SF Music Day 2019 Schedule Sunday, October 6, Noon–7:45 PM SF War Memorial Veterans Building

FIRST SECOND FOURTH FOURTH p. 19 12:00–12:30 p. 36 12:00–12:30 FLOOR FLOOR FLOOR FLOOR JAZZ

& Brass Over Bridges CLASSIAL Hristo Vitchev Trio 2nd floor CONTEMPORARY

balcony p. 46 12:30–1:00 p. 8 12:45–1:15 12:45–1:15 Quinteto Latino p. 21 CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY Dee Spencer: JAZZ

The Smile Orange Project Fervida Trio CLASSIAL p. 37 1:00–1:30 CONTEMPORARY StringQuake CONTEMPORARY

p. 9 1:30–2:00 p. 22 1:30–2:00 p. 47 1:30–2:00

Sylvestris Quartet EARLY CLASSIAL CLASSIAL Stenberg|Cahill Duo CLASSICAL Trance Mission CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY p. 38 2:00–2:45 2:15–2:45 Equity & Opportunity: p. 24 Cornelius Boots A Panel Discussion with Women Music Leaders p. 10 2:30–3:00 & the Heavy Roots p. 49 2:30–3:00 Dresher | Davel Shakuhachi Ensemble CONTEMPORARY in the Bay Area Ensemble for

Invented Instrument Duo CONTEMPORARY These Times CONTEMPORARY

p. 25 3:00–3:30 Chordless: Sara LeMesh p. 41 3:15–3:45 & Allegra Chapman CLASSIAL CONTEMPORARY Los Tangueros 3:30–4:00 3:30–4:00 p. 12 Del Oeste p. 50 CONTEMPORARY

JAZZ Destiny 3:45–4:15 duo B. JAZZ Muhammad Trio p. 26 Experimental Band CONTEMPORARY

Keyed Kontraptions CLASSIAL CONTEMPORARY p. 43 4:15–4:45 JAZZ

Howard Wiley 4:30–5:00 4:30–5:00

4:30–5:00 p. 13 p. 27 & Extra Nappy p. 51 Myra Melford JAZZ Ila Cantor’s Patrick Galvin & JAZZ

CLASSIAL CLASSIAL Fay Victor Green Room Green

Encanto Jung-eun Kim CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY Lisa Mezzacappa CONTEMPORARY Herbst Theatre

p. 44 5:15–5:45 p. 29 5:15–5:45 Education Studio

Astraeus Terrence Brewer JAZZ p. 15 5:30–6:00 CLASSIAL Acoustic Jazz Quartet p. 53 5:30–6:00

String Quartet CONTEMPORARY JAZZ Telegraph Quartet Atrium Theater Taube Nathan Bickart Trio CLASSICAL

p. 33 6:00–6:30 Friction Quartet p. 45 6:15–6:45 6:30–7:00 CONTEMPORARY The Alaya Project p. 54

p. 16 6:30–7:30 GLOBAL JAZZ / GLOBAL Melody of China Richard Howell Quartet 6:45–7:15 CONTEMPORARY

JAZZ p. 35 plays John Coltrane’s 7:15-7-45 The Meráki Quartet p. 57 A Love Supreme CLASSICAL Nash Baroque &

the SF Renaissance & EARLY Baroque Dancers

2 • SF Music Day 2019 SF Music Day 2019 • 3 SF Music Day Marketplace Visit the SF Music Day Marketplace in the main lobby to meet representatives of the Bay Area’s music presenting and artist service organizations, and learn about their upcoming seasons, events and programs.

California Jazz Conservatory, p. 18 2087 Addison St Crowden Music Center, p. 34 1475 Rose Street, Berkeley Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento Street Berkeley Chamber Performances, p. 14 SF, CA 94109 Old First Concerts, p. 5 Berkeley City Club. 2315 Durant 1751 Sacramento Street

Mr. Tipples, p. 52 Center for New Music, p. 32 Over 60 concerts per year on Friday 39 Fell St, SF 55 Taylor Street, SF evenings and Sunday afternoons Roland Feller Violin Makers, p. 48 551 Divisadero, SF Chamber music, piano solo, world music, jazz and vocal concerts Earplay, p. 40 earplay.org Complimentary refreshments at SF Community Music Center, p. 17 San Francisco Early Mission & Richmond district locations Music Society, p. 23 intermission SF, Palo Alto, Berkeley Music on the Hill, p. 18 St. Aidan’s Church, Voices of Music, p 56 Discounted tickets when purchased online Diamond Heights voicesofmusic.org Student tickets just $5! Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, p. 28 Celebrating 50 years of great music chambermusicsocietysf.org

Philharmonia Baroque, p. 28 philharmonia.org

Amateur Music Network, p. 11 for tickets and more info: amateurmusic.org www.oldfirstconcerts.org Jazz in the Neighborhood, p. 42 Music at Kohl Mansion, p. 20 jazzintheneighborhood.org 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame SF Contemporary Music Players, p. 11 sfcmp.org 4 • SF Music Day 2019 Ila Cantor explains her approach to stylistic blending, and the exploration of ancient musical traditions in her ensemble, Encanto: Welcome to SF Music Day! “It is meant to be both a new lens on charango and a new contribution to modern jazz. The Welcome to our 12th annual SF Music Day! charango is a stunning folk instrument that has been admired in Andean music, but rarely On behalf of InterMusic SF, I want to congratulate you have other cultures been exposed to its beauty. all on your superb taste in music! We are thrilled you are Likewise, rarely do we see instruments from spending your day with us, listening to some of the Bay other cultures in jazz. The sonic possibilities Area’s finest musicians. of this music inspired me to continue my If you are new to SF Music Day, we invite you to explore all four venues of the exploration of ancient and world instruments Veterans Building and experience both familiar performers and new artists. which I bring into a modern jazz setting.” If you came to hear a particular ensemble or style of music, we hope you find And Ensemble for These Times leader, Nanette McGuiness speaks to something new on the schedule to spark your interest. Your new favorite group inspiration in the group’s program, “Dracula Rising: Ghosts from Hollywood might be performing just before, or after, the artists you came to hear! Past,” which features chamber music by European emigre composers who fled Today each artist on our roster will present a short set of music designed to a conflict-ridden Europe in the 1930s and 40s: highlight their group’s artistic vision, and you will find an incredible degree “What inspires us is giving a voice to undeservedly of variety from program to program. While we feature musical genres in the forgotten musical gems by both composers from program book—new music, classical, early music, jazz, and world inspired the past and present, as well as performing new sounds—you’ll find that musicians across the festival’s genre spectrum bend music by living composers whose work excites us. the boundaries of these categories, and experiment with tradition in exciting We are passionate about bringing diverse artistic and original ways. voices to the table, especially, but not only, by For this year’s festival, we have invited participating musicians to consider women creators and we actively try to reclaim and respond to our theme, Rebels & Renegades. Intended as a celebration the works of composers whose musical voices of musical innovation transcending genre or era, the theme has served as a were suppressed or even extinguished. prompt for artists as they considered their program choices for the festival, The composers in our program were path and has also encouraged them to consider what keeps them pushing forward breakers here in the US, bringing their compositional styles to LA at the as artists, musicians and ensemble leaders. dawn of talkies to create what became today’s “Hollywood sound.” Richard Howell is performing John Coltrane’s seminal work, A Love Supreme, SF Music Day is and will remain a free community-based festival. We and shared his thoughts about the theme: are thankful to our foundation and government supporters, as well as the “What appears to be a rebellious revolutionary individual donors that help us bring this event to life year after year. During act today is to fight for the principles of the golden your time at SF Music Day, please stop by our InterMusic SF table in the rule. My music, “Bridge Music,” is performed in the front lobby to learn more about all of our programs, and explore the festival spirit of bridging the divide, creating a pathway to Marketplace, where you can meet representatives from other incredible Bay bring us together through sonic vibration and just Area arts organizations. Thank you for joining us to celebrate live music! plain simple love. I am a servant of love and the Sincerely, most high; I exist to touch souls and enrich lives and to be of service. That keeps me standing tall!” Cory Combs

6 • SF Music Day 2019 Executive Director, InterMusic SF SF Music Day 2019 • 7 Herbst Theatre Herbst Theatre 12:45–1:15 PM 1:30–2:00 PM

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Dee Spencer, piano • Charles Thomas, bass • Mark Lee, drums Kate Stenberg, violin • Sarah Cahill, piano Lisa Sanchez, guitar • Erik Andrews, trumpet Howard Wiley, saxophone • Pat Mullen, trombone Prelude from Grand Duo (1988) Lou Harrison (1917–2003) Reimagining the score from the 1976 film Smile Orange Violin Sonata (1917) Claude Debussy (1862–1918) by composer/trombonist Melba Liston Allegro vivo The Smile Orange Project is a musical experience arranged and directed Intermède: Fantasque et léger by Bay Area jazz luminary, Dee Spencer, combining the 1976 film Smile Finale: Très animé Orange with a live band performance of the soundtrack composed by The Stenberg | Cahill Duo brings together two luminaries in modern and trombonist Melba Liston. Spencer’s arrangement combines soul, R&B, contemporary music, dedicated to promoting the American experimental jazz, pop and blues with traditional Jamaican sounds and pays homage to tradition and expanding it through the commissioning of new work. SF two great artists: Author Trevor D. Rhone (1940–2009) and Melba Liston Classical Voice wrote: “It’s difficult to believe that the Stenberg | Cahill Duo (1926–1999). Sketches of the original scores are archived at the Center for was formed in 2016: These two musicians sound as though they have been Black Music Research (CBMR) at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, collaborating with one another much longer. Contemporary music fans are where Spencer accessed Liston’s manuscripts. Previously, Spencer was a fortunate to have this simultaneously authoritative and approachable pair.” member of a group of four researchers called the Melba Liston Collective and served as Liston’s music copyist in NYC in the summer of 1982. Kate Stenberg’s violin playing has been described as “stunning... getting under the skin of the music from start to finish.” She is a leading interpreter Smile Orange is a satirical farce about the daily lives of native Jamaicans of contemporary chamber music, having premiered over a hundred works by working in the tourism industry. Rhone’s title is embedded in Jamaican composers worldwide, including works with multimedia and improvisation. tradition and mythology. Inside this slapstick comedy is commentary about the social conditions of the Jamaican workforce with sharp Sarah Cahill, named a 2018 Champion of New Music by the American comparisons to slavery. The characters of Smile Orange, who work at the Composers Forum, has commissioned, premiered, and recorded numerous fictitious Mondo Beach Hotel, must use their “smiles” as tools for survival. compositions for solo piano. Keyboard Magazine wrote: “Through her According to a myth dating back to the slave trade period, eating oranges inspired interpretation of works across the 20th and 21st centuries, Cahill causes sterility, and the orange growers used this to preserve the crop. has been instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest Interestingly, oranges are enjoyed by everyone throughout the film. living composers.” 8 • SF Music Day 2019 deespencer.com katestenberg.com • sarahcahill.com SF Music Day 2019 • 9 Herbst Theatre 2:30–3:00 PM

Dresher | Davel Invented Instrument Duo

SFCMP in the LABORATORY series Kinetic Transformations FRI, JAN 17, 2020 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of celebrated choreographer Merce Cunningham’s birth, as well as his long and prolific partnership with California composer JohnCAGE, the Contemporary Players feature the brilliantly unconventional Concert for Piano and Orchestra, a work composed by Cage and adapted for Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s use in a performance of Cunningham’s Antic Meet. Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival founder

photo by Robphoto Thomas and director Antoine HUNTER joins them in performance with a riveting original choreogra- phy to complement the piece. Composers Gloria JUSTEN, David COLL, Henry COWELL, and Anna CLYNE round out the program in an exploration of auditory, visual, and dance elements. Paul Dresher • Joel Davel • Naomie Kremer, video projection SFCMP.org

Three for Two (2019) by Paul Dresher Performing live on a trio of invented musical instruments, the duo of acclaimed composer, performer and instrument inventor Paul Dresher and percussionist extraordinaire Joel Davel consistently generates excitement and wonder! Three for Two is a collaboration with painter, video artist, and stage designer Naomie Kremer who has created projections from source video and imagery AMATEUR MUSIC NETWORK of the invented instruments and other sources. for the love of music-making Playing the 15-foot Quadrachord and the 10-foot Hurdy Grande (both designed by Dresher and long-time collaborator Daniel Schmidt) and the Workshops | Online Networking | Newsletters Marimba Lumina (designed by Don Buchla), Dresher and Davel create lush textures and rhythmically propulsive grooves that fascinate the ear and the eye. Exploring unique sound-colors and amplified by live digital looping, this electro-acoustic duo creates complex sonic layers as rich as a full orchestra. The Quadrachord resembles a giant electric bass that is plucked like a guitar, bowed like a cello or struck like a drum. The Hurdy Grande has seven 10-foot strings that are mechanically bowed by a motorized wooden wheel, making possible a vast array of contrasting sounds—sounding alternately like a celestial violin, a screaming electric guitar, a harp, or a percussion instrument. Davel plays the Marimba Lumina, an electronic mallet controller created by synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla in collaboration with Davel and Mark Goldstein. It offers an extended range of musical expression in comparison to electronic keyboards and other mallet instruments. JOIN US AT 10 • SF Music Day 2019 dresherensemble.org amateurmusic.org for the love of music-making @amateurmusicnetwork Herbst Theatre Herbst Theatre 3:30–4:00 PM 4:30–5:00 PM

Ila Cantor’s Encanto

Destiny Muhammad Trio photo by Scottphoto Chernis by Aleksandraphoto Shira Dubov

Destiny Muhammad, harp • Leon Joyce, Jr., drums • Arthur ‘Chico’ Lopez, bass Ila Cantor, charango, voice • Ben Goldberg, clarinet Rob Reich, accordion • Schuyler Karr, bass • Eric Garland, drums

Jazz and the Urban Attitude: The music of Marvin Gaye, Ila Cantor’s charango-led chamber-jazz ensemble performs Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, Destiny Muhammad music from her fifth album, Encanto Destiny Muhammad is a recording and performing artist, bandleader, Ila Cantor’s Encanto is inspired by the charango, a South American stringed instrument historically used for accompanying prayer and in expressions composer, and producer. Her unique genre “Celtic to Coltrane” is cool of gratitude and healing. Cantor has written a mostly instrumental and eclectic with a feel of jazz and storytelling to round out the sonic repertoire of compositions featuring this rare and underrated instrument experience. in a chamber-jazz setting. Helping her realize this musical melding is a Following in the footsteps of jazz harp master Dorothy Ashby, Destiny cast of some of the West Coast’s best instrumentalists and improvisers. Muhammad’s ensemble showcases Muhammad’s soaring vocals and In Spanish, “encanto” means enchantment, charm, wonderment, or a type transporting string work. Whether interpreting jazz standards or her of love. The word itself carries a magic that mysteriously uplifts the heart. original tunes, Muhammad turns every piece into a soulful adventure. To Cantor, the charango does exactly that: Destiny is the principal harpist for the Eddie Gale Inner Peace Orchestra, “This instrument has captured my attention most completely by its the Oakland Community Orchestra, and performs with the Awesöme heavenly, high-pitched yet gentle sound is like exploring a labyrinth of Orchestra. She has headlined for the Women in Jazz concert series, wonders, and this mysterious fascination has inspired me to ponder: the AfroSolo/Yerba Buena Gardens Concert Festival, Sundays in the What would the charango sound like in my familiar modern jazz / Redwoods, Festival Sundiata and an SFJAZZ Tribute to Alice Coltrane’s chamber music setting? epic album, Journey in Satchidananda. The goal of inviting this instrument into the world of chamber-jazz is to explore the bridge between a ‘simple, sacred song’ approach toward “When one contemplates the great musicians of jazz a list of harpists music with a ‘complex, clever, composition’ approach. I believe that both do not immediately come to mind, but that is destined to change with approaches are positive and complementary forces for one another, and Sound Sculptress, Destiny Muhammad.” —San Francisco Examiner I’m passionate about their merging.”

12 • SF Music Day 2019 destinymuhammad.net ilacantor.com SF Music Day 2019 • 13 Herbst Theatre 5:30–6:00 PM

Telegraph Quartet photo by washburnphoto imagery

Eric Chin, violin • Joseph Maile, violin Pei-Ling Lin, viola • Jeremiah Shaw, cello

String Quartet Op. 3 (1910) Alban Berg (1885–1935) I. Langsam II. Mässige Viertel The Telegraph Quartet formed in 2013 with an equal passion for the standard chamber music repertoire and contemporary, non-standard works alike. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “...an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and “powerfully adept... with a combination of brilliance and subtlety,” the Telegraph Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. The quartet has performed in concert halls, music festivals, and academic institutions across the United States and abroad, and is currently on the chamber music faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as the Quartet-in-Residence. The quartet has collaborated on projects with pianists Leon Fleisher and Simone Dinnerstein, cellists Norman Fischer and Bonnie Hampton, violinist Ian Swensen, and the Henschel Quartett. A fervent champion of 20th-and 21st-century repertoire, the Telegraph Quartet has recently premiered new works by John Harbison, Richard Festinger, and Robert Sirota with a new work by Sirota and librettist Stevan Cavalier with mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer to premiere spring 2020. This performance is sponsored by Mary Wildavsky. SF Music Day 2019 • 14 telegraphquartet.com SF Music Day 2019 • 15

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Richard Howell, saxophone • Frederick Harris, piano Fred Randolph, bass • Elé Salif Howell, drums MUSIC FOR A love Supreme (1964) John Coltrane (1926–1967)

In many ways, Richard Howell is a secret weapon of the Bay Area music scene—an artist who’s provided the creative glue holding together an extraordinary range of projects. Howell is an active saxophonist, educator, EVERYONE and producer of jazz, funk, world and pop music. He leads two innovative jazz ensembles, RH Quartet and Richard Howell and Sudden Changes in crowd-moving performances. Howell has a spiritual way of connecting to audiences of all ages. Richard Howell’s music celebrates diversity as it bridges, unites and merges the experience of all listeners. He defines it as “Bridge Music”—a jazz pathway over obstacles that joins differences and links through the sonic connection. Its roots are based in the spirit of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and embrace the contradiction of James Brown’s simplistic yet complicated African inspired rhythmic concepts to the deep soulfulness of the Isley Brothers.

16 • SF Music Day 2019 richardhowellandsuddenchanges.com Green Room 12:00–12:30 PM

Brass Over Bridges photo courtesyphoto of artist

Ari Micich, trumpet • Matthew Ebisuzaki, trumpet • Margarite Waddell, french horn Esther Armendariz, trombone • Lucas Jensen, bass trombone

Copperwave Joan Tower (b. 1938) Quintet No. 3 Victor Ewald (1860–1935) I, IV Four Pieces for Brass Quintet Paquito D’Rivera (b. 1948) We are proud to support Danzon & Wapango SF Music Day Based in San Francisco, Brass Over Bridges is an ensemble that understands that music is all about connection. Inspired by the artistic community of and your good work! the San Francisco Bay Area, Brass Over Bridges seeks to engage audiences with music across barriers of style and artistic discipline. In addition to performing concerts, Brass Over Bridges is passionate about supporting school music programs through outreach performances designed to educate and inspire young musicians.

Degree Programs • Concerts • Classes • Workshops

cjc.edu / [email protected] / 510.845.5373 2087 Addison Street / Berkeley / 94704 brassoverbridges.com SF Music Day 2019 • 19

CJC_AD_SFMusicDay_A.indd 1 9/15/19 9:45 PM Green Room AD MARKERMusic MUSIC at ATKohl KOHL Mansion AD 12:45–1:15 PM HIDE BUTOctober DO NOT 20, 2019DELETE - May 10, 2020 All Concerts at 7pm Fervida Trio

October 20, 2019 American Chamber Players November 10, 2019 Minetti Quartett December 15, 2019 | Gala Holiday Concert photo courtesyphoto of artist Musicians from the Karina Tseng, piano • Sean Mori, violin • Angeline Kiang, cello Valley of the Moon Music Festival Piano Trio in D major, Ludwig van Beethoven January 18 & 19, 2020 Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost” (1808) (1770-1827) Violins of Hope World Premiere I. Allegro vivace e con brio Piano Trio No. 1 (1998) Pierre Jalbert (b. 1966) February 16, 2020 I. Life Cycle Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845) Felix Mendelssohn Ariel Quartet I. Allegro energico e fuoco (1809-1847) March 15, 2020 The Fervida Trio is the 2019 Gold Medal Winner in the Junior Division of the 49th annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The Cellist Amit Peled trio formed in 2017 in the pre-college chamber music training program, Young Chamber Musicians. Their coaches include Susan Bates and Jeffrey April 5, 2020 LaDeur, with additional coaching by Ian Swensen and Lisa Lee. Fauré Quartett Young Chamber Musicians, founded and directed by violist Susan Bates offers advanced chamber music instruction and exciting performance May 10, 2020 opportunities to string players and pianists ages 14-19. The program immerses students in the chamber music repertoire to develop technical Heath Quartet skill, musical imagination, and the art of working with others. Through its collaboration with Music at Kohl Mansion (p. 20) and Mercy High School, Burlingame, YCM has fostered “learning through listening and Music at Kohl Mansion 650.762.1130 performing” since 2008. 2750 Adeline Drive www.musicatkohl.org This performance is sponsored by Nancy B. Ranney. Burlingame, CA 94010 Art: Juan Gris, Violin and Guitar, 1913 20 • SF Music Day 2019 youngchambermusicians.org SF Music Day 2019 • 21 Green Room 1:30–2:00 PM

Sylvestris Quartet

September 20–22, 2019 Costanoan Trio —The Harmonious Four Trios by the four great composer-pianists of the late 18th century— Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, and Beethoven photo by Annaphoto Washburn

November 22–24, 2019 Anna Washburn, violin • Tyler Lewis, violin Aquila and Tres Hermanicas —Roses & Almonds Aaron Westman, viola • Gretchen Claassen, cello Sephardic music and medieval Cantigas, celebrating life, love, food and drink, nature, spirituality, adventure and humor. Curtain Music from The Tempest Matthew Locke (c. 1621–1677) String Quartet – ii. Piacevole Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Special eveNt, oNe performaNce—December 13, 2019 Academy of Ancient Music—Rejoice Mensa Sonora No. 3 – Sonatina Heinrich Biber (1644–1704) The Baroque at its most irrepressibly joyful and effervescent. String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) Music to stir the soul and lift the spirits. “Heiliger Dankgesang” JaNuary 10–12, 2020 Sylvestris Quartet is the San Francisco Bay Area’s historically informed Les Voix Humaines—L achrimae string quartet, performing music from the entire “gut-string era”… that is, Seven takes on Seven Teares. Interpretations of the most famous from the 17th century up through World War II. Sylvestris in known for song of the Elizabethan Age. programming that explores the cyclical nature of music, looking forward through the veil of history. february 14–16, 2020 Musica Pacifica —Airs of Caledonia “Renegades go Back to the Future” – For this year’s SF Music Day Soulful airs and merry jigs, plus works of Purcell, Locke, Corelli, and theme, Sylvestris performs two pairings of historically-inspired renegade Muffat; and music by Scottish composers that defies classification composers who must have known each other in the 4th dimension. Matthew Locke/Edward Elgar, and Heinrich Biber/Ludwig van march 20–22, 2020 Beethoven. Rachel Barton Pine and Jory Vinikour —Music of J.S. Bach Barton Pine and Vinikour team up again to perform Bach’s sonatas for violin and harpsichord as well as solo partitas for each instrument.

www.sfems.org 510-528-1725 Concerts in Palo Alto, Berkeley, and San Francisco. 22 • SF Music Day 2019 sylvestrisquartet.org Learn more about SFEMS today by visiting our SF Music Day Marketplace table!

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Cornelius Boots & the Heavy Roots

Shakuhachi Ensemble by Mohan Stephanie photo by Kevinphoto Fryer Chordless

Cornelius Boots, taimu shakuhachi • Kevin Chen, taimu shakuhachi Sara LeMesh, soprano • Allegra Chapman, piano Chris Adkins, taimu shakuhachi • Darrell Hayden, taimu shakuhachi Pastorale (1907) Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) from Apparition (1979) George Crumb (b. 1929) The Other (excerpt) (2010) Cornelius Boots (b. 1974) The Night in Silence Under Many a Star (Walt Whitman) Green Swampy Water (2017) Approach Strong Deliveress! The Heavy Root Speaks (2019) (premiere) from Hommage à Chopin – Five Vocalises (1955) Andrezj Panufnik Andante (1914–1991) “Elemental Chamber Music & Bamboo Gospel”: The Heavy Roots Vivo Shakuhachi Ensemble creates sounds unknown to modern society. They Boli mnie głowa (I have a headache) (1955) Grażyna Bacewicz are the world’s only taimu (bass) shakuhachi ensemble, and are making Sroczka (Little magpie) (1956) (1909–1969) their official debut at SF Music Day 2019. Founded by award-winning from Suita Liryczna (Lyric Suite) (Julian Tuwim) (1953) Tadeusz Baird composer Cornelius Boots, the group celebrates the low tones of the Pieśń o czereśniach (Song of Cherries) (1928–1981) large, raw, root-end vertical bamboo flute of Japanese Zen Buddhism. The Heavy Roots explore themes of nature and the occult, rooted in Zen, Grief (Leroy V. Brant) (1953) William Grant Still (1895–1978) Taoism, rural blues, old gospel, and the deep history of woodwind music. Spring Comes Singing (1954) Henry Cowell (1897–1965) Founder/composer of Black Earth Shakuhachi School, Cornelius Boots Recently formed in 2019, Chordless duo seeks to thrill and challenge has forged his own eclectic style as a professional woodwind performer audiences in performances of emerging, contemporary, and under- since 1989. A three-time graduate of Jacobs School of Music and licensed represented composers, both present and past. LeMesh and Chapman’s shihan (master) in the dynamic shakuhachi lineage of Watazumido, Boots first collaboration in 2017 at the inaugural Bard Music West festival had has played international festivals in Montreux, Chicago, Assisi, Prague, critics raving about their “theatrical timing, tone, and technical control.” London and Xalapa and received grants, commissions and crowdfunding 2019–2020 projects include recitals around the Bay Area, a song cycle to create new repertoire for his instruments. commission from composer Benjamin Pesetsky, and a music video of Crumb’s Apparition. 24 • SF Music Day 2019 corneliusboots.com chordlessduo.com SF Music Day 2019 • 25 Green Room Green Room 3:45–4:15 PM 4:30–5:00 PM

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Michael Hernandez, soprano saxophone Patrick Galvin, violin • Jung-Eun Kim, piano Jonathan Szin, clarinet • Kris King, bassoon

Trio OP. 87 Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) Roumanian Folk Dances (1915) Béla Bartók (1881–1945) TAPAS (selections) Marc Mellits (b. 1966) arr. Zoltán Székely (1903–2001) Keyed Kontraptions was founded in 2016 as a duo of contrabass wind American Troubadours (2019) Stefan Cwik (b. 1987) instruments and continues in its new trio form, to explore unique colors It Ain’t Necessarily So (1935) George Gershwin (1898–1937) and instrumental combinations of the wind family. The members of Keyed arr. Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) Kontraptions advocate for contemporary music through commissioning Patrick Galvin and Jung-eun Kim are each soloists, chamber musicians projects, working directly with composers to expand the repertoire. and graduates of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2019, Saxophonist Michael Hernandez is a founding member of the acclaimed Galvin commissioned and premiered two works, Road of the Pilgrim by Mana Quartet and has collaborated with many well known Bay Area Axel Hererra and American Troubadours by Stefan Cwik. organizations including Empyrean Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber American Troubadours, is a multi-movement piece that echoes the long Ensemble, New Century Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and tradition of American folk music and the ‘Americana’ sound, but filtered others. through the medium of western chamber music. The title suggests a re- Clarinetist Jon Szin is an active teacher, chamber musician, and co- capturing of the musical vernaculars of the American ‘roots’ styles of founder/co-director of the San Francisco-based wind octet, Nomad music. The work presents a collage of these American roots styles of music Session. including old blues, early jazz, New Orleans Dixieland, and bluegrass. Bassoonist Kris King is a founding member of Keyed Kontraptions, a American Troubadours draws on the lineage of these styles, which in member of the chamber groups Nomad Session and Elevate Ensemble themselves have West African, Scottish, English, and Irish heritage and regularly performs as a freelance musician with several orchestras transplanted to the agricultural landscapes of the United States. throughout California.

26 • SF Music Day 2019 keyedkontraptions.com patrickjmgalvin.com SF Music Day 2019 • 27 Chamber Music Society 2019-20 Season Green Room of San Francisco Beethoven and 5:15–5:45 PM the Avant-Garde September 20-22, 2019

Love's Sorrow, Love's Joy with Stephen Prutsman, piano November 1-3, 2019

Out of the Night with Joy Fellows, viola, and Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello January 31-February 2, 2020

Art of the Voice with Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano Astraeus String Quartet photo by Ryanphoto Bealer Bringing world-class chamber music, with a April 17-19, 2020

flair for storytelling, to settings that reach far beyond the concert hall. Mia Nardi-Huffman, violin • Samuel Nelson, violin Daphne Gooch, viola • Jorge Maresch, cello Learn more at chambermusicsocietysf.org Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (1980) Terry Riley (b.1935) Entr’acte (2011) Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) Four, for Tango (1988) Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) With a focus on bringing exciting works of the past and present to audiences in the Bay Area, Astraeus String Quartet has enjoyed a wide variety of performances since its conception in early 2018. The players have spent the last decade as colleagues and friends, having met at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Their inaugural season focused on Russian composers, with programs including masterworks by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovksy, as well as a collaboration with composer Andrew Vickers on a concert benefitting the Young Center for JOIN US! Immigrant Children’s Rights. Astraeus is passionate about performing in unconventional spaces, which have included decommissioned cotton 20% OFF 15% OFF mills, art deco-themed bars, greenhouses, and more. Most recently, the any new single tickets quartet launched their annual Commissioning Initiative, where they subscription for Oct.–Dec. seek to sponsor underrepresented composers in classical music. For of 3 or more concerts 2020, they will commission a new work from an LGBTQ+-identifying concerts Redeem by calling composer to be premiered in June for Pride Month. Astraeus continues Redeem by calling City Box Office their collaboration with the Shelldance Orchid Gardens in Pacifica CA, Naren Larson (415) 392-4400 offering donation-based concerts inside of an active greenhouse, and the (415) 295-1900 cityboxoffice.com Astraeus Salon Series in San Francisco, where they perform works in an intimate setting with food and wine. SF Music Day 2019 • 29 Valid through Oct. 31 Code: intermusic philharmonia.org astraeussq.com Who We Are InterMusic SF is a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization that “The Musical Grant Program advocates for performing musical artists, and acts as a catalyst for their allowed Black Cedar to adequately career development and creative collaboration. compensate composer Ursula Kwong-Brown for the creative time Our Mission needed to produce this substantial work. And, it allowed Black Cedar Our mission is to support the professional and artistic growth of San to expand their original three Francisco Bay Area musicians whose focus is the small ensemble. performances, to fourteen across Through programs that include fiscal sponsorship, grant-making, seven Northern California counties. career development, and curated performance partnerships, we This brought the work to almost 900 attendees. At the Stanford Hospital strengthen the careers of local artists who contribute to a vibrant and lobby show and the concerts at the two public libraries, Black Cedar was diverse music community. able to present freshly created chamber music to a wide diversity of audience members not accustomed to attending chamber music in a concert hall.” Our Vision –Kris Palmer, flutist, director, Black Cedar We envision a thriving musical climate for San Francisco Bay Area musicians with sustainable careers who are celebrated by engaged and dedicated audiences. We value small ensemble music-making “InterMusic SF provides concert for its intimacy and immediacy, and champion its many genres by opportunities that are uniquely enriching. serving those who create and share it. The cross-genre programming and sheer abundance of riches of SF Music Day provides an opportunity to deeply connect with music-loving audiences. “Nothing brings me closer to the music InterMusic SF provides opportunities I love than listening to a small ensemble for both musicians and audiences that I of passionate musicians connecting hope will continue to be appreciated and deeply with one another and their supported. audience. InterMusic SF’s dedication to ” such music is pivotal in sustaining and –David James, guitarist, enriching our remarkable community composer & bandleader of musicians and music lovers in the Bay Area.” –Nancy B. Ranney, Board President “The affiliate program has opened up a world of possibilities for me to be able to better sustain my work, and has connected me to more potential funders to InterMusicSF.org support my music projects.” –Lisa Mezzacappa, bassist, @InterMusicSF composer & bandleader Green Room 6:00–6:30 PM Center for New Music

Friction Quartet photo by Bonniephoto Rae Mills

Innovative, Experimental, Creative Concerts Otis Harriel, violin • Kevin Rogers, violin Lucia Kobza, viola • Doug Machiz, cello Every Week Abaciscus (2012) Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968) Can’t and Won’t (2017) Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984) Friction Quartet, whose performances have been called “terribly beautiful” [San Francisco Classical Voice], “stunningly passionate” [Calgary Herald] and “exquisitely skilled” [ZealNYC], exists to modernize the chamber music experience and expand the string quartet repertoire. Friction achieves this mission by commissioning new works, curating imaginative programs, OCT 10 The Chromelodia Project: music by collaborating with artists, and presenting interactive educational outreach. COming up Chris Brown in just intonation Since forming in 2011, Friction has commissioned 43 works for string quartet. They created the Friction Commissioning Initiative as a platform for Become a Listener OCT 12 Darius Jones, Saxophone: C4NM Benefit raising funds to commission new works for string quartet. They are currently Member and accepting donations to help fund new works by exceptional young composers between the ages of 16–21 from across the United States. get discounts to OCT 17 Friction Quartet with bass Friction has also become known for their engaging educational outreach, every concert! clarinetist Bruce Belton and are honored to be entering their third year as educating ensemble for San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program, providing interdisciplinary music education to elementary school students. They were awarded a 2019 InterMusic SF Grant to create an educational program with new music by composer Danny Clay, designed to be engaging and accessible for youth with cognitive, behavioral, and physical differences or disabilities. This performance is sponsored by Berkeley Chamber Performances. frictionquartet.com SF Music Day 2019 • 33 centerfornewmusic.com @C4NewMusic Green Room 6:45–7:15 PM

Music changes everything

The Meráki Quartet photo by Alexanderphoto Nichols

Sofia Matthews, violin/viola • Jun Yong Liu, violin/viola Anna Renton, violin/viola • Isabelle Nichols, cello

Selections from: Haydn Op. 76, No. 4 • Beethoven Op. 95 Prokofiev String Quartet #2, Op. 92 The Meráki Quartet was formed in 2016 by four 14-year-old students through Crowden’s Youth Chamber Music Program. Four months following its inception, the quartet participated in the Jane Galante Competition at the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar in San Francisco and earned second prize. They have since won Bronze in the 2019 Fischoff Junior Strings/Piano Competition, appeared on NPR’s From the Top with Christopher O’Riley, performed at the Rex Salon and Herbst Theatre with the Alexander String Quartet, opened for the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and played at Berkeley City Hall for Mayor Tom Bates. The Meráki Quartet is dedicated to supporting young contemporary composers. Through their association with Crowden, they have premiered a commissioned piece by Preben Antonsen and have also performed works by Crowden alumni Theodore Haber and Matthew Cmiel. The quartet receives regular mentoring from cellists Bonnie Hampton and Eugene Sor. The group derives its name from the Greek “μεράκι,” meaning “soulfully artistic.” The Meráki Quartet will return to their home stage, performing in Crowden’s Sundays @ Four concert series, May 3, 2020 in Berkeley, CA. SF Music Day 2019 • 34 crowden.org • instagram.com/themerakiquartet SF Music Day 2019 • 35 Education Studio Education Studio 12:00–12:30 PM 1:00–1:30 PM

Hristo Vitchev Trio StringQuake photo courtesyphoto of artist photo courtesy Vern Fisher courtesy Herald) - Monterey photo Vern

Hristo Vitchev, guitar • Dan Robbins, bass • Mike Shannon, drums Amelia Romano, electric harp Misha Khalikulov, cello • Joshua Mellinger, percussion

Original compositions and arrangements for jazz trio. A program of original repertoire with influences from folk traditions of Latin America, Africa, and American jazz. Among the newest and most innovative voices in modern jazz guitar, Hristo Vitchev’s music has been captivating audiences all across the globe. With an emphasis on exciting and unexpected grooves, adventurous At only age 38 he has already released nine critically acclaimed albums improvisations and rich soundscapes, StringQuake has captivated as a leader plus four more releases as a co-leader. As JazzTimes magazine audiences far and wide. describes his music, “Vitchev’s sophisticated and adventurous work is imbued with shimmering harmonies and lyrical improvisations.” StringQuake formed in 2012 with the mission to use their unique “Bulgaria-born, Bay Area-based guitarist Hristo Vitchev, having firmly instrumentation to transcend audience expectations. They have established himself as a gentle giant in the contemporary jazz scene, produced an outpouring of original recordings that harken to the diverse seems always willing and able to reinvent himself while holding true to collaborative cultural scene found in their native San Francisco Bay Area. the integrity of his artistry.” —ECM REVIEWS Each performance draws listeners in to meticulous musical arrangements while still giving each trio member soloistic freedom. Defying genre, StringQuake’s stylistic influences include traditional classical chamber music, jazz, Latin, classical Indian, West African folk and Balkan music. StringQuake has toured Mexico, Oregon and performs extensively in the Bay Area. They released their first album Take 15 in 2013 and Cascade in 2016.

36 • SF Music Day 2019 hristovitchev.com stringquake.com SF Music Day 2019 • 37 Education Studio 2:00–2:45 PM Panelists: Equity & Opportunity: A Panel Discussion with Women Music Susan Muscarella—President and Founder of the CA Jazz Conservatory Leaders in the Bay Area

In January of 2019, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism released its groundbreaking study*, “Inclusion in the Recording Studio?” thoroughly documenting the statistical representation of women Rebeca Mauleón—faculty member artists across the popular music industry, including songwriters, performers, at SF Conservatory of Music, and engineers, and producers. In no area of the study did women make up more Director of Education at SFJAZZ than 22 percent of the field, and in some areas, professional representation was as low as two percent. The data-driven study sparked dialogue across the industry, with high-profile music industry organizations like the Grammy Awards and the Recording Academy discussing how change can be implemented both in the short and Myra Melford—Professor of long term. Composition and Improvisation, UC Berkeley Department of Music While the study illuminated the obvious underrepresentation of women in the popular music industry, no such methodical study has been undertaken in genres outside of popular music. In our SF Music Day panel conversation, InterMusic SF Executive Director Cory Combs hosts a discussion with some of the Bay Area’s most influential performers, ensemble leaders, arts administrators, and educators, inviting Dee Spencer—Professor of Jazz and conversation about what our area arts institutions are currently doing, and Musical Theatre in the School of aspire to do, to support women professional musicians in jazz, classical, and Theatre & Dance, SF State University contemporary music. While the problem of systemic underrepresentation cannot be solved in one session, we hope this dialogue sparks continued conversation about diversity and inclusion in our local musical arts scene, and that women artists working outside of the commercial music industry can find further opportunities to voice important perspectives on equity and opportunity in the Bay Area. Ila Cantor—composer, performer, bandleader and educator

*http://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/inclusion-in-the-recording-studio.pdf

38 • SF Music Day 2019 Education Studio February 10, 2020 & 3:15–3:45 PM Herbst Theatre

March 30 & May 4, 2020 os angueros del este Taube Atrium Theater L T O

Join us for SEASON 35: Light & Matter honoring featured composer Kaija Saariaho

Season 35 will include world premieres of works by Jen Wang, Hyo-Shin Na, Josiah Catalan, Addie Camsuzou, Bruce Christian Bennett & Richard Aldag, alongside works by George Walker, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kajia Saariaho, Sascha Jacobsen, bass • Seth Asarnow, bandoneón • Ishtar Hernandez, violin Haris Kittos, Gilad Cohen, & Brian Banks. Carlos Caminos, guitar • Marlon Aldana, percussion

Original compositions by bandleader, Sascha Jacobsen

Los Tangueros del Oeste combine tango, flamenco and electronica for hypnotic grooves and undeniable melodies. This Nuevo Tango group is the most recently formed ensemble by bassist/composer Sascha Jacobsen, whose eclectic ensembles, including the Musical Art Quintet and Trio Garufa, synthesize classical music sensibilities, jazz improvisation and global rhythms. The formation of the new group was inspired through Jacobsen’s video project “Un Bajo de Magia / The Magic Bass” supported in part by InterMusic SF’s Musical Grant Program.

Season information & tickets: earplay.org www.TangOeste.weebly.com

Mary Chun. Thalia Moore, Ellen Ruth Rose, Brenda Tom, Tod Brody, Peter Josheff, & Terry Baune. This page replaces page 41 in the program book. Photo by Mark Shigenaga The Living Earth Show unfortunately had to cancel

Earplay is grateful for the support of the following funders: their SF Music Day appearance. San Francisco Grants for the Arts, The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Yoshiko Kakudo Fund, and many generous donors. SF Music Day 2019 • 41 Education Studio 4:15–4:45 PM

Howard Wiley & Extra Nappy photo courtesyphoto of artist

Howard Wiley, saxophone • LJ Holoman, organ/piano Michael “Tiny” Lindsey, bass • Thomas Pridgen, drums

Improvisation-laced arrangements of classic songs steeped in African American idioms, from gospel, blues, and jazz to R&B, funk, and hip-hop. Tenor saxophonist Howard Wiley has been a major force on the Bay Area music scene since his teenage years in the mid-90s. A protégé of the dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Wiley is steeped in a vast array of African- American idioms, from gospel, blues and jazz to R&B, funk and hip-hop. Possessing a thick, brawny tone and well-honed skill at delivering compelling solos in the course of a few choruses, Wiley learned his craft by rubbing shoulders with veterans who came of age long before he was born. An essential member of Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, he credits masters like the late trumpeter Allen Smith, saxophonist Jules Broussard, and trombonist Danny Armstrong with teaching him the value of connecting emotionally with an audience. While Wiley brings his unique and inspiring voice to audiences throughout the world, his Bay Area roots are deep, and he continues to influence and shape jazz in the Bay, one solo at a time.

extranappy.com SF Music Day 2019 • 43 Education Studio Education Studio 5:15–5:45 PM 6:15–6:45 PM

Terrence Brewer Acoustic Jazz Quartet

The Alaya Project photo courtesyphoto of artist photo courtesyphoto of artist

Terrence Brewer, acoustic guitar • Ken Husbands, acoustic guitar Rohan Krishnamurthy, mridangam, drums Micah McClain, percussion • Shimpei Ogawa, acoustic bass Prasant Radhakrishnan, saxophone Colin Hogan, accordion, keys • Cory Combs, bass

Original compositions and arrangements of jazz, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban compositions, as well as great jazz standards Original works combining classical Carnatic ragas, contemporary jazz and funk Award-winning guitarist Terrence Brewer is a first-call and in-demand bandleader, record producer, concert performer, studio musician, and The Alaya Project is a bridge between the intricate Carnatic style of one of the SF Bay Area’s foremost music educators. Indian classical music and contemporary jazz and funk. Born in the cultural bastion of Oakland, California, the Alaya Project explores new Brewer has produced and released eight nationally acclaimed albums on textures and perspectives built over two decades of friendship, dialogue, his record label, Strong Brew Music, which he founded in 2006. In addition and musical immersion across genres and continents. The driving hybrid to being an in-demand record producer and recording artist, Brewer has kit grooves of Indian percussionist and drummer Rohan Krishnamurthy, lead his various groups in nearly 2,500 performances in the last eight the soulful ragas and melodies of Prasant Radhakrishnan on saxophone, years and has shared the stage with artists including Diana Krall, Michael and the harmonic bedrock of keyboardist Colin Hogan embodies the McDonald, Gerald Albright, has worked with Mary Wilson, Darlene permanence of a changing soundscape. Love, Taylor Eigsti, Jay Lane, Dr. Anthony Brown, and Pete Escovedo. “A trio combining classical Carnatic ragas, contemporary jazz and funk, When Brewer is not touring regionally and nationally, he finds time to The Alaya Project is forging a beautiful new sound.” instruct and facilitate master classes, clinics, workshops, and lectures –Andrew Gilbert, Berkeleyside at Stanford Jazz Workshop, SFJAZZ, The Jazzschool, Jazz Camp West, Blue Bear School of Music, Lafayette Summer Music Workshop, CMEA (California Music Educators Association), and presents at colleges, high schools, middles schools, and public libraries throughout California.

44 • SF Music Day 2019 terrencebrewer.com rohanrhythm.com SF Music Day 2019 • 45 Taube Atrium Theater Taube Atrium Theater 12:30–1:00 PM 1:30–2:00 PM

Quinteto Latino Trance Mission photo by Annephoto Hamersky photo courtesyphoto of artist

Armando Castellano, French horn • Diane Grubbe, flute Stephen Kent, didgeridoo, percussion, cello Kyle Bruckmann, oboe • Leslie Tagorda, clarinet • Shawn Jones, bassoon Beth Custer, clarinets • Peter Valsamis, drums

Fuga y Misterio Astor Piazzolla (Argentina, 1921–1992) Genre-breaking works from their upcoming CD release Ajubete Jepȇ Amȏ Mbaȇ Liduino Pitombeira (Brazil, b. 1962) Variações Sérias Ronaldo Miranda (Brazil, b. 1948) Formed by world-renowned didgeridoo pioneer Stephen Kent and award- Brasileirinho Waldir Azevedo (Brazil, 1923–1980) arr. Mark Fish winning clarinetist/composer Beth Custer, the San Francisco-based “4th World” band Trance Mission makes genre-bending music best described Quinteto Latino is a San Francisco Bay Area wind quintet with a mission to build community through the performance and advocacy of Latino Classical as a new form of contemporary global jazz. With driving intricate rhythms Music. Founded in 2004 by French horn player Armando Castellano, this and gorgeous soaring melodies, Trance Mission creates soundscapes that unique ensemble aims to expand the boundaries of the classical music invite audiences into a unique universe of groove. With a classic catalogue tradition, commonly perceived as predominantly EuroAmerican, by of four globally-acclaimed CDs, Trance Mission, now a trio with virtuoso performing works exclusively by Latino composers. drummer/electronic artist Peter Valsamis, performs a CD release party at Yoshi’s in Oakland, January 13, 2020. Quinteto Latino blends the vibrant colors and vigorous rhythms of Latin American music with the sumptuous voices of the wind quintet. Whether exploring new twists on traditional folk songs or premiering works by living composers, these five musicians perform with impeccable artistry and infectious energy. Quinteto Latino strives to make music available, relevant, and inspiring to audiences across cultural, class, and ethnic lines. The ensemble uses their organization as a tool to advocate on behalf of Latino composers and classical musicians through mentoring, commissioning, hiring, being a voice, both regionally and nationally, for issues around diversity and classical music.

46 • SF Music Day 2019 quintetolatino.org bethcuster.com SF Music Day 2019 • 47 rare and contemporary Taube Atrium Theater 2:30–3:00 PM instruments and bows

Roland Feller Violin Makers quality instruments and bows for the professional, the student, Ensemble for These Times photo by Michael Halberstadt by Michael photo and the music enthusiast Nanette McGuinness, soprano Anne Lerner-Wright, cello • Karen Rosenak, piano Sales Expert Repairs Cabaret (1934) Alexandre Tansman Expert Restorations Capriccio (1931) (1897–1986) Tanzlied des Pierrot Erich Korngold Accessories (from Die tote Stadt, 1919) (1897–1957) Profiles, Op. 68 #1 (1948) Ernst Toch (1887–1964) Elegy for David Raksin (2019) David Garner (b. 1954) 551 Divisadero Street Duo (2019) Lennie Moore (b. 1961) Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) celebrates its 12th season with a San Francisco 94117 second place award from The American Prize in 2018/19 for Chamber Music Performance. E4TT focuses on 20th and 21st century music that is relevant, engaging, original and compelling—music that resonates with rolandfeller.com • 415-567-3708 today and speaks to tomorrow, that harnesses the power of artistic beauty, intelligence, wit, lyricism, and irony to create a deep understanding of our times and the human condition. E4TT recently recorded Once/Memory/ Member, the American Federation of Night: Paul Celan and The Guernica Project (for release in 2020 and Violin Makers and Bow Makers, Inc 2021/22), has commissioned 25 new works, and received a 2019 MGP u award to commission and premiere Matrix by composer Elinor Armer. Member, Entente Intertionale des This performance is sponsored by Katherine Bukstein. Maitres Luthiers et Archetiers d’Art e4tt.org SF Music Day 2019 • 49 Taube Atrium Theater Taube Atrium Theater 3:30–4:00 PM 4:30–5:00 PM

duo B. Experimental Band

Myra Melford / Fay Victor / isa ezzacappa photo by Peter Kaars by Peter photo L M Photos; MM: Bryan LM: Murray, Martin Phillips, FV: Kverno Kyra Polly Moller-Springhorn, flutes • Kyle Bruckmann, oboe • Kevin Robinson, woodwinds Fay Victor, voice • Lisa Mezzacappa, bass • Myra Melford, piano David Boyce, tenor saxophone • Cory Wright, woodwinds Randy McKean, woodwinds • Henry Hung, trumpet • Alan Williams, trombone A trio of distinguished composer-improvisors collaborates on Murray Campbell, violin • Karl Evangelista, guitar • Erika Oba, piano compositions by each member of the trio Lisa Mezzacappa, bass • Donald Robinson, drums • Jason Levis, drums with special guest, Fay Victor, voice Pianist, composer, Guggenheim Fellow and UC Berkeley Professor Myra Melford is a prolific soloist and a versatile collaborator. With numerous People in Sorrow (1969) Bowie, Favors, Jarman, Mitchell ensembles and projects in rotation (Snowy Egret, Tiger Trio, Dialogue arr. Mezzacappa/Levis with Ben Goldberg, MZM, Trio M) Melford teams up with the most versatile and creative voices in the jazz avant-garde. Fifty years ago the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded what would become a defining and influential work of contemporary music, the 40-minute Lisa Mezzacappa is a San Francisco Bay Area-based composer, bassist, opus, People in Sorrow. The improvised performance by luminaries bandleader, and producer. Her activities as a composer and bandleader Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors and Lester Bowie include ethereal chamber music, electro-acoustic works, avant-garde jazz, explored a universe of musical sounds and ensemble interactions, and it music for groups from duo to large ensemble, and collaborations with distilled into music so much of what Americans, and African-Americans film, dance and visual art. in particular, were feeling about the world in 1969. People in Sorrow is a Fay Victor is an improvising vocalist, composer, lyricist and educator manifesto, and it is also a marvel of collective spontaneous creation. riding all the chasms and seams of musics that are improvisational and The duo B. Experimental Band, co-led by bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and conversational in nature. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Victor hones a unique drummer Jason Levis, explores the rich terrain where composition vision for the vocalist’s role in jazz and improvised music. Victor sees and improvisation meet. This new arrangement of People in Sorrow by the vocal instrument in itself as full of possibilities of sound exploration, Mezzacappa and Levis was created in celebration of SF Music Day 2019, the voice a direct and powerful conduit for language and messages in an and seeks to honor the vision and spirit of these great musicians from improvising context. Fay Victor is in the Bay Area as an Artist in Residence whom we have inherited so much. at Headlands Center for the Arts. fayvictor.com 50 • SF Music Day 2019 duoBmusic.com myramelford.com • lisamezzacappa.com SF Music Day 2019 • 51 Taube Atrium Theater 5:30–6:00 PM

Nathan Bickart Trio photo by Nino Fernandezphoto

Nathan Bickart, piano • Owen Clapp, bass • Michael Mitchell, drums

Debuting new compositions and music from their 2018 release, Poem

Sitting at the intersection of jazz, soul, and folk, the Nathan Bickart Trio showcases its deep commitment to rhythmic unity, honest and Thank you for attending the searching melodic statements, and an expansive sense of harmony. The 12th annual SF Music Day! trio combines a deep respect for jazz heritage with a desire to explore the ways in which this tradition has transformed into and supported related Stay Involved: genres like R&B, funk, and hip-hop. The ensemble features versatile and • Complete the SF Music Day survey accomplished Bay Area musicians, and plays original compositions and • Meet organizations in the marketplace jazz standards. • Keep this program & learn more Nathan Bickart is a pianist, composer, and educator based in Berkeley, CA • Follow the work of these musicians and heavily involved in the Bay Area jazz scene, having studied under Bay • Donate to InterMusic SF Area piano greats Myra Melford, Peter Horvath, Gini Wilson, and Frank • Visit our website Martin. His music combines eclectic influences ranging from hip-hop to • Join our mailing list bluegrass, from Bill Evans to Robert Glasper. • Stay tuned for the next SF Music Day, scheduled for: InterMusicSF.org Sunday, October 4, 2020 SF War Memorial Veterans Building

52 • SF Music Day 2019 nathanbickart.bandcamp.com SF Music Day 2019 • 53 Taube Atrium Theater 6:30–7:00 PM 2019 MUSICAL GRANT PROGRAM The InterMusic SF Musical Grant Program (MGP) awards grants to support the creative musical activity of San Francisco Bay Area performers, composers and presenters whose projects focus specifically on music for the small ensemble. The 2019 MGP recipients are: Classical & New Music Ars Minerva • Brass Over Bridges & Julie Barwick • Chris Brown: The Chromelodia Project • Ensemble ARI & Jean Ahn • Ensemble for These Times & Elinor Armer Friction Quartet & Danny Clay • Hyo-shin Na & Wooden Fish Ensemble • L’arc Trio & Vivan Fung • The MANA Quartet & Common Sense Composers’ Collective MediusTerra Horn Duo & Aida Shirazi • New Moon Duo & Nicolas Lell Benavides Outsound Presents, Outsound New Music Summit • Quinteto Latino Splinter Reeds & Amadeus Regucera • ZOFO & Pablo Ortiz Melody of China photo courtesyphoto of artist

Yangqin Zhao, yangqin (hammered dulcimer), percussion Gangqin Zhao, guzheng (zither), percussion • Xiaofeng Zhang, erhu, gaohu ( fiddle) Xian Lu, dizi, xiao (bamboo flute) • Marilyn Go, yangqin, guzheng, drum

Beautiful Flowers and Full Moon New Moon Duo Wooden Fish Ensemble Aida Shirazi Journey to Gusu Jazz & Globally inspired Music Thunder After the Drought The Berkeley Festival of Choro • The Frank Tusa Ensemble When Will My Love Return Mads Tolling & The Mads Men • Melody of China Squabbling Ducks Rent Romus & Heikki Koskinen • Teslim & Kaila Flexer Tumbling Walnuts Horse Racing Golden Snake Dance Melody of China (MoC) is a San Francisco-based Chinese music ensemble performing both traditional and contemporary music. Formed in 1993 by a group of enthusiastic musicians from Mainland China, MoC’s mission is two-fold: To provide rich musical entertainment through the synergy of Teslim Mads Tolling Rent Romus ancient Chinese tradition with youthful, diverse American culture; and to promote classical and modern Chinese music. The 2019 Cypress Award goes to two MGP recipients to support educational outreach through their MGP-awarded projects: Their dedication to taking on new works by contemporary composers in Brass Over Bridges and Mads Tolling. addition to traditional material is what sets them apart from other Chinese music ensembles. Over the years, MoC has commissioned over 40 new Learn about these projects and the Musical Grant Program at InterMusicSF.org. The 2020 application cycle will be announced in January 2020. works by 20 contemporary composers and has performed at numerous Bay Area schools and venues across the Bay Area. Keeping one foot firmly The InterMusic SF Musical Grant Program is made possible through support from San Francisco planted in tradition, MoC continues to take on new and exciting projects. Grants for the Arts, the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and InterMusic SF’s generous individual donors. Since 2008, the program has awarded more than $810,000 to help support 277 projects in the Greater Bay Area. 54 • SF Music Day 2019 melodyofchina.org SF Music Day 2019 • 55 Taube Atrium Theater 7:15–7:45 PM

voices of music 2019-2020 concert season hanneke van proosdij & david tayler, directors Nash Baroque & Sophie Junker

soloists: jesse blumberg, meg bragle, courtesyphoto of artist sophie junker, christopher lowrey, SF Renaissance & Baroque Dancers jennifer kampani & stefanie true Vicki Melin, traverso • Farley Pearce, viola da gamba october 11-13 2019 Tatiana Senderowicz, theorbo • Jennifer Meller & Isabelle Sjahsam, dancers concerto delle donna the secret choir of women virtuoso An Italian in Paris — Celebrating the famous 18th c. dance sensation, singers at the court of ferrara Barbara Campanini. Featuring music and fully costumed dances from Jean december 19-22 2019 Phillipe Rameau’s opera ballet Dardanus, interspersed with instrumental airs virtuoso concertos and dances by De La Barre, Monteclair and Marin Marais. This presentation

handel and vivaldi with Christopher Lowrey includes an opportunity for the audience to learn a baroque dance. countertenor christopher lowrey This program features music to which the famous february 14-16 2020 trailblazing dancer, Barbara Campanini danced in stylus phantasticus Rameau’s 1739 production of Dardanus. The Italian music from the 17th century 16-year-old “La Barbarina”, became the star of the april 2-5 2020: music of j.s. bach Paris Opera and would negotiate her own salary mass in g minor bwv 235 as prima dancer of the Berlin Opera. She was paid, according to Voltaire, higher than anyone in Frederick voices of music is pleased to announce that we the Great’s royal employ. are the first early music ensemble in the world to receive the silver creator award from youtube. Nash Baroque is a period chamber ensemble whose instrumental and vocal tickets at www.voicesofmusic.org repertoire ranges from the early baroque to the classical, with a focus on san francisco  berkeley  palo alto the French baroque. The ensemble aims to produce lively performances performed on original instruments 415.260.4687 on period instruments, using original source materials to inform their interpretation. San Francisco Renaissance and Baroque Dancers seek to preserve and perpetuate interest in early dance through performances, workshops and classes in Baroque and Reniassance dance history, technique and notation.

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