Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players
featuring some of the Bay Area's outstanding proponents of contemporary music, and directed by David Milnes perform acoustic & electronic music by composers in the Berkeley New Music Project
Free admission to UCB graduate students; funding courtesy the Graduate Assembly
$12 general, $8 discount, $4 UCB students
http://tickets.berkeley.edu
(510) 642-9988
Program:
Loretta Notareschi: From the Inside for oboe, 4 violins, and cello (A. Opening - B. Breaking Open)
Aaron Einbond, Temper for bass clarinet and live electronics
Gael Tissot, Instants de marche for solo viola and tape
[Gael Tissot is in residence at UC Berkeley for the Spring 2007 semester thanks to a grant from the French-American Fund for University Partnerships].
Robert Yamasato, Silewhet for string quartet
Jason Levis, Étendue for contrabass and electronics
David Coll, 1956-1958 for violin, cello and percussion
Heather Frasch, to wrest unknown vibrations
John MacCallum, Šfrozen into shards of iceŠ for electronics
Featured performers:
Florian Conzetti, percussion
Leighton Fong, cello
Erik Ulman, violin
Peter Josheff, bass clarinet
John Sackett, bass clarinet
Toyoji Tomita, trombone
Karen Shinozaki, violin
Cynthia Mei, violin
David Ryther, violin
Rita Lee, violin
Darcy Rindt, viola
Sarath Rathke, oboe
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Cost: $12
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.