PAST events
Harrison + Rzewski + Beglarian
Friday, November 2nd, 2018 // 2:00pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall |
Conservatory concert hourMysterious and emotional. Gut-wrenching injustice. Party music for complicated people.
Join 28/78 New Music Ensemble for the first performance of our inaugural season! Featuring guest conductor Nico Peruzzi and vocalist Jenna Deibert. Program: Ellen Ruth Harrison, Fossils (Nico Peruzzi, conductor) Frederic Rzewski, Attica Eve Beglarian, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell |
Session #2
Monday, October 29th, 2018 // 7:30pm Buck Hall 111 |
open 78: sight before soundCombine the worlds of visual and sonic arts in this hands-on installment of Open 78! In this session we will explore the world of graphic scores as composers and performers. You'll create scores individually and/or collaboratively, and work in ensembles to perform in a short concert at the end of the workshop.
Materials will be provided, however participants are encouraged to bring their own art implements (pencils, markers, paint, paper, etc.). Light refreshments will be available. Open 78 sessions are interactive workshops designed to make contemporary music accessible to everyone. Sessions are free and open for anyone to participate– bring a friend! |
2019 New Music Festival
Conservatory of Music Students + Faculty + Pacific Singers
Micah Vogel, curator Friday, January 25th, 2019 // 7:30pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall |
Pacific/hailPacific has been at the forefront of contemporary music since its founding in 1878. Celebrate Pacific's legacies in an evening of music.
Join musicians from the Conservatory of Music for a diverse concert of works by Pacificans throughout history, including faculty, alumni, and students. PROGRAM Sarah Jordan, The Lone Woodsman Hendel Almetus, Kyrie Eleison Howard Hanson, Serenade for Flute and Piano Andrew Ardizzoia, "Garden of Love" from Three Blake Poems Kevin Swenson, String Quartet Dave Brubeck, Four by Four |
Orphic Percussion + Pacific Percussion Studio
Michael Downing, curator Sunday, January 27th, 2019 // 2:30pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall |
Augmented percussionImagine the thrill of percussion— from subtle scrapes to heart-racing rhythms— combined with the infinite possibilities of the electronic realm.
Experience an afternoon of music and sounds, curated by Pacific's percussion instructor Michael Downing, a concert of electro-acoustic and other contemporary works for percussion. Performed by Orphic Percussion quartet and the Pacific Percussion Studio. PROGRAM Emmanuel Sejourne, Attraction Darius Kaliszuk, Easy Snare Ivan Trevino, Driven Jarryd Elias, Hero's Journey David Reeves, War Drum, Peace Drum James Campbell, Garage Drummer John Psathas, One Study, One Summary: 2. Etude Compagnie Kahlua, Ceci n'est pas une balle Gary Smith, Rendezvous |
Pacific Heavy Metal Band + Friends
Peter Altamura, curator Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 // 7:30pm Faye Spanos Concert Hall |
THAT'S SO METALAn evening of literally all metal music. Musically and materially.
Join the Pacific Heavy Metal Band and friends in a concert of metallic music. Earplugs are recommended for the second half of this concert. PROGRAM Peter Altamura, Golden Hour Echoes Andrew Lu, Study for Vibrating Metal Stanley Friedman, Solus Rivers of Nihil, Subtle Change Native Construct, Mute Opeth, Windowpane Ghost, From The Pinnacle To The Pit |
28/78 + Mads Tolling + Yoshiaki Onishi
Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 // 7:30pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom |
ADVENTURESHave you ever been on a musical adventure? Join the crew of 28/78 NME on a wild expedition: EDM, jazz, neo-soul, and hip-hop combine with off-kilter rhythms, elastic harmonies, and twisting counterpoint. Hiking poles not required.
For the festival's final concert, join Pacific's 28/78 for an exciting evening of music. Featuring two-time Grammy Award-winner Mads Tolling, Pacific alumnus and 2018 Guggenheim Fellow Yoshiaki Onishi, and three world premieres. Don't miss this eclectic of mix music. PROGRAM (*world premiere) Scott Nelson, Liminal Success* Missy Mazzoli, The Sound of the Light Mads Tolling, Yggdrasil (Mads Tolling, violin; Nicholas Waldvogel, conductor) Ted Hearne, But I Voted for Shirley Chisholm Yoshiaki Onishi, Antefenas-studies* (Yoshiaki Onishi, conductor) Julie Herndon, I am in, into* |
Workshops & events
2019 FESTIVAL: Tolling/Masterclass
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Pacific String Studio + Mads Tolling
Monday, January 28, 2019 // 4:00-5:30pm Recital Hall Students of the Pacific Strings Studio (taught by Dr. Anne Miller and Igor Veligan) will perform works in a masterclass with festival artist-in-residence Mads Tolling. |
2019 FESTIVAL: Onishi/Composition
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Yoshiaki Onishi
Festival composer-in-residence Yoshiaki Onishi will present two lectures on his musical compositions in Dr. Robert Coburn's 20th/21st Century Music Course. #1: {from [where} to] : A Musical Self-Introduction
Monday, January 28, 2019 // 11:00am-12:15pm Buck 123 #2: Imagining a Space: On Antefenas-Studies (2018) Wednesday, January 30, 2019 // 11:00am-12:15pm Buck 123 |
2019 Festival: Open 78/Workshop
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Open 78 + You!
Friday, February 1, 2019 // 2:00pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom Bring your instrument and come explore the world of open instrumentation scores with 28/78. At this session, participants will read a variety of accessible contemporary pieces. At the end of the session, one of the works read will be selected for performance at the Adventures concert with 28/78 the following evening.
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2019 Festival: tolling/workshop
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Mads Tolling + You!
Friday, February 1, 2019 // 4:00pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom Strings students and teachers of all levels are invited to join Grammy award-winning jazz violinist Mads Tolling in this interactive workshop. Participants will be guided through the basics of improvisation and other non-traditional string techniques. Bring your instrument!
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2019 Festival: onishi/presentation
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Implications and Impossibilities in my Creative Research
Yoshiaki Onishi Saturday, February 2, 2019 // 3:00-4:00pm DeRosa University Center Ballroom Festival composer-in-residence Yoshiaki Onishi will deliver a presentation on his work and research as composer: “Identifying the connections between music and other artistic and academic disciplines—as well as diverse sociological phenomena—has been a central concern in my compositional process. In this lecture, using my three recent compositions as examples, I will discuss my motivations for such an interdisciplinary approach in the process of composing music. I will consider the role of composers in today’s society and the statement by geographer Oli Mould: ‘Creativity is, indeed must be, political.’”
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