SFCMP Performances at the CROSSROADS Series
Guerrilla Sounds: Julius Eastman’s Legacy
In our "at the CROSSROADS Series," we celebrate together the work of legacy composers alongside cutting-edge voices from across generations: By meeting at these generational crossroads we reveal how the latest works are grounded in timeless questions.
Inspired by Julius Eastman’s politically powerful and sonically persuasive works "Stay on It" and "Gay Guerrilla," we launch into our cross-generational "at the CROSSROADS Series" with two major commissions. One is a new work by Sidney Corbett, an American composer living in Germany best known for his theatrical and emotionally powerful compositions. Also featured is an SFCMP commission from Bay Area composer, pianist, and improviser
Myra Melford, featuring herself as improvising piano soloist with the
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. SFCMP will premiere a new piece by exciting Brazilian-Californian composer Fernanda Aoki Navarro, while LJ White offers his own version of the interplay between freedom and structure in a work for solo violin and electronics. SFCMP also sponsors its 3rd Annual SF Search for young composers—this time writing for trios of players drawn from the instrumental forces for
Myra Melford’s premiere—to complete the multi-generational portrait.
SCHEDULE
FRI, MAY 10, 2019
5:30pm Doors open, full bar service, grilled sandwiches, Floor 2
6:30pm – 7:20pm How Music is Made program: Composer talk and music demonstrations with Sidney Corbett and Players facilitated by Eric Dudley
8:00pm Concert
9:30pm Post-Concert Party
PROGRAM
Julius Eastman, "Stay on It" (1973)
clarinet, saxophone, 2 percussion (drums & vibraphone), piano, violin, cello
Fernanda Aoki Navarro, "New Work" (2018) (World premiere)
flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello
LJ White, "fly, into the light" (2013) (West coast premiere)
solo vln + electronics
Sidney Corbett, "Aporia" (2019) (Commission)(World premiere)
clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, tuba, e.guitar, harp, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello
SCHEDULE
SAT, MAY 11, 2019
5:30pm Doors open, full bar service, grilled sandwiches, Floor 2
6:30pm – 7:20pm How Music is Made program: Composer talk and music demonstrations with
Myra Melford and Players facilitated by Eric Dudley
8:00pm Concert
9:30pm Post-Concert Party
PROGRAM
Adam Strawbridge, "Theory and Practice and Praxis" (2018) (World premiere) (*SF Search Winner) (6’)
flute, vibraphone, cello
Wyatt Cannon, "Quicksilver" (2018) (World premiere) (*SF Search Winner) (6’)
flute, vibraphone, cello
Julius Eastman, "Gay Guerrilla" (1979)
2 pianos
Myra Melford, "Homogenous Infiltration" (2019) (Commission) (World premiere)
Myra Melford, piano, soloist
flute/alto flute, oboe/english horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, percussion, harp, 2 pianos, violin, viola, cello, double bass
* Cannon and Strawbridge are the winners of our 2019 SF Search for Scores program; Their pieces were inspired by the life and legacy of Julius Eastman.
Cost: $35.00-$60.00
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Myra Melford and Satoko Fujii