My residency in New York includes two performances by the Buffalo Philharmonic on April 20th and 21st, performing Prayer, and a few days at SUNY Fredonia! I will be giving a masterclass and lecture at Fredonia, and the Chamber Orchestra will be performing Pizzicato on April 24th!
Masterclass at SUNY Fredonia in Mason 3140
Fredonia Chamber Orchestra performs Pizzicato.
As a Guest Artist for Festival Metales del Pacifico, Mary Elizabeth Bowden will perform the piano reduction of Trumpet Concerto with Argentina Durán.
Program:
Debussy (arr. Bowden), Préludes, Book I, no. 8, L 123: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Bach (arr. Chen), BWV 972 after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto RV 230
Fung, Trumpet Concerto
Beach (arr. Bowden), Three Browning Songs
DeFalla (arr. Miles), Siete canciones populares españolas
American String Quartet w/ Wendy Chen, piano
Program
Beethoven, String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6, “La Malinconia”
Caroline Shaw, Blueprint
Vivian Fung, Pizzicato
Brahms, Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Op. 34
Program:
Vivian Fung — “Kotekan” from Glimpses
Olivier Messiaen — Selectrions from Vingt Regards sure l’Enfant - Jésus
Lili Boulanger — Trois morceaux pour piano
Johannes Brahms — 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Grażyna Bacewicz — Piano Sonata No. 2
For our season finale we welcome back the American, surely one of the finest string quartets performing today. In their 45-plus years, the ASQ has performed worldwide and recorded the complete string quartets of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, and Bartók. “Luxurious, beautifully sculptured performances” New Yorker.
Program
Beethoven, String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6, “La Malinconia”
Caroline Shaw, Blueprint
Vivian Fung, Pizzicato
Schubert, Quartet in A Minor, D. 804, “Rosamunde”
Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
The CCCC’s resident group of contemporary music specialists, the Grossman Ensemble, presents new compositions exploring relationships, textures, and electroacoustic elements mixed with elements of jazz, blues, and other cultural influences. Composers David Bird, Vivian Fung, Felipe Lara, and Gabriel Novak each introduce their new work with accomplished conductor and champion of new music Jeff Meyer. Celebrate the close of the Grossman Ensemble’s 2023/24 season at an after-party with the artists.
Presented by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition in partnership with UChicago Presents.
Degree recital at Lawrence University featuring the music of Vivian Fung, Nico Muhly, Sarah K. Snider, and more.
Vivian Fung is collaborating with the Jasper String Quartet, tenor Nicholas Phan, and pianist Myra Huang, on the creation of a new song cycle, Lamenting Earth. The project is a half-evening length song cycle, approximately 30 minutes, for tenor, string quartet, and piano. The work centers around poet Claire Wahmanholm’s prize-winning poem “O,” which took second place at the Academy of American Poets’ inaugural Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize. The poem is described by the judges as “an original and powerful evocation, using a single letter of the alphabet to name the wonders that are at risk of being no more…The voice is prophetic and unrelenting: a lament, an elegy, and a clarion call to action!”
Get ready for an electrifying night of music with Ensemble Made in Canada! From international composers like Caroline Shaw to groundbreaking innovations in 'Mosaique,' it's an immersive journey through the ever-evolving world of contemporary music. Plus, a collaboration featuring fiddler Wesley Hardisty. Don't miss out.
Program
Franco Donatoni (IT) Rhonda (1983)
Linda Catlin Smith (CAN) New Work for cello and piano (2023)
Sandeep Bhagwati (IND/GER) Stele IX (2017)
Vivian Fung (CAN) Shifting Landscapes (2018)
Nicolas Gilbert (CAN) Ilôts (2018)
Nicole Lizée (CAN) Bessborough Hotel (2018)
Samy Moussa (CAN) Orpheus in Nunavut (2018)
Barbara Assiginaak (Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi; Mnidoo Mnissing, Giniw Dodem) Nbiidaasamishkaamin/We Come Paddling Here (2018)
Ana Sokolović (SBA/CAN) Splendor Sine Occasu
Caroline Shaw (USA) Thousandth Orange (2018)
Wesley Hardisty (DENE) New Work (2023) for Ensemble Made in Canada
7:00PM Doors
7:15PM Pre-Concert Chat
7:45PM Young Artist Overture
8:00PM Main Show
9:30PM Reception
A Prime Chamber Music Collection of Canadian Soundscapes from Coast to Coast
The Global Musician Tour | Danielle Lisboa, Artistic Director
Program Highlights:
Christos Hatzis (Ontario), Old Photographs from “Constantinople”
Marjan Mozetich (Ontario), Scales of Joy and Sorrow
Richard Mascall (Ontario), Petroglyphs
Pierick Houdy (Québec), Divertissement pour Trompette, Cor, et Piano
Vivian Fung (Prairies), Birdsong
Elizabeth Raum (Atlantic Canada), Romance for French Horn and Piano
A Prime Chamber Music Collection of Canadian Soundscapes from Coast to Coast
The Global Musician Tour | Danielle Lisboa, Artistic Director
Program Highlights:
Christos Hatzis (Ontario), Old Photographs from “Constantinople”
Marjan Mozetich (Ontario), Scales of Joy and Sorrow
Richard Mascall (Ontario), Petroglyphs
Pierick Houdy (Québec), Divertissement pour Trompette, Cor, et Piano
Vivian Fung (Prairies), Birdsong
Elizabeth Raum (Atlantic Canada), Romance for French Horn and Piano
A Prime Chamber Music Collection of Canadian Soundscapes from Coast to Coast
The Global Musician Tour | Danielle Lisboa, Artistic Director
Program Highlights:
Christos Hatzis (Ontario), Old Photographs from “Constantinople”
Marjan Mozetich (Ontario), Scales of Joy and Sorrow
Richard Mascall (Ontario), Petroglyphs
Pierick Houdy (Québec), Divertissement pour Trompette, Cor, et Piano
Vivian Fung (Prairies), Birdsong
Elizabeth Raum (Atlantic Canada), Romance for French Horn and Piano
A Prime Chamber Music Collection of Canadian Soundscapes from Coast to Coast
The Global Musician Tour | Danielle Lisboa, Artistic Director
Program Highlights:
Christos Hatzis (Ontario), Old Photographs from “Constantinople”
Marjan Mozetich (Ontario), Scales of Joy and Sorrow
Richard Mascall (Ontario), Petroglyphs
Pierick Houdy (Québec), Divertissement pour Trompette, Cor, et Piano
Vivian Fung (Prairies), Birdsong
Elizabeth Raum (Atlantic Canada), Romance for French Horn and Piano
I will be joining the Julliard Summer Composition Studio Faculty for their HIgh School Composition program!
Door time: 7:00pm
Show time: 7:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
Door time: 6:00pm
Show time: 6:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
The 63rd season kicks off with Maestro Măcelaru leading the Festival Orchestra in works by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina Young, and Karim Al-Zand.
Beginning our season, San Jose-based, JUNO Award-winning, Canadian composer Vivian Fung‘s West Coast premiere of Parade captures the essence of community amid solitude, reflecting on the journey from isolation to togetherness experienced during the pandemic. Inspired by the San Francisco Lunar New Year parade, Fung intertwines chaos and melancholy with empathy and gratitude, echoing the spirit of celebration amidst adversity.
New York-based Gamelan Yowana Sari perform an indoor-outdoor, site-responsive performance of traditional Balinese music for the Samara Dana gamelan and contemporary work by Vivian Fung, Michael Gordon, and Evan Ziporyn.
Join us after the performance to try out the instruments and talk with the performers!
Directed by Michael Lipsey, Yowana Sari champions an international array of composers for the gamelan. It has appeared at many festivals, including the River To River Festival, and participates with Midori & Friends and the Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) program to enrich New York public school students’ experience of music.
Program:
William Grant Still, Lyric String Quartette
Vivian Fung, String Quartet No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Anna Duczmal-Mróz, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Program:
Fung, Earworms
Marsalis, Trumpet Concerto
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Anna Duczmal-Mróz, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Program:
Fung, Earworms
Marsalis, Trumpet Concerto
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Masterclass at SUNY Fredonia in Mason 1075
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 , “Emperor”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 , “Emperor”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
Works by Jennifer Baker, Vivian Fung, Sally Beamish, and Reena Esmail
Contemporary chamber music performed by the ensemble of the Contemporary Performance Program at MSM.
Erin Rogers and Matt Ward, Artistic Advisors
WESLEY THOMPSON Solar Sonata, Voyager, Op. 33 (2024) Tactus Commission Prize Winner 2023
STEFAN WOLPE Quartet (1950-1954)
VIVIAN FUNG Corona Morphs (2021)
ANTHONY BRAXTON Composition #142 (1988)
KATE GENTILE b i o m e i.i (2021)
Amy Wurtz, piano
Program:
Amy Wurtz, Cycles 1: Invocation
Betty Jackson King, Spring Intermezzo
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, The Heights and Depths of Love
Kathleen Ginther, River of Dreams
Regina Harris Baiocchi, Piano Poems, iv. a candle burns time
Amy Wurtz, Cycles 11: The Loss of Mimi
Alex Shapiro, Piano Suite No. 1, V. Older
Vivian Fung, White on Black
Kyong Mee Choi, Until Heard
Margaret Bonds, Credo
A Prime Chamber Music Collection of Canadian Soundscapes from Coast to Coast
Danielle Lisboa, Artistic Director
This is the second fundraiser concert of the 23-24 season in support of the Chamber Nucleus European tour with the program “Canadian Impressions” in June.
This performance features Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 for two flutes and violin solo with Frank Ho (violin), Rock Larochelle and Jennifer Gregory (flutes), and the Nucleus strings. Also, a little taste of the works being prepared for this trip include “Birdsong” by Canadian composer Vivian Fung for violin and piano among other pieces.
“The Divine Feminine: A Woman’s Love through Life and Loss” aims to tell the stories of women, historical, folkloric, and universal (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Helen Creighton, Penelope of the Iliad, the mythical Sirens) and their capacities for love – love for their children, their partners, their work, a lost loved one, and/or themselves/each other. Through a programme dedicated exclusively to the works of Canadian women composers, the artists and the audience will consider how love has led to the most passionate moments of the character’s lives, for better or for worse.
Conductor Rebecca Tong leads the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in this celebratory program that honors Women’s History Month. Violinist and Sphinx collaborator Melissa White returns to Hilbert Circle Theatre to perform Florence Price’s Violin Concerto. The program also features six female composers from around the world, including Brazil, the United States, China, Canada, Indonesia, and Mexico. Florence Price was a trailblazer who created a successful career at a time when there were few opportunities for female composers. The rest of the composers featured continue to blaze trails in the 21st century with their wide range of styles and perspectives, standing at the forefront of classical compositions today.
Program
Clarice Assad, Bonecos de Olinda
Florence Price, Violin Concerto #1
Chen Yi, Ge Xu for orchestra
Vivian Fung, Earworms
Eunike Tanzil, Scene of a Voyage
Gabriela Ortiz, Antropolis
Program:
Lili Boulanger — Trois morceaux pour piano
Clara Schumann — Three Romances, Op. 21
Grażyna Bacewicz — Piano Sonata No. 2
Vivian Fung — “Kotekan” from Glimpses
Joan Tower — Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Emma Lou Diemer — Piano Sonata No. 3
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
6:00pm Artist Talk
7:15pm Concert
Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Masterwork #3: In Nature’s Realm on March 2 & 3, 2024 includes:
Antonín Dvořák: In Nature's Realm Overture, Op.91
Scott Billadaeu: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
Members of Chamber Music | OC’s very own Pre-College faculty join forces to present an exciting evening of chamber music in a variety of configurations, including Vivian Fung’s Birdsong for Violin and Piano, Brahms’ Piano Quintet with guest Pre-College participant Minji Choi, and more.
Tradition & Innovation
Featuring Mary Elizabeth Bowden
Program
Bohuslav Martinu, Thunderbolt P-47
Vivian Fung, Trumpet Concerto
Jean-Baptiste Arban, arr. DeJonge, Variations on a Theme from Bellini’s “Norma”
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Masterwork #3: In Nature’s Realm on March 2 & 3, 2024 includes:
Antonín Dvořák: In Nature's Realm Overture, Op.91
Scott Billadaeu: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Vivian Fung: Violin Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
Henry M. Gunn High School Chamber Orchestra performs Pizzicato at the Orchestra Cup Competition.
Chamber Music by Canadian Female Composers, performed by Evan Jones (cello) and Diana Dumlavwalla (piano).
Recital features works by Emily Doolittle, Vivian Fung, Alexina Louie, Jocelyn Morlock, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Elizabeth Raum, and Linda Catlin Smith.
Program:
J.S. Bach — Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Lili Boulanger — Trois morceaux pour piano
Grażyna Bacewicz — Piano Sonata No. 2
Vivian Fung — “Kotekan” from Glimpses
Johannes Brahms — 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Performance at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Program:
J.S. Bach — Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Lili Boulanger — Trois morceaux pour piano
Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin
Vivian Fung — “Kotekan” from Glimpses
Johannes Brahms — 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Program:
J.S. Bach — Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Lili Boulanger — Trois morceaux pour piano
Grażyna Bacewicz — Piano Sonata No. 2
Vivian Fung — “Kotekan” from Glimpses
Johannes Brahms — 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Violist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will present a concert performing pieces from their album that celebrates female composers from the 1100’s to the present day. In a pre-performance talk, they will speak about the composers and their importance in music history. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Beyonce / Eisenmann, Halo
Michelle Ross, Where THings Weigh Nothing At All
Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus
Amy Beach, Romance
Clara Schumann, Romances
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Welcome the Year of the Dragon with the San Francisco Symphony! Our annual Lunar New Year event draws upon Asian traditions, past and present, in a celebration of music and community.
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Paul Huang, Violin
Program
Spring Festival Overture, Huan-zhi Li
New Year Greetings, Phoon Yew Tien
Jasmine Flower, Traditional (arr. Li Wenping)
Music from Folk Songs for Orchestra, Huang Ruo
Pizzicato, Vivian Fung
Music from Violin Concerto: Fire Ritual, Tan Dun
Ali Mountain Evergreen, Che Chang (arr. Yuan-kai Bao)
Gong Xi Gong Xi, Chen Ge Xin (arr. Che-Yi Lee)
Get swept away by one of the most popular classical pieces of all time: Bach’s Concerto in D Minor for 2 violins, played by a truly talented TBSO couple, Christopher Stork and Kimberly Durflinger. Thunder Bay Symphony Chorus takes the stage for Bach’s unforgettable cantata “Nach Dir, Herr, verlanget mich”, which translates roughly to “For you, Lord, is my desire.” On top of that, we get to hear a Baroque-inspired contemporary jewel, “Baroque Melting” by Vivian Fung. And it doesn’t stop there! Featuring pieces by Purcell, Gluck, and Rebel, this concert promises to be a wild emotional ride – and a good time!
Program
Purcell, Selections from The Fairy Queen
Bach, Concerto in D minor for two violins
Vivaldi, La Follia Trio Sonata in D Minor
Fung, Baroque Melting
Rebel, Les Élémens
SLICK, MUSIC, and MOVEMENT: an evening of music, dance, and installation.
Installation by Michael Hilton
Dance by Paula Nunez
Music by Vivian Fung, Anthony R. Green, Leslie La Barre, and John Cage
Join us for a unique event that presents music, technology, dance, poetry, and more.
6pm, USF Barness Recital Hall - pre-event talk by Michael Hilton (engineer/scientist, creator of SLICK) and Leslie La Barre (composer)
7pm, CoTA courtyard north side - main event
This interdisciplinary event showcases technology, music, dance, and theater. Programming music and dance around the interactive sound installation, SLICK, the unique concert offers a rare opportunity to experience interdisciplinary performances by the USF percussion ensemble and the School of Music faculty Kevin von Kampen.
The program will present work by USF dance faculty Paula Nunez and music by Leslie La Barre, Vivian Fung, Anthony R. Green, and John Cage.
