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MusicX | ccm.uc.edu/musicx Music09 is a unique and intensive new music festival for composers and performers. While in residence at the prestigious Hindemith Foundation Music Centre in Blonay, Switzerland, the premiere American ensemble eighth blackbird and principal composers Chen Yi , Frederic Rzewski and Joel Hoffman work with an invited group of young composers and performers from Asia, Europe and North America. Upon acceptance, participating composers were asked to write new works for chamber ensembles, including a member of eighth blackbird and selected young instrumentalists. These works are performed and recorded in a series of concerts at the Hindemith Foundation Music Centre. In addition to preparing for these concerts, the festival offers a series of master classes and lectures for composers and performers. Music09 brings performers and composers together to create new music.

2 11 eighth blackbird Joel Hoffman, born in Vancouver, Canada in 1953, composes July 3, 2009 – 8pm works that draw from such diverse sources as Eastern Euro- Bartok Hall, Hindemith Music Centre pean folk musics and bebop, and are pervaded by a sense of Tim Munro, flutes lyricism and rhythmic vitality. They have been performed by Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets many ensembles such as the Chicago Symphony Brass, the Matthew Albert, violin/viola BBC Orchestra of Wales, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Photinos, cello eighth blackbird, the Cleveland Quartet, the Shanghai Quartet, Lisa Kaplan, piano the Amernet Quartet and the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio. Matthew Duvall, percussion Hoffman has received commissions from, among others, the the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the Fromm Foun- dation, the Cincinnati Symphony, the National Chamber Joel Hoffman: 6-8-2-4-5-8 Orchestra and the American Harp Society. Currently, Hoffman is Professor of Composition at the University of Cincinnati’s Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge College-Conservatory of Music. Chen Yi: Qi Chen Yi, born in 1953 in Guangzhou, China, is the recipient of David Brynjar Franzson: Il Dolce Fare Niente the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001-04). She has served as Kati Agocs: Immutable Dreams Distinguished Professor in Music Composition at the Thomas Ades: Catch Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 1998. By combining Chinese and Western traditions, Chen Yi Stephen Hartke: Meanwhile transcends cultural and musical boundaries, and serves as an ambassador for the arts, creating music that reaches a wide range of audiences and inspires people of different cultural backgrounds. Dr. Chen has received major commissions from the Koussevitzky, Fromm, Ford, Rockefeller, and Roche foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, Meet The Composer among many others. Frederic Rzewski, born in Massachusetts in 1938, studied music with Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, and Milton Babbitt at Harvard and Princeton Universities. Rzewski’s early friend- ship with Christian Wolff and David Behrman, and his acquaintance with John Cage and David Tudor strongly influ- enced his development. In Rome in the mid-sixties, together with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum, he formed the MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva) group, which quickly became known Matthew Duvall endorses Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments. for its pioneering work in live electronics and improvisation. Bringing together both classical and jazz avant-gardists, devel- www.eighthblackbird.com oped an esthetic of music as a spontaneous collective process, Exclusive Management for eighth blackbird: an esthetic which was shared with other experimental groups OPUS 3 ARTISTS of the same period. Rzewski was Professor of Composition 470 Park Avenue South at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Liege, Belgium from 9th Floor North 1977-2002. He has also taught at, among others, Yale School New York, NY 10016 of Music and the University of Cincinnati.

10 3 Violist Dorotea Vismara Hoffman has performed in Europe, Accent09 meets Music09 meets Frederic Rzewski South and North America and in China as a chamber musician July 2, 2009 – 7:30pm with a strong interest in new music. Formerly violist with the Bartok Hall, Hindemith Music Centre Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra under Riccardo Muti, Accent Touring Ensemble Ms. Hoffman is currently a member of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Dorotea Vismara Hoffman is the director of Caroline Wong, flute Shannen Watson, Natania Hoffman & Monika Rudolph, voices AccentX, a summer music program at the University of Charles Rudig, piano Cincinnati, which she founded in 2002. She teaches violin, Benjamin Hoffman, Dylan Firlie, Shihui Guan & Aigerim Kustubayeva, violins viola and chamber music at the CCM Preparatory Department, Rafaela Copetti, viola where she is the director of the Accent Chamber Music Natania Hoffman, cello Program. A former professor of viola at the University of Kevin Topmiller, guitar Kentucky in Lexington and at the Conservatorio di Musica Natalie Draper: Fantasy on a Pavane by Luis Milan “G.B.Martini” in Bologna, Italy, she is a frequent clinician, Jessica Prus, flute/piccolo coach, jury member and teacher trainer in conservatories, Lisa Kaplan, piano music schools and summer festivals. Erica Drake, percussion

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Tim Munro, flutes; Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets; Matt Al- Hindemith: Trauermusik bert, violin & viola; Nicholas Photinos, cello; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lisa Kaplan, piano SHORT INTERMISSION Described by The New Yorker as “friendly, unpretentious, idealistic and highly skilled,” the Grammy Award-winning Cage: Living Room Music eighth blackbird promises its ever-increasing audiences pro- Morton Feldman: Why Patterns? vocative and engaging performances. It is widely lauded for its Kerrith Livengood, flute performing style – often playing from memory with virtuosic Rossella Spinosa, piano and theatrical flair – and its efforts to make new music acces- Aaron Jester, percussion sible to wide audiences. A New York Times reviewer raved, “eighth blackbird’s performances are the picture of polish and INTERMISSION precision, and they seem to be thoroughly engaged…by music in a broad range of contemporary styles.” The sextet has been the subject of profiles in the New York Times and on NPR’s All Joel Hoffman: Stone Soup Natania Hoffman, narrator Things Considered; it has also been featured on Bloomberg Benjamin Hoffman, violin TV’s Muse, CBS’s Sunday Morning, St. Paul Sunday, Weekend America and The Next Big Thing, among others. In 2008 the Frederic Rzewski: Nanosonatas, Books III, IV, VI (2007–9) group’s recording of “strange imaginary animals” won the Book III (15–21) Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. The Book IV (22—28), “Peace Dances” Book VI (36–42) ensemble is in residence at the University of Richmond in 1. To A young Man (for Noam, 13.09.90) Virginia and at the University of Chicago. The centerpiece of 2. To A Young Woman (for Noemi, 23.09.81) eighth blackbird’s 2007-2008 season is its kinetic program 3. To A Great Guy (for Jan, 20.11.70) “The Only Moving Thing”, featuring new commissions by 4. To A Runner (for Alexis, 06.01.63) Steve Reich, and maverick composers David Lang, Michael 5. To A Dead Infant (for Nicolas, 06.01.63) 6. To A Sweet Guy (for Ico, 12.02.64) Gordon and Julia Wolfe. The group is also premiering Mirrors, 7. To A Girl (for Esther, 26.07.96) a ground-breaking new multimedia work by composer Tamar 4 9 Music09 Composers 3 Muskal and interactive digital artist Danny Rozin, as well as a July 1, 2009 – 8pm new work by Stephen Hartke as part of the group’s “Sound Bartok Hall, Hindemith Music Centre Mirror” program. This season, eighth blackbird makes their debut at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and the Pittsburgh Chamber Ted Goldman: Scrudge Music Society, returns to the Kennedy Center, and is in resi- Isaac Thompson, violin dence at DePauw University and the University of Michigan at Rachel Smith, cello Ann Arbor. eighth blackbird also inaugurates its hometown Lisa Kaplan (eighth blackbird), piano series at the Harris Theater at Millennium Park. Nicolai Jacobsen: Haru no Ime-Ji Amy Galbraith, oboe/english horn In previous seasons the sextet has appeared in South Korea, Liz Lee, cello Mexico, Canada, Amsterdam, and throughout North America, Matthew Duvall (eighth blackbird), percussion including performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Amanda DeBoer, voice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum, the Kennedy Center, the Marcela Pavia: Imaginary Beings Library of Congress, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the La Tim Munro (eighth blackbird), flute/piccolo Jolla Chamber Music Society, and has performed as soloist with Elizabeth Remizowski, piano the Utah Symphony and the American Composers Orchestra. Aaron Jester, percussion During the summer the group has appeared several times at Cincinnati’s Music X, the Great Lakes Music Festival, Caramoor Jeffrey Roberts: Breaking Bamboo, Shaking Jade Kerrith Livengood, flute/piccolo International Music Festival, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festi- Johanna Ballou, piano val. They have also appeared at the Tanglewood Music Center, Matthew Duvall (eighth blackbird), percussion the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and in 2006 made their debut at the Ojai Music Festival, where the group was named Matthew Schreibeis: In Search of Planet X Music Director for the 2009 season. Michael Maccaferri (eighth blackbird), clarinet Aida-Maria Boiesan, violin Johanna Ballou, piano The members of eighth blackbird hold degrees in music performance from Oberlin Conservatory, among other institutions. Kyle Werner: Panorama The group derives its name from the Wallace Stevens poem Pethrus Gärdborn, flute/piccolo “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” The eighth stanza Kana Kimura, violin Lisa Kaplan (eighth blackbird), piano reads: Yu-Chun Kuo, percussion I know noble accents Charlie Williams: Things To Be Hungry For And lucid, inescapable rhythms; Tim Munro (eighth blackbird), flute/piccolo But I know, too, Brenda van der Merwe, violin Yu-Chun Kuo, percussion That the blackbird is involved In what I know

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Eun Young Lee: Chiaroscuro John Berners: Twinkle Toes Matt Albert (eighth blackbird), violin Tim Munro (eighth blackbird), flute/piccolo Yu-Chun Kuo, percussion Aida-Maria Boiesan, violin Amanda DeBoer, voice Liz Lee, cello Benjamin Fraley, percussion Jordan Kuspa: Wild and Ferocious Plants Michael Maccaferri (eighth blackbird), clarinet Michael Ippolito: Trio Variations Brenda van der Merwe, violin Michael Maccaferri (eighth blackbird), clarinet Rachel Smith, cello Isaac Thompson, violin Benjamin Fraley, percussion Liz Lee, cello

Alex Stephenson: Three Movements for Flute, Cello, and Piano John Liberatore: new work Kerrith Livengood, flute/piccolo Jessica Prus, flute/piccolo Nick Photinos (eighth blackbird), cello Nick Photinos (eighth blackbird), cello Elizabeth Remizowski, piano Yen-Lin Goh, piano

John E. Bower: Columnar Fragments Ben Irwin: Sacrosanct Jessica Prus, flute, piccolo Pethrus Gärdborn, flute/piccolo Matt Albert (eighth blackbird), violin Matt Albert (eighth blackbird), violin Elizabeth Remizowski, piano Erica Drake, percussion

Lucas Hausrath: Quartet No. 2 Lisa Coons: Three Songs Benjamin Irwin, clarinet Michael Maccaferri (eighth blackbird), clarinet Kana Kimura, violin Yen-Lin Goh, piano Rossella Spinosa, piano Matthew Duvall (eighth blackbird), percussion Erica Drake, percussion Amanda DeBoer, voice

Rossella Spinosa: La Babele dei Linguaggi Jonathan Russell: …one damn thing… 1. Grammatica Amy Galbraith, oboe/english horn 2. Retorica 3. Dialettica Brenda van der Merwe, violin Tim Munro (eighth blackbird), flute/piccolo Nick Photinos (eighth blackbird), cello Isaac Thompson, violin Rachel Smith, cello Christopher Walczak: Night Spiral I - ‘Approaching Sleep and Premonition’ Christopher Stark: Archipel II - ‘Dream Impromptu’ Amy Galbraith, oboe/english horn Kana Kimura, violin Aida-Maria Boiesan, violin Nick Photinos (eighth blackbird), cello Nick Photinos (eighth blackbird), cello Johanna Ballou, piano Aaron Jester, percussion

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