28/78 New Music Festival
January 26th – February 1st, 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
Pacific Heavy Ensemble
Peter Altamura, Curator Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 // 7:30pm The Lair |
MOVE - EVENT CANCELEDMusic 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 *Subject to Change Rivers of Nihil, Cancer / Moonspeak Rivers of Nihil, The Silent Life Ghost, Dance Macabre Turisas, Rasputin Mastodon, The Motherload Alestorm, Drink Lamb of God, Dead Seeds Primus, Too Many Puppies |
Pacific Stocktones + 28/78 NME
Dion Nickelson, curator Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 // 7:30 pm Venue To Be Announced |
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 † Indicates a World Premiere Kerry Andrew, Lullaby for the Witching Hour (2004) Eve Beglarian, I am really a very simple person (2010) Tom Johnson, Narayana's Cows (1969) Kevin Swenson (COM '19), Lux Aeterna (2019)† Wyatt Cannon, Pacific Hail (2019)† |
28/78 New Music Ensemble
Braydon Ross and Ensemble Members, curators Friday, January 31st, 2020 // 7:30pm Recital Hall, Pacific Conservatory of Music |
Hear“Lose your mind and come to your senses.” ― Fritz Perls
This concert functions as a feature on the members of 28/78 New Music Ensemble in a chamber music setting. Pieces were chosen by ensemble members and were curated by Artistic Director Braydon Ross. PROGRAM *To be announced, subject to change Caroline Shaw, Entr'acte (2011) Thomas Svoboda, Nine Etudes in Fugue Style (Vol. I) for Piano, Op.44, Etude #9: Allegro con humore (3 voice) (1966) Randall Cornelison, Dance the Event Horizon (2004) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Fantasy for Solo Violin (2014) |
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.