28/78 New Music Festival
January 27th – February 2nd, 2020
Sing. Move. Hear. See.
Experience with us.
28/78 NME is proud to present our second annual New Music Festival in collaboration with Pacific's Conservatory of Music featuring commissions by Yaz Lancaster and Kevin Swenson.
Sing. Move. Hear. See.
Experience with us.
28/78 NME is proud to present our second annual New Music Festival in collaboration with Pacific's Conservatory of Music featuring commissions by Yaz Lancaster and Kevin Swenson.
festival concerts
28/78 NME + Pacific Stocktones
Dion Nickelson, curator Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 // 7:30pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom |
Sing"Singing is one of the most organic forms of humanity."
Join 28/78 New Music Ensemble in collaboration with the Pacific Stocktones in our first concert of the 2020 Festival: "Sing." Completely student run, the Stocktones sing original arrangements of music from a variety of genres and aim to provide a fun performing experience. They are comprised of students with various majors from around University of the Pacific. PROGRAM *More to be determined Kevin Swenson, Commission (2019) Eve Beglarian, I am really a very simple person (2010) Tom Johnson, Narayana’s Cows (1969) |
Pacific Heavy Ensemble + 28/78 NME
Peter D. Altamura, curator Thursday, January 30th, 2020 // 7:30 pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom |
MoveMusic you can feel. And are encouraged to.
Experience an evening of metal, dance, and music. Earplugs and dancing encouraged. Pacific Heavy Ensemble is a musical group at University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, dedicated to playing heavy metal music that connects with the classical and jazz worlds. It consists of a band, orchestra, and choir. The goals of this ensemble are to further diversify the musical experience offered at the Pacific Conservatory, expand the musical pallets of the students involved, and to shift the negative perception many have of heavy metal music. PROGRAM *To be announced |
28/78 New Music Ensemble
Braydon Ross, Curator Friday, January 31st, 2020 // 7:30pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom |
Hear“Lose your mind and come to your senses.” ― Fritz Perls
28/78 New Music Ensemble is featured for this portion of the festival, premiering a commission by Yaz Lancaster. They were selected as a runner-up of the 2019 Hildegard Competition at National Sawdust (NYC), and their piece firn was premiered by Miranda Cuckson, Jeffrey Zeigler & Ian Rosenbaum of the National Sawdust Ensemble in early June 2019. PROGRAM *To be announced, subject to change Yaz Lancaster, Commission (2019) Caroline Shaw, Entr'acte (2011) |
28/78 NME + UCSB Dancers + Media X Students
Braydon Ross, Curator Saturday, February 1st 2020 // 7:30 pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom |
seeFor the festival's final concert, join Pacific's 28/78 for an exciting evening of music. Featuring a group of dancers from University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as the works of visual artists from Pacific’s Media X program, 28/78 NME invites you to explore the convergence of the visual and aural. PROGRAM (*Subject to change, to be determined) Robert Honstein, Conduit (2014) I. Touch | II. Pulse | III. Send 28/78 NME, Improvisation |
The 2019 28/78 New Music Festival was sponsored by University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music, the Powell Scholars Program, the Pacific Arts and Lectures Committee, and generous donors like you. Thank you.