NOW SOUNDing @ ROUND 2020

41st Season is gangbusters, and sponsored by our long, dear angelic friends, ROWLAND and PAT REBELE.

AU T U M N A L R E F L E CT I O NSeason 41 began on intimate terms, on a September afternoon at a private residence in South Santa Cruz County. The recital – Secret Lives of a Piano – featured virtuoso pianist Sarah Cahill. She performed on a vintage 1868, nine-foot Steinway grand piano that was owned – and treasured – by the four composers featured in the program: Percy Grainger, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, and Philip Collins.

The afternoon was embellished further by savory hors d’oeuvres, compliments of Chocolate Restaurant.

The whole of it, SPONSORED By HiLL GUiTAR COmPANy.

This season unveils four world premieres of local vintage, by Santa Cruz composers Michael McGushin, Barry Phillips, Scott Stobbe, and Philip Collins.

ALSO...Five soundings of works by fantastic composers whose music has not been featured previously on NewmusicWorks programs: David Behrman, Bryce Dessner, Carleton Macy, Paul Simon and the late György Ligeti

SATURDAY, febRUARY 8, 20207:30PM

barbara Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, Aptos

Night of the Living Composers

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Night of the Living Composers is our annual showcase of chamber music and song by not-yet-departed individuals. Local bias notwith-standing, this season’s NLC plays bilaterally, with equal numbers of opuses from both Eastern and Western coasts.

guest artists: Lori Rivera, Sarah Cahill and NMW Ensemble

Christian Wolff, I like to think of Harriet Tubman (1985)speaker, violin, harp, double bass Text: Harriet Tubman, Susan Griffin (1821-1913)

Scott Stobbe, Circadian Melodies (2019)clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, guitar (world premiere) commissioned by NewmusicWorks

Philip Collins, Pleasant Dreaming (2006/2019) (world premiere)piano solo

David Behrman, Mills Open Space (2019) flute/piccolo, trumpet, piano, harp, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, electric guitar, percussion, live electronics

Paul Simon, Can’t Run But (1990)flute/piccolo, bass clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, violoncello

Paul Simon, Renè & Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war (1983) flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, electric guitar, violin, viola, violoncello

Carleton Macy, SPIRAL (1986) bass clarinet, piano, marimba, vibraphone

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SATURDAY, febRUARY 8, 20207:30PM

Night of the Living Composers

World premieres by Santa Cruzans Philip Collins and Scott Stobbe highlight the local angle of the evening. Scott Stobbe – a native Santa Cruzan, relocated to New Orleans – brings a new quintet, Circadian Melodies (commissioned by NmW). The work’s title alludes to the natural circadian bio-cycles of living organisms.

Sarah Cahill makes a cameo appearance to premiere a newly shaped version of Philip Collins’ 2006 piano solo, Pleasant Dreaming.

Also on February 8, the music of recently relocated monterey native, Carleton macy, will be featured for the first time on a NMW concert. And it won’t likely be the last. During his 32 years of teaching at macalester College in minnesota, Carleton created a substantive and fascinating oeuvre of chamber music. His SPIRAL is especially convincing; guaranteed to enthrall!

Paul Simon is among the most celebrated living composers of our time. But since he is associated with popular music, his serious collaborations with ethnic and stylistic diversities are often overlooked. Contemporary chamber music concerts would not be the first place one would expect to encounter Paul Simon’s music.

yET HERE HE iS !!Two songs from Paul Simon’s 2018 album, In The Blue Light — Can’t Run But and René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the War — will be sung by Lori Rivera, to the accompaniment of NmW Ensemble.

David Behrman! Another new name for our “Living Composer” roster. He is a celebrated composer and artist of diversely innovative accomplishments. His sound and multimedia installations have been realized around the planet and his collaborations with John Cage, David Tudor and so many others, opened ways of integrating sound, image and environs anew.

Behrman’s Mills Open Space is as alluring as it is unpredictable.

I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman, by Christian Wolff is a jaunty adaptation of Susan Griffin’s poem, Harriet Tubman. it is set for voice and a trio of undesignated instruments. Lori Rivera will orate - as only she can!

And after all, what would African American History month be like without a salute toHarriet Tubman?

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(not the other way around)SATURDAY, APRil 4, 2020

7:30PM

James Tenney, Tableaux Vivants (1990)clarinet; bassoon; soprano saxophone, piano, vibraphone, violin

Barry Phillips, harp, violin and violoncello (2019) (world premiere)

Michael McGushin, Oddities and Observations (songs on poems of Kay Ryan)soprano and piano (2019) (world premiere)

The Ariose Singers; Camille Couture, music director and conductor

György Ligeti, Nacht und Morgen (1965) a capella choir

Meredith Monk, Panda Chant (1984) a capella choir

Bryce Dessner, Murder Ballades (2013)flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello

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guest artists: Sheila Willey, soprano; Ariose Singers, Camille Couture, conductor; NMW Ensemble; Philip Collins, conductor

Fresh, powerful sounds of dissimilar up-bringings elope together for an evening’s romp of sonic adventure!!

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(not the other way around)SATURDAY, APRil 4, 2020

7:30PM

guest artists: Sheila Willey, soprano; Ariose Singers, Camille Couture, conductor; NMW Ensemble; Philip Collins, conductor

WORLD PREMIERES by two of the Central Coast’s most talented composers —michael mcGushin and Barry Phillips — bring indigenous resonances to an otherwise globally-focused program.

michael mcGushin and Sheila Willey continue their lyrical simpatico with michael’s newly composed Oddities and Observations, a collection of songs from poems by Kay Ryan. Barry Phillips brings us a new trio for harp, violin and violoncello.

TENNEY & DESSNER Different approaches. There are worlds of difference between the seductively

floating and unpredictable textures of James Tenney’s Tableau Vivants, and the lean and crisply visceral settings of cowboy tunes by Bryce Dessner in Murder Ballades. And those differences are sooo complementary!!

THE CHORAL DIMENSION The program includes a wondrous choral set by The Ariose Singers featuring music by György Ligeti and meredith monk. Textural plays of night and day ignite Ligeti’s Nacht und Morgen, while monk’s Panda Chant is charming, imaginative and funny as choral music ever gets!

SUnDAY, JUne 7, 20202 - 6PM

PLEasE Park oN 30th avENuE

Exotica Cuisine via Chef India Joze RestaurantIgam Ogam: Scott Stobbe, guitar; Lee Corbie-Wells, violin and vocals; Patrice Wallace, bassThe Great MorganiNMW Ensemble perform Terry Riley’s Tread on the Trail

Singing Wood Marimba Ensemble; Laura Mallon, directorThe Ariose Singers; Camille Couture, directorStan Poplin and Cary Nichols Duo Bill Walker, atmospheric electric slide guitar

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SUnDAY, JUne 7, 20202 - 6PM

Avant Garden Party r E t u r N to E r i C ’ s i s L a N d !

2888 Sandy lane, Santa Cruz

Following ten years of avant-gardening amid robert Eberle’s lovely floral beds in Soquel, NMW is transplanting our party (your party) back to santa Cruz – back to the open-air walkways and flowing canals of this Live Oak oasis. With a new performing stage, this year’s garden site offers an ideal outdoor setting for the afternoon’s musical line-up.

For your convenience, all ticket prices are inclusive of service fees and City of santa Cruz admission tax. CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE!

GoLDEN TICkETs offer preferred seating with the best sound and view.

No. advance (at door) total $$NIGHT OF THE LIVING COMPOSERS — FEBRUARY 8, 2020

General _____ X $27 ( $30) _______

Golden _____ X $37 ($40) _______

students _____ X $12 ($15) _______

THE MUSIC OF SOUND — APRIL 4, 2020

General _____ X $27 ( $30) _______

Golden _____ X $37 ($40) _______

students _____ X $12 ($15) _______

AVANT GARDEN PARTY — JUNE 7, 2020 General _____ X $37 ($40) _______

students _____ X $17 ($20) _______

ToTal TickeT PaymenT Due _______

Yes, let me help; I would like to make a tax deductible contribution to NewMusicWorks for the amount of $ ________________ (tax i.d. 77-0450511)

MAIL PAYMENT TO: New Music Works, P.O. Box 2266, Santa Cruz, CA 95063-2266

Thank you Grantors!Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation; Arts Council Santa Cruz County;

Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

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Avant Garden Party r E t u r N to E r i C ’ s i s L a N d !

OR ONLINE ...tickets available for The Music of Sound and Avant Garden Party at brownpapertickets.comtickets available for Night of the Living Composers at cabrillovapa.com/events

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