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Sunday September 12th 5:50pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street @ Van Ness
San Francisco CA


As part of
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
4th Annual Chamber Music Day





Admission is FREE




Classical Revolution will premiere “Daya Suite”, a new work by composer Weber Iago, at San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music’s 4th Annual Chamber Music Day, held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Sunday September 12, 2010.  Chamber Music Day feratures 31 diverse local ensembles, ranging from Baroque to contemporary to jazz, performing in all three of SFCM’s concert spaces, starting at noon.  Classical Revolution’s world premiere performance closes out the exciting day of live music at 5:50pm in the Concert Hall.  The day long event is presented completely free and open to the public.

Having grown up with a background in classical as well as jazz music, Weber Iago’s latest composition incorporates instrumentation, form, and harmonic language from both traditions.  For this performance, Weber Iago’s Piano Trio joins forces with Revolution Quartet, Classical Revolution’s Ensemble-in-Residence.

Daya Suite is a five-movement meditation on the Sikh virtue of daya, or compassion, the state of being aware of the suffering of all people and to do what is necessary to relieve others’ suffering.

This premiere has been possible through a commission funded by the Silent Gong Foundation.



Daya Suite for Jazz Trio and String Quartet

I. Chants at Dawn
II. Othos de Criancas
III. Esperas e Certezas
IV. Unwavering Love
V. Rebirth of a Journey

Weber Iago, piano
Dan Robbins, bass
Mike Shannon, drums
Rachel Noyes, violin
Natalie Carducci, violin
Charith Premawardhana, viola
Sam van Loon, cello



Weber Iago

(b. Rio de Janeiro, 1962) began his musical training at age seven in Brazil. While studying at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Iago developed his distinctive compositional style, incorporating diverse classical, jazz and Brazilian influences. In 1985, he embarked to the United States to continue his musical exploration of both traditional and modern genres. Opening for high-profile players such as Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Dianne Reeves while at the same time recording with Romero Lubambo and arranging for Cláudia Villela, Iago established himself as both composer and arranger. In 1998, he became the musical director of the Tamba Trio, the legendary bossa nova ensemble. In 2003, Iago released Two Hands One Heart, modern renditions of Brazilian and jazz standards. Then, in 2004, came his debut of original works, Children of the Wind, commissioned by Peter Meckel, with renowned woodwind players Paul McCandless and Keith Underwood. Recent recordings have included collaborative projects with Ron Kaplan, Hristo Vitchev, and Jovino Santos Neto. Weber Iago now lives on the Monterey peninsula in northern California, and is a frequent performer at the Monterey Jazz Festival as well touring internationally and here in the U.S.



Chamber Music Day 2010

Sponsored by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, Chamber Music Day will take place on September 12, 2010 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at 50 Oak Street, San Francisco. Chamber Music Day will feature 31 ensembles from baroque and classical to contemporary and jazz, performing on three stages from noon to 6:30 p.m., including the Alexander and Ives Quartets, the Marcus Shelby Quartet, Earplay, Dave Mihaly Shimmering Leaves Ensemble, Lisa Mezzacappa & Nightshade, and the Nice Guy Trio, among other outstanding chamber ensembles. All performances are free to attend.

For more information on Chamber Music Day 2010, see http://www.sffcm.org.



Classical Revolution

For the past 4 years, Classical Revolution has been presenting chamber music performance events at alternative spaces such and bars in cafes in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Over 500 different musicians have participated in the over 400 events that have been presented by Classical Rev, which is led by founder and organizer Charith Premawardhana.  Musicians come from diverse backgrounds, and include conservatory students and skilled amateurs, as well as symphony professionals and touring artists.  The breakdown of barriers between these musicians, as well as between musicians and audience, leads to a level of openness and accessibility rarely experienced in classical music performances.  Classical Revolution has presented performances in dozens of diverse Bay Area venues.  Residencies have been held at Revolution Cafe, Amnesia, Legion of Honor, Makeout Room, and Red Poppy Art House.

The Classical Revolution movement has spread to other cities around the world.  Chapters have sprouted up in places such as Portland, New York, Montreal, Berlin, Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington DC, and Toronto.  Each chapter is run autonomously but holds true to the Classical Rev ideals of providing live chamber music for the people.

Revolution Quartet serves as Classical Revolution’s Ensemble-in-Residence.  This quartet brings together 4 musicians who are highly skilled and experienced in the field of chamber music to perform various styles of music – classical to contemporary, collaborating with diverse musicians from jazz to hip hop to folk.  Upcoming and recent engagements include performances at the Legion of Honor, The Fillmore Poster Room, Bottom of the Hill, and the Crowden School Sundays at 4 Series.

http://www.classicalrevolution.org

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Saturday, October 23, 2010 8:00pm

Peabody Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

Hajime Teri Murai, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Director of Orchestral Activities

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major, K. 319
Gustav Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Concert dedicated to the memory of Steven Baxter (1946-2010), former dean of the Peabody Conservatory.

Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Series

Tickets
$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Friday, October 22, 2010 7:30pm

Peabody Improvisation & Multimedia Ensemble
Jazz
East Hall

Gary Thomas, Director

Tickets
$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Argento invites you to the Moving Sounds Festival, September 2-5, 2010

Moving Sounds is a 4-day festival of music, visual media, and aesthetic dialogue. Through concerts and symposia, the festival explores sound and its musical and societal implications.

Following last year’s highly successful festival, Moving Sounds 2010 continues its investigation of sonic phenomena by pairing contemporary music with electronic performances. Argento will give world premieres of works by Austrian composers Georg Friedrich Haas and Bernhard Lang. Concerts will also feature Austrian guitarist and electronic sound artist Christian Fennesz, Japanese-American acousmatic composer Steven Takasugi, and Austrian alternative singer-songwriter Soap&Skin. Bridging the electronic and acoustic worlds, Argento will also perform the world premiere of American composer Ed Campion’s concerto for the new electronic instrument, the Yamaha AvantGrand.

Events take place at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Le Poisson Rouge, and the Czech Center. For the full festival schedule, visit www.argentomusic.org/movingsounds.

Focus on Georg Friedrich Haas

THURSDAY, SEP 2, 7:00 and 8:30 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door; Ticket Reservation

Program

Georg Friedrich Haas - Atthis for octet
World premiere
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Steven Takasugi - The Flypaper for electronic tape

Georg Friedrich Haas - Phantasien for viola and clarinet
U.S. premiere – Carol McGonnell, clarinet ; Stephanie Griffin, viola

The Spatialized Sonic Experience

FRIDAY, SEP 3, 7:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Subway: 6 train to 77 St
Suggested Donation at the Door; Ticket reservation

Program

Victor Adán - Fonoptera B for custom made surround sound instruments
World premiere

Georg Friedrich Haas - Unheimat for spatialized string ensemble
U.S. premiere
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen for string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

FRIDAY, SEP 3, 8:30 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Subway: 6 train to 77 St
Suggested Donation at the Door;Ticket reservation

Program

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen for string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Georg Friedrich Haas - Unheimat for spatialized string ensemble
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Michel Galante, conductor

Edmund Campion - Flow-Debris-Falls - concerto for AvantGrand electronic keyboard and 17 instruments – World premiere – Joanna Chao, AvantGrand
Argento Chamber Ensemble – Jonathan Yates, conductor

Symposium

SATURDAY, SEP 4, Time TBA
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave

Symposium program and ticket reservation

Moderator: Brian Kane, Yale University

Lang and Kane

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 7:00 PM, Doors Open at 6:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Program

Bernhard Lang - Differenz/Wiederholung 21 for flute, percussion, and electronics
World premiere – Due East: Erin Lesser, flute ; Greg Beyer, percussion

Brian Kane – 0.215 for contrabass flute and electronics
World premiere – Erin Lesser, flute

Soap & Skin

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 8:30 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Concert by Soap & Skin.

Christian Fennesz, guitar/electronics

SAUTRDAY, SEP 4, 10:00 PM
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson), New York, NY 10012
Subway: A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4 St; 6 train to Bleecker St; 1 train to Houston St or Christopher Street; R to Prince St
Tickets

Concert by Christian Fennesz, electronics

Focus on Haas

SUNDAY, SEP 5, 1:00 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door;
Ticket Reservation

Program

Steven Takasugi - Die Klavierübung (2010 version)
World premiere

Georg Friedrich Haas - Duo for viola and prepared piano
U.S. premiere – Miranda Cuckson, viola ; Joanna Chao, piano

SUNDAY, SEP 5, 8:00 PM
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Subway: B/D/F trains to Rockefeller Center; 6 train to 51 St; E/V trains to 5 Ave
Suggested Donation at the Door;
Ticket reservation

Program

Georg Friedrich Haas - String Quartet No. 3 performed in darkness
Jack Quartet

Post concert discussion with the performers and the composer

Moving Sounds Festival 2010 is supported in part by grants from the Fritz Reiner Fund.

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Friday, October 15, 2010 7:30pm

Peabody Jazz Orchestra
Jazz
East Hall

Michael Formanek, Director

Tickets
$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:30pm
Peabody Latin Jazz Ensemble
Jazz
East Hall

Tim Murphy, Director

Tickets

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 7:30pm
Peabody Wind Ensemble
Woodwinds & Brass
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

Harlan D. Parker, Conductor
Clipper City Brass Quintet

Dmitri Kabalevsky (transc. Walter Beeler): Colas Breugnon Overture
Eric Ewazen: Shadowcatcher
Percy Aldridge Grainger: “The Gumsuckers” March; Irish Tune from County Derry; Shepherd’s Hey
Morton Gould: Symphony No. 4, “West Point”

Tickets

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 8:00pm
Alexander Shtarkman, Piano
Recital
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

Alexander Shtarkman, Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 322
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Igor Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

Tickets

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Friday, October 1, 2010 8:00pm
Peabody Concert Orchestra
Orchestral
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

Hajime Teri Murai, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Director of Orchestral Activities
Ta-Wei Tsai, Piano, Harrison L. Winter Piano Competition Winner

Michael Daugherty: Route 66
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, “Little Russian”

Tickets

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:00pm
Peabody Symphony Orchestra
Orchestral
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

Hajime Teri Murai, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Director of Orchestral Activities
Gleb Kanasevich, Clarinet, Peggy & Yale Gordon Concerto Competition Winner

Chen Yi: Duo Ye No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Series

Tickets

$15 Adults
$10 Seniors
$5 Students with ID

Call 410-234-4800 (Mon-Fri 10:00 am – 4:00 pm)

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