RECENT / UPCOMING EVENTS

March 26th, 2009      8:00 PM      Anahistoric: New and Old Works of Composer Benjamin Carson

Presented by the Music Performance Program at Columbia University, and percussion/piano quartet Yarn/Wire. Featuring cellist Katie Schlaikjer, saxophonist Rhonda Taylor, trumpeter Glen Whitehead, and contrabassist Chris Williams. 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, near Amsterdam and 116th.

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April 5, 2009           4:00 pm      April in Santa Cruz I: Rhonda Taylor

Lesser Myths I: Anonyme for alto saxophone. Also featuring music of Gérard Grisey, Avi Tchamni, others TBA. Music Center Recital Hall, U.C. Santa Cruz

April 15, 2009         7:00 pm      April in Santa Cruz III: Yarn/Wire

Mediations/Tenors, for marimba with metal miscellany and vibraphone with wooden miscellany (Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, percussion). Coda: You Are Not I; “fors seulement…”, fors seulement condition for piano (Jacob Rhodebeck). Music Center Recital Hall, U.C. Santa Cruz

Also featuring music of Kim Hi Kyung, plus Luciano Berio: Linea (1973), John Arrigo-Nelson: fluttuazione/attimo (2008), and Stefano Gervasoni: Sviete Tihi – Capriccio dopo la Fantasia (2006)

 

December 3, 2009        8:00 pm      Ben Carson: Syncline and Anticline

This is the opening ceremony of Diversity + Change, the Annual Conference of the International Society for Improvised Music.

After an algorithmic opener by Dave Cope, Syncline and Anticline is a structure of negotiation in which Carson, along with Russell Greenberg, Rhonda Taylor, Scott Walton, and Glen Whitehead, will recreate a variety of written and spontaneous musics.

Following our show, the great and distinguished bebop pianist/composer Freddie Redd, and finally an open jam session of the festival conference.

Kuumbwa Jazz Center. 320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

April 5, 2010         7:00 pm      Aiyun Huang: New Music for Percussion

Featuring Ben Carson’s A is for Azimuth and Arnica, in a brand new interpretation. Works of other composers to be announced. Music Center Performance Studio: U.C. Santa Cruz