Ryan Nestor + post-concert discussion with Charissa Noble
Exploring sonic signifiers of wartime and violence, percussionist Ryan Nestor performs multimedia works linking sound, imagery, and historical context. UCSC Musicology alum and Director of San Diego New Music Charissa Noble leads the audience in a post-concert discussion.
Jordan Munson: Those that I Fight I do not Hate
Ryan Nestor: Crotalus 1
Ryan Nestor: RATTLE watch
Ryan Nestor: Crotalus 2
Ryan Nestor: This is not a Drill
Jürg Frey: Metall, Stein
Ryan Nestor is a percussionist specializing in contemporary music. As a performer, Nestor has commissioned and premiered numerous solo and chamber works. He is a former member of the percussion ensemble Red Fish Blue Fish and has performed alongside groups such as the International Contemporary Ensemble and The Bang on a Can All-Stars. Nestor earned the DMA degree from the University of California, San Diego, the MM from Stony Brook University, and the BMME from the University of Kentucky.
Charissa Noble is a musicologist and vocalist, specializing in new music. Her interdisciplinary research encompasses 20th century California modern art and music, experimental vocal practice and critical voice studies, early electronic music, performance art, and popular music video aesthetics and criticism. Charissa frequently presents her research at academic gatherings such as the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the International Society for Minimalist Music, Music and the Moving Image at New York University, and also participated in the first meeting of Cornell University’s After Experimentalism conference. Her work has been featured in journals published by UCLA, USC, SUNY Buffalo, as well as the Journal of Musicological Research, Sound American, and The Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, and the Bulletin of the Society for American Music. She is also deeply committed to the advancement of the arts scene in San Diego: Charissa is the Executive Director of San Diego New Music, and has collaborated with the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, San Diego Art Institute, and Art of Élan.
Cost: $18 General / $14 Members / $9 Students