I N T IN THE WORKS: FREE ORCHESTRA CONCERT Wednesday, August 5, 5:30pm | Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium You’ll find yourself at the very center of contemporary music-making with a special concert featuring new works by three young composers—Brendan Faegre, Takuma Itoh, H and Emily Praetorius—conducted in rotation by seven emerging conductors. All are studying in the prestigious Conductors/Composers Workshop. E W Don’t miss the excitement when the creative sparks fly! O R K S IN THE WORKS COMPOSERS BRENDAN FAEGRE TAKUMA ITOH EMILY PRAETORIUS Brendan Faegre is a Takuma Itoh spent his Emily Praetorius is composer, educator, early childhood in Japan a composer and b and l e ader, and before moving to Palo clarinetist from Ojai, percussionist whose Alto, California, where California. She holds music draws inspiration he grew up. His music a Master of Music from jazz and rock has been described as in composition from drumming, Hindustani “brashly youthful and Manhattan School of classical music, and fresh” (New York Times). Music (2014) and a contemporary concert Featured amongst one Bachelor of Music in music. Faegre’s works have been programmed of “100 Composers Under 40” on NPR Music, clarinet performance and composition from at festivals around the world, including Itoh has been the recipient of an award from the University of Redlands (2008). Praetorius Huddersfield (UK), Gaudeamus (NL), TRANSIT the American Academy of Arts and Letters; a has written for a variety of different instrumental Leuven (BE), Dark Music Days (IS), Beijing Charles Ives Scholarship; a Music Alive: New combinations, from clarinet duo with live Modern (CN), and Bang on a Can (US). He Partnerships grant with the Tucson Symphony; electronics to viola quartet to full orchestra. has received commissions from groups the ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize; Her music was most recently featured as part of such as the New York Youth Symphony, and six ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer the San Francisco Conservatory Hot Air Festival Slagwerk Den Haag, Ensemble Klang, Debut Awards. Itoh’s music has been performed by and her orchestra piece I Am Now Going to Orchestra, David Kweksilber Big Band and groups such as the Albany Symphony, the New Shut It received an honorable mention from Huygens-Fokker Foundation. He has also York Youth Symphony, the Shanghai Quartet, the American Composers Orchestra Underwood been a fellow of the American-Scandinavian the St. Lawrence Quartet, and H2 Quartet. New Music Readings. Praetorius is co-founder Foundation, Aspen Music Festival, Cortona Itoh holds degrees from Cornell University, of the Blank Space House Concert Series in New Sessions, and Bowdoin International Music University of Michigan, and Rice University; York City and a member of Adflata, a composer- Festival, and serves as New Music Advisor and his past teachers include Steven Stucky, performer collective dedicated to bringing new and composer-in-residence for the Lake Roberto Sierra, William Bolcom, Bright Sheng, music to new audiences. Her past teachers George Music Festival. In 2012 he founded and Pierre Jalbert. Since 2012, Itoh has been include Susan Botti, Sam Pluta, Reiko Fueting, the Brendan Faegre Edge Ensemble, a group a faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i Anthony Suter, and Kathryn Nevin. challenging the boundaries between notated at Manoa. and improvised music. This season they premiered six new works by young composers from around the world. Faegre lives in the Netherlands with his wife, baroque violinist Lucia Giraudo. CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 31.