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LA Satellite Concert:
Calder Quartet, California EAR Unit and Matt McBane
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:00pm

Zipper Hall
200 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, 90012

Tickets: $25 Priority Seating, $15 General, $8 Student (at the door)

Two of Los Angeles’ premier chamber ensembles, the Calder Quartet and the California EAR Unit, join forces to perform works by Terry Riley, Matt McBane and others including the world premiere of a new work by Keeril Makan.

Calder Quartet:
"…now only the stars are the limit, as the Calder takes its place as one of America's most satisfying -- and most enterprising -- quartets."
–Mark Swed, LA Times

California EAR Unit:
"The EAR Unit performs with exuberance and razor sharp precision."
- New York Times

Matt McBane:
“a natural composer, a fresh voice and, from the evidence of his festival, a first-rate organizer with a broad range of musical interests”
-Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

Keeril Makan:
“A fascinating wedding of intellect and expressivity”
–Newsday

PROGRAM:

Terry Riley, Mythic Bird Waltz
Matt McBane, 2x4 (2004 CMF commission)
Keeril Makan, After Forgetting  (world premiere)
Fabian Svensson, Singing and Dancing (2008 CMF commission)
Additional work TBA

 

California EAR Unit
Friday, September 25, 2009, 8:00pm

Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011

Tickets: $25 Priority Seating, $15 General, $8 Student (at the door)

Pre-concert talk with the artists at 7:00pm
Post-concert reception with the artists and free food and drink immediately after the concert.

One of America’s leading contemporary chamber ensembles, the California EAR Unit performs a concert featuring works by John Luther Adams, Matt McBane and many of today’s most compelling young composers.

California EAR Unit:
"The EAR Unit performs with exuberance and razor sharp precision."
-New York Times

John Luther Adams:
“…one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.”
–Alex Ross, The New Yorker

PROGRAM:

John Luther Adams, The Light Within
Daniel Wohl, +ou-
Keeril Makan, After Forgetting  (world premiere)
Matt McBane, Anchor
Ryan Brown, Our Friend Adam
Yannis Kyrakide, Mnemonist S (with video)
Additional work TBA

 

 

Museum of Making Music Presents:
Fred Frith Performance - Demonstration
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 2:00pm

Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011

Fred Frith gives a performance demonstration of his innovative guitar techniques and unique approach creative music making.

$10 SUGGESTED DONATION AT THE DOOR

 

Calder Quartet
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:00pm

Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011

Tickets: $25 Priority Seating, $15 General, $8 Student (at the door)

Pre-concert talk with the artists at 7:00pm
Post-concert reception with the artists and free food and drink immediately after the concert.

The Festival’s Founding Ensemble-in Residence performs not one but four world premieres of new works by young composers including CMF Composers Competition winner Daniel Wohl, and looks into the past with a performance of Jancek’s Second String Quartet.

"I've written before that every time I hear the Calder, the ensemble seems to have reached a new level. That remains true, and now only the stars are the limit, as the Calder takes its place as one of America's most satisfying -- and most enterprising -- quartets." –Mark Swed, LA Times

 

 

 

Fred Frith with the Calder Quartet and the California EAR Unit
Sunday, September 27, 2009, 2:00pm

Schulman Auditorium at the Dove Library
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011

Tickets: $25 Priority Seating, $15 General, $8 Student (at the door)

Pre-concert talk with the artists at 1:00pm
Post-concert reception with the artists and free food and drink immediately after the concert.

Legendary guitarist-composer-improviser, Fred Frith, is joined by the Calder Quartet and the California EAR Unit for a concert of the genre-traversing musician’s exquisite chamber works.

"In more than twenty years of recordings and performances, Fred Frith has become something of an icon in avant-garde music... his perpetual musical motion has scraped across a good portion of the cutting-edge scenes around the globe." –Derk Richardson, SF Bay Guardian

PROGRAM:

Fred Frith, Lelekovice
Fred Frith, Friendly Gestures
Fred Frith, Cold
Fred Frith, Water Stories