2012-13 Concert Season

Caged In
Monday October 1, 2012, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

Transmigration
Monday November 19, 2012, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

Set in Stone
Monday February 18, 2013, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

Combustible
Monday April 15, 2013, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

Caged In

Monday October 1, 2012, 7:30pm
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

An evening of music framed by the legend of John Cage on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

With special guests:
Dan Gelok, alto saxophone
Tim Hester, piano

Ductus figuratus (2008) — Kirk O'Riordan (b.1968)
solo alto saxophone & chamber ensemble
Dan Gelok, alto saxophone

For Whom (2005) — Paul Rudy (b.1962)
chamber ensemble & pre-recorded sounds

Incandescence (2011) — Ida Gotkovsky (b.1933) Texas Premiere
Dan Gelok, tenor saxophone
Tim Hester, piano

Suite for Toy Piano (1948) — John Cage (1912-1992)

Radio Music (1956) — John Cage (1912-1992)
Moores School of Music boom-box ensemble

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) — John Cage (1912-1992)
baritone & piano

Story, from "Living Room Music"; (1940) — John Cage (1912-1992)
four speakers

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Transmigration

Monday November 19, 2012, 7:30pm
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

An evening of music that explores the transformation of the spiritual and physical realms

The Deserted Churchyards (1990) — Bent Sørensen (b.1958)
chamber ensemble

Starlight Squid (1998, rev. 2001) — Camden Reeves (b.1974)
piano trio

Scale 9 (2009) — Sean Friar (b.1985)
chamber ensemble

Chamaeleon I (2009) — Marcus Maroney (b.1976)
clarinet & piano

Hot Water / Burn Baby (1997) — Roshanne Etezady (b.1973)
flute & marimba

Ode to the South-Facing Form (1992) — Mark Wingate (b.1954)
pre-recorded sounds

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Set in Stone

Monday February 18, 2013, 7:30pm
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

An evening of music “set in stone”

with special guests:
Daniel Saenz, cello
Brian Herrington, composer

Set in Stone features David Dzubay’s “Kukulkan II”, which imagines exotic rituals that took place at the Mayan temple of the same name, and world premieres by local composers Brian Herrington and Desmond Ikegquonu. Also on the program are Anna Weesner’s “Light and Stone”, which evokes the sense of light gathering deep in the center of rock, and Eric Stokes’ “Rock and Roll”, which is performed with actual river stones and gravel. 

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Combustible

Monday April 15, 2013, 7:30pm
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House

An evening of combustible music to finish our season with a bang.

with special guest:
Geraldine Ong, piano

Combustible features Michael Gordon’s electrifying “AC/DC”, Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan’s scorching “Burn” and Astor Piazolla’s sizzling “Le Grand Tango”. Additional heat will be generated through Carl Vine’s “Five Bagatelles”, the world premiere of a flute/piano work by Alex Winkler, and the “rough and smooth breathing” evoked in Elliott Carter’s “Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II”.

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