Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Thu, Apr 21 2022 8:00 PM


Streaming and in-person
In person and streaming.

Presented by Mills College Music Department, the Center for Contemporary Music and Mills Performing Arts

DARIUS MILHAUD — L'Homme et son désir, Op. 48 & La création du monde, Op. 81, conducted by NICOLE PAIEMENT
ROSCOE MITCHELL — Cards in 3D Colors (world premiere), KATE STENBERG: violin, SARAH CAHILL: piano
ROSCOE MITCHELL— Distant Radio Transmission for Improvisers and Orchestra, Sustain and Run for Orchestra and Solo Improvisers, conducted by STEED COWART
Open to the public, both in-person and via live stream.

Registration is required.

In-Person:

$15 -or- Pay What You Wish, Free with a Mills I.D

Capacity is limited and Proof of Vaccination is required.

Face Coverings are required, at all times, in all venues.

For more info and a list of accepted documents visit: Mills College COVID-19 Response for event guests.

Live Stream:

Free -or- Pay What You Wish.

Live Stream link will be provided on the day of the event

The evening concert features orchestral music by Darius Milhaud and Milhaud Professor Roscoe Mitchell conducted by Nicole Paiement and Steed Cowart. Milhaud was a member of the Mills faculty from 1940 to 1971. His compositions during early 20th century included experiments with “noise,” polytonality, and appropriations from cross-cultural sources such as American jazz. L’Homme et son desir (1917–18) and La Création du monde, Op. 81 (1923) are among his most “radical” works. The second half of the concert features music by composer/multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell (Milhaud Professor of Music, 2007–18), who was among the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Mitchell’s music eliminates the traditional separation of “composer” and “performer” by integrating improvisation and composition, a hybrid creative practice illustrated by two orchestral works and a duo for violin and piano.

More information:

www.performingarts.mills.edu

Cost: $0.00-$15.00