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Berkeley Edge Fest A Festival of Contemporary PerformanceJoin us for the first biennial Berkeley Edge Fest. Buy all five concerts and save 20%!
 

Join Cal Performances Email Club by May 30th and you could win two tickets to all five Edge Fest performances! To join, simply fill out the quick form located here and we'll then automatically enter your name in a drawing for two free Edge Fest subscriptions! (Drawing to be held June 3rd)

See below for two just added Education and Community events, both free and open to the public!

Edge Fest subscriptions not available for purchase online; please call the Cal Performances ticket office at 510.642.9988

Thursday, June 5, 8 pm
Hertz Hall $22
The Music of Edmund Campion and Cindy Cox

The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
David Milnes, conductor

Edmund Campion, sampler keyboard
Lauren Carley, soprano
Richard Lalli, baritone
Matthew Wright, musical systems designer
Danielle DeGruttola, cello
Cindy Cox, piano

Program:
Cox/Geode (1996); World a Tuning Fork (2001); Hierosgamos: Studies in Harmony and Resonance (2003 – world premiere); Campion/Melt me so with thy delicious numbers…(2003 – world premiere); l'Autre (1999); ME (2002).
 

 
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Friday, June 6, 8 pm
Hertz Hall $22
The Music of Terry Riley
Terry Riley, keyboards
Sarah Cahill, piano
Joseph Kubera, piano
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio:
   William Winant, percussion
   Julie Steinberg, piano
   David Abel, violin

Program: Riley/Cinco de Mayo (1997); A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969); Baghdad Highway (world premiere - 2003); Ritmos and Melos (1993)

Education and Community Event:
Free showing of a film by Cecilia Miniucchi about Terry Riley, Terry Riley's Musical Rainbow, Friday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. in Wheeler Hall (right before the HH Riley concert). For more information, click here.

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Saturday, June 7, 6 pm
Hertz Hall $22
The Music of John Adams
and Ingram Marshall

Sarah Cahill, piano
Ingram Marshall, gambuh with electronics
Crowden School Ensemble
John Adams, conductor
Gloria Cheng, piano
Shai Wosner, piano
Onyx Quartet:
   Anna Presler, violin
   Phyllis Kamrin, violin
   Kurt Rhode, viola
   Leighton Fong, cello

Program:
Adams/Christian Zeal and Activity (1973); China Gates (1977); Hallelujah Junction (1996 - Bay Area premiere); Marshall/Fragility Cycles (1976); Authentic Presence (2000); Evensongs (1997)

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Saturday, June 7, 9 pm
Hertz Hall $22

Steve Lacy, soprano saxophone
George Lewis, trombone
David Wessle, live electronics
Musicians and composers Steve Lacy, George Lewis and David Wessel perform established works and improvise new ones.  
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Sunday, June 8, 3 pm
Hertz Hall $22
A tribute to Lou Harrison
Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio:
   William Winant, percussion
   Julie Steinberg, piano
   David Abel, violin
Chris Froh, percussion
Dan Kennedy, percussion
Terry Longshore, percussion
Steed Cowart, conductor
Jennifer Cass, mbira and psaltery
Gordon Smith, mbira
Jody Diamond, gamelan director
Gamelan Si Betty
This tribute to the legendary Bay Area composer features the world premieres of several new gamelan pieces. 
 

Program:
Harrison/Varied Trio (1987); Simfony #13 (1941); Fugue (1942); Music for Violin with Various Instruments (1967); Threnody for Carlos Chavez (1978); Gending Bill (world premiere); Ladrang in honor of Carter Scholz (world premiere); For the Pleasure of Ovids Changes (world premiere); Orchard (world premiere); Another Orchard (world premiere)

Education and Community Event
Free Panel discussion on the work of Lou Harrison, moderated by Sarah Cahill, Sunday, June 8 at 1:00 p.m. in 128 Morrison Hall. For more information, click here.

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The Berkeley Edge Fest is produced by Cal Performances in association with the Department of Music and the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at UC Berkeley.

Corporate Sponsor:
Peets Coffee

Event Media Sponsors:

East Bay Express
KPFA
 
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