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New Education and Community Events added to the Edge Fest Schedule
Friday, June 3, 8:00 p.m.
Hertz Hall $32.00
Terry Riley, keyboard, voice and tamboura
Gyan Riley, guitar and electric guitar
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Tracy Silverman, electric viola
George Brooks, saxophones
Paul Hanson, bassoon
Krishna Bhatt, sitar
Zakir Hussain, tablas and percussion
Antonia Minnicola, dance and voice
Michael McClure, poet
Plus special guest John Zorn, saxophone
No one represents the California revolution in minimalism and electronic experimentation better than Terry Riley, the undisputed hipster of contemporary music. Listed by the London Sunday Times as one of the 1000 Makers of the 20th century, Riley is joined by musician friends in a musical celebration of his 70th birthday.
Program: Riley/Invocation; Olde English; Crazy World; Ghost Tantra; Emerald Runner; Pictures and Stories; Curse of the 7 Generations Blues; Amina
Program notes are available online, click here.
Saturday, June 4, 8:00 p.m.
Hertz Hall $32.00
Jennifer Choi, violin
Richard O'Neill, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Stephen Drury, piano
Masada String Trio
John Zorn, conductor
Mark Feldman, violin
Erik Friedlander, cello
Greg Cohen, contrabass
Featuring performances of maverick composer John Zorn's Walpurgisnacht and Le Momo. Plus, the Masada String Trio performs an excerpt from Zorn's popular Masada project that integrates elements of klezmer and Middle Eastern music with jazz, avant-garde, and classical to create a new form of Jewish music.
Program:
Zorn/Walpurgisnacht (2004)
Zorn/Le Momo (1999)
Zorn/Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels (2004), excerpt
Program notes are available online, click here.
Sunday, June 5, 3:00 p.m.
Hertz Hall $32
Mark Feldman, violin
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Crowley Quartet
Jennifer Choi, violin
Jesse Mills, violin
Richard O'Neill, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
The Crowley Quartet performs Zorn's tour-de force work Necronomicon. Plus, additional excerpts from Zorn's Masada project. "Full of precipitous contrasts: skittering pizzicato, haunting legato cries, fortissimo climaxes, hushed interludes," says JazzTimes.
Program:
Zorn/Necronomicon (2003)
Zorn/Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels (2004), excerpt
Program notes are available online, click here.
Sunday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.
Hertz Hall $26
Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players
Tod Brody, flute
Carey Bell, clarinet
Terry Baune, violin
Thalia Moore, cello
Jacqueline Chew, piano
Karen Rosenak, piano
Michael Orland, percussion
Chris Froh, saxophone
David Milnes, conductor
Additional musicians, TBA
An exciting evening of three world premieres written expressly for the Festival by composer and UC Berkeley faculty member Jorge Liderman and recent UCB graduate alumni Fernando Benadon and Reynold Tharp. The work of Keeril Makan and Adirana Verdie, also graduate alumni of Berkeley's distinguished Department of Music, will be presented. Also, the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, under the direction of David Milnes, will perform the American premiere of Liderman's Flautando.
Program:
Liderman/Faster... (world premiere 2005)
Liderman/Flautando (American premiere 2005)
Benadon/new piece for clarinet, violin and cello (world premiere 2005)
Tharp/new piece for piano and percussion (world premiere 2005)
Tharp/Cold (2002)
Verdie/Flute 3.2.4. (1995)
Makan/new piece for solo baritone saxophone (West coast premiere 2004)
Program notes are available online, click here.
Edge Fest Education and Community Events
The following Education and community events have been programmed concurrently with the Edge Fest schedule:
Saturday, June 4, 4-5:30 p.m.
Elkus Room, 125 Morrison Hall
With musicians, scholars and composers Paul Dresher, Joan Jeanrenaud, Toshie Kakinuma, and Loren Rush, moderated by Sarah Cahill.
Free and open to the public.
Sunday, June 5, 6-7:00 p.m.
Elkus Room, 125 Morrison Hall
The Music of Jorge Liderman, Fernando Benadon, Reynold Tharp, Keeril Makan, and Adriana Verdie, moderated by Sarah Cahill.
Free and open to the public.
For more information on these events, see our Edge Fest Community and Education events flyer.
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