Archive of past events
August 8, 2018
Emerging Artists Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
April 27, 2018
Connections
Curated by Madelyn Byrne
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Madelyn Byrne, Piano Sonata
Dorothy Chang, Five
Emily Doolittle, Gliese 581c
Emily Doolittle, select pieces from Minute Etudes Book 1 & Book 2
Kala Pierson, Flare and Spark
Tonia Ko, Highwire (west coast premiere), with special guest Sarah Skuster, oboe
Shiau-uen Ding, piano
March 1, 2018
Displaced
Curated by Robert Zelickman
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Ingolf Dahl, Concerto a Tre
Krzysztof Penderecki, Quartett für Klarinette und Streichtrio
Kimmo Hakola, Diamond Street
Madelyn Byrne, In a Winter Landscape
John Fonville, Songs of Sappho
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin and viola
Paivikki Nykter, viola
Elizabeth Brown, cello
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
January 4-7, 2018
soundON Festival of Modern Music
Curated by Mark Menzies
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
October 26, 2017
The Hausmann Quartet
Curated by Alex Greenbaum
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Linde Timmermans, Cante de Ida y Vuelta
Luciano Berio, Les mots sont allés...
Bela Bartok, selected duos
Tina Tallon, selective defrosting
Caroline Shaw , Entr'acte
Missy Mazzoli, Quartet for Queen Mab
Steve Reich, Different Trains
March 10, 2017
An Imperfect Storm
Curated by Eric Starr
Atheaeum Art Center, San Diego, California
Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel
John Cage - 4'33"
Timothy McCormack - Heavy Matter
Sofia Gubaidulina - Lamento
Charles Wuorinen - Trio for Bass Instruments
David Sampson - Morning Music
Eric Starr, trombone
Tina Chong, piano
Jory Herman, bass
Rachel Allen, trumpet
John Wilds, trumpet
Danielle Kuhlmann, horn
and Luke Storm, tuba
March 16, 2017
Desert Visions
Curated by Christopher Adler
Atheaeum Art Center, San Diego, California
Christopher Adler – Song for a Form Carved by Water
Jeff Herriott – I stood on the shore and looked up at the birds
Christopher Adler – Strata
Peter Garland – Walk in Beauty
Somei Satoh – Hikari
Christopher Adler, piano
Allison Adams, saxophones
Dustin Donahue, percussion
January 5-8, 2017
The 9th soundON Festival of Modern Music
Soundstreams & Rising Currents
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
November 15 and 18, 2016
Noise Spectra
UCSD
Arizona State University
Gérard Grisey – Stèle
Malin Bång – hyperoxic
Garth Paine – new work
Tristan Murail – Ethers
Rachel Beetz, flute
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Mark Menzies, viola
Alex Greenbaum, cello
Scott Worthington, double bass
Eric Starr, trombone
Dustin Donahue and Ryan Nestor, percussion
October 21, 2016
A California Score
curated by Rachel Beetz
Natacha Diels – ether
Kaija Saariaho – Cendres
John Cage – Inlets
Peter Ablinger – Instruments & (Regenstuck)
Peter Ablinger – California Score
Samuel Dunscombe – new work (world premiere)
Michael Pisaro – new work (world premiere)
Rachel Beetz, flute
Jennifer Bewerse, cello
Kyle Adam Blair, piano
Dustin Donahue, percussion
April 20, 2016
ALEX GREENBAUM
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon - Jácaras
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon - Candelabra
Morton Feldman - Piano Piece (to Philip Guston)
Conlon Nancarrow - String Quartet #1
Lisa Bielawa - The Dragon and the Girl
Silvestre Revueltas - Three Pieces
Morton Feldman - For Aaron Copland
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez - Three Machines
Alex Greenbaum, cello
Wesley Precourt, violin
Tina Chong, piano
The Hausmann Quartet (Isaac Allen, Angela Choong, Bram Goldstein, Alex Greenbaum)
March 10, 2016
Accordant Commons
Stephanie Aston, Marja Liisa Kay, Tany Ling and Argenta Walther
Atheaeum Art Center, San Diego, California
Asilo by Linda Rife *
fly blue between light by Carolyn Chen *
Say Darlin' Say by Melinda Rice *
Palus by Kari Besharse *
The Sun Goes Mad by Molly Thompson *
untitled for D. T. by Michelle Lou *
In Fading Colors of Autumn Hills by Chen-Hui Jen *
H by Fernanda Navarro *
In principio by Hildegard von Bingen
Lullaby for Daisy Pauline by Pauline Oliveros
and new works by Leah Reid and Tina Tallon
January 8-11, 2016
The 9th soundON Festival of Modern Music
Apocalypse & Transfiguration
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
November 4 & 7, 2015
CELEBRATING PIERRE BOULEZ
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Pierre Boulez – Le Marteau sans Maître
Gerard Grisey – Solo por Deux
Tristan Murail – Tellur
Stephanie Aston, soprano
Rachel Beetz, flute
Colin McAllister, guitar
Mark Menzies, viola
Dustin Donahue, Steve Solook and Jason Ginter, percussion
Simone Mancuso, conductor
Eric Starr, trombone
Robert Zelickman, clarinet
October 2, 2015
McAllister-Keller Duo:
Colin McAllister, guitar and Derek Keller, guitar and voice
Atheaeum Art Center, San Diego, California
Steve Reich – Nagoya Guitars
Mario Lavista – Cante
Franco Donatoni – Algo 2
Christopher Adler – Aeneas in the Underworld, Act II (world premiere of the complete Act II)
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Pieces for Piano, arranged by Derek Keller
Paul Bellinati – Jongo
Compositions by John Dowland and Gesualdo
April 21, 2015
DOUBLE BASS A LA MODE
Affiliated Artist Series Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
David Anderson – Caprriccio No 2
David Anderson – Sonata for Bass and Harp
David Garner – When the Old Man Smokes
Betty Roe – Cat and Mouse
Jeff Greene – Marrow
David Garner – world premiere of commissioned work
Michel Van der Aa – and how are we today?
Jory Herman, bass
Bonnie Lander, soprano
Julie Smith Phillips, harp
Brendan Nguyen, piano
March 19, 2015
VISIBILITY
Affiliated Artist Series Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Ori Talmon – borders-collapse:collapse
Peter Ablinger – Regenstuck
Liza Lim – Invisibility
Helmut Lachenmann – TemA
Helmut Lachenmann – Got Lost
Vinko Globokar – Monolith
Jessica Aszodi, soprano
Rachel Beetz, flute
Judith Hamann, cello
Todd Moellenberg, piano
February 24, 2015
CELEBRATING SAN DIEGO NEW MUSIC
Presented in partnership with the San Diego Symphony
The Auditorium at TSRI, La Jolla, California
John Cage – Aria / Concert for Piano and Orchestra
David Lang – Frag
John Luther Adams – Wind in High Places
Christopher Adler – Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze
Amy Beth Kirsten – Little Alice
Jessica Aszodi, soprano
Sarah Skuster, oboe
Christopher Adler, piano
January 8-11, 2015
The eighth soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
October 10, 2014
Harawi: Song of Love and Death
Affiliated Artist Series Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Olivier Messiaen, Harawi
Stephanie Aston, soprano
Christopher Adler, piano
May 6, 2014
STIRRING SONGS FOR VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS
Affiliated Artist Series Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
George Crumb, Madrigals Books I & III
Lou Harrison, First Concerto for Flute and
Percussion
Andrea Clearfield, Three Songs for Oboe and Double Bass After Poems by Pablo Neruda
Thea Musgrave, Impromptu for flute and oboe
Michael Mauldin, Birds in Winter: six preludes for harp
Jessica Aszodi, soprano
Rachel Beetz, flute
Jory Herman, contrabass
Julie Smith Phillips, harp
Sarah Skuster, oboe
Steve Solook, percussion
Lorena Santana, performer
March 27, 2014
The SAN ANDREAS QUARTET
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Presented in collaboration with Chamber Music OC
Chronotope Study 1 by Jason Federmeyer
Music for Violin, Clarinet, Trombone and Piano by Charles Krenner
Fantasy Toccata, by Vera Ivanova
SIlver Horizion by Eric Guinivan, and two on-stage rock-paper-scissors showdowns to select compositions by Luciano Berio (Sequenza V or IX) and Caleb Burhans (As Desperation Sets In or Phantasie for Trombone)
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Iryna Krechkovsky, violin
Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano
Eric Starr, trombone
January 9-12, 2014
The seventh soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
October 17, 2013
Affiliated Artist Series Concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Gyorgy Ligeti, Mysteries of the Macabre
Gyorgy Ligeti, Der Sommer
Charles Ives, Premonitions
Charles Ives, The New River
Charles Ives, The Indians
Giacinto Scelsi, Trio for Strings
Gyorgy Kurtag, Signs, Games and Messages
Elliott Carter, Figment No. 2: Remembering Mr. Ives
Stephanie Aston, soprano
Jisun Yang, violin
AJ Nilles, viola
Alex Greenbaum, cello
Christopher Adler, piano
July 24, 2013
The Low Frequency Ensemble
Space4Art, San Diego, California
Caleb Burhans, Gatekeeper
Charles Wuorinen, Trio for Bass Instruments
Jon Deak, Homage to Bruckner
Hindemith, 4 Stucke
Patrick Neher, Ayres
Daniel Dorff, Sonatina D' Amore
Aubrey Foard, Tuba; Jory Herman, Bass; Nicolee Kuester, Horn; Eric Starr, Trombone, Bass Trombone; Leyla Zamora, Contrabassoon
June 21, 2013
The Calsbad Music Festival Village Music Walk
Carlsbad, California
Louis Andriessen, Workers Union
Sarah Skuster, oboe; Ariana Warren, clarinet; Robert Zelickman, clarinet; Eric Starr, trombone; AJ Nilles, viola; Jory Herman, bass; Christopher Adler, piano; Steve Solook, percussion
June 14-15, 2013
The soundON Flute Project
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Flute Project program
May 9, 2013
Affiliated Artist Series
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Alfred Schnittke, Violin Sonata No. 1
Witold Lutoslawski, Epitaph for Oboe and Piano
Witold Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes
David Lang, Press Release
Elliott Carter, Inner Song
Nicholas Deyoe, Fantasia III
Jisun Yang,
violin; Sarah Skuster, oboe; Ariana Warren, clarinet; Brendan Nguyen, piano; Christopher Adler, piano
March 4, 2013
Affiliated Artist Series
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Beat Burrer, Invocation VI
David Chisholm, "Le peu d'eau" from Le debut et le fin de la niege (U.S. premiere)
Gyorgy Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo
Edgard Varese, Density 21.5
Elliott Carter, Two songs from Of Challenge and Love
Michaerl Daugherty,
Viola Zombie
Jessica Aszodi, soprano; Rachel Beetz, flute; Gareth Zehngut, viola; AJ Nilles, viola; Stephen Lewis, piano
November 30, 2012
Affiliated Artist Series
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Erki-Sven Tuur, Symbiosis
John Cage,
Music for Amplified Toy Pianos
Witold Lutoslawski,
Chantefleurs et Chantefables
John Cage, One2
Rozalie Hirs, Article 5 (North American premiere)
Arvo Part, Fratres
Christopher Adler, piano; Stephanie Aston, soprano; Jory Herman, contrabass; Christian Hertzog, toy piano; Brendan Nguyen, piano; Wesley Precourt, violin
June 14-16, 2012
The sixth annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
March 27, 2012
The Formalist Quartet with Phoebe Jevtovic Rosquist, soprano
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
June 16-18, 2011
The fifth annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
March 11-12, 2011
NOISE in residence at Adelphi University, New York
January 22 , 2011
NOISE performance at the University of California San Diego Sonic Diasporas Festival
with guest Shannon Wettstein
September 8, 2010
NOISE performance at the International Festival of Chihuahua, Mexico
June 17-19, 2010
The fourth annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
June 18-20, 2009
The third annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
June 19-21, 2008
The second annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
June 13-16, 2007
The first annual soundON Festival of Modern Music
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
Festival program
February 15-17, 2007
In residence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
January 28, 2007
NOISE at the Library
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
program
May 2, 2006
Albus / Ater, solo recital by Colin McAllister
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
program
April 2, 2006
NOISE at the Library
with guest Franklin Cox, cello
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
program
March 30, 2006
The Athenaeum Library A-List event
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, San Diego, California
January 22, 2006
NOISE at the Library
with guests Kathleen Gallagher and Marion Garver
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
program
October 23, 2005
NOISE at the Library featuring guest artist Jackie LeClair, oboe
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
May 4, 2005
NOISE performance on the Pacific Rim Festival, University of California Santa Cruz
May 1, 2005
NOISE at the Library
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
January 16, 2005
NOISE at the Library
with guests Mark Menzies and Robert Zelickman
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
October 17, 2004
A Daniel Pearl Music Day 2004 Event
NOISE at the Library
with guests Harvey Sollberger, Paivikki Nykter, Robert Zelickman, Kathleen Gallagher and Reiko Mana
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
September 26, 2004
Christopher Adler, Colin McAllister and Derek Keller, dual CD release concert
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
June 11, 2004
Derek Keller's Fear Ego Love
Performance at the University of California San Diego
April 18, 2004
NOISE at the Library
with guests Harbey Sollberger, John Fonville, Kathleen Gallagher, Carolyn Tyler (Lechusza Aquallo) and Robert Esler
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
January 14, 2004
Performance at Stanford University, Strictly Ballroom concert series
January 12, 2004
Performance at the California Institute of the Arts
January 11, 2004
NOISE at the Library
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
October 19, 2003
NOISE at the Library
with guests Robert Zelickman, Paivikki Nykter, Alan Lechusza, Rob Esler and Aiyun Huang
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
May 18, 2003
Mark Randall Osborn Memorial Concert
NOISE at the Library
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
March 20, 2003
Performance at the University of San Diego
with guest Alan Lechusza
January 18, 2003
NOISE at the Library
with guest cellist Felix Fan and guests Harvey Sollberger, Paivikki Nykter, Don Nichols, Marion Garver, Mia Ferm, Christopher Adler and Christopher Williams
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
November 14, 2002
Performance at the University of Virginia
with guest cellist Franklin Cox
October 20 , 2002
NOISE at the Library
with guests cellist Felix Fan and guests Christopher Adler and Joscha Oetz
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
May 19, 2002
NOISE at the Library
with Reynard Rott and guests Aleck Karis, Sandra Brown and Luciane Cardassi
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
April 6, 2002
NOISE at the Library
with Reynard Rott and guests Alan Lechusza and Christopher Adler
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
January 20, 2002
NOISE at the Library
with Reynard Rott and guests Jane Rigler and Luciane Cardassi
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
April 29, 2001
NOISE at the Library
with guests Carol Plantamura, Lois Martin, Ivan Manzanilla, Greg Stuart, Rand Steiger, Anthony Burr, Scott Walton, Martha Renner and Lorie Kirkell
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
March 4, 2001
NOISE at the Library
with founding member cellist Reynard Rott
with guests Carol Plantamura, Ivan Manzanilla, Greg Stuart, Rand Steiger and Christopher Williams
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California
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