Date: March 1 - 8, 2008
Composers: Morton Subotnick (New York, NY),
Keeril Makan (Cambridge, MA),
Dan Becker (San Francisco, CA),
Wadada Leo Smith (Piri, CA)
Organization: Other Minds (San Francisco, CA)
Venue: Jewish Community Center (San Francisco, CA)
Works by Subotnick, Makan, Becker and Smith will be performed at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. In the days leading up to the performances the composers will participate in panel discussions at various Bay Area venues. For more information visit www.otherminds.org.
Date: March 5, 2008
Composers: Kristin Norderval (New York, NY),
Frances White (Princeton, NJ),
Max Lifchtiz (Albany, NY),
David Glaser (New York, NY),
Paul Richards (Gainesville, FL)
Organization: Parthenia (Woodside, NY)
Venue: Picture Ray Studio (New York, NY)
Parthenia, the viol consort, will present Hot off the Press - New Music and Poetry for 2008 on March 5th, 2008, featuring works by living composers. Before and after the concert the composers will participate in discussions and a Q&A session. For more information visit www.parthenia.org.
Date: March 5-8, 2008
Composer: Steve Ricks (Provo, UT)
Organization: Fear No Music (Portland, OR)
Venues: The Old Church (Portland, OR), Portland State University (Portland, OR)
Steve Ricks’ music will be presented as part of the concert METAL AND WOOD MEET EARTH AND WATER on March 7, 2008. Following the performance, Ricks will present an open master class for Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project. Ricks will also give a radio interview and participate in an open rehearsal and a pre-concert lecture. For more information visit www.fearnomusic.org.
Date: March 7-9, 2008
Composer: Jennifer Higdon (Philadelphia, PA)
Organization: WITF (Harrisburg, PA)
Venue: WITF (Harrisburg, PA)
Composer Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto will be performed by the Harrisburg Symphony on March 8th & 9th. Before the first performance, Ms. Higdon will speak and perform live at WITF’s Public Media Center. A portion of this event will be aired on WITF’s hour-long radio show Composing Thoughts. For more information visit www.witf.org.
Date: March 7-8 & April 9-12, 2008
Composer: Alden Jenks (Oakland, CA)
Organization: Ensemble Parallele (San Francisco, CA)
Venue: San Francisco Conservatory and University of California - Santa Cruz
Alden Jenks’ new work The Soup will be performed by Ensemble Parallele in March and April 2008. Before each concert Jenks will participate in discussions with university students about his music and the dramatic and technological aspects of The Soup. For more information visit www.ensembleparallel.com.
Date: March 7-9, 2008
Composer: Jim Papoulis (New York, NY)
Organization: Heartland Youth Choir (Des Moines, IA)
Venue: Sheslow Auditorium (Des Moines, IA), Faith Lutheran Church (Des Moines, IA)
Composer/conductor Jim Papoulis will conduct a songwriting workshop with children in the Heartland Youth Choir of Des Moines, IA. The event will be open to the public and Mr. Papoulis will be available for a Q&A session. The event will be followed by a concert featuring works by the composer. For more information visit www.heartlandyouthchoir.com.
Date: March 7, 2008
Composer: Dan Cavanagh (Arlington, TX)
Organization: Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra (McKinney, TX)
Venue: McKinney Performing Arts Center (McKinney, TX)
Composer and pianist Dan Cavanagh will be leading his jazz sextet Outburst in a performance of all original works on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 7:30pm. The concert will be presented as part of the Starting with Families series at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. For more information visit www.ctyo.org.
Date: March 10-15, 2008
Composer: Richard Einhorn (New York, NY)
Organization: ARTSwego (Oswego, NY)
Venue: Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall (Oswego, NY), WCNY Studios (Syracuse, NY), Oswego High School (Oswego, NY)
ARTSwego has commissioned composer Richard Einhorn to create The Origin, a multi-media oratorio based on the writings of Charles Darwin. In March, the work will be premiered on the campus of SUNY Oswego with original media elements created for the piece by filmmaker Bill Morrison. Einhorn’s one week residency leading up to the work’s premiere will include post-performance talk backs and a lecture shared with evolutionary biologist Amy Welsh. For more information visit www.oswego.edu.
Date: March 12, 2008
Composer: Philip Gelb (Oakland, CA)
Organization: Society for Art Publications of the Americas (SAPA)/Meridian Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Venue: Meridian Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
Philip Gelp, in duet with Jie Ma, will perform music for shakuhachi and pipa. The concert will encourage audience interaction with the composer at a reception following the concert. For more information visit www.meridiangallery.org.
Date: Various dates beginning March 13, 2008
Composer: Elizabeth Alexander (St. Paul, MN)
Organization: Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (Minneapolis, MN)
Venue: Hamline University (St. Paul, MN), DeLaSalle HS (Minneapolis, MN), St. Paul Central HS (St. Paul, MN)
The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra together with the St. Paul Central High School Orchestra and the De LaSalle High School Orchestra has commissioned the work “Maji” from Elizabeth Alexander. Each orchestra will perform the work at one of their regular season concerts after working with the composer. Ms. Alexander will participate in an open rehearsal and meet with the audience before the MPO’s premiere of the piece. For more information visit www.mnphil.org.
Dates: Various dates beginning March 14, 2008
Composer: Rand Steiger (Del Mar, CA)
Organization: San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (San Francisco, CA)
Venue: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA), Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (Berkeley, CA)
Composer Rand Steiger will join the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players for a performance of his work Dreamscape on Monday, March 17, 2008. Steiger will also participate in a public lecture on the work and will join the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ Music Director David Milnes for a pre-concert discussion. For more info visit www.sfcmp.org.
Date: March 17, 2008
Composer: William Kraft (Altadena, CA)
Organization: Southwest Chamber Music (Pasadena, CA)
Venue: Colburn School of Performing Arts (Los Angeles, CA)
On March 17, 2008, Southwest Chamber Music will present Part II of its complete performances of William Kraft's Encounters. Encounters is a series of twelve groundbreaking works for percussion soloist and other instruments. Mr. Kraft will be in attendance and participate in a preconcert discussion. Mr. Kraft will also participate in an open rehearsal and Southwest Chamber Music’s Project Muse in-school concert series. For more information visit www.swmusic.org.
Date: March 21-22 & 28-29, 2008
Composer: George Cremaschi (Berkeley, CA),
Matthias Bossi (Oakland, CA),
Dan Plonsey (El Cerrito, CA),
Evelyn Ficarra (Oakland, CA),
Merlin Coleman (Berkeley, CA)
Organization: The MilkBar (Berkeley, CA)
Venue: The MilkBar (Berkeley, CA), The Noodle Factory (Oakland, CA)
The 2008 MilkBar International Live Film Festival explores the intersections of music, film and performance. The featured composers will all present new works at the festival in collaboration with a film/performance artist. Composers will additionally be present for an open workshop/demonstration lecture and be available after opening and closing nights for a Q&A session. For more information visit www.milkbar.org.
Dates: March 27 & 31, 2008
Composer: Carl Schimmel (Grinnel, IA),
Harold Meltzer (New York, NY)
Organization: The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (San Francisco, CA)
Venue: Throckmorton Theatre (Mill Valley, CA), The Green Room (San Francisco, CA)
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s concerts on March 27 and March 31, 2008: Words, Stories and Music will feature two new works by Harold Meltzer and Carl Schimmel. The works on these concerts focus on the various ways composers transmit the meaning of words through music. The composers will participate in the rehearsal preparation process and give a pre-concert talk about their new work. For more information visit www.chambermusicpartn.org.
Date: March 31, 2008
Composer: Noam Sivan (New York, NY)
Organization: Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival, Inc. (Canandaigua, NY)
Venue: Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival (Canandaigua, NY)
Mr. Sivan, together with the mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin, will perform the world-premiere of a new song cycle commissioned by the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival. Sivan will speak with the audience before and after the performance and give presentations to local music students. Sivan will return to the area in August to be a part of the festival’s interactive Classical Blue Jeans event. For more information visit www.LakeChamberMusic.org.
