“WHAT WAS SAID” 2016, Mark L. EmersonPolymer on Canvas, 36 x 50”From the Collection of Kelly & Stephen Giannetti

39 Annualth

FREE

Guest PerformersSarah Cahill, piano, Keynote SpeakerSusan Lamb Cook, celloJohn Cozza, pianoPaul Hanson, bassoonSandra McPherson, clarinetAlan Theisen, saxophoneLaurel Zucker, �uteYoung Festival Performers

Guest EnsemblesCassatt String QuartetCitywaterEarplayMana QuartetRiverrunSandbox PercussionSociety for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S.Splinter ReedsWee Trio

Sacramento State EnsemblesNew Music EnsembleSymphonic Wind Ensemble

ComposersJonny AllenAmy Beal, MusicologistStephen BlumbergVictor CacceseDavid CrowellVivian FungHoward HershJohn MacCallumLarry PolanskyClare ShoreKen UenoJohn Villec

Festival EnsembleCathie Apple, �uteKeith Bohm, saxophoneJohn Cozza, pianoMaximillian Haft, violinDaniel Kennedy, percussionSam Nichols, electronicsAnna Presler, violinArtie Storch, percussion

Special arrangements have been made to facilitate parking on campus duringthe festival. Audience members may park at no charge after 7 p.m. in themulti-level parking facility adjacent to the School of Music (Capistrano Hall)

Stephen Blumberg, Artistic DirectorDavid A. Wells, Co-Director

For more information please visit: csus.edu/music/fenam or call (916) 278-5191

39 Annualth

Funded by generous support from:

The Cultural Arts Award Program of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission with support from the City and County of Sacramento

Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationAaron Copland Fund for Music

The TourWest program of WESTAF, which is in turn supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sponsored by the following Sacramento State departments, organizations, and programs:

College of Arts and Letters, Sheree Meyer, Interim DeanUniversity Advancement, Vince A. Sales, Vice PresidentSchool of Music, Ernie Hills, DirectorVisiting Scholars Program, Center for Teaching and LearningASI External Grant, Pat Worley, Executive DirectorCSUS Retirees Association

Sarah Cahill

Citywater

Earplay

Splinter Reeds

Riverrun

Sandb� Percussion

Sandbox Percussion

Photo by Henry Chan

Cassatt String Quartet

Mana Quartet

Wee Trio

Paul Hanson

* Sacramento State** Museum Admission Required+ In-School Performances are not open to the general public

LEGEND

ARC - American River College+

CAM - Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street, Sacramento**

CCH - Capistrano Concert Hall*

CPS - Capistrano Hall*

CRC - Cosumnes River College+

DHS - Davis High School+

ECHS - El Camino High School+

FHS - Florin High School+

FLC - Folsom Lake College+

NCS - Natomas Charter School+

MMS - W.E. Mitchell Middle School+

SCC - Sacramento City College, PAC 106+

SPMA - Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy, CLARA Center for the Arts, 2420 N Street Suite 116, Sacramento

November 410 a.m. In-School Performance: Riverrun (ECHS)11 a.m. Composer’s Forum: David Crowell (CPS 205)Noon Composer’s Forum: Clare Shore, with Alan Theisen, saxophone and Jennifer Reason, piano (CPS 205)Noon Percussion Workshop: Sandbox Percussion (CPS 329)8 p.m. Gala Performance: Earplay; Sandbox Percussion; Paul Hanson, bassoon; Sandra McPherson, clarinet; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; John Cozza, piano (CCH)

Works by: Andy Akiho, Jonny Allen, Bruce Bennett, Herb Bielawa, Stephen Blumberg, David Crowell, Shinji Eshima, Paul Hanson, Jason Treuting

9:15 a.m. In-School Performance: Daniel Kennedy, percussion (NCS)10 a.m. Composer’s Forum: Ken Ueno (CPS 205)11 a.m. Composer’s Forum: John MacCallum, with violist Ellen Ruth Rose of Earplay (CPS 205) Noon Keynote Address: The Essential Link-Composers, Pianists, and the Creative Process, Sarah Cahill, pianist/writer/producer (CCH) Noon In-School Performance: Splinter Reeds (CRC)1:30 p.m. In-School Performance: Riverrun (ARC)2:30 p.m. In-School Performance: Alan Theisen, saxophone; Jennifer Reason, piano (SPMA) 4 p.m. Young Festival Performers Master Class: Sarah Cahill, piano (CCH)7 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk: Vivian Fung, Howard Hersh, John MacCallum (CPS 151)

November 53 p.m. Citywater (CPS 151)

Works by: Brent Chancellor, Clare Shore, Ryan Suleiman7 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk: Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, David Crowell (CPS 151)8 p.m. Sandbox Percussion (CCH)

Works by: Andy Akiho, Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, David Crowell, Thomas Kotche�, Steve Reich, Jason Treuting

November 6 3 p.m. Symphonic Wind Ensemble (CCH) Works by: Anthony LaBounty, Jonathan Newman, Jason Tanouye, Gerald Willis 7 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk: Ken Ueno (CPS 151) 8 p.m. Splinter Reeds (CCH) Works by: Ryan Brown, Eric DeLuca, Marc Mellits, Ken Ueno, Eric Wubbels

November 7

November 8

9 a.m. In-School Performance: Anna Presler, violin (DHS)

9 a.m. Composer’s Forum: Vivian Fung (CPS 205)

10:30a.m. Composer’s Forum: Howard Hersh, with pianist Brenda Tom of Earplay (CPS 205)

Noon In-School Performance: Cassatt String Quartet (MMS)

Noon In-School Performance: Sandra McPherson, clarinet; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; John Cozza, piano; Keith Bohm, saxophone; Stephen Blumberg, composer (FLC)

1:30 p.m. Improvisation Workshop: Paul Hanson (CPS 143)1:45 p.m. In-School Performance: Daniel Kennedy, percussion (FHS)3 p.m. Sacramento State New Music Ensemble (CPS 143) Works by: Viet Cuong, Robert Dick, Morton Feldman, Chris Lee, Art Kreiger, Rand Steiger, Karen Tanaka

6 p.m. Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S. (SCC) Works by: Je�rey Hass, Elaine Lillios, Dennis H. Miller, Charles Nichols, Silvia Pengilly, Michael Rhodes, John Villec

8 p.m. Paul Hanson, bassoon and electronics (CCH) Works by: Paul Hanson, Jerome Kern, Jimmy Webb

November 99 a.m. Composer’s Forum: Stephen Blumberg, with percussionist Daniel Kennedy (CPS 205)Noon Riverrun (CCH) Works by: Dyne Eifertsen, Scott Gordon, Steve Lishman, Paul Relvas1 p.m. Master Class: Cassatt String Quartet (CPS 319 & 321)4 p.m. Student Artists Performance Competition (CPS 151)8 p.m. Cassatt String Quartet (CCH) Works by: Hannah Lash, Laura Kaminsky, Chris Rogerson, Dan Visconti, Ellen Taafe Zwillich

November 1011 a.m In-School Performance: Keith Bohm, saxophone; John Cozza, piano (SPMA)2 p.m. Violin Workshop: Maximillian Haft (CPS 319)4 p.m. Student Composers Performance Competition (CPS 151)8 p.m. Festival Ensemble (CCH) Works by: Leo Eylar, Missy Mazzoli, Sam Nichols, Russell Peterson, John Zorn

November 11 Veteran’s Day Holiday

November 12Noon Young Festival Performers Recital (CCH)3 p.m. Mana Quartet (CCH) Works by: Jay Derderian, Everette Minchew, Mika Pelo, Anthony J. Stillabower

8 p.m. Wee Trio (CCH) Works by: James Westfall, Daniel Loomis, Jared Schonig, David Bowie

November 133 p.m. Laurel Zucker, �ute, and John Cozza, piano: 21st Century American Flute and Piano Concert (CAM) Works by: Eric Ewazen, Katherine Hoover, Ned McGowen, Laurel Zucker7 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk: Larry Polansky, composer, and Amy Beal, musicologist (CPS 151)8 p.m. Sarah Cahill, piano, “A Sweeter Music,” with video by John Sanborn (CCH) Works by: Preben Antonsen, Paul Dresher, Kyle Gann, Jerome Kitzke, Meredith Monk, Larry Polansky, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski

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8 p.m. Earplay (CCH) Works by: Herb Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Howard Hersh, Ursula Kwong-Brown, John MacCallum

Laurel Zucker

Photo by Henry Chan

Photo by Brad Fernihough Photography

Photo by Anna Ablogina

Photo by Christine Alicino

Poster designed by Liz McGuire