A
gala performance and keynote address by American composer and virtuoso pianist
Frederic Rzewski will launch the 2006 Festival of New American Music at Sacramento
State, beginning Nov. 2 and running through Nov. 12.
Known for his piano compositions that combine elements of written and improvised
music, Rzewski will present the Festival’s keynote address, titled “Nonsequiturs,”
on Thursday, Nov. 2 at noon in the Music Recital Hall in Capistrano Hall at
Sacramento State. Later that evening, Rzewski will perform in the opening gala
for the Festival at 8 p.m., again in the Music Recital Hall. He will be joined
by pianist Eliane Lust, percussionist Michael Lipsey and the ensemble Melody
of China. The performance will be broadcast live on Capital Public Radio station
88.9 FM. More information on Frederic
Rzewski
Subsequent Festival acts
will include other notable local and visiting artists. Composers Robert Greenberg
and Martin Rokeach will have works presented by Chamber Music Alive!, while
Empyrean Ensemble will perform works by Erica Muhl, Dan Becker, Laurie San Martin
and Sam Nichols. Violinist Todd Reynolds will hold a composers forum and play
music of his own composition with live electronics. And Kui Dong and Duo Huang,
two Chinese-born composers now living in the United States, will have their
works showcased in a combined performance featuring Melody of China and the
Del Sol String Quartet.
Violinist Todd Reynolds
The Festival will
close Nov. 12 with Sacramento State Professor Laurel Zucker on flute, and Mark
Delpriora on guitar, premiering a composition by Jack Perla at 3 p.m. at the
Crocker Art Museum. The final Sacramento State Festival performance, directed
by Steve Roach, will feature the Sac State Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, with
Tim Ries on saxophone, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall in Capistrano
Hall.
This year marks
the 29th Festival of New American Music, one of the longest-running contemporary
music festivals in the country. The Festival offers a wide variety of music
performances, as well as lectures and presentations at venues ranging from Sacramento
State’s Music Recital Hall to area high schools and art museums. Most
events are free of charge.
For more information,
contact the Music Department at 278-5155. A schedule of events is listed at
www.calendar.csus.edu. For media assistance, contact the Sacramento State Public
Affairs office at 278-6156.
2006 Festival of New American Music
Schedule of Events
For information, contact the Music Department at 278-5155
(Events are free unless otherwise indicated)
Opening Gala Performance
for the Festival of New American Music with composer/pianist Frederic Rzewski
and Eliane Lust, piano; Melody of China; and Michael Lipsey, percussion, 8 p.m.,
Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Friday,
Nov. 3
Composer’s Forum: Martin Rokeach, 11 a.m., Capistrano Hall 321.
The Music of David Lincoln
Burnam, Sunny Knable, piano, 3 p.m., University Library Gallery.
The Music of Frederic Rzewski,
with pianists Frederic Rzewski and Eliane Lust,
8 p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Saturday,
Nov. 4
Sac State Jazz Singers and C-Sus, Kerry Marsh, director, 3 p.m., Music Recital
Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Pre-concert Talk, composers
Robert Greenberg and Martin Rokeach, with Stephen Blumberg, host, 7 p.m., Capistrano
Hall 151.
Chamber Music Alive! with
guest pianist Lino Rivera, 8 p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Sunday,
Nov. 5
Sacramento State Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Robert Halseth, conductor,
3 p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Pre-concert Talk, composers
Erica Muhl, Dan Becker, Laurie San Martin and Sam Nichols, with Stephen Blumberg,
host, 7 p.m., Capistrano Hall 151.
Pre-concert Talk, composers
Richard Lavenda, George Burt, Jerry Grant, David Colson and Stephen Blumberg,
7 p.m., Capistrano Hall 151.
Ensemble Chiaroscuro, 8
p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Thursday,
Nov. 9
Composer’s Forum, Kui Dong, 9 a.m., Capistrano Hall 205.
Composer’s Forum,
Duo Huang, 10:30 a.m., Capistrano Hall 205.
Composer’s Forum,
Jerry Grant, noon, Capistrano Hall 209.
Composer’s Forum,
Jack Perla, 3 p.m., Capistrano Hall 205.
Hand Drum Workshop, River
Guerguerian, 4 p.m., Capistrano Hall 329.
Student Composers Performance
Competition, 4 p.m., Capistrano Hall 151.
Sac State Festival Ensemble, works by Jerry Grant, John Williams, Robin Heifitz,
8 p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Saturday,
Nov. 11
Young Festival Performers Recital, noon, Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Mary Youngblood, flute,
3 p.m., Center for Contemporary Art, 1519 19th Street, Sacramento.
Pre-concert Talk, composers
Kui Dong and Duo Huang, with Stephen Blumberg, host, 7 p.m., Capistrano Hall
151.
Melody of China and the
Del Sol String Quartet, 8 p.m., Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
Sunday,
Nov. 12
Laurel Zucker, flute, and Mark Delpriora, guitar, 3 p.m., Crocker Art Museum,
216 O Street, Sacramento, admission $6 general, $4 seniors, $3 students. For
more information call 264-5423.
Sac State Jazz Ensemble
and Jazz Combo, Steve Roach, director, with guest Tim Ries, saxophone, 8 p.m.,
Music Recital Hall, Capistrano Hall.
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