15th annual Carlsbad Music Festival august 24-26, 2018

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TICKETED CONCERT PROGRAMS & BIOS . . . . 2 Bach + Glass: FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ...... 14 FREE CONCERTS ARTIST BIOS ...... 18 with Simone Dinnerstein A Far Cry CARLSBAD MUSIC FESTIVAL DONORS 24 SPONSORS & PARTNERS ...... 26 FRIDAY | SEP 14 | 8 PM Program: Bach–Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Keyboard Concerto in G Minor, STAFF ...... 27 2018 Kennedy Center Honors Awardee –Symphony No. 3 and Southern California debut of Piano Concerto No. 3 VENUE MAP 28

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DanIeL pate, perCUSSIon Friday, august 24 •5:15-6:00 St Michael’s Chapel Program: robert Honstein: An Economy of Means (2015) daniel Wohl: Kin (2015) Bio: Percussionist Daniel Pate is an international performer, collaborator, curator, researcher, and educator. He is constantly working to expand the concept of the contemporary percussionist through adventurous programming, diverse commissions and engaging performances that feature exciting electronic and visual elements. Dr. Pate works to create an inviting concert environment grounded in personal emotions and topics where audiences can experience these works both visually and aurally in a way that is familiar to them.

gyan rILey Friday, august 24 • 7:00-8:00 The Mission Church Program: Gyan Riley will be performing music from his new Sprig Bio: Gyan Riley’s diverse work now focuses on his own compositions, improvisation, and contemporary classical repertoire. Gyan has been commissioned by the , New Music USA, the Carnegie Hall Corporation, the American Composers Forum, and the New York Guitar Festival. He has performed with Zakir Hussain, Lou reed, , the Kronos Quartet, iva Bittova, the Bang- On-a-Can all-stars, the san Francisco symphony, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, and his father, the composer/pianist/vocalist . Various tours have taken him throughout Europe, Canada, Latin America and the US, both as a soloist and in various ensembles. Gyan resides in 2903 Carlsbad Blvd. in Carlsbad and frequently performs with the duo Probosci, the trio Eviyan, and the electric guitar quartet Dither. Gyan has four solo CD titles and many ensemble/collaborative recordings, frontporchgallery.org (760) 795-6120 most recently working with the Tzadik Records label in New York. Fine Art & Gallery Store Wed-Fri Noon-6 pm Sat & Sun 11 am-5 pm

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 2-3 8/22/2018 11:16:07 PM Julianna Barwick Hausmann Quartet Friday, August 24 • 8:15-9:15 Saturday, August 25 • 12:45-1:45 The Mission Church St. Michael’s Chapel Bio: Program: Julianna Barwick is singer and composer who builds hypnotic and expansive through Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte (2011) the layering and looping her often-wordless singing and synthesizers. Rooted in church singing, Tina Tallon: selective defrosting (2012) Barwick achieves the effect of massed voices through the electronic manipulation of her own solo Rhiannon Giddens: At the Purchaser’s Option (2017) voice. Her have been widely critically-acclaimed at outlets such as Pitchfork and NPR. Missy Mazzoli: Quartet for Queen Mab (2015) Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces (1923) Isaac Schankler Bio: The Hausmann Quartet has established itself as an integral part of the cultural life of Southern Saturday, August 25 • 12:00-12:30 California since its arrival in San Diego in 2010. As faculty Artists-in-Residence at San Diego St. Michael’s Church State University they teach and organize the chamber music program, engage in interdisciplinary collaborations with other departments and visit local schools for concerts and clinics on Program: behalf of the School of Music and Dance. Their latest endeavor is Haydn Voyages: Music at the Repeat Substance - Isaac Schankler; composition, accordion and electronics Maritime, a quarterly concert series on a historic ferry boat exploring the string quartet repertoire Bio: through Haydn’s quartet cycle. They pioneered interactive programs for students, adult amateur Isaac Schankler is a composer, accordionist, and electronic musician living in Los Angeles. musicians and local seniors and homeless as Ensemble-in-Residence at Mainly Mozart with Schankler’s recent performances and commissions include works for the Nouveau Classical support from the Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and ACMP. Founded in the Project, the Ray-Kallay Duo, Friction Quartet, gnarwhallaby, the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, summer of 2004 at Lyricafest, they have recently been hailed as “Excellent” by U-T San Diego Lorelei Ensemble, Juventas New Music Ensemble, flutist Meerenai Shim, and bass-baritone and “an accomplished young foursome with a luscious sound and an experimental bent” (Repeat Nicholas Isherwood. Recent honors include awards and grants from Meet the Composer, the Performances), and maintain an active performance schedule throughout North America and National Opera Association, the American Composers Forum, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Asia. The members of the Hausmann Quartet are violinists Isaac Allen and Bram Goldstein, and the American Prize. violist Angela Choong and cellist Alex Greenbaum.

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 4-5 8/22/2018 11:16:07 PM taSHa SmItH goDIneZ, Harp saturday, august 25 • 3:30-4:30 Carlsbad Inn’s Village Terrace Program: Michael Byron: In the Village of Hope (2013) andres Martin: Postales del Alma (2012) Bio: A champion for contemporary harp music, Tasha Smith is continuously commissioning and searching for willing and talented composers. She is passionate about breaking the perceived boundaries of her instrument and creating new sound while augmenting the repertoire for the harp. some of the composers writing for Ms. smith godinez are: Michael Byron, andres Martin, Jose gurria-Cardenas, Michael Vincent Waller, Christopher garcia, Christopher adler, Bekah MAIN STAGE Simms, William David Cooper and Paolo Germiniani. Ms. Smith Godinez’ discography includes a self-released solo album, Postcards from the soul (2014) and her recording of Michael Byron’s SERIES solo harp work, in the Village of Hope, on the Cold Blue (2015). she is currently ON SALE NOW! working on her third album, a compilation of all new works for harp, with a planned release in THE MARRIAGE 2019.

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 6-7 8/22/2018 11:16:10 PM Stephanie Richards + Andrew Munsey Quintet Saturday, August 25 • 6:30-7:30 The Mission Church MUSICIANS: Stephanie Richards, trumpet Brian Walsh, bass clarinet Joshua White, piano Dave Tranchina, bass Andrew Munsey, drums Bio: Steph Richards and Andrew Munsey join forces to co-lead a new project with the talents of creative musicians Joshua White (piano), Brian Walsh (bass clarinet) and Dave Tranchina (bass). With a decade of experience creating music together, these musicians will explore compositions by Richards and Munsey that thrive at the praxis of improvisation and structure.

Hailed as “spellbinding” (NPR) and “one of the leading trumpet players and improvisors” (Free Jazz Collective), Steph Richards has built a compelling presence in the creative music scene, having worked alongside pioneering creative musicians Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill and John Zorn and performance artists Yoko Ono and Laurie Anderson. As a composer, her works have premiered at Carnegie Hall, the Blue Note and Lincoln Center. Her recently released debut album *FULLMOON,* acclaimed by the New York Times as “a bold pronouncement” is out on Relative Pitch Records. Richards is a Yamaha Performing Artist and is on faculty at UC San Diego.

Andrew B. Munsey is drummer, composer, and recording engineer who has performed and premiered works at Lincoln Center, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Symphony Space, while his work as an engineer and editor can beheard on recordings from the Bridge, New World, Hathut, Innova, No Business and NNA Tapes recording labels. His work as a sound designer, mixing engineer, and composer has been exhibited and screened at the Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou (FR), Fridericianum (DE), Van Gogh Museum (NL), Anthology Film Archives, and the Library of Congress with festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals.

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 8-9 8/22/2018 11:16:12 PM Donnacha Dennehy A ndrew Anderson Andrew Anderson is a musician deeply invested in the performance of contemporary music, Composer Portrait Concert in both solo and collaborative settings. As a collaborator, he has worked as vocal coach and Saturday, August 25 • 8:00-9:00 performer for the Southern California premiere of the Ned Rorem opera Our Town. Andrew has had the chance to with such composers as , Neil Rolnick, and most recently with The Mission Church Eve Beglarian in preparation for her “Play It like a Girl” concert at Los Angeles’ REDCAT theater. Program: He has also had the honor of working with pianists like Arlene Shrut, Julius Drake, and the late Paddy (2003) Edmund Battersby. Andrew attended the University of California, Irvine, and is currently pursuing a masters in Collaborative Keyboard at California Institute of the Arts, where he is recipient Daniel Pate, percussion of the Fletcher Jones Foundation Scholarship. His primary teachers have been Nina Scolnik Stainless Staining (2007) and Vicki Ray. In addition to performing piano, Andrew teaches privately, plays taiko, and is an Andrew Anderson, piano aspirating piano technician. Bulb (2006) Isaac Allen, violin Tina Chong Hailed as, “a deity of elegance” by the New Brunswick Beacon, Canadian pianist Tina Chong Alex Greenbaum, cello is a sought-after recitalist. Since her orchestral debut at the age of nine, Tina has appeared as Tina Chong, piano a guest soloist with orchestras throughout the world including the Calgary Philharmonic, the The Weather of It (2016) Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. She is a prizewinner Hausmann Quartet of the Montreal International Music Competition, and captured first prizes at theS tepping Stone Bio: Canadian Music Competition and Aspen Concerto Competition. Tina holds degrees from Oberlin Donnacha Dennehy College and Indiana University, where she is now a doctoral candidate. A native of Banff, Tina Born in , Donnacha Dennehy has had work featured in festivals and venues around the is now based in San Diego. She plays frequently in the San Diego Symphony and is on faculty at world, including the Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Opera House (London), Carnegie Hall, San Diego State University. Tina’s greatest loves are chamber music and dancing with her two The Barbican, BAM, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, ISCM World Music Days, WNYC’s young daughters. New Sounds Live, , Ultima Festival (Oslo), Musica Viva (Lisbon), the Saarbrucken Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and the Gaudeamus Festival (Amsterdam). S ibarg Ensemble Dennehy has been commissioned by Dawn Upshaw, the Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, Bang On A Can, Third Coast Percussion, Icebreaker (London), Contact (Toronto), Orkest de Ereprijs Sunday, August 26 • 12:00-12:40 (), Percussion Group of the Hague, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, the St. Paul St. Michael’s Parish Hall Chamber Orchestra, BBC Ulster Orchestra and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, among others. Collaborations include pieces with the writer Enda Walsh (including his recent Bio: opera The Last Hotel), the choreographers Yoshiko Chuma and Shobana Jeyasingh, and the The Sibarg Ensemble combines the sounds of Iranian music and American jazz through an visual artist John Gerrard. He founded Ireland’s Crash Ensemble in 1997, whose Nonesuch intercultural improvised music making. By utilizing Iranian and Western instruments, including release entitled Grá agus Bás was named one of NPR’s “50 favorite albums” (in any genre) in the kamâncheh, târ, robâb, vocals, piano, double bass, and drums the musicians draw on 2011. their own musical backgrounds while creating a unique dialogue with one another. Ultimately, this ensemble cultivates something that is neither Iranian nor American, but rather a fluid Dennehy’s recent opera The Last Hotel, with a libretto by Enda Walsh, premiered at the Edinburgh soundscape that transgresses regional and cultural identifications. International Festival in August 2015 and has since had runs at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the Royal Opera in London, and St Ann’s Warehouse in New York. Other recent premieres include The Weather of it for the Doric Quartet, Surface Tension for Third Coast Percussion, and Tessellatum for violist Nadia Sirota, viol consort and electronics, scheduled for release by Bedroom Community in the summer of 2017. He has been on the music faculty at Princeton University since 2014.

Daniel Pate bio on page 2

Hausmann Quartet bio on page 6

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 10-11 8/22/2018 11:16:12 PM erIC ByerS Bio: Johnny gandelsman’s musical voice refl ects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since suNday, august 26 • 3:00-4:00 moving to the in 1995. as a founding member of rider and a member of the Carlsbad Inn’s Village Terrace silk road Ensemble, Johnny has closely worked with such luminaries as yo-yo Ma, Bono, Osvaldo golijov, david Byrne, Bela Fleck, Kayhan Kalhor, suzanne Vega, Mark Morris, anne sofi e Van Otter, Program: Alim Qasimov & Fargana Qasimova and Joshua Redman. Gandelsman integrates a wide range J.s. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major of creative sensibilities into a unique style amongst today’s violinists, one that according to the Kaija saariaho: sept Papillons (2000) Boston globe, possesses “a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination”. Matt McBane: Linear Arithmetic (2018 - world premiere solo cello version) John Luther adams: Three High Places (2007) Recent and upcoming highlights include winning a Grammy award for Best World Music album as giovanni sollima: Lamentatio (1998) a member and producer of silk road Ensemble’s latest album, “sing Me Home”; premiering newly commissioned Cinco danzas for violin solo by Edward Perez in Minnesota; and performing Philip Bio: glass’ “Madrigal Opera” in Brooklyn Ny; Lou Harrison’s Centennial celebration in Boston; release Praised as “ideally eloquent” by the Los angeles times, cellist Eric Byers captivates audiences of the complete Bach sonatas and Partitas for solo Violin & ’s “spontaneous as a soloist, chamber musician, and composer. at 18, he made his solo debut with the Cincinnati symbols” on in a Circle records. symphony Orchestra. in 2018 he debuted with the in a last-minute substitution. His performance of the third movement of B. A. Zimmerman’s Cello Concerto was A passionate advocate for new music, Johnny has premiered dozens of works written for lauded as “rapturously played” and “utterly convincing” by the Los angeles times. His solo Brooklyn rider and silk road Ensemble. He has premiered works by Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin, dmitri repertoire spans J. s. Bach to today’s most innovative composers including Esa-Pekka salonen, yanov-yanovsky, Vijay iyer, Bela Fleck, daniel Cords, rubin Kodheli, dana Lyn, gabriel Kahane, Thomas Adès, Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, and Peter Eötvös. Colin Jacobsen, Shara Worden, John Zorn, Christina Courtin, Ethan Iverson, Padma Newsome, Gregory Saunier, , Bill Frisell and Nik Bartsch, as well as a violin concerto by Gonzalo Grau, commissioned for Johnny by Community Music Works. JoHnny ganDeLSman Johnny was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. His father Yuri is a professor of Viola at suNday, august 26 • 6:00-8:30 Michigan State University, his mother Janna is a pianist, and his sister Natasha is a violinist as well. St. Michael’s Chapel Program: Note: this concert will be performed without intermission J.S. Bach

sonata No. 1 in g minor Partita No. 2 in D minor • Adagio • Allemanda • Fuga (allegro) • Corrente • Siciliana • Sarabanda • Presto • Giga Partita No. 1 in B minor • Ciaccona • Allemanda – Double sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 • Corrente – double (Presto) • Adagio • Sarabande – Double • Fuga • Tempo di Borea – Double • Largo Sonata No. 2 in A minor • Allegro assai • Grave Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 • Fuga • Preludio • Andante • Loure • Allegro • Gavotte en rondeau • Menuet I • Menuet II • Bourrée • Gigue 12 13

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TiCkeTeD CoNCerTS: TiCkeTeD CoNCerTS: 5:15-6:00 daNiEL PatE st. MiCHaEL’s CHaPEL 12:00-12:30 isaaC sCHaNKLEr st. MiCHaEL’s CHurCH 7:00-8:00 gyaN riLEy tHE MissiON CHurCH 12:45-1:45 HausMaNN QuartEt st. MiCHaEL’s CHaPEL 8:15-9:15 JuLiaNNa BarWiCK tHE MissiON CHurCH 3:30-4:30 tasHa sMitH gOdiNEZ CarLsBad iNN’s VILLAGE TERRACE

Free CoNCerTS: 6:30-7:30 stEPHaNiE riCHards + tHE MissiON CHurCH ANDREW MUNSEY QUINTET 5:00-5:30 CHsO st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 8:00-9:00 dONNaCHa dENNEHy tHE MissiON CHurCH 6:00-6:40 sON dE saN diEgO st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 7:00-7:40 tHE ParagraPHs st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN Free CoNCerTS: 8:00-8:40 taKEN By CaNadiaNs st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 1:00-2:30 JaCK Curtis duBOWsKy CarLsBad By tHE sEa 9:00-10:00 trOuBLE iN tHE WiNd st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN ENSEMBLE 10:00-12:00 dJ LExiCON dEViL st. MiCHaEL’s ParisH HaLL 2:00-2:40 CLiNtON daVis st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 2:30-3:00 CrEW d’Etat Brass BaNd MARCH ALONG CARLSBAD BLVD STARTING AT PARK AT PINE AVENUE 3:00-3:40 CrEW d’Etat Brass BaNd st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 4:00-4:40 PEtEr sPraguE + st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN LEONARD PATTON 4:40-5:00 NatHaN HuBBard triO st. MiCHaEL’s CHaPEL 4:40-5:00 CarLsBad HigH sCHOOL st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN ORCHESTRA 5:00-5:40 Matt MCBaNE st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 5:40-6:00 NatHaN HuBBard triO st. MiCHaEL’s CHaPEL 6:00-6:40 tHE straWBErry MOONs st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 7:00-7:40 tHE ParKEr MEridiaN st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN thank you to Pizza Port Brewing Co. for donating 100% of the Beer garden sales to benefi t our non-profi t arts organization. 8:00-8:40 tHE rEd FOx taiLs st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN 9:00-10:00 iNsPirEd & tHE sLEEP st. MiCHaEL’s LaWN

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Ticketed CONCERTS: 12:00-12:40 Sibarg EnseMBLE st. Michael’s Parish Hall 3:00-4:00 Eric Byers Carlsbad Inn’s Village Terrace 6:00-8:30 Johnny Gandelsman st. Michael’s Chapel

Free CONCERTS: 12:15-12:45 Team Violin + St. Michael’s Church Team Cello 1:00-1:40 MandoBasso st. Michael’s Lawn 1:40-2:00 SD Opera Exposed St. Michael’s Parish Hall 2:00-2:40 We are the West St. Michael’s Lawn 2:40-3:00 SD Opera Exposed St. Michael’s Parish Hall 3:00-3:40 Cindy Lee BerryhilL st. Michael’s Lawn 3:40-4:00 Scott PaulsoN st. Michael’s Parish Hall 4:00-4:40 Nathan James st. Michael’s Lawn 4:40-5:00 Scott PaulsoN st. Michael’s Parish Hall 5:00-5:40 FAZI St. Michael’s Lawn

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 16-17 8/22/2018 11:16:14 PM Inspired & the Sleep Free Concerts Artist Bios Inspired & the Sleep is the musical project of songwriter/producer Max Greenhalgh and multi- instrumentalist Bryce Outcault, producing pop arrangements that are at once warmly familiar and sweetly off-kilter. Incorporating indie-rock instrumentation with electronic elements and vinyl sampling, Inspired & the Sleep perpetually reinvents their sound while staying true to their groove-oriented backbone. Cindy Lee Berryhill Nta han James Cindy Lee Berryhill is an Encinitas, California based singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer who Never one to follow convention and always one to think for himself, Nathan James has “delivers her truth serum with a coating of consolation and spasmodic amusement” [Van Dyke Parks]. created a musical identity with his homemade instruments and self taught skills. Armed with his handcrafted washboard guitar and stomping out time on a box made of old fence boards Crew D’Etat Brass Band while singing and blowing harmonica, you are sure to be captivated. Originally dubbed the Rad(ical) Marching Band, Crew D’Etat Brass Band began as a group of musical citizens wanting to support the equality march and women’s march. What started as gathering at Mission Bay to create a palette of New Orleans street funk and R&B has evolved into MandoBasso a notable outfit of the San Diego music scene. MandoBasso is a duo featuring Gunnar Biggs on bass and Bill Bradbury on mandolin. Their mutual love of Irish and traditional American music plus collective backgrounds in jazz and Carlsbad High School Orchestra classical performance, composition, and computer music brought them together in this CHS Chamber Orchestra highlights talented high school musicians ready to turn the notes on unusual pairing of mandolin and bass. the page into music for the ages. They will be performing a selection of music from the theaters of Broadway and the big screen to the rock concerts of The Rolling Stones. Soundtracks from Matt McBane Somewhere in Time, The Incredibles, and selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Matt McBane founded the Carlsbad Music Festival in his hometown of Carlsbad in 2004. In Opera, will give a memorable performance for music fans of all ages. addition, he is a composer whose music ranges from visceral rhythms and complex grooves to delicate melodies and rich textures, freely and intuitively incorporating a (continued on page 21) Clinton Davis Clinton Davis is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and teacher who was inspired by his native Kentuckian roots. Experience the authentic and soulful representation of pre-war country, blues, and jazz music that has been long forgotten from the mind’s eye of our country. DJ Lexicon Devil Operating with 100% vinyl, DJ Lexicon Devil is a collector of vinyl and purveyor of rock ‘n’ roll trash since 2000. He has scoured this cosmic marble for the greasiest garbage it has to offer in the ways of Fuzz Funk, Dirty Psych, Garage Punk, Heavy Blues and Glam Junk. Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble JCDE is a new music ensemble specializing in live scores for silent and experimental film combining acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material, and structured improvisation. Composer/Conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky crafts scores that deftly track multiple screen considerations enabling audiences to easily understand the most challenging of silent cinema. FAZI FAZI is a Chinese Post-Punk / Krautrock band formed in 2010 from Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province in central China. FAZI’s first appearance at the Carlsbad Music Festival is part of their Mountain of Time US Tour. Nta han Hubbard Trio Nathan Hubbard Trio is a vibraphone, bass and drum trio that performs original music. The trio uses modular notation, often with each member performing different pieces simultaneously, to create a kaleidoscopic sound world where interplay between performers switches at the turn of a page. 18 19

CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 18-19 8/22/2018 11:16:14 PM CLOSE TO HOME BUT YOU’LL FEEL A MILLION (continued) wide array of influences including: minimalism, avant pop, experimentalism, European classical music, art rock, jazz, film music, fiddle music and electronic music. He is the composer MILES AWAY and violinist for his band Build which received widespread critical acclaim for its two albums (Place 2011 and Build 2008) on New Amsterdam Records. In 2015 his 5 movement suite for bluegrass string band “Drawn” was released on the Jake Schepps Quintet’s album “Entwined” which was selected as a top album of the year by Colorado Public Radio. He is currently a Doctoral Fellow at Princeton University. The Paragraphs The Paragraphs are a fire on your front porch. With jittery guitar, jolted beats, and soulful melodies, The Paragraphs play their own brand of rock n’ roll that recalls the sounds of early ‘50s rock n’ roll with the DIY attitude of ‘80s post punk. The Parker Meridien Parker Meridien is a trio that features emcee Jack King, drummer Nathan Hubbard, and bassist John Rieder, backing abstract hip-hop flows and spoken word passages with psychedelic funk arrangements. The trio’s combination of sounds adds up to something fluid, fun, and extremely funky. The Red Fox Tails Weaving together a tapestry of sounds as diverse as their home base in Southern California, The Red Fox Tails are continuously inspired by the sound of the surf and the Latin vibes permeating the region. This four-piece group is all original west-coast-surf-soul-jazz-rock. 800.235.3939 • CARLSBADINN.COM Scott Paulson Scott Paulson is an award-winning soundscape artist who has been heard on radio, television, and film. His performance ensemble, the Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra, provides live music and sounds for a variety of film, dance, and musical productions. Paulson is not afraid to ask for audience participation during his live shows, get ready! & Chorus 2018-2019 Season San Diego Opera Exposed! Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD Soprano Michelle Law has been praised for her “dramatic soprano” and “beautiful voice” [Del Mar Times]. Ms. Law is a member of the SD Opera Young Artist Program. Previous operatic roles include Mimì, Donna Anna, the Countess, Fiordiligi, and the Merry Widow. Indonesian pianist Ines STEVEN SCHICK MUSIC DIRECTOR Irawati, is an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, and vocal coach. She is currently the director of SD Opera Young Artist Program and the pianist of Aviara Trio. From Contemporary Son de San Diego in Nov. 3-4 season-opener. Son de San Diego plays music from the southern region of Veracruz State in Mexico known as Son to Classical Jarocho. They use traditional string instruments (jarana, guitarra de son, and tamira). The best known from this tradition is “La Bamba.” Director Eduardo Garcia teaches in the Visual and to the Unexpected. Performing Arts Department at California State University San Marcos. Discover San Diego’s Water Concerto Most Adventurous The Strawberry Moons Brought together by a love of strong melodies and harmonies, ‘60s pop and psychedelic, as well Symphony Experience! as the shimmery arrangements of folk rock and the intensity of power pop and post-punk, the San Diego-based Strawberry Moons are Aimee Jacobs (vocals, keyboard), Will A Lerner (vocals, Tickets Now on Sale: keyboard, guitar), John Falk (guitar, vocals), Jason Areford (bass), and Dustin Schemensky (drums). Six-concert series: $65-$195 Peter Sprague + Leonard Patton Single tickets: $15-$39 Peter Sprague, San Diego based jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, recording engineer, producer, and life-long surfer pairs up with Leonard Patton, one of the most talented vocalists in the San Photo: Bill Dean La Jolla Symphony Steven Schick solos in Tan Dun’s Diego jazz scene, for an unforgettable performance. 858-534-4637 • www.lajollasymphony.com20 21

CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 20-21 8/22/2018 11:16:15 PM taKen By CanaDIanS Rock & roll for creeps. Forged by sinister hands and wrought of love, sweat, and American rock and roll, Taken By Canadians is a vibrant orgy of rapacious melodies and disquieting candor, presented in a hot fervor by a bunch of devilishly charming ne’er-do-wells. team vIoLIn + team CeLLo Hailing from Carlsbad, team Violin and team Cello can be spotted performing “around town” from SoCal beaches and campsites to Carlsbad schools and City events as well as the San diego and OC Fairs. since their start in 2014, this talented group of youngsters continue to expand their musical repertoire and learn to write their own songs and improvise. troUBLe In tHe wInD a band raised in the southern California sunshine, trouble in the Wind has a sound that fi lters the golden state’s surf-rock glow through layers of gritty folk with a twinge of country. the group’s instrumentation of accordion, upright bass, brushes, banjo, and guitars color the emotional songs which blend and range from ballads to surf folk and soulful rockers. we are tHe weSt as vast and indefi nable as the West itself, the intrepid sound stylists of We are the West reach beyond the setting sun to create an eclectic symphonic landscape. Formed by Brett Hool and John Kibler in a shipping container on a sheep farm in Holland, they began performing on an abandoned convent in Brooklyn then headed West to Los Angeles.

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CarlsbadMusicFestival_2018-Program CS6 Ver.3.indd 22-23 8/22/2018 11:16:36 PM Donor Listings

Carlsbad Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and all of its programming, commissions, and community events would not be possible without the support of patrons and donors, local business owners, and government and foundation grants. On behalf of the entire CMF community, we would like to extend our thanks and gratitude for your support.

(reflects donations received September 1, 2017- August 21, 2018)

FESTIVAL CIRCLE City of Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office ($5,000 or more) County of San Diego Sahm Family Foundation

CONCERT CIRCLE Janell Cannon CONNOISSEUR Anonymous ($1,000 - $4,999) Coastal Community Foundation ($100 - $249) Anonymous Carolyn Funes Leigh & Lindsey Cohn Joan Jackson Mark Coulombe Kip McBane David R. Falconer Tim & Larissa Parrott Alex & Becky Goodman Jim Rosenfield Julie Halliday Storm Marquis BENEFACTOR Rich & Jane Bentley Devora Lockton ENTHUSIAST William Doerrer ($500 - $999) Karen Johnson Judith & Wesley Marx ($50-$99) Margarette Marquis Tracy Moore Gary & Rae Merritt Sam Morales Gary Nessim Peter & Jan Taylor Donald Walker Peter & Joan Suffredini Katie White PATRON ($250 - $499) Philip Martin & Leslie Williams FRIEND Martha Erickson Emmanuel Sharef (up to $49) Sharon Griswold Craddock Stropes Mike & Joan Hoben 24 25

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Peter Taylor Thank you to these fantastic organizations for their generosity Father Doran Stambaugh and support in making this festival happen! James rosenfi eld Staff

Founder & artistic Director Lighting Designer Matt McBane Caroline Andrew

managing Director Production assistants Rebecca Pierce Goodman Judith Chambers David Katzenmaier THE SAHM FAMILY Production manager FOUNDATION Sue Givens Ticketed Stage manager Sali Heraldez Festival Coordinator Storm Marquis Festival Hub Stage manager Craddock Stropes Community engagement Kevin Hollis Coordinator Meg Pierce Kevin Carey Bookkeeper Cindy Rees electrician Billy Gleason Volunteer Coordinator Linda Mumford Program Booklet Designer Nicole Chen Festival Hub Coordinator Craddock Stropes Photography ListenSD merchandise & Vendor Coordinator Amanda Solie 26 27

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N 2018/2019 S t . a ve t s A e es S 1 pr t J y . e C f f 4 e r Beech Ave. 5 s o Garfield St. M n a S d . t ve is . . A o ve nd n A ra S n G R clay walker with the romeros e W r. t mystic india: the world tour ns D o . ia a e o st C s ag s Special Guest anna Vaus seP 28 • 8Pm oct 7 • 2Pm i h ll e hr a i C in V v r d e seP 14 • 8Pm ls g a t sb lt . 3 b o rl e a n a S Av d C t S . ak t B . O O CE AN lv d O . c e a n S t . 2 e. Av ine . P ve k A Oa Presenters of world class starshiP with mickey thomas the stunt dog exPerience 6 e. oct 12 • 8Pm noV 3 • 2Pm & 7Pm Av talent in Poway ne Pi

A FeStIvaL HUB: St. mICHaeL’S CampUS 2775 CarLsBad BLVd. 1. tHe mISSIon CHUrCH 825 CarLsBad ViLLagE dr. 2. CarLSBaD Inn’S vILLage terraCe the kingston trio Big Bad murPhy’s 3075 CarLsBad BLVd. noV 18 • 3Pm Voodoo daddy celtic legacy noV 30 • 8Pm FeB 17 • 7Pm 3. CarLSBaD By tHe Sea 2855 CarLsBad BLVd. 4. pUBLIC BeaCH aCCeSS 5. parKIng & traIn StatIon 6. parK at pIne ave anD CarLSBaD BLvD 3200 OCEaN st. arlo guthrie motown with a twist one night in memPhis caPitol stePs A donation of $5-$20 per person is suggested mar 16 • 8Pm mar 24 • 2Pm aPr 13 • 8Pm may 3 • 8Pm to help make the Carlsbad Music Festival possible. 28 tickets aVailaBle at www.Powayonstage.org 29| 15498 espola road | Poway, ca 92064 | 858.748.0505

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congratulations LAJOLLACOUNTRYDAY LAJOLLACOUNTRYDAY to alumnus matt mcbane ’97, founder of the carlsbad music festival, on LJCDSTORREYS 15 successful years! LJCDS.ORG

9490 genesee ave, la jolla, ca 92037 • 858.453.3440 • [email protected] 30

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