About Kaleidoscope MusArt KaleidoscopeMusArt is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting classical music as a relevant and evolving art form, through innovative concert programs and educational initiatives that explore links between new, rarely-heard, and well-known works while prominently featuring emerging artists and living composers. Inesa Gegprifti, President*^ Redi Llupa, Vice-President*^ Our goals are to: Akina Yura, Treasurer*^ Make artistic experience accessible and affordable to a broad and diverse audience. Cultivate the appreciation of classical music among young generations. Board of Directors Support living composers through commissions and calls for scores. Maria Sumareva, Chair*^ Showcase the plurality of styles found in classical music throughout time and across cultures. Emiri Nourishirazi, Secretary Support young artists under the age of 18 by creating and facilitating access to Ermir Bejo educational and performing opportunities. Rodrigo Bussad^ Contribute to building an inclusive classical music community that upholds the Luca Cubisino principles of equality, fairness, and non-discrimination. Ricardo Lewitus Andrew Rosenblum Kaleidoscope MusArt was born out of the necessity of making contemporary piano music *Artistic/Executive Committee an integral part of the classical concert experience. Our distinctive approach to ^KMA Co-Founders programming draws connections between standard and contemporary repertoire in thematic concerts, exploring a spectrum of stylistic and aesthetic perspectives. The Volunteer & Blog Contributor: format of our concerts incorporates brief presentations about the works performed, Gianna Milan catalyzing a stronger connection between the audience and the music. By engaging Volunteer: young artists to perform new and rarely-heard works we aim to stimulate their Anna Gryshyna continuous curiosity and active advocacy for the contemporary repertoire. The Living Legacy of Dennis Kam June 26, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EST - Online, via Demio Ontologies: Pre-Socratic Etudes (1979) Dennis Kam (1942-2018) I. Heraclitus – change (everything is in the state of flux) II. Democritus – atoms III. Parmenides – permanence (there is no change or “all is one”) Maria Sumareva, piano The Blazing Macaw for piano and fixed media (1992) Charles Norman Mason (b. 1955) Akina Yura, piano Piano Sonata No. 1 (2002) Dennis Kam Inesa Gegprifti, piano fin de cycle for muted piano and tape (1997) Dorothy Hindman (b. 1966) Redi Llupa, piano Recuerdos de otra música para piano (1990) Orlando Jacinto García (b. 1954) Emiri Nourishirazi, piano D-Bop [Sonata No. 2a] (2010) Dennis Kam Lindsay Garritson, piano The Epistemology of Delicate Time in Blue Three (1982) Dennis Kam Alan Johnson, piano Audio Editing: Justin Chervony Video Editing: Gonzalo Mejia, Media for Change DENNIS KAM - composer - Dennis Kam, an internationally esteemed composer and teacher, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1942. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, his Masters of Music in Composition from University of Hawaii, and his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, also studying abroad at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria) and the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo (Japan). His teachers included Joseph Wood, Armand Russell, Ernst Krenek, Salvatore Martirano, Cesar Bresgen, and Yoshiro Irino. During these years, he earned two Broadcast Music Student Composer Awards (1963 and 1967). After receiving a grant from the Ford Foundation/MENC Contemporary Music Project, Kam returned to his hometown in 1970 for a two-year position as Composer-in-Residence for Honolulu and the State of Hawaii. In 1974, he began teaching at the University of Miami School of Music in Coral Gables, and two years later became the Chairman of the Theory and Composition Department, a position he held until his retirement in 2013. Dr. Kam has received numerous awards and recognitions, including a Florida Arts Council Grant, an “Escape to Create” Grant and Residency at Seaside Florida (Seaside Institute), State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, Phillip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship (1993-1994), and The University of Miami School of Music Most Meritorious Faculty Award. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Composers and served as the President of the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society. Dr. Kam was music director and conductor for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony from 1983 to 1987, after which he served as the ensemble’s guest conductor, music theory consultant, and composer-in-residence. In his later years, he was the Music/Worship Director at Granada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables, Florida, and the Composer-in-Residence/Associate Conductor for the South Florida Youth Symphony. Kam’s works have been released on Paladino, Albany, Capstone, Living Artist, and TNC. Dr. Kam is survived by Cynthia Chun Kam, piano teacher, composer, and wife of 42 years, and their daughter Lauren Lee Kam. | dennis-kam.org CHARLES NORMAN MASON - composer - Charles Norman Mason has earned widespread praise from critics for music that is “full of invention...funky and colorful...consistently ingenious” (High Performance Review) and that is “charged with creativity” and “occupies a class of its own” (The Birmingham News). Charles N. Mason is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including the 2005-2006 Samuel Barber Rome Prize Fellowship in composition, Premi Internacional de Composició Musical Ciutat de Tarragona Orchestra Music prize, Dale Warland Singers Commission Prize, BMI Young Composers Award, National Endowment of the Arts Artist Fellowship, and prizes at the International Society for Bassists Composition Competition and the Bourges Electro-Acoustic Composition Competition. His music has been performed throughout the world, including at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, Foro Internacional de Música Nueva in Mexico, and new music festivals in Prague, Bucharest, Bulgaria, and Sao Paulo. Dr. Mason is Chair of the Composition and Theory Department at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music as well as the director of its Electronic Music studio. He is also executive director of Living Music Foundation, Inc. charlesnormanmason.com DOROTHY HINDMAN - composer - Dorothy Hindman's compositions push the boundaries of technical possibility with unique, visceral elegance. Driving rhythms and distortion give way to complex timbres, intricate structures, and emotional force. The result is “bright with energy and a lilting lyricism” (New York Classical Review), “dramatic, highly strung” (Fanfare), and “varied, utterly rich … with purpose and heart” (Huffington Post). Hindman’s music has been performed in Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, Jordan Hall, American Academy in Rome, Muziekgebouw, BKA-Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center, and more, by trailblazers including Splinter Reeds, Bent Frequency, Fresh Squeezed Opera, [Switch~Ensemble], Corona Guitar Kvartet, Robert Black, Craig Hultgren, Stuart Gerber, and Jacob Mason. Festival appearances include Havana Contemporary Music Festival, Australian Flute Festival, Charlotte New Music Festival, Romania’s Toamna Muzicală Clujeană, Russia’s Kolumna New Music Festival, and Rome’s Nuovi Spazi Musicali. Hindman has received grants and awards from the Mellon Foundation, Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Iron Composer, NACUSA, American Prize, Global Music Awards, International Society of Bassists, Percussive Arts Society, and more. Hindman’s collected works are on Innova Recordings; additional works appear on Albany, Capstone, EMM, and Living Artists. Scores are available from Subito Music, NoteNova, and dorn/Needham. Hindman is Associate Professor of composition at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. | dorothyhindman.com ORLANDO JACINTO GARCÍA - composer - Through 200 works composed for a wide range of genres including interdisciplinary and site specific works, Orlando Jacinto García has established himself as an important figure in the new music world. His music has been described as “time suspended - haunting sonic explorations,” exhibiting qualities he developed from his studies with Morton Feldman among others. García is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from a variety of organizations and cultural institutions including the Rockefeller, Fulbright, Knight, Dutka, Civitella Ranieri, Bogliasco, and Cintas foundations, the State of Florida, the MacDowell and Millay Colony, as well as the Ariel, Noise International, Matiz Rangel, Nuevas Resonancias, Salvatore Martirano, and Bloch international competitions. Most recently, he has been the recipient of 4 Latin Grammy nominations in the best Contemporary Classical Composition Category (2009-11, 2015). His works can be heard on New Albion, O.O. Discs, CRI /New World, Albany, North/South, CRS, Rugginenti, VDM, Capstone, Innova, CNMAS, Opus One, Telos, and Toccata Classics. A resident composer for the Miami Symphony Orchestra, García is also the founder and director of the NODUS Ensemble, the Miami Chapter of the International Society for Contemporary Music, and the New Music Miami ISCM Festival. A dedicated educator, he is Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence for the School of Music at Florida International University. | orlandojacintogarcia.com MARIA SUMAREVA Pianist Maria Sumareva has been heard as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist across Europe and the U.S. Her