Tag: sfcmp

30 Apr 2012
Culture no.1 on SFCMP’s Zone 5
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Karen Got­tlieb and Julie Stein­berg bring Cul­ture no.1 to San Fran­cisco for the first time. Writ­ten in 2006, this is the piece that I took to the Gaudea­mus Fes­ti­val that same year, for harp, piano, and elec­tron­ics, and which kicks off my three-part Cul­ture series.

8:00 pm, Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave. (map)
San Francisco, California
$30 Regular, $25 Senior, $10 Student
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Interview with Conductor Donato Cabrera
21 February 2011, 5:13 pmTags: , , , , , , , ,
Donato Cabrera

In early Feb­ru­ary, I inter­viewed Donato Cabr­era, Res­i­dent Con­duc­tor at the SF Sym­phony and guest con­duc­tor for the Feb­ru­ary 28 SFCMP con­cert. In the inter­view, Cabr­era dis­cusses the dif­fer­ences between the Amer­i­can and Euro­pean con­duct­ing tra­di­tions, the dan­gers of over­spe­cial­iza­tion, chal­lenges fac­ing the new music com­mu­nity in the United States, and how he thinks works by liv­ing com­posers should be pro­grammed. You can read the inter­view on SFCMP’s blog.

Review: SFCMP 40th Anniversary Opening Concert: Points in Recent History
10 November 2010, 6:58 pmTags: , , , , , , ,

Rat­ing: 4 out of 5 stars

Pointing Finger

SFCMP kicked off its 40th sea­son with a char­ac­ter­is­ti­cally eclec­tic pro­gram that reminded me why the con­cert pro­ducer has been able to draw loyal sub­scribers for decades. The pieces on the pro­gram showed an appre­ci­a­tion for the phe­nom­e­non of the con­cert as a social event belong­ing to a spe­cific com­mu­nity, and the con­cert reflected the eclec­tic spirit of Amer­i­can new music. Con­tinue read­ing “Review: <span class=“caps”>SFCMP</span> 40th Anniver­sary Open­ing Con­cert: Points in Recent History” »

Concert Review: SFCMP’s His Own Space of Freedom—Theatrically Engaging and Musically Diverse
27 April 2010, 12:42 amTags: , , , , , , , ,

Rat­ing: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The World of Water

The San Fran­cisco Con­tem­po­rary Music Play­ers pre­sented their final con­cert of the 2009/2010 sea­son tonight, 26 Apr 2010, at the Herbst The­ater in down­town San Fran­cisco. On the pro­gram were pieces by Greek com­poser Mano­lis Manousakis, Amer­i­can Tan Dun, Chi­nese Guo Wen­jing, and French­man Philippe Hurel. This pro­gram was pre­sented coher­ently and engag­ingly, because proper atten­tion was paid not only to select­ing and prepar­ing the music, but also to light­ing, stag­ing, and tech­no­log­i­cal aspects—a rare achieve­ment. Con­tinue read­ing “Con­cert Review: <span class=“caps”>SFCMP</span>’s His Own Space of Freedom—Theatrically Engag­ing and Musi­cally Diverse” »

Christian Baldini Interview
19 April 2010, 10:13 amTags: , , , , ,
Christian Baldini

Recently, I inter­viewed conductor/composer Chris­t­ian Bal­dini for the San Fran­cisco Con­tem­po­rary Music Play­ers. Chris­t­ian is con­duct­ing a piece by French com­poser, Philippe Hurel for SFCMP’s upcom­ing con­cert on April 26. Bal­dini is an Argen­tine musi­cian by birth, cur­rently teach­ing con­duct­ing at UC Davis near San Francisco.

Inter­est­ingly enough, in the process of the inter­view, we dis­cov­ered we have some things in com­mon, includ­ing a love of con­tem­po­rary music and new opera!

Professional Experience
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Apr 2011
Quatuor Bozzini Com­posers Kitchen
Mon­tréal, Canada
Work­shop and res­i­dency with the string quar­tet. Devel­op­ment and per­for­mance of new work.
Jan–Mar 2010
Judge
JUNO Awards, Clas­si­cal Com­po­si­tion of the Year Category
Sep 2009–present
Con­sul­tant and Web Writer
San Fran­cisco Con­tem­po­rary Music Players
Devel­op­ing and imple­ment­ing strate­gies for audi­ence build­ing. Involv­ing grad­u­ate stu­dents from San Francisco–area music depart­ments in vol­un­teer pub­lic­ity activ­i­ties for the ensem­ble. Writ­ing interviews.
Jul 2009
Com­po­si­tion Fel­low
Cham­ber Music Con­fer­ence and Com­posers’ Forum of the East
Ben­ning­ton VT, USA
By invi­ta­tion. Duties include com­pos­ing a work for ama­teur musi­cians and coach­ing the ensemble.
Feb 2009
ork­est de ereprijs Young Com­posers Meet­ing
Apel­doorn, the Netherlands
Win­ner of the 2009 com­pe­ti­tion. Wrote a piece for the ensem­ble, par­tic­i­pated in masterclasses.
2008
Artis­tic Direc­tor
Recy­cled 80s Live
Canada
Con­ceived and orga­nized the cre­ation of a concert-length, ampli­fied piece for night­clubs based on quo­ta­tions of ‘80s pop songs, includ­ing com­po­si­tion of the score, hir­ing of musi­cians, arrang­ing for per­for­mances, and cre­at­ing audio–video sup­port materials.
Nov–Dec 2009
Banff Cen­tre Fall Cre­ative Music Res­i­dency
Banff, Canada
Sep–Dec 2007
Konin­klijk Con­ser­va­to­rium Res­i­dency
the Hague, the Netherlands
Pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment res­i­dency and com­po­si­tion mas­ter­classes with Mar­tijn Padding.
Aug 2007
Domaine For­get Acad­emy New Music Sem­i­nar
St-Irénée QC, Canada
Par­tic­i­pated in mas­ter­classes. Rehearsals and per­for­mance with the Nou­vel ensem­ble mod­erne.
Feb 2007
Arditti Quar­tet Res­i­dency, UC San Diego Vis­it­ing Artist Pro­gram
San Diego, USA
Com­posed a piece for the Arditti Quar­tet. Rehearsals, record­ing, and mas­ter­classes with the quartet.
2005–2007
Teach­ing Assis­tant
Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­for­nia, San Diego
Prepa­ra­tion: Three-month, inten­sive ped­a­gogy sem­i­nar on teach­ing crit­i­cal read­ing and writ­ing to undergraduates.
Duties: Attend­ing lec­tures and meet­ings with pro­fes­sors, cre­at­ing les­son plans based on course read­ing, teach­ing classes, hold­ing office hours, help­ing stu­dents develop research papers, and grad­ing writ­ten assign­ments and exams.
Classes Taught: (Music) MUS1B Music The­ory, MUS12 Intro to Opera, MUS4 Intro­duc­tion to West­ern Music His­tory, LTEN159 Pop­u­lar Music of the ‘60s; (World Lit­er­a­ture) MMW2 The Great Clas­si­cal Tra­di­tions, MMW3 The Medieval Heritage.
2005–2006
Com­poser in Res­i­dence
Ensem­ble con­tem­po­rain de Mon­tréal Généra­tion 2006
Mon­tréal, Canada
Wrote a piece for the ensem­ble, gave a mas­ter­class on my music at the École de musique Vin­cent d’Indy, rehearsals with stu­dent musi­cians, work­shop and rehearsals with the ensem­ble, cross-Canada tour.
Aug 2005
Tapes­try New Opera Works Composer–Librettist Lab­o­ra­tory
Toronto, Canada
Com­po­si­tion of four short opera scenes with four libret­tists, daily mas­ter­classes and dis­cus­sions, rehearsals with per­form­ers, performances.
Sep 2004–Jan 2005
Uni­ver­sity of Toronto Con­tem­po­rary Opera Show­case Pro­gramme
Toronto, Canada
Only under­grad­u­ate stu­dent invited to par­tic­i­pate. Wrote a cham­ber opera for U of T stu­dents, rehearsed with the singers and ensem­ble, held meet­ings with the music director.
Spring 2004
Artis­tic Direc­tor, Orga­nizer
Uni­ver­sity of Toronto – Har­vard Com­po­si­tion Exchange
Orga­nized a student-run exchange between com­po­si­tion stu­dents at both uni­ver­si­ties. Curated a con­cert of stu­dent works.
Spring 2004
Artis­tic Direc­tor, Organizer
Curated a con­cert of new music for sax­o­phone in Toronto. Respon­si­ble for find­ing per­form­ers, com­pos­ing a new piece, mak­ing pro­gram­ming deci­sions for other reper­toire, and pub­li­ciz­ing the concert.
Sum­mer 2002
Artis­tic Direc­tor, Organizer
Curated a con­cert of new music for stu­dent com­posers at the Uni­ver­sity of Alberta. Respon­si­ble for find­ing per­form­ers, com­pos­ing a new piece, mak­ing pro­gram­ming deci­sions for other reper­toire, and pub­li­ciz­ing the concert.
1995–2007
Pri­vate music instruc­tor in per­cus­sion, com­po­si­tion, music the­ory, and history.
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