Joël-François Durand, director, Contemporary Group

School of Music, University of Washington, Seattle

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Season 2000-2001

Fall 2000: November 30, Meany Hall

Program

  • Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): 3 Melodies, for voice and piano (1930)
  • Alberto Ginastera( 1916-1983): Duo for Flute and Oboe (1947)
  • Richard Festinger (1948 -): Twinning, for violin and piano (1994)
  • Joël-François Durand (1954 -): Au-delà, Cinq Etudes pour Piccolo (1997-98), for solo piccolo
  • Paulo Costa Lima (1955 - ): Pega Essa Nega e Chera (1991), for flute and piano
  • Justin Melland: Unraveling, for brass and percussion (2000) premiere
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for voice and orchestra

Winter 2001: March 5, Meany Hall

Program: the Winter and Spring concerts are devoted to musics by past and present Composition Faculty at the School of Music, University of Washington

  • William Bergsma: Four Songs for voice, clarinet, bassoon, piano (1981): Debby Penberthy, voice, Rudyard Dennis, clarinet, Dustin Seay, bassoon, Chia-shan yang, piano
  • William O Smith: Cleopatra's Garden for clarinet and piano (2000) World Premiere: W.O. Smith, clarinet, Kevin Aanarud, piano
  • Ken Benshoof: in Shadow, light, for piccolo and string quartet (1997): Zart Dombourian-Eby, piccolo, Ella Marie Gray, violin, Roxanna Patterson, viola, Walter Gray, cello
  • Diane Thome: Like a seated swan, for viola and electronics (1999): Helen Callus, viola
  • John Verrall: Sonata for flute and piano: Linda Bailey, flute and Jeremy Somolesky, piano
  • James Beale: Wind quintet (1990): Soni Ventorum: Felix Skowronek, flute, Rebecca Henderson, oboe, William McColl, clarinet, Arthur Grossman, bassoon, David Kappy, horn

Spring 2001: May 31, Meany Hall

Program: the Winter and Spring concerts are devoted to musics by past and present Composition Faculty at the School of Music, University of Washington

  • Paul Tufts: String Trio (1960): Hsuan Lee, violin, Brianna Atwell, viola, Jeffrey Wang, cello
  • Gerald Kechley: from Three Songs: Spring Night, for soprano and alto flute(1982): Shawna Avinger, soprano, Linda Bailey, flute; Res Miranda, for soprano and choir (1979): Shawna Avinger, soprano; UW Chorale, Geoffrey Boers, conductor
  • Joël-François Durand: Le chemin, for solo piano (1994): Jonathan Shames, piano
  • George McKay: Newfoundland Suite (Rocky Harbour and Sandy Cove), for strings (1947): Monica Boros,1st violin, Evelyn Gottlieb, 2nd violin, Colin Todd, Viola, Jeffrey Wang ,'Cello, Chris Brunhaver, Bass
  • John Rahn: Sea of Souls I: Sea, for Computer Realized Sound (1993)
  • Richard Karpen: The Silence of Time, for Percussion Ensemble and Computer Realized Sound (1993): Tom Collier, conductor, Miho Takekawa, Mike Roling, Doug Maiwurm, Percussions

All concerts take place in Meany Hall, at the University of Washington, Seattle, at 7:30 pm. For all information regarding the concerts, please call: Meany Hall at: (206) 543-4880

 

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

The following concerts take place in Brechemin Auditorium, Room 126, School of Music

30 March 2001, 8pm

Guest Artist Recital: Josep Sancho, Clarinet. The London-based Spanish clarinetist Josep Sancho gives a recital of modern music for the clarinet, including works by Stravinsky, Guijoan, Carter, Llanas, Chyrzynski, Berio and Durand. Tickets: $8-$10 (available at the door).

For more information please call the School of Music at 685-8384.

6 April 2001, 8pm

Guest Artist Recital: Helen Bledsoe, Flute. The European-based American flutist Helen Bledsoe gives a recital of modern music for the flute, including works by Ferneyhough, Sciarrino, Durand, Klein, Applebaum, and Hui. Tickets: $8-$10 (available at the door).

For more information please call the School of Music at 685-8384.

15 April 2001, 5pm

Guest Artists Recital: Interzone perceptible: Sven Hermann, accordion and Matthias Hettmer, electric bass. The German duo Interzone perceptible gives a recital of modern music for the accordion and electric bass, including works by Heyn, Carlevaro, Hermann, Shim, Hidalgo, Kowalkowski, and Interzone perceptible. Tickets: $8-$10 (available at the door).

For more information please call the School of Music at 685-8384.


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