We’re so excited to welcome these creators to HEAR NOW this year. Programs, performers and details are subject to change, but we’ll update this page as regularly as possible. Please contact us if you have questions. Click the composer names to learn more about each of this year’s featured creators.
Electroacoustic+ concert
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 8pm
in collaboration with People Inside Electronics with Brightwork Ensemble and HEX
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles 90057
Antibodypolitic: “Running Spring”, Alexander E. Miller
In Waves, Kion Heidari
Because Patterns/The Deep State, Isaac Io Schankler
Drones, Improvisations, Refrains, John M. Kennedy (World Premiere)
black_may, James Leelayuvat (World Premiere)
a place without language or streets, Jack Herscowitz
Eikosany Study, Daniel Corral (Los Angeles Premiere)
Chamber Concert I
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 8pm
with Lyris Quartet and Brightwork
2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles 90057
Trio Contraptions, Ryan McWilliams (US Premiere)
Softly Speaks the Wind, Madeline Barrett (Live Premiere)
Le Train, Oscar Pan (West Coast Premiere)
Adrenaline, Feona Lee Jones (LA Premiere)
octet, Jeonghyeon Joo
Traveling Symphony, Donald Crockett (LA Premiere)
Chamber Concert II
FRIDAY, April 26, 8pm
with International Contemporary Ensemble
FRANKIE, 300 S Mission Road, Los Angeles
…in the dreams of another…, Kay Rhie
A Prayer Amidst the Chaos, Jeremy Dávalos (Live Premiere)
Double Jeopardy, Mu-Xuan Lin (World Premiere)
PETRIFIED UNREST, Hugh Levick (World Premiere)
Glimpse II, Joseph Pereira (World Premiere)
Chamber Concert III
SATURDAY, April 27, 5pm (Sunset concert)
with International Contemporary Ensemble
FRANKIE, 300 S Mission Road, Los Angeles
Nobject-Catoptriarch-Umbration, Andrew Moses (World Premiere)
– HEAR NOW Krummel Commission
Danse Macabre, Michael M. Lee (World Premiere)
Fougère, J. M. Gerraughty (World Premiere)
Triboluminescence, Corey Dundee (West Coast Premiere)
Hagall (Haglaz), Jeffrey Holmes
Orchestra Concert
SUNDAY, April 28, 4pm
with UCLA Philharmonia, Neal Stulberg, conductor
Free concert with reservation
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
Orfeo V: Orfeo ed Euridice, Thea Musgrave (World Premiere)
seawall blvd, Ella Kaale
From th’Ethereal Skie, Jack Van Zandt (World Premiere)
Songs from the Deep, Juhi Bansal (LA Premiere)
Inhabited by air, Akari Komura (West Coast Premiere)
Lonnie and Lonie, George Lewis (LA Premiere)