SF Contemporary Music Players - Shared Rituals
May
10
8:00 PM20:00

SF Contemporary Music Players - Shared Rituals

Program:

Tania Léon - Indígena (1991) - Bay Area premiere

Gabriel Lena Frank - Lamento del Panaca for Solo Guitar (2008)

Ana Lara -Y los oros la Luz (2008) - U.S. premiere

Miguel Chuaqui - Tiempo Norte, Tiempo Sur (2008) - West Coast premiere

Gabriella Ortiz - Corpórea (2014) - West Coast premiere







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Contemporary Jewish Museum with Chordless Duo
Aug
10
1:00 PM13:00

Contemporary Jewish Museum with Chordless Duo

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.







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Contemporary Jewish Museum with Chordless Duo
Aug
9
1:00 PM13:00

Contemporary Jewish Museum with Chordless Duo

Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.







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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet
Jun
9
4:00 PM16:00

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

with Anna Presler, violin, Phyllis Kamrin, viola, Leighton Fong, cello, and others

Program

Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A minor

David Sanford - Klatka Still

Chris Castro - New Miniature for Double Bass and Bass Clarinet (Pathways mentor)

Pathways emerging composers TBA







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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet
Jun
8
7:30 PM19:30

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

Pathways: Florence Price Piano Quintet

with Anna Presler, violin, Phyllis Kamrin, viola, Leighton Fong, cello, and others

Program

Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A minor

David Sanford - Klatka Still

Chris Castro - New Miniature for Double Bass and Bass Clarinet (Pathways mentor)

Pathways emerging composers TBA







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Chordless Duo — Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University
Apr
7
2:30 PM14:30

Chordless Duo — Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University

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Chordless Duo — Music of the Jewish Diaspora

with soprano Sara LeMesh

Program

Voices of Identity: Songs of the Jewish Diaspora

Join us for a deep dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish song from around the world, with a program that includes rarely performed works by Polish-Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Ukrainian composer Shalom Kharitonov, Yemeni singer Bracha Tzfira, American composer Lori Laitman, and much more.







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Earplay Ensemble - Life Cycles
Mar
18
7:30 PM19:30

Earplay Ensemble - Life Cycles

Life Cycles

with Matilda Hoffman, conductor, Terrie Baun, violin, Thalia Moore, cello, and others

Program

Koh Cheng Jin — Flower Mantis for violin, cello and piano. West Coast Premiere

Haris Kittos — Dyades for flute, clarinet, violin and cello

Erik Ulman — Skamandros for clarinet violin, cello and piano

Toshio Hosakawa — Threnody for viola. West Coast Premiere.

Chris Castro — New Work (2024) for flute and viola. World Premiere.







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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - A Saariaho Celebration
Mar
3
4:00 PM16:00

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - A Saariaho Celebration

Butterflies, Moons, and Mirrors: A Saariaho Celebration

with Stacey Pelinka, flute, and Leighton Fong, cello

Program

Kaija Saariaho - Cendres, Papillons, Oi Kuu, Mirrors

Kay Rhie - Three Piano Miniatures (Pathways Mentor)

Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94

Monica Chew - New Work TBA WORLD PREMIERE

Tomàs Piere Serrate- Five Haiku (2022 Composition Contest Winner)







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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - A Saariaho Celebration
Mar
2
7:30 PM19:30

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - A Saariaho Celebration

Butterflies, Moons, and Mirrors: A Saariaho Celebration

with Stacey Pelinka, flute, and Leighton Fong, cello

Program

Kaija Saariaho - Cendres, Papillons, Oi Kuu, Mirrors

Kay Rhie - Three Piano Miniatures (Pathways Mentor)

Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94

Monica Chew - New Work TBA WORLD PREMIERE

Tomàs Piere Serrate- Five Haiku (2022 Composition Contest Winner)







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University of Wisconsin-Madison Residency with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Feb
15
to Feb 16

University of Wisconsin-Madison Residency with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

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with violinist Anna Presler and cellist Leighton Fong

Program:

Melinda Wagner — Romanze with Faux Variations for piano trio

Carlos Simon — Lickety Split for cello and piano

Ollie Wilson — Piano Trio  

Errollyn Wallen — Dervish for cello and piano

Gabriella Smith — Imaginary Pancake for solo piano

Laura Schwendinger — Violinists in My Life for violin and piano







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SF Contemporary Music Players - RE:Visitations
Jan
27
8:00 PM20:00

SF Contemporary Music Players - RE:Visitations

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Program:

Missy Mazzoli – Tooth and Nail (2010)

Two Works by Composers from SF Conservatory of Music’s Technology & Applied Composition Program (world premieres)

Louis Andriessen – Life (2009) with film by Marijke van Warmerdam]

Steve Mackey – San Francisco (1997)

Pierre Boulez – Dérive 1 (1984)

Frank Zappa – The Perfect Stranger (1984)







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