Jennifer will collaborate with Stephen Lewis for a recital of music for cello and piano. The concert will feature works by Kaija Saariaho, Ravel, and Brahms. For more information about Stephen, visit www.stephenlewiscomposer.com

Admission is FREE

Quartet Nouveau joins the La Jolla Art Festival!

Meet nearly 200 artists in an intimate setting of original fine art, entertainment, and delicious cuisines complemented with fine wine and craft beer as you stroll the turf of UCSD Warren Field. This is not a street fair but an elegant, high quality showcase.

The Festival is produced by the Torrey Pines Kiwanis, a non-profit organization that raises funds to support adaptive sports and recreation programs for San Diegans’ with disabilities.  The Festival is a unique opportunity to combine support for adaptive programs and services that help those who have incurred serious and long term injuries, and artists who work hard to bring creativity and imagination to us every day. As a 501(c)3, the proceeds benefit adaptive sports and recreation opportunities for San Diegans with disabilities. Take the opportunity to help support your community, meet special people and enjoy a wonderful day of fun and excitement!

www.lajollaartfestival.org

Carlsbad Music Festival presents their 9th anual festival beginning with the Carlsbad Village Music Walk. Hear Jennifer Bewerse perform works for solo cello in St. Michael's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, one of the oldest buildings in Carlsbad.

In culmination of a week of study, the residents of Music from Salem: Cello Seminar will present a concert of works for solo cello and cello ensemble in Hubbard Hall, a beautifully restored 19th-Century Vaudeville Hall in Cambridge, New York.

The Cello Seminar is designed to explore music written for the cello by twentieth and twenty-first century composers.The wide range of repertoire, from classics to works on the cutting edge, will include pieces by such composers as Carter, Hyla, Harvey, Mackey, Jolas, Webern, Harbison and Tower. 

Diagenesis Duo will perform a recital at Salem Art Works as part of their weeklong residency at the Music from Salem: Cello Seminar. 

The program will include:

The Owl and the Pussycat by Igor Stravinsky

Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair by Scott Ordway*

Hands and Lips of Wind by Mischa Salkind-Pearl*

Two Songs of Silas Marner by Harold Meltzer

Attention by Matthew Whiteside**

9 Settings of Lorine Neidecker by Harrison Birtwistle

*indicates works commissioned by Diagenesis Duo. **indicates world premiere.

FREE!

Curated by Aleck Karis, UCSD's Palimpsest ensemble will featuring the music of Elliott Carter, an icon of American music who recently died at the age of 103.

General: $15.50

UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50

Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID

Box Office: 858-534-3448

As part of Christian Wolff's UCSD residency, students and faculty will spend the evening presenting his music.

General: $15.50

UCSD Faculty, Staff, FOM, Alumni: $10.50

Student Rush: Free, one-hour before concert, with ID

Box Office: 858-534-3448

On Tuesday, April 23, UCSD’s Department of Music will host a public symposium on the life and work of acclaimed 20th-century composer, Christian Wolff (http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~wolff/). The composer will be joined in public discussion by a panel of five distinguished faculty members:

Michael Davidson (Literature)

Charles Curtis (Music)

Roger Reynolds (Music)

Yolande Snaith (Theater & Dance)

Babette Mangolte (Visual Arts)

The symposium begins with a live performance of Wolff’s music - including Duo for Two Violins performed with two cellos by Jennifer Bewerse and Charles Curtis - followed by introductions of panel members and their questions. The composer will have a period to respond to these topics, after which, the panel will rejoin him for discussion , after which the floor will be opened to the audience.

Part of UCSD's Springfest, this concert celebrates music by and inspired by British composer Harrison Birtwistle. The evening includes 9 settings of Lorine Niedecker (performed by Diagenesis Duo) and 9 Settings of Celan by Harrison Birtwistle, paired with a world premiere by graduate composer Ryan Welsh.

FREE!

An evening of electronic, ambient, and live music in the varied environments of the Birch Aquarium. Wander through sea life galleries and enjoy the atmosphere(s) at your leisure.

Jennifer will perform Sept Papillons by Saariaho and Diagenesis Duo will perform selections from Hands and Lips of Wind by Mischa Salkind-Pearl

$10 Admission (includes aquarium admission)