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April 5, 2004
UCSC Festival of Contemporary Music set for month
of April
By Sabrina Eastwood
The UCSC Music Department will explore the widely diverse world of
contemporary music this month with the annual April in Santa Cruz Festival
of Contemporary Music to be held in the Music Center Recital Hall.
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The New Music Works Ensemble, featuring special appearances
by choreographer Tandy Beal and the work of renowned nature photographer
Kennan Ward, will perform as part of UCSC’s monthlong April
in Santa Cruz Festival of Contemporary Music
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Festival director David Evan Jones, professor of music at UCSC, has
invited artists from the Bay Area and beyond who will perform music
from the old guard of new music--with works by Stockhausen, Cage, and
Harrison--as well as cutting-edge new works by living composers.
The festival features four concerts showcasing works by distinguished
American and international composers, including members of the faculty
of the UCSC Music Department (David Evan Jones, Ben Carson, Jacques
Desjardins, Paul Nauert, Hi Kyung Kim, David Cope, and Peter Elsea).
This year's festival will feature the premiere of Ocean/Shore 2,
a commissioned work by Korean composer Hyo-shin Na.
Among the myriad artists performing in the monthlong festival are student
musicians in UCSC's dynamic Percussion Ensemble, directed by acclaimed
Bay Area teacher and musician William Winant; UCSC assistant professor
of music Ben Carson; Santa Cruz's New Music Works Ensemble (featuring
special appearances by choreographer and performer Tandy Beal and the
work of internationally known nature photographer Kennan Ward); the
San Francisco-based ensemble Earplay; internationally recognized pianist
Teresa McCollough; Atlanta-based percussionist Peggy Benkeser; and percussionist
Thomas Burritt of the University of Texas at Austin.
April in Santa Cruz 2004 presents:
April 10 (Saturday) 7:30 p.m.
New Chamber Music and UCSC Percussion Ensemble
The festival opens with a program featuring faculty and guest artists
performing solo and chamber works, including an opera excerpt, by UCSC
composers David Evan Jones, Ben Carson, and Jacques Desjardins. The
UCSC Percussion Ensemble, directed by William Winant, performs Refrain
(1961) by Karlheinz Stockhausen and the first two sections of Drumming
(1971) by Steve Reich, featuring tuned bongo drums, marimbas, and voices.
April 17 (Saturday) 8 p.m
New Music Works: Endangered
Phil Collins, director
A ritual mingling of music, dance, spoken word, and projected imagery
in honor of Earth's imperiled species of flora and fauna. Images by
wildlife photographer Kennan Ward and choreography, dancing, and recitations
by Tandy Beal. Works by John Cage, Lou Harrison, Phil Collins, David
Cope, Peter Elsea, and Frederic Rzewski.
April 23 (Friday) 7:30 p.m.
Earplay: Outside Korea
This innovative San Francisco-based ensemble performs At the Edge
of the Ocean by UCSC's Hi Kyung Kim, Song in the Dusk I for
clarinet by Geonyong Lee, and the premiere of Ocean/Shore 2,
a commissioned work by Korean composer Hyo-shin Na. Artists include
Tod Brody, Peter Josheff, Terrie Baune, Kurt Rohde, Thalia Moore, Victor
Avdienko, Daniel Kennedy, and Mary Chun.
April 24 (Saturday) 7:30 p.m.
Music for Hammers and Sticks: New Music for Piano and Percussion
Featuring Teresa McCollough, piano, and Peggy Benkeser and Tom Burritt,
percussion.
Works by Charles Griffin, Paul Nauert, Belinda Reynolds, Alex Shapiro,
Alvin Singleton, and Zhou Long.
Tickets are $10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students, available at the
UCSC Ticket Office: (831) 459-2159 http://events.ucsc.edu/tickets.
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