SFCM New Music Ensemble Celebrates Lou Harrison

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) joins the Bay Area's celebration of Lou Harrison's centennial with a birthday concert presented by the SFCM New Music Ensemble, conducted by Nicole Paiement. This performance features important works by Harrison, whose style is known for incorporating non-Western traditions, relating to his activism, and showcasing a world of non-traditional techniques and sounds.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 8:00 PM
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall

Suite for Cello and Harp (1949)
Chorale
Pastorale
Interlude
Aria
Chorale

Madeline Jarzembak, harp
Sungkyung Park, cello

Village Music
Pastorale (1949)
Quadrille (1949)
Chorale (1949)
Homage to Milhaud (1948)
Jahla (1989)
Gigue and Musette (1941, revised 1977)

Corey Jamason, harpsichord

Solstice (1949-50)
Garden of the Sun
Entrance of the Moon Bull
Battle
Earth Invitation
Vernal Dance
Saturnalia
Rekindling of the fire
Turning of the Wheel
Finale - Blaze of Day

Nicole Paiement, conductor
Joyce Lee, flute
Flora Espinoza, oboe
Moya Gotham, trumpet
Tin Yi Wong, celesta
Taylor Chan, tack piano
Evan Kahn, cello
Maclean Pachkowski, cello
Maxwell Nesbet, double bass

This event is free and open to the public. No reservations required.
sfcm.edu/events/new-music-ensemble

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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About the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Founded in 1917, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music is the oldest conservatory in the American West and has earned an international reputation for producing musicians of the highest caliber. Its faculty includes nearly 30 members of the San Francisco Symphony as well as Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning artists in the fields of orchestral and chamber performance, classical guitar, and jazz. The Conservatory offers its 400-plus collegiate students fully accredited bachelor's and master's degree programs in composition and instrumental and vocal performance. SFCM was the first institution of its kind to offer world-class graduate degree programs in chamber music and classical guitar. Its Pre-College Division provides exceptionally high standards of musical education and personal attention to more than 200 younger students. SFCM faculty and students give nearly 500 public performances each year, most of which are offered to the public at no charge. Its community outreach programs serve over 1,600 school children and over 6,000 members of the wider community. Notable alumni include violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern, conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, soprano Elza van den Heever, Blue Bottle Coffee founder James Freeman and Ronald Losby, President, Steinway & Sons - Americas, among others. The Conservatory's Civic Center facility is an architectural and acoustical masterwork, and the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall was lauded by The New York Times as the "most enticing classical-music setting" in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit sfcm.edu.