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Date: January 7, 2008
Composers: Craig Walsh and Pamela Z
Organization: The Empyrean Ensemble (Davis, CA)
Venue: Mondavi Studio Theater, UC Davis (Davis, CA)
The Empyrean Ensemble will present the world première performances of both Pamela Z's Twenty Answers and Craig Walsh's The Books at their concert Celebrating Merce Cunningham in tHe sPirit of CAGE. Both composers will participate in a pre-concert lecture “Demystifying the Music.”
For more information visit: The Empyrean Ensemble's website.
Date: January 11, 2008
Composer: Beverly Grigsby
Organization: California State University – Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)
Venue: CSU – Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)
Beverly Grigsby’s opera The Mask of Eleanor for solo soprano, dancers, slide projections and computer-generated orchestra will be presented on Jan. 11, 2008. The composer will act as both stage director and choreographer for the piece. Before the performance Dr. Grigsby will present a lecture on the opera, its subject matter and composition. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session. Earlier in the week, Dr. Grigsby will present a master class for composition students at CSU Stanislaus that will be open to the public.
Date: January 12, 2008
Composer: Alex Mincek
Organization: Present Music (Milwuakee, WI)
Venue: Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
For more information visit Present Music's website.
Date: January 13, 2008
Composer: Craig Bohmler
Organization: San Jose Chamber Orchestra (San Jose, CA)
Venue: Le Petit Trianon (San Jose, CA)
Bohmler's SAINTS (2001) and his new companion piece SINNERS will be featured in a full evening of the composers works. Bohmler will also participate in a pre-concert lecture and a post-concert reception.
For more information visit the San Jose Chamber Orchestra's website.
Date: January 13 - March 8, 2008
Composers: Tim Hagen, Eric Schwartz and Dante De Silva
Organization: The Definiens Project (Los Angeles, CA)
Venues: Multiple Locations including Creative Seeds (Los Angeles, CA) and Rotunda Room, Veterans Memorial Complex (Culver City, CA)
Tonoi, a resident performing ensemble of The Definiens Project will present works by Hagen Schwartz and De Silva in open dress rehearsals which are designed to allow the audience to understand how the different musical ideas fit together. Each composer will also design a musical game that mirrors his compositional process to be presented before each performance. Following each concert, the composers will be available for a Q&A session.
For more information visit the Definiens Project's website.
Date: Various dates beginning January 13, 2008
Composer: Cooper Moore
Organization: Nameless Sound (Houston, TX)
Venue: DiverseWorks Art Space (Houston, TX)
Cooper-Moore's trio, Digital Primitives will perform a concert on January 18th and give a radio interview on KTRU, Rice University on the 23rd. Cooper-Moore will present an open community workshop on choral improvisation and Multicultural Education Counseling Through the Arts. Also in January, Cooper-Moore will work with Nameless Sound in training their teachers who work with underprivileged and disabled youth.
For more information visits Nameless Sound's website.
Date: Various dates beginning January 14, 2008
Composers: Ethel Quartet (Cornelius Dufallo, Ralph Farris, Dorothy Lawson, Mary Rowell)
Organization: Ethel's Foundation for the Arts (New York, NY)
Venues: Various locations in San Antonio, TX, Chicago, IL, and Kauai, HI
The Ethel Quartet will take their collaborative composition project Truck Stop to three new cities this winter. From January 14th to the 17th, Ethel members will be in San Antonio, TX exploring Con junto, dance music developed by Mexican and German immigrants in the early twentieth century. On the 21st of January they will begin a week-long residency in Chicago working with the young South Side percussion group, The Kaotic Drumline. They will also work with students in K-12 school workshops and at Dominion University. In February, they will be in residence at Steelgrass Ranch in Kauai, HI performing at various locations and participating in outreach events.
For more information visit Ethel's website.
Date: January 16, February 29, and March 2, 2008
Composers: David Rakowski, Jeffrey Mumford and Maurice Wright
Organization: Network for New Music (Philadelphia, PA)
Venues: Various venues in NYC and Philadelphia
For more information visit Network for New Music's website.
Dates: Various Dates starting January 4th, 2008
Composers: Christina Campanella, Yoav Gal, Lisa Dove, and Kamla Sankaram
Organization: HERE Arts Center (New York, NY)
Venue: HERE Arts Center
HERE Arts Center will present the work of 4 Resident Artists through their 3rd annual “Composers in Context” series as part of their annual CULTUREMART. CULTUREMART serves as a testing ground for a work's final stages of development. The composers will all participate in lectures and/or talkbacks in connection with the performances.
For more information visit HERE's website.
Cilia Vee-Life Arts is commissioning composer Elisa Faires for the project MODUS OPERANDI. The project consists of a series of in-the-moment compositions which are based on words provided by the audience and performed by a choreographer/dancer and a composer/musician and facilitated by an actor in the character of a “Professor” conducting an experiment. The purpose is to create several short, abstract sound and movement duets, based on a structure which enables the audience to dictate the subject matter. Faires will also participate in a Meet and Greet, Q&A and a community workshop in connection with the project.
For more information visit Cilla Vee's website.
Dates: January 25 & 26, 2008
Composers: William Duckworth,
Anna Clyne,
Max Giteck Duykers,
Alexandra Gardner,
Judd Greenstein, and
Nico Muhly
Organization: Seattle Chamber Players (Seattle, WA)
Venue: On the Boards (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Chamber Players will present works by contemporary American composers in their Icebreaker IV: The American Future Festival. SCP has commissioned works by Clyne, Gardner, Greenstein and Muhly which will all premiere at the festival. Works by Duckworth and Duyker will be given regional premiers. The festival also features a symposium where all composers will give individual presentations on their works and participate in panel discussions.
For more information visit the Seattle Chamber Player's website.
Date: January 31, 2008
Composer: Larry Karush
Organization: Palomar College Performing Arts (San Marcos, CA)
Venue: Palomar College (San Marcos, CA)
Larry Karush will perform his “comprovisations” for solo piano and ensemble with world percussionists. This performance will feature new work, the collection-in-progress Songs for the New City, and other original repertoire and presented as part of the Concert Hour, a weekly event at Palomar College. The performance is 50 minutes in length. Of particular interest to us is Mr. Karush's desire and ability to interact with the audience during the performance, which would include explanations and insights related to his compositions. We also intend to schedule a master class/workshop immediately following the performance, which would be open to anyone interested.
For more information visit palomarperforms.com
