The Soundwaves new music series at the Santa Monica Public Library marks its 50th event with the world premiere of "Unknown Summits," a major work by acclaimed L.A. composer Daniel Corral, on Wednesday March 20, 2019, at 7:30pm in the Main Library Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium, at 601 Santa Monica Blvd.   

"Unknown Summits" is a song cycle based on texts from summit logs found in the Sierra Club archives. Summit logs are guest books kept at mountaintops for climbers to record their accomplishments and reflections. Corral was especially drawn to books whose original locations are no longer known, thus "Unknown Summits."   

His settings of these texts will be brought to life by vocalist Joanna Wallfisch, who has toured with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and now teaches on L.A's Skid Row with the Urban Voices Project, joined by the Koan Quartet (Eric KM Clark and Orin Hildestad, violins, Cassia Streb, viola, and Jennifer Bewerse, cello) and Corral on accordion.   

Admission: Free 

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Description:Southland Ensemble performs works from our very first call for scores. Hear recently composed graphic and text scores by:   

Christine Burke: AT A STEADY CONSISTENT RATE 

Nicole DeMaio: Book of Hours 

Jorge Delgado Leyva: Diálogos, 1. Consecuente 

Ben Zucker: Neither/N/Nor/N 

Nomi Epstein: all are above us 

Erika Bell: Saint-Girons 

John Eagle: Something about my Punctuation   

Tickets: $15 General, $20 Student/Senior 

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Synchromy and Tuesdays @ Monkspace present “say I am not far enough”, a two-concert night of readings, art, and music inspired by the life and work of late American novelist Ursula K. Le Guin. Born in Berkeley, California in 1929, Le Guin’s unique voice broke barriers in the realms of science fiction and fantasy in the 1960s and 70s, lending a feminist slant and refreshing approach to genres dominated by macho male protagonists and space battles.

First Set // 6 pm

Free Show (reservation recommended)

Reservations can be made at https://bit.ly/2GZqj89 

Food and drink will be available (details to follow)

Elinor Armer’s "Lockerbones/Airbones" and excerpts from Joseph Schwantner’s "Wild Angels of the Open Hills," improvisation by Miller Wrenn, and works by Laura Brackney and Stephen Taylor. Featuring mezzo-sopranos Amy Fogerson and Megan Ihnen, and actors Amielynn Abellera, June Carryl, and Arye Gross. Conductor Stephen Tucker makes his first Synchromy appearance on both programs.

Second Set // 8 pm

Ticketed as usual by T@MS / Tickets on sale now at https://bit.ly/2Qpj35b

Cost: $20 student / $25 adult

More excerpts from Joseph Schwantner’s "Wild Angels of the Open Hills" with mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen, flutist Sara Andon, and harpist Ellie Choate. The world premieres of Jason Barabba’s "say I am not far enough" with Choate and baritone Scott Graff and Australian composer Naima Fine’s "A non-euclidean view of California as a cold place to be." Pianist/composer Vicki Ray will improvise with readings of Ursula K. Le Guin’s version of the Tao Te Ching, along with more readings from Abellera, Carryl, and Gross.

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Conducted by festival curator Christopher Rountree and directed by R. B. Schlather, this evening-long exploration of the Fluxus movement, staged throughout Walt Disney Concert Hall by the LA Phil, is one of the most ambitious undertakings of the orchestra’s 100-year career, and one of the largest Fluxus events ever to be put on by a major symphony orchestra. Designed to dissolve the perceived boundaries between audience, musician, and work, the entire campus will be activated, with sound, light, and action emanating from throughout the building. It will be an evening of chance encounters, unexpected delights, and historic performances.   

4:00pm - 8:00pm Walt Disney Concert Hall Interior and Exterior Spaces 

Christopher ROUNTREE : Commitment Booth (LA Phil commission) 

Ken FRIEDMAN : Sonata for Melons and Gravity 

Chris KALLMYER : Sonatas and Interludes (LA Phil commission)   

5:00pm - 7:00pm Walt Disney Concert Hall Auditorium 

La Monte YOUNG and Marian ZAZEELA : The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China (1962) in Dream Light  

7:00pm - 8:00pm Walt Disney Concert Hall Interior and Exterior Spaces 

Pieces by ONO, MACIUNAS, KNOWLES, FORTI, PATTERSON, FRIEDMAN, WOLFF, OLIVEROS, and R.B. SCHLATHER   

8:00pm Walt Disney Concert Hall Auditorium 

PATTERSON : Overture III 

La Monte YOUNG : Composition 1960 #13 to Richard Huelsenbeck 

PAIK : One, for solo violin 

Yoko ONO : Wall Piece for Orchestra to Yoko Ono 

Steven TAKASUGI : Howl (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund) 

HIGGINS : The Thousand Symphonies 

CAGE : Apartment House 1776 

BERIO : Sinfonia  

Tickets: from $20 

Purchase Tickets via https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/216/2018-11-17/fluxus-fluxconcert/

Diagenesis Duo (Heather Barnes-soprano and Jennifer Bewerse-cello) makes their first appearance in Los Angeles performing contemporary classical music from their recently released debut CD, Hands and Lips of Wind. The concert features commissions Diagenesis has made throughout their 7-year collaboration and Harrison Birtwistle's elegant miniatures, Twelve Settings of Lorine Niedecker. Also on the program is Diagenesis's most recent commission, Marti Epstien's Different Kinds of Light featuring the poetry of Jackson Mac Low.    

Harrison Birtwistle: Twelve Settings of Lorine Niedecker 

Mischa Salkind-Pearl: Hands and Lips of Wind 

Marti Epstein: Different Kinds of Light 

Adam Scott Neal: Travels 

Scott Ordway: Black is the Color   

Tickets: $18 / $15 Student 

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For more information, visit diagenesisduo.com

Melodicas, harmonicas, Chinese paper accordions, triangles, antique cymbals, amplified blackboards, counter bells, credit cards, and roaming clarinetists. Flotsam & Jetsam is a concert curated by Aron Kallay of pieces he's heard in person or online that have grabbed his attention and roused his imagination. Here, completely unrelated works snap together like pieces of a puzzle! Members of Brightwork join forces with pianist Genevieve Lee, Lyris Quartet violinist Shalini Vijayan, the Now Hear Ensemble, and T@MS team-members to bring this unique one-of-a-kind program to life.   

FEATURING: 

Mayke Nas - I Delayed People's Flights By Walking Slowly In Narrow Hallways  

Thomas Ades - Catch 

Danny clay - playbook 

Kurt Rohde - Altromundo

Tickets: $25 / $20 students 

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For more information, visit tuesdaysatmonkspace.org

Jennifer joins the 12th Annual Carlsbad Music Festival for their New Currents programming. Eleven groups will present cutting edge classical music on Saturday, August 29 from 2-8pm and Sunday, August 30 from 1-5pm. Jennifer will be performing Caroline Shaw's In manus tuas and Jacob ter Veldhuis' Tatatata at 3pm on Sunday, August 30th.

Admission: Free!

For more information, visit carlsbadmusicfestival.org

And for performance schedules, visit carlsbadmusicfestival.org/2015-concert-programs

Summa Trio presents a concert featuring a Piano Trio from their recently recorded album and is joined by friends to present Terry Riley's El Hombre and Pamela Z's And the Movement of the Tongue. 

Full Program:

Carl Vollrath, Piano Trio No.3

Terry Riley, El Hombre

Agusta Read Thomas, A Circle Around the Sun

Pamela Z, And the Movement of the Tongue 

With:

Kate Outterbridge, violin

Jonathan Morgan, viola

Summa Trio (Maiani da Silva, violin - Jennifer Bewerse, cello - Karolina Rojahn, piano) 

Suggested Donation: $10

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New work by Erika Bell, Eric Heep & Corey Fogel.

This show is free. betalevel.com/directions 

For a complete listing of Dog Star 14 events, visit dogstarorchestra.com

Description:The Dog Star Orchestra has invited Dutch pianist Reinier van Houdt to play John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra from 1957-58. It’s a seminal yet rarely played work that features a solo piano part an orchestra of up to 3 violins, 2 violas, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and tuba. Parts are time coordinated but independent - Cage considered them solos.   

The concert will also feature premieres by LA composers Jerry Hunt, Jennie Gottschalk, Andrew Young, and Nomi Epstein.   

Admission: free 

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For a complete listing of Dog Star events, visit dogstarorchestra.com