HEAR NOW Music Festival 2023

Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16

Venue for all concerts:

2220 Arts & Archives (Main Theater)
2220 Beverly Blvd., LA 90057

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PROGRAMS

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:00pm

Electroacoustic concert in collaboration with
People Inside Electronics (PIE) and Brightwork Ensemble

Dante De Silva* —

• Mr. Distinguished (2011) for violin, alto saxophone, piano, and pre-recorded electronics
  • Shalini Vijayan, violin  
  • Marta Tiesenga, alto saxophone  
  • Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano  
  • Richard An, pre-recorded electronics  

Anuj Bhutani* —

• To the Lighthouse (2019) for violin and live electronics (West Coast premiere)
  • Shalini Vijayan, violin   
  • Cristina Lord,  electronics  

João Pedro Oliveira* —

• Towdah (2009) for flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion and electronics (West Coast premiere)
  • Sara Andon, flute  
  • Brian Walsh, bass clarinet  
  • Nic Gerpe, piano  
  • Nick Terry, percussion  
  • Richard An, electronics  

Nick Norton —

• Snow Crystals on Sagebrush (2022) for string quartet and electronics (World premiere)
  • Eclipse Quartet:  
    • Sarah Thornblade, violin  
    • Sara Parkins, violin  
    • Wendy Richman, guest violist  
    • Maggie Parkins, cello  
  • Isaac Schankler, electronics  

Liviu Marinescu —

• Echoes (2009) for flute and fixed media
  • Sarah Wass, flute   
  • Cristina Lord, fixed media electronics  

Corey Dundee* —

• remnants (2019) for violin, bassoon, Piano+MIDI, Percussion+MIDI
  • Sara Parkins, violin  
  • Jonathan Stehney, bassoon  
  • Aron Kallay, piano+MIDI  
  • Nick Terry, percussion+MIDI  
  • Isaac Schankler, electronics  

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Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8:00pm

“Music and…” — A Multidisciplinary Concert

Brandon J. Rolle, composer / Christopher Richmond, artist —

• TRASH MOON (2022) for video and immersive multichannel audio (World premiere)

Daniel Newman-Lessler, composer / Mady Thornquest, solo dancer and choreographer —

• an echo that doesn’t rhyme (2022) for solo dancer, 3 pianos, 2 percussion, light conducting system
  • Piano:   Richard An, Eliot Burk, M A Harms, Jack Herscowitz, Jeonghyeon Joo, Eric Lennartson, Lauren Martin, Mason Moy, Gabe Le Neveu   
  • Percussion:  Matt LeVeque, Victor Sintchak  
  • Conductor: Daniel Newman-Lessler  
  • Lighting designer: Claire Chrzan  

Russell Steinberg, composer / Jerry Kearns, artist / Amanda Tiller, video —

• Paleface (2017) for video and live trio
  • Trio Accento:  
    • Limor Toren-Immerman, violin  
    • Garik Terzian, cello  
    • Nora Chiang Wrobel, piano  
    • Brendan Tseung, page turner 
  • Video of Jerry Kearns’ paintings by Amanda Tiller  

Hugh Levick, composer / Storyboard P, choreographer* —

• Otherwise (2022) for dancer and live trio (World premiere)
  • Featuring Storyboard P, dancer  
  • Alyssa Park, violin  
  • Timothy Loo, cello  
  • Nic Gerpe, piano  

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Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2pm

Chamber Concert I

Ian Dicke —

• 86’d (2014) for countertenor and large chamber ensemble (West Coast premiere)
  • Darryl Taylor, countertenor 
  • The UCLA Philharmonia Soloists 
  • Neal Stulberg, conductor  

Gabrielle Rosse* —

• Shadows and Songs (2019) for string quartet
  • The Lyris Quartet:  
    • Alyssa Park, violin 
    • Shalini Vijayan, violin  
    • Luke Maurer, viola  
    • Timothy Loo, cello  

Pin Hsin Lin* —

• Cross the Line of Death (2022) for piano, violin, cello (World premiere)
  • Kyle Gilner, violin  
  • Benjamin Lash, cello  
  • Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano  

Joseph Pereira —

• A Shadowy Figure Went Past (2023) for piano quartet (World premiere)
  • Alyssa Park, violin  
  • Luke Maurer, viola  
  • Timothy Loo, cello  
  • Joanne Pearce Martin, piano  

Tomás Peire Serrate* —

• Glimpse (2019) for bass clarinet, violin and cello
  • Micah Wright, bass clarinet  
  • Alyssa Park, violin  
  • Michael Kaufman, cello   

Daniel Kessner —

• A Tempo (2011) for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, marimba/xylophone, and piano
  • Brightwork Ensemble:  
    • Sara Andon, flute/piccolo  
    • Brian Walsh, clarinet/bass clarinet  
    • Shalini Vijayan, violin  
    • Maggie Parkins, cello  
    • Nick Terry, marimba/xylophone  
    • Aron Kallay, piano  

Anne Le Baron* —

• Cosmic Rose (2022) for harp and horn (West Coast premiere)
  • Rachel Constantino, horn  
  • Alison Bjorkedal, harp   

Jeffrey Holmes —

• Thrall (Þræll) (2014) for solo piano, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, contrabass (World premiere)
  • Mari Kawamura, solo piano  
  • Rachel Beetz, flute  
  • Brian Walsh, bass clarinet  
  • Shalini Vijayan, violin  
  • Ashley Walters, cello  
  • Scott Worthington, contrabass  

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Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5pm

Chamber Concert II

Vera Ivanova* —

• Still Images (2008) for large chamber ensemble
  • The UCLA Philharmonia Soloists 
  • Neal Stulberg, conductor 

Joan Huang* —

• Eighteen Melodies for Hujia (2019) for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, contra bass, piano and percussion
  • Brightwork Ensemble and Friends:  
    • Stacey Fraser, soprano  
    • Sara Andon, flute  
    • Brian Walsh, clarinet  
    • Shalini Vijayan, violin  
    • Wendy Richman, viola  
    • Maggie Parkins, cello  
    • Scott Worthington, bass  
    • Aron Kallay, piano  
    • Nick Terry, percussion  
    • Ashley Walters, conductor  

Carolyn Chen* —

• Our Glass Bodies (2016) for violin, cello, percussion, piano, objects (U.S. Premiere)
  • Eric KM Clark, violin  
  • Jennifer Bewerse, cello  
  • Dustin Donahue, percussion  
  • Carolyn Chen, piano  

Peter Knell —

• Selections from ARKHIPOV (2022) for baritone and piano
  • Joel Balzun, baritone  
  • Nick Roehler, piano  

William Kraft —

• Quartet for the Love of Time (1987) for violin, cello, clarinet, piano
  • Alyssa Park, violin  
  • Charlie Tyler, cello  
  • Micah Wright, clarinet  
  • Nic Gerpe, piano   

Arash Majd* —

• Continuum: Cause & Effect (2022) for large chamber ensemble (World premiere, Ursula C. Krummel Commission)
  • The Lyris Quartet and Brightwork Ensemble: 
    • Sara Andon, flute  
    • Brian Walsh, bass clarinet  
    • Alyssa Park, Shalini Vijayan, Kyle Gilner, violins  
    • Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, viola  
    • Timothy Loo, Mia Barcia-Colombo, cellos  
    • Aron Kallay, piano  
    • Nick Terry, percussion  
    • Donald Crockett, conductor

*Denotes below composers who self-identify as members of historically underrepresented groups, including BIPOC, LGBTQ, women, etc.

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