be joined by guest artists Aleck Karis (piano), Pablo Gomez (guitar), Kirsten Ashley Wiest (soprano) Teresa Diaz-de-Cossio (flute) and Sean Dowgray (percussion).
The concert includes two distinctive works of modern vocal chamber music: Kaija Saariaho’s Adjö for voice, flute and guitar and Karin Rehnqvist’s Puksånger/Lockrop for two voices and percussion. Saariaho’s work is an exquisite setting of Solveig von Schoultz’s poem celebrating the return of the sun after months of darkness; Rehnqvist’s extended work incorporates Finnish proverbs about women, and traditional folk texts, and utilizes a traditional (and spectacular) vocal “herding-call” technique.
Two elegiac works for voice and guitar are included on the program: Hosokawa’s Renka I and songs by the English composer John Dowland. Both works speak to parting and loss through unique and elegant compositional styles separated by centuries.
Francis Poulenc’s lyrical masterwork for voice and piano, Tel Jour, Telle Nuit, is the other connecting thread of the program. Composed in 1937 with texts by surrealist poet Paul Éluard, the cycle of nine songs traverses a landscape of the unusual and beautiful, describing a journey less to a specific destination than to a place within, suddenly drenched with dawn.
Susan Narucki is a Professor of Music at UC San Diego and leads the Arts and Community Engagement Initiative for the Division of Arts and Humanities. Her most recent recording “The Edge of Silence: Vocal Chamber Music of György Kurtág” has been nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award as Best Classical Vocal Album.
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Bass Ensembles
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
The UC San Diego Bass Ensemble featuring Tommy Babin, Kathryn Schulmeister and Mark Dresser will play new and recent works composed by Lilac Attasi, Tommy Babin, Alexandria Smith, Miya Masaoka, Kathryn Schulmeister, Nakul Tiruviluamala, Tiange Zhou, and Mark Dresser.
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UC San Diego Gospel Choir
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 8:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Directed by Ken Anderson, the choir combines hundreds of voices to fill the auditorium with the uplifting sound of African American spirituals, blues, traditional songs, and gospel.
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - Graduate Recital
Friday, March 6th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Fluid Calligraphy takes its name from Dai Fujikura’s work for solo violin with video by Tomoya Yamaguchi. Also on the program are compositions by Jo Kondo, Else Marie Pade, Natacha Diels, Jürg Frey and the world premiere of Reflections for violin, live electronics and projections by Alexandria Smith.
Graduate violinist Ilana Waniuk, will be joined by special guests Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion), Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Joseph Bourdeau (objects).
PROGRAM:
Jo Kondo - Three Songs of the Elderberry Tree (1995)
For solo Violin with Percussion with Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (percussion)
Else Marie Pade - Afsnit I (1961)
For solo Violin with electronics
Dai Fujikura - Fluid Calligraphy (2010)
For solo violin with video by Tomoya Yamaguchi
Alexandria Smith - Reflections (2020)*
For violin, live electronics and projections
Jürg Frey - Distant Colours (2013)
For violin and electronics
Natacha Diels - Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013, 2014 rev)
For violin and 2 assistants with Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Joseph Bourdeau
*world premiere
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Anthony Davis and Mark Dresser
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The Duo of Dresser Davis performs a wide range of music from the lyrical to the political. It features the music of both celebrated composers, pianist Anthony Davis and contrabassist Mark Dresser.
The music is a commentary on today from the political and dramatic, with works like “The Central Park Five” to the whimsical, “I Can Smell You Listening” and “Heil Twitler.” Informed by four decades of collaboration, these two master improvisers engage the full spectrum of Jazz and Improvised music.
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Saturday, March 7th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UCSD Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Under the direction of James Beauton, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble performs selected works by American composers. The program features classic and new works for symphonic winds, and highlights a warped patriotism embedded within American legislation (or the lack thereof) and rhetoric today.
Program:
William Schuman - New England Triptych
I. Be Glad Then, America
II. When Jesus Wept
III. Chester
Charles Ives - Variations on “America”
G.N. Gianopoulos - The Volstead Act
*world premiere*
Brief Intermission
Jennifer Jolley - the eyes of the world are upon us
Aaron Copland - Lincoln Portrait
Jonathan Nussman, speaker
Christopher Clarino, ASL Interpreter
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Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute - Graduate Recital
Sunday, March 8th, 2020 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)Program:
Cynthia Martínez: Miradas (Premiere)
Kaaija Saariaho: NoaNoa for flute and electronics
Anqi Liu: — for solo bass flute, with or without live signal processing and spatialization (Premiere)
Bryan Ferneyhough: Cassandra’s Dream Song
Impro with Joseph Bourdeau
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Monday Night Jazz: UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble
Monday, March 9th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free
Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 95JC Jazz Ensembles concert, under the direction of Kamau Kenyatta, will feature small ensembles performing a variety of exciting compositions, including some written and arranged by student musicians. The instrumentation will include alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, flute/bass flute, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Full-band and small-group tunes will be included in the program.
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UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
General Admission: $15.50
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $5.50
Students : Free with ID
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Matthew Kline, presents their Winter performance in Mandeville Auditorium.
Program:
Symphony No.1 in E Minor - Florence Price
Sérénade mélancolique - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (soloist: Allison Tung)
A post-reception will be hosted by the Symphonic Student Association (ssa.ucsd.edu).
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33B Introduction to Composition
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program Archive (PDF)The 12 composers of the second in the three-part sequence of the MUS 33 Introduction to Composition course present their final projects.
PROGRAM:
Tino Tirado
Teacher to the Last, for tenor saxophone and piano
Christian Gaytan, tenor saxophone • Tino Tirado, piano
Program Notes: Dedicated to Morrie Schwartz and his philosophy
Jillian Heller
Nostalgia, for violin and piano
Jillian Heller, violin • Tino Tirado, piano
Sebastian Clark
AGlutiotSaarx, for alto saxophone and guitar
Hailey Myers, alto saxophone • Sebastian Clark, guitar
Zhennuo (Juno) Wu
Alive, for violin and piano
Zhaoyue Xiang, violin • Terry Feng, piano
Roselle Martinez
ok bet, for alto saxophone and piano
Roselle Martinez, alto saxophone • Yen Agusting, piano
Milo Bougetz-Aulabach
Unresolved, for violin and piano
Joonsik (Angy) Kim
Life in the Winter, for cello and piano
Henry Helmuth, cello
Shangshu (Mint) Shi
Mitosis, for electric guitar and piano
Shangshu (Mint) Shi, electric guitar • Xiaochen (Jacob) Li, piano
Jeffrey Xing
Bingeing, for trumpet and viola
Sophia DiGiovanni, trumpet • Colleen Weatherwax, viola
Donald Liang
Mourning, for clarinet and piano
Evan Lam, clarinet • Terry Feng, piano
Yibo Wei
Hana’s Theme, for clarinet and piano
Yibo Wei, clarinet • Sophie Hao, piano
Charles Schultz
Skipping Stones, for 2 double basses
Kathryn Schulmeister & Charles Schultz, double basses
Instructor: Theocharis Papatrechas
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego Bach Ensemble is directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi and comprised of selected undergrad students from Music 130 Chamber Ensemble. We have presented major pieces from the Baroque period. Celebrating the Bach Ensemble's 5th anniversary this year, we invite guest artists Zou Yu (violinist) from the San Diego Symphony and Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass), our graduate students. The program includes works by A.Vivaldi, A. Corelli and J.Pachelbel etc. Please come and enjoy the night with us.
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Kyle Motl, bass
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Closed to the public
Event Program Archive (PDF)Kyle Motl presents a concert of music for solo contrabass.
Kyle Motl: Illuminated Shadows
Caroline Louise Miller: Hydra Nightingale
Kyle Motl: Phosphene
Anqi Liu: Light Beams Through Dusts, Through a Mist of Moistures
Kyle Motl: Interlocutions I
...a wide range of wonderful protean delights that promise to change us by revealing things we could have never imagined.” - Rick Joines, Free Jazz Collective
Kyle Motl is a bassist, composer, and improviser dedicated to the performance of creative music. His work explores aspects of chaos and complexity through involved rhythmic and spectral transformations while remaining grounded in an embodied approach to performance. Kyle regularly gives solo concerts which expand upon the vast timbral resources of the contrabass.
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Piano Studio Recital
Thursday, March 12th, 2020 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program Archive (PDF)A mixture of contemporary and classical works will be presented by UC San Diego graduate and undergraduate students.
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Chamber Singers, 95K
Thursday, March 12th, 2020 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
The UC San Diego Chamber Singers present their Winter program, which this quarter centers on three world premieres composed by undergraduate members of the Chamber Singers. Jackie Guy, Taylor Ozbun, and Katherine Wilkes have each composed vivid and intricate choral works responding to poetic texts which meditate on the richness and interconnectedness of life. In addition, the program presents experimental vocal works by Pauline Oliveros and Alison Knowles, and music from the Caucasus mountains, contemporary Brazil, and Renaissance Spain. The Chamber Singers are joined in performance by accompanist Loie Flood, and community members of the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra.
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 13th, 2020 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
Event Program Archive (PDF)Chamber Ensemble class, directed by Dr. Takae Ohnishi, presents our end of the quarter concert. It features undergraduate students of both music and non-music majors. All are welcome!
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Sunday, March 15th, 2020 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to the public
The UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass Presents
An Evening of Italian Songs and Arias
Featuring:
Sophia Casas, Rachel Dovsky, Lizze Fisher, Myasia Fox, Joseph Garcia, Lauren Jue-Morrison, Leya Ledvin, Halana Macamay, Vita Muccia, Shane Ramil, Teagan Rae Rutkowski, Julia Yu and Danlei Zhao. With Dr. Kyle Adam Blair (piano).
Event Description:
The singers from the UC San Diego Vocal Masterclass offer a stirring recital of songs and arias in Italian. Beginning with music from the early Baroque and ending with selections from the height of Romanticism, these young singers will guide the listener through a survey of the remarkable ways Italian lyricism has manifested across the centuries. Song selections include works by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, and Donaudy, as well as operatic arias drawn from celebrated works like Mozart's Così fan tutte, Bellini's I puritani, and Puccini's La bohème.
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The Checkout from WBGO's next Live and In Lockdown Performance, real duets in real-time, features Michael Dessen on trombone and live electronics performing with Mark Dresser on double bass.
Join Simon Rentner, and the two “OGs” – the original generators – of this new “telematics” technology, for a special LIVE concert webcast, Friday, June 5th at 3pm PT/ 6pm ET on WBGO’s and The Checkout’s Facebook Pages.
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Join us for a Virtual Spring Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music majors! The performances will be premiering on UC San Diego Music's Youtube channel on Friday, June 5th at 7:00 p.m.
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PROGRAM:
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Sunday, June 7th, 2020 5:00 pm
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Best of ICAM
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 5:00 pm
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Join us on Wednesday, June 10th at 5 p.m. for a live stream of Best of ICAM on UC San Diego Music's YouTube channel! Senior year students of UC San Diego's ICAM Music major will be presenting their senior projects.
Watch Full Best of ICAM 2020 Livestream: https://youtu.be/4_mT4ShPT80
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJHCILhXmj-MOuqYAgujoQ
PRESENTING STUDENTS:
GROUP 1 - 5:00 P.M.
Tianyi Cao - Zhiyin: It is a rhythm game that I made from scratch. Currently, the game has three levels with three pieces I composed. I used Chinese traditional instruments and Chinese pentatonic scale to compose these pieces. I asked an artist friend to help me create the visual elements in the game using the Chinese Shuimo (Ink washed painting) style. And I used Unity Engine to make the game.
- Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/tianyi-cao
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tianyi-cao
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/oV5J6mxhvw4
Marcel Cedeno - In the Pocket: In this project I produced four songs that are inspired by the music I typically play as a DJ (Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B). The focus was to create music that would blend well (in terms of instrumentation, groove, overall vibe) in the context of the kind of music I would play in a mix. At the Best of ICAM presentation I will have a video demonstration of the songs I produced in a "live" DJ set with songs that have inspired my production style. The songs will be available to listen to on bandcamp through the link that I entered above.
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCST0yV6zthdmpMxvqGqKJMg
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marcelangelo
- Bandcamp: https://marcelangelo.bandcamp.com
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/BfTflp7iM5k
Kevin Cervantes - Brokehouse Audio: This project is the creation of my online music production brand. The focus of my website is to showcase my work and attract artists wishing to work with me as a mix engineer.
- Webpage: https://www.brokehouseaudio.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ztwCGoWEBbo4bh3HdnPgA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokehouseaudio
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/f2D3Gwipsjc
Max D'Amico - mEd.x: For my senior project, I made my first EP consisting of songs about experiences I've struggled with. The songs are attempting to represent the emotional process of the experiences the songs are based on. I hope you enjoy!
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mede_x
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/med.xofficial
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/j1M8Jdhg9lo
GROUP 2 - 5:30 PM
Mason Davis - Not Yet: With great thanks to my collaborators - Zeju Zheng (guitars & composition) and Lwin DuMont (bass).
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/scrwdrvr
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/6lfnDXZYDLg
Kazuya Fujita - Hitori
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/Zz2wLxe0Sd0
Francis Galang - Localizing the Visitor: This is a video that proposes a project I would like to pursue in the future after the pandemic. I wish to produce a three-walled projection installation about Californianess as told through travel brochures. In this installation, guests may scan travel brochures from each of the counties in California which will cause the projection to display a duplicate of each travel brochure, with the text and images replaced by interviews and photography from local residents. The content filling these travel brochures is selected through this activity called "participatory mapmaking", where I interview residents of each locale and ask them to highlight locations that are important in their community for a resident.
The projection serves to produce a "local" travel brochure, which visitors of the installation may view and contrast against the physical travel brochures they had scanned. This project aims to problematize travel brochures as objects distant from the biographies and histories of residents living in locales. The selection of brochures also calls into question in what ways the lived experience of residents in locales sum to produce the idea of what 'California' is as a whole. This project follows a series of visits to all counties across California starting in 2018.
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/iSwmXIgWiXY
Diego Garza - Trip Chamber
- Webpage: https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/midi-lighting-tech/home?authuser=1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dig.arza
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/NudaAf_Fnpk
GROUP 3 - 6:00 PM
Jason Gray - Telamiron: “Telamiron” is a text-based, story-driven video game that I have been developing since late 2019, and is my first multimedia project of this caliber. Telamiron includes the video game itself, a musical score, and a custom built console for it to be optionally played on. Thank you to all of my professors and peers who have been there for my college journey.
- Webpage: http://telamiron.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyjakegray
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/zKQ2aUxbAUs
Shichenhao Hu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKDSSoELIzZQozBtP6rN5Q
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/ZPN0gYMQhOU
Margaux Katz - The Difference Between
- Webpage: http://Margauxkatz.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margauxkatz
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/G1cOVQo2vQs
Evan Kopshever - Sayed II: This is a six track EP called "Sayed II", the second project released under my "Sayed" brand. I wrote, composed, recorded, produced, and mixed this project in my garage over the past several months. This project chronicles my four years in college and my my personal journey of self-discovery with music, and the digital composition and production draws from many different modern genres. This project will be available on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Music, and any other streaming service you might listen with. Enjoy!
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/prodsayed/sets/sayed-ii
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akasayed
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5BlMsyeeuG4m7D3kajoiyU?si=-NU-dJM5QHGzomDFSGwvpg
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/_1sKjdcaS2U
GROUP 4 - 6:30 PM
Alonso de la Peña - El Camion, Part 1: "El Camion" is a binaural experience through which a short narrative unfolds inside a San Diego tour bus. The listeners will have the perspective of Main, the main character of the story, and will encounter unexpected people and events throughout the ride. (HEADPHONES REQUIRED)
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oaNzPi0p0iJwGel0VX9gQ
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-187962275
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/osoman25
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/EjqD4uKHBYw
Carlos Rios-Dominguez - 10 Seconds to Change the World: There is constant music all around us; our memories feed the echo chamber of our hearts and minds. How do we behave when the sounds we make are memorized & integrated into our environment? Using a 2-in 2-out recording & playback configuration, 10 Seconds to Change the World is a sound installation that combines feedback and delay to explore memory and room resonance. Learn more: https://criosdom.com/436-2/
- Webpage: https://criosdom.com
- Bandcamp: https://riosdom.bandcamp.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.riosdom
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/CPbJ9EE9lyE
Christopher Robinson: I coded an audio plug-in, which is based on Wavetable Synthesis and Subtractive Synthesis. In this presentation, I will show what it is, the sounds you can make with it, and a beat using only the synthesizer (and drums and audio effects).
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/neanderthalofficial
- Bandcamp: https://neanderthalofficial.bandcamp.com
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/neanderthalofficial
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neanderthalofficial
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/hv6yXco1gYs
Nicole Rodriguez - Lone Pair: It’s a 22 minute film titled “Lone Pair”. It is an experimental scifi shot on 16mm film. It will be available via limited online release, in-person screenings, and entered into festivals. I’m working on the sound design, and updates will be posted on my personal website, nicatnite.com, soon.
- Webpage: http://nicatnite.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/n.wav
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/fWs6C0LuAik
GROUP 5 - 7:00 PM
Kenji Sommers - The Drop: The Drop is an experiment in modular music. Inspired by the Beach Boys, The Drop is a modular song where the audience determines the song structure. Utilizing harmonic and textural techniques, each section can be arranged in any order, delivering a song where the audience plays a role in composition!
- Webpage: https://www.kenjisommers.com
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kenjuug
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/D7ZkyigZWDA
Yuanmei Wei - Lucid Dream
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yuanmei-wei
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuanmei_wei
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/n800zy1KXdQ
Kaleigh Wernick - Synesthesia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleighwernick
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/A5OmPNEPk08
Martine Xenja - Dark Star: Martine Xenja is a musician, producer, sound designer, and multi-media artist from the Bay Area.
- Webpage: https://xenja.productions
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/martine-x
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mxenja
- Best of ICAM Presentation: https://youtu.be/4C0bm_5TQt8
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Celebrate the Arts Festival, Virtual
Monday, September 28th, 2020 1:00 pm
Zoom, Registration Required
Free
Join us for a Zoom webinar to learn all about arts on campus. Watch info videos from campus arts departments and student orgs, ask questions to representatives from each of the arts organizations, and play a friendly game of Kahoot to win prizes.
Participating organizations include: ArtPower at UC San Diego, Ballet Folklorico La Joya de Mexico, UC San Diego Music, UC San Diego Theatre & Dance, UC San Diego Visual Arts, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities, Stuart Collection, UC San Diego Extension: Arts, Humanities, & Languages, KOTX, La Jolla Playhouse, UCSD Zor, and more!
AGENDA
INTRODUCTION by Molly Clark, Artistic Director, ArtPower
INFO SESSION by campus departments and student orgs
LIVE Q&A with representatives from each department
GAME TIME! Top 3 players will win Amazon Gift Cards
Register for the webinar here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/.../register/WN_14phDh_TSDWKfjp8_S3mbQ
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Fall Welcome Concert, Virtual
Monday, September 28th, 2020 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
Free
The UC San Diego Department of Music would like to welcome the community back to a BIG NEW YEAR with our first graduate student concert, WELCOME BACK TO GRAD SCHOOL!!!! Presenting recent works by graduate students, this concert will stream on the UC San Diego Music YouTube channel on Monday, September 28th, at 5pm PDT.
Stream will be posted on the UC San Diego Music YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ucsdmusic
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, December 4th, 2020 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Join us for the premiere of the virtual Fall 2020 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music majors on Friday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m.!
Premiere link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOoBX7CFF4
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/ucsdmusic
Special Thanks to Department of Music Chair Dr. Anthony Burr, Sherry An, Jessica C. Flores, Lizze Fisher, and Julia Yu for your help and support!
PROGRAM:
Almoraima - Paco de Lucia
Siddhartha Krishnan, classical guitar
Maybe This Time - Cabaret by Kander and Ebb
Amelia Mardesich, soprano, with MusicalPracticeTracks, piano
Sympathy - Florence B. Price
Regnava nel silenzio - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Julia Yu, soprano, with Anya Lefler and PocketPianist, piano
Landslide/She Will Be Loved - o.p.b. The Chicks/Maroon 5
Lizze Fisher, soprano and banjo
Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4 - Edvard Grieg
Ella Rose Riddle, classical piano
Isolation - Eddy East
Oh! America - Eddy East
Love Song 6210 - Eddy East
Eddy East, guitar and vocals
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Matthew Kline, double bass - DMA Recital
Friday, January 15th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
1st Year Grad Composition Jury Concert
Friday, January 22nd, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
red fish blue fish - John Luther Adams' Strange and Sacred Noise
Friday, February 19th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
kallisti - I, too, am America
Friday, February 26th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Undergraduate Forum, Winter 2021
Friday, March 5th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Monday, March 8th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
UC San Diego Bach Ensemble, Winter 2021 Concert
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble instructed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Winter 2021 end of term concert.
Artistic Director: Takae Ohnishi
Teaching Assistant: Shaoai Zhang
Guest Artists:
Chia-Ling Chien and Zou Yu (San Diego Symphony)
Andrew Steinberg (Faculty at Palomar College)
Premiering at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0vC_TjG9M
PROGRAM:
D.Ortiz (1510-1570)
Recercadas Sobre El Canto Llano “La Spagna”
Recercada Primera / Recercada Segunda
Cello: Chia-Ling Chien
Keyboard (Organ): Takae Ohnishi
H.Eccles (1670-1742), arr.by S.Rascher
Sonata in G minor
Largo / Courante / Adagio / Presto
Saxophone: Andrew Steinberg
Piano: Shaoai Zhang
A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sonata for Cello and Basso Continuo in F major
Largo / Allegro / Largo / Allegro
Cello: Henry Helmuth (solo), Chia-Ling Chien
A.Vivaldi
Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in E minor
Preludio / Corrente / Sarabanda / Giga
1st Violin: Jane Park
2nd Violin: Zou Yu
Cello: Henry Helmuth
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
Jesu bleibet meine Freude
1st Violin: Zou Yu
2nd Violin: Jane Park
Cello: Henry Helmuth
Keyboard (Organ): Takae Ohnishi
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Michael Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Friday, March 12th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Tune-in to percussionist and UC San Diego Music graduate student Michael Jones’ D.M.A. recital “A Life of Metal” on Friday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. PST on the UC San Diego Music Youtube channel!
“A Life of Metal” takes its name from political philosopher Jane Bennett’s work Vibrant Matter. In this book, Bennett asks how we can theorize the objects and materials that constitute our experiences, economies, thoughts, and perceptions as vibrant, energetic, or perhaps even “alive.” The works on this program, Mani. Gonxha by Pierluigi Billone and dust by Rebecca Saunders, resonate with this faith in materials, and in these specific cases metals, as “actants” rather than objects. In these pieces the activity of the metal spreads itself through a network of air, wood, felt, plastic, yarn, skin, flesh, and bone, until confidence in the distinctness of these co-actors weakens. At the core of this program is a fascination with resonance as a connecting, co-activating force, and how the material of metal embodies this.
PROGRAM:
Pierluigi Billone (b. 1960) - Mani. Gonxha (2011)
Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) - dust (2017/2018)
Mani. Gonxha
A prayer. Mani.Gonxha is an intensely intimate ritualistic experience for the performer that becomes naked and exposed when placed in front of an audience. It is as if one were to visit a church and find someone deep in personal prayer; this moment of great significance for the individual creates a somewhat unsettling but captivating situation for the observer. Through the use of two Tibetan singing bowls – traditionally sacred instruments used as a signal to begin and end periods of silent meditation – Billone extracts a rich soundscape featuring a variety of impacts, timbres, resonances and harmonics one would not imagine could be produced by a single source. The bowls are an extension of the hands (Mani). They become part of the performer, just as the performer himself becomes part of the resonating body. The slightest contact between various materials – metal, skin, bones, torso, and voice – multiplies and propagates sound through the performing body and into the open. Gonxha is a reference to Mother Teresa’s Albanian birth name, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Furthermore, Gonxhe in Albanian translates to “bud”, or the “knoblike growth on a plant that develops into a flower,” much like the elaborate sonic universe that is developed from the simple source of two singing bowls.
dust
dust / d?st / n.: a fine, dry powder of tiny particles of waste matter or earth. A film of dust is a like a membrane, covering or layering the body or thing, on the ground, on surfaces or carried in the air.
The dust of the earth is a place of burial.
Dust within a room is composed mostly of dead skin, a powder of mortal remains.
"...not a sound only the old breath and the leaves turning and then suddenly this dust whole place suddenly full of dust when you opened your eyes from floor to ceiling nothing only dust and not a sound only what was it it said....come and gone in no time gone in no time." That Time, Samuel Beckett
"...all these words, all these strangers, this dust of words, with no ground for their settling, no sky for their dispersing, coming together to say, fleeing one another to say, that I am they, all of them, those things that merge, those that part, those that never meet, and nothing else, yes, something else,....a wordless thing in an empty space..." The Unnameable, Samuel Beckett
Inside, withheld, unbreathed,
Nether, undisclosed.
Souffle, vapour, ghost,
hauch and dust.
Absent, silent, void
Naught beside. Either, neither, sole,
Unified.
RS
dust is a solo for two, each their own. An homage to Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rotbrust for the (many) wonderful sound sessions over the years. Each performer creates their own version, defined by their own instruments and the chosen juxtaposition of up to eight separately composed modules.
The fallible physical body behind the sound, feeling the weight of sound, exploring the essence of a timbre, seeking the grit and noise within. Surface, weight and touch are the essence of musical performance: the weight of a heavy beater resounding on the drum skin; the bow drawing the sound out of silence; the differentiation of touch pressing the brushes into the drum skin; the expansion of the muscles between the shoulder blades; the player´s in-breath preceding the played tone...
RS, Berlin 1st April 2018
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Miguel Zazueta, vocalist - Masters Thesis Recital
Friday, March 12th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Baja Soundscape
Vocal music from composers of Baja California
Vocals: Miguel Zazueta
Piano: Kyle Adam Blair
With music that ranges between the traditional and the experimental, "Baja Soundscape" is a recital that shares with us the diverse colors and forms of the vocal music composed in the border region of Baja California. This eclectic program will be led by the vocalist, Miguel Zazueta, and Dr. Kyle Adam Blair at the piano. "Baja Soundscape" is also a tribute from Zazueta, originally from Tijuana, to his colleagues, teachers, and to the art and culture of his homeland.
Premiering on the UC San Diego Music Youtube at 7:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 12: https://youtu.be/Tfzxs9ILAbg
PROGRAM:
"7 canciones" song cycle by Santos Cota
"Bajacalifornianos" song cycle by José Enrique González Medina / Poems by José Javier Villarreal
"Con la llave del Jardín" scene from the Opera "Los empeños de una casa" by José Enrique González Medina / based on the homonymous play by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
"Formas" by Iván Velázquez de León R. / Poem by Alejandra Pizarnik
"Cassandra" by Wilfrido Terrazas
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Humanity's Voice (MUS 95C) presents Existentialism Shared
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 6:30 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
The ensemble Humanity's Voice (MUS 95C Concert Choir), instructed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Jasper Sussman, presents their Winter 2021 end of term concert, Existentialism Shared. The concert will feature prerecorded performances of collaboratively created works, as well as a live-streamed discussion with the performers.
Streaming live on the UC San Diego Music Youtube channel at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
Humanity’s Voice:
Jossi Banegas
Samuel Calto
Saul Chaplin
Martin Flaherty
Dennis Florendo
Diego Garza
Alyssa Marie Hermstad
Vita Muccia
Isabella Panagiotou
Ellarose Riddle
Edward Slee
Nhuan Vu
Jasper Sussman, Instructor
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MUS 95K Chamber Singers, Winter Recital
Friday, March 19th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Timbre and Ornamentation:
An Exploration of Balkan Folk and Medieval European Vocal Music
This quarter, Chamber Singers explored repertoire from Balkan folk and Medieval European music. There are many active aural traditions in the Balkans with both recordings and scores to learn from, and we have listened to many examples and discussed how we wanted to sound based on what we observe and how we wanted to deepen our own musical practices. Recreating medieval music is, as the word indicates, an act informed by present musical understanding and practiced vocal abilities mixed up in a creative look at historical records, present interpretations and our own personal interests in exploring our vocal technique. We have practiced new timbres and patterns of ornamentation through listening, discussions, learning repertoire, recording, and editing our voices together. As a class of two, some light instrumentation has been added as well to account for a third voice when the repertoire went beyond our two voice timbral combination.
Premiering on #UCSDMusic YouTube Channel at 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 19th: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
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PROGRAM:
BALKAN FOLK
Heyamoli
A folk song from the Laz people who live in the Black Sea Region between Turkey and Georgia, this song tells the story of a woman who is lamenting that she would do anything for the person she loves, and yet knows she ultimately will not be able to have them.
Son Mi Dojde
From Bulgaria, this folk song tells a heartwarming anecdote of a man who dreams of his beloved’s dark eyes, then wakes up to find her next to him.
Shen Gigalobt
This is a common song of praise from Georgia, transcribed by Caitlin Austin from the Ensemble Ialoni version. It simply praises and thanks God.
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ITALIAN AND MEDIEVAL
Lavandose Le Mane
This 14th century anonymous tune was transcribed by Barbara Byers from an interpretation by the Italian Medieval music research and performance group Micrologos. The song is a flirtatious tale of someone seeing their love washing their face and calling out to them.
I Baci
Composed by Barbara Strozzi, a 16th century Italian woman and one of the most prolific and talented composers of her day, this song is about what a great thing kisses are.
Je Vivroie Liement
This is a 14th century piece by composer Guillaume de Machaut, harmonic arrangement by Barbara Byers. It laments over the singer’s object of love and professes that the author will surely die if their love refuses them.
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MEET THE PERFORMERS:
Amelia Mardesich
Amelia is a freshman in the Department of Music. Growing up in LA, she began studying classical voice at the age of 12, and is now pursuing a Bachelors Degree in vocal studies at UC San Diego. She loves listening to and singing French Romantic Classical Music, Classic and Punk Rock, and Musical Theater. Having previously enjoyed listening to Balkan Folk and Medieval music, Amelia learned to sing in these particular styles for the first time in Chamber Singers this quarter. She has enjoyed exploring the different harmonic sounds of medieval music, and practicing new melodic ornamentations in the Balkan styles studied in class. Amelia is also interested in the metaphysical philosophies of Kant and Frankfurt, and enjoys reading about their theories when she isn’t singing.
Barbara Byers
Barbara Byers is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Integrative Studies program in the Department of Music. She grew up in the Appalachian, Himalayan and Andes mountain regions, where she developed a deep love of folk music and singing styles from around the world. A former vocalist with Berkeley based Balkan women’s choir Kitka, Barbara has studied folk singing styles, instrumentation and composition in Indonesia, Greece, Turkey, Canada and the U.K. She is currently teaching the Chamber Singers choir while working on her Dissertation which utilizes an interdisciplinary contemporary opera genre to explore issues of mental health, nature and climate change.
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Mariana Flores Bucio, vocalist - Masters Thesis Recital
Friday, March 19th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Retrato de Mujer
Music for female voice and piano by Mexican Women Composers
Soprano: Mariana Flores Bucio
Piano: Kyle Adam Blair
Professor: Susan Naruki
The recital consists of beautiful music for soprano by three Mexican female composers: a cycle of songs by Gabriela Ortiz, a cycle of Arias by Marcela Rodriguez and 2 songs by Georgina Derbez.
Premiering on the UC San Diego Music Youtube at 7:00 p.m. PST on Friday, March 19: https://youtube.com/ucsdmusic
PROGRAM:
"Canciones de Agua" by Gabriela Ortíz
- "Piedra, Viento, Agua". Poem by Octavio Paz
- "Mirar el Río". Poem by Jorge Luis Borges
- "Hacia su ola sin agua". Poem by Pablo Neruda
"Funesta" by Maircela Rodríguez, Texts from poems by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
- I from "Romance 22"
- II "Soneto 164"
- III from "Romance 19"
- IV from "Primero Sueño"
- V from "Letras para cantar": "Afuera"
- VI from "Primero Sueño"
"A su retrato" by Georgina Derbéz, Text from a poem by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
"Canción de Cuna" by Georgina Derbéz
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Alexander Ishov, flute - DMA Recital
Friday, May 14th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
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Teresa Diaz de Cossio, flute - DMA Recital
Friday, May 21st, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Ashley Zhang, piano and Michael Jones, percussion - joint DMA Recital
Friday, May 28th, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 28th, 2021 7:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
UCSD Senior Bass Recital: Sean Park and Owen Cruise with Mark Dresser
Saturday, May 29th, 2021 4:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
Thomas Babin, double bass - DMA Recital
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 5:00 pm
Online, YouTube
UC San Diego Music YouTube Channel
WEDS@7 David Borgo Concert
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
No in-person audience for this performance, at this time.
Streaming LIVE for FREE at http://music.ucsd.edu/live
Event Program Archive (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents
David Borgo - Suite of Uncommon Sorrows
Wednesday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Streaming live from the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Watch at music.ucsd.edu/live
The Suite of Uncommon Sorrows is an eleven-part suite of original music composed in response to the tumultuous events of 2020, including the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the growing Black Lives Matter movement, and the debilitating polarization of U.S. politics that made it impossible to address either of these adequately.
Each movement explores a different “uncommon sorrow,” such as kuebiko (a state of moral exhaustion inspired by acts of horror in the news, which forces you to revise your image of what can happen in this world), kenopsia (the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet), chrysalism (an amniotic-like tranquility while a storm rages outside), zenosyne (the sense that time keeps going faster), and pâro (the feeling that no matter what you do it will always be inadequate).
PERFORMERS:
- David Borgo - tenor and soprano saxophones, aerophone
- Tobin Chodos - piano and keyboard
- Mackenzie Leighton - acoustic and electric bass
- Mark Ferber - drum set
- with special guest:
- Peter Sprague - electric guitar
PROGRAM:
Kuebiko
- a state of moral exhaustion inspired by acts of horror in the news, which forces you to revise your image of what can happen in this world
Chrysalism
- an amniotic-like tranquility, similar to how one feels while wrapped in a blanket sitting inside on the couch while a storm rages outside.
Kenopsia
- the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet
Paro
- the feeling that no matter what you do it will always be inadequate
The Village Covidiots
- an inversion of Eric Dolphy’s “Out To Lunch,” dedicated to you know who.
Occhiolism
- the awareness of the limitations of your own perspective
One Step Forward Two Steps Back
- the feeling that although progress is being made, it produces a reaction that is somehow greater than equal and opposite
Zenosyne
- the sense that time keeps going faster
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Camera Lucida
Monday, October 25th, 2021 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
No in-person audience for this performance, at this time.
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Camera Lucida is a chamber music collaboration between four musicians with diverse backgrounds. Camera Lucida is a unique project matching masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire with a group of world-class instrumentalists who happen to call San Diego home.
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UC San Diego Department of Music events are currently not open to in-person audiences.
Program:
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K. 379 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Opus 114 - Johannes Brahms
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Opus 97 "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven
Performers:
Anthony Burr, clarinet
Charles Curtis, violoncello
Jeff Thayer, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
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Under the artistic directorship of UC San Diego distinguished professor and cellist Charles Curtis and anchored by regular featured performances by San Diego Symphony Concertmaster Jeff Thayer, Formosa Quartet violist and UCLA professor Che-Yen Chen, concert pianist Reiko Uchida, UC San Diego performance faculty and occasional guests, Camera Lucida has established a tradition of challenging, musically ambitious programs performed with the assurance of an established ensemble, with the added flexibility of changing instrumentation and guests from the international chamber music world.
Facebook Event | View Google Map | Add to Google CalendarLa Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Perf (Canceled)
Saturday, October 30th, 2021 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Jury Concert #1
Thursday, November 4th, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Distinguished Professor and Reed Family Presidential Chair Steven Schick, returns LIVE with four world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Erin Graham, Ioannis Mitsialis, Alex Taylor, and Jonny Stallings Cárdenas, as well as a special performance of Rebecca Saunders's Fury II, a concerto for double bass performed by Kathryn Schulmeister.
Program:
Jonny Stallings Cárdenas- Double Quartet
Ioannis Mitsialis - The Angel Standing in the Sun
Rebecca Saunders - Fury II
Erin Graham - Flamma
Alex Taylor - Sea Gods
Palimpsest Ensemble:
Myra Hinrichs and Ilana Waniuk, violins
Peter Ko, cello
Kathryn Schulmeister, contrabass soloist (Saunders)
Matthew Henson, double bass
Tasha Smith Godinez, harp
Teresa Díaz de Cossio and Alexander Ishov, flutes
Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe
Grace Talaski, bass clarinet
David Aguila, trumpet
Mari Kawamura, piano concerto soloist (Mitsialis)
Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis and Ashley Zhang, piano
Roberto Maqueda, Kosuke Matsuda, and Yongyun Zhang, percussion
Julia Williams, accordion
Mariana Flores, mezzo soprano (Taylor)
Steven Schick, conductor
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red fish blue fish
Saturday, November 6th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)red fish blue fish performs inti figgis-vizueta's To give you form and breath (2019) and Michael Gordon's Timber (2009) live from the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater on Saturday, November 6 at 5:00 p.m.!
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PERFORMERS:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Michael Jones
Kosuke Matsuda
Roberto Maqueda
Steven Schick
Yongyun Zhang
PROGRAM:
To give you form and breath (2019)
inti figgis-vizueta
Timber (2009)
Michael Gordon
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Barbara Byers - Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 12:00 am
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Helwalker - A Folk Opera Audio Drama Ph.D. Dissertation by Barbara Byers
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Helwalker is a new opera/audio drama which explores nature, decay and renewal in the context of a classic hero's journey narrative structure. The story centers around Spearwa, a Viking Shieldmaiden who is wounded in battle and separated from her companions. Spearwa is discovered by a Carrion Beetle and tricked into entering the realm of Hel, or the earth, through a door newly opened by the roots of a fallen oak tree. Realizing her predicament, Spearwa flees into an earthen labyrinth, pursued by the Carrion Beetle and a merry band of scavengers. After many adventures beneath the earth's surface, Spearwa emerges, emotionally and magically transformed by her experience.
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Grad Forum
Friday, November 12th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)in^set, featuring David Aguila, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, and Ilana Waniuk, performs Nasim Khorassani: Unknown (2019), Wilfrido Terrazas: 47 (2020), Kotoka Suzuki: In Praise of Shadows (2015), and Natacha Diels: Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013) live from the Experimental Theater on Friday, November 12 at 7:00p.m.
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Performers:
David Aguila: trumpet, paper, objects, electronics
Teresa Díaz de Cossio: flute, paper, objects
Ilana Waniuk: violin, paper, visuals
Program:
Nasim Khorassani: Unknown (2019)
Wilfrido Terrazas: 47 (2020)
Kotoka Suzuki: In Praise of Shadows (2015)
Natacha Diels: Second Nightmare, for Kiku (2013)
Please note that in-person attendance for this concert is only open to active members of the UC San Diego community. UC San Diego students, staff and faculty must complete their daily symptom screener and be ready to show the "green thumb" at the door. Masks will be required at all times while indoors. We apologize, we are currently not accepting external audiences, including alumni.
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WEDS@7 Kartik Seshadri
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Wednesdays@7 presents An Evening of Indian Classical Music with world renowned sitar virtuoso Pandit Kartik Seshadri.
A tribute to Seshadri's mentor Pandit Ravi Shankar's 100th Birthday.
Accompanied on tabla by Shri Nitin Mitta
Wednesday, November 17 at 7:00 p.m.
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Mitchell Carlstrom, percussion - DMA Recital
Thursday, November 18th, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, November 19th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Fall 2021 Undergraduate Forum
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Join us for the Fall 2021 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
Please note that in-person attendance for this concert is only open to active members of the UC San Diego community. UC San Diego students, staff and faculty must complete their daily symptom screener and be ready to show the "green thumb" at the door. Masks will be required at all times while indoors. We apologize, we are currently not accepting external audiences, including alumni.
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Michael Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Saturday, November 20th, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Michael Jones presents his D.M.A. Recital titled "From many, more" on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
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PERFORMERS:
Michael Jones, percussion
Matthew Kline, bass
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano
PROGRAM:
A Moment or Two (2021) - Erika Bell
Lullaby (2011) - Nicholas Deyoe
American Dream (2017) - Scott Wollschleger
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Iaonnis Mitsialis - Dissertation Recital
Monday, November 22nd, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Ioannis Mitsialis presents his dissertation recital - Two compositions for solo instruments on Monday, November 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
"In my dissertation recital tonight, two solo pieces of mine are presented, which were composed under different circumstances and time periods. Fractures and permutations for violin and live electronics and Monodromic for solo piano, both explore in their own way the cyclical phenomena, which constitute the fundamental space of my interest in my most recent work. The violin piece makes use of the electronic medium for the first time in my creative practice and relates to the idea of the cycle more at a conceptual level, while the piano piece connects with it more substantially and develops it in its multiple dimensions. These works are the result of my close collaboration with the wonderful soloists Ilana Waniuk (violin) and Kyle Adam Blair (piano), over a long period of time."
Program:
Fractures and permutations for violin and live electronics (2021) - Ioannis Mitsialis
Monodromic for solo piano (2021) - Ioannis Mitsialis
Performers:
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Ioannis Mitsialis, live electronics
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
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Andrés Gutiérrez - PhD Dissertation Installation
Monday, November 29th, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Resonant Modes - Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez Dissertation Recital
Monday November 29th at 5pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Dissertation Concert featuring electroacoustic compositions with multichannel live-electronic processing and surface feedback sound generation.
PROGRAM:
Auscultation – For Percussionist, Fixed Media, Surface Feedback, and Live-Electronic Processing
With Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
Andrés Gutiérrez Martínez – Live-Electronics
Schnur For String Trio and Live-Electronics (Acousmatic performance of the piece with live-
electronic sound processing)
Lorenzo Derini – Violin
Myriam Garcia Fidalgo – Violoncello
Margarethe Maierhofer-Litschka – Contrabass
Andres Gutierrez Martinez – Live-Electronics
Improvisation –– Percussion and Piano with Surface Feedback
Andres Gutierrez Martinez - Piano and Surface Feedback
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The works presented in this concert represent two aspects in my recent work that I have concentrated in for the past two years: Live-Electronic Performance and Surface Feedback.
Surface Feedback is created when a contact speaker and a contact microphone are placed in the same surface – in this case, a drumhead of a bass drum-. I became interested in exploring the manipulation possibilities of such a system, which is somewhat unpredictable given the many different variables that contribute to the sounding result of surface feedback. In Auscultation, I was interested in sonic analogies between the self-generating feedback system, the percussion instruments, and the live electronic processes to create distinct sonic moments -some dynamic, others more static and repetitive. The score allows for some flexibility with regards to the actions of the performer.
In Schnur for String Trio and Live-Electronics, I concentrated on the timbral similarities of different string instruments in order to create a gradually unfolding “sonic flow”, which is projected onto the audience space engulfing the listeners in the sound field. The live-electronic manipulations contribute to exaggerate the instrumental actions, while also projecting the sound of the instruments onto the audience space. The electronic performer has some liberty with regards to the modification of the instrumental sounds given a limited space of action. For this realization, I will only perform the live-electronic part in real-time. The instrumental part will be played back from speakers. The piece was recorded in Graz in September 2021 by members of the Schallfeld Ensemble.
The last piece is an impromptu improvisation with surface feedback on different instruments: Timpani, piano strings to further showcase the possibilities of the feedback system in a less rigid setting.
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Monday Night Jazz: 95JC Jazz Ensembles
Monday, November 29th, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us for Monday Night Jazz with the UC San Diego 95JC Jazz Ensemble directed by Kamau Kenyatta on Monday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m PST!
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Please note this concert will only be available via livestream with no in-person audience.
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PIANO STUDENTS
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students directed by UC San Diego Music Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and doctoral candidate Dimitris Paganos Koukakis will be presenting their Fall concert on Tuesday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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PROGRAM:
Béla Bartók
Two Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Terry Feng
W.A. Mozart
Piano Sonata no. 9 in D major, K.311
I. Allegro con spirito
Sophia Yermolenko
Johannes Brahms
Capriccio, Op. 76, no. 2
Seth Durbin
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Nouvelle Étude, Op. 29 No. 4: Le Philosophe
Shayan Kalantar
J.S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 848
Claude Debussy
Pagodes (from Estampes)
Kelly Feng
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MUS 33A FINAL Recording Concert
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)MUS 33A directed by UC San Diego Music Professor Lei Liang presents their class concert on Wednesday, December 1 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall. Music 33A is the first course in a sequence for music majors and nonmajors pursuing an emphasis in composition. New and original compositions written for solo percussionist Mitchell Carlstrom, will be showcased.
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271C / Rand Steiger
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 7:30 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble directed by Michael Jones will be performing at the Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.!
This concert is outdoors and open to an in-person audience.
Please note this concert will not be livestreamed.
PROGRAM:
Gavorka Fanfare - Jack Stamp
Translation of a Branch - Nasim Khorassani
Armenian Dances - Aram Khachaturian arr. Ralph Satz
Three Chorale Preludes - William Latham
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, December 3rd, 2021 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Fall concert on Friday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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UC San Diego students, staff and faculty must complete their daily symptom screener and be ready to show the "green thumb" at the door. Masks will be required at all times while indoors.
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Mari Kawamura and Steven Schick perform Stockhausen's Kontakte
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to all audiences. This event will be documented and broadcast at a later date.
Percussionist and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Steven Schick and pianist and UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Mari Kawamura will be performing Karlheinz Stockhausen's KONTAKTE (CONTACTS) for electronic sounds, piano and percussion live in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Wednesday, January 5 at 7:00 p.m.
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1st Year Winter Jury Concert (Richards & Davis)
Friday, January 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Closed to all audiences. This event will be documented and broadcast at a later date.
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Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano - DMA Recital
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Shaoai Zhang presents her final D.M.A. recital featuring works by Alban Berg, Rebecca Saunders, Ludwig van Beethoven and the world premiere of Three Reflections composed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Alex Stephenson on Wednesday, February 2nd at 5:00 p.m. at the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Program:
Piano Sonata, op. 1 - Alban Berg
crimson - Rebecca Saunders
Three Reflections - Alex Stephenson
Piano Sonata no. 28, op. 101 - Ludwig van Beethoven
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Stephanie Richards and Phantom Station: Conductions for Butch
Thursday, February 10th, 2022 7:00 pm
Price Center Plaza
Free, outdoor event. For more information: http://theloft.ucsd.edu
An evening of Conductions by The Stephanie Richards Conduction Ensemble in remembrance of the pioneering composer, conductor and cornetist Butch Morris. Described as an "improvised duet for conductor and orchestra", Conduction is a language of music that involves interpretation of gestured language between a conductor and ensemble. In honor of his trailblazing Black Feb series in 2005, The Loft is celebrating this unparalleled approach to music-making by presenting a dynamic night of Conduction on Butch Morris' birthday.
Featuring a multifaceted orchestration of accordions, strings, winds and electronics, the performers include UC San Diego graduate student collaborators: David Aguila, Daniel Corral, Teresa Diaz De Cossio, Myra Hinrichs, Tornike Karchkhadze, Douglas Osmun, Jonathan Stallings, Ilana Waniuk, and Pauline Ng.
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Berglind MarÃa Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Berglind Tómasdóttir, D.M.A. '13 and Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes will be performing in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Tuesday, February 15 at 5PM. The evening will feature the premiere of a new piece composed by Bára Gísladóttir as well as the screening of Berglind Tómasdóttir's video essay “The Origin of Things” and a Q&A at the end of the concert.
Program:
Carolyn Chen — Stomachs of Ravens (2018)
Berglind Tómasdóttir — Bambaló (2013)
Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir — Iða (2015)
Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson — Riposo (2015)
The Origin of Things (2021)
Video Essay by Berglind Tómasdóttir
Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir — Spuni (2022)
Bára Gísladóttir — Growl Power (2022)
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir — Ethereality (2011)
Q&A with Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes
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Artist Bios:
Berglind Tómasdóttir is a flutist and interdisciplinary artist living in Reykjavík, Iceland. In her work she frequently explores identity and archetypes, as well as music as a social phenomenon. An advocate of new music, Berglind has worked with composers such as Björk, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Peter Ablinger and Carolyn Chen, and received commissions from Dark Music Days, The National Flute Association, Cycle Music and Art Festival, Reykjavík Arts Festival and Nordic Music Days, to name a few. Berglind Tómasdóttir holds degrees in flute playing from Reykjavik College of Music and The Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and a DMA in contemporary music performance from University of California San Diego. Berglind is a professor in contemporary music performance and program director of NAIP (New Audiences and Innovative Practice) at Iceland University of the Arts.
Björg Brjánsdóttir graduated from the Norwegian Academy of music in the spring of 2017. She has also pursued flute studies at the Music University in Hanover, Munich and Copenhagen. Her main professors were Anna Dina Björn-Larsen, Andrew Cunningham, Per Flemström and Stephanie Hamburger. Björg is the founder of Elja chamber orchestra, which has been prominent in the Icelandic music scene for the last years. Björg is also the flutist of the new music group Caput and performs regularly with various orchestras, such as Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Icelandic Opera, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bergen Opera. In addition to her career as a flutist, Björg is a certified teacher from Musicians' Health and Movement Institute.
Björg and Berglind are members of the flute septet Viibra and tour around the world with Björk along with playing on Björk’s newest album, Utopia.
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MUS 103A Class Concert Recording
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Students in the MUS 103A composition seminar instructed by Distinguished Professor of Music Chinary Ung presents their works on Wednesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Featured Works:
Albert Miao: Kuafu
Chris Lin: Wish
Hailey Myers: Threnody for Annabel Lee
Jacob Alvarez-Alaba: Untitled
Jeremy Greenstein: Stars at Night
Samuel Calto: Embrace
Shawn Wadhwani: Subconscious
Performers:
Stefanie Quintin-Avila, voice
Matthew Henson, double bass
Kosuke Matsuda, percussion
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Ilana Waniuk, violin - DMA Recital
Thursday, February 17th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Violinist Ilana Waniuk presents her second D.M.A. recital featuring works by Sofia Gubaidulina, Jessie Cox, and Anqi Liu on Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Performers:
Ilana Waniuk - violin
Mari Kawamura - piano
Joseph Bourdeau - drumset
Program:
Ilana Waniuk - ember - improvisation with fixed media
Jessie Cox - The Masked Whole/Hole for Violin and Cyborg-drumset (2019)
with Joseph Bordeau - drumset
Sofia Gubaidulina - Dancer on a Tightrope for violin and piano (1992)
with Mari Kawamura - piano
Anqi Liu - A window on an Absurd Scene - for violin and fixed media (2022) *
* world premiere
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Lydia Winsor Brindamour - PhD Dissertation Installation
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Lydia Winsor Brindamour presents her PhD Dissertation Installation spaces, between on Tuesday, February 22 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Directed by Lydia Winsor Brindamour
Music by Lydia Winsor Brindamour
Projection and video design by Elizabeth Barrett
Sound design by Stewart Blackwood
Lighting executed by Jessica C. Flores
Performed by:
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Charles Curtis, cello
Myra Hinrichs, violin
Matt Kline, double bass
Andrew McIntosh, violin
Alex Taylor, viola
Projections run by Alex Stephenson
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest conducted by Aleck Karis
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The Palimpsest Ensemble conducted by Aleck Karis performs works by Pauline Oliveros, Mario Davidovsky, and the world premiere of pieces composed by UC San Diego Music graduate students Delong Wang and Varun Rangaswamy on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Program:
Delong Wang "Spiritual Garden I: Largo di Torre Argentina" (premiere)
Pauline Oliveros “Variations for Sextet”
Varun Rangaswamy "Three Hazards Take Their Time” (premiere)
Mario Davidovsky “Piano Septet”
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WEDS@7 Susan Narucki, soprano and Donald Berman, piano
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)“…If you could only be here with me so I could share with you the happiness of these great poems, they would let you realize what we all now need more urgently: that transience is not separation…” - Rainer Maria Rilke to Adelheid Franziska von der Marwitz, January 14, 1919 (from The Dark Interval, translated and edited by Ulrich Baer)
A single reference contained in a book of Rilke’s letters was the catalyst for this program of little-known works for voice and piano from the early to mid-20th Century. The recital features settings of the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren, drawn from his monumental cycles Les Heures Claires, Les Heures d’Après-midi and Les Heures du Soir, in works written by Nadia Boulanger and Raoul Pugno, and Belgian composer Irène Fuerison. Marion Bauer’s early work, Four Poems, Op. 16, (1924) with texts by John Gould Fletcher, celebrates and illuminates the exquisite, open beauty of the American West. Rarely heard songs by French composer Elizabeth Claisse and Dutch composer Henriette Bosmans complete the program.
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Composition Jury Concert, an Evening of Premieres
Friday, March 4th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Steven Schick, performs three world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit and Ni Zheng, as well as a special performance of Brian Ferneyhough's "La Chute D'Icare," featuring clarinet soloist Madison Greenstone.
Program:
Douglas Osmun "Topographic Veil” (premiere)
Janet Sit “Specific Experiments on Relativeness” (premiere)
Ni Zheng “Hellmouth” (premiere)
Brian Ferneyhough “La Chute D’Icare”, Madison Greenstone, clarinet soloist
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, March 4th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us for the Winter 2022 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall!
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Voice Students, 32 VM
Monday, March 7th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 32VM voice students presents their winter 2022 concert With love: Fanny and Clara, featuring music by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn, on Monday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall.
Performers:
Maria Torpey
Aparna Alluri
Amelia Mardesich
Julia Yu
Greta Davis
Sam Calto
Emma Price
Isabella Panagiotou
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Miguel Zazueta, instructor
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Mari Kawamura, piano - DMA Recital
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Mari Kawamura presents her third D.M.A. recital on Tuesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 6 BWV860
Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies
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UC San Diego Bach Ensemble
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Bach Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Winter quarter concert on Wednesday, March9, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Gregorian chant (arrangement for flute)
Flute: Soumya Kalluri
A.Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Violin and Basso Continuo A minor
Allegro / Largo / Presto
Solo Violin: Zou Yu
Violin: Jane Park, Lucy Lennemann
Viola: Tommy Hines, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Cody Rupp, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
G.Dufay (1397- 1474)
Ave Maris Stella (arrangement for flute, 2 violins and cello)
Flute: Soumya Kalluri
Violins: Zou Yu, Lucy Lennemann, Cello: Henry Helmuth
C.Monteveldi (1567 – 1643)
Toccata / La musica from opera “L’Orfeo”
Soprano: Julia Yu
Flute: Soumya Kalluri, Percussion: Kosuke Matsusa
Violins: Zou Yu, Lucy Lennemann, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Cody Rupp, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
W.Byrd ( c.1539/40 or 1543 – 1623)
Ave Verum Corpus (arrangement for 3 violins and cello)
Violins: Zou Yu, Jane Park, Cello: Henry Helmuth
A.Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto for Two Violins and Basso Continuo A minor
Allegro / Larghetto e spiritoso / Allegro
1st Solo Violin: Jane Park, 2nd Solo Violin: Zou Yu
Violins: Ashely Mok, Lucy Lennemann
Viola: Tommy Hines, Cello: Henry Helmuth
Double Bass: Melissa Heredia, Harpsichord: Takae Ohnishi
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Piano Students
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students directed by UC San Diego Music Distinguished Professor Aleck Karis and UC San Diego doctoral candidate Dimitris Paganos-Koukakis presents their Winter concert on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 - J.S. Bach
Sophia Yermolenko
Preludes Op 28, no. 4, 7, 9, 24 - Frédéric Chopin
Seth Durbin
Etude Op. 25, No. 1 - "Aeolian Harp" - Frédéric Chopin
Estampes - No. 2, "La soirée dans Grenade" - Claude Debussy
Kelly Feng
Keyboard Suite no. 3 in D minor HWV 428 - George Frideric Handel
Etude no. 11, En Suspens - György Ligeti
Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 7, movements II and III - Edvard Grieg
Terry Feng
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Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 10th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones presents her D.M.A. recital "Feminine Virtuosities | Perceptions of Time," celebrating the music of Eleanor Hovda, Marta Ptaszy?ska and Unsuk Chin on Thursday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Program:
Eleanor Hovda | CYMBALMUSIC II - Centerflow/Trail II (1983)
Marta Ptaszy?ska | Space Model (1975)
Unsuk Chin | Allegro ma non troppo (1994/98)
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, March 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi performs works by G. Bottesiini, W.A. Mozart, L.V. Beethoven, C.F. Witt, A. Dvo?ák, F. Doppler and P.I. Tchaikovsky on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
G.Bottesiini (1821–1889)
Une Bouche Aimée
Soprano: Aparna Alluri, Double bass: Cody Rupp, Piano: Yuelei Li
W.A.Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet K285 in D major
Allegro / Adagio / Rondo
Flute: Soumya Kalluri, Violin: Rose Sanahmadi
Viola: Titan Ngo, Cello: William Lin
L.V.Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Trio No.1, Op.3 in E flat major
1st movement Allegro con brio
Violin: Katelyn Wong, Viola: Ashley Mok, Cello: Bethany Yuan
C.F.Witt (C.1660 –1716)
Suite in F major for Three Flutes and Piano
Entrée / Menuet / Sarabande / Menuet / Bourée
Flute: Sabrina Wang, Riya Mhatre, Daniel Xu
Piano / Laura Noronha
A. Dvo?ák (1841-1904)
String Quintet No. 2 2nd mov. Scherzo
Violin: Lucy Lennemann, Heejeong Lin
Viola: Ariel Anchanattu, Cello: Emily Wong,
Double bass: Melissa Heredia
F. Doppler (1821-1883)
Duettino hongrois Op. 36
Flute: Simran Bhakta, Audrey Zhao
Piano: Irene Lee
P.I.Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
String Trio in D minor Op.5
1st mov. Pezzo elegiaco
Violin: Ryan Park, Cello: Henry Helmuth, Piano: Seung Choi
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MUS 33B FINAL Recording Concert
Saturday, March 12th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 33B composition class instructed by UC San Diego Music Ph.D. candidate Anqi Liu presents their Winter 2022 concert featuring new works for flutes and electronics.
Program:
Works for cello
Pressures - Ezekiel Mortensen
El Violoncello Humilde - Jesus Leon
Crystalline - Kelly Chongrui Feng
A Goose Sang a Song - Gabriel Michels
The Crow - Kevin Chin
Works for flutes and electronics
Serein - Kevin Chin
Postured - Gabriel Michels
La Distorsion Detra?s de tus Ojos - Jesus Leon
Memory - Ezekiel Mortensen
The Cheshire Cat’s Grin - Kelly Chongrui Feng
Performer:
Teresa Díaz de Cossío, flutes
Peter Ko, cello
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Bass Ensemble
Sunday, March 13th, 2022 1:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Bass Ensemble, featuring double bassists Mark Dresser, Kathryn Schulmeister and Matthew Henson, will be performing works composed by Gregg August, Nasim Khorassani, Aaron Mencher, Robert Bui, Charles Schultz, Jonathan Stallings, Kathryn Schulmeister, Matthew Henson and Mark Dresser on Sunday, March 13th at 1:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Experimental Theater.
Program:
Avalanche - Robert Bui
Double Bass Trio (2022) Jonathan Stallings Cárdenas
Ambler - Kathryn Schulmeister
Blocks - Aaron Mencher
Within a Half - Mark Dresser
Night Walk - Charles Schultz
In Closure (rev. 2022)- Matthew Henson
Invention for Three Tunings - Gregg August *
Unison - Nasim Khorassani
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kallisti vocal ensemble
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The concert is an exploration of settings of striking 20th century poetry, set for one to three voices. It features Kaija Saariaho's From the Grammar of Dreams (1988) for two female voices to words from Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar, the first movement of George Crumb's iconic Madrigals with poems by Lorca, and Hans Werner Henze's moving Three Auden Songs (1984) for tenor and piano.
Another special work is Grete von Zieritz's Stimmen im Walde (1993) for coloratura soprano and flute, in its U.S. Premiere.
The second half of the program is devoted to the world premiere of Alex Taylor's Dryad, a 30 minute piece commissioned by the kallisti ensemble for coloratura soprano, lyric soprano, tenor, piano, flute, harp and percussion, with texts by H.D., Ezra Pound, Bryher and Frances Gregg.
The singers are Stefanie Quintin-Avila, Mariana Flores, and Miguel Zazueta. They will be joined by Rebecca Lloyd Jones, percussion, Alex Ishov, flute, Tasha Smith Godinez, harp, Kyle Adam Blair, piano with the assistance of conductor Yifan Guo.
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one fish two fish percussion ensemble
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 5:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The one fish two fish percussion ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones presents "Weaving, Flowing", featuring works by Juri Seo, Peter Garland and Paul Lansky, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
one fish two fish Percussion Ensemble:
Angel Cole
Zoe Farrell
Xiao Feng
Ash Floyd
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Eric Nguyen
Program:
Shui - Juri Seo
Apple Blossom - Peter Garland
Threads - Paul Lansky
- Prelude
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Aria
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Aria
- Recitative
- Chorus
- Chorale Prelude
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Myra Hinrichs, violin - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 17th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Violinist Myra Hinrichs presents her D.M.A. recital "Some Quiet Music," featuring tunes by Cat Lamb, Kristofer Svensson, and Michael Harrison, on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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Berk Schneider, trombone - DMA Recital
Thursday, March 31st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Night and Day
Berk Schneider, trombone - DMA Recital
Program:
Catch (2022)
for unaccompanied Trombone
Erin Graham
Music for Trombone, Piano and Percussion (2011) Mike Svoboda
Shaoai Zhang, Piano Michael Jones, Percussion
BRIEF PAUSE
please prepare your wireless headphones
Seg (2020)
for Trombone, Mechanical Metronomes and Live Electronics Sang Song
Michael Jones, Metronomes
Ilha Grande (2022)
for Live Graphic Score and Spatial Audio
Nasim Khorassani and Berk Schneider
Nasim Korassani, Visuals Berk Schneider, Electronics
Improvisation for Trombone, Percussion, and Electronic Synth Concatenations (2022)
Joseph Bourdeau, Percussion Douglas Osmun, Electronics
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Catch evokes images of snagging, getting momentarily stuck or caught, a zipper getting trapped on fabric and moving in abrupt, jerky bursts, or a marble spiraling downwards in increasingly smaller and tighter circles, its patterns becoming smaller and more restricted until it becomes motionless and trapped.
Seg—a shorthand for “segregation”—is prison slang referring to solitary confinement. While it is considered torture by experts, solitary confinement is frequently used in U.S. prisons as a means to punish and discipline inmates. If subject to this punishment, an inmate is placed in an 8ft.x10ft. cell—equipped with a bed, sink, toilet and virtually nothing else—for months, years and sometimes decades. The absence of meaningful social contact and interaction with others is known to cause adverse psychological effects, including mental illnesses ranging from anxiety, clinical depression, and self-mutilation to suicidal thoughts.
Seg is more a reflection on the human condition than a call for prison reform, however. It would be not too far off to assume that, during the pandemic, pretty much every individual on earth experienced isolation in one form or another. It would be preposterous to compare those experiences to the inhumane treatment the prisoners in seg are subject to, of course. But to the extent we have never been so acutely aware of what isolation does to the human psyche, Seg may be viewed as an invitation to reflect upon the fragility of our existence.
Ilha Grande is an island nestled in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro ringed by beaches, vibrant rainforests, waterfalls, and caverns supporting Atlantic birds, amphibians, and cicadas. This fragile ecosystem depends on its diversity of life in order to survive. The improvisation duo Broken Calligraphy has collected binaural and ambisonic recordings from the island, sending the sounds through electronic resonators, spatializing them in synchronicity with a live graphic score. There is no hierarchical form in this collaborative work, which means the score can also follow or react to the sonic elements, providing an equitable creative space during performance.
As improvisatory musicians we actively engage contingency plans in order to balance feedback loops between ourselves and our instruments. Douglas Osmun has taken this idea a step further by developing an AI hub that analyzes socially embodied cognition, creating a sort of symbiotic animism that unites participating improvisors and machine.
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Berk Schneider, trombone (berkschneider.com), serves as an advocate for the arts by cultivating research-creation projects that incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to technology and analysis of social meaning-making devices, promoting prescriptive methods that bring communities of musicians closer together. His collaborations are varied, having worked with musicians such as Joshua Bell, Josh Groban, conductors Valery Gergiev, Brad Lubman, Enno Poppe, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Helmuth Rilling, Robert Spano, composers Beat Furrer, Philip Glass, Helmut Lachenmann, Alvin Lucier, actor Alexander Fehling, the Akron, Firelands, and Houston symphonies, Ensemble Modern, Schauspiel Frankfurt, as well as creative director Heiner Goebbels. He is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, Frankfurt University of Music, and has been a finalist and honorably mentioned in numerous international trombone competitions, including the Robert Marsteller Competition and Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize.
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Lytle Scholarship Concert
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
By invitation
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Joseph Bourdeau - PhD Dissertation Recital
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)With the now century long use of recording and broadcast technologies to document and disseminate culture has come a tremendous pile of materials, both personal and received. ghostbox views these recorded materials as spirits, dwelling within the decaying husks of our dated technologies, fated to repeat themselves again and again as the world around them moves on. These ghosts vibrate constantly in the air influencing our thoughts and experiences in a number of ways. The program features music by Joseph Bourdeau, David Aguila, Teresa Díaz, Douglas Osmun, Janet Sit, Berk Schneider, and Ilana Waniuk.
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Peter Ko, cello - DMA Recital
Thursday, April 7th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Cellist Peter Ko presents his first D.M.A. Recital in collaboration with pianist Kyle Adam Blair, with works by Helmut Lachenmann, Anqi Liu, Morton Feldman, and Earle Brown.
Program:
Helmut Lachenmann
"Pression" (1969)
Anqi Liu
"glimmer around…" (2022)
Morton Feldman
"Intersection 4" (1952)
"Projection I" (1950)
"Durations 2" (1960)
Earle Brown
"Music for Cello and Piano" (1955)
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Daniel Pesca, piano
Friday, April 8th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Daniel Pesca, a guest of Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis, will be performing works by Daniel Pesca, Alison Yun-Fei Jiang, Maurice Ravel, John Liberatore and Gabriel Fauré on Friday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Watercolors I: A Pair of Cats (2018/2020) - Daniel Pesca
Isles (2017) - Alison Yun-Fei Jiang
I. As birds bring forth the sun
II. Salt
III. Undercurrent
Sonatine (1903-05) - Maurice Ravel
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé
Six Line Drawings (2016) - John Liberatore
Nocturne no. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 63 (1894) - Gabriel Fauré
Hyde Park Boulevard (2020) - Daniel Pesca
I. Prelude
II. Lakeshore Drive (Capriccio)
III. The Lagoon at Dusk
IV. Interlude: At Night
V. Boblink Meadow (Little Scherzo)
VI. The Wooded Isle
VII. Promontory Point
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Miranda Cuckson, violin, and Rand Steiger, electronics
Monday, April 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Violinist Miranda Cuckson and composer Rand Steiger collaborate on three works for violin and spatialized electronics on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
The program will feature Steiger’s “Longing,” written for Miranda Cuckson, and a re-imagining of his work “Nimbus Violin,” originally created in 2016 as part of an installation at Disney Hall for the LA Philharmonic. These will be heard alongside Kaija Saariaho’s four-movement Frises (2011), which layers repeating and reverberating shimmering gestures, and her delicate acoustic violin piece Nocturne (1994).
Program:
Nocturne (1994) - Kaija Saariaho
Nimbus Violin (2022) - Rand Steiger
Longing (2021) - Rand Steiger
Frises (2011) - Kaija Saariaho
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WEDS7 Aleck Karis, piano
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Pianist and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis presents Beethoven’s monumental late sonata, the “Hammerklavier”, one of his most daring and experimental works, along with three Bach preludes and fugues and Beethoven’s first sonata, Opus 2 no. 1 in f minor.
Program:
Bach
Preludes and Fugues
C major, book II
E-flat minor/D# minor, book II
G major, book I
Beethoven
Sonata, Opus 2 no. 1
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto: Allegretto
Prestissimo
Beethoven
Sonata, Opus 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
Allegro
Scherzo: Assai vivace
Adagio sostenuto
Largo; Allegro risoluto (Fuga a tre voci, con alcune licenze)
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Anqi Liu - PhD Dissertation Recital
Thursday, April 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Anqi Liu presents her Ph.D. dissertation, Anqi Liu and Friends, featuring works that Anqi Liu created during her years at the UC San Diego Department of Music on Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
Etude for Echoes featuring Ilana Waniuk, Grace Talaski, Berk Schneider, Michael Jones and Joey Bourdeau
Bass Flute Solo with spatialization & live signal processing for Teresa Díaz de Cossio
Etude for Friends for Ilana Waniuk, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, David Aguila, Peter Ko and Joey Bourdeau
A Window On Absurd Scenes… Violin solo with electronics & video projector for Ilana Waniuk
What Do You Mean? A live set for modular synthesizers, live signal processing , video projector and shadows performed and improvised by Anqi Liu
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Palimpsest - Jury Concert #3
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 12:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Music Palimpsest Ensemble, conducted by Steven Schick, performs four world premiere compositions by UC San Diego Music graduate students Pauline Ng, Steven Whiteley, Daniel Corral and Nathaniel Haering on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
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Sophia DiGiovanni, trumpet - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Friday, April 22nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)This undergraduate honors recital represents a culmination of the work Sophia has developed on the trumpet over the course of the pandemic. This concert will showcase a variety of tone colors on the trumpet, from triumphant to alone. She took inspiration from indecision, as experiencing college during a pandemic caused her to feel uncertainty about the future. She has used trumpet during these times of doubt to move toward present-minded thinking and confidence—the music she created became something tangible in a time of unknowns. The works in this recital are: Air de Bravoure by Andre Jolivét, Concerto for Trumpet and Piano by Alexander Arutunian, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Eric Ewazen, and two new jazz pieces: Seascape and Sunflower Ridge composed by current UC San Diego student, Gino Calgaro. She will be accompanied by Kyle Adam Blair on the piano for the classical portions of the recital.
Program:
Air de Bravoure (1954) - André Jolivet (1905-1974)
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1995) - Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)
Seascape (2020) - Gino Calgaro (b. 2000)
Sunflower Ridge (2022) - Gino Calgaro (b. 2000)
Concerto for Trumpet and Piano (1950) - Alexander Arutunian (1920-2012)
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Dimitrios Paganos Koukakis, piano - DMA Recital
Monday, April 25th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)ITHACA
a performance by
Dimitris Paganos Koukakis and Maria Tsingistra
Ithaca symbolizes our journey, the journey around our experiences, the customs deeply rooted within us but also, the exploration around cultures, ideas and people. This is the inspiration for our performance, our point of view through dance and music by Bartok, Shostakovich, Ung and Terrazas.
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DYER-LOGUE
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Canceled
This concert has unfortunately been cancelled.
Thank you
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Miguel Zazueta, voice - DMA Recital
Saturday, April 30th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Miguel Zazueta, voice will be presenting his D.M.A. recital, Meeting Halfway, featuring music by Henze, Britten, Muhly, and Zazueta on Saturday, April 30th at 3:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater. He will be accompanied by Dr. Kyle Adam Blair, piano and Quartet Nouveau.
In this recital I intend to share my personal journey with the concept of intimacy in music. Questioning: What is to be truthful in music? How to be intimate in a musical performance? How can I share what matters to me through a melodic line and a fictional context? Or, as written in the song cycle “Stranger” by Muhly “Is it possible to recover and interpret the past?”.
With all this questions in mind I will present for you four beautiful and very different song cycles:
The elegant “Three Auden Songs” by Hans Werner Henze, the passionate “Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo” by Benjamin Britten, the highly provocative “Stranger” by Nico Muhly, and lastly, “Tres Memorias” of my own authorship.
The accompanists for this recital will be Dr. Kyle Adam Blair in the piano (Henze, and Britten), and Quartet Nouveau (Muhly).
I hope you can join me and my collaborators in this beautiful musical evening.
Miguel Zazueta
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Mystery of Tanbur - Kurdish Music of Iran
Sunday, May 1st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Tickets: General Public: $20 | PCC members: $15 | Free for UC San Diego students, staff and faculty
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Mystery of Tanbur
Kurdish Music of Iran
Featuring performances by Ali Akbar Moradi, Arash Moradi, Kourosh Moradi, and Mehdi Bagheri.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Sia Nemat-Nasser (1936-2021)
In collaboration with the Persian Cultural Center of San Diego.
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Kafka Fragments György Kurtág - Susan Narucki, soprano, Curtis Macomber, violin
Monday, May 2nd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Kafka Fragments György Kurtág
May 2, 2022 7 p.m. Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego
Susan Narucki, soprano, Curtis Macomber, violin
György Kurtág's Kafka Fragments, Op.24 was completed in 1985 and is a seventy-five-minute work for voice and violin, set to fragments of text from the diaries of Franz Kafka. The work is divided into four parts. The first, third and fourth parts consist primarily of movements that are short in duration and which vary widely in their range of expression. These brief, intense movements are juxtaposed with several extended movements, which serve as a counterbalance, allowing us the opportunity to explore the composer's fantastical sound world more fully.
I have been performing the piece for over thirty years and am drawn to the limitless range of emotional expression that is created through the fusion of the texts with Kurtág's inexhaustible musical imagination. The piece is a tour de force, exploring the limits of what can be expressed through the combination of voice and violin, an outpouring of wonder, rage, and ecstasy. It is a musical journey that I find to be irresistible.
On May 2, 2022, I will be presenting the work with my longtime friend and colleague, the American violinist Curtis Macomber, a legendary champion of contemporary music.
The concert takes place at UC San Diego Department of Music Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
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Mariana Flores, voice - DMA Recital
Saturday, May 7th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Soprano Mariana Flores Bucio presents her first DMA Recital featuring works by Georfina Derbéz, Juan Calderón and Kaija Saariaho.
This recital consists of songs and song cycles of the XXI century. The beautiful coexistence of music and poetry.
Soprano: Mariana Flores Bucio
Pianist accompanist : Kyle Adam Blair
Oboist: Ellen Hindson
Guitarist: José Rodríguez
Professor: Susan Naruki
Program:
"Six songs for Soprano and Guitar" (2022) by Juan Calderón. Poetry by Octavio Gamboa.
"Raíz Columna" (2021) by Georgina Derbéz. Poetry by Aurelia Cortés P.
*Live Performance Premiere
"La Cresta de la Duna" dedicated to Mariana Flores Bucio (2021) by Georgina Derbéz. Poetry by Aurelia Cortés P.
*Live Performance Premiere
"Quatre instants" (2003) by Kaija Saariaho. Poetry by Amin Maalouf.
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Matthew Henson, double bass - Masters Recital
Monday, May 9th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Double bassist Matthew Henson presents his Masters recital, featuring works by Aaron Cassidy, Håkon Thelin, Bernhard Gander, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jacob Druckman, and George Crumb, on Monday, May 9 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Program:
The wreck of former boundaries – Aaron Cassidy
amarcord – Håkon Thelin
Soaring Souls – Bernhard Gander
Sonata – Sofia Gubaidulina
Valentine – Jacob Druckman
Madrigals, Book I – George Crumb
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WEDS@7 In the Shadow of A Mad King - An Evening of Solos and Duets, Live and Virtual - Mark Dresser - bass, Jerome Rothenberg - poetry, Michael Dessen - trombone, and Matthias Ziegler - Contrabass FluteÂ
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)In the Shadow of a Mad King - An Evening of Solo and Duos
Bassist Mark Dresser will present compositions and improvisations featuring poet Jerome Rothenberg, trombonist Michael Dessen and the Swiss flutist Matthias Ziegler, telematically performing from Zurich.
Program:
Diagonalia - Mark Dresser
“Between a Half” - Mark Dresser with Matthias Ziegler - bass and contrabass flute, telematically performing from Stäfa, Switzerland
“Tination” - Mark Dresser (solo works for prepared contrabass)
“Gloaming”” - Mark Dresser featuring Michael Dessen - trombonist
“Hobby Lobby Horse”
In the Shadow of A Mad King - Concert Version - Jerome Rothenberg
FANFARE after Shelley
LIES
FACES
THE LONELY DEAD
CODA
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Stefanie Quintin, voice - MA Recital
Thursday, May 12th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)TAN-AW
Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
(v. to see, to look at, to view, to mind, to contemplate, to be vigilant)
In a time where we find ourselves in a place of disillusionment, in a state of flux – with differing energies and a wavering sense of stability, we must take a step back and find resolve within ourselves. As the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal wrote in one of his plays: “Con el recuerdo del pasado, entro en el porvenir (I enter the future with a memory of the past),” which transformed into the Filipino proverb: “Ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan (He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination);” it is in retrospection that we learn to ground ourselves and remember who we were – to which we anchor our aspirations and dreams, as we prepare to propel to attain our full potential.
Yet as we move forward, we must constantly remind ourselves that we are finite beings, all fighting against time to an inevitable end. As we begin to see the limits of time, may our memories of the past move us to a position of hope toward a future with endless possibilities, for it is through acknowledging our history as weavers of time that we can begin to live in the present.
TAN-AW seeks to look deeper into ourselves and find our innate purpose as stewards of our bodies and of the earth. As we are easily eclipsed by the noise of voices in and out of our heads, it is challenging to see clearly and be illuminated by our verity. But as the Persian poet Rumi says, “What you seek is seeking you,” may we remember to find solace within ourselves and gain the courage to continue treading our unique paths.
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Featuring new works by Filipino composers Dave Jimuel Dagta, Jonathan Domingo, Feliz Macahis, and Chaitanya Tamayo, the pieces in the recital program are written in various languages: Cebuano, Ilocano, Ibaloi, Kalanguya, and Tagalog as part of the WIKAWIT initiative of revitalizing Filipino languages through music.
Support the project through this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wikawit/wikawit-revitalization-of-filipino-languages-through-music
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Evan Lam, clarinet - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Saturday, May 14th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Clarinetist Evan Lam will be presenting his undergraduate honors recital, featuring works by Carl Nielson and W.A. Mozart, on Saturday, May 14th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. He will be joined by fellow UC San Diego Music undergraduate students Kelly Feng, Alexander Leong, Michael Megally, Annie Phan, Christopher Nowak, and Gaby Carr.
Program:
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 - Carl Nielsen
Evan Lam, clarinet
Kelly Feng, piano
Alexander Leong, snare
Clarinet Quintet K581 in A Major - W.A. Mozart
Evan Lam, clarinet
Michael Megally, violin 1
Annie Phan, violin 2
Christopher Nowak, viola
Gaby Carr, cello
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WEDS@7 Palimpsest
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Exploring Legacy
Introducing a new collection of historically important percussion instruments from the personal collection of the ground breaking composer Chou Wen-chung (1923-2019), the percussion group red fish blue fish in partnership with the Transplanted Roots Percussion Conference will present a concert entitled "Exploring Legacy" on May 18 in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at 7:00 p.m. Featured will be Professor Chou's master work for percussion quartet, Echoes from the Gorge, which will be performed for the first time using the original instruments for which it was written.
These instruments, thanks to a generous gift from the Chou family, are now the core part of UC San Diego's "Chou Percussion Collection." They represent not just Professor Chou's music, but his spirit of cross-cultural collaboration and the partnership between Chinese and Western musicians. The collection will the basis for an annual "Chou Percussion Commission," given to a UC San Diego graduate composer to compose a piece of music using or inspired by the collection.
In addition to Echoes from the Gorge, "Exploring Legacy" will feature works by Erin Graham, the inaugural Chou Commission recipient, along with music by Lei Liang, a Chou student, and by Edgard Varèse, Professor Chou's mentor. Soloists include flutist Wilfrido Terrazas, contrabassist Mark Dresser, and percussionists Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Yongyun Zhang.
PROGRAM:
Iannis Xenakis - Komboi
Edgard Varese - Density 21.5
Chou Wen-chung - Echoes from the Gorge
intermission
Erin Graham - Shape of Silence
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Transplanted Roots Concert #1
Thursday, May 19th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Transplanted Roots Research Symposium 2022
(https://www.transplantedroots.org)
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
PROGRAM:
Eva-Maria Houben - John Muir Trails I (in the fullness of time)
Alvin Singleton - Extension of a Dream
Erik Griswold - Twos and Threes
Intermission
Rachel C. Walker - ?? November Moon
Roberto Palomeque - Travesia de un Migrante
Wally Gunn - Book of Hours *World premiere*
PERFORMERS:
red fish blue fish
Fisher/Lau Project
Terry Longshore
Yongyun Zhang
Roberto Palomeque
Eric Shuster
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Transplanted Roots: Keynote - Sarah Hennies
Friday, May 20th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Transplanted Roots Concert #2: Steven Schick "Thought Sectors" by Sarah Hennies
Friday, May 20th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)PROGRAM:
Thought Sectors composed by Sarah Hennies
Performed by Steven Schick
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Transplanted Roots Concert #3: University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I
Friday, May 20th, 2022 8:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)PROGRAM:
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I
TaPIR Lab, University of Toronto
Aiyun Huang, director
Tyler Cunningham
Hoi Tong Keung
Bevis Ng
Matti Pulkki
Timothy Roth
*This project is made possible with the support of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Program*
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Transplanted Roots Round-table discussion: Chou Wen-chung
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 10:00 am
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Roundtable Discussion: Chou Wen-chung, with Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor Lei Liang, Composer Erin Graham, and Percussionist Yongyun Zhang
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Transplanted Roots: Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music: The Reynolds Desert House
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 12:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Transplanted Roots: Xenakis Cabaret
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 3:00 pm
Mandeville Auditorium
Transplanted Roots: Percussion Research Symposium
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Event Program Archive (PDF)PROGRAM:
Edgard Varèse - Ionisation | performed by the Transplanted Roots community
Iannis Xenakis – Kotos | performed by Robbie Bui
Iannis Xenakis – Evryali | performed by Mari Kawamura
Intermission 1
Iannis Xenakis - Rebonds | performed by Michael Jones
Iannis Xenakis – Psappha | performed by Steven Schick
Intermission 2
Iannis Xenakis - Pléiades | performed by red fish blue fish
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Terry Feng, piano - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Saturday, May 21st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Pianist Terry Feng presents his undergraduate honors recital on Saturday, May 21st, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. He will be performing solo piano with repertoire from Handel, Grieg, Ligeti, and Bartok.
Program:
Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7 - Edvard Grieg (1865)
Etude no. 11 En Suspens - Gyorgy Ligeti (1994)
Suite in D minor, HWV 428 - G.F. Handel (1720)
6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm - Bela Bartok (1940)
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Julia Yu, voice - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Soprano Julia Yu will be presenting her undergraduate honors recital on Saturday, May 22nd, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall. She will be performing works by Barbara Strozzi, Lili Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Richard Strauss, and Arnold Schoenberg. Dr. Kyle Adam Blair will be joining her on the stage to interpret the subtle poetry and alluring melodies of these selected artsongs and arias.
Soprano: Julia Yu
Pianist: Kyle Adam Blair
Professor: Susan Narucki
Program:
My Tears – Barbara Strozzi
From Clearings in the Sky by Lili Boulanger:
She is solemnly gay
Sometimes, I am sad
At the foot of my bed
The lilacs which bloomed last year
From Twelve Poems by Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copland:
When they come back
Heart we will forget him
I felt a funeral in my brain
The Chariot
--Intermission--
Zerbinetta’s Aria – from Ariadne on Naxos by Richard Strauss
From 8 Cabaret Songs by Arnold Schoenberg:
Simple Song
Gigerlette
Galathea
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Composition Masterclass: Sarah Hennies
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Composer Sarah Hennies, M.A. '03 will be leading a composition masterclass on Tuesday, May 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall (Room 127).
Sarah Hennies (b. 1979, Louisville, KY) is a composer based in upstate New York whose work is concerned with a variety of musical, sociopolitical, and psychological issues including queer & trans identity, love, intimacy, psychoacoustics, and percussion. She is primarily a composer of acoustic chamber music, but is also active in improvisation, film, and performance art. She presents her work internationally as both a composer and percussionist with notable performances at MoMA PS1 (NYC), Monday Evening Concerts (Los Angeles), Le Guess Who (Utrecht), Festival Cable (Nantes), send + receive (Winnipeg), O’ Art Space (Milan), Cafe Oto (London), ALICE (Copenhagen), and the Edition Festival (Stockholm). As a composer, she has received commissions across a wide array of performers and ensembles including Bearthoven, Bent Duo, Cristian Alvear, Claire Chase, R. Andrew Lee, Talea Ensemble, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Two-Way Street, Nate Wooley, and Yarn/Wire.
Her ground breaking audio-visual work Contralto (2017) explores transfeminine identity through the elements of “voice feminization” therapy, featuring a cast of transgender women accompanied by a dense and varied musical score for string quartet and three percussionists. The work has been in high demand since its premiere, with numerous performances taking place around North America, Europe, and Australia and was one of four finalists for the 2019 Queer|Art Prize.
She is the recipient of a 2019 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, a 2016 fellowship in music/sound from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has received additional support from New Music USA, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.
Sarah is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Bard College.
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IS Focus Guest: Charissa Noble
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 4:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center 231
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The final IS Focus of the academic year
Tuesday, 24 May, 4- 5:50, Conrad Prebys Music Center, Room 231
"Extended from What: A Critical Survey of Extended Vocal Techniques in Theory,Culture, and Practice"
Charissa Noble, University of San Diego
In the decades following World War II, exponential development in sound technology and significant growth in ethnomusicology as an academic discipline captivated the aesthetic imagination of many musicians; such breathless innovations and expanded cultural vistas intrigued artists already interested in musical experimentation as a mode of critical discourse that simultaneously critiques the musical and social status quo. One manifestations of this cultural zeitgeist included a heightened interest in so-called extended vocal techniques in the mid to late twentieth century.
Much of the pedagogical discourse defines extended vocal techniques [hereafter EVT] by way of a comprehensive list of examples, compiling indices of vocal practices and artists. By contrast, much of recent musicological literature avoids using the term altogether (perhaps due to its perceived ethnocentric connotations), and academic writing on experimental voice has trended toward artist biographies, interview anthologies, or critical readings of their works; yet the frequent discursive grouping together of these artists functionally reinforces (rather than challenges) the fraught implications of EVT. Few have clearly defined EVT in a way that addresses the varied historical and contextual understandings of the term and its attendant socio-cultural undertones, which has allowed it to remain murky, problematic, and tacitly shaped by cultural assumptions.
In this research, I suggest that recasting EVT as a situated framework of listening based on contextually-conditioned expectation clarifies the term and facilitates a more robust critical conversation about voice and vocal aesthetics as a site of dense meanings. By locating the appearances of the term EVT in musical discourse from earliest to latest, this research places EVT discourse and practice within concrete historical moments, attending to the time period, social context, institutional affiliations, and musical tradition of both the artists most frequently cross-referenced in EVT discourse (from Cathy Berberian to Pamela Z) as well as the authors who write about them. Through an investigation of EVT’s meaning(s), I formulate a rhizomatic account of the development of EVT as a concept across various Euro-American classical and post-classical traditions, and examine how its differences and similarities over the years has reflected and radically reimagined our broader perspectives on voices, bodies, music, and identity.
Charissa Noble is an experimental vocalist and musicologist, and currently teaches as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of San Diego. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz (2019), and previously earned an M.A. in music history at San Diego State University with a secondary emphasis in 20th Century American Art (2013). Her research interests include avant-garde music scenes in early 20th century California coastal communities, as well as late 20th century experimental vocal techniques and their overlap with developments in electronic sound. Charissa has presented her research at the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the International Society for Minimalist Music, Music and the Moving Image at New York University, and Cornell University’s After Experimental Music conference (2018). Her recent publications include an article on Johanna Beyer’s unfinished opera, Music of the Spheres in the journal Sound American. Charissa is also deeply committed to the advancement of the local arts scene in San Diego, collaborating on educational outreach programs with numerous local organizations including San Diego New Music, the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, San Diego Art Institute, and Art of Élan.
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Sabine Vogel, flute and vocalist Alex Nowitz (Performance Focus Guests)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Ffft!
Concert and Lecture-Performances by Sabine Vogel and Alex Nowitz
Program:
Concert of Improvised Music for Voice, Flutes and Objects
Sabine Vogel: Recorded Landscapes
A lecture-performance about improvisation in and with the natural environment
Alex Nowitz: The Strophonion and I
Extended vocal performance art using custom, gesture-controlled live electronics
Q&A with Sabine Vogel and Alex Nowitz
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Juliana Gaona Villamizar, oboe - DMA Recital
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Juliana Gaona presents her 2nd D.M.A. recital, dislocated shapes, featuring music by Obermüller, Cecillia Arditto, and Melissa Vargas on Wednesday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
Program:
different forms of phosphorus - Karola Obermüller
for cor anglais and extreme reverb
Música Invisible - Cecilia Arditto
for English horn
unrelentingly restless (premiere) - Melissa Vargas
for English Horn and objects
Arrangements of Latinamerican canciones
Mariana Flores (voice)
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Piano Students
Thursday, May 26th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Piano students directed by pianist Dimitris Paganos-Koukakis, D.M.A. '22 presents their Spring concert on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
Program:
Sophia Yermolenko
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C Sharp minor Op. 3, no. 2
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 9 in D Major, K. 311
I. Allegro con spirito
Shayan Kalantar
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude S. 139 no. 1
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
I. Allegro Maestoso
Seth Lerer
W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
I. Allegro
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegretto grazioso
Seth Durbin
L.V. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 (Waldstein)
I. Allegro con brio
Kelly Feng
Claude Debussy: Estampes, L. 100
I. Pagodes
II. La soiree dans Grenade
III. Jardins sous la pluie
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UC San Diego Wind Ensemble
Thursday, May 26th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard
Free concert. RSVP not required. This concert will not be livesttream
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Wind Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones will be performing in the Conrad Prebys Music Center East Courtyard on Thursday, May 26 at 7:00 p.m.
The concert will not be livestreamed. RSVP not required to attend in person.
Program:
Highland Anthem (2012) - Andrey Stolyarov (b. 1990)
Magneticfireflies (2001) - Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)
Loch Lomond (1991) - Traditional Scottish Tune (arr. R. Huntington-Woodman) (trombone part arr. Katherine Pittman)
Gravity (2018) - Aaron Mencher (b. 1996)
Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 (1951) - Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
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Angel Cole and Eric Nguyen, percussion - Undergraduate Honors Recital
Friday, May 27th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Percussionists Angel Cole and Eric Nguyen present their joint undergraduate honors recital in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater! They will be joined by UC San Diego Music graduate students Michael Jones and Mitchell Carlstrom for Water Music.
PROGRAM:
Velocities (1990) - Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
Eruption of Sakurajima (2008) - Jessica Muñiz-Collado (b. 1986)
An Economy of Means (2016) - Robert Honstein (b. 1980)
Canned Heat (2002) - Eckhard Kopetzki (b. 1956)
Iterations (2021) - Rebecca Lloyd-Jones (b. 1989)
Water Music (2004) - Tan Dun (b. 1957)
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Undergraduate Forum
Friday, May 27th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Join us for the Spring 2022 Undergraduate Forum showcasing UC San Diego's undergraduate music students on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall!
Featuring:
Terry Feng
Peyton Graves
Kaira Hammerstrøm
Hailey Myers
Trevor Newman
Joaquin Quintero
Ryan Rickey
Charles Schultz
Qui-Shawn Tran
Aditya Visvanath
Joslin Wang
Julia Yu
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Alex Stephenson - PhD Dissertation Installation: Landscape with Changes
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
Free. Guests are welcome to enter at any time between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
All guests must adhere to University Return to Learn guidelines.
Event Program Archive (PDF)Alex Stephenson presents his sound installation Landscape with Changes in collaboration with lighting designer Jessica C. Flores. Landscape with Changes began as an online installation in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be its first in-person realization, utilizing eight-channel sound spatialization. The installation will run from approximately 5:00-9:00pm. Audience members are invited to come and go and can experience the environment whenever and for however long as they like. There are no loops, no exact repetitions of any kind—it is a landscape continually reinventing itself, yet, somehow, always recognizably the same.
Photo credit: Anqi Liu
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Alex Stephenson - PhD Dissertation Recital
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Composer Alex Stephenson, fellow UC San Diego graduate musicians, conductor and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor Steven Schick, and visiting performers Duo Axis present "Hybrid Worlds," a concert of two recent works and a world premiere.
Program:
Stephenson: Three Reflections (2020–21) for solo piano and synthesizer
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano and synthesizer
Stephenson: Adrift (2021) for flutes, piano, and electronics
Duo Axis – Zach Sheets, flutes, Wei-Han Wu, piano
Stephenson: Chamber Concerto (2022) for nine players and electronics – world premiere
Michael Jones, percussion
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion
Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano and synthesizer
Kyle Adam Blair, synthesizer
Ilana Waniuk, violin
Pauline Ng, violin
Alex Taylor, viola
Peter Ko, cello
Matthew Kline, double bass
Steven Schick, conductor
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95JC Jazz Ensembles
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego 95JC Jazz Ensemble directed by Kamau Kenyatta presents their Spring 2022 concert on Wednesday, June 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater!
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95C Concert Choir and 95K Chamber Singers
Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Recital Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)We Are All Singers is an interactive workshop presented by the UC San Diego Chamber Singers. Have you ever thought, “I bet I could sing, I just don’t know how,” or “I love singing, but only when no one can hear me”? Join us, and we’ll lead you in fun, intuitive exercises that help you tap into the experience of singing with your full Self!
Featuring:
Naveed Asgharpour
Audrey Gomez
Felipe Luzuriaga
Ani Sancianco
Hayata Shibuya
Jasper Sussman, director
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one fish two fish - Undergraduate Percussion Ensemble
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The one fish two fish undergraduate percussion ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music doctoral candidate Michael Jones presents as rain hollows stone... featuring music by Molly Joyce, Tawnie Olson, David Macbride and Tan Dun on Friday, June 3 at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater.
Performers:
Mitchell Carlstrom
Angel Cole
Zoe Farrell
Xiao Feng
Ash Floyd
Michael Jones
Alexander Leong
Eric Nguyen
Program:
Chic (2014) - Molly Joyce (b. 1992)
as rain hollow stone... (2011) - Tawnie Olson (b. 1974)
Light Waves (2012) - David Macbride (1951-2018)
Water Music (2004) - Tan Dun (b. 1957)
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Chamber Ensembles
Friday, June 3rd, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The UC San Diego Chamber Ensemble directed by UC San Diego Music faculty Takae Ohnishi presents their Spring concert on Friday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
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32VM Voice Students, Vocal Masterclass
Sunday, June 5th, 2022 2:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)The MUS 32VM Vocal Masterclass, directed by UC San Diego Music graduate student Miguel Zazueta, presents their Spring concert on Sunday, June 5 at 2:00 p.m. in. the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
PROGRAM:
Arias
Maria Torpey – Soprano / Song to the moon – Rusalka -Antonín Dvorák
Emma Price – Soprano / Un moto di giogia – Le Nozze di Figaro – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Aparna Alluri – Soprano / Batti, batti, o bel Masseto – Don Giovanni – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Sam Calto – Tenor / Stars – Les Misérables – Claus Michel Schönberg
Isabella Panagiotou – Soprano / O mio babbino caro – Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini
Greta Davis – Mezzo-soprano / Chanson Boheme – Carmen – Georges Bizet
Julia Yu – Soprano / Bester Jüngling – The Empresario – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Duets:
Emma Price and Sam Calto / Là ci darem la mano – Don Giovanni – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Maria Torpey and Julia Yu / Mira o Norma – Norma – Vicenzo Bellini
Aparna Alluri and Isabella Panagiotou / Sull'aria – Le Nozze di Figaro – Wolfgang A. Mozart
Julia Yu and Greta Davis / Flower duet – Lakmé - Léo Delibes
Instructor: Miguel Zazueta
Vocal Coach and accompanist: Dr. Kyle Adam Blair
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Camera Lucida
Monday, June 6th, 2022 7:30 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Cancelled
Intersections in Music, Identity, and Society Research Symposium presented by MUS 120
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 11:00 am
Conrad Prebys Music Center 145, 231 and 265
Intersections in Music, Identity, and Society Research Symposium
Presented by MUS 120
Tuesday, June 7
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
ON ZOOM! Links provided below!!
All are welcome.
RSVP not required.
This symposium is the culminating event for Contemporary Music Studies I & II, a course series in which students design, generate and carry out original research projects across all dimensions of musical thought and practice. Please join us to celebrate their incredible work, which engages themes around identity, family and personal transformation; explores music’s relationships to work, leisure and happiness; excavates and critiques institutional histories; celebrates subcultural communities; and dramatizes dance, performance, listening and artistic aspiration in action. During the symposium, students will give 10-minute presentations on their research projects, followed by Q&A. Please bring headphones, a playback device (computer, tablet, smart phone), and your dancing shoes! All are welcome.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Amy Cimini, Kat Pittman and Special Guests
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87638028700?pwd=eTZGNG5UTFFENFBhUGtrTDkwelhHUT09
11:20 am - 12:30pm
Program Session 1
Panel 1A: Institutions, Cultures and Communities
Chair: Lydia Brindamour
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
**Shawn Wadhwani: The Grammys and its Institutional Flaws
**Julio Villarruel: Audio FX in a Spatialized setting
**Ziqing Chen: How Music Contributes to an Effective Advertisement: Researching the Role of Music in Advertising
**Randy Lew: Defining Authenticity of Jazz in a Foreign Context
**Madeline McKenzie: Rise Up!: An Analysis and Deep Dive into the Rising Feminine within Hip Hop and its Subculture
Panel 1B: Creative Interventions Across Media, History and Culture
Chair: Anqi Liu
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/my/anqiliu
**Yichan Yin: Chinese Music in Comparison to the Western
**Chris Lin: Wish
**Narek Megherdichi-Mardrosians: Sacred Prayers of Forgotten Ancestors
**Diego Martinez: Binding of Isaac: Sacrilege
**Sierra Plys: Violations in Timing
Panel 1C: Music in Academic Institutions and Underground Scenes
Chair: AM Medina
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98906312990
**Mariah Baxter: Identity and the Underground: Analyzing the Artist-Audience Relationship
**Hailey Myers: Making a Music Department, Past and Present: Contemporary Dialogues with Erickson and Oliveros
**Jeremy Greenstein: The Contrasting Roles of Music as Work versus Music as Enjoyment
**Sophia DiGiovanni: The Impacts of Education on Music Perception
**Shayan Kalantar:
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm Break
12:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Program Session 2
Panel 2A: Creative Interventions Across Dance, Friendship and Emotion
Chair: Lydia Brindamour
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
**Dennis Florendo: Harmony of Life
**Zoe Farrell: Aspiring Artists: The Road to Fame
**Ezekiel Mortensen: Signal Smoke
**Jackson Jakovic: Shine
**Tyler Lee: Latin Dance and the Human Experience
Panel 2B: Family Histories and Personal Transformations
Chair: AM Medina
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98906312990
**Jesus Leon: Una Mexicana En Los Estados Unidos
**Kaelynn Choi: Lost in the Musical Journey: How Encouragement Makes Dreams Happen
**Ray Jhay Bueno: Musical Influence to Musical Improvement: A Not So Simple Melody
**Benjamin Simon: A Personal Exploration in an Attempt to Reintegrate and Generate Awareness
Panel 2C: Happiness, Embodiments and Ethics in Practice
Chair: Anqi Liu
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/my/anqiliu
**Albert Miao: Music as the Collective Unconscious: Animating the Mundane
**Jacob Harmon: How Our First Music Shapes Our Music Today
**Shannen King: The Prevalence of Foreign Language Music in a Country of Mixed Cultures
**Peihan Liu: Performance, Sound and Individuality: A Reflection
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Closing Remarks
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
Tyler Lee, Post-Symposium Dance Workshop
ZOOM LINK: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95144221760
Media work by Chase Anderson and Gabriel Michels in Gallery, TBA
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MUS 201B Improvisation
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)Mus 201B Spring 2022 Final Concert:
Two Works by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Program:
Roscoe Mitchell (b. 1940)
People in Sorrow (1969)
Malachi Favors Maghostut (1927- 2004)
Magg Zelma (1980)
Performers:
Boris Acosta Jaramillo, piano, percussion
Joey Bourdeau, drums, percussion, toys, voice
Matthew Henson, bass, percussion
Doug Osmun, electronics
Varun Rangaswamy, bassoon, percussion
Jonny Stallings, melodica, clarinet, toys, percussion
Grace Talaski, clarinets
Wilfrido Terrazas, flutes, whistles, percussion
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Best of ICAM - Table presentations & Pizza Party
Thursday, June 9th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 9th at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, North Courtyard and at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
5:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, NORTH COURTYARD
Project exhibits by Charles Weigel, Daniel Yi, Eito Murakami, Eliezer Cervantes, Jeffrey Xing, Joshua Chiu, Lynden Kim, Ruby Do, Timothy Gmeiner, Christy Huynh, and Yu Zhang
7:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Presentations by Eden Evans, Eito Murakami, Jeffrey Xing, Kevin Garnica, Mary May Nguyen, Raymond Rubalcava, Shangshu (Mint) Shi, Timothy Gmeiner, Valen Chang, and Yichan Yin
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Best of ICAM - Theater Presentations
Thursday, June 9th, 2022 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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Event Program Archive (PDF)UC San Diego's ICAM Music majors presents their senior projects on Thursday, June 9th at 5:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, North Courtyard and at 7:00 p.m. in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Experimental Theater.
5:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, NORTH COURTYARD
Project exhibits by Charles Weigel, Daniel Yi, Eito Murakami, Eliezer Cervantes, Jeffrey Xing, Joshua Chiu, Lynden Kim, Ruby Do, Timothy Gmeiner, Christy Huynh, and Yu Zhang
7:00 PM - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Presentations by Eden Evans, Eito Murakami, Jeffrey Xing, Kevin Garnica, Mary May Nguyen, Raymond Rubalcava, Shangshu (Mint) Shi, Timothy Gmeiner, Valen Chang, and Yichan Yin
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Music 176 Music Technology Seminar: Controller-ism
Friday, June 10th, 2022 5:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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This event will not be livestreamed.
Event Program Archive (PDF)"This class MUS 176 : CONTROLLER-ISM : APPLIED TECHNIQUES FOR LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCES, explored the application of various midi controllers in a live performance context. We studied the ergonomics of each controller in relationship with customizing software environments that catered to each individual’s music.
We built multi-layered, internal layouts that lend itself to the most direct way to engage with the computer and the audience.
The class allowed them to think creatively about the structures and limitations that lay in front of them and how best to deal with this in a live context.
This is their first Controllerism performance in front of an audience."
- Professor King Britt
Controllerism is a term coined in ’05 by electronic producer Moldover.
Live performances by:
Yichan Yin
Omar Flores
Valen Chang
Guy Laborde
Jackson Matley
Maximillian Chen
Benjamin Redlawsk
video: Keanu Nazemi
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Celebrate the Arts - Welcome Week Festival
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 11:00 am
Matthews Quad
Free. More information: Celebrate the Arts
Thursday, September 22 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Matthews Quad
Info booth, givesaways & free ice cream!
Stop by to learn about arts on campus. Talk to representatives from campus art departments, academic departments and student orgs and learn how you can be involved in the arts at UC San Diego!
Learn more at celebratearts.ucsd.edu
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Bara Gisladottir's VIDDIR
Sunday, September 25th, 2022 3:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
Free. RSVP required: http://music.ucsd.edu/tickets
All guests must adhere to University