Performances
PRISM Quartet Residency at North Dakota State University
Region II Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance
New Creations Festival: Performance of John Adams’ City Noir with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
PRISM Quartet performs Philip Glass’ Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
Mixing Eastern and Western traditions, Philip Glass’ heroic musical homage to a simple Hindu holy man paints an exquisite symphonic and choral picture of India emerging from centuries of foreign domination. Glass’ saxophone concerto as well as a piece by Glass and Ravi Shankar fill out this south Asian odyssey.
Thursday March 10, 2011 8:00 pm Friday March 11, 2011 8:00 pm Saturday March 12, 2011 8:00 pm R&H Segerstrom Concert Hall CARL ST.CLAIR - conductor PHILIP GLASS - composer PRISM QUARTET - saxophones JANICE CHANDLER ETEME - soprano CHRISTOPHEREN NOMURA - baritone KEVIN DEAS - bass-baritone PACIFIC CHORALE - John Alexander, artistic director
GLASS & SHANKAR: Meeting Along the Edge from “Passages” GLASS: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra GLASS: Passion of Ramakrishna
PRISM Quartet performs Philip Glass’ Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
PRISM Quartet performs Philip Glass’ Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
PRISM Quartet: Xenakis and Beyond
Xenakis and Beyond: New music from three generations of Greek composers
PROGRAM Ianis Xenakis (1922–2001) XAS (1987) Stratis Minakakis (b.1979) TA ENTOS (2006) Stratis Minakakis CHROIES BETA (2007) Stratis Minakakis Adaptations of Greek folk music Georgia Spiropoulos (b.1965) Práxis 4 Saxes (2004/05) Michael Adamis (b.1929) Eyynon (1988) Giorgos Koumendakis (b.1959) Typewriter Tune (2008)
PRISM Quartet: Xenakis and Beyond
Xenakis and Beyond: New music from three generations of Greek composers
PROGRAM Ianis Xenakis (1922–2001) XAS (1987) Stratis Minakakis (b.1979) TA ENTOS (2006) Stratis Minakakis CHROIES BETA (2007) Stratis Minakakis Adaptations of Greek folk music Georgia Spiropoulos (b.1965) Práxis 4 Saxes (2004/05) Michael Adamis (b.1929) Eyynon (1988) Giorgos Koumendakis (b.1959) Typewriter Tune (2008)
Performance of John Adams’ City Noir with the New World Symphony
Inspired Surroundings John Adams Conductor Saturday, 04/02/2011 at 7:30PM at New Campus Tickets: Tickets from $15 Sounds of the Times For ticket information, call: 305-673-3331
John Adams - American composer extraordinaire - takes to the podium to present an explosive display of contemporary ingenuity and magic. Said to be “loud, tough and organized,” Julia Wolfe’s Arsenal packs a punch! With trumpets and trombones on the front lines, she drew inspiration from one of FDR’s Fireside Chats. Bartók uses a bagpipe-like tune to convey the Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk flavor in his Dance Suite, and in a gripping finale, Adams leads his own City Noir, inspired by Kevin Starr’s “Dream” books that, to him, contain “pockets of high-energy and cinematic lyricism.”
Guest Masterclass
Guest Classical Artist, 2nd Annual Saxophone Day, Morehead State University
Featured classical artist for the 2nd Annual Saxophone Day at Morehead State University. Recital and Masterclasses. For more information, contact Johnny Salinas, assistant professor of saxophone, j.salinas@moreheadstate.edu
XenakisFest: A Celebration of the Music of Iannis Xenakis
Apr 27, 2011 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: Katzin Concert Hall Cost: $5-$9 The School of Music presents a 3-part series of concerts in honor of Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), the Greek composer and architect whose revolutionary ideas about music will come to life in visceral and virtuosic scores. Join ASU students, faculty, and guest artists as they perform the stirring creations of one of the greatest interdisciplinary artists of the 20th Century.
Series Concerts April 27, 7:30 p.m.: Faculty Artist Simone Mancuso, Percussion April 28, 7:30 p.m.: Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) April 29, 7:30 p.m.: Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME)
PRISM Quartet at World Cafe Live
PRISM performs a program of stunning music from their new innova CD, DEDICATION, featuring 23 short works composed in 2004 in celebration of the Quartet’s 20th anniversary. Music by Tim Berne, William Bolcom, Zack Browning, Robert Capanna, Donnacha Dennehy, Nick Didkovsky, Jason Eckardt, Renee Favand, Perry Goldstein, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Matthew Levy, Minimum Security Composers Collective (Dennis DeSantis, Roshanne Etezady, Adam Silverman, Ken Ueno), Keith Moore, Greg Osby, Frank J. Oteri, James Primosch, Tim Ries, Gregory Wanamaker, and Chen Yi
PRISM Quartet at The Stone
Innova Artists The PRISM Quartet present a CD release concert, curated by John Zorn and sponsored by Innova Recordings. Repertoire to include music by William Bolcom, Ken Ueno, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Greg Osby, Zack Browning, Frank Oteri, Adam Silverman, Dennis DeSantis, Roshanne Etezady, Renee Favand, Tim Ries, Tim Berne, Jason Eckhardt, Keith Moore, Gregory Wanamaker, Nick Didkovsky, Matthew Levy, Donnacha Dennehy, and more!
PRISM Quartet at Symphony Space
The PRISM Quartet unveils freshly minted works by David Rakowski, Lisa Bielawa, Perry Goldstein, Matthew Levy, and Cara Haxo, the winner of the PRISM/Walden School Young Composer Commissioning Award
PRISM Quartet presents “World Premieres”
The PRISM Quartet unveils freshly minted works by David Rakowski, Lisa Bielawa, Perry Goldstein, Matthew Levy, and Cara Haxo, the winner of the PRISM/Walden School Young Composer Commissioning Award
Bang on a Can Marathon
World Premiere of Alexis Bacon’s Capriccio
Libby Larsen Guest Composer Residency: Performance of Holy Roller
Holy Roller Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone Lucia Unrau, piano
8pm, Dendrinos Chapel Free Admission
Soloist with World Youth Wind Symphony
Performance of Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei
World Youth Wind Symphony Steven Davis, conductor
7:00pm, Corson Auditorium Free Admission
Composer Portrait: Speak of the Devil—The Music of Roshanne Etezady
PRISM Quartet Residency at UMKC Conservatory of Music 9/26-10/1
PRISM appears at UMKC Conservatory of Music, including a recital, composer workshops, open readings, and a performance of William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso with the Conservatory Wind Ensemble under the direction of Steve Davis in the brand new Helzberg Performing Arts Center.
Soloist with Tokyo Wind Symphony
Faculty Artist Series
“When Worlds Collide: Music for Saxophone and Organ”
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister joins up with Kimberly Marshall to feature exciting new works and transcriptions, combining one of the newest musical instruments with one of the oldest. Music of Olivier Messiaen, Mischa Zupko, Alessandro Marcello, Jean-Baptiste Singelee, Jacobus Kloppers, and Jean Matitia.
SONIC Festival hosted by American Composers Orchestra
PRISM Quartet performs works by Roshanne Etezady, Ken Ueno, Lei Liang, Kristin Kuster, Kati Agocs, David Laganella
Soloist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra
World Premiere of Kathryn Salfelder’s Saxophone Concerto. David Alan Miller, conductor
Soloist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Premiere of Kathryn Salfelder’s Saxophone Concerto. David Alan Miller, conductor
Guest Artist—Morning Interlude Series
October 26, 2011 10:30am; 1pm Music Theater, MIM Phoenix, AZ
“Chambersax” Timothy McAllister, saxophones Andrew Campbell, piano Nancy Buck, viola
Herberger Institute Associate Professor of Saxophone Dr. Timothy McAllister is joined by esteemed ASU faculty Andrew Campbell and Nancy Buck in a diverse program which includes powerful chamber works by Paul Hindemith, Max Bruch, ASU Faculty Rodney Rogers, George Gershwin, and more!
Selmer Artist Recital at Steinway Hall
Soloist with the Reno Philharmonic
Masterclass
Soloist with the Reno Philharmonic