Passes and Tickets
VIP Passes good for Reserved Priority seating at all Mainstage Concerts plus VIP reserved seating for Lawn Concerts and New Currents Concerts.
Individual tickets available below.
Mainstage Concerts take place at:
St Michael's by the Sea
2775 Carlsbad Blvd.
Mainstage concert Programs
Matt McBane and Friends
Friday, August 26, 7:00-7:30pm
Festival Founder and composer/violinist Matt McBane and friends perform his critically-acclaimed suite of compositions for bluegrass string band, “Drawn.”
“a natural composer, a fresh voice and, from the evidence of his festival, a first-rate organizer with a broad range of musical interests” -Los Angeles Times
Program:
Drawn (2014) Matt McBane
- Flourish
- Interlude
- Entwined
- Repose
- Ground
Musicians:
Matt McBane: violin
Thomas Wright: mandolin
Mark Cassidy: banjo
Bob Boss: guitar
Gunnar Biggs: bass
wild Up perform future folk
Friday, August 26, 8:00-9:15pm
Modern music collective slash chamber orchestra wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience that celebrates old-world ways of living in the modern era. Featuring works by Meredith Monk, Julius Eastman, members of the ensemble and more.
“All the performances, led by Rountree, were exceptional, the ensemble turning on an astonishing stylistic dime.” -Los Angeles Times
Program:
Induction of the Space
CHRIS ROUNTREE: for Allen Ginsberg
CHRIS KALLMYER: Paradise Choir
JULIUS EASTMAN: Stay On It
ANDREW THOLL: Front Matter
MEREDITH MONK: Panda Chant
FREDERIC RZEWSKI: Coming Together
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Mysterium (realized by: Valitutto and Carey)
curated and conceived of by: Kallmyer and Rountree
created by: Rountree, Kallmyer, Carey, Valitutto
Musicians:
Erin McKibben, Flute
Brian Walsh, clarinets / saxophones
Richard Valitutto, keyboard / melodica
Andrew Tholl, violin
Adrianne Pope, violin
Carson Rick, viola
Derek Stein, cello
Stephen Pfeifer, bass
Jodie Landau, percussion / voice
Matt Cook, percussion
Chris Kallmyer, guitar
Chris Rountree, artistic director / conductor
Pascal Le BoEuf
Saturday, August 27, 1:30-2:15pm
Jazz pianist and composer Pascal Le Boeuf and his trio, Pascal’s Triangle, perform a set of his forward-looking compositions with special guest musicians from wild Up.
"[Le Boeuf's] performances and compositions display an impressive level of sophistication. Textured harmonies and shifting time signatures are handled with aplomb." -San Francisco Chronicle
Musicians:
Pascal Le Boeuf, Piano
Dave Robaire, Bass
Christian Euman, Drums
LA Percussion Quartet
Saturday, August 27, 5:00-6:00pm
Grammy-nominated LA Percussion Quartet performs newly commissioned music by Ellen Reid, Daniel Bjarnason, Kevin Volans, and a west-coast premiere by Matt McBane for triangle quartet.
"mesmerizing.., colorful, atmospheric and...supremely melodic music." -New York Times
Musicians:
Matthew Cook, Justin DeHart, Cory Hills, and Nick Terry
Program:
Daniel Bjarnason: Qui Tollis (2013)
Matt McBane: Triangles in the Shape of a Square (2016)
West Coast Premiere
Ellen Reid: Fear | Release (2015)
Kevin Volans: Four Marimbas (2016)
