Wednesday, April 27, 2022
7:30 PM
Clarinetist Ariana Warren brings together a group of friends to re-connect, to each other, to music and to the audience, with an eclectic program highlighted by her "bucket list" piece, the minimalist masterpiece Les Moutons des Panurge by Frederic Rzewski, that celebrates the inevitability of imperfection.
"The group is a bunch of musicians I’ve played with in the past in varying amounts and now that we can play again I wanted to play with and strengthen those friendships and musical relationships. I keep having this cognitive dissonance in my head that I think many of us are feeling that the pandemic feels like such a black hole and now everything is back like it never happened, while also profoundly affected by it. The jolt of the real world, but different than it was. For example, we’re all on stage together, unmasked, playing as normal, while the echos of a few masked audience are facing us."
—Ariana Warren
San Diego New Music dedicates this concert to Erika Torri. Immediately after the concert attendees are invited to join us for a small celebration underwritten by Ann Craig and Catherine Palmer.
Ariana Warren, clarinet
Sonya Schumann, piano
Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, percussion
Wilfrido Terrazas, flute
Batya MacAdam-Somer, violin
Sharon Taylor, cello
Program
Long Meadow, by Max Johnson
Mirror Universes 2, by Adam Scott Neal
Time Lapse, by Theresa Martin
Vacío, by Omar Fraire
Ifigenia en, by Wilfrido Terrazas
Les Moutons de Panurge, by Fredrick Rzewski
San Diego New Music is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the public performance of notated music of the highest integrity and artistic caliber from the 20th and 21st centuries. We seek to advance the art form by promoting music composed with conceptual rigor, passionate energy and singular artistic vision. SDNM enriches the artistic culture of San Diego through the presentation of an annual concert series and the soundON Festival of Modern Music, and through fostering its resident performing ensemble, NOISE.
In 1994, the only place in San Diego where you could hear an entire concert of 20th-century music was on a college campus. San Diego New Music pitched the idea of a concert series devoted to modern music and 20th-century classics at the Athenaeum. The concerts of modern music perfectly complement the exhibitions of modern art held in the Athenaeum’s galleries. In 1996, San Diego New Music presented its first season. The series was called "Noise at the Library," and the ensemble would later adopt the name, as well.
San Diego New Music and the Athenaeum have been happily co-presenting concerts of new music ever since.
For more information on the organization go to www.sandiegonewmusic.com.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert. Face coverings are required for attendees, regardless of vaccination status. Proof of vaccination or negative test within 48 hours of the event is required. Event capacity is limited to 70% for now.